Perhaps because of the extra carts seized from the bandits' den, or because they were frightened by the bandits' robbery, Zhuo Fei and his party only rested for one day when they returned to Jinan from Niutou Mountain, and the next day they were urged by Zhao Baotian to leave Jinan and continue south. Zaozhuang is about 240 kilometers away from Jinan, and if they follow Zhuo Fei's original planned speed, it should take them at least three days to reach Zaozhuang from Jinan, but now, they were urged by Zhao Baotian to rush to Zaozhuang in only two days.

Arrive at Zaozhuang, it is not far from Xuzhou, continue south after Xuzhou is Suzhou, and then continue south will pass through Bengbu, Chuzhou and other places, and then arrive at Nanjing. Zhao Baotian was bent on rushing to Nanjing as soon as possible, and Jin Dabiao and the others were also anxious to end this errand because they had seized a large amount of floating wealth from the bandits' lair in Niutoushan, so almost no one in the entire convoy objected to the matter of burying their heads in the road.

The convoy rushed to Zaozhuang, the time was already dark and about to get dark, according to the practice of the previous days, it was time to find a place to stop and rest, but Zhao Baotian had to rush overnight, because Xuzhou and Zaozhuang were only dozens of kilometers away. "Lao Jin, Brother Zhuo, it's not that I'm unreasonable, it's not just my Zhao family who took refuge in Cangzhou from the south, there are several households in this Zaozhuang that are from our Cangzhou." Afraid that Zhuo Fei and Jin Dabiao would disagree with his proposal to travel overnight, Zhao Baotian was almost pleading when he talked to the two.

"The housekeeper was sent by me to find an inn, but he met the Ran family who originally sold leather in Cangzhou, and the housekeeper inquired carefully with them to find out that they also left Cangzhou and wanted to go to Nanjing, but when they walked to this Zaozhuang, they caught up with the national army recruitment. Almost all the men of the Ran family were dragged to the boot camp, and the commander of the conscription saw that only the female dependents were left in the Ran family, so Kai En released the three youngest children of the Ran family. When Zhao Baotian said this, his voice was already very low, for fear of being heard by other people.

"Although our Zhao family has dozens of people, it looks like a flourishing family, but in this third generation, there are only two hairy boys who have just become married, if they are forcibly arrested by the national army, then my Zhao family will be finished." Zhao Baotian's face was full of urgency, and while explaining the inside story to Zhuo Fei and Jin Dabiao, he instructed the housekeeper to call the housekeepers to pack up their things and prepare to hurry at night.

Except for a few units affiliated with the state government, most of the troops at all levels have the phenomenon of empty salaries, and once the troops are faced with war, the commanders of the armed forces at all levels, who have no soldiers available, can only temporarily recruit strong men to replenish the troops. When a large number of Nationalist troops were dispatched to Shanghai to help in the war, in order to make up for the lack of troops in the North China Theater, it was imperative for the Nationalist troops stationed in North China to temporarily replenish their troops.

The Zhao family has been businessmen for generations, and they dare not go against the government and the army, and when they learned that the villagers who had fled Cangzhou before were arrested by the national army in Zaozhuang, Zhao Baotian, who was timid and afraid, now had only one thought, that is, to go at night and rush to Nanjing earlier. "I don't care, if Master Zhao doesn't think it's troublesome to walk at night, my brothers and I will definitely escort your family to Nanjing." Jin Dabiao is a trustworthy person, and when he saw that Zhao Baotian was in a hurry to leave, he didn't have the words to agree.

Jin Dabiao did not object to rushing overnight, and Zhuo Fei naturally objected, so the Zhao family's convoy did not stop in Zaozhuang at all, but took advantage of the night to leave Zaozhuang directly and go straight to Xuzhou. From Cangzhou to Nanjing, the hard work on the road is naturally indispensable, Jin Dabiao and they are used to walking the rivers and lakes are better, but the people of the Zhao family are already tired, in the early morning, Zhuo Fei, who was sleeping in a daze, was woken up by Zhuo Yan hard, and when Zhuo Fei opened his eyes, he just saw a group of birds in the woods on the side of the road. A noise came into his ears, and Zhuo Fei got out of the car in a daze, as before, "Bang!" A gunshot made Zhuo Fei, who was stretching out his hand to rub his eyes, suddenly bounce up like a conditioned reflex, completely ignoring the pain in his arm, he picked up a shell gun and pulled Zhuo Yan to jump off the roadbed.

"What's going on?" Zhuo Fei came out from under the roadbed to look, and Hansen, who was also awakened by the gunshot, also leaned down and slid down the roadbed, just lying next to Zhuo Fei. Zhuo Fei looked ahead and found that there were soldiers and refugees in front of the boss in a circle, and two crying people were kneeling on the ground desperately shaking an old man covered in blood and crying. After making sure that it was not a bandit robbing the road, Zhuo Fei came up from under the roadbed, comforted Zhao Baotian a little, and followed Jin Dabiao to the people who blocked the way.

A well-spoken brother under Jin Dabiao inquired for a while, and then he turned around and reported to Jin Dabiao the reason for the investigation, daring to feel that these soldiers who blocked the way were not routs or deserters, but set up checkpoints here to check refugees in accordance with military orders. "Boss, I see that these Qiu Ba are not very easy to speak, they must say that the one who was shot is a spy from Little Japan, and they have already caught several people."

In the past, when the army set up a card, Jin Dabiao's usual method was to use money to open the way, and now with the Zhao family as the backing, he discussed with Zhao Baotian for a while, and Jin Dabiao took the 30 yuan of ocean given by the Zhao family and the two brothers to negotiate with those soldiers. 30 oceans is not a small amount of money, although the soldiers of the national army at this checkpoint can seem to have more than a dozen, but they can always get more than one ocean per person, which is almost half a month's salary.

Zhuo Fei didn't plan to be this rafter, but he was engrossed in Hansen teaching Zhuo Yan to disassemble and maintain the barge gun according to the cart, but the corner of Zhuo Fei's eyes was obviously looking at Jin Dabiao. Sure enough, knowing that this convoy of dozens of big cars wanted to buy a road to Xuzhou with money, the officer in charge of the checkpoint here took the ocean handed by Jin Dabiao and did not speak, but just looked at the Zhao family's convoy from a distance.

"Go and tell Master Zhao, if there is a change for a while, don't care about anything, I just go and just drive straight forward, no matter what you hear, don't stop." Zhuo Fei felt that there might be an abnormality, so he whispered to the housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion and explained in a low voice, he and a few Zhao Mansion family members had already faintly lined up in front of the convoy in an arrow formation, once Jin Dabiao was abnormal, Zhuo Fei would not hesitate to take the Zhao family's family team to rush through the military checkpoint and forcibly escort the convoy away.

Out of confidence in Zhuo Fei, Zhao Baotian tried his best to restrain his family and ordered the family to temporarily obey Zhuo Fei's command. "Damn, this is too bullying, I actually have to hand over a piece of ocean to each of us to pass, and said that we have to hand over the guns to them." Jin Dabiao, who came back reflexively, was full of indignation, and Zhuo Fei had already heard the conditions offered by the other party from Jin Dabiao's words.

Not to mention that Jin Dabiao will not agree, even if he is Zhuo Fei, I am afraid that he will not agree to the conditions put forward by those national troops on the checkpoint. If you just spend money to buy the road, it's nothing, but if you have to hand over the weapons to the other party for free, this is unacceptable to Zhuo Fei. "Boss, don't worry, I'll go over and take a look." When the arrangement was made, Hansen stood behind Zhuo Fei and learned that Jin Dabiao had touched a nail, so he volunteered to go over and negotiate with the national army at the checkpoint.

Foreigners are accustomed to flaunting their military might in China, and in a sense, it is okay to say that foreigners have certain privileges in China. Hansen is a Chinese expert, not only fluent in Chinese, but also has a certain understanding of Chinese temperament and ways of doing things. Hansen volunteered to negotiate, and Zhuo Fei was happy to see that the matter could be easily resolved, after all, it was not a good idea to be an enemy of the army.

It was not only Zhuo Fei who was stopped in front of the checkpoint, when Jin Dabiao was blocked back, several big cars came behind the Zhao family's convoy, looking at the posture, it should also be a rich man who fled the war and took refuge in the south. "Boss Jin, tell your brothers to be vigilant, I see that the situation is not quite right." Zhuo Fei looked around at the refugees who were blocked out of the checkpoint, and suddenly turned around and whispered a few words to Jin Dabiao.

"What do you call a sir?" Before Hansen returned, Zhuo Fei had already walked over to the checkpoint alone, and took out a cigarette and handed it to a second lieutenant officer standing in front of the rejection of the horse. Glancing at Zhuo Fei, the second lieutenant officer took the cigarette handed by Zhuo Fei nonchalantly, "Our host just took his family to Nanjing to visit relatives, and the family is all in the car, I don't think there should be any Japanese spies who will be so stupid, and when they come out to inquire about the situation, they also take a family with them." ”

Zhuo Fei's words made the second lieutenant officer laugh, and before Zhuo Fei could react, he saw that the second lieutenant officer bent his fingers, and the cigarette that the other party had smoked half of it had already flown towards Zhuo Fei's face. Subconsciously twisted his face and flashed, and the cigarette with the fire head flew past Zhuo Fei's face, and Zhuo Fei, who secretly screamed in his heart, took a step back after avoiding the cigarette butt, but the second lieutenant officer who popped out the cigarette butt did not continue to force over.

Knowing that Zhuo Fei was being tricked by the other party, he was somewhat embarrassed, but in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhuo Fei continued, "Sir, what do you want, you might as well just say it." I heard that you are screening Japanese spies among the refugees, so I said, if I help you catch a few spies, can you let us go? ”

Zhuo Fei's words did not make the second lieutenant officer's eyes brighten, but his face changed greatly, and he didn't talk to Zhuo Fei at all, so he pulled out a pistol from his waist and pressed it against Zhuo Fei's chest. "Boy, who the hell are you?" The fierce-looking officer asked Zhuo Fei with a pair of eyes, and several national soldiers on his side also surrounded him with rifles.