Chapter 63: Mobilization of the Militia (2nd Update)
If possible, Uncle Nine would like to go to the county seat in person to avenge the county citizens who died in vain.
But at this time, we can't just leave these more than 100 people here.
Behind him are tens of thousands of townspeople in Taiping Town, who are actively preparing to resist.
Uncle Nine pulled Qiusheng's arm and whispered to the side.
"Qiusheng, you take the big guy back to Taiping Town along the mountain road, Mayor Zong has explained, now the town is building defenses, attracting the clan forces in the village and all the townspeople to resist together, you return to the town, after resting, you will obey the dispatch of the mayor of Zong, and if necessary, please ask your uncle to go out of the customs!"
Qiusheng raised his head and looked at Uncle Nine with a little worry.
"And what about you, master?"
Uncle Nine waved his hand.
"Leave me alone, I'll go back and see, and I have more important things to do, your task now is to bring everyone back to Taiping Town safely."
Qiusheng knew the tension of the situation, and when he heard Uncle Nine say this, he nodded solemnly, turned to everyone and said.
"Everyone, hold on, Mayor Zong has prepared a residence for everyone, as well as hot meals, as long as you stick to Taiping Town, everyone will be safe, and now Taiping Town is the only town in Shicheng County that has not fallen!"
Qiusheng tries to arouse everyone's energy.
After nearly two days of captivity, everyone's body and mind have been exhausted to the limit, not only can they not drink and eat, but they also cannot guarantee their safety, and they have been in a high state of tension.
If they are not given some hope, I am afraid it will be difficult for them to walk more than 20 kilometers of mountain roads overnight to reach Taiping Town.
Safe!
Rest!
Food!
These three are the things they need the most, and Qiusheng only hopes that saying this will give them some strength to move forward.
Sure enough, hearing Qiusheng's words, everyone's morale suddenly increased.
They all stood up strongly.
They have already made up their minds that they will die, and they will die in Taiping Town!
"Master, then we'll set off first."
Qiusheng saw that the popularity of the crowd had risen, so he decided not to delay any longer, like after the ninth uncle said goodbye, he shuttled through the woods in the dark.
Seeing this, everyone also got up.
A procession of more than 100 people crossed the border like ants, slowly advancing between the woods and mountain roads.
Uncle Nine looked at the team going away, sighed slightly, and rushed into the forest in the direction of the county seat.
At the same time, in the county seat, Zhou Tianmin had already gathered all his core subordinates and teams.
Except for the peripheral members who patrolled the intersections, the rest had already gathered in the county playground.
There are also seven or eight hundred people.
Almost every man had a long or short firearm, and every twenty or thirty men also had a light machine gun, and some people had a grenade with a wooden handle stuck in their waists, which was an absolute luxury in this era.
Because they infiltrated in batches, this group of vigilante bandits loved you and did not carry heavy firearms such as small field guns, which is also a blessing in misfortune.
At this time, Zhou Tianmin sat on the platform in the playground with a big bald head.
And the subordinates neatly listed the two large phalanxes, faintly with a breath of gunsmoke sharpened out of the killing aura.
Between the phalanx and the platform, a clearing was created.
In the clearing stood several young men with glasses.
The leader is the man with glasses who contradicted Shi Chen before.
At this time, he was asking and answering questions with Zhou Tianmin.
"You say? The person who rescued you is from Taiping Town? ”
Zhou Tianmin's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Yes, County Magistrate Zhou, that person claimed to have been sent by the mayor of Taiping Town, and said that he was ready to resist."
The man in glasses lowered his head and said respectfully.
"Hehe, then why don't you go with him, when the labor and management entered the city, you resisted one by one!"
Zhou Tianmin asked in a playful tone, this four-eyed boy was very arrogant at the beginning, as the editor of the county newspaper, he was extremely enthusiastic, and he tried to be in the limelight in front of him with a few little cubs from the newspaper.
Hearing Zhou Tianmin's question, the glasses man's head lowered a little deeper, and his face turned blue and white for a while.
He can't say that he loves to be in the limelight, is so happy, and looks down on the dirt buns from the township, right?
I had to reply in a sneering way.
"At the beginning, the little one had no eyes, but now the little one knows that he has lost his way, and he asked the county magistrate Zhou to give the little one a chance to atone for his sins."
"Hmph, you can't shoot a gun, and you can't use force, what's the use of me keeping you? Do you keep writing newspapers? ”
Zhou Tianmin snorted coldly, although he was born as a military bandit, he hated this kind of anti-bone boy who defected and loved face the most.
Hearing Zhou Tianmin say this, the glasses boy panicked, for fear that he would be killed like this.
"I... I... I grew up in Shicheng County, and I am the editor of the county newspaper, so I am extremely familiar with the surrounding roads and conditions, and the small ones are willing to lead the way for the marshal, capture Taiping Town, and completely occupy the entire Shicheng County! ”
The glasses boy stammered for a while before he thought of a reason.
Zhou Tianmin heard the glasses boy say this, groaned for a moment, and nodded slightly.
"It makes sense, this Taiping Town dares to resist, but it can't stay..."
Muttering to himself, Zhou Tianmin raised his head and looked at the adjutant who was standing beside him.
"Zhang Rui, lead him down."
The adjutant nodded, and led the glasses boy to the queue.
Seeing this, Zhou Tianmin got up, raised his hands, and said excitedly to the bandits in line.
"Everybody's heard, right? Taiping Town, a small town, is actually trying to rebel against us, so what do we need to do? ”
"Capture Taiping Town!"
"Plunder their riches!"
"The woman who snatched them!"
"Destroy their fertile fields!"
The militia bandits shouted in unison, and it seemed that they were quite skilled in this kind of thing, and even had a fixed slogan.
"Good! The battalions are resting and preparing tonight, and the first and second battalions are the attacking troops, and they will carry ammunition before dawn tomorrow morning! ”
"The third battalion, as a logistics battalion, will set off at noon tomorrow, carrying food and ammunition supplies!"
"The four battalions are stationed at the headquarters of Shicheng County, and the 115 people patrolling the periphery, a total of 23 groups of 5 people, are jointly centered on the county seat and block all the roads and horses!"
I have to say that Zhou Tianmin still has a set of deployments, and at first glance, he has many years of combat experience, and he quickly made the most reasonable arrangement.
"Yes!"
The two queues thundered.
The terrible thing about bandits is that they are far more disciplined than bandits, not only well-equipped, but also experienced in combat.
"Disband!"
Zhou Tianmin waved his hand, and then said to Zhang Rui.
"Zhang Rui, you stay."
When Zhang Rui walked to his side, Zhou Tianmin said.
"You don't have to go out tomorrow, your task is to solve the affairs of the county government, I will give you five days to complete the task and be promoted to three levels, if you can't complete it..."