There is an old saying in China that you can't hide from what you should come, and now Tang Cheng is in this mood, and the things he has been guarding against still happen. There are more and more routs in the county, and finally there are routs and the locals in the county have a conflict, originally these routs are just doing some petty theft or grabbing a few steamed buns, but in the county today, there is a rout of the soldiers on the street to rob the store, Tang Cheng knows that this matter can not be solved.

When the door of the inn was slammed vigorously, Tang Cheng was already sitting in the hall of the inn in a military uniform, and there were only Liu Shishi and Tan Fei beside him, and the others were following Lao Dongbei on the second floor of the inn to be on guard. The shopkeeper of the inn took off the latch of the gate according to Tang Cheng's instructions, and several soldiers in military uniforms poured in from outside, seeing that these soldiers were holding rifles in their hands, and there was an officer behind them, Tang Cheng was finally able to put his mind at ease, it was not the defeated soldiers at the scene who came.

Without the other party's officer who came in to ask, Tang Cheng had already handed over his documents, in addition to the road that Zhang Leshan had prescribed for himself. Tang Cheng didn't call the old northeast on the second floor to come down, he also wanted to see who came and the intention, the identity of the other party seemed to be easy to guess, because after getting close to the other party, Tang Cheng had already seen the words of the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army on the chest of the other officer's shirt.

Tang Cheng's documents failed to frighten the other party, and it seemed that the other party did not know how to read, the second lieutenant of the 20th Army refused the cigarettes handed over by Tang Cheng with a gloomy face. "It's not very peaceful in the county, and there are rebels from the north who have looted a few shops, and our 20th Army has the responsibility of guarding the land and protecting the township, so you stragglers who have come down from the north must register with the liaison office of our 20th Army in the county, otherwise it will be regarded as a chaotic army." The second lieutenant, who spoke very impulsively, didn't care about Liu Shishi's eyes glaring at him, he just said this sentence rigidly, and then left with his soldiers.

"What is this? Want to reorganize us? Although Lao Dongbei was holding a light machine gun and guarding the second floor, it did not prevent him from hearing what the second lieutenant of the Sichuan Army had just said, because the voice of the second lieutenant of the Sichuan Army just now was not much lower than that of Lao Dongbei. Being reorganized by other troops, the old Northeast has experienced such a thing since leaving Baishan and Heishui, but every time he is reorganized, he will be used as cannon fodder to be pulled to the front line to fight with the Japanese army.

"People didn't say that they would reorganize us, nor did they say that they would pull you to be cannon fodder, they just said that they would register." Tang Cheng glanced at Lao Dongbei, who was coming down the stairs, although he said that, in fact, Tang Cheng also felt that the other party wanted to absorb the defeated soldiers in the county, and registration was just a trick of the 20th Army. Lao Northeast was furious, but under the suppression of Tang Cheng, Lao Northeast could only scold a few words in the inn to relieve his hatred.

"What comes to mind? Let's hear it. Finally persuaded Lao Northeast, Tang Cheng saw that Tan Fei's eyes flashed and seemed to have something to say, so he simply asked Tan Fei to say it, Tan Fei has been very weird these days, and Tang Cheng also wanted to know the reason. Suddenly questioned by Tang Cheng, Tan Fei, who was still contemplative, woke up suddenly, suddenly got up, and almost knocked Liu Shishi, who was sitting on the same bench with him, to the ground, and Tang Cheng, who was watching, shook his head and laughed.

"I think we should get out of here, the other party is obviously for the purpose of reorganizing the army in the county, and when I went out a few days ago, I met a secretary of the 20th Army. Judging from the meaning of the man's words, the 20th Army's garrison and water repair was only due to the heavy casualties after successive battles, and the Sichuan Army had never been treated well by the Ministry of Military Affairs. Not to mention the number of defeated troops in the county, there are still more than 200 people, as long as the 20th Army takes these defeated soldiers as the backbone and the strong men as the supplement, maybe it will be able to pull out a regiment immediately, and the 20th Army will not give up such a good thing. ”

Although Tan Fei's words were stumbling, Tang Cheng nodded frequently, Tan Fei's thoughts coincided with his own, if the 20th Army collected all the defeated troops in the county town and recruited some strong men, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not come up with a temporary regiment, and the original Mengcheng garrison regiment was not like this. Seeing Tang Cheng nodding frequently at what he said, Tan Fei's courage also increased, and his subsequent words were much more fluent.

"If we can't go, we must take the initiative and take the lead when the 20th Army reorganizes the rout of the county, we have been circling around the county in the past few days, and we have seen a lot of routs, and the highest rank among them is only a second lieutenant. You are the captain and company commander of the 88th Division, as long as you go out, these routs will definitely listen to us, no matter what the 20th Army is recruiting these routs for, we have already taken the lead. Tan Fei, who was like a river, didn't notice that Tang Cheng's face had changed, he just talked about things, but he forgot that there were only about 20 people on his side, while the 20th Army had nearly 10,000 people.

didn't want to dampen Tan Fei's enthusiasm, Tang Cheng said lightly, "You think well, but you ignore the 20th Army itself, as you just said, after integrating all the defeated troops in the county, plus the strong men, the 20th Army can only pull out a temporary regiment." We can command all the defeated troops in the county, or we can master this provisional regiment, so do you think this provisional regiment has the ability to confront the 20th Army? ”

"Boy, don't think about it all day long, put your heart down, people like us are carrying guns in front of them and fighting to the death with little devils, and those good things that reach the sky in one step will not be our turn." This time, it was not Lao Dongbei who reprimanded Tan Fei, but Hou San, which made Tan Fei very ashamed. Hou San, a guy who was born in a bandit, saw his thoughts and instigation, how could Tang Cheng, who was already a captain of the national army at a young age, not see it, no wonder Tang Cheng said that just now.

It's good to have thoughts, but remember that when you have them, think more about the brothers around you who have lived and died together. A person who does not even have a brother can climb no matter how high he can be, and in the end he is not alone. Tang Cheng's words made Tan Fei break out in a cold sweat. Subconsciously glanced up at Lao Dongbei, the short gun in Lao Dongbei's hand made Tan Fei's legs tremble involuntarily, if it weren't for Liu Shishi next to him reaching out and holding it, Tan Fei would have been soft to the ground.

With Tang Cheng here, things are not so bad, after Tang Cheng squinted, Lao Dongbei took back the short gun he pulled out a little stupidly, in fact, he was just scaring Tan Fei, if he really shot Tan Fei, Lao Northeast seemed to be a little unwilling, Tan Fei is not as good at reading and talking as Liu Shishi, but Tan Fei's head is very smart. "Okay, let's go back and rest, wait for tomorrow, let's go to that liaison office and see what their 20th Army wants to do."

Tang Cheng, who had a good night's sleep, took Lao Northeast and them out of the inn early the next morning and went straight to the liaison office set up by the 20th Army in the county seat. "Yo, this isn't Company Commander Tang, I'm here to register, come with me." In the entire contact point, only Tang Cheng was a stranger, and the other party's brazenness made Lao Dongbei's face show anger, and his voice was so loud, it was nothing more than making fun of himself, and these people automatically came to the door.

Tang Cheng didn't care and followed the colonel of the Sichuan army into the courtyard, directly handed the other party the roster of his own people, and then watched the other party register the names one by one. "Company Commander Tang, we don't say secret words, our 20th Army collects the defeated troops in the county, on the one hand, for the stability of the county, and the other is to form a temporary regiment to supplement our lack of troops, veterans like you, we are very welcome, but I am afraid that we will not guarantee that you will be given a higher military position."

"It doesn't matter, we are all soldiers, as long as we can fight devils, I don't care, and those brothers under my command won't say anything." Tang Cheng replied with a smile, but the colonel of the Sichuan Army, who was choked up, secretly scolded Tang Cheng in his heart, thinking that he would find an opportunity to slowly clean up this thorny boy in the future. In just one day's effort, under the pressure of a large number of soldiers of the 20th Army, belts and bayonets, more than 200 defeated soldiers scattered in and around the county town were assembled, plus more than 300 strong men who were forcibly pulled, and the provisional regiment belonging to the 20th Army was established, with a number of 580 people.

"These things are deliberately trying to fix us, right? Why is that bad-nosed guy a battalion commander, but you're still a company commander? Looking left and right at the soldiers standing on his side, Lao Dongbei stared very dissatisfied, there was not a single rout in the infantry company in Tangcheng, and even those newly promoted strong men were only given to more than 30 people. The entire provisional regiment of 580 people is divided into 6 infantry companies, and the battalion and company where Tang Cheng is located are the smallest in number.

"You forgot what I said, the advantage of fewer people and fewer people, they can't let us hold our ground, right? As long as we are allowed to go out to fight, everything is up to us, and if we don't give it to our veterans, they are afraid of us, afraid that we will run away with people. Tang Cheng's explanation made the anger on Lao Dongbei's face gradually fade, after leaving Nanshan Village, didn't they rely on a dozen people to kill all the way.

"Okay, don't worry about those things, I heard that there will be an order to pull out tomorrow, go back and pack your things, don't lose your things when the time comes." Probably because of the upcoming war, Tang Cheng began to become cold, and there was a bearing that could not be questioned. Old Northeast walked back with the last remaining anger, and those newly assigned strong men stood in place at a loss, and in the end, it was Tang Cheng who let Hou San and Tan Fei temporarily take over the affairs of Old Northeast, so as not to let these strong men be ignored like motherless children.