Chapter Fifty-Seven: The troops are strengthened and skillfully enter the city

On the road to the west outside the village of Morikura.

Standing alone in the middle of the road, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it, then looked warily at the west side of the road, hooked his right index finger and put it in his mouth, blew hard, and whistled twice. A moment later, two whistles were also echoed not far to the west. A group of men and horses hurried over in two columns.

Fang Jiren shouted to the cornfields on both sides: "It's all right, comrades, come out." It was Captain Zhou and Captain Yao who came, and everyone hurried to clean up the battlefield. ”

Zhou Qiwei and Yao Jian walked over briskly towards Fang Jiren. Fang Jiren strode forward, exchanged military salutes with Zhou Qiwei and Yao Jian, shook hands tightly, and greeted him warmly.

Fang Jiren said happily: "Captain Zhou, Captain Yao, you have worked hard, you haven't encountered any trouble along the way, right?" Hey? Why are so many people here? ”

Zhou Qiwei: "Commander, I didn't encounter any trouble, and the journey was smooth." ”

Yao Jian: "Commander Wang, that's the case, after we broke up, we found someone very smoothly according to the address and house number on your letter, they read your letter, and found a lot of people to help me and Captain Zhou find some soldiers and wounded soldiers of the supplementary regiment, as well as the soldiers of our national army. According to the prior arrangement in the commander's letter, the seriously wounded who had difficulty moving remained in the village to continue to recuperate, and the soldiers and lightly wounded heard that we were a special column of the Eighth Route Army Supplementary Regiment, and they all resolutely and voluntarily joined to continue to fight devils and avenge their comrades-in-arms and fellow villagers. Now there are a total of 56 players in the second and third teams. ”

Fang Jiren asked suspiciously: "Are you soldiers of the national army reliable?" Do you understand their origins and experiences? ”

Zhou Qiwei: "Commander, rest assured, they are all reliable. They turned out to be my soldiers, I know very well, they are all children of poor families, and those who can't survive in the Northeast and escape from the desert to serve as soldiers have a deep hatred and hatred, and they are very reliable. Not to mention the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army"

Yao Jian: "Commander, you just had a fight with the devil, what's going on?" ”

Fang Jiren said lightly: "Oh, we don't know where a dozen devils came from, let alone where they are going and what they are doing. We're all gone. ”

Fang Lusheng walked over and reported excitedly: "Commander, the battlefield has been cleaned up." Hey, you can get a lot of good things in this battle, six horses, six devils' command knives, two machine guns, a dozen rifles, food and ammunition, and a mortar. Commander, I've got to get a team of mortars. ”

Zhou Qiwei and Yao Jian took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with Fang Lusheng.

Fang Jiren: "The three captains are listening, we will immediately go back to the village to rest for a day, and set off tomorrow night for a new mission." Alright, let's go assemble our teams. ”

The county seat of Lin'an County. Changgui drove the carriage and walked on the streets of the county seat.

Changgui: "Young Master, do you want to buy anything?" Why don't you hurry home and rest. If there's anything missing, I'll buy it for you later. This time, the third master must be in a hurry at home. ”

Ding Ruxuan looked at the things in the car: "Enough, don't buy it." Brother Dafa, I'll have a good drink with you when I get home. This roast chicken and sauced beef are made by a century-old brand, which is very authentic. I haven't seen a star running around for so many days, and I'm hungry. ”

Gao Da said disdainfully: "Hmph, I can't afford it, you can enjoy it yourself."

Ding Ruxuan: "Hey, you really don't know how to enjoy, drinking is also a great pleasure in life." ”

Gao Dafa said disdainfully: "Hmph! You have enjoyed it, but do you know how many poor people still have nothing to eat? ”

The housekeeper Fusheng hurriedly walked over, stopped the carriage and said, "Young master, you can come back, the third master is dying in a hurry." The front yard, the middle yard and the east yard of our house were forcibly occupied by the Japanese, and they used them as headquarters. The biggest devil in the official is called Nakagawa, and he brought a lot of devil soldiers. Our family can only live in the west courtyard and the backyard, and we are only allowed to go through the back door, and we are not allowed to enter or exit at the front door. Master, what can I do about this? Think of an idea. ”

Ding Ruxuan was secretly taken aback when he heard this, but his face was very calm, without a trace of panic and fear. After thinking for a while, he said in a steady tone: "Fusheng, you go back first and tell the third master that I'm back." I'll go to Huikai Nakagawa first, and then I'll go home. ”

Fusheng said in horror: "You can't go. Master, you can't send yourself to the wolf's den. This is a lot of suspense, the devil can do everything, no, no. ”

Ding Ruxuan smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Fusheng, it's not so scary, I've already met with Zhongchuan, he won't treat me like this." It's okay, you can go back quickly. ”

Fusheng shook his head and left. Gao Dafa picked up his baggage and got up, wanting to jump out of the carriage.

Changgui stopped: "Brother Dafa, sit down and don't move." Without us, you'll have to be caught by the detectives in the county for less than an hour. Follow us honestly, and I promise you'll be fine. ”

Gao Dafa: "Alas, resign yourself to fate, I want to see what you can do to me?" ”

Ding Ruxuan instructed: "Changgui, let's go." When you get to the door, don't panic, just like you usually go home, don't talk to the two of you, look at me. ”

On the highway outside the county seat of Lin'an County. Ding Wensheng drove the dung truck to the south gate of the county seat.

Suddenly, a man stood up from the ditch, walked onto the highway and stopped the dung truck with open arms, and shouted: "Stop, stop!" ”

Ding Wensheng, who was sitting in the car with squinted eyes, was frightened, looked at the people in the dark in horror, and reached out to pull the reins in a trembling manner.

"Phew, phew." Ding Wensheng grabbed the reins and asked angrily, "Hey, what are you going to do?" ”

The man who stopped the car in a coarse cloth suit said kindly: "Dad, it's me." ”

Ding Wensheng was surprised and delighted: "Niuzi, it's you." You stinky boy, get off your dad and jump up, come up and go home with your dad. It's been more than a year, where have you been? ”

Ding Tieniu climbed into the dung truck and sat down and said, "I have been following our team to fight devils in this area, and I always want to come back to see you, but I can't find time." ”

"Drive." Ding Wensheng looked at his son Ding Tieniu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, kindly and happily: "Oh. My right eye was always jumping a while ago, you didn't hurt anything, did you? No sickness, no disaster, right? ”

"Dad, your old man is worried about me, a little minor injury has been healed a long time ago, and it won't get in the way. Dad, you're still tough old, aren't you? I'm not at home, so you have to take care of yourself. ”

"Haha, my body is tough. Niuzi, you are a person who does big things, do it well, don't be distracted and worry about your father, when you run out of little Japanese devils, you will go home to marry a daughter-in-law, and have a bunch of children to serve me, and just give me a pension and send me to the end. ”

Ding Tieniu readily agreed: "Okay." Dad, I promise you. No, it's time for you to hold a grandson at your age. ”

Along the way, the father and son chatted happily, and unconsciously approached the south gate of the county seat.

"Phew, phew." Ding Wensheng grabbed the reins and jumped off the dung cart and said, "Niuzi, come down quickly." With that, he pulled out a square plank more than a foot wide and square from the lower left side of the front end of the wooden carriage, revealing a spacious dark compartment. Then he said to Ding Tieniu, "Come, Niuzi, go in quickly and hide." ”

Ding Tieniu jumped off the dung truck and asked puzzledly: "Dad, what are you doing here?" ”

Ding Wensheng whispered: "Niuzi, you don't know, the devils and the detective team have been very strict recently, and if there is a slightest suspicion, they will be arrested and sent to the gendarmerie, and if they don't die, they will have to be peeled off." I know you've got something important to do when you come back this time, and you can't afford to miss a bit. Hurry up and hide in. ”

"Hey, Dad, you can really do it, it's much easier to get in and out of the city gate with some things, and the devil won't think of it even if he wants to break his head." After speaking, he got into the dark room.

Ding Wensheng plugged in the baffle, sat on the dung truck, and leaned his back against the baffle. He picked up the whip, patted the big black horse's buttocks, and said, "Go, old fellow." ”

When they came to the city gate, several Japanese soldiers standing guard saw Ding Wensheng coming over with a dung truck, and immediately covered his nose and mouth while waving his hand backwards.

A puppet soldier stood a few meters away with a rifle on his back and said loudly: "The old man is back?" Ouch hey, it stinks, it stinks! Hurry up, hurry up, go away! Let's go home and rest. ”

Ding Wensheng: "It's squad leader Liang, on duty?" Do you stink? Then you just eat and don't pull. ”

Liang squad leader: "Hey, old man, are you choking me with words?" Wouldn't it be more convenient not to eat and pull that? You're blind with me, so go home and rest, old man. ”

Ding Tieniu, who was hiding in the dark compartment of the dung truck, couldn't help but be surprised when he heard someone call his father an old man, and he was puzzled, could it be him? Maybe it's just a coincidence.