Seeing that the brigade commanders had changed their clothes and fled, the people below were even more panicked, and the chief of staff had to restrain everyone. More than 2,000 panicked people were in a company platoon. Slowly tidy up the team. The officers and men were reluctant but had no choice.

One by one, the officers and men unloaded their weapons and walked to the center of the field. Pile up all kinds of weapons haphazardly. In the blink of an eye, more than 20 light and heavy machine guns and more than 1,000 rifles and pistols were piled up like a hill in the middle of the clearing. The officers and men of the artillery company who had lost their artillery carried out dozens of boxes of ammunition that had not yet been opened, and walked to the middle to stack them neatly.

The soldiers who had lost their weapons sat together in twos and threes, sighing, and listening to each other's movements.

Li Ling and everyone in the ** battalion were overjoyed, and it sounded a little unbelievable that they could capture the soldiers of one brigade of the other party without much effort. But the ** battalion did it. The number of the other party was too large, and according to Li Ling's request, the old and frail soldiers were released on the spot, and the strong ones were added to the ** battalion.

Xu Haichun was dressed in soldier's clothes, he was not young, and he belonged to the dismissed personnel. Looking at the opposing soldiers who were being shot one by one, I had mixed feelings in my heart. With a long sigh, he was about to leave this place of right and wrong, but he found more than a thousand stupid villagers carrying a large flag from all directions, dressed in the clothes of the revolutionary army, mixed among the soldiers. However, the revolutionary army that actually carried guns was only a few hundred people.

The officers and soldiers of the Qilu coalition army also understood, and they couldn't raise their heads in shame, Xu Haichun was dumbfounded, and the other party used some mountain village peasants to fill them with suspicious soldiers, just to lure them to lay down their arms and surrender. And he actually did not distinguish between truth and falsehood, and the strength of a brigade was surrendered to a battalion in this way. The sluggishness is followed by chagrin and resentment. Xu Haichun let out a loud shout and slapped a plane tree hard, knocking down countless fallen leaves.

"The old thing doesn't let you go, he actually started a temper here, and Lao Tzu kicked you to death." Seeing this, a ruffian of the Northern Expeditionary Army stepped forward and kicked him. I also secretly told this veteran in my heart that he really ate the courage of an ambitious leopard, and so far he can't recognize the situation.

Although he was a defeated general, the brigade commander was kicked and beaten by a small soldier, and the subordinates he had promoted before quit and protected the lord one after another.

There was an abnormality among the dismissed prisoners, and the instructor Liao Yaohui hurriedly arrived, and when he saw that this old man was extraordinary, he suspected that he was reborn, and in exchange for the captured soldiers to ask, he learned that this person was actually Xu Haichun, the famous brigade commander of the Qilu Coalition Army.

Li Ling, who was cleaning up his weapons, was overjoyed when he heard that he had caught a big fish at the level of a general. Order the subordinates to be strictly guarded, and there can be no slackness, this person is the capital to go to the military department to ask for merit and reward.

After the cleanup, there were 230 pistols of various types, more than 1,200 Mauser rifles, 28 light and heavy machine guns, and countless ammunition. There was also an artillery battery captured, eight cannons and ammunition that had not yet been opened.

"Rich." Li Ling muttered to himself, how much money can be obtained if so many weapons are sold. It's just a casual idea to sell it, but if it is equipped with its own ** battalion, I believe that the entire Chinese regimental and battalion-level units have no opponents. What's more important is to capture so many veterans, these soldiers came out of the rain of bullets, each one is more valuable than the other, but they only encountered the Northern Expedition army, and they were deceived by design to become prisoners.

"Yikes!" A soldier exclaimed in surprise when cleaning a carriage, and there was a random "bang" sound, and countless oceans slipped from the carriage, and the soldiers' eyes were red, and finally someone couldn't help it and grabbed it frantically.

"Bang", Li Ling fired a shot at the sky to control everyone, and he was really afraid that it would be a big deal if these oceans caused a mutiny. Hurriedly let the carriage take to a clearing to clean up. An hour later, it was concluded that the carriage had totaled more than 119,000 pieces in the ocean.

After inquiry, these money were the salaries of Xu Haichun's army, and Zhang Zongchang rewarded everyone in order to boost morale. It's just that before it can be distributed, it was seized with money and a car.

Looking at the ocean like a small hill, Li Ling was sluggish again, today's harvest is simply too great. Qin Mushu, Liao Yaohui, and the platoon leaders of his subordinates were all surprised. The Northern Expeditionary Army fought extremely hard, and captured so many trophies at one time, unless it was a big battle with the army as a unit, and their small ** battalion could actually have such a harvest, everyone was in a happy mood, and they were ashamed to start doubting Li Ling.

Gathering the captives together, Li Ling opened his voice and said: "All the brothers fell into the hands of our ** battalion today, although we are not victorious, but the soldiers are not tired of deceit, and your fate is not good." Now there are two ways for you to choose, if you want to go home, I will issue severance pay, and give you a certificate that you can safely pass through the blockade of my Northern Expeditionary Army. But if there are any brothers who want to be soldiers in our army, I will pay you double your previous salary, and your treatment will be carried out according to the ** battalion. Now give you ten minutes to think, and after ten minutes you will make a decision on whether to leave or stay. ”

Liao Yaohui said with some dissatisfaction: "The battalion commander can directly absorb and integrate, even if we let these people go, they will definitely be forced to be strengthened by other troops." Instead, we lost money to make wedding dresses for others. ”

Li Ling smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, listen to what they say, I believe that most of the soldiers will choose to stay." ”

Sure enough, ten minutes later, most of these soldiers chose to stay and continue to serve as soldiers, after all, double the salary was very tempting. They all know that even if they are not pulled on the road, they will be destitute when they return home, so it is better to earn some money here.

For those who chose to leave, Li Ling was not stingy, and each of them was given some severance pay and sent them away. And there are 1,400 soldiers left, so many people make Li Ling feel a big headache, if it is expanded to the **battalion, the **battalion will not be able to eat at all. In desperation, he had to hand it over to the military department at his disposal.

Li Ling ordered people to pay double the military salary on the spot. And for the ** battalion today's special meritorious service, it is a big reward, a reward of forty oceans per person. You must know that a soldier is paid less than ten oceans a month. If you save money, forty oceans is enough for a family to live for a year. For those village names who also risked their lives to pretend to be soldiers, Li Ling distributed a few pieces of ocean to each person.

Looking at the smiling soldiers, Li Ling felt a sense of accomplishment. He has always been stingy with the brothers who follow him, and he was going to give out 100 oceans per person, but Liao Yaohui stopped him, for fear that these soldiers would take so many oceans to desert and backfire.

With a glance, he saw a soldier with a childish face, indifferent to the forty oceans, just doing it on the ground, Li Ling was very curious, and walked up to ask.

The soldier was a little shy, and when he saw the battalion commander coming, he quickly got up and saluted. Li Ling patted him on the shoulder and motioned to sit down and speak, and asked, "Are you not satisfied with the reward?" ”

"No, no." The soldier blushed and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I am very grateful for the battalion commander's reward, I have never seen such a generous commander in my three years as a soldier." ”

"Oh? Then what's so unhappy about your sad face? Let's talk about it. ”

The soldier's eyes turned red and he said, "Report to the battalion commander, my name is Zhao Xiaobei, and my hometown is in Tai'an County." Originally, three years ago, I was ordered by both parents to hold a wedding with my fiancée, but Zhang Datu, a tyrant in Tai'an, took a fancy to my fiancée, forcibly occupied her body, and coerced the two families to break the marriage contract. I filed a complaint with the county government, and the county magistrate and Zhang Datu breathed out of one nostril and severely injured me. I couldn't swallow it, so I wanted to find a chance to get revenge. When Zhang Datu heard the news, he sent someone to set fire to my house at night. My parents and a young sister have no bones left from the fire. ”

Zhao Xiaobei burst into tears, his face distorted with anger, and continued through gritted teeth: "I escaped the catastrophe without being at home that day. I know that Zhang Datu is a well-known hooligan in the Tai'an area. I can't fight him myself. I'm going to join the army, and I'm going to be a soldier and an officer. My greatest wish in life is to slaughter this beast with my own hands and avenge my parents, sister, and fiancée. Seeing that Tai'an has been breached, I still don't have the ability to take revenge. ”

As if he suddenly remembered something, he suddenly knelt on the ground, holding forty oceans in his hands, and said: "I don't want this money, and I beg the battalion commander to let me take one of my platoon brothers to take revenge." If I can slaughter Zhang Datu, I will be a cow and a horse in my life, and I will repay the camp leader's kindness. ”

When Li Ling heard what happened to him, he was also angry, not to mention his own brothers, so he asked, "Are you a platoon commander now?" ”

"No, I made meritorious service in combat and became a deputy platoon commander, and I can't be promoted again. The platoon commander is a Whampoa graduate sent down from above. ”

Li Ling nodded and said, "Okay, Zhao Xiaobei." When you return to Tai'an City, I will give you a company of troops to avenge you, and if you can't get revenge, don't come to see me. ”

Zhao Xiaobei was overjoyed when he heard this, lying on the ground and kowtowing repeatedly, and the blood on his forehead was unaware. He was grateful to the battalion commander for his kindness, and after enduring years of hatred, he could finally break out.

After counting the spoils of war and preparing to pull out the camp and go back, the intelligence officers came to report that a force of several thousand people had rushed over from Tai'an City, under the banner of the 3rd Army of the 2nd Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Li Ling's heart suddenly changed, these people were Feng Yuxiang's troops, and it was estimated that they were here to chase the captives and clear the supplies. Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army has always been poor, don't clash because of the greed for these trophies.

Originally, a few hundred people in the ** battalion of more than 1,000 captives couldn't eat, Li Ling gritted his teeth and said: "All the people who have been captured will be disorganized." Each class of the battalion doubles the number of people. Bring in the captured artillerymen for me, and aim the guns at the way they came. If you dare to approach within 200 meters, regardless of the enemy and friendly troops, you will bomb me. ”

Qin Mushu, Liao Yaohui and others looked at each other, and in the war, there was a situation where friendly troops fought each other because of the competition for spoils, but it was still unbelievable to blatantly bombard the other party with cannons. But such a big cake is placed here, if the other party really grabs it regardless of the situation, it will be unbearable for anyone. Be prepared, since Li Ling ordered it, abide by it