Gaomi County, county government hall.

Zheng Daiyuan, the magistrate of the county, was still in the middle seat, and the master was waiting in two shifts, and on both sides of the hall, there was a row of people who were rich and richly dressed, all of whom were gentry living in Gaomi County, of course, these people were instigated by Wan Yufu.

Last night, Wan Yufu recruited the main gentry in Gaomi County at home, and stated to them the interests and disadvantages, of course, he coaxed and deceived them, and infinitely exaggerated the land reform behavior of the traversers, saying that the traversers wanted to kill all the landlords, raid their homes, and rob all the landlords' fields and properties, etc., and so on, and so on, and so on.

However, the land reform carried out by the traversers in Jiaozhou County did cause panic among many gentry, although these gentry lived in Gaomi County, and each had its own business, and could be regarded as small businessmen, but almost everyone had a farm estate in the countryside and owned a large number of fields. In fact, this phenomenon was very common in ancient Chinese society, because because China has implemented a policy of suppressing business, and land is the most important means of production, so after making money in ancient times, it was often not used to expand production and operation, but to buy land in the countryside and become landlords, or at least industrial and commercial camp owners.

They naturally hated the land policy of the traverser very much, and Wan Yufu added fuel and vinegar and exaggerated it, so the panic of these gentry also expanded dramatically, so early this morning, they all followed Wan Yufu to the county government to put pressure on Zheng Daiyuan, the magistrate, and asked Zheng Daiyuan to immediately order the whole city to mobilize to resist the attack of overseas Chinese.

In the face of the pressure of the main gentry in the county, although Zheng Daiyuan was very dissatisfied in his heart, he did not dare to perfunctory it easily. Said: "Ladies and gentlemen, what you said is all speculation, and there is no truth, although overseas Chinese have some misconduct in the countryside, but they have not committed the act of invading the city and town, and they are still respectful and observant. If the overseas Chinese really want to attack the city and seize the land, it should be to take Jiaozhou first, and now Jiaozhou has not seen any loss, and your remarks are probably exaggerated. ”

Wan Yufu said: " Tang Zun, this time and that time, at that time, the Chinese in the sea first ascended to the realm of Shandong, the foothold was not stable, the people's hearts were not attached, naturally did not dare to act recklessly, and now the overseas Chinese have been based in Shandong for more than half a year, they feel that their wings are abundant, and they have no scruples about acting, during this period of time, the overseas Chinese acted so domineering, snatching people's land and wealth, killing the whole family, setting up private courts, self-reliance and punishment, coaxing the ignorant people with small favors, it is really a plot of misdeeds, and now Gaomi County is in danger, if the Tang Zun does not make a decision early, when the army of overseas Chinese arrives, it will be too late to regret, the creatures of this city, the squires and people in the city, I am afraid that they will suffer from the poisonous hands of overseas Chinese, Tangzun is the parent of a county, how can he ignore it, not to mention that under the nest, there are no eggs, if the county is broken, Tangzun is difficult to spare, so please think twice. ”

After Wan Yufu finished speaking, the other squires also spoke one after another, expressing their support for Wan Yufu's proposal, and some people even proposed that they would rather believe that they had it than that they did not, and that they would mobilize the people of the whole city and hold on for a few days if they did not come to attack Gaomi County, and then it would not be too late to lift the state of defending the city.

Zheng Daiyuan glared at Wan Yufu fiercely, knowing very well in his heart that these people were all fooled by him. Zheng Daiyuan is the head of a county, naturally has his own eyes and ears, last night he had heard some rumors, it seems that Wan Yufu's alliance annoyed the overseas Chinese, the two sides fought, as a result, Wan Yufu organized the landlord alliance was defeated by the overseas Chinese, it is estimated that he could not stay outside the city, so he ran to the county seat, so he persuaded himself to mobilize the people of the city to defend the city and resist the overseas Chinese, in fact, he just wanted to pull the people of the city to protect himself. Moreover, Zheng Daiyuan has already made up his mind, Gaomi County is impossible to resist the overseas Chinese, if the overseas Chinese really come to attack Gaomi County, he can only use the six nos" "no war, no peace, no defense, no death, no surrender, no leaving", and maybe he can still protect himself. And Wan Yufu and Zheng Daiyuan had already made up their minds and handed him over to overseas Chinese for disposal.

But now Wan Yufu actually persuaded more than 20 gentry in Gaomi County to jointly put pressure on him, which also made Zheng Daiyuan a little embarrassed, these people are all local forces, some people are in the state capital, and even in the province have some connections, if they are offended, even if the overseas Chinese do not come to attack Gaomi County, I am afraid that the county lord will not be able to do it for long.

At this moment, with a "bang", the gate of the county government was knocked open, and I saw a soldier running into the county government almost with a roll, and he didn't care about the people in the hall, and said loudly: "Master, master, the army of overseas Chinese is coming, coming." ”

When Zheng Daiyuan heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and the other squires were also shocked, Wan Yufu was even more frightened, he never expected that overseas Chinese would come so quickly, and he regretted it in his heart, he knew that this was the case, he should have escaped from Gaomi County immediately, and he could still save his life, but now he is trapped in Gaomi City.

However, Zheng Daiyuan is the lord of a county after all, and he still has to be calmer than others, and he also estimated that overseas Chinese would come to attack Gaomi County, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, so he immediately said: "Don't be busy, say it slowly, the overseas Chinese army has arrived there." ”

The soldier took a few breaths before he said, "My lord, the army of overseas Chinese is in front of the city, and they said that they want to enter the city to capture 10,000... 10,000 books?"

When Wan Yufu heard this, his body trembled, and he involuntarily trembled, looked at Zheng Daiyuan, and said in a trembling voice: "Tang...... Honor, you must not let overseas Chinese come into the city......"

Before the words fell, I only heard a loud "boom" outside the yamen, which seemed to be like setting off firecrackers, and then I heard a few "bang" sounds that seemed to be sporadic firecrackers, and everyone in the yamen couldn't help but have their hearts beating faster.

Just when everyone was in doubt, two more soldiers ran into the county office, and said breathlessly: "Master, master, something is wrong, the overseas Chinese have opened the city gate with cannons, and they have been killed in the city." ”

At this time, the squires suddenly became a mess, and Wan Yufu had already collapsed to the seat, and a few squires ran to the table and said, "Hall, Hall, what can I do about this, you have that idea." Some of them burst into tears.

In fact, Zheng Daiyuan was also a little at a loss at this time, after all, the overseas Chinese were no longer soldiers coming to the city, but had broken into the city, it turned out that Zheng Daiyuan's plan was that after the overseas Chinese soldiers came to the city, they should always send someone to talk about the conditions for themselves, even if they entered the city, at least they had to ensure that they did not disturb the residents in the city, so that even if they came chaotically, there was a limit, but they did not expect that the overseas Chinese would not greet him at all, and said that they would do it. I don't know what the overseas Chinese will do to themselves? They also have their own family members, two concubines, and a daughter, all of whom are in their prime of life, and if the overseas Chinese army comes in chaos, won't they suffer? But now it's too late to ask their family members to commit suicide.

Just when the county government was in chaos, I heard a dense sound of footsteps, and I saw more than a dozen soldiers in gray-green military uniforms, holding rifles with bayonets in their hands, breaking into the county office, and aiming the muzzles of black holes at everyone in the hall. They all shouted: "Don't move, don't move." ”

Everyone was also frightened and stupid, so that some of the errand servants were clever, and hurriedly raised their hands to show their surrender.

After a while, I saw one of the soldiers who seemed to be a small boss take two steps forward and said, "Where is the magistrate of Gaomi County?"

When everyone heard this, their eyes immediately focused on Zheng Daiyuan's body, and although Zheng Daiyuan's heart was "thumping" and his hands and legs were weak, he also knew that he couldn't hide at this time, so he stabilized his emotions, stood up from behind the table, and tried his best to keep his voice steady, and said: "This official is Zheng Daiyuan, the magistrate of Gaomi County, I don't know what you call it?"

The soldier looked at Zheng Daiyuan and said, "We are the People's Army, and you are the magistrate of Gaomi County?"

Zheng Daiyuan looked left and right, and then said: "These are the local fathers and squires of Gaomi County, and they are looking for something to discuss in this county." When you enter the county, you don't know what you want. ”

When the squires heard this, they were all slightly relieved, fortunately, Zheng Daiyuan did not say that his party was discussing how to deal with overseas Chinese, otherwise the consequences would be very serious, and some people also regretted it at this time, they should not have listened to Wan Yufu's agitation and put pressure on the county to deal with overseas Chinese, but now they have become fish on the anvil.

However, the soldier didn't say anything more, waved his hand, asked the soldiers to go up to the lobby, looked at everyone, and said, "I'm going to report to our regimental commander, he will decide what to do with you, now you stay here honestly, don't move, we can guarantee your safety." As he spoke, he said to the other soldiers: "Take care of them, and I'll report to the regiment commander." After saying that, he turned around and left the county office.

The commander of the regiment was Zhang Mingde, who was originally a company commander of the Marine Corps, and now the 15 regiments formed by the People's Army are all headed by the original company commander or deputy company commander.

It turned out that after the two regiments arrived at Menbu Village, the operation was immediately launched, with companies as units, like the 12 villages where the landlords who participated in the landlords' alliance were located, and Zhang Mingde led two battalions to collect Gaomi County.

Before the army drove to Gaomi County, the soldiers defending the city immediately closed the city gate, shouted to the city, and sent people to deliver a message to the city. However, the People's Army did not bother to talk to them too much, and before setting off from Qingdao, they specially brought two PF98120 mm rocket launchers, which were prepared for the siege of the city. So the People's Army entered Gaomi County very easily.