Mr. Zhu and his party of eight rested in an inn in Wuli Town. The old gentlemen were exhausted after a long journey and fell asleep as soon as they fell down. In the middle of the night, there was an urgent knock on the door, which startled the old gentlemen.
Wearing clothes and kicking off trousers, Mr. Zhu opened the door latch, and Battalion Commander Ma and two attendants stood at the door and said, "Sir, please come with me." The gentlemen packed their backpacks one after another. Battalion Commander Ma said, "You guys go on to sleep.
Mr. Zhu, please."
Mr. Zhu followed Camping Commander Ma into the village behind the town, then walked into a courtyard house and entered the upper living room. A middle-aged man in casual clothes came out to bow. Camping Commander Ma introduced: "Mr. Zhu, this is our village.
Commander." Mr. Zhu was stunned for a moment, and after bowing in return, he said, "I'd really like to thank you, General." The two of them entered into an argument without a few words of greeting:
"Sir, I welcome you to join the 17th Division, but you can't go to the battlefield. You stay at the division headquarters and be a gentleman to me and my officers."
"I smashed the inkstone and burned the brush. Now I only have one target - Zhongtiao Mountain."
"You can't go there."
"I have thought about any difficulty, and the worst is death. I just go to Zhongtiao Mountain to seek death."
"Oh, Mr. Zhu, you can't help me when you go to the battlefield, but you have become a burden to me. I can't open my eyes and carry you as a burden."
"I'm not a burden. I'm good enough to kill a Japanese pirate. If I can't kill a Japanese pirate, I'm willing to be beaten to death by the Japanese pirates. To say the least, if you can't go to the battlefield, you can wash rice and cook pots for your friends, and you can sharpen knives and feed horses for the soldiers.
...I won’t be a burden to you even if I die from exhaustion, illness, or fighting, you won’t have to worry about moving my body back.”
"Sir, my dear Mr. Zhu..."
"Now I'm not your husband, I'm your stablemate..."
"I can't even go to Zhongtiao Mountain, how can you go?"
"You're defeated"
"I won the battle and then withdrew."
“Why retreat after winning?”
"We retreated just because we won the battle."
"Who told you to withdraw your troops?"
"Who else could it be? There is only one person in China who can order me to withdraw my troops."
Mr. Zhu silently shut up and stopped arguing about whether to be a partner or a horse driver.
"I, Ru, am ashamed to face the elders in Guanzhong..."
This is a real Guanzhong army. From the former founder to Commander Ru, they are all Guanzhong people. One is from Xifu and the other is a native of Dongfu. From the division headquarters to the company platoon leader, they are all Guanzhong people. The soldiers are almost all uniform.
Among the children of the Three Qin Dynasties, only a few officers and a few soldiers were from Guanzhong, a Henanese. They were descendants of Henan people who fled famine and settled in Guanzhong. The local proverb said "Guanzhong Lengwa", and the poet Du Fu once said "Kangfu Qin soldiers endured hard battles"
"praised him. Master Ru led the Sanqin disciples of the Seventeenth Division out of Tongguan and entered Zhongtiao Mountain. Zhongtiao Mountain subsequently became the most famous mountain range in the minds of the elders in Guanzhong. After the critical battle was won, Master Ru's
The jade photo was placed on the desk of the chief of the Japanese Invasion Headquarters; this army, which has strong local color but can only be regarded as a miscellaneous brand among the Chinese armed forces, actually made the Japanese ace division who was ordered to enter Tongguan dare not cross
In a sudden move, Mr. Ru's photos and the information of three generations of his ancestors were also collected and studied, but the results were unclear. Whether the Japanese despised it at first or paid more attention to it after suffering a defeat, this armed force in China's Anti-Japanese War
The local miscellaneous troops who were indeed unaccounted for in China had suffered a lot in the Zhongtiao Mountain blockade in the past two years, preventing the Japanese little devils from moving forward. The Zhongtiao Mountain battle was the encounter between the Japanese aggressors on Chinese soil.
One of the most powerful resistances ever encountered finally prevented the loess soil in northwest China from being trampled by iron hoofs.
Mr. Ru said: "Sir, the Seventeenth Division is not his biological child, but the baby brought by his stepmother. He transferred me out of Tongguan to Zhongtiao Mountain to fight against Japan. The one I got was 'Made in Hanyang'; I transferred my biological child to Xi'an."
The foreign guy who was stationed in the garrison and carried all American equipment transferred me to Zhongtiao Mountain. In name, he could get praise for resisting the Japanese, but in fact, he was using the hands of the Japanese to kill the "baby brought by the stepmother" for him.
He said that the Japanese did not expect that the 17th Division would stand at Zhongtiao Mountain. Even when they sent me out, they did not expect that I would stop the Japanese... I did not take a step back at Zhongtiao Mountain, so I was not rewarded and even my military pay was cut off.
They forced me to withdraw my troops, and even said that they wanted me to return to the pass to rest..."
Mr. Zhu asked: "You... So you really withdrew your troops and where did they go?"
Commander Ru said: "Withdraw to Beishan. When the 17th Division withdrew to Tongguan, he forgot about the 'rest and reorganization' he told me and immediately ordered me to go into Beishan to encircle and suppress the Red Army. This time he was playing the same trick: Okay, you
If you can defeat the Japanese, then you go to fight the Red Army. I am happy that you defeated the Red Army, and I am equally happy that you were wiped out by the Red Army..."
Mr. Zhu said sadly: "It's over, it's over, China is over. I didn't believe what Lu Zhaopeng said to me, and I even scolded him, but I didn't expect that it was really Mr. Ru... Zhaohai was killed by Japanese pirates, or
Killed by the Red Army”
Mr. Ru suddenly lowered his head: "Sir, don't ask, sir..."
Mr. Zhu raised his head sadly: "Oh my God...I won't ask you any more questions...I have heard enough. I will get up early tomorrow morning and go back to my Bailuyuan. I will wait for the Japanese pirates to come and kill me..."
Mr. Ru said: "Sir, don't be so sad. You know where I am going."
Mr. Zhu said: "I just said I don't want to ask anything."
Commander Ru said: "I just came back from the north. Battalion Commander Ma was setting up defenses by the river for fear of being plotted against me. I happened to meet my husband. Now I have seen through it all. Especially after the death of Captain Lu Zhaohai, I decided to take this step. Good.
Okay, I've reached an agreement with Beibian, no one will hit anyone..."
Mr. Zhu said: "Finally, there are no more bites in your nest... I want to go back to the store and sleep."
Mr. Zhu returned to Bailu Academy and set a rule for the gatekeeper Zhang Xiucai. Except for relatives of the gentlemen who compiled the county annals, no one else was allowed to enter. From that day on, the doors were closed and guests were welcomed. He himself no longer studied.
, not to mention writing calligraphy and painting for anyone. I got up late in the morning, washed up hastily, and walked up the original slope behind the academy. I still spent the evening on the hillside. The only thing I did was to review and revise the eight colleagues separately.
He compiled the manuscripts of various parts of the county chronicle without saying a word all day long. He decided not to ask for funds from the county government and used the rent from the official land of the academy to sustain the final compilation of the county chronicle. The first ten volumes were ready and were sent first.
The Lithography Hall was ready for printing, and the last twelve volumes were about to be compiled. He relied on Mr. Xu to handle many foreign-related matters; the general revision of the last twelve volumes was also done by Mr. Xu, and he did the final editing.
One day, Mr. Xu raised a question in the "Chronicles of the Republic of China" column: "Mr. Zhu, is the word 'military' in the article 'The communist army passed east of Xuhai and passed Dongshan, Zishui County' a clerical error?" Mr. Zhu said: "No.
Mr. Xu said: "The first few articles all use the word 'bandit'. Do you want to change it?" Mr. Zhu said: "I won't change it." Mr. Xu said: "In the same volume of 'Republic of China Chronicles', the word 'bandit' is used in the front."
', followed by the word 'military'. Inconsistent use of words will cause loopholes for future generations." Mr. Zhu said: "If there is no unification, there will be no unification. It's okay to leave some loopholes for future generations to criticize..." Mr. Xu said
Puzzled.
Lu Zhaopeng walked into the mountain again. When he saw Mang'er, he bowed with his fists and said, "I'm here to thank you for saving my life, but it's just too late." Mang'er smiled and said, "Don't you try to persuade me?"
"I want to defect to your guerrillas." Lu Zhaopeng also told him frankly: "If I can't persuade you, just wait." Mang'er said: "Don't wait for me, just wait for Hei Wa." Lu Zhaopeng heard what he was saying and asked hurriedly.
"How do you say this?" Mang'er explained frankly: "I won't change my mind. You can't wait. Just wait for Heiwa to change his mind. I told Heiwa a long time ago that I want to join the guerrillas and return to Shun County.
The security team is fine, and any brothers who are willing to follow him can leave. Even if I am left as the bare commander, I will carry a sack and swim around the world until I die." Lu Zhaopeng smiled:
"If I can't wait for you, don't wait for Hei Wa. He is just like you." Manner said more sincerely: "I hope you can persuade Hei Wa and let him take the brothers away, or the security team or
Communist guerrillas, I won't interfere with whichever family you want to vote for." Lu Zhaopeng asked doubtfully: "Mang'er, your words are getting more and more outrageous. How can you guess me like this?" Mang'er said: "I said
"I'm telling the truth. Heiwa doesn't believe it, and you don't believe it either. I'm tired of being a bandit, and I'm tired. I want to wander around alone." Heiwa walked in, rubbing his eyes, and was startled when he saw Zhaopeng. Mang'er
Then he said, "If you don't believe me, ask Hei Wa. I've told him this too." Then he walked out and said, "I'm going to see if the dishes are ready. You're lucky. I'm just in time for the reward wine."
Hei Wa said a little uneasily: "Brother Zhaopeng, don't ever bring up the idea of joining the guerrillas again." Lu Zhaopeng said, "I already mentioned it to Thumb Up just now." Hei Wa said, "Isn't that okay?
Okay. You have repeatedly persuaded me to join the guerrillas, and Xiaowen has also come to persuade me to join the security group. Think about it, how can I work with Thumbs up?" Lu Zhaopeng disagreed: "No, I just listened to Thumbs up... but there has been a change.
." Hei Wa shook his head: "Don't be fooled." Lu Zhaopeng spread his arms and asked: "I won't talk about my thumbs for now, I'm just asking you, what are your plans? Do you want to join the guerrillas or the security team?
I’d better not vote for any company and continue to be a bandit. I’ll say it again. Put aside your thumbs and just tell me what your plans are in your heart.” Hei Wa glanced at Zhaopeng, lowered his head and fell into silence. Lu Zhaopeng glanced at Hei Wa’s face.
Hei Wa said, "Okay, don't answer. I understand." Hei Wa raised his head and said, "You don't understand anything. If you don't vote for the guerrillas, I won't vote for the guerrillas either." Lu Zhaopeng said suddenly.
"Then you all go and submit to the security group." Hei Wa grinned and said mockingly, "You must be angry." Lu Zhaopeng nodded and said, "That's the truth. Submit to the security group." Hei Wa blinked in confusion:
"You come to do the activities for Xiaowen." Lu Zhaopeng said with a smile: "Everyone is his own master."
One night about half a month later, Hei Wa was asleep when he was awakened by a woman's scream. He opened the door and saw Hei MuDan naked, with disheveled hair, standing under the moon shaking, saying that her thumb was dead on her.
The kang was on. Hei Wa pushed Black Peony away and ran into her cave. She lay on the kang with her thumbs angled, one of her arms pressed under her belly, the other dug into the reed mat, and one leg curled up on the kang.
On the kang mat, a leg was hanging under the wall of the kang, and the kang was covered with dirty blood. All the bandit brothers came over and cried and screamed. The gentleman came over, felt his pulse first, and then turned his thumb up to look at it.
Said to Hei Wa: "Gives."
With a dark face, Hei Wa dragged Black Mudan, who was so frightened that he was paralyzed in the yard, by his hair and dragged him under the oil lamp. This was the first murderer that Hei Wa thought of. Although Black Mudan was stunned with fright, he still instinctively stood up for him.
She defended herself. Her words were stammering and stammering, but she basically described to Hei Wa and the bandits the scene of Thumb's death: Thumb carried a wine gourd and entered her cave dwelling. Every time Thumb entered her cave,
Her cave dwellers all carried wine gourds, and he drank and poured wine for her. Thumb continued to drink wine as usual, playing with her and filling her with wine. He was half drunk and she was half drunk.
He only did that with her when he was young. As soon as he entered her body, he trembled all over and suddenly leaked. He then spurted out a stream of blood with a "wow" sound, and sprayed all over her face and neck.
She was so frightened that she got up and saw her thumb twisting on the kang, spitting out blood... Hei Wa asked: "Did you pour the gallnuts into the wine gourd?" Hei Mudan retorted: "That would be poisonous to me as well."
Even if he's dead, he'll make me drink." Before Hei Wa could say anything, several bandit brothers started beating him up, causing Hei Mudan to roll on the ground and scream. Only when Hei Wa stopped rolling and screamed did Hei Wa stop the brothers.
The civil strife to eliminate the murderer lasted for almost a month. The first focus was on who had been to Thumb's kiln on the night of the accident, who poured wine and toasted to Thumb at the party, who sat next to Thumb, etc.
Details, the bandits involved and suspected were punished and tied up one by one, but no one confessed. Then they searched for clues from interpersonal relationships. Someone once said something to Thumb, and someone punished Thumb.
He had a grudge... and so on, another group of brothers were tortured, but the real murderer was still not caught. Heiwa was made suspicious by this assassination. He not only doubted the brothers, but also worried that the brothers would doubt himself.
He openly announced: "If you dare to poison your thumb, you can poison me to death on your second thumb. Besides, if nothing can be found out, some brothers will still suspect that I was the one responsible, saying that I want to be the leader of the village..."
"Hei Wa then decided to reward the person who exposed the poisoner heavily, until he put forward the motion of "Whoever exposes the traitor will be praised as a thumbs up". Mutual suspicion soon appeared in the bandits' den, informing each other, kicking and biting each other.
situation. After someone was exposed and scolded with a cane, he crawled into the Heiwa Kiln with blood on his legs and went to expose the brothers next to him. Almost all the brothers had exposed others and were exposed by others. Therefore, almost all the brothers had no one.
With exception, everyone received a cane and a spanking. Then something happened, and many people came back to bite Black Peony together, and they all agreed that the traitor who poisoned their thumbs was her. The reason is simple.
She was the only one of the brothers who was forced to come to the mountain. She was the only one who had a deep hatred for Thumb, so she could do such a cruel thing. Hei Wa could also think of this, so he pulled Black Peony out and punished her with a stick.
.Black Peony had not yet recovered from the pain of torture for the first time, and could not hold back a few sticks before he died. The brothers threw Black Peony to the bottom of the ditch, howling, and avenged the thumb. Howling, it should be over.
After this incident, it was time to go out to "do work". Hei Wa sneered and said: "Black Mudan is not a traitor, I can see it from her eyes when she died. The really vicious guy hasn't been caught yet..." Tracking down the traitor
As things continued, the crisis in the village became intense. A brother who was exposed and beaten with a cane shot and killed the brother who had informed him, and then shot himself in the head. The brothers cried and persuaded Heiwa to suspend the investigation.
Or change the way of tracing. Heiwa refused to pay attention to them and said more firmly: "If we can't catch the traitor, we will break up." One after another, brothers fled, first one, then two, and then two more.
They left without saying goodbye one after another, and the village was in a state of disunity and disintegration... Hei Wa was unable to reverse it.
Bai Xiaowen came to the mountain village at the right time.
Bai Xiaowen immediately stopped the civil strife in the bandit's den with one sentence: "Hei Wa, if you continue to pursue the case, you will be shot." Hei Wa said anxiously, "That would be good, I can also understand my brothers." Bai Xiaowen said.
Xiaowen did not appreciate this kind of loyalty to death, and said in a flirtatious tone: "Don't investigate. The murderer ran away." Heiwa was doubtful. Not only did the five brothers who escaped not only have no personal grudges with him, but also Thumbs up.
There is no gap. Bai Xiaowen said meaningfully: "I heard that Zhaopeng came here not long ago." Heiwa said: "What does this have to do with him?" Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "You are sure that your nest
He has driven a wedge into the county government even if there is no one in his family. The Communist Party is really capable of getting in with this trick." Hei Wa shook his head and said, "I haven't found any clues yet." Bai Wa said.
Xiaowen showed his trump card: "I have received information that two of your brothers have escaped and joined the guerrillas. These two people are the bottom line for Zhaopeng to insert themselves into the village." Heiwa's eyes widened in surprise:
"If this is true, Zhaopeng would be too ungrateful." Heiwa finally relaxed in his irritable thinking: "Well, I have to see if the brothers can get down the mountain."
An important meeting to decide whether to stay or go was convened in the Shanzhai Council Hall. Bai Xiaowen had a premonition that something was going to happen, and he confidently told the bandits about the latest situation in Zishui County: "This is an opportunity. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. According to the national situation,
, the county government decided to expand the security group and add a new artillery battalion. I made an agreement with Commander Zhang that after the brothers come down from the mountain, they will join the artillery camp without leaving their companions. Lu Zhaoqian will be the commander of the artillery battalion."
The bandits were discouraged and exhausted by the civil strife. Many of them were tempted to join the security group, but no one dared to show off. Although Heiwa once again emphasized that "the decision is made by the brothers," no one said anything. Bai
Xiaowen said sincerely and freely: "The Japanese can't last more than a few days in China. After conquering Japan, the government will clean up. Cleaning up is just a piece of cake and a handful of monkey hair. After cleaning up, it will naturally
It’s time to exterminate the bandits. Brothers, we don’t have to worry about food and clothing now. We don’t care about heaven and earth, and we are free. But then we will be in trouble. So I said this is an opportunity..." In the silence of everyone, the swordsman
Mr. Jian Yao stood up and spoke: "I am old and have no intention of doing anything else. I just want to return to my ancestors' graves after death." The bandits then shouted: "Submit to the security group..." Hei Wa crossed his fists and said,
He knelt down in front of everyone and said: "I will walk with all the brothers and jump over cliffs and wells."
The news that the largest group of bandits in Zishui County has surrendered to the security group caused a sensation in the county. Lu Heiwa's name, Lu Zhaoqian, became public for the first time in the county. This group of bandits, from the leader to the gangsters, all use their names in anonymity.
Strange code names, no one could figure out their real names. Bai Xiaowen and Lu Heiwa led a hundred bandits into the North and South Street of Zishui County. Citizens in the shops on both sides set off firecrackers. In the south of the county, the security team
A surrender ceremony was held at the camp. County Party Secretary Yue Weishan, County Magistrate Hou and Head of the Security Group Zhang came to welcome him. Heiwa felt extremely uncomfortable when shaking hands with Yue Weishan. Yue Weishan grabbed Heiwa's hand and said: "We are
You are an old friend, and I welcome you." Hei Wa smiled bitterly with an embarrassed look on his face.
The doubts hidden in the hearts of Heiwa and his brothers from the very beginning of their decision to accept surrender were quickly resolved. The brothers were all organized into the newly established artillery battalion, and Heiwa was appointed as the battalion commander. Bai Xiaowen was recognized by the county for his outstanding contributions.
Bai Xiaowen finally had the opportunity to confess his true feelings to Hei Wa: "Brother Zhaoqian, I owe you... I won't make any more claims now."