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Chapter 116 Chapter 115, Qingfeng Temple

In troubled times, human lives are worthless. Good people can't even be saved, let alone a group of evil bullies! If you have the time to save them, it would be better to kill a few more devils!

"Okay, that's basically the situation. If nothing unexpected happens, we'll prepare for the day tomorrow, check the situation, make preparations for the war at night, and launch the attack the day after tomorrow morning! Now you two go back and explain the situation to the Taoist priests of Qingfeng Temple. We need to use your land to fight the bandits, and we hope they can allow and cooperate! If there are any losses, we will compensate!"

"Yes, captain, let's go now!" Tianchuan and Tian E saluted and ran quickly towards Qingfeng Temple.

"Okay, let's make some preparations! Captain Guo, are all the comrades on your side who can climb mountains ready? We now have 6 machine gun teams, and we plan to place them all in the back mountain for blocking operations. How many people can you send out?" Zhao Danian asked.

"Captain Zhao, we have selected 30 soldiers who are good at climbing. Each of them is equipped with a rifle and 5 bullets to cooperate with you in combat. Also, their rifles are equipped with bayonets! Although the bayonets are made by our repair shop, they can still be used to kill the enemy! Our company is not as well-off as yours, so the two machine guns need to be left outside." Captain Guo had made preparations in advance.

"Oh... How about you give us two groups of machine gunners? They don't have to bring guns or bullets, just help us use the Czech-style machine guns! Oh, we won too many battles this time, and we captured a total of 6 Czech-style machine guns, and this is the result of sending over some Type rifles!" said Zhao Danian.

"Haha, you, Old Zhao, can be called the money-giving boy from now on! Even my main company had four Hanyang-style rifles dispersed by you as soon as we met, not to mention the New 4st Regiment and the others! Okay, let's do as you say, Old Zhao. Although I have few machine guns here, I have several machine gunners! I hope that after this battle, we can also have two light machine guns in a platoon!" said Captain Guo.

"Okay, it's settled! However, everything still has to wait until Qingfeng Temple agrees to let us borrow their place!" After Zhao Danian finished speaking, he looked at the blurry shadow not far away, which was the Qingfeng Temple.

Because of the detour, the team was on the east side of Qingfeng Temple, more than 500 meters away from Hutou Mountain in a straight line, and less than 200 meters away from Qingfeng Temple. This distance can be said to be very close to the combat distance, which means that they dare to move so close at night.

Soon, two staggering figures came down the road from Qingfeng Temple again. It was already mid-October in the lunar calendar, and the moonlight could already illuminate part of the mountain road, so Tian E and Tian Chuan quickly returned to the valley and brought back the answer from Taoist Master Jue'an: "In this chaotic time, the Taoists will go down the mountain to slay demons and eliminate evil! And Hutou Mountain is on the side of Qingfeng Temple, endangering the people, so we must eliminate it! So, please do as you please!"

"Well...Master Jue'an also said that comrades can quietly go up the mountain tonight and rest directly in the temple!" Tianchuan said.

"Then let's take action! Captain Guo, what do you think?" Zhao Danian looked at Captain Guo.

"Cui Ming, take the assault team and follow the guerrillas!" Captain Guo answered Zhao Danian's question with an order.

"Wang Zixian, take the transport team and follow the main company, and everyone else follow me!" Zhao Danian didn't waste any words. He left the comrades in the transport team behind and led the main force towards Qingfeng Temple.

The mountain road was only a few hundred meters long, and there were stone steps leading up the mountain, so it took less than half an hour for everyone to reach the gate of Qingfeng Temple. However, at this time, a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe, carrying a long sword, holding a whisk in his hand, and with a long beard stood outside the gate of Qingfeng Temple. He frowned when he saw the guerrillas' equipment.

"Please stop, laymen! I bow to you..." The middle-aged Taoist priest made a polite gesture and then asked, "Are you really the Beishan Guerrillas? Why are the guns you carry Japanese weapons?" The Taoist priest had sharp eyes and could tell that the rifles everyone was carrying were Type 38 rifles under the moonlight. This was a skill. However, the middle-aged Taoist priest's question made Zhao Danian laugh.

"Haha, please know, Master, we are indeed from the Beishan Guerrillas! As for why the rifles we carry are Japanese weapons, it is only because we killed too many devils a while ago, so we are equipped with them! But, how can the Taoist priest, who lives in the mountains, tell that these are Japanese weapons?" Zhao Danian answered and asked a rhetorical question.

"Before I became a monk, I was also a soldier, so I could naturally distinguish different equipment! Back in Quancheng, I was a second lieutenant in the Northern Expedition Army, but someone ordered me not to resist, causing tens of thousands of innocent people to die and be injured by the Japanese army. I was disheartened and left the army, and finally became a Taoist priest! But I didn't expect that I couldn't seek perfection in exchange for grievances, and compromise would only lead to being beaten even harder! Fuck him..."

The Taoist priest's last curse in his hometown dialect made everyone a little confused, and then they smiled knowingly.

"Jueming... why don't you step down!" A deeper voice came from inside the temple, and then a Taoist priest with a calmer temperament and a face that was about 40 to 50 years old walked out.

"Brother... I'm sorry for my words!" Taoist Master Jueming bowed and walked back to the Taoist temple.

"Please forgive me, fellow monk. The shock I experienced 10 years ago was too great, and I still haven't gotten rid of the memory. I'm Jue'an, the abbot of Qingfeng Temple. Please come in!" As Master Jue'an spoke, he made a gesture of invitation and stepped aside to open the door.

"Thank you, Taoist Priest, for your righteousness!" Zhao Danian saluted, then led his men into Qingfeng Temple. Under the leadership of the young Taoist priests, he led a total of 80 soldiers into Qingfeng Temple.

The interior of Qingfeng Temple was very large, with many rooms and several halls. It should be a very large Taoist temple. However, the Taoist temple was a little dilapidated at that time, and there were not many Taoist priests in the temple. In addition to the few fakes in the vanguard squad, Li Yuexuan only found 18 Taoist priests.

Although there were few Taoists, they had enough houses for the soldiers to live in. They even cooked millet porridge and boiled hot water for everyone, which was then delivered to the canteen for everyone to eat.

After the group had eaten, Zhao Danian took a few old team members to find Taoist Master Jue'an to find out the situation, and Lai Fu also followed the team.

After understanding the situation, Lai Fu said, "Master Jue'an, do you still remember me?"

"Layman, who are you?" No matter how good the old Taoist priest's memory was, he couldn't remember every pilgrim, so he frowned slightly, looked at Lai Fu's face, and tried to recall which one this was.
"I, Lai Fu, live in Linshui Town, eight miles away. I was weak and sickly when I was a child, and you cured me and taught me a set of swordsmanship?" Lai Fu knelt down and kowtowed.

"Please stand up, layman! The descendants of Lai Huer are worthy of my treatment, and they also deserve a set of swordsmanship! It seems that you have been practicing swordsmanship all the time? But now, swords, spears, swords and halberds are no match for airplanes and cannons!"

(End of this chapter)