"Captain, do you know them?" Ma Lin looked at Cao Guang in surprise.
Cao Guang said with a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "Of course I know him, and he is very familiar with him."
Marin looked puzzled.
At this time, a man with his hands tied said flatteringly: "I have seen Mr. Cao's family. If I had known that Mr. Cao had returned to Daliang Mountain, I would have come here to join him."
The other man nodded vigorously.
"You guys really know each other!" Marin was surprised.
He never expected that his captain actually knew the thug raised by Guo Ju.
"Yes, I know them." Cao Guang nodded slightly and said immediately, "When Master Pan and I were still bandits in Daliang Mountain, the two of them were still Shi Yunhu's people."
Marin suddenly realized that the two people he captured were once bandits from Daliang Mountain.
The man said sarcastically, "When something happened in Daliang Mountain, the two of us were lucky enough to escape. Later we went to Guojiazhuang and have lived there until now."
Another man said flatteringly: "Master Cao, no, captain, can you let us two brothers go first? We are all old acquaintances after all."
As he spoke, he raised his tied wrists and waved them in front of Cao Guang's eyes.
Ma Lin turned to look at Cao Guang.
I want to see what Cao Guang means and whether he should let him go.
Cao Guang said to Ma Lin: "One of these two people is named Wang Yuan and the other is named Yuan Kui. They were Shi Yunhu's right-hand men at the beginning. Every time Shi Yunhu came to see Mr. Pan, they would follow, so I and the two of them I’ve met him many times, so I’m relatively familiar with him.”
"Yes, yes, yes, we are very familiar with Captain Cao." The man named Wang Yuan nodded repeatedly.
Yuan Kui, who was standing side by side, also said: "Brother, you see that we are so familiar with Captain Cao. Why don't you help us untie the ropes on our hands first?"
"Don't worry yet." Cao Guang turned to Ma Lin and said, "You may not know that it was the Tiger Character Banner that wiped out their stronghold, but it was only claimed that it was the Daliang Mountain banditry that General Li Shen of Xinpingbao wiped out."
"Yes, yes, yes, it's the tiger-shaped flag. It uses blunderbuss and a lot of general cannons. I don't know where they got so many general cannons. When they fired the cannons, they killed many brothers on the mountain. ." Wang Yuan had a frightened expression on his face.
"Is this the kind of gun you're talking about?" Cao Guang pointed to the gun in the hand of a gunman next to him.
Wang Yuan turned his head and took a look and said: "They are quite similar, but the muskets are all the same. I didn't expect Captain Cao to have so many muskets here."
Along the way, he saw many people holding bird guns in their hands, and when the officers and soldiers went up the mountain, he also heard a lot of bird gun sounds, and even heard the sound of cannons at the end.
It was precisely because of the sound of cannon that he and another man were frightened and fled into the woods.
After the sound of the cannon disappeared for a long time, they were about to come out of the forest when they happened to see Mr. Zhang being killed. They were so frightened that they hid in the forest and did not dare to move.
Otherwise, not only five corpses would be found, but these two corpses would also be found.
"Captain Cao, please let us go first. We are all on our own side. In the past, we always looked down and never looked up. We are so familiar with each other." Yuan Kui stretched out his tied hands. .
"No rush." Cao Guang waved his hand and said immediately, "If I ask you to go to Guojiazhuang again, do you dare to go?"
"How dare you!" Yuan Kui said, "That Mr. Zhang is dead. We originally planned to go back to Guojiazhuang after going down the mountain, but if Captain Cao is willing to take him in, we two brothers are willing to hang out with Captain Cao."
"Yes, yes, yes, we are willing to hang out with Captain Cao." Wang Yuan nodded in agreement.
Yuan Kui on the side smiled flatteringly and said: "Captain, how can we sound majestic like a master? Let's just call him Master Cao from now on. Moreover, Master Cao has more copycats than there were in Erliang Mountain, and he is the only master in Daliang Mountain. "
"Yes, yes, yes, Master Cao dominates Daliang Mountain and is the only master in Daliang Mountain." Wang Yuan nodded repeatedly.
The two of them sang together, making Marin beside him couldn't help but laugh.
Cao Guang had a dark face.
With great difficulty, he was promoted from the head of the Daliang Mountains to the captain of the Daliang Mountain Soldier Brigade, but according to these two people, he became the head of the army again. This was a demotion for himself.
For a real bandit, the boss is naturally better than the captain, but for him, the captain is a hundred times stronger than any boss.
He would rather be the captain than the boss.
Marin said: "Captain, what should we do with these two people? Should they be released or locked up?"
"Master Cao, we are willing to hang out with you." Yuan Kui shouted loudly when he heard that he was about to be locked up.
Wang Yuan beside him also said repeatedly: "Yes, we will hang out with Master Cao from now on."
Cao Guang ignored the two of them and said to Ma Lin: "These two people are still useful. Lock them up first and arrange for a few people to keep an eye on them. Don't let them escape. These two people are familiar with many places in Daliang Mountain."
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right now." Marin nodded, then turned around and said to the gunman beside him, "Take them down and hold them in solitary confinement."
Several gunmen shouted at Wang Yuan and Yuan Kui, "Let's go quickly."
"Master Cao, we are our own people! Back then, we were all brothers in Daliang Mountain." Yuan Kui shouted eagerly.
However, Cao Guang ignored it.
On the contrary, it was the gunman who escorted them. The gunman in his hand struck Yuan Kui in the back as he was speaking, causing Yuan Kui to stagger.
"Go quickly." The gunman behind scolded him.
Yuan Kui straightened up, turned around and wanted to plead with Cao Guang. When he saw the gunman behind him raising the gun and trying to strike it down, he hurriedly shut his mouth and walked forward step by step.
After the two men were taken away, Ma Lin curiously asked Cao Guang and said, "These two were bandits from Daliang Mountain and thugs who did dirty work for Guo Juren. Why are such people still here? Why don't we keep them?" Cut it off with one knife.”
Cao Guang shook his head slightly and said: "These two people are still of some use, let's save their lives first."
Marin looked puzzled.
Cao Guang said with a smile: "You have forgotten that the task assigned to us by the Military and Political Department was to take action against some gentry. It was only because our brigade had just returned from the grassland and then integrated three squadrons that it was delayed until I haven’t done anything yet.”
"You mean to take action against Guojiazhuang?" Ma Lin reacted.
The two people just captured are thugs raised by the Guo family and are very familiar with the Guo family village. With these two people here, they will save a lot of trouble in dealing with the Guo family village.
Cao Guang nodded and said: "The Guo family can be said to be rich and unkind. They usually cause trouble to the countryside. This time they sent someone to Daliang Mountain with the army. We just want to use him for surgery."
"When will we do it?" Marin asked.
Cao Guang looked up at the sky and said, "It's better to do it sooner rather than later. Let's take advantage of the defeat of the army and let's take action tomorrow."
