The old ghost regretted very much that he should have watched the mountain ghost more in the first place. Even if it was a quarrel, it would be okay. If it were another team, it might be fine if they captured the villagers, but the other team was the Red Army. Did he know that the Red Army was a representative team?
A people's team, he had heard about this team when he was in the White Army.
The Red Army is causing a lot of trouble in Nanhu. Even a large number of Red Army troops have appeared in Nanhu, and Red Army teams have also appeared in various provinces. However, compared with Nanhu, it is still far behind, so the old ghost has no idea about this matter.
I kept it in mind, but I didn't expect that I would actually meet him today.
And we met in this way.
He asked again: "Are you the Red Army team from two years ago? It seems that you were not wiped out and found a place to develop again."
Xia Yuan said with a smile: "You know quite a lot about the people who escaped from the White Army, right? Unfortunately, we are not the Red Army team from two years ago, but a brand new Red Army team."
The old ghost sighed and said: "When I was in the White Army, I heard the Red Army's bad reputation. Many people in the White Army were afraid of fighting the Red Army. People in the Red Army didn't care about money or their lives, even if Yamaguchi held two heavy weapons.
Machine guns and those Red Army soldiers holding sickles also dared to charge forward. I didn’t expect that today I would experience the combat effectiveness of the Red Army.”
Xia Yuandao: "Since you know our Red Army, it will be easy to handle it. Let your people release our authentic villagers and then order them to surrender. Since you know our Red Army, you should know our Red Army's policy."
The old ghost nodded and said: "When I was in the White Army, I admired your Red Army very much. I am also a farmer, and my parents were also farmers. However, they were killed by the warlords who came over, so I decided to join the Northern Expedition.
It's a pity that the current Northern Expedition has deteriorated. They defeated the emperor, but they never thought of becoming another emperor in disguise."
He added: "After listening to the story of your Red Army, I truly realized that the Red Army is for the people, not the landlords, nor the county bosses. Unfortunately, the positions are different. Many people in the White Army do not want to fight the Red Army, but the higher-ups
There was an order, and we had to fight. If we didn't fight, we would be shot. During a melee, I escaped and finally stayed away from the team. I originally thought of joining the bandits and not caring about the world, but unexpectedly I ended up...
I've offended you."
Xia Yuan said: "It's useless to talk so much."
The old ghost nodded and said with a wry smile: "Yeah, it's useless to say so much. Don't worry, you are the Red Army. If it were other armies, I would definitely not cooperate with you like this."
Blinking his eyes, he felt that the blurred vision in front of him became much clearer. He turned to look at the bandits squatting on the ground in the room and said: "Don't worry, they won't kill us. This team is different from what we have seen before.
The white troops who arrived are different from the warlords. They are all poor people. Their enemies are the landlords. If the eldest brother hadn't captured the villagers, they wouldn't have come up the mountain."
He turned his head again, looked at Xia Yuan, and said: "Everything in the village belongs to you. I know you Red Army are very poor, but apart from guns and food, there is not much gold, silver and jewelry in this village."
Xia Yuanyuan was quite surprised that the other party was so cooperative, but it was right to think about it. The other party had been in the White Army, knew the Red Army, and knew the Red Army's policies. He definitely didn't want to resist anymore. Resistance meant death, and not resisting.
The Red Army can truly ensure that prisoners like them can live safely.
With the help of the old ghost, the next thing was much easier. After a simple bandage, he helped the Red Army persuade the people in the village to put down their guns and walk out. He then took Xia Yuan to the cave where the villagers were imprisoned, and locked
The people inside were let out.
Unexpectedly, more than twenty people came out of the cave. The old ghost explained: "These are some disobedient villages nearby. They all failed to pay food on time. The mountain ghost took people down the mountain to arrest them. They arrested them.
If they don't obey, the mountain ghost will kill these people and send them to the village to warn the people in the village."
Xia Yuan noticed that among the crowd there was a girl with pretty appearance and clothes, who looked young, so he asked: "You even arrest little girls?"
The old ghost shook his head: "It's not us, it's the mountain ghosts. These people were captured by the mountain ghosts. I'm only responsible for making suggestions. In fact, I don't want to participate in these things, but I have gone up the mountain to become a bandit and I can't help myself.
"
Xia Yuan had an expression of disbelief, and the mountain ghost had no choice but to explain the girl's identity, "This girl is a girl from the county master's family in the county. She was just captured by the mountain ghost yesterday. Since you can find our cottage, you should
I know something about the hills in this area, and I know that there is a group of bandits on almost every hilltop, but there are only so many villages, and the competition among the bandits is also extremely fierce."
The old ghost said: "Then the mountain ghost thought of a way to arrest the county master's daughter Shen Qian, and revealed that his daughter was taken away by bandits, but there were too many bandits, and so many bandits were looking for her one by one.
It’s not easy to find, and many bandits are not easy to mess with.”
A glimmer of clarity flashed in Xia Yuan's eyes: "You are planning to kill someone with a borrowed knife, borrowing the county master's knife to get rid of your competitors."
The old ghost nodded: "You'd better get rid of this hot potato. You may get burned at some point."
Xia Yuan thought for a moment and said, "It is indeed a hot potato."
He first ordered the bandits to release these people. As for the county master's daughter, just find an opportunity to send her back and avoid getting into trouble as much as possible.
Sun Zhiyong ran over and said, "Company Commander, come here and take a look."
After Xia Yuan figured out how to deal with the county master's daughter, he followed Sun Zhiyong to a warehouse. The old ghost said: "This is a warehouse for storing food and weapons. All the things we have robbed over the years are here."
Opening the warehouse, bags of grain came into view. In addition to the bags of grain, there were large boxes placed on both sides of the mountain. Sun Zhiyong excitedly opened a box and said: "Company Commander, come over and take a look."
Look, these are guns!"
Xia Yuan glanced at it and turned to ask the old ghost.
The old ghost said: "These guns were from a warehouse that I took care of during the melee. Later I went up the mountain. I relied on the supplies in this warehouse to sit on the three chairs on Qishishan."
He sighed again: "It's a pity that Shangui is not a capable person. He regards these things as treasures. No matter how precious things are, they only think about how to store them instead of how to use them, and they will turn into a pile of broken copper." Rotten iron.”
"Hahaha, I didn't expect it to be an advantage for me."
A smile appeared on Xia Yuan's face, and he turned around and said, "Go and ask someone to take the bandits and load these things into trucks and transport them back to the base area. Our future development will depend on these things."
After coming out of the warehouse, Xia Yuan felt much better. He had rescued people, eliminated bandits, and seized so many guns, which could directly reverse the Red Army's current lack of weapons and equipment.
The next step was to transport batches of weapons and food back. As for the villagers, Xia Yuan asked people to let them go and return to their respective villages. Shen Qian was a hot potato, and he was also in the first place. It's time to ask the villagers of Nianping Village to send this girl to the outskirts of the county and let her walk back by herself.
As for what happened next, Xia Yuan couldn't think about it. If the county master really discovered them in the future, he would have to think about what happened in the future.
There were more than 120 bandits captured in total, and the others died in the battle. Half of the 120 bandits were captured by them in the house. No soldiers from the second row died. Only three soldiers were slightly injured, so it was considered a great victory.
It is already very good to have such a record when participating in the battle for the first time. Most of it is closely related to the high-intensity training in daily life. During the training, Xia Yuan left no room for himself on the battlefield. The experience is described in detail to the soldiers, so that soldiers who have never been on the battlefield will know how to deal with it when they encounter aircraft, artillery, or enemy heavy machine guns.
It took three days for oxen and mules to pull the supplies in the village, and the prisoners temporarily worked with the Red Army soldiers. With the addition of this group of bandits, the construction of the base area was accelerated. .
The third platoon and the fourth platoon also returned safely. They said that the county town was closed during that period. The third platoon could not get out of the county town and the fourth platoon could not get in. I don’t know what happened. Fortunately, it was closed within two days. The gate was opened again, and the third platoon came back without any danger, but they did not buy any weapons or ammunition.
The third platoon leader explained: "The bandit suppression in West Hankou is at a critical period. The White Army people do not dare to sell arms to them. Someone from above might come down to open the warehouse at any time. If they see the warehouse is empty, , they can’t eat and walk around.”
The third platoon leader added: "They told me to wait until the incident in West Hankou is over. Company commander, do we want to reinforce the Red Army in West Hankou?"
Xia Yuan fell into deep thought, then raised his head after a long time and said: "There is no rush in this matter. If we go to support now, not only will it not have any effect, it may even be counterproductive. Only by growing stronger can we save our brother troops from danger. As for the Weapons and equipment, after wiping out the bandits in Qishishan, a lot of guns and ammunition were seized, which is enough for us to use for some time."
According to the statistics of the second platoon leader, the seized weapons alone were 400 brand-new Hanyang-made weapons, as well as five light machine guns, two heavy machine guns, and several bullets, which were enough to equip a reinforced battalion.
So there is no need to worry about weapons and equipment.
Not long after the third and fourth platoons came back, in the afternoon, a platoon of soldiers also returned from Laohe Village, followed by dozens of farmers who wanted to join the Red Army, plus captured bandits and Red Army soldiers in the base area.
The number of soldiers has exceeded 300.
And there will be a strong location in the next few days.
Peasants' associations were established in each village of Nianping Village one after another, and the fruits of victory were ready to be harvested.
On the third day after the three platoons returned one after another, a meeting was held in the base area. First, the bandits in Qishishan were tried. Some of the most heinous people were shot, and many of them were small leaders among the bandits. They were executed one by one.
In terms of shooting, these bandits are not much different from landlords. Most of the people they capture are tortured to death.
Among the bandits who were captured, the one who had some status and survived was Lao Gui. The way he entered the mountains was not to surrender people, but to give the bandits a warehouse of weapons and equipment, and he did not do too many bad things in the mountains.
As for the bad thing, it might be giving advice to Shan Gui and You Gui, so when trying the old ghost, Xia Yuan thought twice, taking into account the injuries on the old ghost, he was imprisoned, and worked with the Red Army, using his own
Show yourself to wash away your sins.
Some bandits who committed minor crimes suffered the same fate as the old ghosts and needed to reform themselves through labor.
Xia Yuan was also very tolerant of the remaining bandits. While capturing them, Xia Yuan organized Red Army cadres to carry out ideological work on the bandits and took them down the mountain to work in the villages, allowing them to see the happy life that the Red Army had brought to the farmers.
Let them understand the Red Army's policies, change the Red Army's image in their eyes, etc.
Under the influence of red ideas, many bandits have had strong thoughts of joining the Red Army.
At the conference, Xia Yuan was also willing to give them such an opportunity. If they were willing to stay, the Red Army would guarantee their livelihood and distribute land to them. If they wanted to leave, the Red Army would be willing to pay them money.
During this period of time in the base area, everyone's life was obvious to all. The base area was still developing and there were not enough houses. The Red Army soldiers gave their place to them, preferring to sleep in the wilderness by themselves. In terms of food, the Red Army soldiers and them ate.
It was all the same food, and the portions were the same. They were not treated differently at all because they were prisoners. The Red Army soldiers did not beat or scold them or look down on them because they were prisoners. On the contrary, in the Red Army ranks, they
I felt what it was like to be a real human being, and I truly felt that officers and soldiers were equal.
Therefore, many people among the bandits have developed a good impression of the Red Army. The reason why they joined the bandits is that the life at the foot of the mountain is too poor. Coupled with the oppression and exploitation of the landlords and evil gentry, they cannot live at all and are forced to
He had no choice but to go up the mountain and become a bandit. If life was good, who would want to live a life of licking blood on the tip of a knife, because he might die at some point.
The life they had not lived themselves had come true in Nianping Village.
At the conference, when it came time to choose whether to stay or go, the vast majority of people chose to stay. Only a very small group of people chose to leave. Xia Yuan gave them some money as their travel expenses.
At present, in addition to the existing company structure, the new additions include more than 30 young people from Laohe Village and 103 bandits.
A company is expanded to a reinforced company.
Since this is a team that Xia Yuan raised by himself, the organization of the team does not need to follow the international organization. Currently, his company has reached 260 people, which is far more than a reinforced company.
Therefore, regarding the organization plan three days later, Xia Yuan expanded a company to six platoons, a platoon of six squads, and a squad of twelve people.
Although this kind of organization is a bit strange, he also has his own plans.
Therefore, there is still only one company of Red Army soldiers on the ground.