Bright Sword: I am Li Yunlong's old squad leader

After two or three days of rest, the large army continued to move north.

Commander-in-Chief Xu promoted Wang Tianyou and made him the head of the regiment.

Li Yunlong was reinstated, but although he was a regiment commander, he only had more than 100 men under him.

Wang Tianyou has 1000 men under his command.

The troops from the three regiments of Wang Tianyou, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie stayed behind to cover the rear.

But Li Yunlong and his people were not panicked at all.

Li Yunlong knew that even if he was given ten people, let alone 100 people, he would be able to form a team of several thousand people within a year.

Inside Dajue Temple.

Wang Tianyou, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie sat at a table, drinking wine and eating meat. Their life was so comfortable.

"Old squad leader, what should we do next?"

Wang Tianyou picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip.

The wine brewed by the local villagers tastes really good.

"Half a year later, the headquarters will send our group north to fight against the Japanese."

Wang Tianyou put down his wine bowl, grabbed a handful of peanuts, and ate while speaking slowly.

As soon as the topic of fighting the Japanese was mentioned, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie immediately became excited.

"These little Japanese devils have occupied our three northeastern provinces. I heard that Young Marshal Zhang led 30 Northeastern troops and retreated directly into the interior without firing a shot." Li Yunlong gritted his teeth in anger when he mentioned these things.

"I really don't know when our superiors will send us to fight those little devils, we can't wait any longer.

I heard that the people in Northeast China were severely harmed by the Japanese invaders."

Wang Tianyou nodded. As a time traveler, he knew the 14-year War of Resistance against Japan very well.

The biggest enemy the Red Army encountered when it went north to fight against the Japanese was not the Japs, but the leaders of the Northwest Army, Ma Hongkui and Ma Bufang.

The Ma family army under their command has been active in the northwest for many years, doing all kinds of evil and being tyrannical. They even claim that every grain of sand in the northwest has the surname Ma.

When the Red Army marched north to fight against the Japanese, they passed through the territory of the Northwest Army, and the Northwest Army kept attacking the Red Army.

Relying on their cavalry advantage, they defeated the Red Army's Western Route Army.

Tens of thousands of elite Red Army soldiers died in the cold northwest and are buried forever.

Since Wang Tianyou has traveled through time, he must never let such a tragedy happen.

He knew that if he wanted to deal with the Ma family army, he would need a strong cavalry.

The crimes committed by the Ma family army are too numerous to list, and more than 20,000 elite soldiers died heroically in the battle.

In this battle, the two Mas from the Northwest committed unforgivable crimes against my brave soldiers.

They tortured and killed all the male warriors, and the female warriors suffered endless humiliation.

In order to go north to fight against the Japanese and avoid casualties of more than 20,000 Red Army soldiers, the Ma family army must be completely defeated.

"Lao Li, Lao Kong, what I mean is that we are responsible for the rear, and we will develop and expand our team here.

I hope that in half a year the strength of our three regiments will reach 20,000 men."

After hearing this, the two nodded repeatedly.

"We had no guns or cannons, but the enemy made them for us."

"What we have to do now is to rob the big guys and use the money to recruit soldiers and horses."

As soon as Wang Tianyou finished speaking, Li Yunlong stood up with a bang. He was good at this.

Half a month ago, he let his soldiers rob food from those wealthy households.

Now that the main force has left, Commander-in-Chief Xu asked them to use their best abilities and develop freely.

Li Yunlong is like a fish in water.

"Hehe, our Lao Li may not have any other skills, but he is not bad at all in this aspect."

"Old Li, you better be careful and don't get punished again." Kong Jie said with a smile.

"What is there to be afraid of? Old Li is so thick-skinned, and he is afraid of punishment. If he was afraid of punishment, Old Li would stay at home and embroider like a young wife."

"We will start recruiting soldiers right away. As long as they can follow us, we will ensure that they are well fed and well-dressed."

Wang Tianyou knew that during the period when they were active, the people were living in misery.

Not only did they have to suffer the bullying of warlords and landlords, but they also had to suffer the bullying of bandits.

Apart from anything else, the bandits alone could take the lives of the local people.

In this place where the average life expectancy is less than 30 years, as long as you can provide soldiers with two meals a day.

People were scrambling to sign up for the army.

He picked up his wine bowl and clinked it together: "Come on, drink all the wine in the bowl."

The three of them tilted their heads back and drank up all the wine in the bowl.

Just at this moment, the guards outside ran in.

"Three captains, there is something going on. We have found several people."

Wang Tianyou and his companions put down their wine bowls and quickly walked into the yard.

At this moment, several Red Army soldiers, covered in blood, fell to the ground.

"Zhang Dabiao, get them some water." As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, he immediately recognized a soldier covered in blood.

Li Yunlong quickly stepped forward and helped him up from the ground: "Blind Cheng, why are you here? What happened?"

"Lao Li, we were ambushed when we were retreating. The bandits disarmed us. I led my brothers and I to escape from the bandit's lair at all costs."

Cheng the Blind is also called Cheng Yong. Because Cheng Yong has poor eyesight and a scar on his eye, Li Yunlong calls him Cheng the Blind.

Li Yunlong and Cheng Yong joined the army in the same year. However, Li Yunlong was smart and got the gun before Cheng Yong.

When joining the Red Army, it was Li Yunlong who taught Cheng Yong how to shoot.

Li Yunlong later shouted everywhere that it was he who taught the blind man step by step how to fire the gun.

After hearing this, Li Yunlong grabbed Cheng Yong by the collar and lifted him up from the ground again.

"Blind Cheng, where are the other brothers? Don't tell me that you and your group are the only ones who escaped, and the other brothers are still suffering in the bandit den."

When Cheng Yong heard this, his eyes immediately turned red.

"That gang of bandits is large in number and clearly well-armed. They have received weapons support from the White Dogs."

Li Yunlong didn't care about all that. He slapped Cheng Yong twice in the face, and the two loud slaps made Cheng Yong's head buzz.

"Where are those bandits? Where are they now? I'm going to take some people to kill them now."

Blind Cheng covered his face with his hands, looking aggrieved.

He also tried his best to save one person at a time, and he managed to save more than a dozen people before running away.

"It's on the Siguniang Mountain in the north. The bandit leader is Bantianyun, and the second in command is Heishanhu.

There are five or six hundred people on the other side, and there are four or five hundred rifles alone."

After hearing this, Wang Tianyou quickly asked, "How many of you have been arrested? How many are still on the mountain now?"

"More than 60 of us were arrested, and later these beasts arrested another 20 or so people. Now there are still more than 70 of us in the mountains."