Han Xing waved his hand to everyone, told everyone to be quiet, and quietly approached the door of the special office. The important thing now is to understand the situation, only when you understand the situation, can you take the right action!

I saw a large banner in this sit-in procession, which read: "Linqing District Petition Group", among these hundreds of people, most of them are old people, most of them are men, most of them are neatly dressed, and it seems that they are still some characters with noses and eyes. They were all mentally exhausted and in a trance, and it seemed that they were quite tired and weakened.

Right in front of them, there was some dry food and drinking water, but it didn't move.

A thin old man, running through the crowd, kept lobbying everyone: "I said folks, fathers and brothers, do you have anything to say after eating!" Drink some water first, drink some water! If it goes on like this, it's not good, people will be hungry and thirsty! ”

Needless to say, this thin old man is Han Duofeng. Han Xing thought to himself, I can't complain that he didn't go to greet us, it turns out that he is already taking care of himself, and the situation may collapse at any time.

"It's not good, they're on a hunger strike, no water." Han Xing judged. "If there is really a death here, it will add salt and bitterness to Han Duofeng's already unstable regime."

An old man closest to Han Xing was muttering, "Anyway, we are all dying people, and we won't be able to get rid of death sooner or later." Instead of being frightened all day long, lingering on his breath, and forcing his life to die, it is better to die at the door of the special office now, so that the government can know what kind of life the people are living now. ”

"The sky is falling, people are dying, and there will be no savior at first glance! Save us, poor people. ”

But who are these petitioners? Han Xing, Chen Ping, Zhang Xiaosan, and a few others all learned that this was a petition group organized by the lower classes of the people in the entire Linqing area, mainly represented by representatives of small and medium-sized landlords, poor peasants, and small handicraftsmen from all over the country, and basically represented the aspirations of the majority of the people in the Linqing area.

The chaos in the Linqing area first began in the era of Han Fuyu, when there were many bandits, and the main strategy adopted by the former commissioner Zhao Renquan was to suppress them. Kill a batch today, kill a batch tomorrow, kill here, and rise up there, it really can't solve the fundamental problem, but the bandits are killing more and more.

The local people called him "the Zhao butcher who kills people without blinking".

In late October 1937, Zhao Renquan received an order from Han Fuyu to flee south of the Yellow River with the guns and men of the local team, but this made the area even more chaotic.

After the Japanese army occupied Linqing County, there was a maintenance association of local traitor organizations and the "Imperial Association People's Army" of the traitor army. However, due to the lack of troops, the Japanese abandoned the stronghold of this canal port city in May 1938.

During the period when the Japanese invaders occupied the county seat of Linqing, there were more bandits and armed forces under various anti-Japanese banners. This raises the question of who will feed these armies, the wool comes from the sheep, and the problem of the supply of these armed forces will ultimately have to be solved by the local people.

In a township or village, if you send money today, I will send grain tomorrow, which is already beyond the local capacity. If they fail to meet the requirements of these bandits, it is not uncommon for them to either take advantage of the cattle or dig three feet into the ground, catch what they take, shoot a few people to scare and scare them.

The local people are already in dire straits, and their lives and property are under severe threat.

Officials, the people, and bandits, in the competition of these three forces, the most untouched belongs to the people. The people finally couldn't stand it anymore and organized a petition group to go to the newly appointed special commissioner Han Duofeng to go on a hunger strike to demonstrate.

There was an old man in his seventies, who couldn't stand it at first, and fainted on the ground all of a sudden.

Han Duofeng couldn't care about the commissioner's shelf for a long time, so he picked him up and poured water into his mouth. After a few sips of water, the old man woke up and refused to drink water again as a sign of his determination to go on a hunger strike. He trembled and said, "Commissioner Han, it doesn't matter if I die early or later, don't you save me, save the fathers and villagers of Linqing!" ”

Han Duofeng said: "Since I have come, I am the one who saves the people from fire and water, and we must eliminate the bandits." ”

The old man said, "I can say everything, but when will I be able to clear it?" We just can't live, we can't wait. In my village, I have to pay 100 stone of grain tomorrow, where to get it, every household can't open the pot for a long time. ”

Another old man said: "In my village, I have to pay 80 stone of grain tomorrow, and if I can't pay it, I will have to settle for a household." If we really set up a household, we will have to die a few more times, and we will really not be able to live. ”

Several people have complained about the suffering of their villages.

Han Duofeng listened, but there was nothing he could do, counting on the armed forces in his hands, it was barely enough to guard the door, as long as he didn't come to fight him. But if you want to fight bandits, you really don't even think about it, you can only be beaten by bandits. He could only say vaguely: "Such a big matter cannot be solved in a day or two, let us accumulate strength, and sooner or later there will be a time to solve it." ”

The old man said: "I'm afraid I can't wait for that day, for the sake of the people of Linqing, I will die to express our will!" After saying that, the old man bit his tongue at once, bleeding incessantly, and after a while, his already weakened body died of exhaustion.

This scene made Han Xing, who had seen many dead people on the battlefield, also frightened. It was on the battlefield, where people killed their enemies for their lives, and in this petition field, when no one approached them, they committed suicide on their own initiative.

If it weren't for being in a desperate situation, a normal person would make such a helpless move.

Han Duofeng grabbed the ground with his head and said with a grin: "Why bother, why bother!" Whether it's worth it or not, please think about it. ”

At this time, there was bad news from the other end of the petition field, and another old man went to Xitian early because he was not physically supportable.

Han Xing sighed deeply, feeling a violent shock in his heart, these old men who had already been on hunger and water for an unknown amount of time, if they delayed any longer, they didn't know how many people would die. The death of one more person is a heavy blow to Han Duofeng's power.

Someone else screamed, and another one died...... The team, which was originally a little numb, caused a noise again.

After the noise was over, there was another numbness, because these people were all taking care of themselves, and their bodies were strictly overdrawn. It's nothing compared to the disasters I've seen too many......

Han Duofeng was about to collapse, he knelt on the ground, almost crying and shouting: "There is a way that men have gold under their knees, and they kneel to the sky and kneel to their parents." Today, I knelt in front of all my fathers and fellow villagers, and it was not a shame. If I had hoped that a hunger strike would solve the problem, I would have died a long time ago, and I don't know how many people would have died. But folks, listen to me, the blood of father and mother, life is not easy to come by, everyone is the pillar of their respective families, and they must have the courage to take responsibility. If we're all lying here, Liso will be liso, but what about our grandchildren? What about our land houses? Please think about it a little bit, wait for the good news, and we will do our best to work out a solution to the problem. ”

One of the leaders of the petition group, named Wang Lao Wu, finally spoke: "These words have long been cocooned in our ears. Donkey beats cucumbers, let's have a crisp! When will we be able to get rid of banditry and return us to a safe and secure society? ”

"This ......" Han Duofeng's mouth was a little chopped for a while, "The situation is too complicated, our strength is still limited, I'm afraid it's ......"

Han Xing picked up Han Duofeng's words and asked this Wang Lao Wu: "May I ask this old gentleman's name?" "Fight the snake and fight seven inches, and look at the people to see who is the leader in this team, and only by talking to the leader can we further curb the vicious development of things.

The old gentleman sat on the ground and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "It is also a king character written upside down, ranking fifth, and others call me Wang Lao Wu." Excuse me, who are you? ”

Han Xing said: "I am Fan Zhuxian's team, and Han Xing of the guerrilla corps is also. ”

Wang Lao Wu's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Mo is not the chief of staff of the Southern Expeditionary Army, in the Battle of Wuhan, General Han Xing, who made the little devils lose their armor and killed tens of thousands of people. ”

Han Xing had no choice but to nod and say, "It's the villain, the juniors are arrogant in front of the elders." ”

Wang Lao Wu stopped sitting on the ground in front of Han Xing, and quickly stood up, clasped his fists with both hands, and gave a salute and said, "What elder, in front of General Han, he only has a stinky skin, and he is a few years old." You are a capable person, leading thousands of troops to fight Japan, greatly increasing the ambition of the Chinese nation and destroying the prestige of small Japan. When I meet someone like you, I admire it in my heart! ”

Han Xing hurriedly said: "If a family doesn't talk to each other, why should they all sit on the ground!" Hurry up and stand up and speak, and only when you are full of food and drink can you pull the family and talk about the development plan of Linqing. ”

This Wang Lao Wu, don't look at the fact that he is close to the close, the principle is still very strong, he said to Han Xing: "We are not here to embarrass Commissioner Han, but we really forced the villagers to live anymore, so we held a meeting, organized ourselves, and came to petition." Chief of Staff Han, you are also a soldier, and I am willing to listen to your hearty words. Tell me, when will the bandits be cleared up, and we folks will be given a safe and stable world. ”

"And how many days will you need?" Han Xing asked him rhetorically.

Wang Lao Wu looked at the petition groups on the ground who were half starved and dying of thirst, and said, "I'll tell you the truth, half a month!" If we can solve the problem of banditry in half a month, we will also go back and give an explanation to the villagers. If we can't solve the problem of banditry in half a month, all of our petition group will starve to death and die of thirst here. ”