Devil's Army

After leaving Wenlang's ward, Yuan Wanting returned to the dean's office, while Leng Feng took the guards to look for the most suitable location for digging a canal between the waterfall river and the stream.

After repeated surveys and confirmations, Leng Feng determined the most suitable route for digging a canal, which was about ten miles long.

Leng Feng did not return to the tribe, but went to Tieling Town with his guards.

Leng Feng arrived in Tieling Town and went to the Chaori Labor Camp.

Counting from the day they escaped, the army had not provided food to this group of labor camp members for three days.

The members of the Asahi labor camp were so hungry that they lay on the ground weakly. Yesterday, a Japanese labor camp member who made the most noise pulled the iron gate and shouted loudly. The soldiers shot him without mercy and dragged his body out to feed the wolves. The members of the labor camp did not dare to go too far, so they could only lie on the ground and groan. Now they stopped shouting and just lay on the ground. Their eyes were weak and stared at the soldiers passing by.

It was already dinner time. Leng Feng asked the soldiers to bring a few buckets of food with enough oil and water to the outside of the iron gate.

When the Asahi labor camp members smelled the fragrance of the food, they all crawled over.

"I have to spend money to buy my food. You guys are making trouble because you're too full. You should starve for a while and reflect on yourself." Leng Feng said to them in Japanese. Then Leng Feng said:

"Raise your hands if you have figured it out. Start eating tonight and come to work with me tomorrow. If you don't have a plan, stay here and starve."

Most of the Asahi labor camp members raised their hands to show that they had figured it out. The feeling of hunger was really too unbearable.

"Have you guys not figured it out yet? Do you want to continue starving?" Leng Feng asked, pointing at the few members of the labor camp who were lying in the innermost part and did not raise their hands.

The members of the labor camp team raised their hands weakly and then put them down.

The guarding soldier smiled and said, "I am too hungry to have any strength left."

Leng Feng ordered the soldiers to serve them food, one portion for each person and not allow them to eat more, and then he left.

The next morning, Leng Feng sent three guards to lead the soldiers and most of the Chaori labor reform team members to dig a water channel on the road that had been surveyed yesterday.

One guard led them to dig a water channel, and the other two guards went to notify the village heads of Luojia Village and Guojiatun, asking them to take the young and middle-aged villagers to repair the water channel.

Leng Feng led a small group of Asahi labor reform team members to continue building the almost completed hospital.

At this time, there was a small commotion at the recruiting station near the military camp.

Leng Feng walked over and listened. It turned out that the soldier in charge of conscription had an argument with a young refugee. The young refugee wanted to join the army, but the conscription soldier thought he was too young and refused to let him join the army.

Leng Feng squeezed into the crowd, touched the little refugee's head and asked, "Little boy, how old are you this year?"

"I'm 18 years old." the little refugee responded loudly.

"There's no way he can be 18. He's at most 16," the soldier in charge of conscription replied.

"We don't want dishonest people in our army." Leng Feng continued to ask with a smile.

"I'm 15, but I'll be 16 soon."

"In a few years you will be 18 years old." Leng Feng patted his head and said, and the onlookers all laughed.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Guo Erwa. Because I run fast, they call me Speedy."

"Do your parents agree that you want to join the army?" Leng Feng continued to ask him.

"I don't have any parents. They were killed by the Japanese. I fled here with my brother. He was captured by the Japanese and forced to work. He pushed me into the bushes. I escaped after the Japanese left. I begged all the way here."

Leng Feng hugged the little boy and said to the soldier in charge of conscription: "Register him. I want this soldier."

Then he turned to a guard and said, "Xiao Zhang, you will be responsible for taking care of him from now on."

"Yes." Xiao Zhang saluted and pulled the registered little boy to his side.

"Oh, Commander Leng, you are here?" The old county magistrate in the carriage greeted Leng Feng.

"Old County Magistrate, where are you going?"

"Old Wu from Tiaobinshan County asked me to come over. He said he had something to talk to me about."

"Oh, then I'll go with you. I haven't been to Tiaobingshan County for a long time."

So Leng Feng and the guards rode on horses and followed the old county magistrate's carriage to Tiaobinshan County.

When they arrived at the Tiaobinshan County Government, County Magistrate Wu had already prepared tea and was waiting for the old county magistrate to come over. He was a little surprised to see Leng Feng coming over, and hurriedly stood up to greet him.

"County Magistrate Wu, you guys talk. If it's okay, I'll have some tea next to you."

"It's okay, it's okay, we are talking about official business." County Magistrate Wu said hurriedly.

So County Magistrate Wu told the old county magistrate that he had visited the two streets in Tieling County and felt that they were done quite well. He wanted to learn from the old county magistrate and renovate Tiaobinshan County as well.

"I think the population of Tiaobinshan County is relatively small, and there are only so many fixed shops. You can renovate the random street vendors and plan them into unified stalls."

"What do you think, Commander?"

"I agree with the old county chief. We haven't rented out all the stalls in Tieling County yet."

"Okay, let's do it this way. I'll start making changes tomorrow."

"Why don't you just ask me over the phone about this little thing? Why do you have to ask me to come all the way here?"

"Don't I want to have some tea with my brother?"

"Yes, it's good to go out for a walk and loosen up your muscles and bones." Leng Feng continued.

At this time, the phone in the county government rang. County Magistrate Wu picked up the phone and shouted to Leng Feng, "Commander, it's for you."

Leng Feng walked over and picked up the phone. Meilang's voice came from the phone. He said to Leng Feng:

"Commander, something happened in Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County."

"Okay, I'll come to you right away." Leng Feng immediately said goodbye to the two county governors, took his guards and rushed back to Tieling County.