"Why are you setting my house on fire?" A man ran out of the house.
"The Japanese are coming. If you don't want to die, run away!" shouted Hou Kanshan, who was setting fire.
"Aren't ordinary people still ordinary people no matter who comes?" the man said angrily.
But he only said one sentence and stopped talking because Hou Kanshan had already pointed the gun at him.
"Why are you setting my house on fire?" A woman ran out from another house.
"The Japanese are coming. If you don't want to be beaten, run away!" Qian Chuan'er, who was also setting fire, also shouted.
This is a county town, and we should say that we are already outside the square main city, but there are still sparse houses around.
Why did Shang Zhen say to burn these houses? He was afraid that the Japanese army would come and massacre the whole village or the whole city.
It is already early winter and the battle has just begun. Shang Zhen thought that there are still pigs in the pigsty, so how could there be no one in the house?
It can be said that Shang Zhen definitely has good intentions.
He is a new recruit, but now everyone has made him the leader, so his words are really effective.
Let Shang Zhen steal some food from ordinary people's homes, he can do this, but if you let him watch these ordinary people being slaughtered by the Japanese army, he really can't bear to watch it!
What's more, Shang Zhen has different ideas from Lao Huotou and Wang Laomao.
Old Huo and Wang Laomao have the same idea. Since you, Zhang Xiancai, have made us cannon fodder and we have all escaped, why should we go back to save you?
But Shang Zhen still hoped that Zhang Xiancai and his men could rush out, hoping that they could support Zhang Xiancai's company.
Old Huo and Old Wang had both acknowledged Shang Zhen as their leader. How could Shang Zhen's first order not work? Regardless, they had to obey Shang Zhen this time. The battle was changing rapidly, and there was no time for argument.
Now Hou Kanshan, Qian Chuan'er and a few others set fire and drove the people out of their homes, while Shang Zhen took the rest of the people and hid behind a farmer's house.
Now they were more than a hundred meters away from the river, and the Japanese troops had already rushed to the house at the bridgehead.
But Shang Zhen and the others only looked at each other for a moment, and after exchanging glances, Old Huo said, "Retreat! The emperor is not dead, but the eunuchs are dying of anxiety!"
Shang Zhen was speechless and could only use the cover of the house to turn around and lead the way to run to the outside.
Shang Zhen’s idea is really good.
But just as Old Huo said, you are the emperor and you are not in a hurry to kill the eunuchs. They planned to support Zhang Xiancai and his company, but at this time they saw from afar that in addition to the corpses on the stone arch bridge, Zhang Xiancai's company had retreated to the other side of the river!
How could Shang Zhen and his men know that Zhang Xiancai had already been killed? Even the remaining people became frightened when they saw that there were so many Japanese troops coming and retreated!
That’s all, what else do you want to do?
"Hey, hey, why haven't anyone come out? They all run back?" At this moment, a man shouted. This man was none other than Hu Zhuzi, who had followed Wang Laomao and the others in the charge without knowing what was going on.
"You go back and save him yourself?" Wang Laomao snorted coldly.
"I, I can't defeat them alone, right?" Although Hu Zhuzi was a tiger, he knew that there was no way he could defeat so many Japanese soldiers alone.
Hu Zhuzi's words immediately made Wang Laomao laugh: "Don't even mention you alone, even if we all go, we can't beat them. If you want to live, run with us!"
Hu Zhuzi looked back at the direction he was coming from, and seeing that the Japanese army was chasing them, he hurriedly followed Wang Laomao.
At this time, the outer areas of Ningyuan County were already in chaos.
When there are a lot of people, things become weird.
When Shang Zhen and his men started to break out, gunshots were heard and the civilians were so scared that they hid in their homes.
But this time, Shang Zhen and his men set fire to some of the people's straw bales and houses. Some of the people sat outside crying and shouting, but some also ran out after listening to Shang Zhen and his men's advice. Of course, most of the people still hid in their homes.
Shang Zhen just wanted to save the people by the way. He had no experience, but even if he had experience, it would be useless. After all, the time was too short and there was no time to disperse the people and retreat.
At that moment, he had never imagined that such a situation would occur. He felt ashamed and felt that he was not fit to be the leader.
Shang Zhen and his men still fled far away under the cover of the houses, but Shang Zhen had already moved his compassionate heart to save the people, so their escape was destined to be unsuccessful this time.
As they were running, they heard sporadic gunfire from behind, and then the shouts of the people became louder. They could faintly hear someone shouting, "Run! The Japanese soldiers are killing people!"
Although everyone was running farther away, some people were running slower and slower.
In the end, some people simply stopped, such as Erhanzi, Hu Zhuzi, Qiu Bo, and finally Shang Zhen also stopped.
Shang Zhen was angry with his leader because he had not saved the civilians just now, but now he could not bear it anymore after hearing the screams and gunshots behind him.
Why should I care what you others do? If I want to save the people, I will go and save them! At worst, I can run in another direction and lead the Japanese soldiers to another direction. That way, I can also save some people, right? When Shang Zhen thought about it, he stopped worrying about it.
"I'm going to fire a few shots and lure those Japanese soldiers to another place!" Shang Zhen said decisively, then he turned around and was about to run back.
It didn't matter that Shang Zhen turned around after he said this, several more people followed him, including Qian Chuan'er, Erhanzi, Qiu Bo, and Hu Zhuzi, who also turned around and followed him.
As they followed like this, naturally more people followed behind.
"This is fucking bullshit!" Wang Laomao couldn't help but curse.
His words were not a curse on Shang Zhen or those who followed Shang Zhen, but rather an expression of his emotion.
Wang Laomao himself has no culture, but after all, he is in his forties and has seen a lot. He suddenly felt that this was a bit like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
It turned out that there were six people in his group and seven people on Old Huo's side.
Since they are not in the same group, of course they will have their own thoughts.
But now, in order to coordinate their actions, he and Old Huotou asked Shang Zhen to be the leader. However, Shang Zhen's ideas were different from his and Old Huotou's.
Isn’t this the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Everyone has their own way, everyone has their own way. This is it!
Wang Laomao thought to himself and looked at Lao Huotou, who was also glaring at him at this time.
If Lao Huotou is an old thief, then Wang Laomao is an adult thief, and Shang Zhen is a little bird that has just learned to fly.
Now when Wang Laomao saw Lao Huotou’s straight eyes, he knew without asking, because Lao Huotou had the same idea as him!
They were the vanguards or cannon fodder who rushed out. They no longer owed Zhang Xiancai and the others anything. As for whether to save the common people or not, that was a matter of ability. Of course, it was okay to do something with just a little effort, but it was not okay to risk their own lives!
At this time, Wang Laomao and Lao Huotou were exchanging glances. Suddenly, Hou Kanshan said something that reminded them both.
"After you finish shooting, run back. We will provide cover here!" Hou Kanshan shouted.
Well, there is another thief here, and he is playing cross-screen again, but the problem is that he only covers him and doesn’t rush forward!
Note: "家贼", "家鸟儿" and "家屁" are all names for sparrows in Northeast China.