Chapter Twenty-Six Return to the Mountain

  "Kill him! Kill him! Kill him..."

  Hundreds of men, women and children had gathered outside the entrance to Gu Shan Town. Chen Cigang's stirring words and frenzied expression whipped up the crowd's indignation, and the angry roar of the people echoed through the valley.

  Under the autumn sun, Liu Maocai, who had already lost all hope, allowed himself to be tied to a crooked neck tree at the entrance of the town by two members of the anti-Japanese squad.

  Chen Kai looked far away at Xu Fei standing in the distance, saw his own eldest son coldly wiping his neck with his hand, he took a large knife from one of his subordinates, walked to Liu Mao's side with a fierce killing intent, raised the brightly polished knife high and chopped down fiercely.

  "Hmm..."

  A swift and sudden gust of wind stopped abruptly! A big, fat head the size of a fist rolled to one side, its bulging eyes wide with terror and regret.

  Liu Maocai's stout body was still tied to the big tree with ropes, and only the continuously splashing fresh blood gradually stopped the breath of life from high to low.

  "Evil will ultimately be eliminated! Unfortunately... this is just something people say to deceive themselves. If there isn't enough power and authority as a shield, those who do evil can still live out their lives in peace, let alone whether they go to hell or suffer all sorts of torments after death. Because the victims of their evil deeds will not be freed."

  Xu Fei scorned the deceitful words of Confucianism and Buddhism, those doctrines that indulged in evil and allowed it to run rampant should never have taken root among the descendants of Yan and Huang with their strong iron bones. Alas... alas! The establishment of feudal dynasties was an erosion of human nature, rulers instilled those softening doctrines into the people for their own benefit, ultimately brainwashing them to endure countless oppression and exploitation, until the moment he traveled through time to this point still remained so!!

  Xu Fei sensed the system, and Liu Mao's death suddenly increased his merit by ten points. According to the system's merit exchange rules, this guy was already considered a major villain, and his three lackeys later contributed six points of merit as well.

  The town entrance suddenly became chaotic for a moment. Just as Xu Fei was about to go forward to see what happened, Chen Cai rushed over from the crowd and shouted loudly:

  "Report to the captain! In Gu Shan Town, there are over a dozen young people with no family burdens who are ready to join our anti-Japanese squad. They say they want to fight against the devils like us!"

  "Huh?!"

  Xu Fei was slightly stunned, but no longer surprised. In this era that has been turbulent for decades, young people in the Northeast would know the tragic fate of ordinary people after the invasion of alien tribes, even if they were ignorant. Unfortunately, those in power are ignorant, incompetent and shameless, leaving these ordinary people to face the high-pressure rule of alien tribes and the disaster of swords at any time.

  "You take care of it, we'll recruit all the suitable people to join our team. Once we return to the mountain, we'll start organizing everyone's training. This time, we'll get rid of that White Stripe Hiro and his gang. I think his teacher, Murayama Kōsei, won't give up easily either."

  Xu Fei looked calmly in the direction of the mountain outside and said faintly, "This village's Shan Gan Sheng is not an ordinary devil. He led the 4th regiment of the 2nd division to easily occupy Jinzhou City. According to normal development, this guy also participated in the future Java War and Burma Campaign. If he didn't have some real skills, he would have been killed long ago."

  Although Hakone Kojirō was just a military officer, as a student arranged by Murayama Iwao to guard the mountain pass, if he didn't react at all after being killed, then he wouldn't be an arrogant and domineering devilish military officer.

  Chen Kaiqiang rushed to recruit soldiers, while five or six team members followed Xu Fei's instructions and started distributing grain at Liu Maocai's doorstep.

  Xu Fei sat quietly on the mountain slope at the town entrance, waiting for everyone to clean up everything in Liu Maocai's house. Liu Maocai's wife had been invited by her son Liu Hansheng to take care of the children in Yingkou. According to what the common people said, that old woman was even more ruthless than Liu Maocai, and Xu Fei also had the idea of catching her and making her pay for her crimes.

  The town of Gushan, once a desolate and barren place for over a year, was now filled with vibrant colors as the villagers who had received their allocated food were all smiles. They didn't worry about Liu Hansheng coming back to cause trouble; after all, the Extermination Squad was there to take care of everything.

  "Wu Hongtian, let's go! We'll head back to the hideout and discuss what we're going to face next." Xu Fei said, shaking off some of the dust that had accumulated on his body.

  He walked forward with big strides, followed by Wu Hongtian who still had a serious expression. On the hillside below, more than ten push carts were filled with gold, silver, jewels and antique accessories that had been searched out from Liu Maocai's home.

  Eliminating the devils in Gu Shan Town made Xu Fei feel a lot more at ease, but the culprit Mo Siyi who got away was still carefree and added some annoyance to Xu Fei.

  The team returned to the entrance of Qingyun Village before noon, and all the team members who had returned in advance and their families were waiting outside the gate. This battle can be considered the first major victory since the establishment of Qingyun Village, not only eliminating more than a dozen devils but also killing a few traitorous landlords. Of course, for everyone, the most important thing is still the tens of thousands of kilograms of grain and that pile of weapons on the mountain.

  "Brother Xu!"

  "Brother!"

  Two crisp girl voices loudly echoed through the mountains, and two beautiful figures, Yu Yun and Xue Fei, ran quickly towards Xu Fei.

  "Brother Xu!"

  Yun Tui leaned against Xu Fei, smiling sweetly as she grasped one of his arms, while Xu Fei also revealed a lovely smile, tightly holding his arm in her bosom. The three of them laughed and walked towards the mountain stronghold together.

  Wu Hongtian, who was following behind him, couldn't help but glance at his new boss with a hint of envy, before quickly regaining his composure and following Xu Fei's footsteps in a serious expression.

  The team quickly collected the gold, silver and jewels into the internal warehouse of the mountain stronghold. The location of the warehouse was next to Xu Fei and Qing Yun's bedroom. It was easy to put these things down. However, the several tens of thousands of kilograms of grain that were obtained from the small mountain stronghold couldn't be found a place to store, so they could only arrange for each household to store a portion of it in order to accommodate them.

  The weapons and ammunition that were transported back in the morning were still placed outside the door. The former bandits had never played with heavy machine guns and grenade launchers before, and they were all fiddling with them without knowing how to use them. Fortunately, Chen Cai followed up and returned, saw those defeated households wanting to dismantle the captured equipment, scolded them loudly, and then demonstrated the usage methods of the two types of newly captured weapons!

  "Captain! It seems that these people must strengthen their studies, otherwise, if they can't even use the weapons captured on the battlefield, this kind of troop is simply a death sentence!"

  Seeing a group of team members who couldn't use machine guns and grenade launchers, Wu Hongtian directly said without giving anyone any face.

  Xu Fei nodded and smiled: "Although our mountain stronghold brothers have renamed themselves the Exterminating Japan Squad, in fact they are just a bunch of bearded men who haven't even held guns a few times, and when it comes to wielding knives and clubs, each one has several tricks up their sleeve. But these modern firearms still need to be learned and mastered step by step, haha!"

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