At 10 o'clock in the morning of November 9, Nanchang City was shrouded in a festive atmosphere, the scorched black city full of bullet marks was full of blue sky and white flags, bright and dazzling large red and blue slogans, hanging from the city head to the root of the city wall, the colorful silk fluttering inside and outside the Desheng Gate, the crowds of people, the military band wearing white dresses played a majestic military music, hundreds of Chinese and foreign reporters occupied various advantageous positions, raised their cameras and took pictures cracklingly, recording this historical moment in the rising smoke.

The commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, Chiang, rode on a majestic maroon warhorse, a mighty general's dress set off his resolute surname and proud spirit, the black cloak flowed elegantly with the forward and subsequent horses, dozens of generals on horseback crowded on both sides and behind him, and the banner team of 240 people followed closely, slowly entering the city in the tide of cheers and fluttering flags.

As an outstanding representative of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the First Company of the Model Battalion of the Anyi Division, which won the title of "Model Battalion" of the whole army, was honored to participate in the celebration ceremony and won the honor of being the first combat unit to enter the city following behind the banner team.

An Yi, dressed in a new military uniform, was covered in a drape, riding on the back of a tall little black horse, on both sides was Yin Jinan riding a jujube red war horse and Gu Changfeng riding a "black girl" thoroughbred, behind the three of them was Lieutenant Lu Xiong, the commander of the first company of the model battalion with a tall and burly beard, he held the famous "model battalion" battle flag with one hand, and the deputy company commander and instructor rode horses to follow the left and right as flag guards, and the scorched black bullet holes on the high flying battle flag let thousands of people see the courage and toughness of this excellent army. In particular, the 133 brethren who were riding war horses and fully armed behind the battle flag were full of fierce spirit, and the combat unit of this unit, each officer and soldier carrying at least two guns on his back, aroused great interest from Chinese and foreign reporters and cheering citizens, and became the focus of attention everywhere they went.

An Yi was extremely relaxed, riding on a horse and talking with Yin Jinan and Gu Lao Er from time to time, the delicate girls in student clothes in the crowd aroused An Yi's great interest, and the unique gentle and delicate temperament of the girl in the Jiangnan water town made An Yi sigh in his heart, and only felt that any old movie photos and old memories were overshadowed in front of this youthful smiling face and cheering and charming figures.

Similarly, the handsome An Yi and the unique temperament of Gu Lao Er, who is full of manly charm, are also the objects of attention of countless women, the two of them ride the same tall black horses, and they are also wearing the coat of officers, which have aroused countless eager eyes and sincere smiles after surprise.

An Yi, who was hanging one arm, sighed in his heart, among the bursts of enthusiastic cheers and cheers, I am afraid that a large part of them came for the injured left arm.

The two-hour ceremony of Longyu City finally ended at the magnificent gate of the Jiangxi Provincial Government Compound in the Beiyang Political Axe in the city, and the powerful propaganda force of Commander-in-Chief Chiang, who had become more and more proficient in political means, immediately invited Chinese and foreign reporters and envoys from various countries who came to explore the news in the council hall, and celebrities and celebrities from Jiangxi Province, Shanghai, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang were also invited.

An Yi had lunch in the camp of the Fourth Regiment stationed on the shore of East Lake, An Yi estimated that he would not see the commander-in-chief today, and felt that he had nothing to do with himself, so he said goodbye to the brothers of the Fourth Regiment.

An Yi looked back in surprise and saw that several cars drove out of the city gate under the guidance of a company of horses, and An Yi hurriedly ordered everyone to give way to the city.

A company of cavalry of the Second Army rushed to the southwest with a ferocious look, and cars full of execution gendarmes escorted groups of prisoners to follow, and slowly drove out of the city gate under the watchful eyes of thousands of people, either surprised or cheered.

"Boss, look! In the second car, the criminal escorted with a 'chopping' sign on the back of the front of the carriage was the famous thief Shen Xiangfeng! Gu Lao Er, who was on the horse, exclaimed.

An Yi looked at it, and immediately gasped, the young prisoner who was pressed by the two strong gendarmes behind the top of the cab was actually ** upper body, two thick iron chains passed through the prisoner's pipa bone, the red pus and blood had dyed his strong chest full of scars mottled, and a thick hemp rope was tightly tightened around his neck, and his strong arms were still tied behind him when his collarbone was locked by iron chains, but he still straightened his neck brutally and stubbornly, and raised his unyielding head under the strong press of the two gendarmes. A cold wind whistled by, blowing his long, tangled dirty hair backwards, revealing an emaciated face covered in bruises, and a pair of cold-lit eyes spewing out of grief and unyielding under his burnt brows.

The truck was getting closer and closer, less than five meters away from An Yi and his party, and the death row prisoner above the front of the car suddenly smiled in the direction of everyone, which made An Yi's heart twitch, and an indescribable emotion suddenly filled his heart, and he was irritable for no reason, I don't know if he was feeling fear, sadness or something else at this time.

"Let's go, let's go back."

After the convoy passed, An Yi shook his head helplessly and ordered to return.

Gu Changfeng bent down, grabbed the reins of An Yi's little black horse, and whispered to An Yi sadly:

"Boss, Shen's madman seems to recognize me! Seven years ago, the younger brother had followed his master to Wudang to see him, his master Songjian Daoist and my teacher are old friends, Shen Maniac had not yet been out of the teacher at that time, my master said that he was the only true disciple of Wudang Taiyimen, and also the only apprentice of Songjian Daochang who saw the head and tail of Shenlong, but for so many years, I have not seen him for the second time, nor have I ever been to Wudang again.

Two years ago, I heard that he was kicked out of the division and banned from stepping on Wudang for life, and no one knows why. Later, his fame in the rivers and lakes became more and more famous, especially his bad habit of eating black and white spread in the Tao, and he also made enemies everywhere - you don't know, he dared to go alone to the mansion of the great warlord Cao Kun in Tianjin to steal two treasure knives and a string of precious pearls worth tens of thousands of yuan, and the incident of attacking the convoy of the direct Feng family alone for thousands of miles also happened from time to time, although no one had any evidence, but all of them believed that he did it.

The four masters of the four major internal families of the northern prefectures were ordered to jointly investigate the case, and they gave up the investigation and went back ten days after going out, and said to several bosses of the Beiyang Central Political Axe that if they were allowed to investigate the case again, they would have to resign and return to their hometowns...... This person is a genius who can't come out of a hundred years, and it's a pity to die like this! ”

An Yi sighed with great regret: "It is indeed a talent!" It's a pity that no one can use such an unruly talent, it seems that even God hates him and lets him die young.

Last night, when I accompanied Lao Fang, the commander of the released Liuyang Red Guards, and others to dinner, I also heard them talk about this Shen madman, the reason why Lao Fang and they were imprisoned in the prison of Lao Nanchang was because this Shen Fengdao robbed them of a huge amount of money and a box of medicines, and the two sides chased and killed from Hunan to Jiangxi for several days and nights, and finally both hit the muzzle of the Anhui general Yang Chisheng, I thought he was killed on the spot, but I didn't expect to be imprisoned in Nanchang City, alas......"

"Boss, can you save his life? He's my old friend, too......"

For the first time, the arrogant Gu Changfeng's cold face showed a look of painful pleading.

"This ......"

An Yi looked around, and saw that Yin Jinan was also full of regret, and after pondering for a moment, he whispered: "Okay, I'll try it." But Tiger Head, I'll say the ugly words in front first, if I try my best and still can't save him, then it proves to be providence, don't blame me, okay? ”

"Boss, don't I know who you are? If even you can't save him, it's really providence! Gu Lao Er looked at the direction of the convoy with emotion.

An Yi turned to Yin Jinan and asked in a low voice: "The cavalry company that passed just now is from the Second Army, and there seem to be a few people in the car from the Political Training Department of the General Headquarters, do you see clearly which department is there?" ”

Yin Jinan nodded: "That's right, it's these two departments, most of the gendarmes are from the Second Army, and there are not many gendarmes in the Political Training Department, judging from their red badges, there are only a few on the first car, which is estimated to be supervised and beheaded, and the four main regiments of the two divisions of our First Army are stationed in the city, and the five divisions of the Second Army and their military officer training regiment are stationed in the north school field, and outside the city are our several regiments and the fourth and sixth divisions of the Second Army, and the southwest of the city is the combination of Cai Zhonghu's eldest brother's artillery regiment and the sixth division, and it is estimated that the execution ground is in front of the broken temple in that wilderness." ”

"Good! Hutou and Lu Xiong and I immediately rushed over to have a look, and you led the brothers to follow slowly, and if there was anything, you could help us. ”

After An Yi finished speaking, he turned the horse's head and quickly chased after him, Gu Lao Er called Lu Xiong to beat the horse and follow closely, and after a while, he passed the convoy that was slowly driving on the uneven road, and rushed to the Guandi Temple in Wuli Pavilion in advance.

Stopping the horse and taking a look, the wide open space in front of the dilapidated temple was already crowded with people, at least three or four thousand soldiers and civilians gathered in front of the high platform that had just been erected, and there were two officers and soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition everywhere, and the excited crowd surrounded the three layers inside and three layers outside, and the voices of the people were boiling, noisy and chaotic, as if they were rushing to the temple fair to watch the big show.

"Grandma's, there are all people from the Sixth Division, and I don't know any of them...... Walk! Let's take a turn and see if there are any of our brothers and sisters in Whampoa leading the troops. ”

An Yi looked left and right, but couldn't find anyone who could help, so he pulled the reins in desperation, and rode around the broken temple from the left side of the crowd.

Halfway through, Gu Lao Er reminded loudly: "Boss, is the person who is walking on the high platform Zhang Tianyi, deputy of the Fourth Division Engineer Battalion?" The last time I hit Nanchang, I followed Ji Nan to see him once on the side of the Gan River, and that time we also gave him a lot of connecting steel parts to build bridges, although I led the team to guard and did not approach him at that time, but I saw his appearance, and listened to Ji Nan talk about some of his things, and his figure was very similar. ”

An Yi stopped his horse, put his hand on the pergola and looked over, and soon found Zhang Tianyi, who was inspecting the wooden pillars of the high platform in the crowd on the high platform more than 60 meters away, and couldn't help but say happily:

"It's him, it seems that this kid's engineer battalion has been transferred to build this high platform for execution. Grandma's political training department, killing a few people is also making a fuss, pay attention to pomp, haha! But it just so happens that if it weren't for that, Lao Tzu really didn't know who to ask for help! Let's hurry up and go around to the tent on the side of the temple, and I'll call the sentry sappers to help me get him. ”

The three of them quickly came to the front of the tent, An Yi took out his ID card under the questioning of the two guard sentries, and the sentry took it and found that it was the famous An Yi who immediately saluted, respectfully handed back the ID and asked what he could do for An Yi.

An Yi dismounted and whispered a few words in the sentry's ear, and the sentry nodded and said hello to his companions, and immediately ran to find his battalion commander Zhang Tianyi.

After a while, Zhang Tianyi, who was sweating profusely, walked briskly with his adjutant, and was very happy to see An Yi, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet his injury, and immediately thanked him after knowing that he was safe and sound: "Xiaoyi, big brother, thank you!" ”

"As soon as we meet, you thank me, it must be a happy event to be so happy, is it that your mother-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy for you again?" An Yi asked with a smile on his face.

Zhang Tianyi gave An Yi a light punch: "You are still the same German surname...... Thank you, Xiao Yi, if it weren't for your kind words, our military seat would not have summoned me, the military seat asked me in detail about the study process in Whampoa, especially mentioned the technical design of the dark fort, praised the model battalion of the dark fort for good repair, and finally promoted me to the commander of the engineer battalion, and told me that next month I would be sent to Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow for half a year of study, and then enter the Frunze Military Academy for further study.

At the time, I wondered how I could suddenly have good luck. We have just taken over the position of commander not long ago, how can we know me as a little person? After I went out, I asked a few bosses of the Political Department of the Military Department, and I learned that your kid was in front of the principal and the generals of the army by the Ganjiang River, and said good words to the military seat for me, big brother, thank you! Don't go anywhere today, let's enjoy the slashing together later, it is estimated that after cutting this batch of death row prisoners, it will be changed to shooting, call your two brothers, let's go to the closer place together, after reading it, I invite you to go to the champion building in the city to have a good drink and two cups. ”

"Nope! Listen to me first, I'm asking for your help today, it's a big deal......"

An Yi pulled the confused Zhang Tianyi into the barren grass, and casually made up the story that Shen Maniac was the nephew of the old Taoist and his senior brother, and then pleaded again and again in a low voice:

"Little brother, I can't die without help! Even if my senior brother, whom I have never met, violates the great royal law, I have to go bankrupt and redeem him! Lao Zhang, you have met and drunk together, and you must know his stinky temper, if you can't save this senior brother this time, how can Lao Tzu have the face to see him again in this life? ”

Zhang Tianyi was taken aback, looked at the escort convoy that had entered the temple from the middle of the broken wall, and hurriedly ordered An Yi to wait here:

"Don't go anywhere, today's executions are all brothers from the military department of the military department, Lao Tzu was just ordered to repair this torture platform, I immediately went to the captain of the gendarmerie, I hope he can give me a face, if it doesn't work, Xiao Yi, don't blame me, I heard that the Political Training Department of the headquarters attaches great importance to this sentence and execution, and the three people who came to prison and beheaded are all major generals...... Wait for me, I'll be back right away no matter what the news is......"

The three of them stood in the messy grass, watching Zhang Tianyi trot away into the temple gate, and their hearts were extremely nervous.

Gu Lao Er approached An Yi and said gratefully: "Boss, whether it succeeds or not, I am grateful to you......"

"Go, go, stop talking this nonsense...... In fact, I don't have any certainty at all, the Political Training Department is three major generals, and it is estimated that it is difficult to get through the relationship between the layers!

Alas, what lies Lao Tzu has said, and he also moved out of my family's old way, Zhang Tianyi also knows very well that my old way is my savior, and he is like father and son with me, so he is also anxious, and he will definitely do his best to mediate, alas...... If I can't save this crazy man, there will be no place to put Lao Tzu's face, and Lao Zhang will also feel that he owes me a big favor, and he will always have a pimple in his heart in the future.

Alas...... If I had known earlier, I would have known that Shen Madman was locked up in a prison in the city, and I would have let you lead the team into the city in advance, but now ......"

An Yi sighed frequently and was at a loss.

(To be continued)