Han Qigong, the brigade commander of the 300th Brigade of the 100th Division under Ma Bufang, was lying under a red silk umbrella drinking tea. Because the sun was too poisonous and surrounded by endless sand nests, it was dazzling, so Han Qigong also wore a red silk umbrella.
A pair of sunglasses, this thing is a rare thing, he spent a lot of money to buy it from Shanghai.
Han Qigong began to garrison Zhangye in the 20th year of the Republic of China, and it has been nearly ten years now!
In the past ten years, Han Qigong has never moved away from home. Moreover, this guy is greedy, does random things, and exacts tyranny from the people under his rule. He can be said to be the true King of Zhangye.
Not only that, Han Qigong didn't even let go of the dead people's money.
Because Xicheng Post was an ancient post station in the Han Dynasty, there are a large number of Han Dynasty tombs buried in the rolling yellow sand around it. Since taking over Zhangye, Han Qigong would bring his guard team to Xicheng Post whenever he had free time.
Excavate Han tombs, and then steal cultural relics and gold, silver and jewelry from the tombs of the Han Dynasty.
Recently, because there was nothing going on, Han Qigong led the security team to dig Han tombs again.
In Shawozi, more than 300 officers and soldiers of the guard brigade, as well as more than 1,000 Hui people who were forcibly recruited by Han Qigong, were wielding pickaxes under the scorching sun, digging desperately. Han Qigong not only wanted to be harsh on the people under his rule,
He was also very cruel and harsh to the officers and soldiers under him, so no one in the 300 Brigade was not afraid of him.
Because of the heat, a Hui man couldn't bear such high-intensity physical labor and fainted on the ground.
There were dozens of Han Qigong's soldiers and supervisors around the sand nest. At that moment, one of the soldiers walked up to the Hui man, and then struck the Hui man on the back with a whip. The Hui man immediately screamed loudly in pain.
The soldier then kicked the Hui people in the stomach hard and cursed: "Don't pretend to be dead, get up quickly!"
The Hui people struggled twice, but still couldn't get up.
The soldier turned back to look at Han Qigong, who nodded imperceptibly.
Seeing Han Qigong nod, the soldier immediately called two companions, then carried the Muslim to the edge of Shawozi, and then in front of more than 300 officers and soldiers of the guard brigade and more than 1,000 Muslims, he directly drew his sharp saber and
The head of the Hui people was chopped off. Seeing the human skull rolling down, all the remaining Hui people were silent for a moment. Then they waved their pickaxes desperately and dug desperately. If they continued digging, they might die from exhaustion, but if they didn't dig, they would die immediately.
The head fell to the ground.
After a while, one of the Hui people dug down with a hoe, and suddenly there was a "ding" sound.
The crisp sound of the tinkling sound immediately spread throughout Shawozi. Han Qigong also heard it clearly. He immediately turned over from the recliner and sat up. Did he dig the Han Dynasty tomb?
"Get out of here!" More than a dozen soldiers rushed over and pushed the Muslim man away.
A few soldiers used shovels instead, and after digging with the shovels, a square of blue bricks was immediately exposed underneath!
"We've dug it, Brigade, we've dug another Han tomb!" the soldier immediately shouted, waving his shovel.
Han Qigong suddenly became energetic. He immediately took off the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, threw them on the lounge chair, then strode into the sand nest with a stroke of his sleeves. By this time, the dozen soldiers had already dug up the sand.
, the navy blue Han bricks underneath can be counted. Isn’t this a Han Dynasty tomb?
And looking at the regulations of the Han bricks, the standard of this Han tomb is probably not low.
"dig for me!" Han Qigong immediately waved his hand and said excitedly, "dig quickly!"
At present, dozens of Han Qigong's soldiers also joined the excavation process. If it weren't for the extremely hot weather, Han Qigong would not be able to help but join the excavation team. Although he did not take action, Han Qigong always stood nearby and did not go far.
As the Han tomb was dug out bit by bit, his eyes became brighter and brighter.
Judging from the regulations, this is at least a duke’s tomb! Maybe it’s a prince’s tomb!
However, there is a saying that goes, extreme joy brings sorrow. Han Qigong was excited when suddenly a soldier shouted: "There is a robber's cave, there is a robber's cave in the hotel!"
Han Qigong's heart suddenly sank and he rushed to the soldier's side.
But I saw that there was indeed a fist-sized hole at the foot of the soldier. For those who have never dug an ancient tomb, it would be difficult to connect this fist-sized hole with the robbery cave. But Han Qigong was experienced.
I have dug no less than twenty ancient tombs from the Han Dynasty in Xichengyi, and I know this is a robbery hole!
As long as this kind of robbery hole is discovered, it will be impossible to gain anything from this ancient tomb.
Han Qigong was in a bad mood immediately, but he still had some luck and said sternly: "Start digging from the robbery hole!"
Dozens of soldiers took matters into their own hands and soon expanded the robbery hole several times, allowing one person to enter and exit through it. Han Qigong immediately ordered a Hui man to get in first with a torch, and then ordered two soldiers to follow him in for about a quarter of an hour.
After a few minutes, the two soldiers climbed up from the robbery hole again and reported to Han Qigong that the tomb had been robbed long ago.
"Hateful, hateful!" Han Qigong was furious. He turned around and saw that the Hui who was the first to go down to the robbery hole was climbing up from the robbery hole with his shoulders hunched. Han Qigong took out his pistol and aimed at the Hui man's face.
With just a shot in the face, this beast turned his anger on innocent Hui people, and there was really no one left.
The Hui people around him were filled with anger, but they dared not speak out.
Because Han Qigong is such a murderous devil. The more you resist, the more ruthlessly he kills. People of all ethnic groups in Zhangye have resisted before, but the result of resistance is more killings. Han Qigong has soldiers and guns in his hands.
The people of Zhangye simply couldn't fight him, so they could only break their teeth and swallow his blood.
Han Qigong was not satisfied with killing one person, so he turned his fierce eyes to the Hui people around him. When he was thinking about whether to kill a few more people to satisfy his hatred, the sound of rapid horse hooves suddenly sounded behind him.
Looking back, Han Qigong found that it was his adjutant Ma Zhaoxiang riding a fast horse.
Seeing Ma Zhaoxiang coming at lightning speed, Han Qigong's eyes immediately flashed with a fierce light, because he knew that Ma Zhaoxiang was actually a spy placed by Ma Bufang. If it weren't for his concern for Ma Bufang, Han Qigong would have buried Ma Zhaoxiang alive, so how could he have done it?
Allow him to live to this day?
Ma Zhaoxiang galloped up to Han Qigong, then reined in the horse hard, and the horse stood upright. It made two sharp turns and then stopped firmly. Han Qigong's eyes immediately showed a hint of appreciation. Although Ma Zhaoxiang
He was a spy placed by Ma Bufang, but he must admit that this boy was indeed very powerful, and his riding skills were particularly outstanding.
"Hosting seat!" Ma Zhaoxiang turned over and dismounted, gasping and saying, "Chairman Ma of Xining has an urgent call."
Han Qigong's heart trembled. Ma Bufang's urgent call? You don't want to transfer him to the front line to fight the war, do you?
Han Qigong's 300 Brigade has been operating in Zhangye for ten years, and it can be considered a big tree with deep roots even today. Even Ma Bufang, the provincial chairman, would have a hard time squeezing him away from Zhangye. In real history, it was not until the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
, after the Central Army elite entered Gansu in large numbers, Hu Zongnan finally drove Han Qigong away from Zhangye.
At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the Nationalist Government asked Qingma to send troops to the front line. Of course, brothers Ma Bufang and Ma Buxing refused to send their old men to the front line. Instead, they mobilized more than 8,000 people from militia groups in various counties to improvise a cavalry force.
The division, led by Ma Biao, the cousin of the Ma brothers, embarked on the battlefield to fight for the nation and the country.
During this period, Ma Bufang also flirted with the idea of Han Qigong's 300th Brigade, trying to transfer his troops to the anti-Japanese front line, and then send his cronies to take over Zhangye Mansion, but Han Qigong rejected them for various reasons, so Ma Zhaoxiang said that Xining Ma
The chairman called urgently, and Han Qigong thought that Ma Bufang still had not given up and wanted to transfer him to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War.
At that moment, Han Qigong took the telegram from Ma Zhaoxiang with a sullen face. However, after reading it, Han Qigong realized that he had wronged Ma Bufang. Ma Bufang did not mention the matter of going to the front line in the telegram, but sent him a confidential information, saying
It was the Eighth Route Army that obtained six trucks of military supplies from the Soviet Union. They will pass through Zhangye in about three days.
After reading the telegram, Han Qigong immediately looked up to the sky and laughed: "Haha, it's true that the east is not bright and the west is bright. Although this high-standard Han tomb was stolen, I was happy in vain, but
In the blink of an eye, Chairman Ma gave me another good deal, but I didn’t lose anything."
After a pause after saying this, Han Qigong said again: "Let's go back home!"
At that moment, Han Qigong summoned the guard brigade to return to Zhangye City. As for the more than a thousand Muslims who were forcibly recruited by him, they were naturally allowed to disperse. Before recruiting these Muslims, Han Qigong promised each person half a catty of flour, but
Now, no one dares to ask him for help. Is this too long for his life?
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Almost at the same time, in Dihua City.
Yu Shichang returned to the guard platoon's station worriedly. Just now, Director Chen of the Eighth Route Army's Dihua Office gave him a difficult task, escorting military supplies to Yan'an!
After receiving this mission, Yu Shichang didn't even have the heart to eat.
Because just last year, Du Yidao's cavalry battalion also escorted a batch of military supplies to Zhangye. As a result, they encountered horse bandits in the Death Canyon outside Yumen Pass. Not only were the supplies robbed by the horse bandits, but the cavalry battalion was almost completely destroyed, leaving only He.
Ergou and a cavalry platoon escaped.
Although the Kuomintang and the Communist Party sent a joint investigation team afterwards, nothing was found.
However, everyone knows that this is what Qingma did. Although there are many horse bandits outside Yumen Pass, there is no horse bandit gang that dares to attack an entire cavalry battalion! However, Ma Bufang does not admit it at all.
The matter could only be left alone. Of course, Qiu Eighth Route Army took note of it.
However, Yu Shichang has no mind to care about this now. All he can think about now is the task assigned to him by Director Chen, to escort six trucks of supplies to Yan'an! Although this batch of supplies is covered by the Xinchang Department Store, it is not clear to the military commander
It is not difficult to find out that these materials belong to the Eighth Route Army.
In other words, there is a high probability that this batch of supplies will be robbed on the way!
The Northwest Highway is not peaceful to begin with, and for the Eighth Route Army, it is even more uneven!
Therefore, how to deliver this batch of materials to Yan'an safely and timely is a big problem.
