Okada received Yoshino's order and immediately commanded his troops out of the mountains and forests, along the road leading from Shangbao to Kiyoam Town, and quickly retreated towards Kiyoam Town.

In the process of retreating, Pang Tao's Imperial Allied Army was placed behind to take cover. Pang Tao received Okada's order, and he was so angry that he scolded his mother. However, he knew the cruelty of the Japanese, and he followed Cheng Guigui to take refuge in the Japanese, and he had already become a traitor in the hearts of the Chinese people.

Fortunately, the guerrillas saw that it was the Imperial Allied Army walking behind, and surprisingly did not launch an attack, allowing them to return to Qingyan Town without incident.

In fact, when Liu Tianshu saw the devil withdrawing his troops, he still wanted to take the opportunity to get some cheap. Helplessly, the soldiers were very tired after this fierce battle, plus there were five soldiers in a platoon who sacrificed and four were injured, which is equivalent to a squad of soldiers losing their combat effectiveness, and Shi Qiang's guard squad also sacrificed one and slightly injured one. At this time, if you go to trouble the devil again, you will have more than enough heart and not enough strength.

After receiving a report from Shang Wu, the old man said that because Liu Tianshu came to the rescue with the guerrillas, the merchant fort was not captured by the devils, so he walked around the house twice and asked Shang Wu to invite Liu Tianshu and them in.

Liu Tianshu heard Shang Wu say that the patriarch invited them in, so he gave Shi Qiang and Li Shu a few words, took Shang He and Shang Wei, and followed Shang Wu to the village.

Although the devil returned to Qingyan Town, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not play any tricks, so Li Shu and Shi Qiang were naturally left outside the village by him.

Of course, the wounded and the fallen soldiers were still sent back to Huangshi Village.

Walking into the merchant fortress gate, facing a magnificent mountain gate, the thick stone pillar reveals an indescribable vicissitudes of time in the afterglow of the sunset, Liu Tianshu's eyes just retracted from the mountain gate, and saw an old man with white hair. Carrying a quaint wooden staff, surrounded by four or five middle-aged people in long robes, he slowly walked towards them.

"Captain, that's our old patriarch." Shang He whispered on the side.

Liu Tianshu heard the sound, nodded slightly, and then stepped forward to meet him.

"Hello, Mr. Shang. took the liberty of coming to the door, disturbed a lot, and asked the old gentleman to forgive his sins. As he spoke, Liu Tianshu raised his hands, arched them in front of his chest, and said very politely.

"You are Mr. Liu Tianshu?" Mr. Shang saw a young and hearty person standing in front of him, and a thick bookish aura diffused, and he couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

In his memory, the person who can make the devil sleep and eat is frightened. Not to mention that he is eight feet tall and has a bear's waist, he should also be a big man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who would have thought that Liu Tianshu would be such a scholar who seems to be a little weak.

"Let the old gentleman smile, I am Liu Tianshu, like a fake." Liu Tianshu maintained a peaceful smile on his face.

When Mr. Shang heard this, he couldn't help but stroke his beard and smiled: "Hehe, I didn't expect someone who made the little devil afraid like a tiger." It turned out to be a scholar, Mr. Liu. Listen to your accent, you're not a local? ”

The last time he came to Shangbao, it was Tang Qing, the instructor of the guerrillas.

Tang Qing has been active in the Yuling area west of Qingyan Town for many years, that is, Qingyan Town, Shiquan Town and the county seat, and she is often active.

So for Mr. Shang. Tang Qing's name is not unfamiliar. It's just that Shangbao has always inherited the clan style of being indisputable with the world, and naturally he is reluctant to contact the guerrillas who are against the government.

Although Tang Qing now represents the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party and is also the regular sequence of the Nationalist Government, Mr. Shang is still reluctant to have too deep contact with it.

After all. The guerrillas represented by Tang Qing were not the Nationalist Government and were not the orthodoxy of the state.

But if it weren't for the guerrillas coming to the rescue this time, the whole village would have been poisoned by devils. Therefore, after the crisis of the devil's retreat to Shangbao was resolved, it was reasonable for him to thank Liu Tianshu's guerrillas.

"Mr. Huishang's words, my hometown is in Shandong, and I went to Peking to study three years ago. Four months ago, the devil suddenly occupied Beiping, and he couldn't read this book, no, he followed a few classmates here. Liu Tianshu still replied without humility or arrogance.

"No wonder Mr. Liu is such a young talent, Mr. Liu, go this way." Knowing that Liu Tianshu turned out to be a college student in Beiping, Mr. Shang's expression changed and he made a gesture of please.

The three of them entered the village, and under the curious eyes of everyone in the village, they came to the house of Mr. Shang, who was located in the middle.

Mr. Shang's home is a large mansion divided into a front yard, a middle yard and a back yard. The whole house occupies a wide area, but from the perspective of architecture, it should be very historic. Liu Tianshu glanced at the eaves of the roof, revealing thick moss from time to time, even the wooden pillars in the yard, which also looked a little mottled.

Entering the middle courtyard, in a large living room, several people sat down on both sides, and when Shang Wei entered the village, he said a word to Liu Tianshu, and then ran home.

Shang He sat on one side with Liu Tianshu at this time, and on the other side sat a few middle-aged people with some weight in Shang Bao.

After a girl in Tsing Yi offered tea, Mr. Shang raised his hand and said please use tea, and waited until Liu Tianshu took a sip, then he said: "Mr. Liu, this time thanks to your guerrillas who rescued each other, otherwise Shangbao would have fallen into the hands of devils, if that is the case, how can I face the ancestors and ancestors." This kindness, more than 700 people in our merchant fort, must be remembered. ”

"Mr. Shang is serious." Liu Tianshu put down the tea cup and said sincerely, "Fighting devils is what every Chinese should do. Besides, the little devils are robbers, and they came to China to make us Chinese slaves and cattle and horses for them. Mr. Shang, you may have heard about the mountain village in the east. The villagers in that village are not very demanding, and they just want to live in peace. They didn't recruit anyone to provoke anyone, who would have thought that the devils suddenly surrounded the village, and then they went on a killing spree. At that time, I happened to be in that village, and I watched countless kind-hearted villagers fall under the guns of the devils, and many sisters were harmed or even killed by the devils. It was at that time that I vowed to fight the devil to the end. Mr. Shang, Japan is only a small country, originally an island country in the Pacific Ocean, and its land is less than one-tenth of China's, its population is less than one-fourth of ours, and its resources are far from ours. But such a small island country is delusional about ruling our country and enslaving the Chinese nation. Thinking that my China has been in China for 5,000 years, how can the splendid rivers and mountains left by my ancestors allow robbers to bully wantonly? Now that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have joined hands to resist the enemy, I believe that as long as every Chinese unites and strengthens our confidence in fighting the devil, we will certainly be able to defeat the devil and drive the little devil out of China. ”

"I know what Mr. Liu said, alas, I won't tell you that our merchant fort can continue to this day, and has always followed the ancestral teachings, that is, no officials, no bandits. However, through this incident, I can see it. The little devils are robbers, and there is no reason to talk to them at all. You guerrillas fight against Japan and fight devils, and we should support ourselves. It's just that, as the patriarch, I have to be responsible for all the hundreds of people in the merchant fort. The little devil has guns and cannons, even if the terrain of our merchant fort is dangerous, but in front of the devil's cannon, it is useless, I am worried that the devil will not give up and will come to fight our merchant fort again. Mr. Shang had a worried look on his face.

Liu Tianshu listened to Mr. Shang's words, and he couldn't help but think in his heart.

Judging from the devil's continuous increase in troops to Qingyan Town, the little devil attaches great importance to Qingyan Town and will not give up at all. In that case, the struggle against the enemy in Qingyan Town will be long-term, and Shangbao is less than twenty miles away from Qingyan Town, although the terrain is dangerous, but after all, the strength is insufficient, and it cannot protect itself at all.

If you want the merchant fort to join forces with the guerrillas, you must solve the worries of the merchant fort.

Otherwise, once the devil retaliates against the merchant fort, and he can't guarantee the safety of the merchant fort, resulting in the merchant fort being poisoned by the devil, then he will feel guilty for the rest of his life.

"Mr. Shang, as far as I know, the people of Qingyan Town are mainly composed of the five major families of Shang, Long, Qian, Zhu, and Tian. But if these five families are united, this power is enough to defeat the little devils, even if they can't all join forces, as long as most of them agree to unite, a new pattern of joint resistance against Japan can be formed, and then as long as one family is in trouble and rescued from all directions, it will definitely be able to keep the safety of the major villages. Of course, after several villages join forces, it is necessary to strengthen the armed forces of each village, and the specific next can be carefully discussed. Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said.

Among the five major families in Qingyan Town, the Long family has traces of defecting to the Japanese, and the merchant fort has become the target of the eradication of the devils, and the remaining three should still be waiting and seeing.

If you can say that one or two companies can join forces with the merchant fort, the safety of the merchant fort can basically be guaranteed.

After all, it is impossible for the devil to invest the power to kill several villages at the same time in Qingyan Town. Besides, as their guerrillas continue to grow, the devils cannot ignore the threat of the guerrillas.

"Join forces to fight against Japan?" Mr. Shang couldn't help but mutter, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

Shangbao has completely offended Long Quanfu and Long Haisheng because of Shangbao's establishment of the anti-Japanese self-defense force, and now Long Haisheng has become the plainclothes detective captain of the devil, and Shangbao has naturally become a thorn in the side of the devil and Long Haisheng and others.

The purpose of the devil's attack on the cottage this time is obvious.

Thinking of the consequences of the devil entering the stockade, Mr. Shang shuddered.

"Yes, only when everyone unites to fight the enemy can there be hope of defeating the enemy and defending the homeland." Liu Tianshu said solemnly on the side.

Mr. Shang pondered for a moment, looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Mr. Liu is a person who has seen the world, I believe in you, however, you also know that judging from this fight with the devil, the combat effectiveness of the Self-Defense Force of Shangbao is not strong, and I will ask Mr. Liu to help the Self-Defense Force of Shangbao improve its combat effectiveness in the future." ”

Shang Wu led the Self-Defense Force to fight with the Imperial Alliance Army for several hours, and almost lost the second checkpoint, which made Mr. Shang realize the gap between the Self-Defense Force and the Devil Puppet Army.

"That's fine, I'm willing to do my best." Liu Tianshu said briskly. (To be continued.) )