lovenovelstory Chapter 99: The whole country was shaken; the surname was "Laojun" , and
Chapter 99: The whole country was shaken; the surname was "Laojun" , and
Hearing the newsboy's calls, the customers in the teahouse all took out money to buy newspapers and eagerly began to read them.
After all, on the battlefields across the country, news was almost everywhere of the fall of various regions and the defeat of various troops.
Such good news is naturally inspiring to the people.
Li Jianghe, in particular, was widely publicized in domestic newspapers while he was in the Sihang Warehouse, and his subsequent defense of Nanjing was even more admirable.
Even without a single photograph, Li Jianghe's heroic deeds are already widely known, and some elderly farmers in the fields may have even heard of his name.
"Oh my, didn't they say Commander Li died a few days ago? How come he's back to life and even killed more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers?"
"It's true. It happened in Fanchang. I have a cousin who lives there. He said that the gunfire and artillery fire lasted all night. When he went to check the next day, the Japanese soldiers' corpses were piled up like mountains."
"Fanchang is not too far. If you travel along the river from Nanjing, you will pass through there."
"Wait a minute, isn't Commander Li's troops stationed at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain? I even saw their men recruiting soldiers in the city before."
"Oh my, I remember now. I thought it was a scam at the time, since Commander Li was gone. Turns out he was stationed in Chizhou."
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In a corner of the teahouse, Long Wenzhang's mouth was practically crooked from smiling.
"Popular support is valuable."
Li Jianghe was also overjoyed, thinking to himself, "Is this what it feels like to be loved by the people?"
It was awesome, really awesome, even more awesome than killing Japanese soldiers.
However, didn't we only annihilate 6,000 Japanese soldiers? How come the newspaper reported it as 10,000? That's a bit of an exaggeration.
In fact, this is not only the case in Chizhou City.
The whole country was shaken.
The reason is simple: since the defeat in Shanghai, the Chinese army has rarely fought such a tough battle on the battlefield.
Even throughout the entire country, defeat was imminent.
In the Battle of Xinkou in October, the National Revolutionary Army fought well in the early stages, but still suffered a defeat in the later stages.
The Battle of Taiyuan lasted only three days before the city fell into the hands of the Japanese army.
Just a few days ago, the Japanese army even occupied Jinan City directly. Han Fuqu retreated without a fight. With more than 100,000 troops, there was almost no decent resistance, and Shandong was handed over to the enemy.
Not to mention, Nanjing, as the capital, also fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and rumors of a massacre of the city were rampant.
Everything was a series of heavy blows to the people in the midst of war, eroding everyone's confidence in resisting the enemy.
"I'll go back to camp first. You go and keep an eye on things at the recruitment office."
After Li Jianghe finished speaking, he picked up his hat, put it on his head, and walked out the door.
Watching Li Jianghe leave, Long Wenzhang couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Why do I have to pay for the tea too?"
The recruitment office was originally deserted and was even once considered a scam.
But now long lines have formed, and most of those who have signed up for the army are from respectable families.
Among them were even fresh-faced students, dark-skinned and lean farmers, and so on.
Upon seeing this, Long Wenzhang hurriedly quickened his pace and rushed to the recruitment office to work with Yang Ruifu.
Li Jianghe had just returned to the camp when Wang Dayong's voice came from outside the door.
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"Oh my god, brigade commander, something terrible has happened! A huge crowd of civilians has arrived. Did one of our soldiers do something underhanded and anger the crowd?"
It's not surprising that he had this doubt, after all, many Nationalist Army units of that era didn't have a good reputation.
Some units with lax discipline are even being called bandits, which is an understatement; they do things that are worse than bandits.
The saying "bandits pass by like a comb, soldiers pass by like a fine brush" perfectly describes this situation.
Lin Yongzhi picked up his binoculars and looked at the approaching villagers and gentry, saying with some surprise:
"That can't be right. Old Wang, that reckless fellow, usually brings eggs and rice. This is a troop-welcoming visit."
Wang Dayong's eyes widened in surprise, and he exclaimed:
"Perform troop service? What troop service? What did we do that warrants 'perform troop service'?"
Li Jianghe patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Dayong, you know, you're quite clever on the battlefield, aren't you?"
What else could be a reason to reward the troops? Because we killed the Japanese!
Having said that, he shouted:
"Issue a general order to the entire army: assemble, line up, and straighten your uniforms and caps. If anyone from our Independent Third Brigade is lost, I'll starve them for three days."
At the camp entrance, Mayor Qi Minghai, leaning on a bamboo cane and dressed in a vermilion Tang suit, was radiant with health and walked with a brisk pace, despite his advanced age.
"My name is Qi Minghai, the mayor of CZ. I only learned today from the newspaper that your army is actually under the command of Li Jianghe, the great hero who fought a bloody battle in Nanjing for several days and defeated the Japanese invaders. I really didn't recognize your greatness."
He spoke eloquently, and Li Jianghe sized him up before saying:
"I wonder what brings Mayor Qi here today?"
Actually, he wasn't very interested in Mayor Qi. Li Jianghe's eyes were fixed on the grain carts and horses behind them, as well as the rice, grain, oil, and noodles carried by the people.
Based on an average daily consumption of 1 jin (500g) of rice per person, plus vegetables and meat purchased from within the system space, the daily rice consumption would be tens of thousands of jin (500g).
One ton of rice weighs two thousand catties and requires 50 merit points to exchange.
So even if these 10,000 people do nothing, just the consumption of food and meat will cost around 300 merit points.
Over a month, that's tens of thousands of merit points.
If the local government and people could provide some food, that would be even better.
Mayor Qi slowly began to speak:
"I know that your army will be short of supplies after breaking through the Japanese encirclement, so I have specially called on the people and gentry in the city to send some food to your army. This is just a small token of our anti-Japanese spirit."
After saying that, he handed over a list, which contained the military rations and supplies that had been delivered this time.
Li Jianghe glanced at the list and immediately noticed that the landlords and gentry had given the most money and grain, totaling a full 300,000 jin, enough to feed them for a month.
At present, although Wuhan has offered him a position and a so-called 100,000 silver dollars, it has not mentioned the replenishment of military rations.
Therefore, these 300,000 jin of grain can solve the immediate crisis.
In addition, Li Jianghe can sell some military supplies and medicines, which can be exchanged for a lot of food, so even if the size of the army expands, there is no need to worry about going hungry in the short term.
Thinking of this, Li Jianghe repeatedly expressed his gratitude.
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