Sun Zhicheng led the bandits, pushed the cart to drive pigs and sheep, and walked along the river embankment, while walking, Sun Zhicheng also said to the little bandits around him, "The owner of the village is too timid", "What is the fear of overseas Chinese" and so on.

It turned out that since the East China government carried out land reform in Jinan Prefecture, Lin Shenwang, the old boss in Taishan General Village, ordered the two sons of Wohu Mountain and Jiuru Mountain to restrain the activities of his subordinates and not to conflict with overseas Chinese. This is not to say that Lin Shenwang knows the power of the People's Army, but based on a principle of default as a bandit and bandit, not to be an enemy of the government.

In the image of ordinary modern people, robbers and bandits are, of course, rebels, and even rebels against the government and even the imperial court, but in fact this is a rebellion of robbers, bandits, and peasants, and the latter is the real rebel, and the government and the imperial court are enemies; although the government usually mixes them together, of course, in the peasant uprising, there will be many robbers and bandits involved, but there is still a very clear difference between the two. Ordinary robbers and bandits actually avoid the government as much as possible, and mainly target the people. Because only in this way will it not attract the attention of the government and will not attract the full encirclement and suppression of the imperial court, so the robbers and bandits want to survive for a long time, and they are old bandits who have accumulated years of experience, and they try not to conflict with the government. Of course, in the administrative system of ancient China, the situation that the imperial power did not go to the countryside also provided enough living space for bandits and robbers.

The Lin family is a family of bandits, and now it is the third generation, and it is also quite prestigious in the green forests of Shandong, not how ruthless and strong the Lin family is, but the principle of not conflicting with the government, so the main purchase of the Lin family is to ask for food and property like the villages outside the city, kidnapping the landlord, The squires demanded ransom money, etc., and they were able to make the cottage quite prosperous, and although the Jinan Mansion also knew that there was such a group of robbers within the boundaries of the mansion, they did not come to disturb the city, so they did not pay too much attention to the principle that more things are better than less things.

On the contrary, some villages attacked the county seat and market town, although the harvest was rich at that time, but it attracted the attention of the government, and sent a large army to suppress it, but it was destroyed. Although the village of the Lin family is located in Mount Tai, it has been at peace with the government, and the well water of both sides does not prevent river water, but it has survived for a long time, and living for a long time is the capital itself, and it has become the first number of green forests in Shandong.

When the Boxers were rising in Shandong, they also came to pull Lin Shenwang, but Lin Shenwang refused, because he found that the Boxers' practices violated his principle of not conflicting with the government.

Of course, Lin Shenwang has also heard of the prestige of overseas Chinese, but his understanding of overseas Chinese is that they represent the government of Shandong, that is to say, overseas Chinese are just the second Yuan Shikai, so Lin Shenwang made such a decision based on his past experience.

Lin Shenwang is not interested in the land reform of overseas Chinese, but according to previous experience, overseas Chinese will not stay outside the city for a long time, and when they are finished tossing, they will have to go back to the city sooner or later, so it is best to be patient for the time being, and wait for the overseas Chinese to withdraw from the villages before trading, but what Lin Shenwang did not expect is that the overseas Chinese are not temporarily staying outside the city, but taking root and not leaving, and the scope of control is getting larger and larger, and the villages are all in the village, so they have not done anything to sell and buy for several months, and as a result, the cottage is empty, and at this time it is really a little unbearable。

Moreover, a group of young and radical young people in the cottage are quite dissatisfied with the decision of the old master, they do not understand the truth of "not conflicting with the government", they just rely on a sharp spirit, fearless, happy to enmity and hatred, and do not put the government and the court in their eyes, on the contrary, they think that the old master does things and shrinks his head and tail, looks forward and backward, and makes the life of the cottage tight, so it is also full of complaints.

At this time, Lin Shenwang also knew that the little bandits under him were quite dissatisfied with his decision, and several villages were indeed about to be unable to hold on, and he was also very resentful of overseas Chinese, and these people were too ignorant of the rules, so why did they stay in the village and not leave? At this time, it was time for the autumn harvest, so Lin Shenwang decided to ask for supplies from several villages that had delivered food and materials to the cottages in the past, on the one hand, to suspend the urgency of the cottages, and on the other hand, to test the attitude of overseas Chinese, because the bandits had already inquired clearly, and there were overseas Chinese in these villages.

Beiya Village became the first village that the bandits tempted, because Sun Xianlu lived in this village, and it was easy to contact if there was an accident, but two days later, the village put up a banner of symbolic acceptance.

Sun Zhicheng belongs to the young Zhuang faction who are dissatisfied with Lin Shenwang's decision, and the smooth handover has boosted Sun Zhicheng's momentum.

Unconsciously, Sun Zhicheng's group came to the intersection of the lower embankment, because they were pushing the vehicle and driving 20 pigs and sheep, so everyone pulled forward and backward, and drove the pigs and sheep down the ramp.

As soon as they came to the flat ground, they saw more than 100 soldiers dressed in gray-green clothes and armed muskets rushing out of the woods on the side of the road.

When Sun Zhicheng saw it, he couldn't help but be taken aback, because this kind of dress was only the army of the legendary overseas Chinese, and looking at this frame, he was obviously preparing to rob himself.

Although Sun Zhicheng is a radical in the cottage and does not take overseas Chinese seriously, the number of people on the other side in front of him is not only twice as large as himself, but everyone has muskets, and everyone knows that this battle cannot be fought. Therefore, Sun Zhicheng did not dare to be reckless at this time, and hurriedly shouted: "The wind is tight, everyone shout." ”

However, it was too late at this time, and the KPA soldiers in the front row raised their guns and fired, only to hear the sound of a row of gunshots, and the bandits had already hit more than 10 people, while the rest of the bandits threw down their vehicles, pigs and sheep, and fled in all directions.

When the gunshot rang out, Sun Zhicheng only felt a pain in his left ear, which turned out to be a bullet grazing his ear, Sun Zhicheng was not only frightened into a cold sweat, but he didn't even have time to touch the injury, so he hurriedly lowered his head and ran away to the left side of the road.

But before Sun Zhicheng could run out of a distance of 2 or 300 meters, he saw a group of soldiers of the People's Army in front of him, and there was another row of bullets in front of him. However, Sun Zhicheng had more brains than the others, and knew that running back was also death, because there was still the People's Army waiting for them behind, so he immediately turned a corner and fled in the direction of the river embankment, thinking that as long as he jumped over the river embankment, he could jump into the river and escape.

At this time, there were still a few bandits who had the same mind as Sun Zhicheng, so although there were bullets flying around them from time to time, they all ran desperately in the direction of the river embankment, but two people were still shot and fell on the road.

Sun Zhicheng risked his life to run, and several times he felt the bullet grazing his side, but he was lucky, and finally rushed to the embankment, but at this time it was impossible to walk on the road of the embankment, so he had to climb up from the embankment with his hands and feet, and finally climbed to the embankment with all his strength, but before Sun Zhicheng could let go, he saw the figure in front of him flashing, and the huge pain in his shoulders came, and he couldn't control his body and rolled down on the embankment.

The whole battle actually took just over 10 minutes, and of course, if it can be called a battle, a total of 23 bandits were killed, 12 were wounded, 17 were captured, not a single person was released, and 3 sheep and 2 pigs were accidentally injured. Of course, if a battalion of troops ambushed more than 50 bandits, if they let go, or if they had casualties, they would basically fail.

In addition to the pigs and sheep that were injured by mistake, there were also 4 chickens that could not be found, and all the other food materials were recaptured. So the KPA vacated two vehicles, loaded with accidentally injured pigs, sheep and killed bandits, and then pushed the vehicles, and escorted the captured bandits, and also drove the remaining pigs and sheep back to Beiya Village.

After the People's Army returned to Beiya Village, the whole village was a sensation, because it had never seen so many People's Army come to the village, and at the time of the land reform, there was only one company of troops stationed in the village. Not to mention the remand of so many bandits. Of course, after the land reform, the villagers were not afraid of the arrival of the People's Army.

Ding Chao and Tan Zong immediately gathered all the villagers, announcing that the People's Army would never compromise with the bandits, nor would they watch the villagers exchange the fruits of their hard work for peace, but would definitely eliminate all the bandit forces and give the villagers a peaceful living environment. The dead sheep and dead pigs were skinned and removed from the meat that night, and each household got a share of the pig and mutton, which was regarded as a comfort to the villagers.

At this time, the village was in a sensation again, some people clapped their hands and applauded, some people shook their heads and sighed, and they were also worried and hurried, with all kinds of expressions. Of course, it was mainly the young people who applauded, but in fact they were militiamen, who were originally very dissatisfied with the fact that they had paid food and supplies to the bandits this year, but now that they know the true purpose of the people's army, they naturally give full support; while the main ones who are worried are the old people, whose ideological concepts are very old-fashioned, and their confidence in the East China government is also insufficient. Outside of conscription, nothing else will be done, let alone such a thing as suppressing bandits, so as soon as the People's Army is gone, the bandits will come back, and it will be the village that will be unlucky at that time.

On the one hand, they are not willing to let the fruits of their hard work be taken away by the bandits in vain, and they also hope that the East China government can exterminate the bandits and let themselves have a stable living environment, but on the other hand, they do not have confidence in the East China government, and do not believe that the East China government will really exterminate this bandit.