"Uncle Tomo, so many years have passed, don't be excited."

Hu Fei comforted the old man around him with tender words. The white-bearded old man found the military camp at noon yesterday, and there were dozens of people with him at that time. These people were so intimate when they met. They held the hand of the warriors of the Rangers and cried and burst into tears. The old man named Tomo was their patriarch. After coming yesterday afternoon, the old Tomo went to the military camp to look for Hu Fei again early this morning.

The old man came to Hu Fei to reminisce about the past! When Mr. Tomo met for the first time, he told Hu Fei that he was from the Xibe tribe, and that he was a fellow villager with Hu Fei, and that all the soldiers of the Volunteer Army were fellow villagers! The old man came here to listen to the accent of the hometown and watch the people from his hometown come!

The Xibe tribe's hometown is in the Songhua River and Nenjiang Plain in the northeast, and is spread across the three provinces of Liao, Ji and Hei. During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong conscripted more than 3,000 Xibe officials and soldiers from the northeast to Xinjiang to guard the border. At that time, Qianlong promised the Xibe tribe's leader to allow the Xibe tribe who moved west to return to the former land of the northeast seventy years later and gave them generous rewards to the fief.

Seventy years! The Xibe tribe people checked the years with their fingers, and they never waited for the emperor's order to return. Now the Qing Dynasty has been indestructible for thirty years, but the Xibe people are still guarding the border for China in the bitter and cold land in the northwest. Young people have weakened their concepts of their hometown and nation, but older people have never forgotten their hometown far away in the northeast.

Lao Tomo was getting older and older. He thought he would never hear news about his hometown until his death, but he didn't expect that the heroic volunteers came from the sky to Xinjiang as if they were specifically to satisfy his wish! The Volunteer Army is the anti-Japanese volunteer army in the Northeast; Tomo is the patriarch of the contemporary Xibe tribe. When he heard the volunteer soldiers speak the pure Northeast accent, the old man over 70 was excited and tears flowed in excitement, and he held Hu Fei's hand and was reluctant to let go.

When he returned to China, he met his fellow villager, which was not only beyond Hu Fei but also beyond the expectations of all the Volunteers. Listening to the old patriarch of the Xibe tribe, the strong Volunteers could not help but sigh.

When I met fellow villagers thousands of miles away, I should have warmly asked me to enter the barracks to serve tea and wine and treat them enthusiastically, but excitedly, the Xibe patriarch did not go to the table at all. The old patriarch Tomo was willing to talk to Hu Fei and the soldiers of the Volunteer Army. In his lifetime, he could listen to young people telling more about the changes in the customs and worldly ways of his hometown. In the eyes of the elderly, it was much more meaningful than having a meal and drinking a glass of wine.

Under Lao Tomo's repeated requests, Hu Fei had to take the old man to the barracks for a visit. Although he had received some of the supplies donated by the local government and residents, the current situation of the Volunteer Army's lack of food and clothing has not been completely solved. The military uniforms and quilts of more than 20,000 Volunteer Army were not fully equipped so quickly.

Seeing the current situation of the soldiers in his hometown, the Xibe patriarch wiped away his tears and told Hu Fei: He would go back to raise food and supplies now, and watch the heroes in his hometown dressed in worn clothes. Being hungry and freezing is not the Xibe's way of treating guests!

The old man was still impatient and said he would leave, but he didn't stay for a moment. Hu Fei couldn't stop him, so he asked the leader of the Mo to leave the military camp and went back to raise food and grass for the Xibe people who came with him.

Just after seeing off the old patriarch Xibe, someone asked for a visit outside the camp gate. It was not just a person, but a convoy!

The person who came was named Shi, and his name was Shi Liming. The Shi family was the most wealthy family in Yumin County south of Tacheng. After Shi Liming heard that the Volunteers came to Tacheng, he was afraid that the Volunteers would not pass by Yumin County, so he took out all the cash that could be mobilized at home and bought it into food and sent it to Tacheng!

Hu Fei, a kind-hearted man who spent thousands of money to support the Volunteer Army, naturally had to receive warmly. Not only was he personally received, Hu Fei also brought Shi Liming to Zheng Runcheng, who was the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army. Shi Liming, a model of supporting the army who was loyal and wealthy, deserved to be personally commended by the Supreme Commander of the Volunteer Army.

Commander Zheng was naturally familiar with doing such things. He summoned the main generals of the Volunteer Army, and then found a band to play an anti-Japanese song next to him. He also summoned twenty cavalrymen in the uniforms of the Rangers, who were the most neatly uniformed at that time, and held a small military parade.

Now, you have all the foundation, face, and inside.

Shi Liming was so excited that he could not bear to himself after being received by the Volunteer Army. When the welcoming ceremony was held, Shi Liming took the initiative to promise Zheng Runcheng that this time was only the first batch of food for him to support the Volunteer Army, and several batches of food would be transported continuously in the future! Shi Liming planned to lose all his money and support this anti-Japanese army.

The Volunteers were naturally grateful for Shi Liming's righteous deeds from top to bottom. Zheng Runcheng sent Shi Liming a banner on behalf of the Anti-Japanese Volunteers, with eight golden words on it: Anti-Japanese righteous men, model support for the military!

It was not just Shi Liming. During the time when the Volunteers were resting in Tacheng, countless people in Xinjiang donated money and materials. Although the people in Tacheng area were not rich, they still took out all their arms that were supporting this anti-Japanese war. Therefore, the bankruptcy had already exceeded the double digits!

You can't continue living in Tacheng! That night, the generals of the Volunteer Army held a military meeting. After the generals told them about the donations received by their respective troops, Zheng Runcheng discovered that something was wrong. More than 20,000 volunteers were not affordable in Tacheng area!

Although the people here are very enthusiastic, the Volunteer Army is an anti-Japanese force, not an unnerving army! After staying here for a long time, the people in nearby counties and towns will be implicated. If a large number of people fall into poverty because of the need to support the Volunteer Army, how can the heads of this heroic force bear it?

Let’s go, the Volunteers must leave Tacheng as soon as possible! Go to Dihua! Dihua is the capital of Xinjiang Province. The wealth and taxes of the entire Xinjiang are concentrated in Dihua. Only that place can support the Volunteers with more than 20,000 people!

If the Volunteers think that the mainland's anti-Japanese war must also be approved by the Dihua Provincial Government. It is unimaginable that an army passes through the border without the approval of the local government. Besides, Dihua can contact the Nanjing government and may also receive some instructions from the young marshal. At the same time, Dihua is still a major transportation route, and from Tacheng to the mainland, Dihua is also a must-pass place!

I rested in Tacheng for several days. If I had been there for the three days on the border, the volunteers had been back for more than ten days, so I should have reported to the Xinjiang Provincial Government.

The Volunteer Army is an army, and he does not lack the decisiveness of an army. After passing the decision to leave Tacheng to Dihua at the meeting, he directly set the departure time. The next day! After saying goodbye to the Tacheng County Government and the Tacheng garrison the next day, he left directly!

When we arrived in Dihua, we were closer to the mainland and closer to the battlefield of the anti-Japanese war! The volunteer soldiers were looking forward to returning to the battlefield as soon as possible to fight with the Japanese invaders, and the national hatred and family hatred were still waiting for them to avenge them!
Chapter completed!