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The leader was Xu 100, who still answered without any facial expression: "Young Marshal, the incident took place in Lizhuang, 20 miles north of Wanquan County, and there is a Japanese stronghold nearby. There are about 500 of them. Xiao Si and I had originally discussed how to settle the matter peacefully. However, after everything was settled, when we were leaving, the bandits actually shot at us, and not only the old housekeeper, but also two members of the escort team were injured.

Our mission is to ensure the safety of the team, and the number gap is too large, so we can only fight and retreat at the same time."

Xu Le asked Xiao Si: "Is that so?"

It's not that he didn't trust the guards, but he wanted to make sure, because there was a fire in his heart at the moment, and that fire couldn't be controlled.

Xiao Si nodded and said, "Yes, after all, the people in our team are not combatants. In order to protect us, the guards can't fight the bandits with open arms."

"I understand, Xu 100. It's not your fault. You did a good job! But we must avenge this! Have you found out the origins of that group of bandits?"

Xu 100: "No, but from what I heard from them, they seem to be bandits who have been entrenched there for a long time. They are vicious and have two heavy machine guns."

Xu Le thought for a moment and said, "Xu Da, go call Guo Tietie over. He may know more about this matter!"

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Guo Ditie has been active in southwestern Shanxi for more than a decade, and he also comes from a bandit family, so he must know something about it.

"Young Marshal, in recent years, the Tang Dynasty has been in turmoil, and coupled with the invasion of the devils, many people have become bandits. If the group of bandits in Wanquan County is really that large, then it can only be the old knife handle."

"Oh, Old Knife Handle? Tell me about his story in detail!"

"Yes, our bandits can be roughly divided into three types. The first type is made up of poor people. They just use the name of bandits to scare people. They basically don't do anything harmful to the world. They just want to have a place to survive. These people are basically formed after the Japanese invaders came.

The second type is like me before, doing the business of robbing the rich to help the poor. We have a rule that we never kill innocent people and never attack civilians. At the beginning, I was unlucky and was targeted by the devils. In order to protect myself, I could only join the devils and serve as a task to maintain public order.

The third type is the truly heinous ones. They disregard the lives of others and will rob anyone of money and food. They live on these things. Because they are ruthless and cruel, they are the most difficult to deal with among the bandits. Even the devils can do nothing to them. Most of them are proud and arrogant, and are unwilling to be inferior to others, so many of them have not been bribed by the devils. "

"This old knife handle should be the third type you mentioned, ignoring everything and killing innocent people indiscriminately!"

"Yes, when Lao Daobazi was in his teens, he became a bandit and has been entrenched near Wanquan County for more than 10 years. Both the Jin Army and the Japanese sent troops to wipe them out, but they couldn't even find Lao Daobazi's lair, so the matter was hastily dropped!"

Xu Le had already made a decision in his heart. He would not attack the people of the Tang Dynasty, but he would not let the evil people who deserved to die go either, such as the puppet army that helped the devils to massacre the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the bandits who killed innocent people indiscriminately were no exception, not to mention killing the housekeeper.

"Guo Di Tie, you should be able to find the lair of Lao Dao Ba Zi, right?"

Guo Tie Di nodded and said, "Yes, we can find it. The old knife boss is very ambitious and wants to devour the surrounding bandits. At the beginning, he saw that my team was developing well, so he wanted to recruit me. Naturally, I can't join them.

But in order to find out his background, I accepted the invitation and followed his people to his lair. When I refused his request to join, he wanted to detain me.

But I knew his character well, and had tied explosives all over my body in advance. Old Daobazi was reluctant to let go of such a huge industry, so in the end, I was the one who kidnapped him and escaped!

After that incident, he and I had a grudge, but my power was far inferior to his, and I happened to encounter the devils. In order to avoid his revenge, I became a traitor. I had no choice, I had to consider my brothers and their families. "

"Okay!" Xu Le immediately shouted, "It's good that you know the way. Xu Da, ask Minister Jiang to come over and tell him that I have a combat mission!"

Jiang Feng and the butler were old friends. When they heard about this, they were outraged and immediately discussed revenge with Xu Le.

Two days later, Xu Le personally led the first battalion of the 666th Regiment and headed straight for Wanquan County.

Although the road from Fanzhuang to Meidongshan is difficult to travel, it is such a road that is safer and the Japanese cannot reach in.

In order to ensure the safety of the subsequent returning teams, we have planned several of the safest paths and a main road!

Because they were equipped with smaller BJ212 jeeps, they could quickly reach Wanquan County, more than 100 kilometers away, by taking the main road, which would pass through several strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops.

However, these Japanese and puppet troops were in a miserable situation. With 50 guards leading the way in front, they disrupted the deployment of various Japanese strongholds and bunkers. Xu Le and the mobile troops of the 666st Battalion of the th Regiment rushed all the way at lightning speed.

Most of the Japanese and puppet army strongholds along the way were eliminated in an instant. The surviving Japanese and puppet troops didn't even know what was happening. They only knew that they were inexplicably ambushed, and then they were strafed by heavy mortars and heavy machine guns. Finally, they saw dozens of vehicles passing by like the wind.

"Who am I? Where am I? What was that thing that just ran over?"

This is the confusion of the puppet army and the devils. They don’t even know how to report to their superiors.

Because it took some time to eliminate the stronghold on the way, it took almost 4 hours to reach Lizhuang near Wanquan County.

Southern Shanxi is a basin with an average altitude of 200 meters. Most of it is now occupied by the Japanese. The main force of the Shanxi Army is defending the area near the Yellow River, with a small number of National Guards cooperating in the defense.

In the middle of the basin there is a small mountain range with an average altitude of about 600 meters. Wanquan County is located closer to the edge of this mountain range. The territory of Lao Daobazi almost covers the entire mountain range.

The mountain road was difficult to travel on, so Xu Le ordered the troops to hide the vehicles and left a company to guard them. The rest of the people marched through the mountains under the leadership of Guo Ditie.

"With this kind of terrain, it's no wonder that the Jin army and the Japanese were helpless against the old knife boss. If it weren't for the guidance of an insider, ordinary people would easily get lost. Guo Metro, how long will it take to get there?"

"Young Marshal, at our current speed, we will reach the outskirts of Lao Daoba's stronghold in half an hour. But we have to be careful from now on. Lao Daoba is very careful and has deployed many secret sentries around. If we are not careful, we will alert them. They are also in a high position, so it will be difficult for us to fight them!"

Guo Di Tie answered with a sense of fear in his heart! At first, he was still confused. The troops had no grudges against the old knife boss, so why did the young marshal take such a big risk to cross the enemy's defense zone to fight?

On the way he learned that the young marshal's housekeeper had been killed by the old knife-holder, and two others were injured.

With such a loss, they actually dispatched a battalion that was comparable to a regiment of the devils. He was extremely grateful for the clear choice he made in Zhaozhuang. If he had not decisively led his subordinates to surrender, his fate would not be better than that of the old knife handle.