Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 114
It was already one o'clock in the morning when Yang Xiong arrived at Li Zengwei's house.

The guard who was acting as a facade also hid in the corner of the gate to take a nap because of exhaustion.

Yang Xiong and his group went all the way to the gate, and the guard squatting at the gate squinted his eyes and asked, "Captain Wang, aren't you on guard at the entrance of the town? Why are you back!"

Before the captain of the guard standing next to Yang Xiong could speak, two Eighth Route Army soldiers rushed out from behind Yang Xiong, pointing their rifles at each other's heads.

"We are the Eighth Route Army, if you dare to say one more word, your head will be blown off!" A soldier threatened.

The guards, who were squinting their eyes, suddenly woke up, and beads of sweat dripped down their foreheads.

Then subconsciously threw away the rifle, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Commander Eight Route, I surrender, don't shoot!"

With the help of the two guards who surrendered, Yang Xiong easily entered the compound of Li Zengzhang's house, and went directly to the barracks where the guards were, and took out all the weapons and ammunition placed by the guards in the corner, and then formed a group of five , Pointing a gun at them to get up from the bed, and tied them into rice dumplings with rope.

Soon, more than a dozen members of Li Zengzhang's family were gathered in the compound.

At the beginning, when he saw that Yang Xiong had only a dozen people, Li Zengzhang was still very arrogant, clamoring for Yang Xiong to let him go, otherwise when the Japanese came back, they would definitely be wiped out.

Regarding these clamors, Yang Xiong just laughed them off.Then he ordered his subordinates to lock them up and wait for tomorrow's public trial to clean them up.

"Deputy company commander, we've made a fortune!" Just after dealing with the prisoners, an exclamation sounded in Yang Xiong's ears.

"Grain, a lot of food. We found several warehouses in the backyard of Li's house, all of which are full of food, including rice and white flour, all of which are excellent!"

Not long after, another subordinate ran over to report: "Deputy company commander, we found the secret room where Li Zengzhang hid money. There are a lot of silver dollars in it, as well as small yellow croakers and bullets!"

Soon, the Eighth Route Army's various harvests at Li Zengfu's house were counted, including 38 small yellow croakers, five large yellow croakers, 530 silver dollars, and more than half a catty of various gold and silver jewelry!In addition, there are more than 5000 catties of white flour, nearly 1 catties of rice that is rarely seen in the north, and more than [-] catties of various miscellaneous grains, a total of [-] catties.

"A small town mayor has made so much money, no wonder the local people hate him so much, there is a reason for it!" Yang Xiong couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The deputy instructor Kang Sheng followed up and said, "I don't know how much people's fat and people's anointment there are. It must have been accumulated by Li Zengzhang's extortion from the people. Deputy Company Commander Yang, the battalion department has a special order to deal with these seizures. Let us take out Part of it will be distributed to the common people to make up for their losses, and by the way let everyone know about our Eighth Route Army. You see how to divide it!"

Yang Xiong replied thoughtfully: "It's unrealistic to bring all of this food back home!"

"There are less than [-] households in the town. We distribute the grain according to each household. Each household has [-] catties of coarse grains and [-] catties of fine grains. There is a total of [-] catties of grain. If it is saved, it will last them for nearly two months. It should be no problem to survive this cold winter!"

"There must be no problem!" Kang Sheng affirmed.

"Ordinary people must be reluctant to buy grain. Fifty catties of refined grains can be exchanged for at least one hundred catties of coarse grains, which adds up to 150 catties, which must be enough for two months!"

Yang Xiong continued to add: "Enough is enough. The people are the most difficult during the winter. I hope the people here will have a better life this year. But there is one thing, the distribution of food cannot be distributed here, and it must be distributed at the public trial meeting tomorrow."

"The common people's fear of Li Zengjiao and the devils has been deeply rooted in their hearts. If there is no benefit, they will definitely not dare to come to tomorrow's public trial meeting, and they will not dare to stand up to report Li Zengjiao's evil deeds. But it will be different if there are benefits. A hundred catties of grain can save lives at a critical moment, and it will definitely bring the people over!"

"Good way!" Kang Sheng answered with a positive face!
In the early morning of the next day, good news spread in the town: "The Eighth Route Army held a public trial meeting at the town's entrance. As long as the people who go to participate, each family can receive [-] catties of white flour and [-] catties of coarse grains at the venue."

Because the Japanese puppet army and Li Zengzhang squeezed together, the lives of the people in Ligong Town were worse than before.Ordinary people can still have food and clothing, and people with poorer conditions. As the weather gets colder and colder, there have been intermittent situations.

If they don't get emergency help in the increasingly cold winter, many people in Li Gong Town will freeze to death throughout the cold winter.

Therefore, facing the temptation of a hundred catties of life-saving food, even though everyone knows that the Eighth Route Army is a force that fights the devils, if you go to the Eighth Route Army's public trial meeting, you may be retaliated by the devils.But in order to get life-saving food and keep the family from starving to death in the cold winter, they finally went.

It didn't take long for the 800 people in the town to gather in the open space at the entrance of the town.

At this time, Yang Xiong had already set up a rostrum taller than one person in front of everyone. The mayor Li Zengzhang and a group of guards stood on the rostrum with their hands behind their backs.

It wasn't until the deputy instructor Kang Sheng spoke that the people here knew exactly what the public trial conference was for.

Seeing the arrogant Li Zengtang on the rostrum, everyone hesitated.Yang Xiong's analysis is correct. For more than ten years, the people's fear of Li Zengchang has been deeply rooted in their hearts.Although Li Zengwei's hands are tied behind his back now, no one can guarantee that he will die today, and if he does not die, will he take revenge on himself in the future.Even if he dies, will his master, the Japanese, come to take revenge on everyone?

Fortunately, Kang Sheng was well prepared. Two soldiers who had been arranged in advance and dressed in common people's clothes stood up one after another and pointed out that the captain of the guard had killed innocent people in the village.

After confirming that the situation was true, without further ado, Yang Xiong rewarded Captain Li Zengchang with a bullet in front of everyone, and shot him with his own hands!
"Good kill, Zhang Dehui, a bastard, should have died a long time ago!"

"Ying'er, Zhang Dehui is dead, the Eighth Route Army has avenged you, you can rest in peace!"

Soon, there were all kinds of applause among the people, and even a few people knelt on the ground and kowtowed towards the rostrum.Not surprisingly, some of their family members must have died at the hands of the captain of the guard. Now that Zhang Dehui was killed by the Eighth Route Army, he kowtowed to express his gratitude to the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, the atmosphere of the public trial was really mobilized. Seeing that the Eighth Route Army had really killed people, the people below did not hesitate, and immediately listed the crimes committed by Li Zengchang and his guards.

In the end, Li Zengzhang, his two sons, and eight subordinates all met the standard for shooting.

Yang Xiong didn't say anything, except Li Zengchang chopped off his head with a machete, and there was no whole body, and everyone else was shot.

After a burst of clear gunshots, the common people immediately boiled over. Driven by Kang Sheng, they raised their fists and shouted: "Long live the Eighth Route Army!"

The heated atmosphere lasted for a full minute before calming down, and Yang Xiong also stood up at this time.

"Fellow folks, in order to make up for everyone's losses, our Eighth Route Army decided to distribute some grains from Li Zengzhang's property to everyone for free. Each household has [-] catties of coarse grains and [-] catties of white flour. In addition, a family member died tragically at the hands of Li Zengzhang's family. Look in the direction, each household will give an extra [-] catties of flour!"

"In addition, our Eighth Route Army is a unit that fights devils, and we are currently recruiting and expanding our army. If you are willing to join our Eighth Route Army, we will give his family [-] catties of flour and three oceans as settling expenses!"

"The predecessor of our Eighth Route Army is the Red Army. In our Eighth Route Army, officers and soldiers are equal. If anyone wants to fight devils, welcome to join our Eighth Route Army!"

"Finally, I would like to warn some opportunists among you that it is impossible for our Eighth Route Army to stay here permanently. If anyone unites with the Japanese and traitors to avenge the families of my Eighth Route Army soldiers, no matter who he is, our Eighth Route Army will find him. Shoot him in name!"

"Everyone, don't doubt the strength of my Eighth Route Army. After all, the little devils can't let you live in their barracks. As long as we send one or two experts over, we can kill you. Of course, even if we hide in the devil's barracks, we can still shoot him. We are not afraid of devils, let alone traitors who work for devils!"

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