Ligong Town, originally called Ligong Village, is a large village within a radius of more than ten miles, with nearly 200 permanent residents and a total population of more than 1,000 people.

Because of the large number of people, many people from nearby villages come here to exchange things during festivals, and in the long run, this place has become a market town.

On a small dirt slope dozens of meters away from the entrance of the town, a few days ago, the devil caught dozens of young men to repair the turret on it, and it was almost a layer old. Laiyuan City's order to retreat came. Although the devil didn't want to return to the city, in order to save his life, he still gave up his stronghold and withdrew to Laiyuan City.

Although the Japanese puppet army was gone, more than 1,000 people in Li Gongzhen were still alive under the shadow of Japanese rule.

Li Changchang was the village chief when he was still a village here, and when he set up a town here, he bribed county officials and then became the town mayor.

After the devil came, because he usually did all kinds of evil, he often bullied his neighbors. Once he loses the aura of the mayor, he can drown himself by the smear of the people around him, not to mention the blood debts in his hands The family members who come to him to fight hard.

In order to keep the glory and wealth, as soon as the Japanese came, Li Zeng took refuge in the past, and bribed the commander of the Imperial Association of Laiyuan City and the Japanese army stationed at the entrance of the town. Under the rule of the Japanese, Li Zeng continued to be the mayor of Li Gong Town.

In order to strengthen Japan's rule over the localities, it was confirmed that Li Zeng was loyal to the imperial army and held a large amount of blood debts in his hands, and there was no way out except to defect to the imperial army. The garrison's devil Shaozuo directly applied for a platoon's equipment from the county town to Li Zeng, and asked Li Zengxin to set up an escort team to assist the garrison in managing the security of Li Gong Town, help the devil collect materials, and oppress the people.

finally continued to be re-elected as mayor of the town, and he had a gun in his hand and an escort. Li Zeng must get back the money from the people who bribed the devils, so the people of Li Gong Town were miserable.

When the devil was building a turret to be young and strong, Li Zeng directly asked every family in the town to produce a strong man, and he would give himself silver if he didn't come out.

The common people are not stupid, and many people know that not only does they have no income when they are strong men for devils, but they will even lose their lives in the turret if they are not good, so there are few people who go to repair the turret for the devil.

In the end, most of the villagers were threatened by Li Gao's exchange of money. As for those who don't have money, whether they want to or not, Li Zeng directly ordered the escort team in his hand to arrest people, and then sent them to the gun tower.

Sure enough, within five days of the turret being repaired, three people were forced to death by the devils.

Fortunately, the devil temporarily received an order to withdraw to the county seat and let go of the strong man. Otherwise, there will be more people who are forced to die by devils.

It can be said that in order to accumulate wealth, Li Zeng, who has done all kinds of evil, has done almost everything.

But because there are guns in their hands, there are guards. Even if the people here hate him to the core, they have no choice but to endure it.

When Yang Xiong, deputy company commander of the second company of the independent battalion, came here with a platoon to increase troops, because the other two squads went to a nearby village, Yang Xiong had only one squad on hand. Before he reached the entrance of the village, Li Zeng, who had the support of the Japanese, commanded the escort team to rush Yang Xiong back and wounded a soldier.

After learning about Li Zhang's situation from the surrounding people, Yang Xiong was directly angry.

Since becoming the Eighth Route Army, he has never suffered such a big loss in the hands of devils. In the end, a traitor can beat himself to the point of holding his head.

"We must kill this Li Zeng, and eliminate the harm to the people of Li Gong Town!" Yang Xiong clenched his fists and said with a murderous expression.

The deputy instructor who cooperated with Yang Xiong to recruit troops here proposed: "You can't kill!" Deputy Company Commander Yang, it is best to capture him. When the time comes, hold a public trial meeting and shoot him again in front of all the people in Li Gong Town, then it will be happy! ”

Yang Xiong's eyes lit up and he replied: "Just do it, when the time comes, don't use bullets, just use a big knife to cut off his head with a knife, so that he will die without a whole body." ”

Dealing with the escort team composed of more than thirty hooligans and ruffians, Yang Xiong had no pressure at all.

Finally, after dark, Yang Xiong led people to the entrance of the town.

The dozen or so escorts who were left at the entrance of the town by Li Ji to prevent the Eighth Route Army from coming again did not see the appearance of soldiers at all, and they actually sat around the bonfire to eat meat and drink wine, and there was not even a single guard.

There is no doubt that they regard their masters, the Japanese, as gods as long as they have the support of the Japanese, no one will dare to attack them.

"Wait a minute, let them eat and drink enough, and when the time comes, we will directly disarm them, and see how arrogant they are!" Yang Xiong raised his hand to stop the subordinates behind him who wanted to rush over and ordered!

It didn't take long for a snoring sound to reach Yang Xiong's ears.

"These traitors are too arrogant, as long as you don't shoot, don't use grenades, you can use the rest, greet them well. Comrades, rush! Yang Xiong, who had a sneer on his face, was the first to rush out.

Even though most of the escorts were drunk, they might not wake up even if they were to throw a ladle of water on them now. But there were still a few guards who were not good at drinking and were awakened.

As soon as Yang Xiong rushed over, they shouted, "Who are you?" What do you want to do? ”

Yang Xiong was not polite, directly stuffed the barrel of the pistol into his mouth, and then replied under a pair of frightened eyes: "I am your grandfather of the eighth road, if you dare to make a sound, I will blow your head directly." ”

These people are all bullying good and afraid of evil, and in the face of threats, they suddenly coaxed, and immediately put on a posture of begging for mercy.

The Eighth Route Army, which followed Yang Xiong, also moved quickly, one person was in charge of an escort team, and in a few minutes, all the escorts of more than a dozen people were tied into zongzi.

"Let's go, go to your mayor's house!" Yang Xiong pointed a gun at a captain-like escort and ordered, and then casually stuffed a grenade into the opponent's belt and threatened.

"You should have heard of the power of the little devil melon grenade, and that's what you have in your belt. As soon as I gently pull this hoop, 'boom!' The melon grenade will explode and you will be blown up into a corpse. So, when you meet acquaintances, you know better than me what to say and what not to say! ”

"Besides, you don't have to be afraid, as long as you bring a dozen of us into the mayor's house, I promise I won't kill you!"

The sweaty squad leader hurriedly nodded and replied: "Please rest assured, Chief of the Eighth Road, I know what to do, I don't want to die!" ”

Yang Xiong nodded and replied, "Okay, let's go!" Go to your mayor's house! ”

Because there was a guard guarding the entrance of the town, Li Zeng, who had never been attacked, did not pay much attention to the guards at home. Except for a guard standing at the door, showing off his might, the other guards are sleeping.

After all, the number of guards is limited, and if they are not allowed to rest well, by tomorrow, there will be no one to take over at the entrance of the town and continue to monitor the Eighth Route Army that has been driven away by themselves.