The Jin-Luyu base area, Puyang, and Daliangzhuang on the north bank of the Yellow River, this is the new station of Li Feng and others. After more than a month of rest and transportation of supplies, they have completely settled down.

Nearly two thousand troops were stationed in several nearby villages and did not take much action, because when they first arrived, the Xinyi regiment fought a battle with the Japanese and suffered a small loss. So Li Feng cannot let the Japanese know that he is here and must completely settle down.

The reason why I say this is not because their strength is insufficient, but now there is a huge problem, that is, they cannot fully display the people nearby.

The mass base is too weak, and they have been communicating with the masses this month, trying to open up their psychological defenses, but the effect they received is so little that the elder sister and Xiao Jing were very discouraged. They had never encountered such a situation.

"Oh, we have already traveled to hundreds of families in the past half month, but the people are still unwilling to accept us so the situation here is too difficult to develop."

The old sister held her chin on the table, and her body shook, looking weak and very discouraged.

Xiao Jing was not much better. She had officially become the elder sister's deputy. She was just about to show her strength when she suddenly realized that the people nearby were actually a tough bone and could not chew them at all. No matter how much they could persuade the people nearby, they had an invisible barrier to them.

When this diaphragm can be clearly perceived, it means that the people still have deep prejudice against the army.

Since ancient times, the army has not had a good image in the eyes of the people, otherwise Qiu Ba would not have said this, mainly because the army is mixed with people.

Moreover, in addition to the warlord separatist rule in modern times, the army is no different from bandits. Even yesterday, when the boss of Ganzi was a bandit, he turned into a warlord the next day.

How can an army of this nature make the people feel safe?

The people's thoughts are not so open, and they are not so far-sighted. Although the Eighth Route Army is different from other armies, the people don't know it!

In the eyes of the common people, the army is all big-headed soldiers holding guns. They always drink and drink, which looks very ferocious.

This also led to no one willing to trust the army. Li Feng even found a terrifying fact, that is, the people nearby trust the Chinese army is not as good as trust in the Japanese. This is a very terrifying thing, which makes Li Feng feel cold.

"Fatty, tell me, why don't the people around here want to believe us?" Xiao Wen couldn't help but look at the brother in front of her and asked. It was not so difficult to carry out work before!

The little fat man took a deep breath of cigarette at this time, and then replied seriously:

"Because in their eyes, the army and the bandits are the same, and they will bully them!"

"But we are not like this in the Eighth Route Army!"

"Hehe" Li Feng smiled bitterly, thinking that my sister is indeed a bit idealistic.

"Of course I know that there is a difference between the Eighth Route Army and other armies, but the people don't know it!"

In fact, Li Feng had long seen the problem and made corresponding countermeasures, just to continue to promote the slogans and purposes of the Eighth Route Army, but the results gained were too small.

"We have been promoting a lot recently, but there are still very few ordinary people who are willing to believe in us." Xiao Jing also took out a notebook at this time, which recorded the number of ordinary people who were willing to help them. Li Feng saw less than 10 people after a slight look.

Damn, the people around here have a total of tens of thousands, and they have only received such a little support.

"Sister, do you know now? Some things are not possible by just saying that they are not allowed. We have to do them with practical actions to let the people see the real benefits."

The people nearby were willing to trust the army before, such as the former Northern Expedition Army, and the situation later disappointed them.

The most terrifying thing is that it is close to Henan. Not far to the south is the Yellow River, which can be said to be a place that is naturally full of disasters!

I believe many people know that there have been many disasters since ancient times, such as locust plagues, droughts, and even if the Yellow River water floods, it is very likely that there will be floods.

Born in peacetime, there may be government help, but once in troubled times, they often face bureaucratic exploitation and natural disasters, so that no one believes it in the end.

It just so happens that it is a war-torn era. Li Feng thinks it is not an easy thing to make a hole in their hearts, especially now that they are surrounded by enemies, God knows if anyone will become a traitor?

"Sister, Xiao Jing, you two have paid attention to the local rich people nearby recently to see if there are any people who hook up with the Japanese or bully the people."

"Okay, we'll notice it lately."

My sister and Xiao Jing went out after a while. Although they gained little from doing work, they had to do it!

I was thinking about how to pry a hole in the hearts of ordinary people, but who knew that Song Yi suddenly walked in at this time and shouted anxiously:

"Oh no, Captain, there is a village east of us who was attacked by horse thieves. Now it is suffering heavy losses, and those horse thieves seem to show no sign of leaving."

"What?" Li Feng became extremely serious when he heard this news. Are there so many Japanese devils in this bird place and there are still horse thieves?

In fact, this is the case. Horse thieves are actually no different from bandits, especially since this place is the junction of various warlords in the past. It is just an open statement, but it is actually a place where three things are not taken care of.

No matter where you care, some illegal forces are easily formed. Anyway, no one will come to wipe out them, and no one will pursue them if you do illegal things. Therefore, there are a lot of bandits nearby, and they often bully the common people, and the dead souls who died tragically under the sword of a horse thief are unknown.

"A small team in my life will now take people to catch up with those horse thieves. I will see the heads of those horse thieves in front of me tomorrow afternoon."

"yes!"

It has been almost a month since I came here. As the weather gets colder and they have not completely opened up the situation, the soldiers' hearts are actually colder, because without the welcome of the people, even the most powerful army will feel uncomfortable.

So Li Feng wanted to release these wolves. Anyway, those horse thieves were not willing to die, and they would be cheaper after chopping their heads.
Chapter completed!