I used the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) to fight the Japanese.

The matter of Zao Hua has come to a temporary end. After a few days away, when Man Cang returned with the gold pen, the village was in complete chaos!

Tiger already knows what happened in Mafang Village and is crying and shouting for revenge! Da Zhao and his brothers are all trying to persuade him, afraid that he will secretly run back and tie up a strong man like a dumpling!

Even then, it wouldn't stay still, rolling and crawling on the ground, making a huge fuss!

"Let go!" Mancang walked over and said in a deep voice.

"Master Cang, you're finally back! Once this guy gets angry, no one can stop him. He hasn't had a moment's peace since last night!" Da Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Master Cang return. He had been thoroughly exhausted by Master Cang that night!

At this moment, Tiger's face was dark, his eyes were bloodshot, and his lips were cracked. Even though he was tied up like a rice dumpling, he was still restless and struggled on the ground.

"Let them go, save your energy for messing with the Japanese!" Mancang told his brothers to release the man.

"So you agree to avenge our entire village...?" Tiger fell silent the moment he heard Mancang say that, staring at Mancang with his bull-like eyes and speaking in a hoarse voice.

"Of course! We caused this mess, so we can't let the villagers take the blame. We must avenge them!" Mancang said as his brothers untied the ropes binding Hu Zi.

"When are we going? I'll go get ready right away..." Tiger was clearly impatient.

"Leave the big move behind, the rest of you go and rest." He said, gesturing for the two men to follow him into the house.

"How do you plan to take revenge? By fighting the Japanese devils with a long-handled broadsword?"

As soon as he entered the room, Mancang's face darkened, and he stared at Hu Zi, demanding an answer in a deep voice. His icy gaze sent chills down one's spine!

"I...I brought the hunting dogs..." Tiger stammered, his tone uncertain.

"You're committing suicide! Neither you nor your dog will come back!" Mancang's voice was stern, and his eyes glared at Hu Zi, making him feel uneasy.

“…But we can’t just do nothing…Of the more than two hundred men in the village, only our family is left…The brothers blew up the pillbox to save me…In the end, I’m the one who dragged the villagers down with me…” Tiger said, tears welling up in his eyes again.

"You still know it was to save you!" Mancang said irritably. "A large part of the reason the Japanese massacred the village was because they believed that Chief Ma had betrayed them. Don't try to take it out on yourself! Do your parents know about this?"

"Uh... I probably don't know..."

"You're not completely brainless!" Man Cang rolled his eyes and said, "The Japanese occupied Mafang Village right after we left, which means this stronghold is very important to them! The purpose of this stronghold must be to protect something more secret and precious. You're a local and familiar with the terrain, so think carefully about which place nearby is most likely to hide Japanese facilities, and find it!"

"Hmm?...You mean that the Japanese pillbox was just an open structure, deliberately used to draw fire?" Tiger asked, puzzled.

"Your area is flat to the east, with the county town not far away, and to the west is the Qili Township market town. Do you think the Japanese had too many men to spare when they set up two strongholds so close together?"

"Besides, there used to be pillboxes and bunkers with multiple machine guns guarding the area. If it's just to watch over the civilians, is it really necessary to go to such lengths?" Mancang analyzed.

"Understood! I'm coming right now. I'll dig three feet into the ground to find what's hidden!" Tiger said fiercely.

"...Go! Take the hunting dogs with you! Come back immediately if you get any news. Revenge isn't just your responsibility!" Mancang instructed.

Seeing how anxious he is, forcing him to stay here would only make him suffer. Let him do whatever he wants!

Tiger returned the next evening. As soon as they entered the village, the two of them rushed into the kitchen and ate two pieces of beef the size of bowls and a large bowl of noodles before they were done.

"Found it! It's in Wangjiagou, deep in the valley!..." After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, they didn't even have time to rest before grabbing Mancang and recounting their findings over the past two days and one night in detail.

After leaving Tianma Village that day, the man and dog didn't take the main road, but went straight into the forest towards Mafang Village. The village was occupied. Hu Zi recalled the terrain around the village, searching for places where large-scale facilities could be hidden, intending to investigate them one by one.

I spent the whole day visiting every place I could think of, including the Niangniang Temple, Longwang Zhuangzi, Laohekou, and Nianpangou, but I found nothing. It was already dark when I came out of Nianpangou. I hadn't had a drop of water all day because I was busy traveling, so I just wanted to find something to eat and spend the night in that windproof corner.

But just as the man and dog were about to walk toward the nearest house, the roar of a car engine reached their ears! Tiger perked up and hurriedly ran toward the sound.

This place is located in a remote, mountainous area, so bad that even wild dogs wouldn't dare venture there, let alone a car! The roaring car at night is definitely the noise made by the Japanese! If we find the car and follow it, we're sure to discover something!

The man and his dog followed the sound toward the main road outside, and sure enough, after going around a hill, they found two cars on the main road at the bottom of the valley.

The main road was originally a shortcut built to facilitate the transport of timber from the mountains, and it could only accommodate three horse-drawn carts side by side. It was obviously too narrow for cars to walk on, and the two carts walked slowly one after the other, with a little more distance between them, which gave Tiger a chance to catch up.

The chase lasted for most of the night, until the car drove into a village in the early hours of the morning before the lights were turned off. This made things difficult for the man and dog, who were clearly afraid to get close, so they hid in the woods on the inside of the road until dawn.

As dawn broke, Hu Zi confirmed repeatedly that the village not far away was indeed Wangjiagou. He heard from the older generation that decades ago, the Wang family in the village had offended a landlord and moved to this desolate valley to settle down. After several generations, the village has grown into a village of more than a dozen households.

It is said that this road was expanded by the Wang family over several generations to reach its current size. Before the Japanese came, they lived a pretty good life logging and selling timber!

However, Wangjiagou had already been occupied by the Japanese, and the people inside were likely in grave danger. Looking from afar, the entire village was surrounded by a sturdy wall, with several heavily armed Japanese soldiers standing guard at the gate. Inside the courtyard, more than a dozen Japanese military vehicles were parked, and Japanese soldiers were bustling about, many still wearing white coats…

The man and dog tried to get closer to get a better look at the situation inside, but several layers of barbed wire in the surrounding forest firmly protected the entire village. The innermost ring of barbed wire was even electrified, occasionally emitting sparks!

After hearing Hu Zi's account, Man Cang felt a sudden, inexplicable sinking feeling in his heart! A white coat was not a good omen! In this era, there were only two types of Japanese soldiers wearing white coats: doctors and terrifying biological weapons researchers!