As Zhou Jiangong expected, Liu Tianshu rushed out of the west of the village, and in a blink of an eye, he was crushed by the devil in a small pit on the edge of the woods, unable to move at all.

Zhou Jiangong knew that if he didn't think immediately, when the little devil's grenadier came towards the small pit, Liu Tianshu would have no way to escape, thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and ordered the troops to charge towards the village, which had attracted the devil's firepower and won the opportunity to rescue Liu Tianshu.

I have to say that Zhou Jiangong's combat experience is indeed rich, and his impromptu decision made the devil have to transfer firepower, creating an opportunity for Liu Tianshu to escape into the woods.

It's a pity that he led his troops in this round of charge, although he was caught off guard by the devil, but the troops suffered heavy casualties, eleven soldiers were killed, six soldiers were wounded, and himself, when retreating, was hit by the devil's heavy machine gun, and finally died heroically.

Liu Tianshu learned that in order to rescue him, not only did the Eighth Route Army suffer seventeen casualties, but also three members of Tang Qing's guerrillas died, and Hao Meng died to save him. For his own impulsiveness, so many people have given their lives, and his mood is so heavy and the regret in his heart is indescribable.

After a night of silence, early the next morning, Liu Tianshu took Shi Qiang and Hao Mengxuan to attend the funeral of the sacrificed soldiers. Liu Tianshu personally carried Zhou Jiangong's coffin to the mountains and forests behind the mountain village, and buried Zhou Jiangong, Hao Mengcheng and other sacrificed soldiers in the land they fought for in the incomparable grief of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

Seeing the remaining soldiers solemnly take off their hats and mourn in silence, Liu Tianshu was as comfortable as a knife, and when he left the mountain forest, he sat in front of the graves of Zhou Jiangong and Hao Mengcheng, slowly poured down a pot of old wine, stretched out his hand and touched the tombstone, and said with tears: "Brother Zhou, Brother Hao, it was me Liu Tianshu who hurt you, and it was me Liu Tianshu who was sorry for the two elder brothers." Brother Zhou, I have decided, I want to join your Eighth Route Army and complete the task you failed to complete. I swear to God that I will slaughter 100 devils with my own hands and avenge my two brothers. Brother Zhou, Brother Hao, there are no devils in heaven, may the two brothers go well. ”

After saying that, Liu Tianshu knelt in front of the graves of Zhou Jiangong and Hao Mengcheng, solemnly kowtowed nine times, and then turned around and stood up, without looking at Shi Qiang and Hao Mengxuan who were standing on the side, and walked straight to the village.

When Hao Mengxuan was talking to Liu Tianshu, the grief of losing his brother made him unable to suppress himself, and he was already in tears at this time, seeing Liu Tianshu leaving, he rushed over and knelt in front of Hao Mengcheng's grave, kowtowed three times, and then got up and chased Liu Tianshu.

"Brother Tianshu, did you really decide to join the Eighth Route Army and not go back to your hometown?" Shi Qiang ran to Liu Tianshu's side at this time and asked with concern.

"Qiangzi, I have already decided not to return to my hometown for the time being. Brother Zhou and Brother Hao died for me, their revenge cannot be avenged, I want to join the Eighth Route Army, I want to avenge Brother Zhou and Brother Hao. Liu Tianshu's eyes shone fiercely.

"Okay, Brother Tianshu, I also want to join the Eighth Route Army, and I will go wherever I go." Shi Qiang's expression froze and said firmly.

Back in the village, Liu Tianshu found Tang Qing.

"Sister Tang Qing, Brother Zhou and those soldiers of the Eighth Route Army died for me, my life was exchanged for their lives, I will hand it over to the Eighth Route Army, please accept me." Liu Tianshu looked at Tang Qing and said calmly.

"Sister Tang Qing, and me." Shi Qiang said hurriedly on the side.

"And me." This is Hao Mengxuan's voice.

When Tang Qing heard the words of the three of them, his eyes immediately moistened, and he looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Tianshu, I want you to remember that Brother Zhou and those Eighth Route Army did not just die to save you, they sacrificed for the happiness of the whole Chinese people, and sacrificed for the cause of the Chinese nation's War of Resistance. For the sake of the Chinese nation and to drive out the Japanese aggressors, we communists will not hesitate to go to the trouble or go to the fire. You really want to join our Eighth Route Army, we welcome it, but there is one thing I must explain in advance, our Eighth Route Army is a team of ordinary people, with iron discipline, hard life, no preferential treatment, I don't know if you can endure this kind of hardship? ”

"Sister Tang Qing, don't worry, since I have decided to join the Eighth Route Army, I will definitely abide by the regulations of your Eighth Route Army, and I will definitely be able to endure the hardships you can endure." Liu Tianshu said with a resolute expression.

He had a lot of contact with Tang Jiyuan, Zhao Dahai and Liu Blacksmith, and had a deep understanding of the Communist Party, and to be honest, he agreed with many of the Communist Party's ideas.

As for enduring hardships, if you want to join the army, how can you not endure hardships? If an army does not have iron discipline and the spirit of enduring hardships and hard work, what kind of army will it be?

If he just wanted to talk about enjoyment, maybe when he was in Wuyang County, he would have agreed to Jiang Jiawu's invitation.

When Tang Qing heard what he said, he turned his eyes to Hao Mengxuan and Shi Qiang.

"Sister Tang Qing, don't worry, we won't embarrass Tianshu (brother)." The two said in unison.

Although the Eighth Route Army paid a heavy price to save Liu Tianshu, as far as Hao Mengxuan and Shi Qiang were concerned, if Liu Tianshu didn't stay here, they wouldn't stay here.

"In that case, then I promise you, but, Tianshu, after this battle, our losses are very large, and I still have to ask my superiors for instructions on how to carry out the next step. In this case, I'll ask Dongzi to take you over to rest first. Saying that, Tang Qing called Dongzi and asked him to take Liu Tianshu and the three of them down to rest first.

After seeing Liu Tianshu and the others leave, Tang Qing thought about it and went straight to the residence of the Eighth Route Army.

After Zhou Jiangong followed Tang Qing to Shiquan Town with a platoon of the Eighth Route Army, due to the short time, the Eighth Route Army of this platoon and Tang Qing's guerrillas had not yet been reorganized, that is to say, the team of more than 40 people was divided into two parts, one was Zhou Jiangong's Eighth Route Army, and the other was the guerrillas led by Tang Qing.

After Zhou Jiangong's sacrifice, the troops were temporarily led by Deputy Platoon Du, and Tang Qing's guerrillas were now less than ten people left, and Tang Qing's guerrillas were still less than ten people, and Tang Qing was still the captain.

"Captain Tang is here." Seeing Tang Qing coming in, Du Qingdong stood up and said hello.

"Deputy Platoon Commander Du, there are a few things I want to discuss with you." Tang Qing looked at Du Qingdong and said.

"Captain Tang, please speak." Du Qingdong said calmly.

This time, in order to cooperate with the underground party in Wuyang County to establish anti-Japanese armed forces, the Eighth Route Army drew out a company of troops, of which their platoon was tasked with cooperating with Tang Qing in Shiquan Town to mobilize the masses in the areas of Shiquan Town, Huyangkou and Qingyan Town.

Yesterday, Zhou Jiangong led the troops and followed Tang Qing to prepare to go to Qingyan Town, but he didn't expect that on the way, he encountered a devil scourge in the mountain village, and finally there was a battle without any warning beforehand.

Now that more than half of the troops have lost, naturally Qingyan Town has not gone.

If such a big thing happened, he had to report it to his superiors, and before reporting, Tang Qing felt the need to talk to Du Qingdong.

"Deputy Platoon Commander Du, such a big incident has happened in the troops, we must immediately report to the superiors and ask for instructions on the next move. Also, I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible or not? ”

Tang Qing said slowly.

"Captain Tang, if you have anything to say, just say it." Du Qingdong looked at Tang Qing.

"Deputy platoon commander Du, look, this encounter with devils has greatly damaged the vitality of our troops, in order to carry out better work in the next step, is it necessary to reorganize the guerrillas and the Eighth Route Army? In this way, it is possible to integrate forces and unify command. By the way, there is another thing, Liu Tianshu and the three of them want to join our team, I have agreed, how do you see them settled? Tang Qing stroked his hair with his hand and said.

When Du Qingdong heard Liu Tianshu propose to join the team, his brows furrowed. To be honest, when he was in Shiquan Town, Zhou Jiangong was very interested in Liu Tianshu, which made Du Qingdong very puzzled. In his opinion, although Liu Tianshu rescued Jiang Xuezhu and Su Su from the pool, his family and the past are a mystery.

Although according to Liu Tianshu himself, they had fought devils in Liugu County, and judging from yesterday's battle, his fighting skills were really good, but he always had a lot of concerns about such a person of unknown origin and not knowing the root cause to join the team.

"Captain Tang, to be honest, Liu Tianshu is indeed capable, but we lack understanding of him, besides, the enemy situation here is so complicated, in order to maintain the purity of the team, I don't think it is appropriate for him to join our team." Du Qingdong thought for a while and said.

Platoon Commander Zhou sacrificed because of this Liu Tianshu, thinking of this, Du Qingdong was quite uninterested in Liu Tianshu.

Seeing Du Qingdong's opposition to keeping Liu Tianshu in the team, Tang Qing was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your worries are not unreasonable, in this case, let this matter go first, and then make a decision after I report to my superiors, I will rush over tonight and report the situation here to Secretary Zong." ”

In the final analysis, Du Qingdong and the others only cooperated with their own actions, and the organization did not clarify the subordination between the two parties, so she naturally could not order Du Qingdong.

Du Qingdong didn't want Liu Tianshu to join the Eighth Route Army, and before the instructions from his superiors arrived, it was impossible for the two teams to be reorganized, so Tang Qing had to make up his mind and report the situation here to Secretary Zong.

That night, after Tang Qing had a brief conversation with Liu Tianshu, he took a team member and rushed to Xujia Village in the north of Wuyang County overnight.

After Tang Qing left, Liu Tianshu and several guerrillas lived in a small courtyard, these guerrillas were actually locals, but most of them were bullied by the landlord and the old fortune of the landlord, which made the family ruined.

It was only because the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were now cooperating to resist Japan that they came down from Qingyuling, west of Shiquan Town. These guerrillas were very familiar with the situation around Shiquan Town, and when they heard Liu Tianshu's inquiry, they told them everything about the situation in this area.