April 28, 1928, 1 o'clock. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Duan Xuan, commander of the 3rd Regiment of the Instructor, led more than 1,500 officers and men of the regiment to escort more than 2,200 Ruijin young men who had been forcibly recruited, transported 260 wagons and ox carts of various captured materials, and returned to the position of the 2nd Regiment of Sanjiangkou in the east of the capital, along with 166 wounded and sick and 400 captured horses and pack horses.

Zheng Yi, Wang Huchen, Zhao Jingting and other chief officers were already waiting on the position of the Second Regiment.

Duan Xuan saw Zheng Yi from a distance, hurriedly jumped off the war horse, strode to the division commander, solemnly saluted, and was about to briefly report the situation of the three regiments, Zheng Yi had already stretched out his hand, shook him tightly, and then said: "Your three regiments fought well in this battle, and played the majesty of our instructor's main regiment, now you are not busy resting, first cooperate with the second regiment, and take down Yu Du." ”

"Yes!"

Duan Xuan saluted again, and then left accompanied by Chief of Staff Wang Huchen, and quickly reorganized the team, except for two companies from each battalion of the Third Regiment to take care of the supplies, the rest of the troops took over the positions of the Second Regiment one after another.

Zhao Jingting had no worries, and immediately led two battalions of officers and soldiers under his command to quickly cross the river and rush to the front line of Phoenix Ridge on the south bank, completely blocking the southern escape of the enemy in the city.

Just when the defenders in the capital were panicking and quarrelling, the Ruijin county magistrate, the director of the county party department, the two "highly respected" Ruijin Haoqiang family patriarchs, and the five officers of the captured security regiment crossed the Meijiang River in a small boat holding white flags together, and soon boarded the big wharf on the west bank where the defenders in the city were forced to abandon.

The officers and soldiers of the defenders on the east gate were stunned, and the head of the Ruijin security regiment, who was standing beside the magistrate of Ningdu, soon saw the person who was coming, and shouted in horror:

"Oh my God! Ruijin has fallen, and the people in front are our county magistrate of Ruijin, as well as Director Liao of the Party Department and the patriarchs of several major clans...... It's not good, the battalion commander He and several company commanders who stayed behind also came, and they must have been wiped out and captured by the communist army...... Oops, what the hell is going on!? When did the communist army attack Ruijin City? ”

There was a sudden chaos on the tower of the city gate, and the already contradictory three-way armed forces were terrified.

The deputy head of the security regiment from Huichang once again asked the whole army to break through from the north gate, which was not blocked by the communist army.

The head of the Yudu Security Corps, who was like ashes, looked up to the sky and sighed, after the dozens of officers of the security regiment who came quickly figured out the current situation, they no longer had any courage to hold on and wait for help.

"That's it, open the gates of the city, and welcome the people in...... The communist army is still on the other side, and it won't be able to fight for a while, so move faster! What to do next, also ask about the situation before making a decision! ”

The county magistrate Yudu, who was the first to react, showed his proper leadership ability, and the head of the local security regiment who heard the order hurriedly ran down the city tower.

The head of the Ruijin Security Corps also took more than a dozen brothers from the headquarters down the city wall, went to open the city gate together, and brought his parents and brothers in.

The city gate was half opened, and more than a dozen people were crowded into the city, and the heavy city gate was immediately closed again.

Hurriedly walked out of the dark city gate and came to the capital city, the five released officers of the security corps immediately broke down and wept bitterly, and the desolate crying soon infected the county magistrate of Ruijin and the two representatives of the patriarch who were full of blisters and exhausted.

The sound of more than a dozen big men crying at the same time, echoing through the city gate hole, spread far and wide, and half of the capital could be heard.

The county magistrate Yudu and a group of gentry and virtuous people rushed one after another, and the county magistrate Ruijin, who was crying a lot, remembered what was going on, took out the letter handed to him by Zheng Yi from his arms, and choked in pain while wiping his tears with a wet and sticky handkerchief.

The county magistrate Yudu, who was over forty years old and looked dignified, immediately took out his letterhead and opened it to read, and several security chiefs on the side hurriedly came up to watch it curiously.

After reading a total of 85 words in just four conditions, everyone, including the county magistrate Yudu, was like falling into an ice cave, their hearts were like ashes, and they no longer had the determination and courage to resist to the end.

"This ...... After we hand over our weapons and equipment, will the communist army be the talker? The burly head of the Yudu Security Corps asked in a panic.

No one around dared to answer.

In the end, He Shaohua, the young deputy county magistrate of Ruijin County, told his personal experience: "After the communist army entered Ruijin City, they did not kill innocents indiscriminately, but all the twelve wealthy gentry were raided and ......."

"The only fierce resistance is the power of the Yin family in the west of Ruijin City, everyone must know very well, but it was wiped out by the communist army in a blink of an eye!"

"Most of the more than 50 masters of the rivers and lakes who have been raised by the Yin family for many years have been torn apart by artillery fire, and the remaining ten or so family members have all been beaten into a sieve, and the Yin family has more than 120 people, young and old, and now there are only three granddaughters who can just walk, alas!"

"What about the others? What about our families? Say it quickly! The tall and thin deputy head of the Ruijin Security Corps had red eyes and asked loudly.

The trembling old patriarch of the Huang family stepped forward and said with relief: "Don't worry, there are no dead people in the other families, but the family wealth is almost all gone......"

"The family members above the company commander of your security regiment were all searched out by the communist army, and now they are all escorted to the other side, and the patriarchs of the eight wealthy families have also been escorted over."

"Fortunately, the communist army was quite kind along the way, our people were not beaten, and we were specially allowed to ride in the carriage with our old bones, female dependents, and children, but the county magistrate He and Director Li were bitter, and under the guns of the communist army, they walked for a day and a night in a row, alas!"

"Now I don't know what to say, after living for sixty years, it's the first time I've encountered such a disaster, it's really miserable!"

Several officers of the security corps turned pale and their eyes glazed over.

The five officers of the Ruijin Security Corps, who had cried enough, came up one after another to tell their personal experiences, while the Ruijin county magistrate and the party director were invited aside by the Ningdu county magistrate, and the four of them got together and discussed nervously.

Zheng Yi's conditions were not harsh, except for the unconditional surrender of arms and the replenishment of 500,000 yuan for the opening fee, the other three were all promises made to the defenders, officials, landlords, wealthy merchants and people in the city.

As long as the first two conditions are met, the communist army said that it will never harm anyone, will not fight local tyrants to divide the land, and will not raid homes and plunder, and will be stationed for three days at most, and immediately leave.

Such conditions still aroused the dissatisfaction of a small number of people, clamoring for "bloody battle to the end" and "all to the end"!

However, the county magistrate and a group of wealthy gentry did not have the courage to fight to the end, and the time given by the communist army was three o'clock this afternoon, and if the time was exceeded, it would be regarded as stubborn resistance, and the communist army would forcibly attack the city from three directions after three o'clock. (To be continued.) )