The two men who were escorted by Guo Shi and several soldiers heard the conversation between Peng Dezhu and the squad leader not far behind Peng Dezhu. The two men had their hands tied behind their backs. After hearing Peng Dezhu's conversation, they both used force at the same time.

They struggled a bit and tied their hands. However, since they were still guarded by two soldiers, such things would only attract kicks from the guarding soldiers.

After each of the two men was kicked by the warrior, they turned their heads to look at their companions. After looking at each other, one of them shook his head at the thought of the other.

Peng Dezhu and the others did not stop outside the village. After reaching the entrance of the village, Peng Dezhu immediately called Ma Tianhua and ordered him to lead a platoon of soldiers to repair the fortifications outside the village and arrange sentries on duty. Then, he and Li Tieshu received the

The injured Liu Wenxu took the remaining soldiers who were able to move, carried or supported the wounded, and walked towards the village.

Peng Dezhu and the others were just about to walk into the village when they suddenly saw villagers from Zhouzhong led by an old man walking towards them on a street in the village.

Seeing this situation, Peng Dezhu looked at Liu Wenxue and asked: "Doctor Liu, what are these people doing? They don't want us to enter the village!"

Liu Wenxue's right arm was in a sling. When he heard Peng Dezhu's question, he turned to him and shook his head and said: "I don't know, but it seems that he is either chasing us away or welcoming us."

Li Tieshu walked from behind Liu Wenxue to the front and said: "Whatever! If they dare not let us enter the village, we will beat them up. I'm beating them up in the front, why can't we just rest in the village and rest?" said

Then, he also pulled out his shell gun.

When Liu Wenxu saw Li Tieshu pull out his gun, he hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed his right hand holding the gun and said, "Tieshu! What do you want to do? You still don't know what he means. Just take out your gun first and forget about it."

They welcomed us, but you scared them away."

Peng Dezhu looked at the two of them, nodded slightly in agreement with Liu Wenxue's words and said: "Doctor Liu is right, Brother Tieshu, put your gun away. If these people see it later, it might be really scary."

Got them."

Li Tieshu brilliantly inserted his shell gun into the gun case on his waist and said: "I mean, is it possible that I can really shoot these people!"

Liu Wenxue let go of Li Tieshu's hand and said, "I know you won't shoot them, but holding a gun will scare them."

Li Tieshu was a little impatient. He felt that Liu Wenxue was too chatty, so he said angrily: "I know, from now on these people will put a fucking knife on my neck, and I won't fucking touch it."

Move."

Liu Wenxue didn't expect that Li Tieshu would be angry and talk to him angrily like this. Unconsciously, he felt anger rising in his heart, and his voice suddenly became much louder, and he said to Li Tieshu: "What?

Did I tell you wrongly? You are still like this..."

"Okay! We are all brothers, what's wrong! Is it possible that you two are still planning to fight?" Peng Dezhu suddenly felt that the smell of gunpowder between Liu Wexue and Li Tieshu was getting stronger. As he watched, Liu Wexue spoke.

Li Tieshu got angry at Liu Wenxue. Peng Dezhu immediately interrupted Liu Wenxu and stopped him from talking any more.

After Peng Dezhu's words, both Liu Wenxu and Li Tieshu immediately stopped. Originally, Peng Dezhu was worried about whether he could shock Li Tieshu and Liu Wenxu, the two veterans of the Fourth Regiment, at the critical moment. However,

, only now did he realize that his worries were really unnecessary. Li Tieshu and Liu Wenxu were relatively convinced of Peng Dezhu's absolute authority.

The interlude between Li Tieshu and Liu Wenxue that appeared in the middle had just ended under the authority of Peng Dezhu. The villagers walking from the opposite side had already arrived in front of them. They saw the leader, Fa Xujing, walking in front.

The white old man is leaning on a

After walking in front of Peng Dezhu and the others with a wooden crutch, he clasped his fists at Peng Dezhu and the others, nodded slightly and saluted, saying: "Sirs, I am the patriarch of Zhouzhong Village this week. Here, I lead the whole village, young and old, to welcome you all.

Come."

Peng Dezhu was suddenly uncomfortable with the fact that there was such a person who dared to speak to him like this. Although he had attended a private school for a few days, he didn't learn anything. Therefore, he really didn't know how to deal with this person.

An old man. Seeing the old man suddenly clasping his fists and saluting them, Peng Dezhu was stunned at first, and then he clasped his fists in a daze and wanted to salute the old man in the same way.

However, Liu Wenxue behind him walked up to him before he could fully clasp his fists, and probably bumped into him. Then, he smiled and saluted the old man and said, "Thank you very much, the patriarch and fellow villagers, for your kindness."

, I hope the clan leader and fellow villagers can forgive me for causing such disturbance." After saying that, he extended his hand to Peng Dezhu and introduced: "Clan leader, this is the commander of our independent company, Commander Peng Dezhu."

After listening to Liu Wenxu's introduction, the old man immediately clasped his fists and saluted Peng Dezhu again: "Sir Peng, I have been looking up to you for a long time, and welcome Chief Peng and all the other officers. The old man has ordered the villagers to prepare a simple meal, and I hope all the officers will appreciate it."

Peng Dezhu woke up from his confusion after being bumped by Liu Wenxue. When Liu Wenxu introduced himself to the patriarch of Zhouzhong and the patriarch saluted him, he also hurriedly imitated Liu Wenxue and saluted the patriarch.

military salute.

When he heard that the patriarch invited them to have a meal, Peng Dezhu also imitated Liu Wenxu's words and said to the old man: "Why don't you bother the folks, let's just have a simple meal."

His words stunned the old man opposite him, and made Liu Wenxue beside him laugh. However, Peng Dezhu didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him, and turned around to Chai Yunci, who was behind him.

The order was: "Xiao Chai! The wounded should quickly find a place to stay. The others will go have dinner with the villagers later. Remember, ask someone to get some food for the wounded. In addition, those who are seriously injured must find a better place. Listen.

Are you there yet?”

Chai Yunci saluted him with a military salute and replied: "Yes! Remember it! Don't worry, company commander, I will definitely make arrangements for the wounded."

Peng Dezhu nodded to Chai Yunci and turned his head. The clan leader of Zhouzhong said to Peng Dezhu: "Sir Peng, please leave the wounded in your department to us. We will definitely put all the officers in good care."

Peng Dezhu said to the patriarch with some excitement: "That's great. Some of our brothers are seriously injured. We have to find a place to treat them quickly! I'm sorry to trouble the patriarch."

The old man clasped his fists to Peng Dezhu again and said: "Sir Peng is serious. You are fighting against the Japanese pirates for the country and the people. Although we cannot kill the enemy in battle, we can still do what we can."

Peng Dezhu was busy nagging the old man, but he didn't know how to quickly arrange a place for his brother to live. After the patriarch finished speaking, he said to a person behind him: "Liu San, please quickly bring someone to arrange for the injured officer. Definitely."

Everything has been arranged.”

The man called Liu San by his clan leader was a man in his thirties and wearing a robe. After listening to the clan leader's words, he bowed slightly to him and said, "Yes, old master, I will make arrangements to go there right away."

After that, the man turned around, led a dozen young and strong men, and walked towards the wounded who were following the team.

After taking Liu San to arrange for the wounded, the clan leader took a step back, made an invitation gesture to Peng Dezhu, and said to Peng Dezhu: "Chief Peng, let's go into the village, please!"

This time, Peng Dezhu also made an invitation gesture to the patriarch and said: "Old man, please! Please!"

However, the patriarch still insisted and asked Peng Dezhu to take the next step. Peng Dezhu didn't want to continue the stalemate with him because of this, so he moved forward first.

After Peng Dezhu and the others entered the village, the soldiers were arranged to have dinner at the Zhou family ancestral hall in the village. Peng Dezhu, Liu Wexue, Li Tieshu, and the two platoon leaders Chai Yunci and Song Jiaming were invited by the clan leader to have dinner at Zhou's mansion.

Most of the people in this village have the surname Zhou, and this patriarch is the patriarch with the surname Zhou, so naturally he has become the only spokesman in the village.

The Zhou Mansion of Patriarch Zhou is a courtyard with two front and back entrances. In the main hall of the front yard, an Eight Immortals table has been placed, with several dishes that make Peng Dezhu drool just looking at them. On the left side of the main hall, there is

There are two tables with the same dishes on them.

After some awkward greetings that made Peng Dezhu feel uncomfortable, everyone finally sat down at the table. After sitting down, Chief Zhou first picked up the wine glass placed in front of him and said: "Chief Peng, Chief Liu, Chief Li, and the two chiefs.

"After Peng Dezhu and the three of them finished speaking, they raised their glasses

Zi said to Chai Yunci and Song Jiaming who were sitting at the table on the left: "I would like to pay a toast to all the officers. Thank you for your efforts to fight against the Japanese pirates in Chen Ying. This is how Zhou Zhong was spared. He had the same fate as Chen Ying Village.

Disaster. Sirs, please!" As he said that, he raised his head and drank the wine.

Peng Dezhu was holding the cup. After hearing what Chief Zhou said, he felt a little angry. He thought, he thought this old man had a lot of consciousness. Damn it, he didn't think it was because he led his brothers to fight against the Japanese.

, to protect their village, that’s why they entertained them like this.

However, although Peng Dezhu was a little unhappy in his heart, he still did not dare to show it on the surface. After Patriarch Zhou finished speaking, he also raised his head and drank the glass of wine.

For Peng Dezhu, Li Tieshu and others, they no longer know how long it has been since they drank wine, and it seems that they have almost forgotten the taste of wine. At this moment, drinking this glass of wine feels like drinking honey.

Sweet.

After drinking the first glass, and after all the maids in the Zhou Mansion had filled it again, Patriarch Zhou raised his glass again and said, "Sirs! I would like to toast you one more glass. Here, I wish you all the best to be invincible and to win!"

With that, he drank another drink with Peng Dezhu and the others. When the maid filled the wine again, Liu Wenxu raised his glass and said to Peng Dezhu: "Company commander, we also toast to Mr. Zhou and thank him for his hospitality."

Hearing this, Peng Dezhu quickly picked up his wine glass and said to Patriarch Zhou: "Mr. Zhou, I would like to thank you for your warm hospitality to the brothers I brought with me. If it weren't for your arrangements, none of my brothers would be here.

A place where you can take a break.”

Hearing this, Patriarch Zhou picked up his wine glass and said with a cheerful smile: "Oh my! Chief Peng is in serious trouble! We are all descendants of China, and these are the responsibilities of the old man and others."
Chapter completed!