Chen Li did not encounter an enemy, but a group of refugees who were worse than them. Everyone is unkempt, and many people have lost their packages and have nothing to lose.

Seems to have been robbed?

Spreading the situation to the back, the rushing team stopped, and Xu Xiaoyong and Li Ping'an both rushed to inquire about the situation.

After the stories of several elderly refugees, they figured out what happened.

The terrain in this area is treacherous, and there are mountain bandits entrenched. These refugees, like them, were also moved into the mountains because of the devil's sweep.

Unfortunately, they were stopped by the mountain bandits, and several militiamen in the village were killed for resisting, and the rest were looted like lambs to be slaughtered.

If they don't go back to the village to find food, they will starve to death here.

After hearing this, everyone was angry, Chen Li held the gun tightly and said: "The evil bandits are in charge, and they must use the gun to teach them how to behave." Captain Xu, give the order! ”

"Don't worry, this matter has to be discussed."

A group of mountain bandits Xu Xiaoyong is still not in his eyes, although he has always taken the route of civilian cadres, but he has never eaten pork and has never seen a pig run.

I have been fighting with the big army, and I have learned a lot from being around the chief.

They can't be impatient, especially since they are lacking in strength right now. The situation of the mountain bandits is unknown, and the consequences of making a rash decision are unimaginable.

"Does anyone know what the bandit leader is called, how many people and how many guns?" He asked the refugees and the people around him.

"I know."

An old man among the refugees pointed to a mountain not far away and said, "The mountain is called Xiaoyin Mountain, and the bandits who are entrenched on it, and the big leader is called One Eye, and it is said that because of his aggressiveness, people have blinded one eye." ”

"Oh, one eye?"

"Yes, this group of mountain bandits is extremely vicious, and they do all kinds of evil acts of kidnapping and killing, and they are a group of evil bandits in the evil township. As for how many of them there were, I don't know. But when they came, there were twenty or thirty people. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he sighed resentfully, and the food and other things carried by more than 100 people in their village were looted.

Continue to go into the mountains to hide, and if you don't have food, you have to starve to death. But if you go back to the village, the devil is coming, and I'm afraid that I will have to peel off my skin if I don't die.

If only the Eighth Route Army were here, it would definitely be able to help them sweep away the evil bandits and give them justice.

When Li Ping'an saw the old man in such a miserable situation, he couldn't help but feel sad that the rabbit was dead and the fox died.

"Emen Village is not much stronger than them, and a dozen militiamen, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the ferocious bandits.

Of course, Ehui led the team members to resist to the death and cover the retreat of the villagers. Even if they are all sacrificed, they have no regrets. ”

After imagining it tragically, Li Ping'an stepped forward to comfort the old man, and at the same time said to the villagers behind the old man:

"This is Captain Xu of the Eighth Route Army, and when you meet you, you are saved. The Eighth Route Army will definitely call the shots for you. ”

As a member of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, Chen Li couldn't help but agree: "Yes, the Eighth Route Army will definitely help you clean up these evil bandits." ”

Hearing that the Eighth Route Army was in front of him, the old man grabbed Chen Li's hand, trembling, and his excitement could not be expressed. They already believed that the Eighth Route Army would seek justice for them.

In this area of the base area, the weight of the three words of the Eighth Route Army can be seen from this.

The big words were all said by the two, and Xu Xiaoyong didn't dare not accept it.

It is the duty of the Eighth Route Army to protect the people and make decisions for the people, but what kind of ways and methods to use and how to succeed is a science.

led people to calm down the villagers first, Xu Xiaoyong looked at the mountain in the distance, frowning.

Obviously, there are only a dozen militia teams cobbled together with the old and weak, and it is difficult to defeat the evil bandits entrenched in the mountains by attacking head-on.

What's more, the number of bandits is at least twice as large as theirs, and the situation is even worse, maybe twice as much!

The militia protects the villagers, and it is good luck to be able to pass through this place safely. It's hard to think about fighting bandits.

Li Ping'an selected two clever soldiers to reconnoitre, and sent people to guard the front of the road.

When he came back, he found that Xu Xiaoyong was frowning, and he muttered a little in his heart.

"If you don't fight a war that engages in propaganda, will you do it?"

The more he thought about it, the more bottomless he became, as if he saw that they were defeated by the mountain bandits, and the villagers were chased by the evil bandits, and there was no way to go to heaven and no way to go down.

Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat, wiped it off with his sleeve, stepped forward and said, "Captain Xu, one person counts the short, the other counts the long, you can say what is embarrassing, the big guy thinks together."

Otherwise, call Xiucai over, I see that he is a capable person, he can make grenades, and he will definitely not be ambiguous in war. Maybe there's a way. ”

This also woke up Xu Xiaoyong, and he decided to hold a small meeting to discuss what to do.

The participants of the meeting included Zhao Jisheng, the village chief of Zhaojiazhuang, a middle-aged man in his forties. Zhao Jingfang, president of the Zhaojiazhuang Women's Rescue Association, is a progressive woman who has become a wife. Militia captain Li Ping'an, initiator Xu Xiaoyong, and talent Yuan Chenming.

Originally, because the team stopped, Yuan Chenming, who thought he could rest his feet, was suddenly found with a confused face. When I heard that there were bandits in front of me, I was even more frightened.

That's when he discovered that the most precious thing in the new regiment was safety.

With Li Yunlong and Xinyituan here, who can threaten his life? I'm afraid there are only little devils who are attacking in a big way.

But after leaving the new group, there are not too many people, and two bandits who rob the road may not be guaranteed.

After all, bandits are also extremely vicious and unreasonable. Leaving a small life for the robbed person is considered to be their kindness.

"Hey, are you listening?"

Xu Xiaoyong stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him, and asked a little unhappily.

The big guy was either standing against a stone or sitting on the ground, all listening carefully to Li Ping'an's description of the situation, and this one was pale and wandering out of the world.

Now it's a terrible situation!

"Listen! You go on. Yuan Chenming rubbed his face vigorously to cheer himself up.

He didn't think that these people in front of him were good military commanders, and maybe they weren't as good as him on paper.

Now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and if the decision-making level makes a mistake, no one will be happy.

Under Xu Xiaoyong's instructions, Li Ping'an continued to tell what he had just said: "Now it seems that the mountain bandits should be between thirty and forty people, and they belong to the category of extremely vicious. ”

"Wait, why did it become thirty or forty people again, didn't you just say that there were only more than twenty?" Zhao Jingfang, the president of the Women's Rescue Association, stared at her delicate eyes and asked blankly.

"Twenty or thirty people were the number of people the villagers saw when they came down the mountain to plunder. There should be some more in the lair, so it is estimated that there will be more than we see. ”

Li Ping'an finished explaining her question and continued: "I also asked someone just now, although this is not the only way to enter the mountain, but I am afraid that the detour will take nearly a hundred miles, and it will be two or three days away. ”

"If you're not afraid of a detour, you're afraid of being unsafe." Zhao Jisheng, the village head, thought it was feasible to take a detour. As long as you don't clash with the mountain bandits, it's acceptable to go a little longer.

However, no one approved of him.

As soon as Yuan Chenming heard that he had to walk an extra hundred and ten miles, he pinched his teeth, and his legs were three points weaker. If he could, he would never want to leave.

But listen to what others have to say.

Li Ping'an said: "I think we can fight the mountain bandits, it is best to hurt them, take revenge on their Huaijia Village, and we can save a detour." ”

Those who were robbed came from Huaijia Village, a small village with only a few dozen households.

Zhao Jisheng shook his head violently, and did not agree with Li Ping'an's statement at all, why should he sacrifice the safety of their village to help avenge a strange village.

Fighting bandits and calling the shots for the common people is the business of the Eighth Route Army, not theirs.

Of course, you can't watch those people starve to death, borrow some food from them to spend some days, Zhao Jisheng can still call the shots.

The two had a big difference of opinion, and the female comrades of the Women's Rescue Association could not interject and did not know who to help. Li Ping'an is not surnamed Zhao, he is an outsider. And the villagers will protect their own interests, I am afraid that Zhao Jisheng will be the mainstay.

At this time, Yuan Chenming asked: "Our group has such a big goal, will the mountain bandits already have their sights, or even rush here now?" ”

The two who were arguing looked at him in astonishment, their faces extremely ugly.