Before Wang Xiaoliang finished speaking, these simple and rude villagers unceremoniously interrupted and asked, "Do you just say yes or no?" It's useless to talk too much, I want the people to be honest, you say no, I don't talk to you about these people, find the senior officer of the Eighth Route Army who is bigger than you and say to go, participate in the Eighth Route to kill devils, this road is settled for these people. ”

Li Gang saw that so many people surrounded the cavalry battalion, the target was too big, once it was discovered by the nearby devils, not only the cavalry battalion would be in danger, but even the villagers of nearly 1,000 people would be slaughtered by the enemy.

He said nervously and quickly: "Deputy Regiment Commander Wang, in this battlefield where the flames have not yet dissipated, I am always entangled with these villagers, I am afraid that something big will happen, so I must quickly find a way to get out." ”

Wang Xiaoliang has already seen that if he doesn't agree to these people to join the Eighth Route Army, the cavalry battalion he leads will really be difficult to get out, and he really hopes that Lei Jian can appear at this time, and everything will be fine.

He frowned and turned his mind on, thinking about what Lei Jian would do if he encountered this situation, just when he was helpless, he seemed to remember the decision made by Lei Jian when he took in Qu Jiaming and a few naughty villagers in the woods.

Wang Xiaoliang's brows furrowed, he leaned on his mount, and said to the villagers who were still clamoring: "Fathers and fellow villagers, listen to me, if you want to join the Eighth Route Army, listen to me." ”

The young man who was close to Wang Xiaoliang's war horse shouted on tiptoe: "Everyone, listen, don't talk now, listen to what Deputy Commander Wang of the Eighth Route Army replied to us, if everyone keeps shouting like this, it's not a solution, don't talk, listen carefully." ”

Wang Xiaoliang shouted in the loudest voice: "Fathers and fellow villagers, there are so many of us gathered here, the target is very large, and it is easy to be discovered by the nearby enemy, now they all listen to me, in order to reduce the target, everyone squats on the ground." ”

The villagers listened to what Wang Xiaoliang said reasonably, but before they participated in the Eighth Route Army to kill the devils, they were made dumplings by the devils who rushed up, and they sat on the ground obediently one by one, listening to what Wang Xiaoliang was going to say.

Wang Xiaoliang said simply: "Everyone shouts together, there are many people, and we can't greet with few people, I think so, each village sends two people who can take charge of things, let's discuss a proper way, we can start the work immediately, I can only give you five minutes, if you can't send people, I have no way, start now." ”

Five minutes is not a concept of time for the villagers, but knowing that these five minutes are very short, their enthusiasm for asking to participate in the Eighth Route Army is high, and a few people who can take the lead in each village quickly elect two people.

It didn't take long for six or seven surrounding villages to find people who came out to speak.

Wang Xiaoliang called the dozen or so villager deputies aside, and very simply asked them three questions, asking them to go back and immediately implement the number of people who were qualified to join the Eighth Route Army.

He looked at the deputies in front of him and said: "The first article I proposed, in order to leave labor for the family, if there are more than two young laborers in the family, one can be left at home to take care of the family;

Article 2: Villagers whose families have a heavy burden and who are sick and cannot get out of their bodies and who still have to actively participate in the Eighth Route Army must be 17 years old or older than 40 years old, and those who do not meet the standards must stay;

Third, the young people who participated in the Eighth Road should not be mixed in if they have bad deeds in the village and have a bad reputation.

Fourth, as long as they are selected to meet the above three criteria, I can give young people who meet the conditions for joining the Eighth Route Army half an hour to go home and say goodbye to their families. ”

After Wang Xiaoliang finished speaking, Huo stood up, did not give these representatives time to express their opinions, and said solemnly again: "You act immediately, pay attention to the time I give you, the most important thing for the Eighth Route Army is time." Time is the most critical part of you, and I still say that I didn't finish things according to the time I said, and I didn't wait for it to be outdated. ”

In order to be in a hurry, the representatives of the villages who participated in Wang Xiaoliang's temporary organization meeting rushed out and called the people of their own village together without waiting for Wang Xiaoliang's words to fall, and they could not say all the four points put forward by Wang Xiaoliang, and said simply: "The Eighth Route Army with a male baby at home does not want to, saying that it is to stay at home to take care of the family, and the eligible people in the village who want to participate in the Eighth Route Army will return to the village immediately, greet their parents, wives and children, and rush here in half an hour, and they will not wait." ”

Some young people came to the house several times, and they said yes at that time, and some ran out on their own, wanting to go home and say something, but they were afraid that they would not be able to come back in time, so they simply asked the people in the village to bring a message, so they didn't go back.

After a short time, the young and middle-aged people from all villages who enthusiastically asked to participate in the Eighth Route Army gathered around Wang Xiaoliang and shouted: "Deputy Commander Wang of the Eighth Route Army, I am all ready, I can go now." ”

Wang Xiaoliang asked Li Gang to count the number of people, and there were more than 400 men and women who asked to join the Eighth Route Army, which was a rare team to join the army.

Li Gang saw that there were more than a dozen young girls among these people, and he whispered to Wang Xiaoliang: "Deputy Regiment Commander Wang, you see that there are still girls here who ask to join the Eighth Route Army, what do you say?" ”

Wang Xiaoliang said to the leaders of each village: "You persuade the girls from your village to go back, we are a combat unit that goes to the battlefield to kill devils, and we will not accept female soldiers for the time being." ”

More than a dozen girls got together, squeezed in front of Wang Xiaoliang, and shouted with a red nose and a red face: "You Eighth Route Brother, these sisters live in fear in the village all day long, I am afraid that the little devil will be ruined when he enters the village, if that is the case, sooner or later he will still die, it is better to follow the Eighth Route Army to fight devils, even if he dies, he can be clean, you don't want me, can't women kill devils?" ”

Wang Xiaoliang was crowded and questioned by more than a dozen girls, he had never been close to so many girls, and he was suddenly treated like this, so frightened that he shouted to Li Gang: "Battalion Commander Li, come over and help persuade these eldest sisters, I, I ......." ”

Li Gang didn't know how to intervene, and just as he wanted to move forward, he was stopped by several girls and forced to ask Li Gang to agree to them to join the Eighth Route Army.

The villagers who were surrounding on the side, looking at these pungent girls, actually besieged the two deputy regiment commanders and battalion commanders who killed devils on the battlefield and never relented, and they retreated step by step, holding their stomachs one by one, and standing aside to watch the excitement.

Wang Xiaoliang suddenly shouted: "The representatives sent by the villages, if you are still watching jokes and don't persuade these girls to go back, then none of us will be able to leave, and once the enemy besieges us, we will suffer very miserable consequences." ”

The representatives of several villages felt that what Wang Xiaoliang said was reasonable, and in order to leave here early and join the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible, they begged the villagers who did not meet the conditions to join the Eighth Route Army, begging them to bring back the girls from their own villages.

Wang Xiaoliang looked at the people sent out by the villages, and persuaded the girls to leave, Wang Xiaoliang hurried to the young and middle-aged people who participated in the Eighth Route Army: "Line up and assemble immediately, I will give you five minutes, and the troops will set off." ”

These young and middle-aged people who enthusiastically participated in the Eighth Route Army crowded and wanted to stand next to the people in their village, which made it even more chaotic.

Wang Xiaoliang said to the young man in one of the villages who lined up first: "You guys set off with me immediately." ”

He also ordered Li Gang: "Each company with more than 100 new soldiers will follow closely behind and run forward. ”

A miscellaneous team, led by a cavalry battalion, left the battlefield and ran back to Peacock Valley in a very chaotic pace.

Besides, Lei Jian led nine lightly and seriously wounded men out of the battlefield less than ten miles, and at least thirty miles away from Peacock Valley, according to their marching speed, I am afraid it will take two days to return to the camp.

Just as they were moving forward step by step with difficulty, Qu Jiaming suddenly found that about five or six hundred meters away from them, a chaotic team of hundreds of people, escorted by cavalry teams in the front and middle, was rapidly moving towards the northeast, he stared at the figure riding on the war horse in front of him with wide eyes, and suddenly screamed: "Deputy Commander Wang, our Captain Lei is here, come here——。 ”

Lei Jian heard Qu Jiaming suddenly shout, looked up and looked due south, he also found this strange team, and it was Wang Xiaoliang who was running in front on horseback.

He ordered with some excitement but weakness: "Shout quickly, call our cavalry battalion, and we will be saved." ”

"Deputy Commander Wang——, Regiment Commander Lei is here-", "Battalion Commander Li——、 bring the cavalry over quickly-" .......

Lei Jian and the nine lightly and seriously wounded, seeing this uncatchable hope, screamed desperately, wanting to call the cavalry battalion over. But it was too far away, and the weak voice shouted out, which had already been blown away by the wind, and it could not be transmitted for more than ten meters, and it was swallowed by the air.