Chapter 14: Blending
Luquan, an ancient county town with a long history, the county seat is not particularly large, but although the sparrow is small, it is also a very lively and prosperous county town in the past, and the people live happily and leisurely.
It's just that there have been frequent wars in recent years, and many places in China have been greatly impacted, and Luquan is no exception.
In this situation, what a "miserable" situation.
The reason for this is that the upper beam is not correct.
The county magistrate Yang Maozhang had a bad heart, colluded with the inferior gentry Liu Er, exploited usury, fished the people, and no one to deal with these aphids during the war, which led to their unscrupulousness more and more, and the people were in dire straits.
Today, as usual, Yang Maozhang walked around, showing off his martial arts to "shock" the people in the county town in order to declare his absolute status, and then he lay in his exquisite hut smoking a big cigarette, squinting his eyes and resting.
As for the official affairs in the county, except for the tribute of his subordinates, most of them are unwilling to pay attention, and in his opinion, those things can't get into his eyes at all.
Although there are still people who really can't get by, they come here to complain to him, saying that the squires such as Liu Er have bullied them again, but because of his attitude of ignoring them, there are many fewer of them.
"Hmph, old man Liu, that's my cash cow, you stupid people, aren't you suing him for me, this is stupid." Secretly proud in his heart, Yang Maozhang took another smugly puff, and then spit out a smoke ring, floating in the air.
Although the war is terrible, but for Yang Maozhang, it is a great good thing, if there will never be anyone to take care of his one-third of an acre of land, so that he can always sit on the mountain high emperor far away from the dream of the emperor of the soil, he would rather this war continue forever.
But the reality always seems to be crueler than the ideal, just when Yang Maozhang was secretly thinking about it, a subordinate ran in.
"What's the flustered about? What kind of system", Yang Maozhang frowned, although he is an extremely greedy and cunning person in his heart, but he has a very good face, otherwise he would not have used Second Master Liu to collect money.
"Old, sir, the national army is here." On weekdays, Yang Maozhang always likes others to call him master, and prefers to live in the hierarchical feudal society of the past, so his subordinates never call him the county magistrate.
Hearing this, Yang Maozhang sat up suddenly, really afraid of something, "How many people are coming?" ”
"There are only 100 people, but they said that there is a large army behind them, and they will come soon, and tell us to be ready to meet them, and they are going to repair and repair here."
"Welcome, I really regard myself as the number one person" Yang Maozhang, who has always been pampered, was a little displeased, but he did not dare to delay, this is exactly the attitude of the old Jiang army in his impression, arrogant and unreasonable.
What's more, his official position is still in Chiang Kai-shek's hands, if he doesn't entertain himself well, these guys go back to his own book, then his good life is afraid to come to an end.
Immediately reluctant but not daring to slack off, Yang Maozhang led a dozen or so soldiers towards the gate of the county seat, as for the doubt about the identity of this army, this thought almost never appeared in his heart.
Although the news is closed, he also knows that the communists are being chased by Chiang Kai-shek and running around, and he is afraid that he will not even be able to cross the Jinsha River, where will it be possible to reach his territory.
"Oh, the governors have come from afar to be welcome, but I hope to forgive the sin, the contemptible Yang Maozhang, Lu persuaded the county magistrate, be polite." Before he got closer, Yang Maozhang greeted him loudly, he had already made up his mind, no matter what, even if it was bloody, he would send this group of plague gods away, as a veteran of officialdom, for the subtlety of these polite words, Yang Maozhang played perfectly.
"County Magistrate Yang is polite, under the command of Chairman Jiang, the commander of the first battalion of the 6th Regiment of the 53rd Division is being ordered to come here to block the communist bandits who may have escaped, and the large army will arrive soon, I hope that County Magistrate Yang can arrange for the brothers to rest and rest, and look at Haihan where they are disturbed!"
"Well, it's easy to say, please come in!" Looking at the young national army company commander in front of him who was quite polite, Yang Maozhang breathed a sigh of relief, he had a deep understanding of the arrogance of the national army, but he didn't expect that this group of national troops was quite qualified, and it was like a spring breeze when he spoke, so he didn't dare to delay immediately, and hurriedly welcomed this group of great gods in.
"County Magistrate Yang, there are a few things I want to ask you", the commander of the national army company sat down, his expression was calm, as if this was his own residence, and leisurely took a sip of the tea that Yang Maozhang asked someone to hand over.
"I wonder what advice the chief has?" I have the so-called military power in the world, although Yang Maozhang is not under the company commander of the national army in terms of position, but he can't bear to be a person in the army, and he can be an officer in the national army, most of them are guys with backgrounds, and then look at the young and excessive youth of this company commander, and he has a more confident momentum, I am afraid that the background is very deep, where does he dare to have half a point of official position.
Seeing Yang Maozhang's respectful attitude, the company commander of the national army seemed to be very satisfied, nodded, and then asked: "Since this is the case, then I will be blunt, may I ask the county magistrate Yang how the strength of the army is in this persuasion?" And what about armament? ”
"Huh?" Yang Maozhang was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled, but saw that the other party explained again: "Don't misunderstand County Magistrate Yang, Chairman Jiang has an order, after we arrive at the place, we must combine with the local forces, unite against the enemy, and don't give the bandits a chance to take advantage of. ”
"Oh, I see, it's easy to say", Yang Maozhang was relieved, thought about it, and said: "I persuade more than 200 combat soldiers to scatter around the county to maintain law and order, as for weapons and equipment!" There were 352 guns, and the soldiers only used 200 guns to enforce the law on weekdays, and 10 boxes of grenades, about 500 pieces, all of which were placed in the arsenal next to my house. ”
"Of course, if the army needs it, I can ask the people to borrow some for the time being." Yang Maozhang thought about it and went down again.
"Enough is enough, there is no need to work hard and lose money." The company commander of the national army smiled, and then said: "The time is estimated to be almost up, County Magistrate Yang, then please call your brothers together, and the regiment will give you a cooperation task when the regiment arrives in a while." ”
"Okay."
……
Outside the city, an army came from afar, with the same pace and high morale, and gradually approached the open gate of Luquan.
At the gate of Luquan City, Yang Maozhang, the county magistrate, led a group of two hundred or so lazy people who were in sharp contrast to the arriving army, standing in the wind, ready to meet the large army of the national army.
The two hundred or so people are naturally soldiers in Luquanli, but they don't have the spirit that a soldier should have, they are very lazy, and they are even a little staggered, holding up their unbolted rifles on the ground, silently looking at the approaching army.
“……”
The company commander of the national army was talking with Yang Maozhang, and outside Yang Maozhang's sight, the 100 people brought by the company commander of the national army moved quietly, and gradually surrounded all the soldiers including Yang Maozhang.
Until.
"Master, that's not quite right!"
"What's wrong, Ah Cheng?" Yang Maozhang raised his head from the conversation with the company commander of the national army, looked at his housekeeper and said suspiciously.
"This doesn't seem to be the uniform of the national army! I've seen the uniforms of the national army, and it's very different from this! ”
"Ahh Yang Maozhang, as the head of a county, although he has been pampered for many years, has polished too much of his sharpness, but he is not slow to react, he looked up suddenly, and was instantly shocked.
"Bad ......"
"Hey, County Magistrate Yang, I advise you not to act rashly", the black hole of the national army company commander didn't know when it hit the back of Yang Maozhang's head, and at the same time, the one hundred and ten people of the national army all raised their cold rifles in their hands and directly aimed at the Luquan soldiers who were in the encirclement.
Cold sweat, dripping down, Yang Maozhang was still a step late after all, feeling the cold pistol in the back of his head, County Magistrate Yang shivered a little, he loved money, but he spared his life even more.
Looking at the soldiers who had just come back to their senses from their faces, only a few people raised their guns in their hands, Yang Maozhang sighed, it was all over.
"Everyone put down their guns, don't resist! Who are you? Unwillingly, Yang Maozhang asked.
"Lao Tzu is the Third Regiment of the Ninth Division of the Red Army, which is what you call the communist bandit troops", the rough voice sounded, and the large army in Yang Maozhang's eyes finally arrived, and a man of medium stature, but very well-proportioned, walked over.
The "regiment commander" national army company commander saluted.
"Han Xin, you kid can do it, do a good job!" The person who came here was naturally Lin Dashan, the commander of the third regiment, who smiled and hammered the company commander of the national army, no, it should be said that it was Han Xin's punch in disguise.
And their conversation naturally fell into Yang Maozhang's ears word for word, Yang Maozhang's eyes darkened, and he finally despaired, "Oh my God!" Sure enough, it's a gangster, it's over......"
Needless to say, the third regiment successfully took over Lu Quan, and completed the task bloodlessly.
And the other two counties also went very smoothly, occupied by the three regiments and other horses, so far the three regiments were under the three cities, and it only took a few hours before and after, which was really a huge victory.