march to victory

"Father! Don't scare the child, the child is timid."

Hearing Ma Hongji uttered these words in a crying voice, Mr. Zhang held back for a long time, but couldn't hold it back anymore, "Puff!" he burst out laughing.

He couldn't stop laughing, so Ma Hongji hurried over to pat him on the back, and said softly, "Dad, please hold on, don't let yourself get angry..."

After a while, old man Zhang managed to hold back his laughter, pointed at Ma Hongji, and said, "You're such a slippery fellow, every time you make me half dead, you also make me laugh... Forget it, sit down, Let's have a good chat."

"Okay!" Ma Hongji knew that it was Mr. Ma who wanted to point him out, so he quickly moved a stone, sat down and waved to the people around him.Waiting until there was no one else within ten meters around except him and Zhang Jinlong who were ready to listen to the old man's advice, he smiled and said, "Father! Tell me, I will keep it in mind."

"Xiao Ji, among you three brothers, you also know that the boss is too calm, and Jinlong is too impatient, and only you are calm and courageous, and you have the best brain... I don't have any regrets in my life. Now, there are only two things I am most worried about."

"The first thing is that I hope that after a hundred years of me, you can look at me and your father's love, and look at the love of the three of you who grew up together, and you can help the boss and the third at critical moments... Xiaoji, don't be too busy talking, I know what you want to say, and I trust you as a person."

Ma Hongji had no choice but to swallow back the oath he was about to swear, nodded, and waited.

"The second thing is that before I close my eyes, I don't ask you to be rich and rich, but I hope that you are all safe and sound, so that when I see your father, I will have the face to say to him, 'Brother, Lao Tzu When I was at the top, the bowl of water was level, and the children were taken care of very well. Everyone was rich and honored. I am worthy of you calling me brother, and I am worthy of our sworn oath at the beginning - we are rich and honored, we share weal and woe! '."

Speaking of this, Mr. Zhang looked at Ma Hongji, and his tone gradually became deeper: "But, look at what you have done now?"

"I……"

"You think I'm really angry with you? You think I'm so blind because of this old face that I can't tell the difference between my own people and outsiders?"

"Father, what do you mean by old age?"

"I was acting with them. Otherwise, how could I help you? Do you really think that he saved my family and I sold you? Humph! It's a big deal. I'll give him my old life and pay him back. This life-saving kindness." Mr. Zhang stared at Ma Hongji resentfully, and said, "I asked Jinlong to tell you 'short-sighted, small-minded', did you receive it?"

"Got it, so, baby, immediately bring people to welcome you, and at the same time, let the whole village come out to welcome them."

Only then did Mr. Zhang nodded in satisfaction, looked at the lights in the village down the mountain like stars, and said: "You guys, when you were young, you were all troublemakers, but at that time you were young and energetic, and you couldn't do things without enthusiasm." If you are impulsive, you will inevitably do some absurd things. Therefore, I didn't say a word to you at that time, just to help you make things right. But now, I am old and my body is failing, so I can no longer help you make things happen. And you also They are all in their thirties, it's time to calm down."

"Xiao Ji, Jin Long, you two are now independent people. When doing things, don't just look behind your buttocks, and don't just look at something in front of you. Look forward, the farther the better."

"Father, you mean you want me to let go of my hatred and make peace with Li Jing?"

"Not only do we have to let go of old grievances, but we also have to take the initiative to communicate with each other."

"Father, what's the matter? At the beginning, Li Jing brought so many people to beat us, and we were killed and injured several times. Now you want me to let go of this revenge, I listen to you, but you want me to take the initiative to fight with him Contact, I can't do this."

"If you can't do it, you have to do it!" Mr. Zhang smashed his crutches to the ground, and said angrily: "I ask you, did he kill someone from your family with his own hands? Or did someone from your family die? Or did he dig your ancestral grave? It’s just to die a little outsider, and it’s worth you to put yourself in? Don’t you want me to see your Ma family’s successor, and see me being pissed off, so you can feel at ease? I’m happy Cough! Cough! Cough..."

Ma Hongji hurriedly stroked Mr. Zhang's back, and tried to persuade him: "Father, don't be angry, don't be angry with me, I was wrong, everything is up to you."

After a while, after Mr. Ma stopped coughing, he said softly, "Xiao Ji, do you think I'm scaring you with alarmist words?"

Ma Hongji didn't speak or nod, the meaning was already obvious.

"to be frank!"

"Father! I told you, don't be angry!"

"Say!"

"Let's not talk about our two villages, even our brother-in-law is already a deputy division commander, and even a battalion commander. In terms of soldiers and horses, are you afraid of Li Jing? Even if the assault group comes over, at worst I will fight them."

"Ai~! I knew you must think so." Mr. Ma was really not angry this time, but said a little discouraged: "Xiaoji, you are so smart that you let your smartness blind your eyes. I Let me ask you, today, if you really embarrass Battalion Commander Li and fight you in the end, can you beat him?"

Ma Hongji thought for a while, and said, "It's probably a loss for both sides, but, if I don't do this, how will the clansmen think of me?"

"You can control them to death! Save your own life and the wealth of your family first." Mr. Zhang became agitated again, and his voice became louder: "Remember two sentences for me: 'Yuan Shui rescue' Can't get close to the fire!', 'A good man doesn't suffer from immediate losses!'."

After all, Ma Hongji was smart, and immediately understood what Mr. Zhang meant: No matter how powerful the Ma family and Zhang family are, they are not here after all.And here, now is the world of the Eighth Route Army.

If he really wanted to set up an ambush for Li Jing, then it would be tantamount to turning against the assault group.And once Ma Hongji sets up an ambush to kill and wound so many anti-Japanese heroes, not to mention that the assault group will definitely not let Ma Hongji and others go, even the people around him will probably not let him go. There is no way to go to heaven, and no way to go to earth. Isn't this suicide?

But the current situation is that all Chinese people unite to fight the devils, but Ma Hongji is disregarding the overall situation at this time for revenge. Even if Ma Hongji is not a traitor, he will be cast aside for a hundred years, and even his descendants may are all implicated.

Take ten thousand steps back, if you really want to do this, it will really give Mr. Li Jing a chance to avenge his personal revenge, whether it is Li Jing taking the opportunity to bring people from the assault group to avenge his revenge, or breaking away from the assault group and becoming his king of the mountain again Seeking revenge, others may be better, Li Jing may be able to let it go, but Ma Hongji is definitely dead.At that time, once Ma Hongji died, the family would lose their pillars, power, and wealth. Even if the two sons were not killed by their enemies, it would be a matter of debate whether they would starve to death.

The most important thing is: as Mr. Zhang said, even if a few villagers were killed back then, in the eyes of these local emperors, are the lives of a few poor ghosts really valuable?Did it really make you desperate for revenge?If you killed your immediate relatives, or dug your ancestral grave, then you can still go desperate to avenge your shame.But just for a few ordinary people who are not worth mentioning, you just do it, no wonder the old man said he is short-sighted and small-minded... Don't think that my writing is cruel, but in the eyes of the rich and powerful at that time, the ordinary The lives of ordinary people are really like ants.

As soon as he realized this, Ma Hongji broke out in a cold sweat. Thinking about it, it was true. Isn't it just to save face, or else, I ate too much and insisted on making a death feud with others?

"Father! You taught me the right thing, but I was wrong."

"It's good to know your mistakes. Now, do you know why I want you to have a relationship with Li Jing sincerely?"

"Know!"

"Tell me."

"First, the little devils are very crazy now. I heard that now they kill everyone they see, rob things they see, and massacre villages when they see them. Butcher, just now I heard Jinlong talk about your village..." At this point, he took a sneak peek at Mr. Zhang, and seeing that his expression hadn't changed, Ma Hongji continued, "I heard that your village was also murdered by a little devil at night. And whether I want to keep my family or our Majiapo Village, obviously we can’t do it with our own strength, we have to rely on external forces. And Li Jing’s intentions are the same as ours, so it’s public and private , I have to give up the previous hatred, and turn to sincerely cooperate with Li Jing. At least... at least to run away the little devil, no! It should be at least before the Eighth Route Army leaves here, or before my brother-in-law and elder brother come back , I absolutely must not have the slightest thought of revenge. Father, this point, am I right?"

"Look at each other, but, I think, Li Jing is now the battalion commander, and he might become the regiment commander in the future, so I don't think you should take revenge for this revenge. Anyway, it has nothing to do with you, just show some face What a fart. On the other hand, if you and Li Jing let go of the past and take the initiative to build a good relationship, then no matter whether the Eighth Route Army is here or your brother-in-law and the others come back, you will be invincible."

Li Jing's eyes lit up, he nodded immediately and said, "Father, you are the wisest and most resourceful, you see farther than I do, and you think wider than I do."

Mr. Zhang stroked his goatee, glanced at Ma Hongji, and asked him to continue.

"Secondly, if I take revenge now, I will be a bad person inside and out... Forget it, father, I support you, and I will never think about it again."

"Hmm! You're right. Now you want to take revenge. It's true that you are not a human being inside and outside. People will not see your revenge, but will only say that you are selfish and disregarding the overall situation. In the end, you have to go You have humiliated your ancestors and become a traitor." At this point, Mr. Zhang straightened his face and said solemnly to the two of them: "I have a saying that you two should remember even if you die: In this life, you two kill people and set fire to them." , even begging for rice is fine, but you must never do things that humiliate your ancestors, especially betraying your relatives and friends to become traitors. Otherwise, let alone the time when you can’t enter the ancestral grave, our two families will be ashamed to see others, and I will do it myself I've done it for you."

"Father, don't worry, my child has made it down, and I will never do such a thing that humiliates my ancestors." The two immediately knelt down and swore.

In fact, Ma Hongji did exactly this: the little devil secretly sent two of his relatives to persuade him to surrender, and as a result, he directly scolded, "Bah! How can I be a dog for a Japanese slave of Mishima? "Then personally lit the sky lanterns for the two people who persuaded them to surrender.

"Okay, since you understand, then I won't say more. Go, show your openness, and welcome the heroes of the Eighth Route Army's assault regiment into the village!"

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