Rise From Eight Hundred

The East Gate of Licheng County!

Nagano Yuwei looked at every Chinese who came in and out of the city gate with a burning gaze. Behind him were a dozen soldiers armed with live ammunition in the sandbag fortifications on both sides of the city gate, and in the fortifications on the top of the city wall, there was a Taisho 11th-generation light machine gun with a loaded magazine and two machine gunners.

From then on, the Chinese passing by would instinctively show fear and stay a little further away from the black muzzle of the gun and the solemn look of the Japanese soldiers.

Watching a woman with patched clothes and a gray face walking hurriedly in front of him with a three-year-old child, Nagano Yuwei's eyes were dazed.

In another month, it will be his fifth year in the army. From a 17-year-old boy to a 23-year-old young man now, he has spent almost a quarter of his life in the army, and he is considered a veteran.

If he had stayed in his hometown, if nothing unexpected happened, he should be the father of a 2-year-old child now!

Thinking of this, Nagano Yuo felt inexplicably worried. Hideko, who had already secretly agreed to spend her life with him, had not sent any letters since he came to China. He wondered if something had happened, and his face could not help but darken.

"Mrs. Nagano, are you interested in this woman?" A Chinese man with a split hair, a jacket and a Mauser pistol beside him whispered in Nagano Yuo's ear with a flattering smile on his face.

Nagano Yuo's face showed a burst of displeasure!

The man beside him was one of the Chinese who took the initiative to surrender when the brigade entered Licheng County half a month ago. In the words of the imperial army, this is a surrenderer and a friend of the empire, while the Chinese are more direct, a traitor!

China is too big, and the Japanese alone cannot manage it anyway. They need the help of the surrendered Chinese. This concept was only after Nagano Yuo set foot on the land of northern China.

The Empire's hundreds of thousands of troops spent half a year to occupy a vast area that was as large as several Japanese mainland areas. As a result, there was a rumor in the army that this was only one-tenth of China's territory. This was really something that made low-level officers like Nagano Yuo very upset. At this rate, how long would it take to completely end this war?

However, the war was far away, and it had nothing to do with his dislike for the so-called "friend of the Empire" beside him. The Japanese nation has always admired heroes. Although this man and his companions surrendered to and helped the Empire, they betrayed the interests of their motherland. Sergeant Nagano Yuo instinctively hated him.

But for this disgusting man, even Nagano Yuo couldn't write his disgust clearly on his face.

Because this man is the youngest son of the richest man in Licheng County, and when the imperial army entered the city, the richest man not only contributed his sturdy and beautifully decorated house as the battalion headquarters, but also provided a lot of money to entertain the troops, and also cooperated very well to reorganize his private guards into the Licheng County Security Team to maintain order in the city. Qi Liangzhongzuo valued him very much, and not only appointed him as the captain of the Licheng County Security Battalion, but also guaranteed the safety of his private property.

After entering 1938, as the war in North China progressed smoothly, the North China Front Army Command also issued some new regulations internally. Unless there are special reasons, destructive killings shall not be carried out in the occupied counties.

It was not because of pity for life, but with the progress of the war, the economic consumption of the empire was too great. The imperial economic department criticized the behavior of the imperial army that only consumed but did not produce. The front army command was under too much pressure, so it had to temporarily hold the butcher knife and maintain the normal economy in the occupied city.

Only in this way can there be output and tax revenue to feed back to the empire!

This is also the main reason why the 6th Infantry Battalion of the Xiayuan Infantry Brigade spent three days to conduct a comprehensive screening of the residents in the city and then fully opened the city gates for normal entry and exit since it entered Licheng.

However, an infantry squad was stationed at each of the four gates for entry and exit, and the gates were inspected in shifts from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. to prevent the enemy from sneaking into the city to cause trouble.

Although the highest commander in the city, the captain of the 6th Infantry Battalion, Qi Liangzhongzuo, believed that this possibility was extremely low.

The reason is very simple. With the capture of Dongyangguan in the northeast of the county, the highway from HD to Changzhi was fully opened. All the county towns along the way have been occupied and connected. Any Chinese troops who want to harass will be defended by the garrison of one county town and supported by the other two counties. The Chinese do not have more than 10,000 troops, and I am afraid they do not have the courage.

And the mobilization of more than 10,000 troops, do the empire's intelligence agencies think they are fools? Or are the spies outside the city in vain?

Licheng County has a history of more than 2,000 years, which is a long time that makes almost all Japanese people's scalps numb. In 221 BC, Japan was still a primitive society. The patriarchal society had just replaced the matriarchal society. At that time, Japan was in a semi-ancient state, also known as the "Yayoi period". At this time, Japan had just learned to grow rice and use copper and iron.

Moving forward more than a thousand years, it was the Warring States Period that Japan and Asia are familiar with. However, compared with the war between the two powers of ancient Greece and Persia in the West in 500 BC, which involved hundreds of thousands of troops, and the war between the Qin Dynasty and the six countries in China, which involved nearly one million people, the so-called Warring States Period in Japan was just a fight between a few small villages...

Why do the Japanese prefer beautiful Chinese people in the end? Even if they are hit with big fat bombs by beautiful Chinese people, does it feel like they are in the same boat as beautiful Chinese people? We two brothers have no history in football. We are holding hands and side by side without looking at each other. Do you hope it will come true in the future?

It doesn’t matter how many years it has been since Licheng was built. What matters is that the walls of Licheng, a mountain city, are high enough and thick enough!

Perhaps it was just out of the cold weapon era, or maybe the mountains are high and there are many bandits. To prevent bandits, the city wall of Licheng County is even more complete than many large cities on the North China Plain. The vertical height of the city wall is nearly 4 meters. , the width is more than 3 meters, and it can even reach the city wall through a Type 94 tank on the slope in the city.

It is precisely with the protection of such a city wall that Qi Liangzhongzuo has enough confidence. Even if the Chinese have an infantry brigade to attack, he and the Sixth Infantry Brigade can hold on to Lucheng and Shecheng for reinforcements.

The supreme commander could think so, but Nagano Yuao remained cautious as always. The central left-hand man, who was approaching a battle, could hide in that strong house, but he, the sergeant who led 14 soldiers, could not.

Otherwise, he, the squad leader, is enough to sit in the fortifications, drink a few sips of tea and smoke freshly issued cigarettes, so he still needs to personally supervise at the city gate?

At a time like this, it was even less likely that he would be interested in a Chinese woman with a dusty face and a body covered in rags. Although he also knew that if the dusty face was washed clean, she should still be pretty, but Can that compare to his show?

"Wang Sang, please do not talk about military-related matters while performing military duties!" Nagano Yuao turned his attention back to the Chinese civilians who were queuing up for inspection over there.

Feeling the coldness of the Japanese sergeant next to him, the separated man felt a little resentful and secretly complained that the guy in front of him was ignorant of current affairs!

He is just a young sergeant. If his father hadn't warned him sternly that he must maintain good relations with all Japanese, which was related to the life and death of the entire family, why would the young master of his dignified Wang family come to the city gate to work as a gatekeeper? ?

Then, Nagano Yuao's eyes narrowed, and he saw a young Chinese Taoist priest wearing a worn Taoist robe and carrying a wooden box.

The little Taoist priest must have completed all the inspections and just carried his wooden box.

However, this is not a prosperous big city. What is this little Taoist doing here? Nagano Yuao instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"Yours, come here!" Nagano Yuao pointed at the little Taoist priest who was obviously nervous.

After being pointed at like this, the little Taoist priest's face instantly turned pale, and his body trembled involuntarily, which made Nagano Yuio feel more relaxed.

In front of imperial soldiers, this is the most normal reaction for Chinese people, especially to a boy who looks like he is no more than a teenager.

"Where did you come from and why are you here?" Of course Nagano Yuoo's Chinese was not proficient enough. After jabbering, he looked at Wang Changshou!

Wang Changshou is a weakling, but he still has a certain talent for languages. In just half a month, he has learned basic Japanese conversation. Otherwise, he would not have the opportunity to work as a translator at the city gate.

"I was ordered by my master to go down the mountain to travel, and my home is all over the world!" The little Taoist priest reluctantly bowed, the fear on his face not changing, but his eyes still clear.

This look made Nagano Yuio, who had heard the translation, feel a little unhappy.

The Chinese people he met during the march were all extremely frightened. Those Chinese who dared to look at the Imperial Army either knelt down humbly at the gunpoint, or because of this stubbornness, they became prey to the Imperial Army's guns.

Will this little Chinese Taoist priest be the former or the latter? Nagano Yuu couldn't help but licked his lips, and a cold and cruel smile curved at the corner of his mouth.

"Wang Sang, help me tell him that I believe in Buddhism, not some messy Taoism. Don't answer with such vague reasons. Just answer me honestly, where do you come from and where do you go? If there is any What you concealed is dead!”

After listening to the translation, the little Taoist finally showed fear in his eyes, and his thin shoulders began to tremble. The people around him also cast fearful glances at him.

The little Taoist priest looked like a wandering Taoist at first glance, either relying on fortune-telling at Hukou or relying on charity from believers. If he died here because of the Japanese, that would be something that all kind-hearted Chinese civilians would not want to see.

However, looking at the black muzzles protruding from the sandbags on both sides of the city gate, no one dared to go up and speak. They could only cast disdainful eyes on Wang Changshou, who was working loyally for the Japanese.

In the past, when Wang Changshou wandered around the land of fireworks, the people in Licheng only regarded him as a swinger. Unexpectedly, now the whole family has turned into a disgusting traitor and lackey of the Japanese.

Now Wang Changshou couldn't stand it anymore.

The traitor is a very strange creature. He wants others to be afraid of him, but he also wants others to respect him. From a psychological point of view, it is a psychology that the more something is lacking, the more it wants.

In the early days, many traitors hoped to use the excuse of protecting their neighbors as a cover-up for being dogs. Later, they were despised more, and instead they were broken. Since they are not respected, I will be scared when you see me. The cruelty against their own compatriots is even worse than that of the Japanese invaders. This is the counterproductive effect of the failure of this kind of demand psychology.

Wang Changshou, who had just become a traitor, obviously still had this psychological need to be respected. So, after the little Taoist priest repeated the reason of "traveling down the mountain and making the world his home", he actually helped the little Taoist priest to talk about the Japanese in Danhu for the first time.

"Mrs. Changye, the little Taoist priest said that he came from southern Shanxi and came to this mountain to avoid the war, but there was no food in the mountain, so he could only go into the city to tell fortunes for people to survive! He looked quite pitiful." Wang Changshou talked nonsense.

Not to mention, the playboy traitor has nothing else, but Xia Jiba talks one thing after another, making it difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.

The reason for doing this may have something to do with the cold butt of Changye Yuwei who just tried to get close to him. Cheating him can also help Wang Changshou regain some face. Anyway, he is not afraid that these lowly civilians will dare to report him. The harmless little Taoist priest does not look like a human who can make any waves.

"Youxi! Your ruler is such a jerk that the Taoists can't survive and can only seek food in the cities ruled by our empire!" Nagano Yuwei smiled when he heard this explanation, nodded, and stretched out his hand. "Go into the city! You will have enough to eat."

In fact, Wang Changshou's explanation was only a small part of what made Nagano Yuwei change his mind. He had been observing the reaction of the little Taoist priest. The little Taoist priest was obviously very afraid and his body was trembling, but his eyes were still clear. This was the reaction of a practitioner.

The little Taoist priest was afraid, which was the life instinct of fear of powerful creatures. His clear eyes showed that he had faith in the gods and he had the heart to practice, which fully proved his identity.

In addition, with the help of the closer distance, he saw that there were no calluses on the little Taoist priest's palm. He was definitely not a person who had enough contact with firearms. His fingers were slender and white, and he should not be a person who often exercises strength. Overall, he would not become a threat.

Of course, the most important thing is that he saw the contemptuous eyes of the Chinese civilians around him towards Wang Changshou. That was what he wanted to see. The more the Chinese were like this, the more the Wang family would go all the way with the empire and there would be no turning back.

Since Wang Changshou said so, he didn't mind giving him a face.

Before the little Taoist priest left, he looked at Wang Changshou deeply. Wang Changshou, who had a big parted hair, curled his lips and signaled the little Taoist priest to get out quickly. If it weren't for his deceased grandmother's belief, he wouldn't help the little Taoist priest on a whim.

However, it was also because Nagano Yuwei was too stupid. He made up a random reason to make him confused. It would be great if the Japanese were so stupid.

The Japanese and the Chinese stood at the same city gate with their own little tricks.

But they didn't notice that before the little Taoist priest, there was an old man with white hair and beard carrying a bag, a woodcutter with a strong body carrying a load of firewood, and a young hunter with rabbits and pheasants he had shot. After paying a certain amount of entry fee, they entered Licheng.

The Japanese could not tell what was Licheng dialect and what was Chinese, and the people of Licheng would not be too surprised. The special squadron had learned the local dialect from the local guides when they entered the mountains. Although they would not be particularly proficient in the local dialect in a short time, they still had 70% to 80% of it.

On March 12, ten members of the special squadron had entered Licheng County through various covers, including Uncle Han, who was specially seconded by Tang Tuanzuo from Gu Xishui.

In the city, the people who had been contacted by the 683rd Brigade took the people away. The good citizen certificate issued by the Japanese army three days after entering the city became everyone's identity document.

The various weapons and equipment needed by the people entering the city were also delivered one by one through the carriages of the Wang family two days later.

The Wang family is the largest business group in the city. The main members chose to surrender to the Japanese, but it does not mean that everyone will follow them with one heart. Some people also choose to hold on to another thick leg.

When the crisis comes, everyone has a chance to choose. If you choose the right one, you will live, and if you choose the wrong one, you will die. That's all.