Chapter 14: Marching into Cui Family Village

  "What's going to happen? Are we going to become homeless now?" Wild Coral seemed a bit reluctant, unsure if she was starting to regret following Murong Wudi. Before, when they weren't with him, the several thousand people still had places to live and their own space, living carefree days. But now, not only did they have to walk on thin ice, but they also became homeless. In this situation, it's likely that not just her, but also the brothers who followed her in fleeing, would feel a strong sense of reluctance.

  "Murong Wudi, how did you lead everyone? You said to fight the devils, and we didn't hesitate with the big masters. You said to mobilize thousands of people to come to Shiguan Gorge and go through a trial by fire once, and the brothers didn't hesitate either. But now? You've handed over Tianzhuang Village, where our brothers rely on for survival, to the devils. Don't you feel even a little bit ashamed in your heart?"

  Meng Xiangfei immediately understood what was going on after hearing Ye Shanhu's words, and he stepped forward to find Murong Wudi to reason with him. He insisted that Murong Wudi give everyone an explanation.

  "Don't be impulsive, Director Murong doesn't want it to be like this either. It's just that resisting the Japanese and fighting against the devils always requires some sacrifice. Everyone needs to understand Director Murong!" Zhao Changyu said at this time, helping Murong Wude explain, he understood everyone's homeless feelings at this time, but also hoped that everyone could understand that anti-Japanese salvation was not as simple as just talking about it, without the sacrifices of tens of millions of people, it was impossible to achieve success, let alone just hoping for their old nest?

  "You're so glib, Heaven's Stronghold isn't your home, of course you can talk big without feeling any pain!" Guo Erwa also said with difficulty, for such an unworthy and broken team leader, they had lost their old nest, this was something that had never happened in Heaven's Stronghold before, he couldn't accept it and felt it wasn't worth it. So he turned around to face the brothers of Heaven's Stronghold and said, "Brothers, let's go back now, take back our Heaven's Stronghold, take back our home!"

  "Go back... go back... go back!" As Guo Erwazi spoke, all the brothers in Tianzhuang Village raised their guns and shouted loudly at Murong Wudei. It seemed that the opposition to leaving Tianzhuang Village was so overwhelming that it had almost reached a point of losing control.

  "That's enough, what do you want to do? Do you want to go back and get caught by the devils?" Wild Coral saw that the situation was starting to lose control, so she stepped forward and said to everyone. At first, everyone decided to come out and fight against the devils, it was an idea that everyone agreed on. Now if they were going to lose their lives because of this, as the leader, she would be blamed. Although she didn't know what Mu Rong Wu Di had planned next, since things had already reached this point, she could only temporarily lead everyone to believe in Mu Rong Wu Di.

  After all, Murong Wudi was able to rescue everyone every time in the most critical moment, so this time's predicament also believed that Murong Wudi would have a plan, so she spoke out to stop everyone and said, it seemed that she did not want to see everyone continue to rebel like this, otherwise the devils had not finished fighting yet they were already infighting.

  Ye Shannuo's prestige was enough to intimidate all the brothers in Tianzhuang, and with this sentence, none of them dared to say another word. The guns in their hands also naturally rested on the ground, with the butts falling to the ground.

  "Alright, brothers! After this battle, I believe we have all become sworn brothers. I promise to bring you all back to a home that truly belongs to us!" Murong Wuyi saw that Wild Chrysanthemum had already suppressed everyone, but he knew that deep down, they hadn't given up on the idea of going home or retaking Heavenly Fortress. So he made this promise in front of everyone.

  "Hey, are you sure about this? If there's no such place, you can't just say it, or else these brothers will get restless and I won't be able to control them! Ye Zhenzhu pulled Murong Wude aside as soon as she heard him speaking like that in front of everyone, then asked him in a low voice with a questioning tone, clearly worried that he would casually promise something just to save face."

  "Don't worry, I have my own plan!" Murong Wudi said to Ye Shanhu only one sentence, then ordered Zhao Changyou to take out the military map, and immediately commanded everyone to head towards Cuijia Village.

  Cui's village is in the opposite direction of Tianzai Village, but Cui's village is a small town with relatively prosperous streets, which can't be compared to the mountain wooden houses of Tianzai Village. Mu Rong chose to take everyone to Cui's village, not just to settle down his troops, but also to provide a temporary resting place for the army, so that they could recharge and engage in another head-on battle with the enemy.

  Ye Sanghua, Meng Xiangfei, Guo Erwazi and other core members of the Heavenly Village naturally couldn't fathom Mu Rong Wudi's thoughts, but since it was an order from Mu Rong Wudi, under Ye Sanghua's obedience, the others didn't dare to make any unusual moves. Everyone followed orders, leading their respective teams to follow the main team, and they marched towards the direction of Cuijia Village in a grand manner.

  At the time when they were about to arrive at the city gate, Murong Wudi ordered the troops to stop and stood on a high ground facing the troops, shouting: "Brothers, we are now going to enter the main street of Cuijia Village. I hereby declare several disciplines for everyone. First, do not disturb the people. After entering the city, do not harass the civilians, do not rob money, do not take a needle and thread from the civilians. If anyone appears to insult, loot or harm the civilians and the Anti-Japanese Vanguard, they will be taken out and shot!

  He knew the principle of using heavy rules in a chaotic world. These people were all mountain bandits, and if they weren't constrained by strict discipline, there was no way to get the support of the common people. An army without rear support or pillar would be waiting for destruction. The Nationalist Army didn't do well in this regard, so he absolutely couldn't let his own troops repeat the mistakes of those warlord troops.

  "General Murong, rest assured that if anyone dares to bully the common people in this village of Cui, I, the new commander of the First Regiment, will be the first to take him down without needing your orders!" Before, Wild Chrysanthemum had wanted to surrender to the Communist Party because their army treated the people like family and would not bully them. Now that she saw Murong Wuji strictly enforcing discipline in front of his troops, she realized that his team was also like this, so she naturally became a supporter.

  After the discipline was announced, everyone followed the regular army's formation and marched into the city gate in an orderly manner, row by row. At first glance, it didn't look like a bandit group at all, but rather a regular army. The old people in the city saw that there were suddenly so many armed men inside the city, and they didn't know what was going on. They just stood on the side one by one, and no one dared to take a step forward because they knew that any army would not allow anyone to block their way. However, everyone was secretly discussing this army that looked nothing like an army.

  But at this time, a little girl appeared in front of the team, flurried and didn't know what to do. Seeing the army approaching, she just cried desperately. Everyone was worried about the little girl, and no one dared to take a step forward to provoke these soldiers.