"The people of the county listen, now lay down their arms and open the gates. This can save one's life, and if you want to resist to the end, the bullet will not be long. Everyone came to be this security team to eat for a while, so why should they listen to the words of the county order and die in vain? A muffled shout came from afar, not through the wall, but from a condescending position in the sky. This strange feeling made the county order shake his mind and wake up from his dazed state.

"Who's talking in the streets!" The county magistrate asked tremblingly.

The official hurriedly ran out to look, and soon came back, and replied with a face as earthy: "My lord, no one is shouting in the street." It's the People's Party shouting outside the city! ”

It's clear that it's a person's voice, not dozens or hundreds of people shouting. Even though he knew that the officials did not dare to tell nonsense, the county magistrate still felt unbelieving. He plucked up the courage and said, "Come on, prepare the car." ”

The officials could obviously see that the county commander's legs were weak, so they hurriedly ran out to get a car, and helped the county magistrate to go out and ride to the head of the county seat. The voice of persuasion continued, and the shops and households closed their doors in fright. However, many people peeked out through the cracks in the doors, and some of the courtyards heard the sounds of women crying in panic.

The county magistrate wanted to maintain a minimum of decency, and when he went to the city, he only let one official support him. The security regiment at the head of the city was sparsely numbered at this time, and it was obviously unreliable to defend the entire county with 500 people, not to mention that many people had already fled. Seeing that the county order was on the city, the head of the security regiment greeted him with a pale face, the county commander was weak, the two legs of the security regiment were trembling, and his lips trembled and asked: "My lord, what do you say about this?" ”

No matter what the head of the security regiment performed, the county commander held the battlement and looked out, and now he always understood what was coming out of such a loud sound, two huge horns were set up not far from the city, and a huge sound came from inside. A little behind the horns, thousands of soldiers stood by in formation. Originally, the county commander still felt that the head of the security regiment with trembling legs was a bad breed, but now he suddenly felt that the enemy on the opposite side was so large that the head of the security regiment could tremble with his legs without running away, which was already a good man.

At this time, the county commander heard the loudspeaker shouting: "We, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, will never harass the people, nor will we kill at will." But you must surrender in Kaejo. Let's wait another ten minutes, if we don't surrender, we'll take the city!" ”

The county commander trembled, if the thousands of people outside attacked the city, just a few hundred people could not defend it, and he was about to ask the head of the security regiment what to do, when he felt that his left and right arms were being supported. The county commander was angry in his heart, if he was supported by people left and right at this time, what would it become. Even if you are afraid, you can't show it in front of everyone. I was about to scold the two of them, but I heard the head of the security regiment say in an extremely guilty voice: "Lord County Commander, I'm sorry." For the sake of my brothers' lives, I can only wronged you. ”

As soon as the words fell, the two people who were holding the county commander's arm had already twisted the county commander's arm backwards, and then tied him up. The county commander glared angrily at the head of the security regiment, and the head of the security regiment looked guilty, but he did not avoid his gaze. The county commander's first reaction was to scold hysterically, but at this last moment, he managed to maintain his self-esteem and did not scold. After all, the county order is also very clear that in the current situation, there is no point in any stubborn resistance.

"Go, tell the People's Party outside the city, we have surrendered!" The head of the security regiment said to the people around him.

The man seemed to have been waiting for this order for a long time, only to see him rush down the city like a rabbit, and then shout: "Lords, don't shoot, we have surrendered!" "Rushing towards the BJP position. This shout was so loud that when it was far away from the city wall, the county order could still be heard clearly.

When the county magistrate was brought to Pang Zi, he saw that Pang Zi was discussing something with a group of soldiers of the People's Party, and seeing that this former rascal had returned to Nangong County as a senior official, the county magistrate sneered, "Pang Zi, you are back." ”

Of course, Pang Zi heard the mockery in these words, and he smiled heartily, "I'll leave immediately, and I have to trouble you to go with me." ”

After finishing speaking, Pang Zi waved his hand, "Take them down!" ”

The county magistrate thought that Pang Zi would make a complacent speech, and even publicly insulted the county magistrate. I didn't expect Pang Zi to be like no one, what should he do. This kind of steady bearing was much more than the county magistrate expected, but such an attitude also made the county magistrate feel a kind of contempt.

It was similar to when the horse bandits ravaged Hebei a few years ago, after Pang Zi and they annihilated the Beiyang Army stationed in Linqing County, Linqing Wharf became an important transportation wharf again. This time, however, the BJP did not carry any more looted money. Prisoners of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army were loaded onto ships at the Linqing wharf and transported south along the waterway to concentration camps in the People's Party base areas.

Under the condition that the capacity and transportation time have been determined, the only way to solve the contradiction between limited capacity and huge number of people is to increase the transportation density. The iron cages mounted on the long barges dragged behind the small steamer were stuffed with people. The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army did not care about their origins at all, but only stuffed people into it according to their territory. So the Nangong County Commander, the Ya Officer, the head of the Nangong County Security Corps, and the members of the Nangong County Security Corps met again. Not only these people, but also the local councilors, local tax collectors, and security chiefs who did not go to Beijing in Nangong County also met with everyone in the county.

The People's Party arrested people so thoroughly, these guys who became prisoners of the ranks did not expect it. The awkwardness of the initial reunion is quickly replaced by fear of the future. The official couldn't help it, and first asked the head of the security regiment: "Lord Jing, where do you say they will send us?" ”

The head of the security regiment thought that he would be released if he surrendered in Kaicheng, but he did not expect that he would also be put in a cage, let alone that the People's Party would take him to other places. He couldn't answer for a moment.

However, the county councilor said with a crying voice: "I'm afraid that we will be arrested and killed, right?" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the cage were frightened enough, and some of the timid ones had tears in their eyes and trembled.

"If you kill the head, why bother to transport us to other places so hard. Wouldn't it be easy to kill on the spot and bury a pit? The county magistrate was not so nervous, he said slowly.

"So they're going to kidnap tickets?" The councillors were not relieved by the prefectural ordinance's explanation.

"There is a ransom for tying you up, what is the ransom for me and these brothers?" The head of the security regiment said with some refusal to show weakness. This is quite reasonable, and there are 100 people stuffed in the iron cage. More than half of them were members of the security corps, and these people were from poor backgrounds, and they couldn't extort any ransom at all.

"What's the use of taking us away?" The parliamentarians are even more dispossessed, they don't want their lives, they don't want money, what does the People's Party want to do when they arrest so many people? The fear of the unknown is even more unbearable.

Not just parliamentarians, but all those who were arrested could not understand this. Everyone began to talk in a low voice, and it didn't take long for someone to complain in a low voice, "This Beiyang Army usually pretends to be five or six people, but now it is gone." What do these people eat? ”

"The Beiyang Army near the county was defeated by the People's Party, and I saw a lot of prisoners waiting at the dock to get on the boat?" Some people who saw the captured Beiyang Army said.

Hearing that the Beiyang Army had also been wiped out, some members of the security regiment couldn't help but quarrel, "Damn, this group of cowards in Beiyang!" Lao Tzu doesn't believe in them anymore. Anyway, Lao Tzu is poor, and there is no land in the house. Isn't the People's Party just dividing land? My family will not suffer a loss if they divide the land. I'll vote for the People's Party! ”

This indignant remark surprised the county magistrates, councilors, landlords and others, but the people who were also members of the security regiment were from poor backgrounds, and they couldn't help laughing after hearing it, "You go to vote for others, do you want them?" ”

The man who spoke saw the brothers around him laughing at him, his face couldn't hold back, and he quarreled loudly, "Pang Zi voted for the People's Party, and the People's Party wanted it, why didn't I vote for the People's Party and the People's Party?" If according to what the county said, the People's Party only wants to divide the land, even if I can't fight, can't I honestly farm the land at home? Back then, I had relatives who joined the collective farm run by Pang Zi, and there was a gentleman named Chen Tianhua in charge, and he had a good life at that time. If it weren't for Beiyang, my relatives would have made a fortune selling salted duck eggs. If I can't farm the land, can I raise ducks? ”

"It's a good thing, and some of my relatives have participated in collective farms, so it's good if I can raise ducks." Immediately, the rest of the group chimed in.

The county magistrate listened to these people arguing, his face became more and more ugly, and he couldn't help but shout: "You are going to be a traitor." The People's Party is a group of bandits, and there is no good fruit to eat after them! ”

was yelled at by the county order, including the group of Ding who was the first to quarrel, many people no longer dared to speak up. However, the one who was silent couldn't help but sneer, "Bandit, in the eyes of the People's Party, you are a bandit, right?" If you're not a bandit, why are you locked up in this cage? We have no grudges with the People's Party for a long time and no enmity in the near future, if we hadn't followed Beiyang and you, how could we be tied up here? You have the face to speak of us! Rest where you can cool down! ”

The county order has never been robbed by a low-status person in front of him, and this face is as ugly as a purple eggplant. He pointed to the man who was talking and shouted, "You! Hello so bold! ”

Tuan Ding was stunned for a moment, but soon he was no longer afraid, and he also pointed to the county order and shouted: "What? Do you still want to fight with me? Okay, let's go it alone, shall we? ”

The officials around the county commander instinctively wanted to stand up for the county order, but several other regiments had already come up behind the group ding, staring at the county order and others. The official saw that the other party was overwhelming, and at this time, what did he do for the county order? Not to mention that life and death are uncertain now, angering the group of people opposite, a real beating in front of him is indispensable. Not to mention that according to the current information, the Beiyang Army is not an opponent of the People's Party. There is no hope for the county magistrate to regain the throne of the county lord. Thinking of this, the official hurriedly lowered his head and hid on both sides, exposing the county order alone in front of the regiment.

Finding himself alone in the face of a group of wolf-like officials, the county magistrate suddenly found that he had nothing to rely on. Relying on force, he is not an opponent of a few strong men on the opposite side at all, relying on power, and now he has no status difference with several strong men on the opposite side.

When he was regretting it, Tuan Ding had already come up and grabbed the county order, only to see Tuan Ding say viciously: "What did you just say?" ”

"You're bold!" The prefectural commander shouted in a trembling voice. As soon as the shouting fell, the group in front of him had already punched the county commander in the face. Before the county order fell, Tuan Ding had already dragged the county order over and pressed it to the ground and kicked it with his feet. After kicking a few times, he became ferocious, and his lower feet became more and more ruthless, and he gritted his teeth and shouted while kicking: "Kill you dog county order!" I'll kill ......, kill you, the county magistrate! ”

Other rich people were scared enough to see the county order being beaten at first, but seeing that the other party actually had the intention of killing him, he couldn't care about being afraid, and hurriedly rushed up to save the county order. A moment later, the entire cage was in a mess.

The soldiers of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army in charge of guarding hurriedly slammed the iron cage with batons and rifle butts, "No fighting, no fighting!" ”

But now that the fight has started at this time, the hatred of the past has unstoppably stimulated everyone's hearts, especially those group members, who are bullied by these rich people on weekdays, even if they are not directly bullied, looking at the commanding appearance of those high-ranking guys in the past, of course there is anger in their hearts. At this time, I finally found an opportunity to do it, how can I let it go easily. They grabbed those who had money and status and let go of the beating, and simply ignored the sound of banging on the iron cage.

Seeing that the situation could not be controlled, the soldiers of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army did not dare to rashly enter the iron cage at this time. However, the commander was trained, and he hurriedly asked his comrades to pour water into it with buckets. Suddenly, they were splashed with cold water, and many people had to wipe the water off their faces, and at this time the soldiers hurriedly shouted, "If you fight again, we will pour boiling water on it!" "It's not easy to deter order.

Let everyone in the cage squat against the iron cage, the soldiers of the guard forced these people with guns, and then opened the cage and went in to clean up the situation, the wounded were carried out, and the person who started to beat people was also pulled out and tied up. The county magistrate who was the first to be beaten had already been beaten unconscious, and seeing that his face was pale and his breath was difficult, he actually looked a little dying. This scared the soldiers in charge of the guards enough. Call a doctor and evacuate the wounded and the perpetrators. It took a while to toss and turn the situation to initially stabilize the situation.

In the evening, when the whole team was in a meeting, there were not one or two boats that had a group brawl. The reason for this is that the old upper and lower levels have clashed without exception. And out of ten, ninety percent of the upper layers were beaten by the lower layers. The exceptions of the ships were all transported by the Beiyang Army, and the officers and his irons had a relatively large proportion on board, which gave them the upper hand.

Before the delivery, everyone did not think so carefully, and they really did not expect that the contradictions accumulated by class oppression in the past would erupt in such a violent way at this time.

"What can I do? If you continue to fight like this, you will really die. "The head of the escort is a little hairy. This fleet carried more than 20,000 prisoners, and the total number of escorts was 3,000. According to the current situation, if hundreds of people died along the way, the regiment commander would not be able to explain to the military region.

"Shall we screen again?" The head of the regiment couldn't help but ask the commissar.

The political commissar was also a little helpless, he could understand the reasons for the outbreak of class contradictions, but he was only able to analyze the reasons and really break out into actual action, and it was the first time that the political commissar saw the lower strata trampling the upper strata violently on the soles of their feet.

Regarding the regiment commander's suggestion, the political commissar said hesitantly: "We don't have time to screen again, now the time is tight and the task is heavy, and we really can't delay this time." ”

The regiment commander was also helpless, although he was able to command the military operations of the entire regiment of more than 5,000 people, but it was based on the iron discipline of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and the regiment commander was powerless in the face of a group of prisoners whom he did not know. He thought for a moment and said, "Political commissar, isn't the magic weapon of our party and our army to mobilize the masses and rely on the masses? You are a political commissar, you should quickly think of a way according to this line of thought! ”

The political commissar listened to this in amazement, mobilizing the masses is the magic weapon of our party and our army, and this is true. However, that was to mobilize the masses in the base areas, and how to mobilize the captured masses was still a new issue. Not to mention that it has been studied, it has not even been proposed. But at the moment, we can't let these people continue to fight. The commissar had no choice but to take out the paper and draw four origins according to the main contradictions, the secondary contradictions, who is the enemy and who is the friend. Naturally, he couldn't let the regiment commander escape to rest, and the main cadres in the regiment began to try to analyze the situation on this ship.

All ships where brawls occurred were punitively denied food, and after dawn, the various transport ships were screened. Among those who did not participate in the brawl yesterday, ordinary people from poor backgrounds and at the bottom were pulled out of the boat. Take to command the conversation on the ship.

The commander of the convoy assured them that if they were willing to keep order, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army's transport ships would release them when they arrived at their destination two days later, and even pay them for the passage and the wages for maintaining order for the two days. The salary is not low, one person a day and one ocean. However, if these people cannot effectively assist in maintaining order and putting an end to brawls, they will have their wages deducted.

For the salary of a large ocean a day, of course, these various people from ordinary people like it. However, they all asked a question, they were an inconspicuous little character, and it was impossible to suppress the situation.

"You don't have to be afraid that you won't be able to suppress the situation, whenever you see a conflict going on, point out the people who are going to make trouble, and shout their names. Naturally, we deal with those people. "The head of the regiment is also true.

In the end, most of the people who were selected signed up, and those who first proposed that they might not be able to do the errand were hired. A person knows what he can't do, and that's a sign of reliability.

With the help of these people, hundreds of fights were finally stopped in the following day or so. Including more than 200 wounded and 18 seriously wounded, including the county magistrate of Nangong County, all the prisoners on board were sent alive to the concentration camp in the south. Of course, the helpers also received their money and salaries, without deductions or difficulties, and they were told that they had been released and could go home.

The regiment commander did not want to do this work at all, and the comrades were not able to rest well along the way. Fighting is not so tiring. It's a pity that he received an order, and in view of the slow speed of the Beiyang Army's actions, the fleet responsible for escorting will continue to escort for the time being.

After listening to the order, the regiment commander thought to himself, this is really better than a quick fight.