In the twenty-eighth year of the Republic of China, Qingming, Zishi.

Out of the east gate of Xuzhou City, about 100 miles to the north-east direction, there is a town named Jiajiawang. About 20 miles southeast from Jiajiawang, there is a mountain range, the legend is that the omission of the Erlang God when he drove the mountain into the sea, so it is called Erlang Mountain. This Erlang Mountain does not have the tendency of reaching the sky into the clouds, but more than 100 mountains are connected end to end, endlessly, but it is also another majestic spirit.

It is the best place for the heroes of the green forest to gather in the rivers and lakes.

For more than 100 years, the green forest bandits in the area of Erlang Mountain have risen and fallen, and there are no less than 20 families to this day. Among them, the gang with the name 'Zhongyitang' is the leader.

The head of Zhongyitang is called Ye Tufei, three years ago, he led the thirteen Arhats of Zhongyitang to the mountain to set up a flag, and in just one year, he swept the entire Erlang Mountain and rivers and lakes, and finally won the honorific title of Ye Liuye from all walks of life.

At this moment, Ye Tufei, who was respectfully known as Ye Liuye, was sitting on his wide and comfortable Taishi chair, staring at the box of gold bars in front of him, his eyes were foggy, and he seemed to be a little stupid.

The box of gold bars was presented by a Japanese man named Takeshita Root.

Takeshita Neno was the operational staff officer of the Koizumi Advance Team under the command of the Japanese ace division, the Koizumi Division, and this visit was entrusted by the captain of the advance team Koizumi Masao to persuade Ye Tufei to see the situation clearly and cooperate with the imperial army.

After offering the gold bars, Takeshita began his lobbying.

"Ye Liuye, you Chinese have a good saying, call those who know the times Junjie, despicable people think that Sixth Master, you should be the Junjie of Junjie, you must be able to distinguish the situation, the Japanese Imperial Army is invincible, Xuzhou will be the imperial army sooner or later, whether you are a friend of the imperial army or an enemy of the imperial army, this is very important for you and your Zhongyi Hall. Isn't there still a saying in China, called, called" Takeshita Gen said excitedly, forgetting the words for a while.

"Those who follow me prosper, and those who disobey me perish!" Ye Tufei slowly reminded Takeshita in time, but his eyes did not take half a millimeter off the gold bar.

"Yes, that's it. Sixth Master, you think, after the imperial army occupied Xuzhou, it needed the help of friends, and without the help of Chinese friends, it would be difficult to realize the ideal of common prosperity in Greater East Asia. At that time, you, the sixth master, and these brothers from top to bottom of the Zhongyi Hall will have the opportunity to make great achievements and become people from the upper class. "Takeshita is gushing.

Ye Tufei's eyes were still fixed on the gold-like one, and he slowly interrupted Takeshita Root and said, "You said your name is Takeshita Root?" Is it a pure Japanese? ”

"Yes, Ye Liuye, in the lower bamboo roots, absolutely pure Yamato blood." Takeshita didn't understand Ye Tufei's intentions, and his words of reply were a little hesitant.

Ye Tufei finally turned his gaze away from the box of gold bars and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Takeshita's Chinese proficiency is so good. ”

"Back to Ye Liuye, Takeshita has lived in China for eighteen years, which is longer than the time I have lived in Japan!" Takeshita Ne, when he thinks back on his life, is quite touching.

Ye Tufei leaned forward slightly, staring at Takeshita's eyes, until he stared at Takeshita and seemed to be unable to sit down, and then spoke again: "I understand what Mr. Takeshita means, and I thank Mr. Takeshita for his kindness." You're right! In the face of your machine guns and artillery, we will never be able to cope with it. ”

Takeshita Gen smiled, pushed the box of gold bars on the table in the direction of Ye Tufei, and said: "Koizumi Zhongzuo entrusted me to tell Ye Liuye that after the matter is completed, he will definitely visit Ye Liuye in person, and in the future, Ye Liuye is willing to stay in this Erlang Mountain, or abandon the mountain and enter the city, everything is up to Ye Liuye to choose." ”

Ye Tufei smiled slightly and said, "Then what if things don't work out?" ”

Takeshita was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to ask Ye Tufei the meaning of his words, but was interrupted by a rapid knock on the door.

Ye Tufei frowned, but finally allowed the person outside the door.

The brother in charge of the guard outside the door pushed the door and leaned into half of his body, and reported to Ye Tufei: "Sixth master, Boss Jin under the mountain is here again, saying that he has something important to report." ”

Ye Tufei glanced at Takeshita Root, and Takeshita Root had an unaware expression.

"Let him in!" Ye Tufei thought about it for a while, but still agreed.

Boss Jin walked into the house, saw that Takeshita was still there, hesitated for a moment, and then walked to Ye Tufei's side, leaned over and whispered in Ye Tufei's ear.

Ye Tufei listened, his eyebrows gradually frowned to the middle, and his expression gradually became serious. In the end, he said to Boss Jin helplessly: "These friends who carry guns to eat can't afford to offend, so let's invite him up." ”

After Boss Jin left, Takeshita stood up politely and said tentatively: "Ye Liuye has a distinguished guest coming, and it is inconvenient for Takeshita to stay for a long time, so I will leave!" ”

Ye Tufei sighed, shook his head, and said, "Don't you want to ask, what kind of character is this friend who came to disturb in the middle of the night?" ”

Takeshita replied awe-inspiringly: "If Ye Liuye doesn't want to say, Takeshita categorically doesn't dare to ask, if Ye Liuye is willing to tell him, Takeshita is here to listen." ”

Ye Tufei yawned and stretched, his movements were extremely exaggerated. "Boss Jin said that Zhang Luohui, the acting head of the **258 regiment, asked to see him, presumably with the same purpose as Mr. Takeshita!"

Takeshita's heart tightened, although he had expected this result, Ye Tufei's personal confession still made him nervous, he didn't know what decision Ye Tufei would make.

"Ye Liuye told him frankly, Takeshita was grateful, but he was just ......"

Ye Tufei stretched out his hand and put it on the box of gold bars, and said, "If I agree to Mr. Takeshita, I am afraid that I will be scolded by the green forest in the future, saying that I, Ye Tufei, am disloyal and unjust." If I don't agree to Mr. Takeshita, but I can't show the strength to compete with your army, I'm afraid that I will end up in a violent corpse wilderness. ”

Ye Tufei looked at Takeshita Root, then looked at the box of gold bars, sighed, and then said, "I'm also sorry for Mr. Takeshita's kindness!" ”

Takeshita Root guessed Ye Tufei's thoughts at this time, and said with a smile: "Ye Sixth Master can turn a blind eye, the matter of the imperial army borrowing Erlang Mountain has never happened, or you have never known about Sixth Master!" ”

Ye Tufei showed a knowing smile and said, "Mr. Takeshita is wise enough!" Well, I promise you, before four o'clock tomorrow afternoon, this Erlang Mountain valley passage is free and open, and no one needs to greet me. ”

After a slight pause, Ye Tufei leaned forward, leaned towards Takeshita, and said, "However, after four o'clock, everything is not to be discussed!" Mr. Takeshita, I think this is enough time for you! ”

Takeshita was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Enough, enough!" Thank you Ye Liuye for knowing the righteousness, Takeshita will leave, and I will tell His Excellency Koizumi Nakasa the good news as soon as possible. ”

Ye Tufei smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Takeshita, don't you want to see how I reply to the head of the regiment surnamed Zhang?" ”

As he was talking, Boss Jin's voice came from outside the door: "Sixth Master, Head Zhang, he's here!" ”

Ye Tufei arched his hand at Takeshita and said, "Then I will be wronged by Mr. Takeshita, please Mr. Takeshita temporarily move to the back room, and it will not be too late to leave after I finish Captain Zhang." ”

Takeshita smiled and bowed to Ye Tufei and went to the back room.

Here, Ye Tufei said loudly to the door: "Please take the head of the Zhang Tuan!" ”

Six hours ago, when the troops were just about to have dinner, Zhang Luohui was only a deputy battalion commander of the **258 regiment. After the brothers had dinner and the regiment blew the emergency assembly number, he became the commander of the 258th regiment, although the regiment commander still had the word acting before, but the badge on his shoulder was full of the rank of lieutenant colonel.

This change surprised the brothers in the regiment.

However, Zhang Luohui, who was even promoted to the third level, did not mean to be excited at all, but cried with a sad face, like a patient who had just learned that he was terminally ill.

It's no wonder that Zhang Luohui is no wonder.

Just as he was picking up the bowl and preparing to eat, the orderly of the regiment headquarters ran over to him in a panic and said, "Sir! The commander of the Fifth Theater has come to the headquarters and said that he wants to see you. ”

Zhang Luohui was startled, and quickly thought about whether he had committed any discipline, but after thinking for a while, he didn't think of anything, and asked the orderly in confusion: "Then the commander of the headquarters said why he wanted to see me!" ”

The orderly didn't answer Zhang Luosheng, but just urged him to hurry up, hurry up.

After arriving at the regiment headquarters, the nervous Zhang Luohui saluted the commander, and then sat down in fear according to the commander's wishes, and then heard the commander's appointment to him: "Well, very good, from now on, you, what is your name?" By the way, Zhang Luohui, from now on you will be the acting head of the 258th regiment, and you will be awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel. ”

The pie in the sky fell on his head, in addition to surprises, it was still a surprise.

Zhang Luohui immediately jumped out of the panic just now, and saluted the commander again very neatly.

However, Zhang Luohui forgot that if the pie falling from the sky hits his head, even if he doesn't kill people, he will have to smash his head out of a big bag.

"Well, Commander Zhang, you know, the Battle of Taierzhuang has reached the moment of a decisive victory, the Japanese army has become tired, and our army is deploying a full-scale counteroffensive. Just yesterday, they organized a rapid assault force of about 700 men to break away from the Taierzhuang battlefield and make a detour to the east bank of the Yishui River in an attempt to pass through the blind spot of our defense and go straight to Jiajiawang Town, the key point of our support assembly on the Taierzhuang battlefield. I now order your troops to immediately set off in full gear and to the front line of Erlang Mountain to block the Japanese army, and be sure to stop the enemy for 24 hours. ”

Zhang Luohui suddenly fell down from the clouds.

It's a mission to die!

The Japanese army of 700 people, even if his 258th Regiment is at full strength, cannot compete, not to mention that after the current 258th Regiment is withdrawn from the front line, there are only less than one battalion of brothers left.

However. Soldiers regard obedience to orders as their duty, and Zhang Luohui still accepted the task unconditionally.