Under the shade of a locust tree with deep roots and leafy leaves, Han Baihang was scribbling on a piece of straw paper with a ruler pen. He was not painting in a leisurely manner, but was designing the architectural sketch of the blockhouse. In his eyes, the blockhouse and the rural landlords
The gun towers at home are completely different. For a gun tower to serve as a deterrent to bandits, military factors must be taken into consideration.
The first is the material structure of the blockhouse. Landlords in the countryside generally use local materials to build blockhouses with sand, gravel, bricks, and wood. The defense of the blockhouses with brick and wood structures is acceptable, but it will not be effective when encountering larger bandit poles.
For example, when Heifengzhai attacked Yongan Town this time, the blockhouses of several large households were blown up by home-made explosives without providing any resistance. Therefore, Han Baihang started with materials and sent people to Shangqiu to purchase large quantities of cement and steel bars.
Secondly, the tower should be low rather than high. A higher tower can not only serve as a lookout, but also be condescending to promote firepower. Therefore, after repeated consideration, Han Baihang consulted the craftsmen in the town and finally set the height of the tower at three stories and nine meters. At the same time, the height of the tower was set at three stories and nine meters.
Instead of a single existence, there will be stronghold buildings built around the gun towers, with troops stationed in a row or so.
As for the site selection for the gun towers, Han Baihang personally traversed the terrain near Yong'an Town and selected three commanding heights that echoed each other to build the gun towers. At the same time, he planned to build gun towers with mother-and-child bunkers at the intersection to guard the trade routes.
It took more than an hour, and Han Baihang finally finished the sketch of the turret after several revisions. He stretched out and stood up from the grass. The guard beside him hurriedly fetched a water bottle and handed it over. Han Baihang just lay back and took a sip.
The soldier hurried over and reported: "Company commander, we captured a woman from the entrance of the town. She claims to be the concubine of County Magistrate Mei."
"County Magistrate Mei's concubine?"
Han Baihang was stunned for a moment. He had been busy dealing with bandits these days and had forgotten all about his concubine being kidnapped. He didn't expect his concubine to come back, which surprised him and said, "Who else is there besides her?"
"She's the only one!"
The soldier said: "But according to this woman, the bandits from Erlang Mountain sent her back."
"Why did Zhu Chunzi let her back?"
This thought flashed through Han Baihang's mind and he said to the soldier: "Bring the person here quietly without making any noise!"
The soldier left in response and soon brought back a beautiful woman. Han Baihang took a look from a distance and saw that the woman was wearing a maroon floral double-breasted gown and a pair of pink embroidered shoes. She walked very coquettishly. Of course,
This coquettishness is not derogatory, but pleasing to the eye. When the woman came closer, Han Baihang waved his hand, and the guards on the left and right dispersed away.
"Madam, don't be afraid. I am Han Baihang, the company commander of the Yongcheng garrison." Seeing the look of fear on the woman's face, Han Baihang hurriedly introduced himself to his family in a friendly manner, and then added: "I have a very good relationship with County Magistrate Mei."
After hearing the last sentence, the woman was no longer so scared, but she still shrank in front of Han Baihang. Han Baihang had no time to comfort her and asked: "Madam, I am curious about something. Zhu Chunzi kidnapped you for ransom. Now the county magistrate
Why would Zhu Chunzi let you back if the ransom was not paid?"
There was a slight panic on the woman's face, and she whispered: "Zhu Chunzi asked me to tell the county magistrate that what happened before was all a misunderstanding. He didn't want to enmity with the government, so he let me back."
Han Baihang nodded. With Zhu Chunzi's current situation, he really didn't dare to offend the government. However, he noticed that the woman looked panicked and seemed to be hiding something, so he said calmly: "Madam has been suffering in the bandit village these days.
Well, the bandits didn't bully you, right?"
The woman's eyes were red and she sobbed: "The bandits were very polite to me."
Han Baihang said deliberately: "That's good. I heard that Zhu Chunzi is particularly lustful. Anyone who catches a flower ticket on the mountain has been humiliated by him."
The woman's face changed slightly, and she forced herself to be calm and said, "Zhu Chunzi is afraid of the county magistrate and doesn't dare to do anything to me."
Han Baihang sneered in his heart, if Zhu Chunzi was really afraid of Mei Changyuan, he would not have kidnapped you at that time. With his city eyesight, he had naturally guessed what happened to the woman in the bandit's lair. He couldn't help but secretly sighed, County Magistrate Mei wanted to
A man with dignity will never tolerate his woman being slept with by a bandit. He still remembers that Mei Changyuan asked him to "help" in the county government office. At that time, he hinted that if his concubine was bullied by a bandit, he would be killed.
.
But he couldn't kill a woman, and besides, a woman's life would be miserable if she was bullied by bandits. He frowned and thought for a long time, and said to the woman: "Madam, let me tell you straight, it's for your own good and for the sake of County Magistrate Mei."
Okay, you can’t go back to Yongcheng. I will give you a sum of money and send someone to escort you to Xuzhou. From now on, I hope you will remain anonymous and marry an honest man to live in peace."
As soon as these words came out, the woman was stunned for a long time, and suddenly she started crying in grief and helplessness, her heartbreaking cry was heartbreaking.
Han Baihang couldn't bear it, but he had no choice. He could pretend that nothing had happened and send the woman back to Yongcheng, but paper could not cover the fire. Once the trap was revealed in front of Mei Changyuan, the woman's life would be over, and he
Now that we are allies with Mei Changyuan, we must not let Mei Changyuan's face be damaged, so we can only wrong the woman. But on second thought, it may not be wronged. The world thinks that good clothes and good food are good, but in the troubled times of the Republic of China, this may not be the case.
How much better than Dou Sheng Xiaomin.
"Dongzi!" Han Baihang shouted.
"Yes!" A guard came running not far away.
"You go to collect two hundred yuan for military supplies, and take two people to escort this girl to Xuzhou. Something went wrong on the way. Please bring it up and see her!" Han Baihang said sternly.
Dongzi snapped to attention and responded loudly: "Yes!" He glanced at the woman, wondering in his heart that this woman was obviously the county magistrate's concubine, how could she become a girl in the blink of an eye, and she had to be sent to Xuzhou, but
He didn't dare to think too much and just obeyed the order.
After the woman left, Han Baihang suddenly thought of the people who had been kidnapped by the bandits. He thought to himself that the people had to suffer a lot at the hands of the bandits and had to find a way to rescue them. After thinking for a while, he suddenly had an idea and sent someone back.
Went to Yongcheng.
…
The fire in Dongguan burned for a day and a night before it was extinguished. Not long after the fire was extinguished, Yongcheng, which had not rained for more than a month, suddenly received a heavy downpour. The heavy rain alleviated the drought, but the people cursed God and said it had rained early.
In the next two days, Dongguan will not be completely burned down.
“God’s will plays tricks on people!”
Mei Changyuan stood under the eaves and sighed. He said this not only for the people who were harmed by the bandits, but also for himself. He had just received a letter from Han Baihang. In the letter, Han Baihang explained clearly what happened to his concubine, and the end of the letter was specially
Ask him if he doesn't dislike his concubine, he can bring her back.
