When Yang Jinlong heard that the voice was familiar, he stopped his men and rode to his side. He recognized this person as an orderly of Niu Mangui, the company commander under Wei Laixi.
When Yang Jinlong saw him in plainclothes, he felt that he must have something secret to find out about him.
He jumped off the horse and asked, "Why did Brother Niu ask you to come?"
Niu Mangui has been secretly colluding with Yang Jinlong for a long time behind Wei Laixi's back. After Xu Dalong arrived, he discussed with Wei Laixi to design a plan to arrest Yang Jinlong. Niu Mangui did not want this, as it would cut off his own financial path. Not only that, he was also worried that after Yang Jinlong was arrested, the secret collusion between him and him would be exposed, so he sent servicemen to hold a Hongmen Banquet for Xu Dalong and others to report to him about Yang Jinlong's arrest.
Yang Jinlong asked: "What is the origin of that Eighth Route Army soldier?"
The orderly said: "I don't know the details, but our company commander said that man is very powerful. He has 100,000 men and has killed thousands of islanders. If possible, try not to provoke him."
"So awesome!" The bandits were all shocked after hearing this.
Yang Jinlong said: "Brother, when you get back, tell your company commander to thank him for his life-saving grace and report back later." After that, he led the people and ran towards the way they came from.
The bandits ran for more than ten miles in one breath before stopping, dismounting and sitting on the roadside to rest.
Wang Dayong is the third leader of the bandits. He said with some worry: "Big Boss, there is something I don't know whether to say or not?"
Yang Jinlong felt a little irritable and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Wang Dayong said: "That person named Xu Dalong is here for that little girl. His background is really too big. I'm afraid we can't afford to offend such a person. Take a look..."
Wang Dayong meant not to hold Chu Yun'er captive. He wanted to say that it was not worth it for a woman, but he knew that Yang Jinlong liked this woman very much, so he couldn't say anything further.
Yang Jinlong understood what he meant. To be honest, he really liked Chu Yun'er. He had never seen such a beautiful woman in his life.
However, what Wang Dayong said was also very reasonable. If he really offended the big shot behind Chu Yun'er and mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress the stronghold, he might even be dead. If so, it would be a bit uneconomical.
He looked around and looked at the expressions of the bandits, and knew that most of them agreed with Wang Dayong's opinion.
Yang Jinlong nodded silently and said: "It's a pity, let's forget it. Who wants to go to Xinglong Town?"
Wang Dayong understood what he meant, which was for him to go to Xinglong Town to negotiate with Xu Dalong to avoid conflicts and, if possible, get some benefits. He knew that with Chu Yun'er as a hostage in hand, there was no risk in going by himself.
He then said: "Master, I'm going to take a trip to that brother." After that, he got on his horse and drove towards Xinglong Town.
Xu Dalong, Camp Commander Wei and others chatted in the hotel for a long time. Seeing that the sun had passed noon and half an hour had passed since the agreed time, they felt that the situation was not good.
Battalion Commander Wei sent people to take a look outside the town. Soon after, the people sent came back and said that they saw no sign of the bandits.
Wei Laixi said somewhat depressedly: "Sir Xu, the bandits promised well, but they haven't come yet, and they haven't sent a letter. I'm afraid something happened. Maybe someone leaked the news."
Xu Dalong also thought that this might be the case. He couldn't help but become a little worried and said: "In this case, we don't have to wait any longer. Adjutant Liu, please send a telegram to your military base in my name to inform the troops stationed nearby. Transfer here, let's surround Yang Jinlong's stronghold first."
Wei Laixi agreed with this opinion. As long as the bandits' stronghold could be surrounded, it was expected that the bandits on the mountain would not dare to attack Chu Yun'er when the army was pressing down.
Monk Wei also agreed with Xu Dalong's opinion and prepared to send a telegram for Adjutant Liu.
At this moment, the guard from downstairs of the restaurant came up. He said: "Report to the camp. Someone has come to the bandit camp. It's their third boss. He said he wants to see the camp."
Xu Dalong and others were a little surprised. The battalion commander said: "Bring the people here."
Wang Dayong was brought up and saw some officers of the Fruit Army sitting around the table, some of whom he knew and some of whom he didn't.
He raised his hands in salute and said, "I've met Commander Wei. Hello, sirs!"
Wei Laixi said politely: "It turns out that I am from the third head of the family. Please sit down."
Wang Dayong sat down opposite Wei Laixi.
Wei Laixi asked: "Third Master, there is something I want to ask. Did you guys beat up the Jinsui Army a few days ago and kidnapped a young woman into the stronghold?"
Wang Dayong hurriedly said: "I'm really sorry. This matter is purely a misunderstanding. We didn't know that they were acquaintances of Battalion Commander Wei. If we had known earlier, not only would we not have intercepted them, but we would have escorted them across the border."
He knew very well that the woman was not the person that Camp Commander Wei was looking for. He said this deliberately to give Commander Wei a face, so that Commander Wei could have an explanation with the man named Xu Dalong. What happened next Things are easier to talk about.
Battalion Commander Wei said: "The person you arrested is not the person I want. You are in big trouble this time.
Let me introduce to you. This is Commander Xu of the Eighth Route Army. He is a world-famous anti-Japanese hero. He has a hundred thousand soldiers under his command. Those tyrannical islanders are no match for him. Thousands of them have been killed. You are the only one. The little cottage really didn't know how to live or die, and it dared to provoke Chief Xu's woman. "
Wang Dayong knew the main officers in the camp. At that time, he saw that although Xu Dalong was wearing the uniform of the Zhongyang Army, he was very unfamiliar, so he guessed that it might be him, but he felt that he was too young and could not relate to the famous figures he had heard about. .
He saw that Commander Wei was so respectful to Dr. Xu, and he determined that this man was the big shot they were talking about. He was a little surprised that the man was so young.
Wang Dayong did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly raised his hands and said: "I'm really sorry, Chief Xu, we didn't know that woman was your woman. If we knew, we wouldn't dare to provoke her with all our courage. Chief Xu, your woman is ours No one in the cottage has touched her, and she is fine so far."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Chu Yun'er was intact.
Xu Dalong was just here to ask for help. He didn't want to cause trouble, and he could understand the relationship between Wei Laixi and the others and the bandit village. He didn't want to interfere and didn't want to cause trouble to others.
So he said in a kind manner: "Third Master, as the saying goes, one who doesn't know is not guilty. Since this matter is a misunderstanding, you can let me go and let this matter go."
At this point, in order to reassure the bandits and avoid causing trouble, he said: "You have taken care of my woman for me. I would like to express my gratitude. Please accept your kindness." After saying this, he took out a money order of 3,000 oceans. Passed it to Wang Dayong.
Wang Dayong saw Xu Dalong's kind attitude and understood that he just wanted to return him and did not want to cause trouble. He felt relieved. He reached out to take the money order and said, "Thank you, Chief Xu. We will release him now." "
Xu Dalong said: "Okay then, we will go with you and wait at the foot of the mountain. You can just send people down."
Wang Dayong said: "No problem, I will lead the way for the officers."
Xu Dalong and Wei Monk led the special team. In order to prevent accidents, Wei Laixi also brought a company of people and followed Wang Dayong out of the town to Tongniu Village.
Everyone was rushing on their way, when suddenly gunfire came from the front. The gunfire was very intensive, and it seemed that the fighting was very lively. Xu Dalong and others quickly loaded their bullets and ran forward.
When everyone arrived, the scene in front of them surprised them. There were corpses everywhere on the ground, and they looked like bandits in their clothes.
Wang Dayong nervously checked the corpses on the ground. When he walked to a corpse, he suddenly froze. Then his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground, crying loudly: "Master, what's wrong with you? "
Xu Dalong's heart skipped a beat. Originally, the matter had been resolved satisfactorily, but he didn't expect that an accident would occur.
Monk Wei and the special forces members searched everywhere. Soon after, Monk Wei came to Xu Dalong's side. He said with some worry: "Master Long, I'm afraid it was done by people from the island country." After saying that, he opened his palms and found in his palms Several bullets from the Type 38 rifle and bullet casings from the tortoise box.
Xu Dalong walked to Wang Dayong and saw that he was crying very sadly, so he did not disturb him and waited silently.
Soon after, Wang Dayong stood up, wiped his tears, and said viciously: "It must have been done by that bastard Li Baokui. Commander Xu, Commander Wei, you must avenge our boss and brothers!"
Xu Dalong asked: "What is going on? Who attacked your people?"
Wang Dayong said: "Sir, Eighth Route Officer, to tell you the truth, people from the island country have also come to the mountain stronghold to find us before, and they made conditions to incorporate our Tongniu Village.
The first master and most of our brothers are not willing to become traitors. The second master, Li Baokui, wants to seek refuge with the islanders. He once tried to persuade the first master, but he refused. This time he must have taken advantage of the boss's descent to collude with the islanders. "
Hearing this, Xu Dalong knew that the problem was serious. If Tongniu Village really surrendered to the islanders, Chu Yun'er would really be in danger.
He said to Camp Commander Wei: "Please gather all your people. Let's go to Tongniu Village now."
Xu Dalong then said to Adjutant Liu: "Hurry up and send a telegram to your military base and ask him to send at least one more battalion."
Adjutant Liu nodded and immediately went to draft a telegram. The operator of the special operations team set up a radio station on the roadside and sent the telegram.
The telegram was returned quickly, and the 74th Army agreed to dispatch a reinforced battalion to Tongniu Village to accept the command of Xu Dalong.
Soon after, Battalion Commander Wei also brought most of his battalion over, and everyone drove to Tongniu Station together.
Xu Dalong and others led the team to Tongniu Village and surrounded it.
Tongniuzhai is located under the Yingzui Cliff, the main peak of Tongbai Mountain. The terrain here is difficult. There is only a mountain beam less than 20 meters wide that can go up the mountain. The other three sides are cliffs. It is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is the main reason why the village can persist. one of the reasons.
Seeing that the terrain was so bad, Xu Dalong knew that it was obviously unwise to attack by force. He sent Monk Wei to take the special forces team to look at the terrain on the other three sides to see if there was any possibility of climbing up. He discussed the next countermeasures with everyone.
Wei Laixi once led a team to attack Tongniu Village, but the final result was a loss of troops and generals. Because he could not help the bandits on the mountain, he had to live in peace with them.
At this moment, he looked at the steep mountain and shook his head.
Xu Dalong asked: "How much food is stored on the mountain and how long can it last? How is the drinking water on the mountain provided?"
Wang Dayong said: "To be honest with the Eighth Route Army Chief, our village has been operating here for many years. The food stored in the mountain can support the entire village for half a year. There is a spring on the mountain with water flowing all year round. There is no shortage of water for people to drink.”
Having said this, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, and continued: "We can maintain the terrain of our village for a year and a half without any problem."
Having said this, he suddenly realized that something was wrong and became silent.
After hearing this, Xu Dalong also frowned. If there wasn't much food in the mountains, he wouldn't mind surrounding them for a while, but he couldn't stay here for half a year. He also wanted to persuade him to surrender, but later he felt that since the people on the mountain were sure to hold on for half a year, he might not be able to persuade them to surrender.
In order to prevent the bandits on the mountain from jumping over the wall and hurting Chu Yun'er, Xu Dalong decided to negotiate with the bandits on the mountain first. Even if he failed to achieve his goal, he could at least stabilize them temporarily.
Xu Dalong discussed it with Wang Dayong, and Wang Dayong shouted to the mountain: "Brothers, I am Wang Dayong, the third head of the family. Please help spread the word. I want to see the head of the family, Li Baokui, to discuss anything with him."
Wang Dayong directly called Li Baokui the head of the family, showing that he recognized him.
With so many officers and soldiers coming down the mountain, Li Baokui naturally paid great attention to them, so he hid among the crowd.
After listening to Wang Dayong's words, he felt very good and had a sense of pride. I have wanted to be the boss for a long time, and now I finally got my wish. It seems that the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain also treat themselves as the new boss and are waiting to negotiate with them.
He said to a person with a loud voice: "Shout to me and ask Wang Dayong to come up and talk to me."
The bandit shouted loudly: "People at the bottom of the mountain, listen, the big boss has said it, please ask the third boss to go up the mountain and tell you."
Xu Dalong understood that this was Li Baokui trying to figure out the whole story.
He said to Wang Dayong: "Third Master, can you go up to the mountain and convey my message to the Second Master?"
Wang Dayong is a tactful person. He had a good relationship with Yang Jinlong and Li Baokui in the past. He felt that there was not much danger in going up the mountain.
He said: "Thanks to Chief Xu for thinking highly of me, I will go up the mountain for a walk. Do you think there is anything else you want to explain?"
