Xie Baoqing quickly replied: "What Commander Kong said is exactly what I said. I am now Commander Kong's prisoner. Life or death depends on Commander Kong's thoughts."
"I hope Commander Kong will show his noble hand and let go of a certain horse."
Kong Jie said sarcastically: "You are a bandit or a bandit leader. I am the commander of the Eighth Route Army. Bandits harm nature and harm the people. We, the Eighth Route Army, are the people's soldiers.
Since you are standing against the common people, you are naturally the enemy of our Eighth Route Army. Now that you, the leader of the enemy, are standing in front of me, I would rather give you a hand and let you go.
Is there such a truth in this world?"
The monk on the side came over and said: "Captain, I also think that this guy can just be chopped down. If he keeps it, it will be a waste of food."
Xie Baoqing: "..."
"What Commander Kong said is that I don't dare to ask Commander Kong to spare my life, but Commander Kong Gaoyi, I am willing to take the blame and meritorious service, and lead more than a hundred of my brothers in Heiyun Village to join..."
"There are more than a hundred people, but we have killed twenty-three. Now you only have about ninety people left." The monk reminded.
Xie Baoqing's face froze, and when he came to his senses, he quickly forced out an ugly smile and said:
"What the Eighth Route Chief said was that those twenty-three men were unconscionable and deserved to die, but the remaining brothers were all born into poor families and went up to the mountains to become bandits out of desperation. Commander Kong always treated the poor people
Tolerance will never cost us our lives."
"In addition, Commander Kong, I sincerely want to lead these ninety brothers to join your independent regiment and fight against the Japanese together."
Kong Jie did not respond immediately, but turned his attention to the dozens of bandits standing behind Xie Baoqing.
"Your boss, Xie Baoqing, said that you really want to join our Eighth Route Army and fight the Japanese. I ask you, is this true?"
After Kong Jie asked, the bandits were obviously a little confused. Some of them were quick-thinking and knew that this was the only way to survive. They nodded quickly and said: "Commander Kong, we are willing to join the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese."
Under the chain effect, the remaining bandits also responded quickly one by one.
Kong Jie suddenly sneered and said: "Join our Eighth Route Army, join our independent regiment? Where do you think our Eighth Route Army is, where you can come whenever you want? Anyone can come?"
"If you bandits were captured by our Eighth Route Army, and you turned around and said you were willing to join the Eighth Route Army, and we agreed, would we still be like a people's army?"
"In addition, I would like to ask you something. When you walked from the village entrance, you were scolded by the people along the way. You guys are also upright men. Don't you feel ashamed in your heart?"
"Although our independent regiment needs to be strengthened and lacks soldiers, bandits and spineless cowards who harm the people have never been among our considerations."
"Why? Because many times, one mouse droppings will spoil the whole pot of soup."
After saying these words, the bandits were dumbfounded and lowered their heads one by one.
Xie Baoqing looked ugly.
Good or bad, Captain Kong doesn't look down on bandits like them at all.
"Captain Kong..."
"Okay, Xie Baoqing, I won't be nagging you anymore. I'll leave it here. It's not impossible to join my independent group. If one day you make meritorious deeds and really repent, I can still consider it.
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"I will find things for you to enrich yourself and atone for your sins."
"By the way, do you guys know how to farm?"
Xie Baoqing immediately became energetic. He seemed to realize what Kong Jie wanted him to do, and quickly replied: "Captain Kong, don't worry, most of my brothers were born in poverty before, and they have all farmed. As long as they pick up a hoe,
, in a few days, you will be an upright farmer."
Kong Jie nodded, "Monk."
"Arrived!"
"Temporarily settle Xie Baoqing and his group at the station, set aside an area for centralized management."
"Yes!"
Before Xie Baoqing and his entourage were taken away, Kong Jie finally said: "Xie Baoqing, since the monk did not chop off your heads on the mountain stronghold, it means that your crime is not worthy of death. But next, I hope you can lead these bandits to work honestly.
If you have any other thoughts about the transformation, don’t blame me, Kong Jie, for turning your back on me.”
"Don't dare, don't dare. Don't worry, Captain Kong. I will definitely lead the brothers to work hard and change their minds!" Xie Baoqing quickly replied, feeling secretly relieved that he finally had a small life.
After the monk escorted Xie Baoqing and his party away, Ye Min asked: "Captain, what do you mean, are you planning to keep Xie Baoqing and his party as labor force at the station?"
Kong Jie nodded and said: "Although the remaining bandits are not guilty of death, they must not be let go easily. If this bandit is used to it, he will become addicted. If I let them go, these bandits will have no other means of survival.
Sooner or later, you have to find someone from the valley to become the king of the mountain. This is irresponsible to the people."
"It's better to stay in our team. As a labor force, with us watching, these bandits don't dare to do anything."
"Some of the farming tasks in the station can be handed over to them. In addition, if the villagers need anything, whether it is to repair the house or during the busy farming season, Xie Baoqing and his party can help."
"We may be able to dig some coal mines in the future. People like Xie Baoqing are free labor. As long as they provide one or two meals a day, they will not starve to death."
"Labor can slowly eliminate the sinful heart. I am doing this for the good of these bandits, just like Xie Baoqing said, to change my mind."
"When these bandits really change their mentality, I will let them go."
Ye Min said in admiration: "Captain, you are still very powerful. The ancients said that students should be taught in accordance with their aptitude. Isn't this how you teach students in accordance with their aptitude?"
Kong Jie said: "By the way, the reason why we keep Xie Baoqing is that he is not a heinous person. The other reason is that Xie Baoqing is afraid of death. With him here, we can use these bandits easily." p>
"In addition to these, Xie Baoqing has been entrenched in Heiyun Peak for so many years, and he should also have some understanding of the bandit forces in the surrounding areas."
"The commando team should cooperate with the guard company and bring Xie Baoqing with them. Since we are going to take action, we should do it more thoroughly and wipe out the surrounding bandit forces at once."
"Yes!" Ye Min responded.
"In addition, select a few skilled brothers from the commando team, and you personally lead the team to the hinterland of the North China Security Army to rescue a person."
"Save people?"
Kong Jie nodded and told the story of Chen An, the guard battalion commander of the Third Group Army of the North China Security Army.
"For specific rescue operations, you and Wang An will cooperate."
Ye Min smiled and said: "Captain, when our main force left the hinterland of the North China Security Army, I heard that a puppet battalion commander at the city gate directly let him go. We will rescue him."<
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Kong Jie said: "Over at the repair shop, I asked Dong San to produce a new batch of time bombs. This time I will bring some when I go to rescue people. After rescuing people, we can make some noise in the county. Let's
We must let the people, puppet troops, and Japanese troops know that we have rescued people."