Just when Yang Jing opened up a base area in Laibang Township in the northwest of Yuexi, built an arsenal, and made progress in full swing.

A Japanese agent, accompanied by a puppet army officer, entered the county seat of Yuexi in disguise and connected with Wu Botao and his adjutant.

In order to hide people's eyes and ears, he escaped the surveillance of the agents of the military command and the central command.

Wu Botao and the adjutant made an appointment with the two sides at an inconspicuous restaurant in the city on the pretext of eating.

After the meeting, Wu Botao's adjutant and the puppet army officer took cover on the street outside.

Wu Botao and the disguised Japanese agent hid in the private room of the restaurant, and quietly began to talk about the conditions in the name of eating.

After some bargaining, in the end, the Japanese exchanged 100,000 silver dollars plus the position of division commander for Wu Botao's defection and surrender.

At that time, Wang Jingwei, a big traitor, had already hooked up with the Japanese and was planning to establish a puppet national government.

Therefore, the division commander promised by the Japanese to Wu Botao was not a blank promise, but intended to integrate them into the puppet National Revolutionary Army led by the Wang puppet regime.

In order to show his sincerity, the Japanese agent with a pair of round-framed glasses paid Wu Botao 50,000 silver dollars in advance.

It was agreed that another 50,000 silver dollars would be paid after the matter was completed.

After agreeing with Wu Botao on the time to turn against the water, the Japanese agent slowly took out a cashier's check with a face value of 50,000 silver dollars from his pocket, patted it in front of Wu Botao, and said with a smile: "Wu Sang, this is 50,000 silver dollars, please take a look." ”

Wu Botao picked up the cashier's check and looked at it, and after confirming the authenticity, a chrysanthemum-like smile suddenly bloomed on his face, "Yamamoto Taijun, you are so polite, since this is the case, then I might as well be respectful!" ”

After saying that, he couldn't wait to stuff the cashier's note into his pocket, for fear that the Japanese agent on the other side would snatch it back.

The Japanese agent picked up the full wine glass in front of him and said, "Wu Sang, I wish us a happy cooperation!" ”

Wu Botao also raised his glass: "Happy cooperation!" ”

After a few more simple polite words, Wu Botao got up and left the restaurant and returned to his headquarters with his adjutant.

He is now appointed as the Yuexi Anti-Japanese Salvation Nation. The major general and brigade commander of the army was responsible for commanding all the regular armies and guerrillas in the entire Yuexi region.

However, this major general and brigade commander seems to have a lot of power, but in fact he doesn't have much oil and water.

After all, Yuexi is a mountainous area, with poor resources and a small population.

and the rich Jiangnan area, there is no comparison at all.

The most important thing is that Wu Botao also feels that he is from a miscellaneous background, not a Whampoa family, and it is almost difficult to compete for those generals of the Central Army, like them, who are promoted like a plane.

Major General Brigade Commander, maybe it's already over.

In addition, the successive defeats of the national army made him see no hope.

Therefore, as soon as the Japanese found him and promised him a high-ranking official, this guy chose to betray without hesitation.

Not long after Wu Botao returned to the headquarters, an officer in charge of reconnaissance and intelligence hurriedly rode a horse and ran into the headquarters compound.

Then he immediately turned over and dismounted, entered the headquarters and found him, and couldn't wait to salute and report: "Brigade seat, in the area of Bangxiang, a large number of anti-Japanese armed forces of unknown origin suddenly appeared!" ”

"What?" was sitting on a chair drinking tea, fantasizing about a rich life after the reversal, and Wu Botao, who had a bright future, was shocked when he heard this, and a sip of tea squirted out directly.

It's all over the face.

"Bang!"

Wu Botao put the teacup on the table next to him, stood up suddenly, and asked loudly, "What did you say?" ”

"Brigade seat, I found an anti-Japanese armed force in Bangxiang Township, with more than 2,000 troops, and its movements, purposes, and identities are unknown!" Again, the scout officer reported in detail.

Wu Botao looked vigilant, gritted his back molars and asked: "2,000 anti-Japanese forces? Where did they pop out of now? ”

The scout said: "I don't know much about this humble position, but judging from the map, it is very likely that they came from Huoshan or Yingshan." ”

"Huoshan or Yingshan?" Wu Botao fell into a deep groan.

The adjutant on the side said: "Brigade seat, could this be the New Fourth Army of the Communist Party?" In this area, apart from us, it seems that there are only them. ”

"Well, I don't rule it out."

Thinking that it might be the New Fourth Army, Wu Botao relaxed slightly, but he still said to the scout officer with some suspicion and worry: "Is there any abnormality in other directions?" ”

The scout officer replied with some nervousness: "Well, it's not clear yet." ”

Wu Botao reprimanded angrily: "Then what are you doing in a daze, hurry up and send someone to reconnoitre!" ”

"Yes! Travel! The scout hurriedly agreed, then turned around and ran out in a panic.

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Originally, Wu Botao thought that the news that he was going to commit treason to the enemy had leaked, and the more than 2,000 nationalist governments had transferred troops to encircle and suppress him. After all, he is still very clear about the strength of the military and the central command.

It wasn't until he sent someone to reconnoiter and found that there was no abnormality in other directions except for Laibang Township, that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the sudden appearance of Yang Jing and the Tiger Ben Tuan still made him a little uncomfortable, like a fish in his throat.

After all, I did something wrong, and I was afraid that the ghost would knock on the door.

After thinking about it, Wu Botao still decided to report this abnormal situation to the Japanese and ask the Japanese army for assistance.

As a result, the Japanese army and Wu Botao's department quietly sent spies to carry out in-depth reconnaissance of Laibang Township in case of accidents.

At that time, after Yang Jing led his troops to open up a base in the mountainous area of Bangxiang Township, he was also paying attention to the situation of the garrison in the county.

However, Wu Botao's unit was originally a friendly army, and there were no other changes, so Yang Jing continued to train the troops without incident.

After all, as long as they don't come to trouble themselves and don't defect to the enemy, Yang Jing will not take the initiative to make enemies with them.

Even if the other party is in trouble, if necessary, he will send troops to relieve the siege.

On this day, Chen Shuisheng followed Yang Jing's order and continued to go out to conduct reconnaissance.

Who knows, before he came out of the border of Bang Township, he met two suspicious men on the way.

Chen Shuisheng immediately said to the 1st platoon commander next to him, who was also wearing civilian clothes and had a short gun pinned to his waist: "1st platoon leader, these two people are weird, immediately bring someone to stop them and interrogate them carefully!" ”

"Yes!" The commander of the 1st platoon of the reconnaissance company answered, immediately beckoned several plainclothes soldiers, and was about to go up.

Unexpectedly, the two men were also quite alert, and when they saw that the situation was wrong, they immediately ran away.

Seeing this, Chen Shuisheng immediately pulled out the gun on his waist and shouted at the 1st platoon commander: "They have a problem, catch them!" Don't let them run! ”

In fact, without Chen Shuisheng's orders, the 1st platoon commander had already taken the lead in chasing after him.

The other warriors followed closely behind and chased after the two men.

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