Zhang Degui happily followed Sun Liangcheng and others to escort the grain towards the county seat, but little did he know that his dream of promotion and wealth had ended here.
After walking for about ten miles, a group of "savages" covered with grass and branches suddenly emerged from the woods beside the road, with guns in their hands.
"There are bandits!"
After seeing how these people were dressed, Zhang Degui had already encountered the bandits. He yelled and tremblingly tried to take out his gun from the holster on his body.
But before Zhang Degui took out his gun, the black muzzle of the gun was pressed against his forehead. It turned out to be the translator who had been talking to him all the way.
While the translator drew his gun and controlled Zhang Degui, the officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade disguised as Japanese soldiers also took action almost simultaneously and disarmed the security team members.
"Translator Wu, what do you mean?"
Zhang Degui was also confused by this sudden turn of events, and his head didn't turn around for a while.
"It's not interesting. We are short of food and want to borrow some food from you."
At this time, Sun Liangcheng, disguised as a Japanese officer, strode up to Zhang Degui and spoke in fluent Chinese.
"You...you are not the Imperial Army..."
Hearing Sun Liangcheng speak fluent Chinese, Zhang Degui opened his mouth in surprise.
Sun Liangcheng smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, I am an upright Chinese citizen, and wearing this Japanese skin is just a temporary measure."
When he heard Sun Liangcheng admit that they were Chinese, Zhang Degui knew it was over, and his legs went weak and he almost lost his balance.
Thinking of how he had flattered the Japanese and cursed the Chinese officers and soldiers at the dinner table, he regretted it at the moment.
"Sir, sir, it was all a misunderstanding. I hate the Japanese deeply. I sincerely support the anti-Japanese troops. You are short of food, right? I still have food in my warehouse, and I will give it all to you...
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Zhang Degui knew that his life was in the hands of the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade, so he hurriedly tried to find a remedy.
"Didn't you scold you vigorously at the dinner table just now? Why are you regretting it now?" An officer and soldier of the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade joked.
"I...I...I am obsessed with my thoughts. I beg you, sir, for the sake of being Chinese, please spare my life. You don't care about me at all. Please spare my life." Zhang Degui said with a plop.
Kneel down.
Seeing Zhang Degui, who had just cursed the Chinese officers and soldiers, begging for mercy with tears streaming down his face, instead of making the officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade feel pity, they actually felt a little disgusted.
These are the people who do one thing in front of others and do the same thing behind the other, for their own benefit, regardless of the loss of their family and country, which can be said to be extremely abominable.
"Sir, what should I do?"
Seeing Zhang Degui kneeling down to beg for mercy, an impatient officer and soldier of the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade asked Sun Liangcheng for instructions.
Sun Liangcheng waved his hand and said: "Let's deal with it. Keeping such people is also a disaster."
"yes!"
The two officers and soldiers of the Flame Special Warfare Brigade lifted up Zhang Degui who was lying on the ground and headed into the woods.
"Sir, have mercy!"
Zhang Degui was shouting loudly, but no one sympathized with him, because many of them had just seen Zhang Degui's flattery to the Japanese, and they wanted to kill him at that time.
"ah!"
Soon a scream came from the woods, and the disarmed security guards were trembling with fear.
"Spare your life, spare your life!"
Facing these murderous officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade, these security team members were filled with fear, worried that they would also be killed like Zhang Degui.
"Okay, okay, stop yelling."
Seeing these security team members begging for mercy, Sun Liangcheng stepped forward and scolded them, and they suddenly became quiet.
"You have done a lot of bad things by following Zhang Degui, but because you are an accomplice, I will not kill you."
When they heard that they could avoid death, these desperate security team members were stunned for a moment, and then they all kowtowed in unison and thanked them: "Thank you, sir, for not killing. Thank you, sir, for not killing."
"However, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided. Now that the country is in crisis, it is the time to employ people. Come with us and join the army as soldiers to fight the Japanese." Sun Liangcheng looked at these security team members and said.
"ah?"
After hearing Sun Liangcheng's words, the faces of these security team members who had just escaped from death immediately fell down again.
"Sir, please let us go back. We will be a new person." A security guard begged.
"Sir, I have an old man and a young man at home. If I join the army, what will happen to my family?"
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"Why, you're shameless, right?!"
Seeing that these security team members were making conditions, a brother from the Flame Special Warfare Brigade immediately pulled the bolt of his gun impatiently: "Believe it or not, it will break down if I pull you out!"
In order to prevent their whereabouts from being exposed, Sun Liangcheng and others could not put these security team members back, so they could only take them away.
"Now I give you two choices, either follow us, or you know the outcome."
These security team members all looked at each other and knew that they had no choice today. If they didn't follow the lead, I'm afraid it would be the end of their lives.
"Sir, let's go with you."
The security team members finally chose to go with Sun Liangcheng and the others. After all, no one wanted to die.
"Don't cry in despair. I tell you, fighting the Japanese is a glorious thing, but it is much better than being a traitor. As long as the Japanese are beaten away, you can still come back and reunite with your family."
Sun Liangcheng saw the reluctance of these security team members, so he gave them some guidance and finally calmed down the security team members.
"But I've said ugly things before, so don't even think about finding a chance to escape. My brothers are all sharpshooters. If they are discovered, they will be killed without mercy."
"Yes, we promise to be obedient."
Now that the security team members were in the hands of Sun Liangcheng and others, they all had to accept their fate.
"Okay, unload all the grain and hide it in the woods." Sun Liangcheng immediately directed the security team members to start unloading the grain from the bullock cart.
After unloading the grain and hiding it in the woods, Sun Liangcheng asked some officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade to detain the security team members and carry some grain back to the village thirty miles away, while hiding and calling some people to transport the grain.
At the same time, he planned to take him back to the town and rescue the village security chief who was caught in the town.
This time, Sun Liangcheng returned to Xin'an Town because he was familiar with the situation. He rescued the arrested security guard directly and quietly, and the security team who stayed behind did not notice anything at all.
When the security team discovered the missing person in the dungeon the next day, they were also shocked. However, all the doors and windows were intact, and the living person was completely gone, which undoubtedly added to the sense of mystery.
The security team searched around but found nothing. Because the town lacked people in charge, they did not dare to go to the village thirty miles away to check whether he had escaped back.
After all, the folk customs here are fierce. If the village knew that their security guard was gone, they would probably fight them desperately. But now that they are short of manpower, they might not be able to defeat the hunters, so the disappearance of the living people has become an unsolved case.
They planned to wait until Zhang Degui came back to report and see how they would deal with it.