Chapter 23: The First Victory

  Remember in one second

  "Bang, bang, bang......" As Liu He's voice fell, a string of gunfire rang out. Sure enough, as Liu He had expected, the bandits holding the shotguns behind him immediately threw their guns far away and knelt down with a soft knee, still muttering "Grandfather spare my life, grandfather spare my life."

  Look again at the bandit who was shot by Liu He's first bullet, his brains were already blown out and he fell to the ground. Immediately after, Zhang Zhen's gun also fired, another person holding a rifle was shot in the heart by Zhang Zhen, he fell down painfully.

  "Wow, wow, wow." Zhang Zhen hadn't even finished speaking when she started vomiting, especially after seeing the painful expression of the bandit she had knocked down. Everyone else also started vomiting soon after, and only Liu He and Li Shu were left standing.

  It can be said that this battle is already over, although everyone has vomited a mess, they have all completed their tasks well, only one person just vomited a few mouthfuls and stopped, because he was the one holding the gun on the side, he didn't even find an opportunity to fire.

  "You damn it, why are you kneeling down? At least raise your guns and let me kill one of them," Sun Ma kicked forward at the bandits kneeling on the ground. Sun Ma was that mobile gunman, perhaps he had also transformed from a bandit, perhaps seeing these bandits kneeling there reminded him of his own past, which made him furious.

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  "Sun Mazi, what are you doing? Pick up those guns they threw away and bring them to me." "Yes, Captain." Sun Mazi replied reluctantly.

  "All of you, get up and go strip those dead bandits. These clothes can still be worn after washing, don't waste them. Bury the corpses in a hole on the side."

  Actually, before Liu He spoke up, the crowd had already gone forward and picked up those rifles and the two pistols. Naturally, the two pistols belonged to Liu He and Zhang Zhen now, and they were considered leaders too. What's more, because they had short guns now, it was said that Liu He also had a short gun, but he didn't have many bullets, which didn't count.

  It's hard to be a prisoner, the bandit captives held back their disgust and stripped off the clothes of their former comrades, then carried them to a pre-dug pit on the side and buried them.

  Liu He carefully examined their spoils this time, five large carts, three of which were said to have been robbed by bandits. These naturally had to be returned, not to mention the five young men who had been captured, even if there were no five people, they still had to be returned. It was worth knowing that some of the grain inside belonged to poor people, and some belonged to rich people, so it didn't need to be returned. This could be considered as the interest for killing these bandits.

  Inside the clothes stripped off by the bandits, there were some clinking sounds. When they took them out to look, it turned out to be some silver coins and gold bars. They naturally accepted them with a smile. Ordinary poor villagers wouldn't have these things, so they must belong to some wealthy landlords. Liu He was delighted and happily accepted them.

  "Captain, you're the captain, right? Can you let us join your team?" At this time, the five young men also came to and found that no one was paying attention to them, so they naturally came forward to ask Liu He. They saw that the people in charge here were Liu He, another woman, and Li Shu, but it was clear that the two of them didn't have as much authority as Liu He did.

  "Hey, you know who we are, so join us." Liu He asked this question, and the five of them couldn't answer for a moment. What kind of people were they? They really didn't know. If they said they were government troops, it wouldn't be true. Government troops wouldn't come down to fight bandits, but just go through the motions in the village. Besides, those government troops who came down were afraid of death.

  "Drive your carts back, remember to return the grain on the cart to the poorest villagers first, don't give it to the rich people, if there's any leftover then return it to them. Return these horses and carts to them too. Alright, you haven't seen us, we're leaving."

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  Without any hesitation, Liu He led the crowd to drive the two horse-drawn carriages of the bandits and took away those surrendered bandits.

  "Those two carts of grain are ours too." At this time, the young man who came up to ask questions suddenly said, "Stupid, didn't you hear what the team leader said? He asked us to return these grains to the poor people. The rich people will naturally have nothing left. It's good enough if we can return the horse and carriage to the rich people. If they still want grain, those grains are naturally interest."

  As expected, there are indeed wise people here. "You say these people are from where, look at their guns, they're not more than those bandits, but those bandits didn't even fire a shot and were killed, really good guys, if we join in too it would be great."

  "Hurry up and let's go. If they wanted us to join them, they wouldn't be in such a rush. And yet they won't even let us speak, we're hopeless."

  "I know where they are from." A person suddenly said in a low voice, "You really know," the young man who first asked Liu He's question was anxious, and maybe he himself had hope to go find them.

  "Yes, one of them with a shotgun seems to be a Li from Upper Li Village."

  "You're sure?"

  "Uh-huh, I'm sure. He's been selling baskets and stuff at the market for the past two years. I think he was even there just a few days ago."

  "Alright, let's go to Lijiazhuang. We know what happened. You must listen to them and don't reveal what they said. As for us, when we get back, we'll say that the bandits were fighting among themselves and killed a few of their own people. No one was driving the carts anymore, so we three brought these three carts out in escape. Although no one believed this story, the three of us insisted on saying it, and they couldn't do anything about it."

  "Alright, okay, we'll listen to you, big brother." "Okay, after this matter is over, let's go to Li Village together and ask them to join us."

  Liu He really didn't notice that someone had already recognized Li Shu, and besides, it's all fellow villagers who can't keep secrets, especially for someone like Li Shu who is a diplomatic type, so-called diplomacy is just a gathering of four.

  Liu He brought everyone back and returned to the village in just one day. In the evening, each person went home. "Alright, everyone, go home and have a good wash and sleep tonight. Tomorrow morning, come here to discuss our gains and losses this time, and also to distribute things to everyone. Disperse!"