"Little brother, we're all homeless people. If we leave the Black Cloud Stronghold, where can we stay?”
"Although we can starve and fill our stomachs here, at least we have a place to stay. Once we leave this place, there won't be anyone to take us in.”
"Besides, if no one comes to help us, Xie Baoqing and his gang will find us sooner or later.”
The old man helplessly replied to the young man's question.
"Old man, I can bring you out, but you must sincerely join the army to fight the devils. If you just want to make a living, then forget it!”
"Brother, you have to know that our enemy is not only Xie Baoqing, but also the Japanese.”
"In other words, if there were no devils, there would be no bandits. Without bandits, how could our family be destroyed? "Therefore, joining the army to fight the devils is the common aspiration of more than 400 of us.”
"In that case, let's split up. You go to the other houses and tell everyone your thoughts. Don't sleep tonight. Prepare to eliminate the bandits and go to the eighth route!”
"Yu Rong, Cui Dasheng, the two of you go out through the tunnel. Bring the regiment commander and the troops in from here. We'll give Xie Baoqing a blow!”
"Yes, sir!"
"Little brother, who are you? What Guild Leader? You've made this old man confused?”
When the old man saw the young man giving the order, his eyes narrowed. He felt that the young man in front of him was not ordinary.
"I'm Ye Chen, the deputy commander of the Eighth Route Army's 386th Brigade!”
The young man rubbed his face, revealing a knife-like expression. Who else could it be but Ye Chen?
It turned out that Ye Chen's real target was the four hundred or so citizens of the Black Cloud Stronghold!
When he found out that he had transmigrated to the World of the Bright Sword.
In his mind, all the characters in the Unsheathed Sword flashed.
Among them were the Black Cloud Stronghold, Xie Baoqing, and the bandits.
According to his understanding of the Sword Drawing Plot in his previous life.
Ye Chen knew it clearly.
Other than some outlaws, the rest of the bandits in the Black Cloud Stronghold were basically forced to become bandits.
Moreover, he was humiliated by the bandit leader and lived a life worse than death.
When the new regiment was being formed, Ye Chen immediately thought of these poor people.
Thus, a plan to instigate the Black Cloud Stronghold bandits to defect and enrich the new regiment was born.
However, people should also have talent with guns.
That was how the Battle of Death Valley came about.
The reason why they didn't choose other strongholds that were relatively easier was that the guns and ammunition in other strongholds were not enough to equip 300 people.
In addition, the supplies in Death Valley could support five hundred people for three months.
This was Ye Chen's true intention of using a pig to kill!
After exchanging opinions with Chen Geng and the other higher-ups of the Exploration Department, Ye Chen did not act immediately.
Instead, he spent a large amount of time to disguise himself and visit all the villages within a hundred miles of the Black Cloud Stronghold.
After understanding the current situation of the Black Cloud Stronghold, he led a team that transported supplies and attacked the Black Cloud Stronghold.
He had thought that he would have to go through some tough persuasion to persuade the civilians to join the army.
But now, it seemed that Lady Luck was still on his side.
This old man called Zhou Tong was precisely his benefactor.
Seeing that the three hundred commoners were interested in joining the Eighth Route Army, Ye Chen knew that it was time to reveal his identity.
"Don't be confused, Old Man Zhou. Our New Regiment One plans to take down Xie Baoqing's Black Cloud Stronghold, so we sent me to be the vanguard. When I heard that all the villagers wanted to join the Eighth Route Army, I was very relieved.”
Zhou Tong, who was pulled back to reality by Ye Chen's brilliant smile, was ecstatic.
"After all this time, the true Buddha is right in front of us!”
"Comrade Ye, no, Vice Commander, are you really going to accept us bandits?”
He was in disbelief.
There was a saying among the people that one would rather trust a stranger than a bandit!
In this day and age, becoming a bandit was a stain in one's life!
Jordan had said that he had the connections to bring them to join the army.
But he was still worried that the 8th Route Army would reject them because they were bandits.
"Old Man Zhou, you still don't understand our Eighth Route Army. Our purpose is to fight the Japanese, even if you're from a bad background.”
" Besides, you were all forced to do so. You are all hardworking people who were forced to fight. You are not bad people at all. Of course, if it was Xie Baoqing, it would be a different story!”
"So, as long as everyone is willing, I, in the name of the new regiment's deputy commander, announce that you are fully qualified to join the Eighth Route Army and become a soldier of my new regiment!”
Ye Chen said sternly.
"Alright, Vice Leader, I'll go inform everyone now, and it'll be a 100% success rate. However, how do you plan to deal with Xie Baoqing and the others? There were more than seventy of them, and all of them were armed!”
"You don't have to worry about that. Anyway, after tonight, you will be soldiers of the Eighth Route Army!”
"Good, great!"
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"Guild Leader, do you think Vice Guild Leader will succeed?”
At the same time, in a hidden valley behind the Black Cloud Stronghold.
There were more than 30 people hiding here, constantly paying attention to the surrounding movements.
Zhang Dabiao glanced at Li Yunlong who was fiddling with a cigarette and couldn't help but ask.
Ye Chen's night raid on the Black Cloud Stronghold was to lure the bandits into joining the army.
However, Zhang Dabiao and the others were confused.
The Black Cloud Stronghold's terrain was dangerous. With their strength of more than 60 people, they were somewhat stretched.
Even if they had brand new rifles and a large number of bullets, they were not confident.
Because the Black Cloud Stronghold had mortars!
Although they also had mortars, no one knew how to use them.
This made Zhang Dabiao a little anxious.
"What are you talking about? When has the vice commander ever fought a battle that he wasn't confident in? Listen to him. You can rest assured!”
Li Yunlong had never appointed someone like this. Ye Chen was the first.
"Leader, look who's back!”
At this moment, the sentinel's low and suppressed voice suddenly sounded.
Li Yunlong suddenly looked up.
When he saw who it was, he was overjoyed!
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