Chapter 142 You Forced Me
Xiaohua looked at her slowly and said, "No, I don't want to grow up. I just want to be a soldier. I want to avenge my brother."
Luo Jiu took a deep breath, "Aren't you afraid of death? Just like your brother, it hurts a lot and will bleed a lot."
Xiaohua shook her head firmly, "I'm not afraid. If you are afraid of death, don't join the army. If you join the army, you won't be afraid of death."
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried horse hooves in the distance. It seemed that there were twenty or thirty people, all carrying guns.
Feng Qi immediately took out his gun and said, "Everyone, alert!"
Luo Jiu hurriedly asked Chen Ligong, "Are these people chasing you?"
Everyone looked over at the same time, but the distance was too far and the sky was not yet bright, so they couldn't see clearly.
When Xiaohua heard this, she immediately pulled out the dagger that was stuck in her brother's body, stood up with the knife and was about to rush forward.
Feng Qi grabbed her and Xiao Hua struggled desperately in mid-air, "Let me go, I want to kill them! Let me kill them!"
Chen Ligong said hurriedly: "It's not them! Their uniforms are different from those of the people in Licheng."
Luo Jiu thought that if they were not soldiers from Licheng, they were soldiers from other places.
Now they have no armed support except ordinary people, so no matter whose soldiers they are, they are enemies.
This is a heavily garrisoned area, and no one is allowed to approach with weapons.
Luo Jiu said: "Fire a warning shot."
Feng Qi fired a shot into the air, and the soldiers on the city wall also aimed at the small group, and the other side quickly reined in their horses.
The leader jumped off his horse and shouted, "Don't get me wrong, I was originally Ma Zhanshan, the captain of the cavalry company of the 76th Regiment of the 19th Brigade of the Beiyang Army.
I have brought my close friends to join the National Salvation Army. I am here to fight the war with you!"
Who? Luo Jiu could hardly believe his ears.
She immediately ordered the people on the city wall to put away their guns and run to meet them.
Feng Qi quickly put the child aside and ran after her, advising her: "Don't take it lightly. What if he cheats us?"
Luo Jiu: "This person won't do that. He is a famous patriotic general. There is a photo of him in the history books. Have you forgotten?"
Feng Qi said guiltily: "I got 19 points in history. I am lucky enough to be able to distinguish the enemy from me. How can I remember who is who?"
The two of them ran and talked, and they ran very fast. Zhong Jialing was afraid of something happening, so she quickly called out to the guards, "Hurry up and catch up!"
Ma Zhanshan hadn't figured out the situation yet and was about to explain it when Feng Qi and Luo Jiu each held one of his hands and said, "Senior, you've worked hard. I've heard of your great name for a long time. Welcome to join the National Salvation Army!"
Ma Zhanshan: Huh? When did a small company commander like me become famous?
He looked at the two young faces in front of him and asked, "Could it be that you are..."
Luo Jiu: "I am Commander Luo Jiu, she is Army Commander Feng Qi, please enter the city!"
Everyone walked towards the city gate together, and Ma Zhanshan hurriedly said respectfully: "My two lords, I have an important report.
As far as I know, the Presidential Palace has issued orders to all parts of the country, requiring each district to set up checkpoints to intercept all those who come here to join the army, and those who force their way through will be detained.
The soldiers who defected to Hongdao will be dealt with more harshly, and their families will be imprisoned as well!"
"No wonder." Luo Jiu looked at the twenty-seven cavalrymen behind Ma Zhanshan, "Then you..."
Ma Zhanshan said hurriedly: "My hometown is in the Northeast, and these confidants all followed me from the Northeast in the early years.
Our families are all in Marshal Zhang’s territory, and we believe he will not make things difficult for our families.
This time we set out from Rehe, and on the way we heard that the investigation in Shandong Province was strict, and Licheng was particularly sad.
So he deliberately took a detour through the Fengtian Army territory, passed through the mountainous area of Hebei Province, entered Shandong Province, and found a small county town.
I think the Fengtian Army is just pretending, but it may not be that easy in other areas."
Luo Jiu gave him a look, signaling him to look at the people who had just arrived, "They rushed out from Licheng, and suffered heavy casualties."
Ma Zhanshan looked at the thin body lying on the stretcher with a frown on his face.
Cheng Yaoyao came out after finishing her call. Seeing Ma Zhanshan standing at the door, she hurried forward and said, "I am Chief of Staff Cheng of the National Salvation Army. Welcome, Ma..."
Luo Jiu coughed lightly, "It's Captain Ma."
"Captain Ma." Cheng Yaoyao smiled and said to Luo Jiu, "Editor-in-Chief Shao said that he was about to contact us. Yuan Datou ordered that all people who joined the National Salvation Army be intercepted across the country.
Several masters from the Southern Wushu Association were planning to go north to help us fight the war, but they were stopped by soldiers before getting on the train last night. They contacted the local Republic Daily and hurriedly passed on the news to us.
Luo Jiu gritted his teeth and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, Yuan Datou, you forced me to do this.
I originally thought it was important to get rid of the enemy first and give him a year or two. But he couldn't wait to come crashing down on me, so I had to start with him."
What is the most fearful thing in war? Isn't it that the war is caused by someone without a legitimate reason?
Even a scoundrel like the Japanese had to find an excuse to start a war, let alone others.
These days Luo Jiu has been worrying about the small territory and the fact that he cannot mobilize 250,000 troops. He was thinking of borrowing two or three cities from someone. This time he doesn't need to borrow and can just rob them.
Luo Jiu returned to the operations room, looked at the map of the Republic of China in front of him, and drew five-pointed stars on it.
Chen Zhi, a college student who had just joined the National Salvation Army yesterday, was appointed as the confidential director of the headquarters. Chen Zhi said, "Commander, the reconnaissance company has returned from outside and is waiting outside the door for a report."
Luo Jiu said: "Let them in, and you go and notify all officers above the division level to come to the operations room and prepare for the operations meeting."
Twenty minutes later, the war room was packed.
The National Salvation Army now has twenty-five divisions. The division commanders, staff officers and heads of various departments, about sixty or seventy men and women, sit together in a room and discuss major plans.
Luo Jiu spread out a marked map in front of everyone.
"Comrades, I have always told you that the first goal of the National Salvation Army is to drive out foreign enemies, and I am unwilling to point my gun at my own compatriots.
However, Yuan Shikai, the running dog of imperialism, detained those who wanted to join the army and tried to stop us from fighting the war.
As the saying goes, when you beat a dog, look at its owner. Today we will beat the dog to show its owner."
Someone said: "I have wanted to beat them up for a long time. These warlords have been plundering the people's wealth and letting their soldiers rob food. They have done all kinds of evil and do not treat us ordinary people as human beings at all."
"Yes! Beating them is also a warning to the foreigners to see if they are afraid!"
Everyone supported it, and Luo Jiu immediately assigned combat tasks.
She left Fan Shun to garrison Hongdao, and left 10,000 people to garrison Hongdao City, in addition to the 8,000-man Production and Construction Corps led by Wei Guo, as well as 2,000 wounded soldiers, the elderly and children, and medical staff on site.
The remaining 230,000 people all packed their bags and prepared to set off.
There are three cities in Shandong Province, with Hongdao in the middle. To the west of Hongdao is Licheng, the largest city in the area, and to the east of Hongdao is a small city called Weitai.
Weitai is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and only a long strip of its jurisdiction is connected to Licheng on the north side of Hongdao.
According to the reconnaissance company's report, the officer guarding the city was a coward and there were less than 5,000 defenders in the city.
As soon as the National Salvation Army dispatched its troops, it immediately cut off the area connecting Weitai and Licheng. Weitai instantly became a trapped city, with no one able to help but cry out to heaven or earth.
The situation in Licheng is even worse.
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