Li Long led his troops to march all the way, and it took only more than two hours to reach Chengde City on dozens of miles of mountain roads. After rushing to Chengde, even Li Long, who has always been in good health, almost fell down tired. In order to speed up the march of the large army, Li Long gave up the horses of dozens of cavalry to transport equipment.

Li Long led his troops to the north gate of Chengde City, and found that there were no defenders guarding the city wall, and even the city gate was still open. "it, go to town!" Li Long scolded casually, and then led the vanguard into Chengde City.

There was not even a figure to be seen near the city gate, but in the distance on the street, I could vaguely see people running to the west and south with large bags and small bags.

At this time, there was only one company of troops that followed Li Long into the city, and these were the most elite troops under Li Long. Li Long frowned and said, "I know that the brothers are tired, but now that the situation is urgent, we don't have time to rest at all. Now leave one squad to guard the north gate, and the other platoons immediately search around as a squad to find out the situation in the city as soon as possible. Because Li Long's large army was behind, Li Long only left a squad of troops to guard the north gate.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, and then divided into several teams and searched and advanced into the city.

Li Long also led a squad of soldiers and walked forward along a street at the north gate. After walking for a while, Li Long stopped a few people who were fleeing.

Those people, apparently a family, walked slowly because they had to take care of a few children. At this time, seeing that he was blocked by a group of soldiers, he thought that this group of soldiers was going to take the opportunity to rob, and one of the middle-aged men hurriedly greeted him, "Everyone, the bosses are good, we are just poor people, and we have nothing valuable." Although Li Long's troops belonged to the civilian anti-Japanese organizations, they all wore uniform coarse cloth uniforms, but there was no collar badge, only an armband with the words "North China Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army" written on it. But for ordinary people, they can distinguish these things, thinking that these people in front of them are soldiers!

Li Long said with a smile, "Fellow countryman, don't be afraid, we are an army of resistance and do not disturb the people." I just want to ask, where are you going! And the people of the city? ”

The middle-aged man glanced at Li Long suspiciously, obviously suspicious of Li Long's words, how could there be any soldiers who did not disturb the people in these years! However, the man replied honestly, "This chief must have come from out of town!" No wonder you don't know, the little devil is coming, even Tang Dashuai has run away, and the officials in the city have also been cannoned. He said that he was so powerful that he would kill people when he saw them, and even we ordinary people would not let go, so we could only flee for our lives. Sir, I advise you to run for your life quickly, or it will be too late. ”

Li Long thought about it, it seemed that the information was accurate, and Tang Yulin's old bastard really ran away. "Fellow, can you tell me where the provincial political axe is?"

The man pointed to the front and said, "Just in front, walk along this street and you will see a building, which is the Provincial Government Axe Building." ”

Li Long nodded and said, "I'm sorry for you, fellow countryman, then you should run away quickly!" Before the little devil comes, get out of here! ”

When the man heard this, he took his wife and children and ran westward. Li Long's face was very ugly at this time, "Let's go, go to the Provincial Political Axe Building to have a look." As he spoke, he walked forward with a dozen brothers.

As soon as Li Long and the others arrived outside the Provincial Political Axe Building, they saw one hundred and ten soldiers gathered in front of the building, and an officer with the rank of captain said loudly, "Brothers! We just left, are we worthy of so many people in Chengde City? Is it worthy of this military uniform on you? ”

A major officer glanced at the captain and said in a strange manner, "Wang Xiucai, don't be demagogic here. Zhang Shaoshuai's hundreds of thousands of troops can't stop him, just with our 180 people, it's not enough for the little devil to stuff his teeth? You kid wants to die, Lao Tzu can't care about it, but you can't drag the gentlemen to bury with you! Brothers, leave him alone, let's go! With a wave of the box cannon in his hand, the dozens of soldiers around him hesitated, and most of them eventually followed the major to the south.

The captain officer glanced at the remaining dozen or so people and sighed helplessly. At this time, Li Long walked over with a smile, "These pus-filled soft eggs are gone, and they are all frightened by the little devils, and they can't beat the devils if they stay." ”

At this time, the captain officer found Li Long's more than a dozen people, and after seeing the armband on the shoulders of Li Long and the others, although he was a little disappointed, he still arched his hand and said, "This brother, I don't know where you come from, since you are the North China Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, you must be a anti-Japanese army, I don't know if the brothers are willing to stay and fight devils together." ”

When Li Long heard the captain's words, he couldn't help but smile, feeling that this guy wanted to take us in! Those warlords can't afford to mess with Lao Tzu, you are a little captain, and there are only so many people left under your hands, just want to co-opt Lao Tzu, it's simply beyond your strength. However, there are only a dozen people left in this kid, and they dare to stay to fight devils, and they all seem to be men with backbone, so Li Long was not angry, and said with a smile, "Our North China Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army was established to resist the Japanese, and it is natural to fight devils." I just don't know if this brother is willing to join our North China Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army! ”

The captain listened to Li Long's words, and was immediately stunned in surprise, Damn, Lao Tzu still plans to take you in? It's good that you want to take us in the other way. I have only heard of the regular army being incorporated into the regular army, but I have never heard of the miscellaneous army being incorporated into the regular army.

The captain was surprised and didn't know what to say for a moment, and Li Long continued, "More than 1,500 of our main force of the North China Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army will arrive at Chengde City within an hour and take over the defense of Chengde. Since your Tang Dashuai is unwilling to defend Chengde, then leave it to our North China Anti-Japanese Volunteers to defend it! If you are willing to stay in Chengde with us, we welcome it, and if you are not, I will not force it, but please leave Chengde immediately, so as not to hinder us from fighting devils. ”

"What do you say? Are you really more than fifteen hundred? The captain asked, surprised.

Li Long snorted coldly and said, "Do you think I need to lie to you?" At this moment, Chang Sheng hurried over with a team of people. He saluted Li Long and said loudly, "Commander, most of our army has rushed to Chengde and is now entering the city one after another." ”

Seeing that the other party was well-equipped, even more than the elite of the Northeast Army, the captain's eyes couldn't help but light up, his heart was racing, and he thought for a while, "This commander, is he really willing to help us guard Chengde?" (To be continued.) )