Chapter 16 Snow Mountain Suppression of Bandits

Liang Maocai left, he was very manly and barely, and he didn't even look back, but his heart was as chaotic as he was, and the sigh of red jade was tossing and turning.

It is sixty miles from Nantai County to Daqingshan. The strong man has to walk for a few hours. Moreover, Liang Maocai is still injured. He staggers and walks very slowly. It rains in the morning, and the ground is slippery, leaving a series of deep footprints on the road behind him.

Five minutes later, a man came to the side of the road where Liang Mao had just walked, looked at the amplitude and depth of his footprints, and couldn't help but sneer: "What a man who is so stubborn, he still leaves so anxiously after being injured."

The green mountains are rolling and surrounded by mountains. The "White Wolf" bandits have been suppressed repeatedly. It is thanks to this steep terrain that the dragon is missing. Every time they are bitten by the officers and soldiers, they can escape. There is a mountain from the tiger's mouth. The big village where the Longquan is built is here. A lot of food, grass and ammunition have been stored. The horses and soldiers are only to attack the county town again and avenge the arrow.

The leader of the village was restless these days, and he sat on the white tiger's chair and felt like he was sitting on a needle and needle. Because his subordinate Liang Maocai went down the mountain to find Chen Zikun privately. He had not returned for several days. The brothers who sent to inquire about the information said that the four gates of Nantai County were closed and searching for assassins were being searched, which made everyone sweat.

While he was anxious, he suddenly came to report that the Tenth Master was back and Gai Longquan was overjoyed: "Let him in."

Liang Mao was brought in. The wound on his body burst and blood was flowing. If this kid hadn't been strong like a calf, he would have died halfway.

Gai Longquan felt most distressed by Lao Shi and said, "Lao Shi, you are so disobedient. Have you eaten lunch? Come and take eggs and steamed buns to keep my brother hungry."

Liang Maocai said: "Brother, I have no ability and I have not killed Chen Zikun. You punish me."

Gai Longquan smiled bitterly and said, "The military advisor said that the man surnamed Chen is Wu Quxing descending to earth. We mortals cannot kill him. It would be great if you can come back alive."

As he was talking, Lao Ba Lao Jiu and the military advisor came in. Lao Jiu Xue Bin walked a little uncomfortable. This was the consequence of his disrespect for the mountain rules last time and three swords and six holes.

Military advisor Su Qingyan saw Liang Maocai and was shocked and said, "Thirteenth Master, how did you come from?"

Liang Maocai said: "I walked halfway and snatched a little black donkey and rode it."

Su Qingyan said: "I'm not asking you that, I mean the county town is searching for a lot of money, how can you escape unscathed?"

Liang Maocai's eyes were dazed for a moment, and he described the story of how he failed to assassinate, how Hongyu saved him, and how he put on makeup to send him out of the city.

Gai Longquan praised: "This little girl is a strange woman."

Su Qingyan said, "No, I've been trapped!"

Everyone was shocked.

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At this time, a battalion of troops was unfolding at the foot of the mountain, and a shiny bayonet could be seen in the shadow of the trees. Two German Grusen mountain cannons shook their cannons and aimed at the "White Wolf" village hidden by the green trees. Two Maxim heavy machine guns also entered the battle position and sealed the only downhill passage.

The bandit suppression troops followed Liang Maocai's footsteps. Chen Zikun was an expert in searching for traces. This move was called fishing for big fish with a long line. As expected, it was not a mistake. It was just that the brothers carried heavy weapons all the way to the foothills.

Chen Zikun used a telescope to observe the enemy camp on the top of the mountain and said confidently: "Back to the cliff, there is a dead end. This time he will definitely wipe out Gai Longquan."

Chen Shou was overjoyed: "Master, I'll take the lead later."

Chen Zikun smiled and said, "The mountain is dangerous, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Let Gruson take the lead."

In the clover, the brothers looked at Su Qingyan blankly and heard him say, "That night was the kiln opened by Chen Zikun, and he was from his family. Besides, since ancient times, there has been a ruthless actor who is ruthless, so how could Hongyu put the Tenth Master back safely? This must be the plan of the official army. The clover is about to be out of stock, so everyone should leave quickly."

Liang Maocai said: "Military advisor, you can scold me, but I will turn against you!" As he said that, he was about to take action, but Xue Bin persuaded him: "Old Shi, the military advisor is also for the sake of copying the village."

Just as they were shouting, a sharp roar suddenly came, and everyone didn't understand what the sound was. When they looked at each other, the explosion sounded. It turned out that the scream was the whistle before the shells arrived. This time, everyone believed the military advisor's words, and Gai Longquan immediately said: "Go!"

The official army poured all the shells into the mountain village. A secret camp was bombed so badly. Then the machine guns fired. Makqinshui's machine gun was shot for half an hour. Chen Zikun cherished the soldiers and plowed the mountain village with powerful firepower. Then he sent Chen Shou to lead his brothers to attack.

Chen Shou led 30 suicide squads, equipped with Berkman's portable machine guns and box cannons, and carefully attacked the village along the sheep's intestine path, but found that the village was empty. He searched everywhere, but he did not see Gai Longquan and his nine King Kongs. The village was cliff on one side and a small path down the mountain. He could not see anyone living or dead or corpses. Could it be that he could have flew with wings?

Chen Zikun received the report and led the team to the mountain to see. As expected, the village was bombed in scattered. However, Gai Longquan's chair was safe and sound. There was no bullet hole on the white tiger skin on it. Chen Zikun ordered people to take it away and came to the cliff to check it out. He saw a deep abyss with green smoke rising.

"Forget it, don't chase the defeated enemy." Chen Zikun said.

Although there was no living force to annihilate the bandits, the seized a large number of food, grass and equipment and gold and silver, and the bandits had accumulated for many years was wiped out, which was not worth the trip. Chen Zikun ordered the gold and silver guns to be taken away, and the food and grass houses were burned, and then he took them down the mountain.

Long after the official army left, a thin bandit climbed up from the cliff along the vines, looked around and found out that it was safe before learning a few bird calls. The bandits climbed up from the secret holes on the cliff one after another, looking at the burned white cottage.

The two attacks on the county town were damaged and the generals were defeated, and after several encirclements and suppression, the pole that originally had thousands of people was now only a pitiful hundred people left. The parcel was burned by a fire and the food was gone. More importantly, all the gold and silver that had been accumulated for many years were lost. Gai Longquan couldn't help but burst into tears: "Damn it!"

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The strength of the "White Wolf" bandit gang entrenched in the area of ​​Shahukou was greatly reduced and he could no longer compete with the official army. The traffic road of Shahukou was sent by Chen Zikun to guard it, so Gai Longquan's wealth was also cut off.

The battalion of troops borrowed from Luoyang was finally able to go back. He wanted to keep the battalion's soldiers, but the number of brothers No. 500 spent at least 5,000 oceans per month on food, drink, defecation, and urination. The financial situation of the guards was too short to support so many soldiers.

The first battalion of troops set out on their way home, taking the gift from Chen Zikun to Wu Peifu, which was a white tiger skin drawn from the Gailongquan chair. In addition, Chen Zikun gave them an additional military salary of one month and personally delivered it to the outside of the city. Seeing the five hundred tigers disappearing at the end of the wilderness, Chen Zikun couldn't help but sigh: "When will I be able to train such a soldier?"

It is not difficult to train troops. There are some honest farmers in Nantai County. As long as the recruiting flag is raised, there will be people who eat food. But Chen Zikun has no money and no guns, so what can he use to support so many soldiers? The only opium that can make money is still sprouting in the fields. The only thing he can do now is wait.

When the opium blooms and bears fruit, it is time for his wealth to rise.

Under the guidance of Master Long, poppy was planted in hundreds of acres of land in Li Juren's family. Planting this thing is much more delicate than planting wheat. The soil has to be plowed several times. It is not enough to crush the soil and rubbish. The seeds have to be mixed with fine sand and covered with a layer of fine and thin soil on the ground, otherwise the delicate poppy seeds will be suffocated to death in the soil.

Ten days after the seeds were sown, tiny green seedlings finally emerged from the soil, as delicate as rapeseed seedlings. Master Long asked someone to bring trucks of wheat straw to scatter them in the field, covering the seedlings with a warm quilt.

"This medicinal material is really expensive, I don't know how much it can be sold." The farmers said.

In mid-October, news came from Beijing that Cao Kun, the inspector of Zhilu and Henan, bought a president for 5,000 yuan per vote. It was a joke. All newspapers in Beijing and Shanghai all wrote a series of sarcasm and insults and bribery scandals. Ruan Mingchuan's extremely sharp criticism articles were found in the newspapers brought from the provincial capital. Chen Zikun couldn't help but smile after reading it.

There is another interesting news. In addition to Cao Kun being elected at Gao Vote, Sun Wen, Tang Jiyao, Cen Chunxuan, Duan Qirui and others also received several votes. This is not surprising. What surprised *** was that Sun Meiyao, the major general of Shandong New Brigade who was born in a bandit, and Chen Zikun, the new Army Major General of Jiangbei Guardian, each received one vote.

Autumn goes and winter comes, Nantai County welcomes the first snow. Overnight, the earth is covered with silver and the snow is two feet thick. The farmers are happy to bloom. There is a saying in the farming proverb: In winter, wheat is covered with three layers of quilts, and sleep with steamed buns next year. Chen Zikun is also very happy. The weather is good, and the opium will definitely be harvested next year.

Suddenly, the white wolf went down the mountain again, swept through several villages in succession, swept away a group of clothes, quilts and food. The group members could not catch up with them, but were ambushed by them, losing more than ten guns.

Chen Zikun was furious and decided to lead his troops to encircle and suppress the enemy himself. Heavy snow was pouring in the sky. The soldiers wore fur-shoes made of mud and straw ropes, and carried rifles with deep and shallow feet on the journey.

Chief of Staff Yan once advised Chen Zikun, saying that heavy snow fell from the sky and no soldiers were used, but Chen Zikun said that the snow was placed in the northeast and that it would be light snow. We are hard, and bandits are even more difficult. We have to make a contribution to the battle. Now is the best time.

Chen Zikun was right. The mountain was covered with heavy snow. The pole of Gailongquan on the Daqing Mountain had reached its end. It lacked guns, bullets, no food or drink, and even salt could not be guaranteed. It had to take the risk to go down the mountain to rob. However, the lives of ordinary people are not easy these days. Gailongquan also claimed to be a way for the heavens and never attacked the poor people. He stole a few landlords and only got a dozen quilts, a few old cotton jackets, three pigs, two cows, five sheep, and hundreds of kilograms of wheat. It was just a drop in the bucket for hundreds of people.

The road was not fast, and Gai Longquan and his group were bitten by the first battalion led by Chen Zikun. They exchanged fire in the heavy snow. They fought back and forth, but most of the bandits were short guns, and the officers and soldiers were mainly long guns, and there was also a Maxim machine gun to help. The firepower was far superior to the bandits, which made them unable to raise their heads.

It is said that it is difficult to carry heavy weapons in heavy snow, but this is not a problem for Chen Zikun. He had already made arrangements for this. He asked a carpenter to fight a sled, put the machine gun on it, and trained several big yellow dogs in the countryside to pull it. He had super mobile power.

The bandits were surrounded by officers and soldiers in a valley. The stolen livestock were killed by stray bullets and were half buried in snow and frozen hard. The brothers were short of clothes and were so hungry that they touched their backs. Their fingers were frozen into small carrots, and they still fought back against the machine guns of the government army.

Gai Longquan felt sad and asked Su Qingyan: "Military advisor, what do you think?"

Su Qingyan was wrapped in a quilt, still trembling with cold, and clear water was snot flowing. He said, "The firepower of the officials is too strong, we can't stand it, so we can only wait until dark before leaving."

Liang Maocai was holding a few yellow orange bullets in his hand and pressing them into the gun. When he heard Su Qingyan's words, he couldn't help but grin and said, "What should I eat when I go back to the mountains? I want me to say, fight with the dog god, kill one, kill two people and earn one."
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