A magazine of 30,000 rounds, you call it Hanyang

It was already bright outside, but Zheng Kaixuan was not in a hurry to take the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion away.

He also had a very important thing to do in Niujiayu, which was to execute Niu Xiucai and his son.

Old Niutou has already taken a group of villagers to deliver letters nearby, and those villagers hiding in the mountains have also begun to rush to Niujiayu one after another.

"Get the pot ready."

Taking advantage of the time when the villagers arrived, after cleaning up the battlefield, Zheng Kaixuan ordered the soldiers to set up a stove and a large iron pot on a large open space in front of Niujiay Village and start making a fire to cook.

The pots were found in Mr. Niu’s house, there were more than a hundred of them!

These pots should have been snatched from the villagers' homes by Niu Xiucai and his security team's Ergouzi.

Now, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion slaughtered more than a dozen fat pigs raised by Niu Xiucai's family, took out dozens of bags of flour, and began to prepare a delicious breakfast.

Of course, these meals are not just for the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion. There is no need for Zheng Kaixuan's more than one hundred men to set up so many large iron pots.

Zheng Kaixuan wanted to treat all the villagers who came to have a full meal.

In the early morning, he discovered that the farmers around Old Ox Head were all skinny and emaciated. It had been a long time since they had had a full meal. They looked really pitiful.

The villagers came one after another, and they were provided with meals.

As the news continued to spread, more than three thousand people arrived in half a morning!

Everyone ate white flour pancakes and drank oily and hot pork soup, it was so delicious.

After dinner, it was time to deal with Niu Xiucai and his son.

"You damn fake foreigner! You've ruined our precious daughter! I'm going to kill you!"

Mr. Niu was tied to a pillar, and a middle-aged woman rushed over and started punching and kicking him.

From the discussions of the villagers, Zheng Kaixuan learned that this eldest sister was the mother of a girl that Niu Xiucai had taken away as a concubine.

The girl had a strong temper. As soon as she was abducted to Niujiayu, she ran headfirst into a pillar and died.

"You will die a miserable death! You bastard..."

The elder sister grabbed and beat Niu Xiucai, punching and kicking him until his face was covered in blood and eight of his teeth were knocked out.

"You bastard, it's you who stole our last bit of food and nearly starved us all to death..."

Another old man came over tremblingly, holding a walking stick in his hand. He pointed at Niu Xiucai's nose and cursed him, while hitting him hard with the walking stick.

A few minutes later, the crutch in the old man's hand broke into three pieces, and Niu Xiucai's cheeks and shoulders were swollen.

"Beat him to death! Beat this traitorous dog to death!"

"It was him! This bastard brought people to tear down our family's pots and dismantle our kang!"

"He beat our village chief to death!"

"Even the chief of Niujiayu was beaten to death by him!"

"He and his gang set fire to our village, burning more than a dozen villagers to death!"

"You beast! You deserve to die!"

The villagers were furious. Suddenly, stones, sticks, bricks and other things were thrown at Niu Xiucai and his son like a dense swarm of locusts...

This was the first time Zheng Kaixuan had seen a scene where thousands of people hated one person so much.

Even if so many people spitted just one mouthful, it would be enough to kill Niu Xiucai and his son.

In the blink of an eye, Niu Xiucai and his son were smashed beyond recognition and died wailing in pain.

Zheng Kaixuan had Niu Xiucai's head hung on the rock wall at the entrance of Niujiayu Valley to warn those with bad intentions in the area that anyone who dared to become a traitor in the future would suffer the same fate!

Zheng Kaixuan did not take the grain seized from Niu Xiucai's house.

Wei Zhuang is not short of food for the time being.

All of this grain was exploited by Niu Xiucai and his son from the nearby villagers, or directly robbed.

Zheng Kaixuan now asks Lao Niutou to take people to distribute some to every household to relieve everyone's urgent needs.

The more than 500 livestock, including cattle, mules and horses, were basically robbed by Mr. Niu.

Zheng Kaixuan asked the villagers to identify who the item belonged to and whoever owned it could take it away.

He tried his best to distribute the remaining livestock evenly to some poor families who did not have any livestock.

He distributed all the daily necessities such as clothes, quilts, and cloth to his fellow villagers.

Zheng Kaixuan planned to take away the ocean and gold as military expenses.

There were several thousand villagers present, including nearly a thousand households. Each family was given ten yuan, and a total of ten thousand yuan was spent.

At the same time, Zheng Kaixuan also promised that those who were willing to join the Fourth Battalion would be rewarded with two hundred dollars each!

"Captain Zheng, we are willing to follow you to fight the Japanese! Whether we are rich or poor is not important!"

"Yes, Captain Zheng, you helped us vent our anger. We don't want any money."

"Comrades of the Eighth Route Army, we fight the Japanese to protect our homeland, not for money!"

In fact, even if no money was given, Zheng Kaixuan's actions have already won the hearts of the local people.

The common people have also realized that in this world, if they want to survive, it is impossible not to drive away the Japanese.

No one can live in peace unless the invaders are eliminated.

In a short time, in just half a day, more than 500 young people were willing to sign up!

You have to know that there were only about a thousand families at the scene, which means that one person out of every two families was willing to join the Fourth Battalion to fight the Japanese.

Zheng Kaixuan took them all in, along with dozens of people including Niu Dashan whom he had picked up on the road.

During this trip to Niujiayu, Zheng Kaixuan gained a total of 600 soldiers!

Although the villagers were unwilling to accept the money, Zheng Kaixuan did not take a penny of the promised money. He gave 200 yuan to each family who wanted to join the army.

"Niujiayu is also an important strategic location. If we don't have our own armed forces, we'll probably suffer when facing the Japanese in the future!"

Zheng Kaixuan discussed with Chen Shengli, Wang Fugui and others, and finally came up with a new idea.

He planned to leave 500 rifles and 20,000 rounds of ammunition to the villagers of Niujiayu and to form a militia in Niujiayu composed entirely of local farmers.

In the early stage, Zheng Kaixuan selected five soldiers from the Fourth Battalion to train the villagers. After they became combat-ready, these five soldiers returned to their unit.

Only after having their own militia can the villagers protect their fields and property and live a peaceful life.

If the Japanese come to Niujiayu again, the militia will be able to fight back.

If you can win, then fight. If you really can’t win, you can just grab your gun and run into the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare with the Japanese.

As soon as Zheng Kaixuan made this proposal, the local villagers strongly agreed and applauded.

At noon, Zheng Kaixuan mounted his warhorse and led the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion out of Niujiayu.

He looked back at this place with beautiful mountains and rivers, which looked like a paradise, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Although the Fourth Battalion left here today, the revolutionary fire has already spread to the hearts of every Niujiayuyu citizen.

If everyone can fight back from now on, then there will be no worries about the Japanese being destroyed!