There was a knock on the door, and a face appeared in the light. "Come out, someone wants to see you." The man said loudly and waved to Lian Daxiang on the bed. He recognized that it was this old cousin who taught him how to fill the cut biscuits with coriander and bacon for lunch.
He stood up with a smile: "What, is there something delicious again?" In the past two days, people often came to chat with him. When they came, they would bring wine, food and meat, and chat while eating, about the Jiangshan Army, the Yang family and their sons, how they recruited soldiers, etc. wait.
"Hey, you guys, you are addicted to eating when you are a prisoner!" The guard soldier looked a little dumbfounded: "Aren't you afraid of eating yourself into a ball? Or your general can't even eat enough?"
Lian Daxiang was a little embarrassed, but to be honest, it was not difficult to have enough food. The key was that there were not so many tricks.
"Every time you come here, you bring different dishes, and you don't even cook the fish the same way. Did you arrest the owner of a restaurant?" he asked the town fu as he walked.
The town governor said: "We, the Green Shirt Team, will not arrest people indiscriminately like you. We have a military law called the "Three Major Military Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention". Anyone who violates this will be punished with a military stick or be sent to the auxiliary army to work. Otherwise, you will be kicked out and not allowed to be employed for life!"
"So strict?" Lian Daxiang didn't believe it. As he was walking, he suddenly stopped, looked at himself and then looked back at the cell.
"Hey, why don't you leave?" When Zhen Fu heard no movement from behind, he hurriedly turned around. Seeing him dazed in place, he urged: "Hurry up, Lu Zheng is still waiting for you!"
"Are we leaving like this?" Lian Daxiang stretched out his hand: "Should you put a shackle on me, or at least tie me up with a rope? Otherwise, wouldn't your general be angry with you when he sees me like this?"
"I told you that you are such a naughty person. If I need to be tied up, do I need you to remind me?
I just mentioned that there is military discipline, and one of the items is that you are not allowed to mistreat prisoners, unless you have committed a heinous crime and have a blood debt on your hands and are the mortal enemy of the Qing Shi team. If Yin Tuo dares to come back to seek death, the lordship will definitely not spare him this time!
Come on, go on, if you're late, I'll definitely get scolded! "As he said this, Zhen Fu picked him up and walked away, saying:
"Whether you should be shackled or not is not your business as a prisoner. Just worry about yourself. Don't think about it!"
As he said this, he pulled him across the yard and into a hall. The people he met on the way greeted him and gave way to him while suppressing laughter. They were all blue-shirted soldiers wearing blue clothes, buns, leather belts, and cross-body bags.
"Report, bring a stick of incense and Lian Daxiang!" Zhen Fu said loudly outside the door.
The two guards with round shields and swords at the door immediately looked over curiously after hearing this. Lian Daxiang turned his head to see that there were only four or five people on guard in the yard, and he hesitated in his heart whether to break out of the way.
"Let him in!" said a young voice.
Zhen Fu pushed him gently on the lower back and pursed his lips towards the room. Only then did Lian Daxiang realize that he was talking about himself. He took a breath and walked up the steps. I saw four people in the room.
One person was looking at a map, one was sitting on the chair at the front looking at him with cold eyes, and two people were whispering quietly on the chairs at the bottom.
He took a step forward and raised his hand to the man who looked at him with great authority: "Yi Zhixiang has met the master. May I ask what the master is called in the world?"
As soon as he said these words, the two people who were whispering couldn't hold back their joy. Someone shouted out the door: "Hey, what's going on? Are you just pacifying me like this? Why didn't you even tell him the rules of addressing him?" "
The policeman outside the door smiled bitterly and clasped his fists and said, "Hey, the other topic just got distracted and got distracted. Deputy Han Ying, please forgive me!"
"Forget it." The majestic man waved his hand and said clearly: "I am not a traveler, nor a boss, nor do I have a reputation in the world! My surname is Dong."
"What are you doing standing still? Quickly salute Master Baihu!"
"Liu Qi, don't talk nonsense!" Dong Houyong glared at Liu Qi, who smiled and stuck out his tongue and retracted behind Han Si (Han Jinguo).
"Lian Daxiang, you can do it!" The man in front of the map turned around with his hands behind his back, walked to the main seat, took off his clothes and sat down. The chair was occupied by his burly body, and he let out a scream. .
"Five hundred men captured Jinxi, and thirty strong men captured Xiannan Gate at night. A good fight! The most rare thing
He led a group of bandits, but he didn't kill any common people or rape the squire's family for so many days. how did you do that? Tell me, I’m curious! "
"Who are you...?" Lian Daxiang has already recognized the wrong person, so be careful this time.
"My Excellency, Gu Dashi, the remaining member of the temporary brigade of the Green Shirt Team, has an inelegant name called 'Swarm of Bees.'" Liu Qi laughed again, and Gu Dabai rolled his eyes at him.
"General Gu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Alas, there's really no clever trick.
Fortunately, the magistrate had no chance of escaping. They dug out two large boxes from his garden, one for jewelry and the other for cash and banknotes, which were calculated to be worth more than eight thousand taels of silver. "Lian Daxiang replied honestly.
"You mean, this money is used to send those guys away these days?"
"No." Lian Daxiang nodded: "I just occupied the city. If I want to use this place to block the soldiers of Nanchang Prefecture, I can't set fire to looting. Otherwise, if I lose people's hearts, how will I be able to defend it in the future?"
"But after we've been searching for a long time, why are there only one thousand taels left?" Gu Da raised his voice and asked.
Lian Daxiang was confused. It turned out that he brought me here to pursue the money? The Tsing Shirt team is quite famous, but it seems like it’s just that! He snorted contemptuously and said:
"Although I don't know a few words, I still understand etiquette, justice and integrity. These few dollars will not make a stick of incense tempted!
If it wasn't for the fact that his money was about to run out and he was worried that he would not be able to suppress this rabble in the future, how could he be so blind as to believe that big white goose nonsense! As a result, the robbery failed, and he himself became a prisoner. It was really embarrassing!
There is no need for you to ask further questions. Just use the money. If you go to Jinxian's wine shop, casino, and goulan to copy it, you might gain a lot. If you want to find it from Lian... Hehe, I only have this life now, and nothing else! "
"Hey, you're so stubborn!" Gu Da slapped the table and shouted: "In that case, what's the use of keeping you? Come on, push him out with me and kill him!"
"Yes!" Han and Liu jumped up and grabbed Lian Daxiang's arm. He stood outside and left.
"Stay here!" The two looked at each other and brought Lian Daxiang back. Gu Da looked at him and asked, "Aren't you going to kneel down and beg for mercy, or kowtow and cry out for injustice?"
"Lian was captured in front of the two armies, why should he beg for mercy? As for the general's words about injustice, I don't even know where the injustice lies."
General Gu clicked his lips twice, pointed at Han and Liu, and said, "I heard that your two hammers are as brave as any man's. Their martial arts are both ordinary. If you defeat them, you can escape."
"I know."
"When did you know that?"
"As soon as they grabbed my arms, Lian knew it."
"Then why don't you run away?"
"If Lian had escaped, he would have disappeared long ago. The door can be broken down with a kick. You have not been shackles or chains. You have not even been hungry, even with wine and meat. You have not even used a rope along the way. I’m still wondering, isn’t the general afraid that I’ll run away?”
Gu Da blinked: "It doesn't matter, I'll just catch him after he runs away."
"Are you so reassured and so sure? What will you do if you are the one who gets caught next time?"
"Cool!" Gu Dayile said: "Even if it's my turn to be arrested next time, you will still be arrested by the Green Shirt Team next time. You can't escape anyway! This is what Sir Alex Ferguson often said, 'There are many injustices... ...How did you say that?" He looked at Liu Qi.
"If you don't do it, you will die if you are unjust!"
"Yes, that's what he said! His Majesty also said that the general trend of the world seeks stability and peace. The rebellion with the Jiangshan Army is just a moment of noise. Once the drama is over, it's time for those who came on stage to take off their makeup! Hey, sir, your words are incisive. !」
Gu Da clapped his hands as he spoke, then tapped Lian Daxiang with his chin: "Then what do you think, is this right or wrong?"
Lian Daxiang was stunned. In such a blink of an eye, the other party's topic was whether he would surrender? He raised his head and looked at Gu Da: "May I ask what rank your official residence is?"
"What a bastard!" Gu laughed loudly: "We are just a brigade commander in this group training. Seriously speaking, we are the ninth-level patrol officer (it turns out that Li Dan gave up his patrol to Gu Da). What?"
"So, you can't save my life, right?"
"That's right!" Gu Da leaned forward and tilted his head to look at him with a smile: "So if you want to save your life, a few words from me are not enough, and even a thousand taels are not enough!"
Lian Daxiang narrowed his eyes: "So, what do you want from me, sir?"
"How many of those prisoners can you pick out? I mean those who obey you, trust you, have good character and ability, and have no blood debt on their hands?" Dong Houyong suddenly asked:
"When I talk about blood debt, I have never killed officials, or harmed women or children. You have all been to Huangxi Town, I know this!" His cold gaze sent chills down Lian Daxiang's back.
"Most of this group of people were assigned to me when we set out, and I only have less than two hundred brothers.
When it comes to character and ability, I can only say that I can guarantee my brothers. There are seven or eight others who are quite good, but no one else understands them. This is the truth! "
Lian Daxiang vomited at the mouth. He now wondered whether this Baihu was a former military officer. Otherwise, why would he hold such a grudge against Huangxi?
"Okay, then you go and pick these people out from the prisoners. Deputy Han Ying, help Lian Daxiang temporarily organize these people into a company and let you take charge of them.
I said Lian Daxiang, I heard that you have contacts with Luohan Village, can you go up to the mountain and ask them to join my Qingshirt team? "Gu Da was not polite.
Lian Daxiang was stunned and looked at the others: "I'm sorry for the inspection, the general originally contacted them to ask these 1,500 people to join the Jiangshan Army, but now he went up the mountain to change his mind and asked them to join the Jiangshan Army. This... .
This general is not afraid of anything. If he is considered inconsistent and untrustworthy, he will not be able to bear the consequences if his errands are ruined and his official duties are delayed. "
"Don't worry about this. As long as you take Deputy Liu Ying up the mountain, he will take the lead in whatever we discuss later. I don't blame you if the negotiation fails.
But if this is successful, I will not only protect your life, but your two hundred men will not have to perform hard labor, and will be directly incorporated into the auxiliary army to follow my command. After three months, they will be promoted to regular soldiers if they do well.
As for you, go to the teaching team and be Mr. Ma Bai’s deputy and captain of the cadet team. After discussion between the Duke and Governor Zhao, I will try to absolve you of the crime first, and then grant you a formal position. how? "
Lian Daxiang almost felt that his ears had heard something wrong, and quickly asked: "Your Majesty just asked me to take Deputy Liu Ying up the mountain to convince the Luohan Village to submit. Don't you have any other requirements?"
"I haven't thought of it yet. How about you help me think of two?" Gu Da said seriously.
"Uh, when are you leaving?" Lian Daxiang asked.
"The sooner the better." Gu Da looked outside the door and pointed at the governor at the foot of the steps: "You are very familiar with each other, so I will ask him to go with you and hold the horses in stirrups for you two. If necessary, I can make a Send the order!"
"As you command!"
In Meigang, both sides of the official road of Dong's store are filled with people wearing green shorts, cloth sleeves wrapped with cloth belts, green cloth wrapped around their heads, and trousers with various kinds of leggings.
The five of them were sitting around, with weapons beside them. They were eating solid food, drinking water, and joking with each other. They didn't look like they were about to go to the battlefield.
According to the rules of the Green Shirt Team, they are not allowed to leave the team at will to greet or chat with their cousins on the roadside during breaks, and they are not allowed to engage in other activities that disturb or harm the people. They don't dare to mess around just because they can't help it. After all, they will lose their job. What a pity!
The inspectors in brown shirts patrolled back and forth in the team, joking and chatting with everyone from time to time, which not only distracted them from messy things, but also dispelled the uneasiness and worries in the team.
After all, these people are just militiamen. In theory, their combat effectiveness is far worse than that of the Qingshirt team!
On a hillside not far from a house, the pine breeze blew. There were several men sitting around under the pine tree, all of them with sinking faces. No one spoke or sighed. Everyone was thinking about three words: What should I do?
"How? What do you think? Tell me." Jiao Conghu, who had a round head and a purple face, looked at everyone: "Yes, we met his mother Jiangshan Army by chance. But who the hell knew they wouldn't be here long ago? You're late, why come now?
If I had known earlier, I would rather hide behind Meigang Castle and talk to him
If we fight a war of attrition, it is better than fighting a field war. But we can't turn around and run away if we encounter him, right?
If this news spreads, it's hard to say whether the team will disperse in a hurry. If the enemy pursues them again, it will be a big defeat and there will be no way to deal with it! But if we really have to fight..., who is confident that we can win?
Not to mention that we are outnumbered now! Let's talk and brainstorm. We don't have much time, so we have to quickly come up with Ziwu Maoyou. what to do? "
"Sir, you are a genuine officer and soldier. You can do whatever you say." Yu Meiguang muttered with an unhappy look on his face.
He is a lean man, but he has the best martial arts among all the people in Meigang. He is unwilling to retreat from the bottom of his heart, but facing a small enemy army of three thousand, he is not sure whether he can win.
"Mei Guang, why are you talking like this?" Hu Congxi touched him under the arm: "This is not a matter that has the final say. It is easy for us to turn around and run away, but there are so many villagers behind us. If they suffer, we still have face." Right?"
"That's what Inspector Hu said!" Although Jiao Conghu was a little frightened just now, when he said this, he couldn't help but straighten his back.
"What do we do? Meigang Militia Brigade and Meigang Inspection Division! Isn't our duty to protect the people? Even if we run back and hide in the fort, isn't it to protect the people? Since we are all protecting the people, where can we not Same?
Let’s just say, now that we have met the enemy, what should we do? How should we fight this battle? Damn it, there are swords coming from both sides, it’s just a matter of life and death, it’s better to dodge faster! "
"If you want to fight, you can't fight here." The tall Zhu Desheng said.
"Huh? What did you say?" Jiao Conghu asked quickly.
"Desheng said we can't fight here." Liang Mingshan nodded: "That's what I thought just now, this place is flat and there is no danger to defend.
If they were attacked, we would go to the Dongjiadian fortress in front and rely on the fortress of the police station of the inspection branch there and the surrounding terrain to deal with them. If we compete for the number of people in this place, we will never be able to compete with them! "
"I agree!" Yu Meiguang raised his hand and said, "Liang Juren is right. It's definitely not possible for us to form a formation here to fight in the field with a small number of people, but it will be different if we go to the front. Look," he found a stone and drew on the ground:
"It's nearly five miles from Chaijia Mountain to Dashanzui in the south. Chaijia Mountain is on the right hand side of this section, and Jinwa Lake and Ruyi Pond are on the left hand side. The terrain in this area is so good, can we make a fuss about it?"
"Well, that makes sense." Jiao Conghu leaned over and looked at it, and asked Liang Mingshan: "I said to join the army, how about we set up an ambush here?" After saying that, he ordered his soldiers to find a map, open it and press the four corners with stones. Come on, let's all lie down on the ground with our butts stuck out and watch.
"How big is this police station, and how many people can be accommodated?" Liang Mingshan also forgot his identity as a judicial officer and asked Hu Congxi while lying there.
"It's not big, the courtyard wall is only a little over ten feet high. There are currently sixty village warriors and two patrol inspectors stationed there, and there are four horses in the courtyard.
Oh, the last time we arrested the old Taoist, one of them, Mei Xinxun, made a lot of efforts and made meritorious service. We need to put people and horses inside, and I'm afraid it will be very full with two hundred people. Not only the yard, but also the house must have talented people. "
"Okay, I understand." Liang Mingshan nodded, then asked about the size and depth of the lake and pond respectively, then turned to Jiao Conghu and said:
"Sir, I want to lure the enemy deep and draw the enemy's main force to the foot of Chaijia Mountain. Then our main force will suddenly come out from behind while they are attacking the police station fortress and drive the unsuspecting enemy towards Jinwa Lake.
Let three catapults go from the road behind the police station along the lake to set up defenses. When the enemy is in chaos by the lake, they can take the opportunity to attack their back. In this way, they will either drown or surrender, there is no other way out! "
"Okay, let's do it!" Jiao Conghu took a picture of the cattail leaf fan in his hand and made a decision. "But, who is going to lure the enemy?" He suddenly thought of this question.
"I'll go." Liang Mingshan replied with a smile.
The four of them were all shocked: "Master Juren, are you crazy? If something goes wrong in such a dangerous matter, we cannot afford to suffer the consequences!"
Liang Mingshan waved his hands: "We don't have time to argue, let's just settle it like this. You can choose one hundred people who are courageous and good at walking and let me go. I will go to the police station to find a horse to ride on, don't worry. .
The one riding the horse must be the leader, and they will definitely come after him! I'll guard the fort wall once I enter the police station, and I'll leave the rest to you! "
