The south gate of Taihe County, wharf. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to save the lives of more than 300 brothers and more than 200 wounded robes behind him, the battalion commander of the Yunnan army, who escaped death, finally made up his mind and strode towards the city gate, shouting "Come to negotiate, don't shoot" as he walked, and then walked to more than ten meters in front of the city gate under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes outside the city, raised his head, looked at the panicked familiar officers and county government officials at the head of the city and shouted:

"Don't shoot! The commander of the communist army said that as long as they handed over 500,000 oceans, 5,000 catties of salt and 1,000,000 catties of grain, they would collect their troops and return to the camp, and they would never again invade Taihe County! ”

"Brothers, County Magistrate Li, and Director Zhou, you hurry up and discuss, the chief of the Communist Party will only give you half an hour, if you don't agree to them, they will shell the whole city and launch a strong attack after half an hour!"

The officers and county magistrates and officials of the baggage company at the head of the city were all dumbfounded, and the battalion commander of the Yunnan army, who was deeply afraid of being rejected, shouted again and repeated what he had just said, and after shouting three times in a row, someone finally answered loudly at the head of the city.

More than 300 prisoners of the Yunnan army and more than 200 wounded soldiers of the Yunnan army finally stopped their restlessness and waited anxiously under the pressure of more than 500 soldiers of the instructor.

Zheng Yi, Wang Huchen, Li Lianshan and others, who were standing behind the bunkers on the edge of the dock, put down their binoculars one after another and talked in a low voice amid the shouts of the city and the city.

"Aren't our conditions a little too high?" Li Lianshan asked.

Wang Huchen replied confidently: "It's not high at all, I think it's just right, if 500,000 yuan is not enough, you can use gold bars and grain to make up for it." ”

Li Lianshan was happy: "Listening to your tone, it seems that the enemy in the city has agreed." ”

Zheng Yi and the staff officers around him couldn't help but burst into laughter, and Wang Huchen, who was not smiling, also leaned forward and leaned back with laughter.

After Zheng Yi finished laughing, he said with great emotion: "The Confucian culture pursued by our China was beneficial to the country and the nation at the beginning, but after the emergence of science in the Southern Song Dynasty, it began to go to extremes, self-castration, and gradually became the most bloodless and backbone culture, and the fall of the Ming Dynasty is a typical example." ”

"Under the humiliation of the European and American powers and the Oriental Xiaoben, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which continued to cede land and pay reparations, carried forward this Confucian culture, thus creating a cowardly character of the Chinese people to protect their lives wisely, to calm down things, to turn big things into small things, and to turn small things into nothing."

"But as long as there is a bite to eat, they can still survive in the world, and the people of the country often swallow their anger and bear it silently, especially the landlords and rich gentry class, as long as they are not forced to go bankrupt, no matter how much humiliation they can bear, at most they let out a long sigh afterwards, and throw down a sentence of 'spending money to eliminate disasters' and it will be over."

The brothers could no longer laugh.

Wang Huchen and Li Lianshan slowly looked at the city head that was still negotiating, and the joy and pride in their eyes had been replaced by deep worry.

A few minutes later, the battalion commander of the Yunnan army, who was carrying the white flag, trotted all the way back, came to Zheng Yi and reported breathlessly: "The county magistrate Li and the representatives of the squires agreed, asking them to give them two hours to raise the ocean and transport grain, but they asked the commander to withdraw the troops west of the city first to show their sincerity. ”

Zheng Yi nodded: "Yes, I will immediately order the troops in the west of the city to retreat to the river bank to stand by, you can also draw out a hundred brothers and send more than two hundred wounded into the city for resettlement, and the remaining two hundred or so still need to stay." ”

"Thank you, Chief Zheng, for your care! Thank you! ”

The excited battalion commander of the Yunnan army saluted Zheng Yi, threw away the white flag, turned around and ran to the more than 300 comrades in front, Li Lianshan immediately led a platoon of guards to follow, and issued a series of orders to the more than 500 soldiers guarding the prisoners.

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Half an hour later, two battalions of a regiment that had been evacuated to the west of the city returned to the fishing dock to assemble and stand by.

The heavy south city gate slowly opened, and more than 100 officers and soldiers of the Yunnan Army's baggage company, who had been prepared for a long time, led more than 300 security regiments to rush out and carry more than 200 wounded people outside the city gate into the city.

After the battalion commander of the Dian Army, who was quite righteous, sent his wounded comrades into the city, he returned to the middle of the more than 200 comrades waiting in line on the dock, and tore his hoarse voice under hundreds of guns, constantly comforting the anxious and panicked brothers.

The million catties of grain loaded in sacks and baskets were the first to be sent out of the city gate, and the grain delivery procession on the shoulders extended from the city gate to the wharf, which seemed to be a huge number, but in fact it was only 50 tons, and it took less than an hour to load one of the troop carriers, and the remaining space could also hold 5,000 catties of salt, as well as 3,200 horses of various fabrics that deducted from the 150,000 oceans.

In the process, none of the Taihe county magistrates and officials dared to go out of the city to negotiate, but dozens of merchants who hid in the city saw that the instructor did not break open the doors of their shops, let alone any destruction and looting, and they all had the courage to go out of the city to watch.

The residents of the city who had escaped the war were not willing to be lonely, and they poured out of their homes to climb the city walls, look at the battle flags flying high on the wharf, and point fingers at the instructors and officers who did not invade people's houses and shops, and did not beat and curse prisoners and coolies.

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At six o'clock in the afternoon, the flotilla full of food and instructors and officers and men slowly left the dock and sailed upstream, under the traction of a small steamer, and the last released 200 or so Yunnan prisoners were still standing on the dock, silently watching the opponent who was gradually moving away with their battalion commanders, with mixed feelings in their hearts.

The soldiers and civilians crowded on the city finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Many people could not help but be surprised and hotly heated when they heard the news that the communist officers and soldiers had taken out real money and silver to buy goods from the merchants above the wharf in a friendly manner.

More than a dozen local landlords and wealthy businessmen who spent money to eliminate the disaster were relieved, and several of them were highly respected old gentlemen, as if they had beaten the communist army back.

Standing on the deck of a transport ship behind the small steamer, Zheng Yi silently stared at the hazy distant mountains at the end of the river, repeatedly thinking about the coercive actions carried out under the city of Taihe and the political impact that would be difficult to judge.

In the view of Zheng Yi and Chief of Staff Wang Huchen, the greatest victory is to surrender without a fight, and it is not difficult to defeat Taihe County, which is empty of troops, with the number and strength of the soldiers participating in the war, but once a strong attack is launched, the sacrifice paid by no one can be estimated, and if the greatest goal can be achieved through coercion, there is no need to pay the blood and lives of the soldiers.

However, such an approach entails a great deal of political risk.

Our party is still very young, the road it is constantly exploring has never been trodden, mistakes of one kind or another are inevitable on the tortuous road of progress, radical, adventurous, and ultra-left ideas are still the mainstream of the armed struggle at present, and it is very likely that the higher party organizations will not be able to understand it, and in particular, the use of prisoners as a means of coercion in the form of a humanoid shield is very likely to leave unforeseen hidden dangers.

"What do you think?"

Wang Huchen came to Zheng Yi's side and handed Zheng Yi the lit cigarette.

Zheng Yi took the cigarette and took two puffs, but when he spit out the smoke, he was blown into his throat by the cold river wind, choking him and coughing again and again, and it took a while to return to normal:

"I'm thinking about what to do next, whether to continue the attack on the enemy of Wan'an, or to return to Heungguk to rest for a while......"

"At least for half a month, the enemy will not be able to launch an attack on Xingguo and Ningdu, and the only thing that needs to be closely monitored is the independent brigade of the Dian Army stranded in Wan'an City, this army is not easy to fight!"

Wang Huchen nodded: "In this case, let's rest for a while, the soldiers are tired from fighting for more than half a month....... Does today's battle require a report from the Former Enemy Committee? ”

Zheng Yi nodded: "It must be reported, otherwise it is likely to be criticized in the future." ”

Wang Huchen immediately understood: "Yes! That's what I'm most afraid of, but fortunately, we disabled two regiments of the Ji'an Garrison Division, which relieved the pressure on Commissar Mao to lead his troops to attack Yongxin. ”

Zheng Yi looked at the gradually darkening mountains in the west: "I don't know where Commissar Mao is now......

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