Of course, Zhao Qinghu knew that joining the national army would mean that he and his brothers were whitewashed and landed ashore. At the same time, they also had an extremely anticipated future, so he was naturally very excited about the olive branch extended by Zhou Jinbao and the Independence Brigade.
He just put forward a condition, that is, if the Independent Brigade can destroy Pingbotang and help the Yihu Gang avenge their family feud, all the brothers of the Yihu Gang will join the Independent Brigade.
It is an easy task for the independent brigade to annihilate a local regiment with only a few hundred men and guns. There is no need to dispatch any large troops. Just send a battalion and a few cannons. The Ding family and Pingbo Hall can be said to be divided. Got it in minutes.
But the problem is that no matter how notorious Pingbotang is in fact, he is actually a local troupe trained in Hukou County and Jiujiang Administrative District Office. You have to bypass the local government and attack him directly. There are some obstacles.
As mentioned before, the primary function of the Independent Brigade stationed in Hukou is to serve as a gate and barrier for Nanjing in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which is equivalent to the gatekeeper guarding the gate. The function of a doorman is to keep an eye on the door, but if you want to solve a case and catch a robber, you are not doing your job properly.
Moreover, although Jiangxi is now under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing government, there are still warlords of various sizes entrenched in various places, and various factions and forces are intertwined. Even if they negotiate with the local government in the name of the Nanjing Garrison Command, It may not be easy to use, not to mention you are a brigade-level garrison.
When the time comes, you will be accused of rashly interfering in local management and interfering with local stability, and even Zhao Huaili will not be able to resist it.
So it seemed like a trivial matter to others, but it was a little difficult for a sensitive unit like the Independent Brigade, so the matter was shelved.
Zhao Huaiyi originally thought that when he would return to Nanjing to report on his work, he would ask his boss, Chief Gu, for instructions in person, and listen to what he wanted before making a decision. However, he did not expect that Zhou Wen would come at this time, and he was going to transfer these two stocks to the local government. The power was taken down in one fell swoop.
After Zhou Jinbao reported the situation truthfully, Zhou Wen had already made a decision in his heart.
The original intention of taking down the Yihu Gang and Pingbotang remains unchanged, but the methods need to be modified.
Naturally, a local bully like Ping Botang, who committed such heinous crimes, must be eradicated in one fell swoop, and his methods would be bloody and ruthless, so that he could scare all the gangsters around him in one fell swoop.
And if the Yihu Gang is really a group of jihadist bandits with a bottom line as Zhou Jinbao said, then they might as well just recruit them.
Zhou Wen actually had plans to support and incorporate a local force in Jiangxi or Anhui.
Although he believed that after he and his brothers sifted through all the water bandits on the Yangtze River waterway, it would definitely have a deterrent effect, and ordinary local forces and bandits would not dare to fight again. The idea of a cargo ship flying the tiger flag.
But the most indispensable thing in the world is desperate desperadoes. Who knows how long this kind of deterrence can last? Therefore, there needs to be a mobile strike force that can be mobilized at any time in the middle section of the channel.
Although the Second Regiment of the Mercenary Regiment is stationed in Pukou, Nanjing, there are still hundreds of kilometers of shipping distance between Pukou and Hukou. It is impossible for the Second Regiment to send a unit to be permanently stationed in Hukou, which is far more than the Party Headquarters Teaching Corps. authority, it might even make people think that Zhou Wen has some evil intentions.
After listening to Zhou Jinbao's introduction, Zhou Wen also became interested in Zhao Qinghu. You know, in all the years Zhou Wen has known Zhou Jinbao, he has never seen him praise a person so much. If this person's experience is true, it means that this person must have something special about him. In addition, he had some influence in the local area and was familiar with the local situation, so Zhou Wen also started to recruit.
Thinking of this, Zhou Wen asked: "Brother Zhou, can you take me to see this Yihu Gang? After all, hearing is believing, seeing is believing. Haha."
"Okay, I will arrange for someone to go to the county seat to contact the people at Datong Company immediately. I think there will be a reply tomorrow." Zhou Jin BMW replied. And he knew in his heart that Zhou Wen might also be interested in this person, so he continued: "If you can recruit him, scholar, it will be a blessing for this Jiangdong tiger. It is a pity that this person does not develop in the army."
Zhou Wen did not express his position, but smiled and said: "Let's wait until we meet in person. It's too early to draw conclusions now."
After several people discussed it, they went to rest.
They didn't talk about how to deal with Ping Botang from beginning to end, and Zhou Jinbao and Zhao Huaili didn't ask Zhou Wen about his plans. In fact, they all understand in their hearts that with their strength, destroying Pingbotang is as easy as squeezing an ant to death. The key is in what name they kill and how to deal with the aftermath.
However, don't forget that Zhou Wen has two authorization orders from high-level officials, not to mention those from the principal's attendant's office. Taking them out will scare everyone to death. But that's not necessary. Directives from the Military Commission are enough. This is what Zhou Wen relies on to kill people without any scruples.
What? You mean evidence?
For Zhou Wen, he needs some evidence. First wipe out the Ding family, and then arrest the relevant people for trial. What evidence can't be found?
At that time, as long as Zhou Wen takes out Shang Fang's sword, who of those people from the public office or county government will dare to come out to help the Ding family fight the injustice? Zhou Wen doesn't mind adding more protective umbrellas and collaborators. Anyway, the crime of interfering with the national strategic plan has been suppressed. No matter what your background is, you will be peeled off even if you don't die.
Just one day later, Zhou Jinbao, who had received the letter, took Zhou Wen into Wushan.
This time Zhou Wen only took Zhang Xiaoping to meet the Jiangdong Tiger Head, while the other brothers were led by Miaohua on other official business.
The person responsible for leading the way was a middle-aged manager from the Hukou branch of Datong Company.
Along the way, the steward took Zhou Wen and the three of them around mountains and rivers, as if the Yihu Gang's village was far away. In fact, Zhou Wen knew that the steward deliberately took several more detours in order to make Zhou Wen They couldn't figure out the specific location of the cottage.
Zhou Wen and Zhang Xiaoping looked at each other, but secretly laughed in their hearts. Even if ordinary people like Zhou Jinbao are confused by these little thoughts, how can they escape the perception of two Qi Jin realm masters?
Not to mention walking around mountains and rivers, even if they walked through streets and alleys in a complex environment like the city, Zhou Wen and the others could clearly remember any section of the road they walked.
After detouring for most of a day, even Zhou Jinbao, an officer who had insisted on training with the army all year round, began to sweat profusely and panting, and finally came to a deep valley.
Here, Zhou Wen finally met Jiangdong Tiger Head Zhao Qinghu, whose ears were almost callous these days.
