Chapter Ninety-Six: Persistence and Patience

After getting rid of the biggest traitor in the three districts, Li Ziyuan led a small team to cooperate with Liu Yan to burn the seized opium. In addition to leaving part of the remaining cash for activity funds, the rest of the ocean and gold bars are all buried. When the Japanese army sweeps over, these funds will have to be handed over.

In fact, opium, which is now called black gold, is also a relatively hard fund for military guerrilla warfare in the current era when 'smuggling' opium is basically semi-legal and semi-open. Even to a certain extent, it is more popular with the people than the current depreciating fiat currency, as well as the Jin banknotes, which are basically no longer recognized.

In many places, no one collects banknotes, fiat money, and counterfeit money, but opium is definitely easy to use. To a certain extent, it is basically not inferior to gold. Mobile troops, especially when operating in enemy-occupied areas, are definitely a kind of hard currency that can completely replace currency.

But Li Ziyuan, who knew that this thing was harmful, still insisted on destroying all the seized opium mixed with quicklime and poured water on it. No matter how strong these opiums are compared to those counterfeit coins, for Li Ziyuan, this kind of harmful thing is resolutely not allowed to flow out. Although according to Liu Yanlai's estimate, the value of the two large bags of opium is not inferior to the hundreds of thousands of legal currency.

As for the man who designed the entire layout of the mansion for Gou Deyao, and set the appearance of this large courtyard like an ordinary rich manor, in fact, there were many masters with an internal defense system, Li Ziyuan did not find it. Because this house has been built for several years, the designers may not be able to find it even if they want to find it.

After executing Gou Deyao, Li Ziyuan 'took time' to ask Liu Lianming what was going on with the blood on his body. Liu Lianming's answer made Li Ziyuan sweat all over his body. Liu Lianming almost missed the deal with those villagers in the front yard. If it weren't for a soldier who was quick and raised a cluster grenade to shock those villagers, Liu Lianming would have suffered a loss.

The speed of these veterans' reactions was beyond Liu Lianming's expectations. When Liu Lianming rushed into the house where they lived, the two guys' guns were already loaded. And the blood on Liu Lianming's body was dyed when dealing with the sentry outside the 'gate'.

In order to deal with these two veteran oil-born sentry posts, Liu Lianming took a lot of effort to eliminate these two guys with a knife when he wanted to avoid shooting as much as possible. In Liu Lianming's words, if these people are 'getted' into their own troops, they will be the absolute backbone of the battle.

It's just that most of these people have done a lot of evil with Gou Deyao, and not killing them is not enough to make the people angry. And even if he didn't kill these people, Li Ziyuan didn't dare to keep these people in the team. It is not uncommon for a grain of rat droppings to spoil a pot of soup in the military. Li Ziyuan didn't want his troops to be damaged by these guys who were full of poisons.

got rid of Gou Deyao, Wang Tieshi's henchman who was 'inserted' in the store, and Liu Yanlai's next work was much easier. Although Thunder's methods cannot be said to be immediate, they also have enough deterrent power against those Han 'traitors'. With the cooperation of Li Ziyuan and Liu Yanlai, one singing red face and the other singing white face, they pulled and beat the Han 'traitors' in the entire three districts.

For those who did not repent and worked for the Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate to execute. For those who are willing to serve, some deterrence measures are adopted, as well as some benefits. That is, after a slap, after giving a sweet date.

Those traitors all know the background of this Gou Deyao, and they clearly know who is standing behind this guy. At the moment, even Gou Deyao has been eliminated, let alone their small fish and shrimp. Gou Deyao's death also brought a great deterrent to those traitors. Li Ziyuan executed Gou Deyao, although he has not fundamentally changed the situation of the three districts, but Liu Yanlai's next step will be much better

While cooperating with Liu Yanlai to eliminate the 'traitors' in the entire western part of Hubei, Li Ziyuan gave up the idea of attacking Hubei County. Instead, he set his sights on the supply line of the Japanese puppet army from the county seat to Pingchuan, which is currently sweeping the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei. The truck fleet coming and going on this highway is undoubtedly a piece of 'fat' and 'meat' in Li Ziyuan's eyes.

Although this highway is located between the county seat and the stronghold of the Japanese puppet army in Pingchuan, Li Ziyuan, who is a little itchy in his heart, still decided to find fighters to fight on this road. After observing the Japanese escort convoy, although the escorts were all Japanese troops, they did not have many troops, and generally only had a rifle group and a 'strong' crooked machine gun.

At present, the green gauze tents on both sides of the highway have been raised, which can provide a good hiding place for themselves. As long as you fight fast and collect quickly, it is estimated that there is no big problem. Although he is not capable of dealing with the Japanese puppet army brigade at the moment, it is still not much of a problem to deal with a rifle group.

For Li Ziyuan, slapping the table all day long to scare those traitors made him very unhappy. In addition, if the Japanese puppet army is not fought in a battle, it will hurt the Japanese puppet army, and the Japanese puppet army, which is still concentrated in the eastern mountains, will not be withdrawn. To turn the tiger away from the mountain, you have to come up with a sufficient amount of 'lure' bait.

When scaring those 'traitors', they are basically a small team that comes forward. The Japanese puppet spy agency in Hubei County, even if the sense of smell is sensitive, it is estimated that it only judges that it is no more than a small force that jumps out of the mountain. The deterrent effect of the Japanese puppet army in Hubei is still not enough.

After discovering that the road from Hubei County to Pingchuan was the main supply line for the Japanese puppet army entering the mountains this time, Li Ziyuan planned to fight a battle here. It's just that Li Ziyuan didn't expect that he was the 'lure' bait to divert the tiger away from the mountain, but what he caught was a big fish.

On the third day of going out of the mountain, Li Ziyuan led his troops to use the cover of the green gauze tent to quickly arrive at the first time he came here to reconnoitre, and chose to set up ambushes on both sides of the battlefield. He chose a hidden location and set it up less than thirty meters from the road. And the battlefield he chose was more than 20 kilometers away from Pingchuan Town.

Li Ziyuan chose this location, and his determination was to fight quickly and withdraw quickly. The means of darkness under the lamp can be used once, but not a second time. When entering the ambush site, Li Ziyuan refused to allow Qian Defu to ambush his troops in an abandoned bunker group 200 meters away from the road, but placed the ambush site 30 meters away from the road.

This time, I made up my mind to make a red Li Ziyuan, and this time I was very patient. After leading the troops into the ambush position in the early morning, they patiently waited for the Japanese army. But on the first day, Li Ziyuan's hopes were disappointed, and nothing passed on the highway except for a few large cars.

Although the ambush on the first day failed, Li Ziyuan was not in a hurry, but continued to wait patiently. The number of Japanese puppet troops on this highway has not increased significantly. explained that he had solved Gou Deyao, and he had not attracted enough attention from the Japanese puppet army. The Japanese puppet army did not return from the eastern mountains in large numbers, and it should be said that there were still fighters.

Li Ziyuan didn't believe it, so many Japanese puppet troops continued to sweep in the eastern mountains. With the products in the eastern mountainous areas, even if they can grab food, it is difficult to meet the needs of so many Japanese puppet troops. And those 'jade' rice, millet, and sorghum, the little devils don't eat them at all.

Even if he jumped out of the outside line to fight, there was no movement on the part of the divisional armed forces. As a result, the Japanese puppet army did not have a major battle against the eastern mountainous areas this time, and there was no need to replenish ammunition and ammunition. But what about the rest of the supplies? He insisted that the Japanese puppet army would definitely send a convoy, but the timing was uncertain. Li Ziyuan believes that only patience can catch a big fish.

Regarding Li Ziyuan's stubbornness, Liu Yanlai, who came with him, was also speechless. This guy is determined to fight this battle under the nose of this enemy, and he can't persuade himself. In fact, Liu Yanlai wanted to suggest Li Ziyuan to target the Baijin railway line. It was not recommended that he fight this ambush at such a close distance from Hubei County and the stronghold of Pingchuan.

But Li Ziyuan insisted on setting up an ambush, and carefully surveyed the entire battlefield environment, even figured out the retreat route, and made a plan for the reinforcement of the Japanese army. Li Ziyuan thought about it in such detail, and Liu Lianming couldn't insist on anything. After all, Li Ziyuan, as the military commander, has the final say in how the battle is fought.

However, looking at the dozens of recruits he mobilized for Li Ziyuan, holding guns and at a loss behind him, Liu Yanlai was a little skeptical about how much the so-called educational significance of this battle in Li Ziyuan's mouth would be in the end. Solving Gou Deyao did cause a big sensation in the entire three districts.

After getting rid of his minions, the mood of the people in the three districts was very high. In the past few days, Liu Yan has taken advantage of the population advantage of the three districts to help Li Ziyuan mobilize more than 30 recruits, which can be said to have exceeded Li Ziyuan's original requirements. But Li Ziyuan directly brought these thirty-odd recruits who had not received any training directly to the battlefield, which Liu Yanlai thought was very inappropriate.

It's one thing to be a soldier to resist Japan and defend the country, and everyone can say it. However, the sight of blood and flesh flying on the battlefield is not necessarily acceptable to many people. Although Li Ziyuan only meant to let these recruits who had not fired more than 30 shots, just watch the battle from the sidelines, and receive what he called the so-called shock education, and did not let these recruits really participate in the war directly.

But Liu Yanlai didn't dare to guarantee how many of these recruits would be left after this battle. It's not because of casualties and attrition, but because I was scared and became a deserter. After all, these recruits have not received any political education, let alone military training. As soon as this shot goes off, it is difficult for the 'legs' and stomach to ensure that the tendons do not turn. Especially when death is in front of you, few people can really be fearless.

But Li Ziyuan insisted on bringing all these recruits with him, and the reason was very clear. Li Ziyuan believes that under the situation of time constraints, and even surprise training cannot be taken, letting these recruits watch the battle will at least strengthen their psychological quality. Not to mention that the desertion may not really happen, but even if half of the people are left, it can be said that this method is successful.

Moreover, Li Ziyuan is going to leave only twenty of these recruits, and the remaining ten or so people are preparing for their three districts and re-establishing the district team. He can help with weapons and equipment, but whether these people can really stand the test depends on themselves.

Sometimes pulling out seedlings to help them grow is not a good thing, but when the situation is serious, it can only be the only option. The sooner they mature, the better it will be for the work of the three districts in the future. Li Ziyuan's attitude on these two matters is very resolute, and there is no room for discussion at all, and Liu Yanlai can only reserve his opinion.