"You said that the militia went out of the city, and only a dozen people were left in the barracks to guard it?" Li Linge, who was having breakfast, was confused by the news brought by Li Shun. The lack of food for the militia is the result of his instigation behind his back, but he didn't mean to target Liu Goat, he targeted Ge Kunshan, a former friend, and in the face of interests, Li Linge would never trust anyone except himself.

"What are they doing out of town? Could it be that Ge Kunshan sent food to the militia group? "It's only March, and the tender grass in the field outside the city has just sprouted, Li Linge really can't think of what Liu Goat is going to do with those groups out of the city, and now is not the season to dig wild vegetables." Send a few people to follow from afar to see what they're doing. Li Linge didn't like this feeling of being out of his control, so he asked Li Shun to send people out of the city to follow the militia.

"Bandits?" Tang Cheng, who was riding on the big green horse, was dizzy by Liu Goat's decision, and he had only been stable for a few days, how could he have done it with the bandits again. Tang Cheng subconsciously turned around and looked at the regiments behind him, most of the 180 regiments who were marching in two columns lowered their heads and just walked, and at least half of them didn't even have guns. These regimental soldiers who have been trained for more than 2 months look a little better, but after all, they are all novices who have never killed people on the battlefield, and with such a group of guys to find trouble with bandits, Tang Cheng didn't know if what Liu Shanyang said just now was a dream.

"Didn't you kid learn to fight when you fought with little devils? The militia only has more than 200 guns now, and if they don't find weapons from bandits, do you expect that iron rooster in Ge Kunshan to pay this money? Besides, if you don't let them see some blood in advance, what will you do to fight the little devils when the time comes? Tang Cheng only asked one question, and was gagged by Liu Goat's several times more questions, and Liu Goat didn't intend to deal with him before Tang Cheng answered these questions.

"I think this is a good thing, after all, it is also a great merit for the people of Mengcheng to eliminate the bandits." Tian Kui, who was pulled by Liu Goat from the infirmary, served as the military doctor for the banditry operation, accompanied by several Chinese medicine doctors from Mengcheng, but Lao Xu, who was supposed to follow, was left in the barracks by Liu Goat to guard the gate. The Mengcheng Chinese medicine doctors who sat in the carriage with Tian Kui also couldn't help nodding their heads and saying yes, their ancestors who had lived here for generations naturally hoped that the wind and rain in Mengcheng would be smooth, if it weren't for the fact that the Mengcheng militia came out to suppress the bandits, these Chinese medicine doctors with gray hair would not want to suffer this crime.

See, this is what the people want, Liu Goat, who was also riding a horse, proudly pouted at Tang Cheng, this matter was actually planned by him for a long time, taking the opportunity to suppress bandits and collect money to bring out the militia group, while improving combat effectiveness, Liu Goat also wanted to take this militia into his own hands, he never forgot the oath to rebuild the second company. The contradiction that broke out between Ge Kunshan and Li Linge was Liu Goat's opportunity, but he was now the target of the two forces in Mengcheng, but Liu Goat, who was not willing to do so, had no intention of defecting to Ge Kunshan or Li Linge, and he wanted to become the third party of Mengcheng.

"Well, you have the final say." Some glanced at Tian Kui and them unwillingly, Tang Cheng on horseback was a little helpless, these guys who faced patients every day didn't understand how dangerous a war was. I hope that they won't be scared to pee their pants when they face the rain of bullets and bullets, seeing that Tian Kui and they agree with Liu Goat so highly, Tang Cheng, who is helpless, can only pray in his heart that Tian Kui and they will not be frightened by the sound of gunfire.

"Bandits?" Like Tang Cheng, there are also those regiments who were taken out of Mengcheng by Liu Goat, many of them entered the militia just to eat or mix decency, but they definitely didn't want to carry a rifle to really fight, everyone knew that the gun was not long-sighted.

The news of bandits in the north mountain of Mengcheng has been there at the beginning of the year, and several businesses selling goods from the north and south were the first to spread the news, and the group members have also been discussing in private whether the militia group is going to suppress the bandits, it can be seen that Liu Goat has not mentioned this matter, and the group members who are about to die of exhaustion who are trained every day have forgotten about this matter, and they will be told by Liu Goat that they are going out of the city to suppress bandits, and the group members immediately blew up their nests.

"I won't go, I'm the only one in my family, if I die in the hands of bandits, who will give my father and mother a pension." Someone from the group who was talking about it finally shouted out first, and a group member who was only carrying a red tassel gun in his hand walked in front of Liu Goat. "Sir Liu, those bandits are all murderous without blinking, I only have this red tassel gun, if I really die in the hands of the bandits, my family will be doomed." The young tuanding threw the red tassel gun in his hand at the feet of Liu Goat, and stood aside with his head down.

In front of the eyes of the other regiments, Liu Goat, who was holding back his anger, did not attack immediately, but shouted at those regiments with a cold face, "Raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, you people are all natives of Mengcheng, and the new county magistrate recruited you from the militia to do something for the people of Mengcheng one day." Bandits can kill, but are the guns in your hands burning sticks? You all have families, don't the people of Mongolia who died at the hands of bandits have families? If these bandits are not suppressed, more Mengcheng people will die at the hands of the bandits. ”

According to Liu Goat's personality and temper, he naturally couldn't say what he said just now, but Xie Bo said it, and he said it more than once during the training of the Second Company, so Liu Goat was just repeating what Xie Bo had said, and only modified some of them slightly. Liu Goat just wanted to use Xie Bo's way to make the regimental soldiers in front of him pluck up courage, but he completely forgot that these guys were just some croppers two months ago, and these regimental soldiers were not interested in what he had just said at all.

"I'm not going either, I'm going home, I have two children at home." One of the most obvious characteristics of social animals is blind obedience, and humans are also social animals, so the characteristics of blind obedience are inevitable. When the first person to lay down his arms appeared, there would be a second, third, or even more, and while Liu Goat was still trying his best to save it, at least 40 or so regimental soldiers who had not been issued rifles stood up and stood with the young regimental who had put down the red tassel gun first.

"Chief Liu, we don't understand what you just said, but we know that you are thinking about us Mengcheng people." A group member who looked a little older avoided Liu Goat's angry gaze, just lowered his head and whispered, "We don't even have a gun, so we take a red tassel gun and a big knife to suppress the bandits, I'm afraid that if we go, we can only send them to death, you have a lot of them, just let us go home." ”

Liu Goat, who was already a little deflated, glanced at the Tuan Ding who had put down their knives and guns, and then moved his gaze to the remaining Tuan Ding who was still standing in place, "There are already people who are going to choose to leave, I am not your commander, and I have no right to arrange your life and death, so I give you the opportunity to choose, if there are still people who want to leave like a girl like them, I allow you to lay down your arms and stand with them." Liu Goat's finger pointed impartially at the group members who had laid down their weapons.

"We are not girls" The group members who were jokingly called girls by Liu Goat shouted in response to Liu Goat, "We just don't have weapons, if you also give us weapons, we will definitely not be a bad seed." In the face of the accusation in Liu Shangoat's words and the nickname of the girls, the group members immediately found an excuse that they thought was suitable, they had no weapons, and they were unarmed and fighting with bandits would definitely be sent to death in vain.

"His name is Tang Cheng, you should all know him." Liu Goat called Tang Cheng to him, "This kid is only 19 years old this year, when the little devil attacked Shanghai, he was alone in a position and exchanged fire with the little devil when the whole company was killed. In the city of Nanjing, he followed me and fought with the little devil for 8 days, and I am afraid that his injuries are more than all of you combined. Liu Goat's exaggerated words made Tang Cheng a little embarrassed, but Liu Goat held one of his hands tightly, and Tang Cheng wanted to leave but couldn't move.

"Of course you will say that whoever is afraid of anyone with a gun in your hand, if you are given a gun, maybe you are even better than him." The corners of Liu Goat's mouth sneered at these regimental members who had laid down their weapons. "Can he smash a devil soldier alive with a barge gun without bullets, and he is seriously wounded himself, can you do it? He can launch an attack on dozens of devil soldiers outside Nanjing City alone, and blow up one of the little devils' tanks, can you do it? ”

Looking at Tang Cheng's slightly flushed face, those Tuan Ding who wanted to refute Liu Goat gradually lowered their heads, compared to Tang Cheng, they were much older, and their bodies were much stronger, and in the face of Tang Cheng, a young man who should also be called a child, they were indeed a little lacking in confidence. Liu Goat was very satisfied with the reactions of these group members, compared to Tang Cheng, these sturdy group members were indeed not worth mentioning.

"Bandits are bandits after all, they are not regular armies and will not have heavy weapons in their hands. As long as we plan properly, we can win with the least casualties, or even no casualties. County Magistrate Ge said that as long as we kill those bandits and steal the property from the bandits' dens, the militia can leave 30% of the property and distribute it to individuals. Liu Goat's last sentence made those regiments with rifles on their backs burst into cheers, in the face of money, the so-called life and death can be temporarily left behind.

The militia group's monthly salary is only enough for their families' food and clothing, and they have the opportunity to get extra money, and no one in these regiments is unhappy, even those who have just laid down their arms are also happy, and they have completely forgotten the choice they have just made.