When Zhang Youliang saw Hua Xiongmao and Xu Dian for the first time, he understood that the comer was not good. There was nothing special about his yard, and it wasn't too big. In order to dismount a few thieves from the insurance group, there were more than 20 people lined up from the gate to the main hall, and the courtyard immediately became crowded. Everyone in the queue was armed with knives and guns, and looking at his subordinates lined up in two columns, Landlord Zhang felt that he had regained the feeling of being an officer in the Huai Army. However, Zhang Youliang did not become a battalion officer and was not able to independently run a unit. He was always standing at the Huaijun military meetings. I don't have a chance to sit in the center like this and get in the middle of the team. So the landlord Zhang is still in a very good mood.

When Hua Xiongmao and Xu Dian came in, they didn't care much about the people lining up on both sides. Since they were bound to be searched before entering the door, they were not armed at all. The 20-odd people could not put any pressure on the company commander and political commissar who managed an integrated company. The insurance regiment is now a four-four system, that is to say, a company has four platoons, a platoon has four squads, and a squad has twelve people. There were more than 200 people in the reorganized company. During the floods, there was no shortage of labor, and the members of the insurance corps were between the ages of 16 and 36, which can be called strong in this era. So those two dozen people didn't make the two of them feel any fear at all. Not only that, in addition to disaster relief and transportation, the insurance group conducts three drills in the morning, noon and evening every day, and in terms of the discipline of the team, it is far superior to this rabble.

Watching the two young men walk into the hall without fear, Zhang Youliang knew that something was wrong. Every year, when collecting rent, as long as Landlord Zhang brings a dozen people, he can scare the tenants so much that they dare not come out. And there are more than 20 people in such a dense space, and the people who come are not afraid, is this insurance group really a group of bandits.

waited for the two to report their identities, one was from Wuju and the other was a foreign student. Zhang Youliang was not so frightened. In his opinion, these two people are self-asserting identities. Although their words may not be credible, the two of them are obviously not bandits in their speech and demeanor, and the second is that they are scholars. Zhang Youliang still has this eyesight.

However, since it is on his own territory, Zhang Youliang will not drop the price by himself. Among his children are now on an errand in the Beiyang Army, even if the other party has some forces, Zhang Youliang is not too worried. Landlord Zhang didn't get up, but just looked the two of them up and down, "What do you have to do with Yue Zhangji?" ”

Hua Xiongmao said loudly: "We were ordered by Chen Ke, the battalion commander of the insurance regiment, to discuss things with Mr. Zhang. Now that the water has receded, there is no hope for this year's harvest. If we can't start grabbing seeds immediately, the people will definitely not be able to survive this year. Our insurance group is organizing production to save itself. Seeds and seedlings are almost ready. But there is no land. We came to meet Mr. Zhang this time, because we heard that Mr. Zhang is the head of Yue Zhangji. I would like to ask Mr. Zhang to take the lead and gather the people of Yue Zhangji to discuss a countermeasure. ”

Zhang Youliang is in the center, and his eldest son and third son sit on either side. After hearing this, Zhang Youliang did not say anything, and the two small Zhang landlords immediately became furious. Hua Xiongmao was in a upright posture when he spoke, his feet were not bad, and his military posture was quite standard. Speaking so frankly makes people feel good. But the content is very excessive. As an outsider, the insurance group has no contact with Yue Zhangji at all. Everyone knows that something will definitely happen after the flood, and the request for the insurance group to meet is actually to ask Yue Zhangji to follow the orders of the insurance group to hold a meeting. It's really "tolerable and intolerable." ”

"Fart!" Zhang Youliang's eldest son couldn't help but scold.

As a general rule, a seated person has a higher status than a standing person. Zhang Youliang and the others sat on chairs in the main hall, and Hua Xiongmao stood. But the person standing has the advantage of height, and his sharp gaze looked condescendingly at Young Master Zhang, after all, he has been leading soldiers for more than half a year, Hua Xiongmao's gaze swept over, and Young Master Zhang felt like two sharp swords shooting over. He couldn't help but lean back, his momentum was weak, and he couldn't say the words behind him.

Zhang Youliang refused to answer this talk, if he answered this talk, he would definitely show weakness. Without waiting for him to speak, Hua Xiongmao had already continued, "It's already summer, and even if you rush to plant, you won't be able to harvest much grain." What our battalion commander Chen Ke means is that we hope that Yue Zhangji's land can be taken out for everyone to plant together, and the grain harvested will be divided according to the population. Let's get through the disaster year. In the months of replanting, our insurance team can provide everyone's rations. It's just that we have to lend it to everyone. I hope that Mr. Zhang can have the compassion to save the people. You lent this land out and saved the people of Yue Zhangji, and this yin virtue can definitely be used by future generations. ”

Zhang Youliang is a person who has fought and crawled out of the pile of dead. In addition, he is sixty-eight years old this year, so he is no longer so impulsive. Even so, the first time he heard someone relay Hua Xiongmao's words, when his dogs and legs relayed it, they had softened the middle words a lot, and even so, he was already so angry that he was angry. Hearing Hua Xiongmao say it so frankly this time, the anger can't be described in words.

The Chinese peasants' attachment to the land is incomparably deeper, because the land is what they depend on for their livelihoods*. Farming, harvesting, and the absence of land means that there is no possibility of living. Valuing the land is essential for them to survive. Maybe the sky is wide in this world, but the peasants simply have no ability to travel the world, for them, a radius of dozens of miles is already the whole world of their life. Your own land is the only place to stand in this life.

For the landlords, the greed for the land was far greater than for the peasants. Land is not only the most basic source of their livelihood, but also a testament to their ability to live this life. Whatever they do, they want to grab the land and increase it. Even in their dreams, their only goal is to expand their land.

Of course, Zhang Youliang did not analyze himself so seriously, and the only thing he felt was a throbbing that began to rise down his spine, which was anger from the bone marrow. He didn't think about the two people in front of him anymore, maybe they were "famous", maybe there were people behind them. All Zhang Youliang saw at this time were two enemies who were trying to kill him. The two military postures in front of them, the young man with a calm demeanor are two evil ghosts, the evil ghosts who are trying to take away everything from Zhang Youliang. The blood flowing in Zhang Youliang's already aging veins began to heat up, and even boiled. From these words, Zhang Youliang already knew one thing, the insurance group would never give up with him. Hua Xiongmao's remarks were clearly organized and his thoughts were clear. If it was just a demonstration to themselves, they would never say that.

Zhang Youliang stared at Hua Xiongmao's eyes, this is to make a final judgment. What made him feel that his hairs stood on end was that Hua Xiongmao's expression did not have the hypocrisy unique to exaggerated people, and Hua Xiongmao's demeanor was the kind of seriousness unique to those who told the truth. That's the focus that comes with walking the talk.

Since the floods, Zhang Youliang has been worried that the victims will rise up and make trouble. So the People's Party saved the people, he kept them out, and he gathered all his men in Yuezhangji just to suppress any riots that might occur against him. Regarding the newly emerged insurance group, Zhang Youliang even adopted a-for-tat posture, making threats and suing the official. As a soldier, Zhang Youliang knows very well that in such a critical time, you are waiting for death to sit there. All he did was aimed at eliminating any object that could pose a threat.

But it is really "people sit at home, and evil comes from heaven." The insurance team didn't mean to let him go at all, they had already forced their door. Under the anger, Zhang Youliang became extremely sober, and there was no possibility of compromise between him and the insurance group. All that is left to do now is to hold these two men in your hands. Since these two people are "famous", they should also be people of high status in the insurance group. As long as you keep them in your hands, even if the insurance group comes over, fork these two people outward, and put a knife on their necks, and the people of the insurance group will have some rat traps. Zhang Youliang had already made a decision in an instant. As for what will happen after arresting these two "famous" people, Zhang Youliang did not consider it at all. If there is no peace in the present, there will be no future at all. Thinking of this, he glanced at Hua Xiongmao and Xu Dian again.

The subtle change in Zhang Youliang's expression did not escape Hua Xiongmao's observation at all, the moment Zhang Youliang looked at Hua Xiongmao, the eyes of the two collided in the air, the pupils of the old and the young shrank slightly, and Hua Xiongmao had already seen through Zhang Youliang's thoughts in an instant.

Chai Qingguo never thought that he would march in such a hot and humid swamp. Shandong has canals and is close to the sea, Chai Qingguo has no resistance to water. However, in this swamp in Anhui, the feet are submerged in the muddy water, and the temperature difference felt is not as big as that of Shandong. The mud is warm, and there is absolutely no cold feeling under the water like Shandong. This made Chai Qingguo very relieved.

After the Military Commission decided to eliminate Zhang Youliang, the regular military force of the insurance regiment began to operate. The first and second companies have undergone relatively systematic military training, and this heavy responsibility naturally falls on them. But the Art of War talks about "winning with the right and winning with the odd." "If the two companies go out with great fanfare, everyone is afraid that the news will be revealed. So in the end, the decision was made to attack Yue Zhangji in the second and third companies. Of these two companies, the second company is naturally the main attacking force.

This plan is actually very simple, it is to salute first and then soldier. Hua Xiongmao went to make the final "diplomatic effort". Regardless of the outcome, the two companies were to launch an attack that night to conquer the encirclement of the landlord Zhang Youliang. The route of the march of the troops was not by water, but by land. Although the waterway is convenient for transportation, according to the investigation in the past few days, Zhang Youliang has held the wharf. There was absolutely no way to avoid their sentinels by water. The insurance regiment did not have heavy firepower such as artillery. Storming Zhangjiaweizi, who was defending the wall, will definitely have a lot of casualties.

Although the overland route is slow and requires a lot of physical strength, the advantage is that this large swamp is now a no-man's land. As long as a reconnaissance team is sent to control the sporadic personnel that may appear, the march of the large army is very hidden. He Zudao's personal exploration, although he didn't like his political commissar very much, but Chai Qingguo had enough confidence in He Zudao's meticulousness and seriousness. Since He Zudao said that the large army can pass through this swamp, then it will definitely pass. Sure enough, as Chai Qingguo thought, the signs set up along He Zudao guided everyone to pass safely in the swamp, although the road was muddy, it was not impossible to march. There are no impassable problems.

The second company and the third company were dispatched this time, and the main task of the third company was to undertake the task of carrying heavy troops. Chai Qingguo had never fought such a "troublesome" battle before the war. Naturally, there is no need to say how much attention the Central Military Commission attached to the first operation of the insurance regiment. But Chen Ke did not repeatedly explain the importance of this battle. He only asked everyone lightly, "Do you know the significance of this battle?" ”

Naturally, the comrades knew that if this operation failed, it would directly lead to the failure of the work of rushing seeds. Seeing that the comrades fully understood this, Chen Ke began to work out a plan with the comrades of the Central Military Commission. This plan is really a bit of a trivial matter. From when the march would begin, and how much dry food and drinking water to carry, the plan was mostly fraught with logistical functions. Chai Qingguo felt that the plan of the army was much more troublesome than taking care of his grandfather. Discussions of eating, drinking, and sleeping took up the bulk of the plan. On the contrary, it was a battle plan, and Chen Ke didn't intervene much. He asked a few comrades who led the troops to put forward their own opinions.

Chai Qingguo has fought battles, although he doesn't have much experience in winning battles, but he can be regarded as experienced. He knew that facing the enemy's strong defensive positions would certainly have a great impact on the morale of his troops. Chai Qingguo is well aware of the impact of morale on combat. If both sides are fighting on flat ground, and you rush over, the warriors will have a lot of anger. Anyway, rush forward with everyone, and if you die, you will die. However, in the face of the fence, the enemy above will shoot desperately, and as long as a few people are hit, the impact on the morale of the troops will be very great. It was as if the enemy fused with the fortified walls was even more terrifying.

Other comrades have little experience in war, and although they have conducted military training, training is one thing, and fighting a war is another. Here, Chai Qingguo can ask some more reliable questions.

At the end of the meeting, Chen Ke formulated three battle plans, the ideal plan was to get as close as possible to Yue Zhangji, and suddenly rush out in two ways in the evening. Suppress the enemy at the dock all the way, and seize the gate all the way to Zhang Youliang's enclosure. The least ideal solution is to storm the siege. Anyway, the key point is to seize the door. Chen Ke provided a kind of gunpowder, which was really powerful. The gunpowder was made by a few people who led the tour of You. After some processing of the lard, they finally came up with the final product, and in the test, a bomb the size of an ordinary crockpot blew up the test site. And the bomb that You Yu finally provided was actually more than 20 catties, the size of half a clay tank. Blowing up the gate of a fence should be no problem.

took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was already twelve o'clock at noon, Chai Qingguo's eyesight was quite good, and he saw a black dot on the horizon in the distance. And the reconnaissance team led by He Zudao also sent back the news, and they were about to walk out of this swamp and arrive at Zhang Youliang's enclosure.

"All of us stop and rest." Chai Qingguo shouted. One by one, the fighters carried the news back. Chai Qingguo not only did not rush forward, but on the contrary, went to the back. This is a military regulation formulated by Chen Ke, and when the troops are resting, the military commander must check whether the troops are left behind, and supervise the junior officers to arrange for the soldiers to rest. Before this trip, Chen Ke emphasized this matter in particular. Chai Qingguo must ensure the discipline of the troops' march. Before attacking Yuezhangji, all personnel must arrive and be able to rest for more than an hour.

"Damn, the soldiers can rest, but Lao Tzu can't rest." Don't say it, Chai Qingguo is still very dissatisfied in his heart.