War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 593: Hurry and go! (Additional chapters in October with 5000 votes!)

"What about people?"

On the construction site next to the village, temporary wooden houses that were about to be built were arranged neatly like military dormitories. When Xu Chaoyang changed into the military uniform left for him by his teacher in the early morning and walked out of the village, he saw 217 soldiers preparing for training in the open space next to the construction site. Usually at this time, the villagers would have already started building houses, but today Xu Chaoyang didn't see anyone at all.

It was Yang Jingyu who arranged for the troops to train next to the wooden house in order to facilitate future conscription. He said that it would be best if the villagers could see what these people were doing.

Oh, yes, they call each other "Xiangdang". In ancient times, this word means that 500 households are a party, and 12,500 households are a township. Together, they are a Xiangdang. But in this era, no one remembers these rules. Xiangdang is basically the name that Shanxi people call their fellow villagers when they are away from home.

The word "xiangyu" originally referred to friends who had business dealings with each other. It was not until the peak period of Shanxi merchants' development that it came to mean business partners.

"Are you sleeping?" Deputy Director Li, who is now inseparable from Xu Chaoyang, added this sentence beside him.

"Sleeping?" Xu Chaoyang looked at the sun that had just risen and asked in confusion, "Why are you sleeping at this time?"

"Why are you sleeping? Hey, hey, hey, oh my... Is there any chance for these newly married brats to be quiet?"

"Look at me, Chaoyang, look at me, look at what I've become."

"Look at my bloodshot eyes!"

Xu Chaoyang actually took a look and saw that Deputy Director Li's eyes were bloodshot, but he didn't understand even more: "What are you doing? You don't have to stand guard?"

"What!"

"Can't you hear me?" Deputy Director Li then added, "You have a wife too..."

Deputy Director Li pointed to the row of wooden houses that had been built and said, "You said that you two were a perfect couple in the first half of the night, so forget it. You're newlyweds, I understand, right? But I don't know where it started, but in the second half of the night you woke up and started to talk and quarrel. I just closed my eyes when I heard that Shanxi woman yelling and cursing... When they finished and fell asleep, I couldn't sleep!"

Xu Chaoyang really couldn't hold it back, his mouth almost stretched to the back of his head: "Understand, understand. Isn't the purpose of marrying them wives to leave descendants?"

"Then I'll just move out."

"Please don't." Xu Chaoyang quickly begged Deputy Director Li: "Now, I can't leave you."

As the two men were talking, a group of villagers came over from a distance. Before Xu Chaoyang could say anything, Liu Gener's father-in-law came over. Deputy Director Li muttered to Xu Chaoyang, "The squire, Zhao Dong."

"Commander." The moment the unique Shanxi accent came out of Mr. Zhao's mouth, people from a distance began to raise their hands to greet him: "Commander Xu!"

"We discussed it last night and wanted to send the kid to the army to fight the Japanese. Otherwise, I'd feel bad. Do you think it's possible?"

"Join the army?" Xu Chaoyang looked back at Deputy Director Li, who quickly stepped forward and blocked Xu Chaoyang's way. "Mr. Zhao, the army currently has no conscription plan. Besides, Xinzhou is at war right now. If you become a soldier, you will probably have to go to the battlefield right away. People will die on the battlefield, and that's not something that can be solved no matter how high your rank is. Have you thought about it?"

Zhao Dong is very old, with wrinkles on his forehead even without him raising his eyelids. In his hand, he is either holding a walking stick or a branch he picked up at random. He broke off a branch and used it as a handle, with the bark still on it.

"Commander Xu, let me ask you a question. If the Yu family's affairs were placed on ordinary people like us, what would be the result?"

Xu Chaoyang consoled her and said, "Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you. If this matter comes to its root, I, Xu Chaoyang, will be the one to be found, not ordinary people like you."

"Then why don't you push it out for us?"

"Or, why don't you take us, take us old bones to Taiyuan, let us watch how these things happened, and receive a favor?"

This is an angle Xu Chaoyang has never thought of!

He was a soldier who came from the later generations. The idea in his mind was always "resisting the Japanese aggression and saving the country". In his world and among his generation, this kind of thing did not need to be taught, but was cultivated imperceptibly, because when he was a child he watched movies like "Land Mine Warfare", "Tunnel Warfare", "Double-Gun Li Xiangyang", all of which were black-and-white movies, including "Railway Guerrillas".

Really, these were played endlessly on TV when he was a kid. As for The Legend of the New White Snake and My Fair Princess, those were much later, when he was about seven or eight years old, or about ten years old.

He had no intention of asking anyone to do him a favor, including dealing with the Yu family. But the people of Xinzhou were a little different this time. The overwhelming "National Anti-Japanese War" propaganda made them no longer feel that the country was a "Aisin-Gioro" country. The pain of the Xinzhou Battle made them know what kind of beasts the devils were. In this situation, someone was willing to take in refugees like them, promised them land, and promised to reduce taxes... and was not prepared to ask for anything from these people. They were a little uncomfortable.

Deputy Director Li stepped forward and stood in front of Zhao Dong and asked, "Mr. Zhao, what do you want to say?"

Zhao Dong explained: "Didn't we talk about the division of land before?"

Deputy Director Li smiled, turned around and walked to Xu Chaoyang and whispered, "Do you understand?"

"What did I understand? Didn't you say you wanted to send your children to the army? Why did you bring up the topic of land?"

Deputy Director Li said, "Do you have a 'law' that would give all the land to the border area and divide it equally among men, women, old and young?"

"These people are afraid that they don't have someone with a gun at home, so they are afraid."

Xu Chaoyang immediately looked at Deputy Director Li, his eyes wide open. Where did he hear this? Didn't he just say that he didn't force the people to accept the favor, and he was still thanking him?
Oh~ Squire!

Xu Chaoyang just now remembered the two words that Deputy Director Li had reminded him of, and the law he was talking about was the "Land Law" designated in 1927. The other party came out to argue in the name of gratitude, intending to send their children to the army to serve, and after taking Xinzhou back, they would take advantage of their connections in the army to take back the land that belonged to them.

Otherwise, why do you say that he is rich?

You have thought of everything!
"I can't agree to this."

This is a route issue. It's okay to make some mistakes in other matters, but if he dares to agree to this, it will be a big deal. Moreover, this kind of thing is not his responsibility. He is in charge of military affairs. If Xinzhou is really taken back, there must be someone who will come to take care of these things...

"Sir."

"Hello, sir."

The common people began to walk towards the construction site, but this time when they saw that Xu Chaoyang no longer needed the gentry to lead the way, they actually took the initiative to greet him.

And Xu Chaoyang turned his head to look at Zhao Dong, Liu Gener's father-in-law, and it seemed that what he saw was no longer a squire. It was as if he saw the scene in the future where these gentry dragged the soldiers he had personally brought up to the opposite side of him, and with their foolishness and impulse of not being able to figure out things, they relied on their relationship with him to demand land from him!

“Notice!!!”

“Notice!!!”

In the distance, a group of horses galloped over. Xu Chaoyang recognized the boy riding the horse. He was a soldier from his guard battalion. He should be at the Second War Zone Headquarters protecting the boss...

"Brigade Commander, this is a report from above."

Xu Chaoyang stood there and said, "Read it."

"Due to the improper handling of the Yu Qiulan incident, Xu Chaoyang has been removed from his post as brigade commander. The 217th Brigade will be temporarily handed over to Yang Jingyu. Xu Chaoyang has been demoted to the commander of the new st Regiment and will take office immediately."

The common people around all looked at Xu Chaoyang. There was no complexity in the eyes of these simple people like those of the gentry. They just simply felt sorry for Xu Chaoyang and looked at him without knowing how to say any words of comfort.

They knew that it was this man who protected the group that beat Yu Qiulan to death;
They knew that it was this man who had tied branches to himself and went to Taiyuan;

They also knew that the gentry had gathered everyone together yesterday to discuss how to repay Xu Chaoyang's kindness. They finally came to the conclusion that all the children of appropriate age should be allowed to join the army. The reason was that under the command of such a man, at least they would not die in vain.

But they didn't know that someone almost sold it to them...

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Chaoyang, we can't say it now, wait for the next leader to come." Deputy Director Li pulled Xu Chaoyang's arm and turned back, lowering his voice and saying, "Hurry up and leave!"

(End of this chapter)