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All the heroes were farmers. Although Tang Jiagao was a hunter who relied on the mountains to support him, he was also a farmer in essence. If the Japanese had not invaded their hometown, if the Communist Party had not brought them new ideas and a new way of life, perhaps they would still have been farmers with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky, or even farmers who had lost their country. The Eighth Route Army changed them and made them accustomed to grasping the rough hands of the hoe handle, holding the handle of the gun, aiming at the eyes of the prey, and keeping an eye on the Japanese. They walked from the farmland to the Mengshan base area and to resistance, so they chose a road of dedication full of suffering.