"Third child, tell your mother-in-law and ask her to pack up her things quickly. Tomorrow morning, the old and young masters of our village will go up the mountain to choose a site, and if your house can't be cleaned up by then, don't blame me for being late. I told you three days ago, and I haven't started yet, so when are you going to wait? When the whole village is gone, why don't you stay and entertain the little devils? ”

"No, no! We didn't want to stay and entertain the devils. Don't worry, village chief, I have to clean up my house if I don't sleep tonight. If I can't finish it, won't I go with you tomorrow if I don't want anything? Don't worry, I promise that tomorrow I won't delay the big guys' business! ”

Hu Laosan patted his chest and made a promise in person, and the village chief nodded and continued to inform the next family. Hujia Village is not big, and there are more than 100 households in the village, with less than 400 people. More than 100 village chiefs have been notified no less than three times from door to door, and some villagers have not even taken action yet!

"Village chief, village chief, the devil is here!" A young man flew on his feet, shouting loudly as he ran. All the villagers who heard his shout opened the door and ran out to listen to the letter.

"Stop! Little Iron Lock, how do you know the devil is coming? Where did you see that? The village chief shouted at the young man. Although he knew that the devil was coming, the village chief would never want anyone to use this as a cover to cause chaos!

"I saw it with my own eyes! Dozens of people came along the main road, carrying spears and wearing round caps. What I saw on the hillside! They walked fast for half an hour to reach our village! ”

The words of the iron lock made the village chief's brows twist into a pimple, and then he made up his mind as soon as his eyes opened!

"Little Iron Lock, run around the village, and let the men of each family gather under the old elm tree. Old and young masters, the little devil is here! Men from all families gather under the old elm tree with their handy guys! ”

Wow! I just watched the lively villagers turn around and run home! From sixteen to sixty, as long as it's a man, look for a guy when you enter the house! Shovels, nail rakes, guillotines, hoes! There are all the guys doing farm work, and the stick laborers of the farmer's family have copied the usual farm tools and rushed out of the house!

There are more than 100 households in the village, and there are only a dozen of them who heard the village chief's shouting just now, and more people don't know anything! The village chief waved his hand, "Big Niu, Erzhu, follow me to ring the bell under the old elm tree!" ”

In the middle of the village, there is an old elm tree that is said to be more than 500 years old. Every year in April and May, the old elm trees will be full of elm money for the villagers to pick and eat. In the entire Hujia Village, almost everyone has eaten the elm money of the old elm tree. When the weather is good, the elderly people in the village often sit under the old elm trees to enjoy the shade and chat.

There was an iron bell hanging on the old elm tree, just as no one knew how old the old elm tree was, and no one knew what year or month the bell was hung. When something big happened in the village, the village chief would go under the old elm tree and ring the bell. The villagers heard the bell and participated in the collective activities of the village. Today, the village chief once again stood under the old elm tree and rang the bell!

"When-! When! When! As the bell rang, the villagers gathered around the old elm tree.

Seeing that the people were almost there, the village chief let go of the bell hammer and began to make a mobilization speech: "The old and young masters of Hujia Village! The devil has arrived at the entrance of our village! It's too late for us to run away with our wives and children now! The men of our Hujia Village have no bad seeds, and the little devil wants to do bad things, he is in the wrong place! The big guys hurried home to find all the guys who were handy and gathered here, let's fight with the little devils! ”

"Fight with the little devil!" When the words of the village chief such as Hong Zhong Dalu were still echoing in the air, the villagers who had gathered had already begun to run home. The little devil is coming soon, and the big guy has to hurry back and find a self-defense weapon!

Thirty miles away from Hujia Village, Hu Fei suddenly grabbed the reins, "Go and call me Gou Tianxiao, the commander of the first company." ”

"Yes!" The herald agreed, turned his horse's head and galloped away.

"Stop moving! Rest in place! Hu Fei raised his right hand and shouted, and the entire army suddenly stopped. The warrior on horseback turned over and dismounted, and the soldier on foot sat directly on the ground. Thirty miles, far or not, not near, you have to walk for three hours in a row. The horseback rider is better, but the walker has soreness in both legs. It's really time to rest.

"Phineas!" Gou Tianxiao jumped off the back of the jujube red horse like a swallow, "What do you call me for?" ”

"You send two brothers back to Hujia Village. Tell the village chief of Hujia Village and ask him to help us contact a batch of military rations. As for the quantity, let's count as much as there are, let's give the money according to the market price! ”

"Yes!" Gou Tianxiao saluted and wanted to leave, but Hu Fei stopped him again, "Don't send someone else, you go there in person." Go and get back quickly, I'll be waiting for your news here! ”

Although he didn't know why Hu Fei suddenly paid attention to the purchase of military rations, Gou Tianxiao would never question any of Hu Fei's orders. After receiving the order to leave, Gou Tianxiao took two capable subordinates Pegasus back to Hujia Village!

At this time, Hujia Village is facing an unprecedented crisis! After more than 100 young and strong laborers in the village gathered under the big locust tree with farm tools, the village chief divided the villagers into two roads and guarded the two intersections in front of the village and behind the village. The village chief personally brought sixty strong men to the front village entrance to defend!

Almost as soon as the villagers walked to the entrance of the village, the devil came!

Maeda Saburo walked at the front of the line, and from a distance, he saw that the village in front of him was very calm, and Qianmo was quiet like a paradise. A country road leads straight into the village, and Saburo Maeda leads his devil soldiers along the path to slowly approach this paradise.

Suddenly, dozens of croppers with farm tools rushed out of the village one after another, blocking the road into the village! Looking at their angry expressions, it is obvious that they are not good citizens who have come to welcome the imperial army! Do these people want to fight against the Imperial Army? Saburo Maeda was stunned in his heart!

Getting closer and closer, less than fifty meters away from the nearest villager, Saburo Maeda stopped.

"Hey, we are the Imperial Army of Japan, in order to establish a royal paradise, to help you get rid of the slavery of the Western powers, and to achieve coexistence and common prosperity!" Don't look at this guy as a mixed society, he can actually live in vain for the devil's ridiculous bullshit theory.

"Imperial Army? I don't understand what you're saying! However, this is Hujia Village, a village of Chinese. We are all bankers who have never seen the world, and we don't know how to receive foreigners! If you want to have any major military affairs, you should go to Taiyuan to find the government to do it. The village chief held a shovel in his hand, looked at the devil coldly, but what he said was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was loud!

"Eight Tooth Road! Yours are not enough friends. Dead, dead, dead! The little devil raised his sword with a fierce look in his eyes.