After gathering the hearts of the people, Liu Bi ordered the companies to distribute the equipment. He then asked about the captives and found out that they were only farmers and long-term workers who had colluded with the Japanese. After knowing that those who had committed evil deeds had been killed, he did not plan to make things difficult for them. He gave them a meal and planned to let them go the next day.
"I wonder if this general really wants to fight against external humiliation?”A middle-aged man with eyes wearing a long robe that represented the identity of a scholar from the Qing Dynasty suddenly ran out of the crowd of captives and took the initiative to talk to Liu Bi.
Surprised by this guy who was different from the other captives who were scared like quails, Liu Bi casually replied,""Nonsense, if it wasn't for the sake of fighting the Japanese, would I have spent so much effort to get weapons and equipment to eliminate the traitors and landlords just for fun?”
"General, you are a man of great ambition, and your methods seem to be impressive. I am Ma Wencai. Although I don't understand military affairs, I know a little about civil affairs. I am willing to join Hou Yi's army and serve him.”The scholarly-looking middle-aged man bowed.
"Civil affairs? You?" Liu Bi was stunned by his acting as a scholar. Although this guy looked very refined, he was mixed in with a group of villagers and farmers. His hands were especially rough and he looked like he was doing farm work. He was a little disdainful, but there was no need to embarrass him. He replied half-jokingly,"I wonder if Mister has any good ideas to teach me?”
"If you give this to me, I can bring 1,000 able-bodied men for the general.”The middle-aged bespectacled man took out a stack of paper from the seized items. On it was written the title deed.
Liu Bi was quite puzzled. It was chaotic now, so what was the use of a title deed? If he wanted to reclaim the land, he could do it himself. However, the next scene left him dumbfounded.
" I'm Scholar Ma from Wang Manor. The general of Hou Yi's army has said that he wants to select soldiers from among you. Those who are selected will each be given five acres of land. I, Scholar Ma, will personally go to the county to handle the land deeds. Those who are willing to give it a try, come over.”Marvin waved the large stack of deeds in his hand.
"Me! Me! I'll sign up!"
The captives instantly boiled over, throwing all their fear to the back of their minds and scrambling to surround Marvin.
After struggling out of the crowd, Marvin awkwardly said to Liu Bi,""I didn't bring any stationery with me. Please give me a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and let me choose soldiers for you.”
Liu Bi, whose mouth was in an O shape, waved his hand. Yan Yu-er answered first and ran into the office building to take out the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
In the end, out of the 1200 strong men who had been captured to transport the spoils of war, other than the 100 or so who looked like they were already middle-aged and were despised by Marvin Cai, the rest were all willing to join Hou Yi's army. Including the 100 miners, there were 1200 new recruits.
Liu Bi's face lit up, and with a wave of his pen, he rewarded Ma Wencai with 20 Mu of land. Then, he became the chief of staff of Hou Yi's army.
"This is weird. A few lousy land deeds in the midst of war actually have such an effect!”Liu Bi exclaimed.
"Hehe, I can see that the general is a loner. He must be someone who has returned from overseas and is not good at local customs.”" The locals are particular about being orthodox," Ma Wencai said." Reclaiming land privately without a title isn't orthodox land. General Hou Yi's army is well-equipped, but if they want to expand, they still lack a proper title. With a title, it'll be easier to recruit.”
"I've learned my lesson!" "Where did you get this serial number?" Liu Bi asked with a bitter smile.”
"Offering!" Marvin said,""The security chief of the local Guangrao County was assassinated. The newly appointed Ma Yousan colluded with the Japanese trading company and squeezed out the county head. He usually caused trouble in the village and refused to obey the orders of the leader of the Korean FJ. The 55th Army stationed nearby had just been formed. Commander Cao Fulin lacked guns and ammunition and was unable to encircle Ma Yousan. If the general could capture Guangrao County and take out some weapons and equipment for me to deal with, I would definitely be able to control Guangrao County and get the security regiment. At that time, it would be much easier to recruit people. What the general lacks is this orthodoxy."
"You spent so much effort to attack a county just for the security corps? Couldn't they have formed a regular army? "Liu Bi said dully.
"General, you are just starting out. It is inevitable that you will be controlled by others if you rashly take over the establishment of the regular army. The advantage of the security regiment is that it can be independent. " Ma Wencai laughed," Moreover, when the Japanese were at their peak and captured Pingjin, Shandong would definitely be the first to bear the brunt. Leader Han had made great contributions in governing the area, but his military preparations were lax. The enemy was strong and we were weak. I'm afraid he wouldn't end well. It's best not to get too close.”
"Awesome! " Liu Bi secretly praised him. If it weren't for this guy's antique tone, he would have thought that he had encountered another transmigrator. Han FJ's fate was indeed not good. He was used by Old Jiang to transfer the heavy artillery brigade away. After a few battles with the Japanese, he was defeated and temporarily retreated to the south of the Yellow River. However, he also fought several bloody battles. However, Old Jiang was bent on killing him. It didn't matter if he was taken away by the heavy artillery that was used to fight the Japanese across the river and died in Shandong. It would be good if he retreated temporarily and was held accountable for losing his land. He would still be unable to escape death no matter what. It was no wonder that before he died, he angrily asked Old Jiang, who was looking for trouble,"I am responsible for the loss of Shandong. Who is responsible for the loss of Nanjing?”
However, even though he sympathized with Old Han, it was not a good thing to get too close to him.
"With Mister's help, it's better than a thousand troops! "Liu Bi gave him a thumbs up and said heroically,"We will follow Mister's plan and prepare for war. We will take down Guangrao County in a few days!”
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