march to victory

"Uncle Zhang, to tell you the truth, before I joined the Eighth Route Army, I started my career in green forests..."

Speaking of this, Li Jing looked a little embarrassed, but as soon as he gritted his teeth, he said directly: "To put it bluntly, he is actually a bandit."

Zhang Mingfa didn't seem surprised by this at all, even his eyes didn't change at all... He had already asked his son about Li Jing's situation on the road.It was no secret that Li Jing's background was in the Assault Regiment. Zhang Jinlong, as the captain of the militia, heard of such things when he participated in the one-month training at the headquarters of the Assault Regiment.Now, naturally, he will not hide it from his father.

"A person lives a lifetime, who doesn't make some mistakes? The so-called heroes don't ask where they come from. The past is in the past. The key is to look at the present and the future."

What Zhang Ming said had almost the same meaning as what Zhang Qingshan said, and it made Li Jing feel much better, as if he had been encouraged and forgiven by everyone, his heart warmed up and his courage grew.

"Thank you for your comfort. However, I used to lead people to do activities in this area. At that time, I didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and I did harm to the people. Majiapo Village was also harmed by me once. So, you see, can I ask you to help me out? Let me mediate and resolve the grievances of the folks in Majiapo Village towards me, so that we can stay in Majiapo Village and focus on fighting devils for the folks."

After finishing speaking, he quickly explained: "Because the geographical location of Majiapo Village is in the middle of all the villages in this area, it is very important... Only by stationing in Majiapo Village can we ensure that no matter which village has an accident, we can be in the fastest time. Rush to the rescue. So..."

"It's no problem, I believe my old face is still useful..." Zhang Mingfa nodded, but then remembered something, and asked: "Li Battalion Commander, I shouldn't ask a lot of questions. At that time, you were in Majiapo Village. Did you kill someone?"

"No! However, I injured some people and robbed a lot of things..." As he spoke, Li Jing himself was a little embarrassed to continue... At that time, it was beautiful, but now, after receiving the ideological education for more than half a year, Li Jing also Realizing my mistake, the more I think about it, the more I feel ashamed, so I can't speak anymore.

"It's okay! As long as there are no dead people, there will be no conflicts that cannot be resolved. I think it's okay."

"Our team leader also knows that I can't feel sorry for the folks in Majiapo Village, so, under my application, this time I was specially approved to give me a few hundred yuan, just to let me use this money to give to the folks who have been harmed by me before. I would like to apologize and hope to be forgiven by the folks. Although the money is not much, it is not enough to make up for my mistakes at the beginning, but I am trying my best to express my guilt to the folks... Uncle Wang, come At that time, I have to trouble you to mediate."

"Don't worry about this, I will try my best. If Ma Hongji dares to turn the world upside down, I won't be able to kill him with my crutches." Zhang Ming raised the crutches in Yang's hand, probably recalling the past, and said more: " This kid’s father and I are life-and-death friends, and we even sworn brothers... His mother passed away just after he was one month old. At that time, this kid just stayed at my house and competed with Jinlong for milk... Later, his house was caught in a fire. Without saying a word, I directly opened the granary and money at home, and gave half of it to his family in front of him... Now that this guy's wings are hardened, he dares to be disobedient, isn't this just for money?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! You are always right."

"Also, let me tell you, I personally went to match his wife..."

When the old man recalled the past, he was naturally a little nagging.And Li Jing wanted to please him, so he naturally listened. Anyway, it was interesting to listen to the story.

That is to say, in the old man's story, Li Jing discovered that the relationship between Zhang Mingfa and Ma Hongji was really good: Ma Hongji grew up on the milk of Zhang Mingfa's wife.Ma Hongji was also a restless master when he was young, but no matter what Ma Hongji did, Zhang Mingfa would always be wrong to others, and he supported Ma Hongji to the end.Later, Ma Hongji's father died of illness, and Ma Hongji's uncle competed with Ma Hongji for the position of village chief. It was Zhang Mingfa who came forward in person, asking for money and someone to give, and supporting Ma Hongji... To put it bluntly, in the hearts of the two families, Everyone is not related by blood, but they are closer than relatives.Zhang Mingfa is closer to Ma Hongji than to his own son, and Ma Hongji treats Zhang Mingfa like a father.

Ma Hongji usually visits Ma Mingfa's house every once in a while, or takes Zhang Mingfa to stay at home for a few days, and he is absolutely considerate.If something happened, as long as Zhang Mingfa spoke, Ma Hongji would obey him, and would not hesitate to kill or set fire.

That's why Zhang Mingfa is so confident.

Don't look at Zhang Mingfa's family as the head of a small village, but he has two sons and a daughter.

Before Zhang Mingfa made his fortune, he could only be regarded as a big landlord without much power.However, he has a good daughter who is not only beautiful, but also talented and intelligent. She is willing to study hard and becomes the first female college student in the county.

Later, she married a regiment commander of the national army and became the wife of the main house.And this son-in-law can become the head of the regiment at a young age, with military power in his hands, and his family background is naturally not simple.However, his family really didn't have any opinion on this daughter-in-law, so much so that they all ignored the right-to-door relationship.It can be seen how smart his daughter is.

Relying on the power brought by his daughter, the Zhang family's status was immediately improved.

And his eldest son was also taken away by his son-in-law to be raised, and only his youngest son, Zhang Jinlong, stayed by his side for retirement.

Therefore, with such a background, Zhang Mingfa dared to euphemistically say that he still has some face in this area.

No matter how much moisture there is, but Li Jing can see that this invention can definitely make Ma Hongji's control to death, so he listens to the story more enthusiastically to please him, and wholeheartedly hopes that this 'system' can play a miraculous effect.

Later, Er Gazi came to bring water to them, and when he heard the old man explain the past, he naturally sat down... In the end, many soldiers came to listen to the old man talk about the scenery when he was young...

After a full half an hour, everyone set off and continued towards Majiapo Village.

Majiapo Village has an important geographical location and is a wealthy village itself, with 570 people in the whole village.

Majiapo Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Except for the big mountain named Majiapo, which is backed by it, there are flat fields everywhere.

Because of wealth, large population, and many young people, coupled with the strong support of the assault group, the militia weapons and equipment in this village are also second to none in the surrounding area.And because of these reasons, when the commando propaganda team mobilized everyone to transfer, the villagers of this village not only did not transfer, but also took in some relatives and friends, so that the village now has nearly 700 people... From this, it can be seen that they are full of confidence. .

At first Li Jing coveted this village, otherwise he would not have been thinking about it all the time. He fought three times, united nearly a thousand people, and used tricks to break into the village, but he couldn't completely capture the village. , and was almost kicked out in the end.

And Zhang Qingshan has long considered the importance of this village, so not only has he always supported the village's weapons and equipment, but also personally sent people to train the militiamen in the village many times... Otherwise, Zhang Qingshan would not have ordered Li Jing to Go to this village to be stationed, and use this village as the center to fight against the massacre of the village chiefs in this area by the little devils.

Li Jing thought about what he would encounter when he and others arrived at Majiapo Village: men's hostility, women's crying and scolding, and even scratching; A lukewarm attitude; but Li Jing's most hopeful, and least likely to appear, is for the other party to forgive him for the sake of beating devils and give him a warm reception...

No matter what the situation is, Li Jing is ready to deal with it, just as Zhang Qingshan said: sincerely apologize, sincerely make amends.

However, when Li Jing and others came to the top of the mountain to take a look, they were all stunned.I didn't expect that the situation in front of me would appear: no one in the whole village lit a lamp, and there was a dead silence in the darkness, as if facing an empty village.

Although it is already 10:30 in the evening, it is impossible for a large village with nearly two hundred households to be without any lights.At least, Li Jing knew that outside the mansion of Ma Hongji's family, the largest family in the village, the two fiery red lanterns would be lit every night throughout the year. ——A lot of poor people can’t even afford to light oil lamps. It’s like this every night when he goes to his house. This is not a display of wealth and status, what else can it be?

That is to say, the whole village uniformly did not light the lights, which was approved by Ma Hongji, or to put it bluntly, it was Ma Hongji's order.The meaning is obvious: we have a grudge, although you are now the ones who kill devils, you still have a bit of conscience, you can be regarded as a man, I will not set a trap for you, and shoot you black.However, I absolutely do not welcome you.

In this era, the villages basically have the strongest sense of clan. Basically, the patriarch either directly serves as the village chief, or the patriarch retreats behind the scenes and lets his son become the village chief. A way to prepare ahead of time.

As for the big and small affairs in the village, the Xiaodao couple quarreled, and the patriarch could decide with a single word what everyone should plant this year. He was absolutely powerful in the village, and he looked like a local emperor.

And Ma Hongji is now the patriarch and village head of Majiapo Village.He spoke, who in the village would dare to defy him?Otherwise, such a weird thing would not have happened.

"This bastard, it's too much, it's too much!"

Before Li Jing could express anything, Zhang Mingfa, who had just been carried up to the top of the mountain by his son, changed his expression greatly when he saw this situation, because in his opinion, he had promised Li Jing by patting his chest before, but now he was faced with such an embarrassing situation , This is slapping yourself in the face... Besides, they just saved me and my village, so you can just play it off for my sake, how can you refuse so directly?

So, the old man was angry.

"Li Battalion Commander, don't go down now. I'll go down first and teach this bastard a lesson. He must welcome you into the village obediently. Otherwise, it will be too inappropriate." The old man said angrily Leaving, still shouting in his mouth: "I don't give me face, and I can't see the current situation clearly. I have a small stomach and no guts and ability to be a team leader. I will beat you for your father..."

Li Jing and the others on the side were stunned and didn't know what to say for a while: I haven't expressed my opinion yet, why are you so angry?

"Father! Slow down, I'll carry you down!"

"Back your ass! I'm so mad..."

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