Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 110 Chapter 109, Grandma Sun

Granny Sun hasn't appeared yet, but Li Yuexuan is looking around the yard.

Unlike the small mountain village houses you might imagine, this courtyard occupies a large area, with the front yard alone occupying about one mu of land. Such courtyards are rare in mountain villages, after all, space is limited.

Li Yuexuan and his companions entered through the main gate and bypassed the screen wall. What Li Yuexuan saw were the back house, the east and west wing rooms, the thatched house, and a row of main houses in the north. The most eye-catching thing was not how many houses there were, but the huge albizzia tree in the yard. Surrounding the albizzia tree was a circle of bluestone-paved martial arts arena.

Don't ask Li Yuexuan how he knew this was a martial arts arena. The answer is that there were two rows of weapon racks, on which were placed eighteen kinds of weapons, such as swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, etc. Moreover, not far from the row of weapon racks, there was a smaller martial arts arena covered with yellow sand, on which were placed stone locks of various sizes.

When Li Yuexuan saw those stone locks, he was reminded of the people who were using stone locks in Sanmao's Military Diary. It was obvious that they had practiced this before.

On one side of the martial arts arena, there was actually a winding lotus pond, which was about one mu in size. Moreover, the lotus pond was actually full of running water, with a winding artificial canal flowing out of the underground canal at the side door of the backyard and converging into the lotus pond. Then, there was an underground canal to drain the excess pond water, and no one knew where the underground canal led to.

As if noticing Li Yuexuan's surprise, Zhao Danian patted Li Yuexuan on the shoulder and said, "Why, are you stunned? We were also stunned when we first came here. We have seen courtyards like this before, but it is rare to see one in a mountain village like this. However, the owner of this courtyard is a very good person, it's a pity."

Seeing that Li Yuexuan was still confused, Zhao Danian continued, "At the beginning, the brigade ordered us to bring some veterans to develop guerrillas and expand our team. So I brought Lan Zhou and Hu Yan brothers to develop, and later recruited brothers Yun Chao and Lai Fu and others."

"It was at that time that the Japanese attacked southeastern Shanxi from nine directions. The situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and the base we had just developed was also affected. Just when we were anxious to turn back and join the main force, we happened to pass by here. We heard the sound of gunfire in the distance. We were afraid that the main force was fighting the Japanese, so we came over to check!"

"You guessed it. The sound of gunfire was from the owner of this house, Mr. Liang Zan. He brought 6 sons of the Liang family, 18 guards, and 71 strong men from various families. They used large rifles, homemade guns, bows and arrows, swords, spears, and halberds to fight a small group of Japanese soldiers passing by. Although they fought bravely and fearlessly, the gap in strength was too big, and they were outnumbered. In the end, they all died for their country!"

"We arrived a little late. We only saw the bloody battlefield and the Japanese who were retaliating against the village. It seemed that the women and children in the village had moved away in advance because they knew the Japanese would take revenge. But some women were captured by the Japanese somehow. Lili's mother saw her son Lili thrown into the fire and burned to death by the Japanese. She went crazy on the spot!"

"In order to prevent the Japanese from harming the people, we took the initiative to expose ourselves, used four guns, more than ten firecrackers, and fought a sparrow war to lure the Japanese away. Later, we led the Japanese into the mountains for two days before we got rid of them. In that battle, the guerrillas sacrificed three comrades, but we successfully protected the village and killed two Japanese soldiers."

While Zhao Danian was talking, a calm old woman, 1.6 meters tall, wearing a blue jacket and with gray hair, came out from the backyard with the help of a woman in a red jacket and walked to the screen wall at the door. "Captain Zhao, you're back?" The old woman spoke, her voice a little hoarse, but very attractive.

"Granny Sun, we are back! Let me introduce you. This is our new recruit, you can call him Peregrine Falcon! Those behind him are soldiers from our comprehensive class. You know Zhang Lu Dashan and Gongxun. This is Jiang Daquan, this is Zhu Dantong, and this is... By the way, we also recruited a female team member, this is Comrade Xu Hongying!" Zhao Danian hurriedly introduced them to Granny Sun.

"Hmm..." Granny Sun's eyes suddenly became sharp. She looked at the newly joined guerrillas one by one, and then her eyes became calm again: "Comrades, welcome to settle in Liangjia Village! Hongniang, this row of rooms in the west wing of the front yard will be given to the comrades of the comprehensive class! And this little girl, she can live with me in the backyard in the future."

Seeing Hongniang nod to indicate that she remembered, Granny Sun continued, "It is inconvenient for the women and children in Liangjia Village to live with your guerrillas. I just heard that your team is getting stronger and stronger, so I have made a decision to let women with children live in the northwest corner of the village. Those without children can live in the backyard of my Liangjia compound!"

"Captain Zhao, I am an old woman who doesn't understand national affairs, but the old man who passed away once said: National justice is greater than heaven! Now that the Japanese pirates are rampant outside, all the descendants who still have the blood of Yanhuang flowing in their bodies should take up arms and fight to the end! Therefore, my old man, my two sons and four grandsons are all gone. This hatred is no longer a national hatred, but also a family hatred!"

"But, I am an orphan and a widow. We no longer have the ability to seek revenge. We can only rely on the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas to fight the Japanese pirates together! Please!" After saying this, Grandma Sun actually bowed.

"You're exaggerating! Fighting against the Japanese is our duty. Don't worry, we will kill the Japanese invaders without hesitation! Let me tell you something that will make you happy. During this trip, we killed hundreds of Japanese invaders alone! Don't disbelieve me. Look at the guns we carry and the backpacks we use. These were all captured from the Japanese invaders! Oh, by the way, this is a lieutenant's sword. I came here specially to give it to you!"

After saying that, Zhao Danian took out a command knife wrapped in a cloth strip from his luggage, unwrapped it, and gave it to Grandma Sun with both hands.

When Granny Sun saw the command knife, her eyes became sharp again, and then she reached out to take it, stepped back, and walked to the martial arts arena in a few steps. With a sound of Canglang, the command knife was unsheathed, and Granny Sun actually held the knife with both hands and performed a set of knife skills on the martial arts arena.

"Captain, this is..." Li Yuexuan looked at Zhao Danian in amazement and asked, "Is this old man very powerful? Moreover, this sword technique seems to be more focused on actual combat? Well, that's it!"

"Don't be surprised. Granny Sun is a martial artist! Look at her gray hair, that's what happened after Mr. Liang passed away! Besides, Granny Sun is only in her early 60s this year and is in very good health. Yun Chao has three brothers, and they can't beat her even with their bare hands!" Zhao Danian muttered as he watched Granny Sun wielding a knife.

(End of this chapter)