Chapter Twenty-Three: Misfortune

Liu Yishou thought in his heart, how could such a good martial arts master be arrested by the national army? Besides, there has never been a national army in this area before? How could it have appeared just when they returned?

In fact, that group of bandits was the same group of bandits who were defeated by the Red Army the day before yesterday at Jinzhu Mountain, more than 100 kilometers away from their Wufeng Village, and were led by a bandit company commander named Niu Mang.

Originally, he was preparing to take the Red Party base with their regimental seat, but he didn't expect that the sneak attack would not succeed and he would be surrounded by others. The scene was terrible, and a whole group just said that it was gone.

He was the commander of the guard company at the regimental headquarters, and he was always by the side of the regimental seat. But as soon as the battle began, the officers and men of the national army were beaten to the ground by the Red Army that attacked from all sides. He also knows that it is said that illness is like a thread, and defeat is like a mountain; Seeing that the general trend has gone, how can those who are soldiers still have the heart to fight! Seeing that the Red Army was surrounding them from all directions, even Zhang Tuanzuo, whom he had always admired, was already weak.

At that time, he wanted to desperately protect his regiment and withdraw it. However, despite the desperate resistance of his guard company, he rushed left and right to protect their Zhang Tuanza, and used up all the bullets in the chamber of the gun, but when they were about to jump out of the encirclement, their Tuanza was hit by a stray bullet in the center of the eyebrows, and they lost their lives on the spot. By the time they fled with their regimental seats, they had lost their armor, but because of the hot weather, their regimental seats had already emitted a foul smell of corpses. The soldiers refused to carry it, and the officials were already dead, and they had no backbone, so where were they willing to carry a burden that was already stinking.

Niu Mang also had no idea, in such a depressed situation, he was not so much a guard company commander, in fact, he was not even as good as a soldier. Because he was in charge of protecting the group, and now that the group is gone, he is nothing. And those who are soldiers can still follow themselves, which is already good. How dare he force them to do anything?

He glanced at the dozen or so people who followed him closely, in order to escape for their lives, they had already lost everything they could, and the wounded couldn't get out, only the guns in each of their hands made Niu Mang's heart feel reconfident. He thought that in these chaotic years, as long as he had a gun in his hand, he could sleep soundly. Although the general trend is gone now, as long as someone has a gun, he will be the commander who everyone wants. So he agreed to the brothers' request and dug a pit on the spot to bury their throne.

He asked his bandits to go to the homes of nearby villagers to grab food and fill their stomachs. He announced to the brethren that from now on he would be the head of the regiment; All the brothers who followed him from birth to death were promoted to three levels in a row, so that the big-headed soldiers under his command finally passed their official addiction.

But after all, they are still only bare-bones commanders, so those who are soldiers are all holding on to the head of the Niu regiment to recruit troops quickly, so that they can be a veritable commander themselves.

As a result, there was a farce of the national army setting up private checkpoints at the junction of the two provinces.

Don't say it, in that era of war and chaos, there are really many wonders in the world.

This morning, Niu Mang asked the bandits under him to tidy up their clothes, put on their "Hanyang-made" without bullets, and wrote a sign of "Jiangnan Province Special Checkpoint" to hang there. Moreover, they have just opened, and they have really come across a big deal. Because, the ancient post road crossing where they are located is the only way for the two provinces to pass. The bandits are waiting in that net, and the bears are like big bait fish, and they are walking step by step towards the abyss from which they will never recover.

At first, Li Biao and the others didn't pay much attention to it. I thought that on the last stage of danger home, as long as the bandits no longer embarrassed themselves, they could go all the way home to sell salt. And even if he encounters bandits this time, the leading Liu Yishou will not be able to do anything to himself. Last time, Brother Biao stopped and clicked at the right time, and he still understood it, and this person still called him a brother. He knew that bandits were also trustworthy, so he wasn't worried about that. However, the bandits did not appear, but a checkpoint of the national army appeared in front of them. When he discussed with the bear shopkeeper that he would be in trouble if he met the soldiers, and was about to make a detour, the soldiers had already met him and pulled the bolt of the gun with a "bang".

I can't dodge, so I can only rush forward, and the bear shopkeeper is smiling at those who are soldiers. And the sophisticated bear shopkeeper also stuffed two white silver dollars into the hand of the bandit chief who was the leader, and he also attached it to Niu Mang's ear and begged to raise his noble hand.

However, he accepted the silver, but he still pretended to rummage through Li Biao's basket. It was completely businesslike, and he was still thinking in his heart: This is the fat meat sent to his mouth, and the dozen or so young offspring can just replenish themselves with soldiers; As for those goods, no matter what kind of goods they are, they can be used as military supplies.

At this time, Niu Mang casually found a reason, saying that they were carrying prohibited materials from the government, which was illegal, and they had to go to prison, and if they didn't get it, they would have to eat guns. Now that they have all the stolen goods, if they can cooperate well with them to return to the county office, when they investigate clearly, they may be able to live.

The poor brothers have no kung fu, but they have been taught by their grandfather since they were children, and they must never go against the government, and they must believe in the government, because they still have the king's law above them.

The bear shopkeeper originally thought that he could buy them off with money, but these soldiers were also ruthless, not only did they accept his money, but they even had to leave behind the people and goods, which made this old Jianghu who had traveled south and north for most of his life for a while. But he clearly saw that those soldiers did not seriously inspect their goods at all, and they were completely routine and pretentious.

But why do they want to detain their own group of shoulder customers, they must think that they have just taken too little filial piety. I hate that after I finish the goods, I only have such a little money left, and I am still preparing food for two days away from home. What can I do? For a moment, the bear shopkeeper fell into deep distress.

In the eyes of Li Di and his brothers, they thought that Xu Wei, who was a soldier, found out that he was smuggling sea salt. They know that this is a great sin, and they also lament in their hearts that their lives are miserable, and where do they still have the heart to resist.

Li Biao and his party were detained by the reckless bandits in a daze, and they were obediently wrapped around their arms with a thick hemp rope. He had to carry his own burden and walk in the direction of Ganzhou City under the escort of the bandits......