Xu Dalong smiled and said, "Let's go today. How about it? Do you dare to go with us?"

When Li Jinzhu heard Xu Dalong say he wanted to fight the bandits, he immediately became happy. He patted his chest and said, "You dare to fight, I dare to go."

Xu Dalong knew that if he wanted to mobilize the masses, he had to create opportunities for everyone to participate in the guerrilla operations. Only in this way could he build trust and friendship between each other.

He praised: "Brother Jinzhu, you are really good. However, there are a few people who go alone. Can you mobilize some young people like you from the village to fight bandits together? Of course, we will not let you participate in the battle, but I just hope you can help carry stretchers, treat the wounded, and transport supplies."

Li Jinzhu obviously has a certain prestige among the young people in the village. He said confidently: "No problem, if you can eliminate bandits, everyone in the village is willing to go. Not to mention carrying stretchers, I dare to go even if I go to fight bandits with real swords and guns."

Speaking of this, he said expectantly: "Company Commander Xu, can you send us some guns?"

Xu Dalong smiled and said, "Yes, as long as you call someone, you will send you a gun. I will also arrange for someone to teach you how to shoot."

"Really? I'll call someone now." Li Jinzhu ran out excitedly.

Not long after, he called more than a dozen strong young men.

Last time on the Fenhe Bridge, Xu Dalong and others seized a lot of guns and ammunition. He kept his word and immediately ordered Wang Xiaohu to take these guns and ammunition and send them to these young people.

The young men were all very excited with rifles.

Li Jinzhu aimed with a rifle and said happily: "With this guy, I will never be afraid of bandits coming to steal things in the future."

Xu Dalong said: "Brother Jinsuo is right. You all learn how to shoot. Even if we leave, you can still defend your own village.

I have a suggestion: When something happens, you will take care of your own things and have no strength. It is best to organize it. Just like us, we will build a militia team in the village. Whether it is the devil or the bandits, we will fight together so that we can have strength."

The young people agreed and recommended Li Jinzhu as the militia captain.

Since we were about to set off this morning, the militia team was not at ease for the time being, so Xu Dalong asked Wang Xiaohu to take them to work on a stretcher and act with Su Xiaoyan and Huang Wanqiu.

Not long after, Xu Dalong and others set off.

The bandit leader entrenched on Qilin Peak is named Maheizi. No one knows his real name. Because he has a dark face and many maheizi on it, he has this nickname called Maheizi.

He turned out to be a soldier from the Jinsui Army. He was removed from the Jinsui Army for robbing with guns. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he collected a group of gangsters, and the gangsters from the world went up to Qilin Peak and became bandits. Later, he took some refugees and pulled up a team of more than 80 bandits. They were bullies in the Qilin Peak that robbed their families and were domineering. The people hated him to the core.

The Zhengfu of Guancheng County once sent a security team to the mountains to encircle and suppress them. However, because he was unfamiliar with the terrain, he not only did not eliminate Ma Heizi and others, but instead suffered considerable losses. Later, Guancheng County was also occupied by the Japanese, so no one came to encircle them again.

On the hillside of Qilin Peak, there is a temple built in the Qing Dynasty. The temple has been occupied by Mahezi and others. They built some houses around, forming a bandit village.

That morning, Maheizi said: "Wang San went down the mountain to collect the money. He should have come back last night. Why haven't he come back yet? Is something wrong? Who of you guys go down the mountain to see?"

A tall and thin bandit, about 30 years old, with a pair of triangular eyes, stood up and said, "Boss, I'll go down the mountain and take a walk. It happened to be in that village. I fell in love with a little girl, and this time I snatched her up."

Hearing this, the bandits burst into laughter and shouted that they would drink the wedding banquet of the second leader.

Maheizi said: "The second leader, the Japanese around him have been having a big fuss recently. Be careful when going down the mountain."

The second head of the army bowed to Maheizi and said, "Thank you for your concern, I'm going now."

After a while, the second head of the army led his people down the mountain. He rode a horse, followed by more than 20 small bandits. These guys were used to being domineering in this area and walked on the mountain road with swagger.

Suddenly, a burst of gunfire came from the hillside, and the second leader of the bandit

He was beaten off the horse and killed on the spot. Four or five small bandits were also knocked to the ground.

The little bandits lay on the ground in panic, checking the situation around them.

At this time, they saw many soldiers appearing around, at least hundreds of people, and many of them were holding machine guns, which had surrounded them.

Some of them shouted, "Listen to the bandits in front, if you want to survive, you will throw away the guy quickly, hold your head in your hands, and kneel on the ground. Otherwise, you will be wiped out."

Seeing this situation, the bandits dared not resist. They knelt on the ground obediently and surrendered.

It turned out that Xu Dalong had interrogated the three bandits he caught and found out the situation of the bandits on the mountain. He knew that the three bandits had not returned to the mountain, and the bandit leader would definitely send someone down the mountain, so he set up an ambush here and eliminated the bandits.

When he came out with the Eighth Route Army, Li Jinzhu and the young people in the village were both excited and nervous.

When they saw that the war was so easy, they all became bolder. They rushed forward excitedly, seized the weapons of the bandits, and tied up all the bandits.

Xu Dalong brought them here to let them see the world. Seeing their appearance, Xu Dalong was very satisfied. He knew that as long as these militiamen trained well and fought a few more times, they could grow into a very combat-capable team.

Qilin Peak has a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the bandits were backward in equipment and poor training, Xu Dalong was unwilling to let the soldiers attack for force, causing unnecessary casualties. He decided to try to trick Maheizi down the mountain.

Xu Dalong interrogated the captured bandits and asked about their origins. He found that most of them were poor farmers. He had no choice but to go up the mountain to become bandits, including two bandits, one old and one young. They were uncles and nephews, from Chengde, Hebei. His uncle was named Ma Zhixin, a private school teacher, and his nephew was named Zhou Mingde, an exiled student. The two of them were going to Taiyuan to join their relatives, and were carried up the mountain to become bandits on the road.

They have been looking for opportunities to escape, but they have never been able to do it.

Xu Dalong thought they could fight for it, so he did their work patiently and meticulously, hoping that they would help wipe out the bandits on the mountain. He said that after the bandits were eliminated, if they were willing to join the Eighth Route Army, Xu Dalong expressed his welcome. If they were willing to go home, they promised to give them a travel fee and let them leave on their own.

Zhou Mingde agreed to Xu Dalong and went to trick Ma Heizi down the mountain.

The reason why Zhou Mingde agreed to Xu Dalong was that on the one hand, Xu Dalong offered the conditions that made him moved. On the other hand, he couldn't agree, because his uncle Ma Zhixin is now a hostage in the hands of Xu Dalong, and he could only take the risk to help Xu Dalong.

At 2:30 noon, Zhou Mingde arrived at the gate of the mountain village.
Chapter completed!