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Chenzhou City, which has experienced the baptism of war, is now full of desolation and silence.

The camp area of the revolutionary army's material transfer station under the Suxian Ridge is heavily guarded, and the temporarily constructed sandbag fortresses are distributed in the four corners, and the patrols on duty in shifts in squad units roam around the various areas of the camp, and the four groups of secret posts arranged outside the camp are always on high alert.

Through open and honest exchanges, Zheng Yi learned that more than 500 prisoners came from Zhao Hengti's 16th Brigade of the Hunan Army, Li Zhuozhang's New Second Brigade of the Hunan and Hubei Frontier Guards, and local militias.

Most of the new 2nd Brigade where Teng Yichun belonged was a guest army composed of officers and soldiers from Hubei Province, because they were not familiar with the terrain and environment, they were slower to escape than others, and the number of casualties and the number of captured officers and soldiers was also the largest, nearly half of the more than 500 prisoners belonged to the new 2nd Brigade of the Hunan and Hubei Border Defense Army, and Teng Yichun was the highest-ranking officer among the prisoners.

The two captured officers seemed to be impressed by Zheng Yi's honesty and impressed, and just wanted to ask how the revolutionary officers and soldiers were treated, when the communications platoon commander Chen Lizhi ran quickly: "Report to the chief, Chief Yu is in a hurry." ”

Zheng Yi took the telegram, approached the fire and read it carefully, took the folder in Chen Lizhi's hand, took out a pen, quickly wrote down the reply message, and then signed his name: "Send it out immediately, and then you and Lao Cao will go to the two captains and deputy captains of the transport team to report." ”

"Yes!"

Chen Lizhi took the folder and immediately returned to the temporary battalion headquarters in the rear.

The two captured officers were surprised, and Liu Yuren, the company commander from the 16th Brigade of the Hunan Army, asked: "Sir, has your revolutionary army's radio station been sent to the regimental level?" ”

Zheng Yi explained: "Not so fast...... Like your Hunan army, only the division level has a radio station, and my unit is quite special, not only has to communicate with the general headquarters of the revolutionary army, but also has to keep in touch with several armies on the battlefield. ”

Teng Yichun asked suspiciously: "Sir, I think that you have so many big cars, you should be a logistics baggage force, but almost all of the five hundred brothers under your command are equipped with long and short guns, and there are at least twenty light machine guns arranged around the camp, and our brigade can't catch up!" ”

"I still can't figure it out after thinking about it, I don't know what kind of unit you belong to?"

Zheng Yi laughed, and said to Teng Yichun and Liu Yuren kindly: "Lao Teng, Lao Liu, I plan to have breakfast tomorrow morning, and leave the forty or so brothers of the Chenzhou militia to help build the camp, and then select some young soldiers from your brothers, the number is not large, and those who are unwilling to do it with me will not be reluctant, and I will let you go back after picking people." ”

"I didn't come out with much cash this time, and I didn't expect our friendly army to send over your more than 500 captives, so I can only give each of the departing brothers a piece of the ocean...... But I have food here, and if you are not too tired, you will be given another ten catties of food per person. ”

"I'm sorry, that's all I can do."

Teng Yichun and Liu Yuren looked at each other, feeling a little hard to believe, but Zheng Yi's character is here, as long as he does not violate discipline, no brother is beaten or scolded, this meal at night is better than ever, even the sleeping place is put up in tents, and all the injured brothers are healed.

Such preferential treatment could never have been dreamed of, and the brothers not only calmed down, but also had all kinds of sighs, but no one dared to expect that the revolutionary army would let them go.

After weighing it for a long time, Liu Yuren always hesitated, his expression kept changing, Teng Yichun thought about it and sat close to Zheng Yi: "Sir, if I defect to you, do you want me?" ”

Zheng Yi said with a smile: "Lao Teng, you have thought about it, although Li Zhuozhang's Hunan and Hubei border guards are gone, but the main force of the Hubei army is still on both sides of the Yangtze River. ”

"Besides, you still have a father and mother in your hometown of Xiaogan, as well as a mother-in-law and three children, can you let it go? Don't look at the spicy food and spicy food now, I have a very happy life, but once I go to the battlefield, it is also a life of nine deaths! ”

Teng Yichun had nothing to say, leaned back with his hands on the ground, stared at the stars and moon on the canopy for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh of frustration.

Liu Yuren, who didn't talk much, spoke at this time: "Let Lao Teng and them, it will be difficult for more than two hundred brothers to go back, I estimate that Changsha has been beaten down by your revolutionary army at this time, and the road to the north must be occupied by several divisions of Tang Shengzhi and the Gui army who are not afraid of death, if Lao Teng and them go back, they will definitely become prisoners again." ”

"Lao Liu, you're right, just now we called from the headquarters to inform us that Changsha had been defeated by the Seventh Army of Gui Province and the Eighth Army of General Tang Shengzhi before dark...... In this battle, the two divisions of General Zhao Hengti were gone, and our seventh and eighth armies pursued the victory, and the third division of General Ye Kaixin and the first division of General He Yaozu could not withstand it and could only withdraw to Yueyang. If your Wu Peifu and Wu Marshal do not mobilize reinforcements from Hubei Province as soon as possible and move south, Yueyang will not be able to keep it, and the entire Hunan Province will be the world of our revolutionary army. ”

Zheng Yi truthfully reported the news and tactfully told Liu Yuren that it was time to make a choice.

Liu Yuren was silent for a long time, and plucked up the courage to say what he thought: "If the chief is really willing to let me go, I will lead my brothers back to their hometown in Hengzhou, disarm and return to the field!" ”

Where would Zheng Yi believe the words of this veteran soldier, but he still asked kindly: "Lao Liu, why don't you defect to General Tang Shengzhi?" If my guess is correct, he will soon become the new king of Hunan Province. ”

Liu Yuren smiled bitterly and said: "All our brothers don't have a good impression of the surname Tang, saying one thing and doing another is capricious, whether it is General Ye Kaixin, the veteran of our Hunan Army, or General He Yaozu, who led the elite first division of the whole army, they are a hundred times more real than the surname Tang." ”

Zheng Yi was quite surprised, in the past six months, his small book has recorded more than 200 generals and colonies of various armies, including Tang Shengzhi, He Jian and Liu Wendao, but he can't understand the character and experience of these people, after listening to Liu Yuren's words, he pondered for a long time and decided to help Liu Yuren:

"There is one thing Lao Liu you should know, General Ye Kaixin and General He Yaozu are both from the Old Alliance, if my speculation is correct, they will eventually give up their differences and join our National Revolutionary Army......"

"Since you don't want to defect to General Tang Shengzhi, then go to General Ye Kaixin or General He Yaozu, otherwise even if you disarm and return to the field, sooner or later you will be caught, instead of passively accepting the unknown fate, it is better to take the initiative to break a path and do what you are willing to do."

Liu Yuren and Teng Yichun were stunned when they heard this, no one had ever given them such reasonable advice, and they had never met a knowledgeable, generous and benevolent chief like Xiang Zheng Yi.

After Zheng Yi finished speaking, he looked up at the moon in the canopy, and said, "It's late at night, let's rest", then stood up and patted his ass and returned to the battalion headquarters behind.

After breakfast the next morning, the commanders of the two companies of the revolutionary army blew the assembly whistle.

Forty-six captured local militia brothers were taken to the west of the camp alone, each of them was given a shovel, and began to level the ground, and the two revolutionary army company commanders took one of their platoons to the prisoners who stood in separate lines on the left and right, and selected more than 100 young and strong prisoners and brought them to Zheng Yi at the front of the queue.

Under the worried gaze of all the captured officers and soldiers in the audience, Zheng Yi opened his voice and spoke loudly: "Brothers, I singled you out because I took a fancy to you and wanted to turn you into my soldiers, but I will never force it, if anyone is unwilling, you can go back to the back now, no one will embarrass everyone...... All right! Give everyone five minutes to think about it, and start now. ”

The surprised discussions of the captives buzzed, and most of the more than 100 captive soldiers selected looked at each other, not knowing how to choose, only a dozen clever soldiers made up their minds to change their minds, standing straight in place and motionless, eagerly looking at Zheng Yi standing majestically in front of them.

In less than two minutes, Teng Yichun and Liu Yuren ran to Zheng Yi, Teng Yichun, who was in a complicated mood, had not yet spoken, and Liu Yuren, who was thin and had a knife face, took the lead in asking: "Why doesn't Chief Zheng want me?" You don't like me, do you? ”

Zheng Yi sighed in his heart, thought about it and told his thoughts truthfully: "Lao Liu, through yesterday's contact and conversation, I know that you are a rare talent, born in a scholarly family, graduated from the Normal School, to be honest, I really want to accept you, but I can see that you are unwilling to join my team, and I feel that you can't bear my strict military discipline and training intensity, let's go back, give you a suggestion before parting, if you still want to join the army, go to General He Yaozu, maybe we can become friends next time we meet." ”

Liu Yuren was finally moved, his slender eyes gradually turned red, he took a deep breath and took a step back, stood with his chest up and his legs, respectfully saluted Zheng Yi, and turned around and walked towards his brother without turning his head when he was finished.

Teng Yichun was stunned for a moment, looked at Liu Yuren, who was hanging his head and walking away, and then turned his head to look at Zheng Yi, who sighed softly: "I...... I really want to stay. ”

Zheng Yi smiled: "Are you afraid that you won't be able to go back if I let you go?" ”

Teng Yichun's face suddenly flushed, and he nodded honestly and admitted: "I do have this idea, but I admire you as a person, and I am willing to do it with you, and my brothers are all willing, they all say that you are benevolent and righteous, sir, and you will never be able to meet a benevolent and righteous chief like you in eight lifetimes." ”

"Got your mind?" Zheng Yi asked with a smile.

Teng Yichun nodded heavily: "Never regret it!" If you regret it, you'll shoot me! ”

Zheng Yi laughed: "Okay, take your brother to the entrance of the battalion department to wait in line, I will appoint you as the captain and company commander of the fourth company of my department, the company deputy and the squad platoon leader, you recommend yourself, go!" ”

"Yes!"

Teng Yichun saluted excitedly and rushed to his group of anxious brothers.

Five minutes later, only 57 of the more than 100 soldiers who were selected were left, but Zheng Yi was very happy, and ordered Li Lianshan, the commander of the first company, to take these people to the back to change their uniforms, and ordered Cao Mancheng to assist the brothers of the third company to distribute the ocean and food to the more than 200 Hunan prisoners who were dismissed.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the dismissed captured officers and soldiers traveled north along the railway to five miles away, and two companies of the garrison battalion went to the railway station to start martial law.

Zheng Yi handed over the defense of the barracks at the material transfer station to the engineer company left behind, and led Teng Yichun's fourth company, which had changed into brand new military uniforms and had not yet been distributed, to the railway station.

Halfway through, the puzzled Teng Yichun ran to Zheng Yi's side and walked side by side: "Sir, where are we going?" ”

Zheng Yi finally told the details of the mobilization he had been ordered: "In two hours, the special train from Changsha will arrive, and after the transport brigade unloads the weapons and ammunition on the 50 trucks, it will immediately return to the headquarters in Guangzhou to transport the second batch of combat materials, and before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, we will arrive at the Changsha military station with this batch of weapons and ammunition." ”

"In the previous battle, the fourth and seventh armies consumed a lot of ammunition, and as soon as our batch of weapons and ammunition arrived, the Pingjiang Battle would start immediately, as long as Pingjiang was taken, the Yueyang defenders would have no way to respond...... If all goes well, General Tang Shengzhi's troops may be able to take Yueyang without bloodshed. ”

"How can it be so fast?" Teng Yichun was shocked.

Zheng Yi laughed: "It's so fast, otherwise I wouldn't have taken you in a hurry, you look at your soldiers yourself, and then look at my soldiers, don't you think there's a big difference?" Work hard, Lao Teng, if you can't keep up after three months, I will not hesitate to drive you away and let you go home and pick up the child, haha! ”

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