Liu Motou thought he had a plan, and after arriving at the Julu Front Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, he called Chen Zaidao and Li Jingyu brothers, and they were as enthusiastic as brothers who had not seen each other for many years.

Chen Zaidao, Li Jingyu, Li Deguang, chief of staff of the Seventh Brigade, Shi Ran, director of the Political Department, and others were also very happy to see that Liu Motou had been recovered without firing a single shot, and they were also very enthusiastic about Liu Motou, Shi Runan, Qiu Qingfu, Wang Ziyao, and others.

After Liu Motou and the others returned to the army, Yu Wenfeng reported the negotiation situation and his own doubts and worries. After Chen Zaidao, Li Jingyu, Li Deguang, and Shi Ran studied, they decided to send the 19th Regiment and the 20th Regiment to escort Liu Mo's head to Nangong just in case, leaving the 21st Regiment and the troops directly under the brigade and the eastward column to solve the Julu County Security Regiment.

After Chen Zaidao reported the disposition of the former command to the Southern Hebei Military Region, the Southern Hebei Military Region immediately made a report to the division headquarters. The division headquarters instructed Liu to disarm and reorganize on the spot, and on the basis of the eastward advance column and the cadres of the headquarters, it was organized into the southern Hebei garrison brigade, and the first, second, and third garrison regiments were set up, and Liu Motou was appointed as the brigade commander, Li Jingyu was appointed as the political commissar, Shi Runan and Chen Zaidao were the deputy brigade commanders, and the military cadres of each regiment, battalion, and company were filled by the personnel of the Liu department. Qiu Qingfu and Wang Ziyao were respectively organized into the first and second garrison detachments in southern Hebei. At the same time, the division headquarters instructed that in view of Liu Motou's background as a bandit and his great crimes, it was judged that Liu Motou was worried that he would be severely punished in the future, and he would definitely not be willing to be reorganized by me, and he would definitely play tricks. Therefore, the former commander was instructed to properly handle it, not only to keep a truth, but also not to allow Liu Motou to take advantage of loopholes, and to be ready to use force to solve the problem completely anytime and anywhere.

After receiving the telegraphic order from the division headquarters, Chen Zaidao and Li Jingyu personally led the eastward column and the 19th Regiment, the 20th Regiment, and the New 7th Regiment to march into Liu Mo's head station, convey the order of the instructor and divisional headquarters, and leave Li Deguang and Shi Ran to lead the 21st Regiment, the Supplementary Regiment, and the brigade direct troops to guard the perimeter to prevent accidents.

Liu Motou originally planned to wait for the Seventh Brigade to withdraw from the siege, and immediately led the troops to run away overnight, but he did not expect the Eighth Route Army to move so fast that it would not give him a chance to make the annihilation slippery. Seeing that after the commander of the Eighth Route Army conveyed the order, he commanded the troops to drive to the defensive positions of the major teams, and divided and disarmed his troops into brigades, and Liu Mo's head and eyes were bleeding.

A small leader didn't know that Liu Motou felt uncomfortable, and he was still joking on the side: "Congratulations to the commander, congratulations to the commander, as soon as we become the Eighth Route Army Garrison Brigade, we will be a regular army." The brigade commander of the commander is a major general, and maybe he can get a lieutenant general or a general in the future. The brothers congratulated the brigade commander first. ”

Liu Mo raised his head and kicked the little leader in a somersault, turned around and pulled Shi Runan, Qiu Qingfu, and Wang Ziyao into the courtyard.

After arriving at the courtyard, Liu Motou said to Shi Runan, Qiu Qingfu, and Wang Ziyao: "Brothers, my brother has been planted, this time it is considered to be the Eighth Route Army, and it has also affected Brother Qiu and Brother Wang, and many years of hard work have been ruined, I am ashamed of the brothers!" ”

Shi Runan blew his nose and said hatefully: "I shouldn't have come to fight this giant deer city, just move closer to Shunde Mansion as soon as possible." It's all the fault of our untimely intelligence, and I don't know when such a powerful force came around. This is good, the ** of the giant deer's girls didn't touch it, so they let the family make dumplings. You have also seen what kind of equipment they have, and I think it is much better than the equipment of the 29th Army. We're the fish on the board now, and people can cut whatever they want. There's no way, it's too late to say anything! ”

Qiu Qingfu was a little disapproving, and said: "I don't think there's anything wrong with being adapted by the Eighth Road, they didn't treat us badly, everyone knows it in their hearts, we have a lot of soldiers, but most of them are ordinary people who follow the rice, and they pee their pants when they really fight, and they really have to let the Eighth Road train and train well." Besides, if you are a rootless bandit, you can be enough. ”

After a long time, Liu Motou said: "This can only be done, looking at the posture of the Eighth Route Army, as long as we follow and do a good job, we may not be wronged." In this way, everyone dispersed, and each returned to his own troops to help the Eighth Route Army reorganize its troops. In the evening, the leaders of the organization went to Nangong with the Eighth Route Army to participate in the study class. ”

After saying that, several people dispersed.

After Qiu Qingfu rode back to the team, Liu Motou, Shi Runan, and Wang Ziyao got together again. Liu Motou said gloomily: "Qiu Qingfu can't be trusted, we have to be sober, with the blood on our hands, [***] and the Eighth Route Army will definitely not let us go." Even if they want to let us go, they can't do it, and those ordinary people who have been torn up and robbed will beg them to bring us to justice. When the time comes, they will definitely use our heads to prove to the people that they and the people are one family. ”

Wang Ziyao immediately said: "Commander Liu is right, you have to run quickly, if you really follow them to some study class, you really can't run." ”

Shi Runan was a little deflated and said, "What's the use of us running out by ourselves?" No one is out of gun, who is still rare with us? ”

Liu Motou's eyes were gloomy, and he said softly: "Our backbone is only a thousand people, and the rest are all food goods, whether you want it or not." As long as we run out with the backbone, we can recruit stragglers to eat everywhere. Don't worry about weapons, I think, only Yue himself can control this gang of eight roads on this great plain, let's go to Yue himself, they will give us money and guns. Let the special team quietly inform the brothers, and as soon as it gets dark, they will disperse and run to Tiankou in Ren County to assemble. Now, our special forces and a large group have not yet been discharged because they are on our guard duty, and they can create chaos after dark and cover everyone's escape, this is the last chance. How, do you want to do it? ”

Shi Runan and Wang Ziyao glanced at each other and nodded.

Liu Mo stomped his feet: "Let's go, arrange it separately, and slip away as soon as it gets dark." ”

Liu Mo had six or seven thousand people at his head, and Wang Ziyao and Qiu Qingfu had seven or eight hundred people, which was quite a few people. Although it was in a state of war with the security regiment, it did not build trenches or other fortifications, and was deployed on a front more than ten miles long in the east and west.

This is definitely an armed bandit, not to mention all kinds of weapons, many people have not even undergone the minimum military training, and they can't stand in an orderly line. It seems that there are more than 2,000 people in it who can fight, and the rest are ordinary people who have been coerced by bandits.

It was already dark, and the troops had reported that their guns had been collected. Chen Zaidao and Li Jingyu ordered them to seize the time to eat, and after the meal, all units took the newly reorganized units away and carried out political and ideological education overnight. After eating, the officers at and above the squad leader level of the reorganized unit gathered at the headquarters and prepared to go to Nangong to attend the study class.

After the deployment, Chen Zaidao and Li Jingyu took the guard company of the 19th Regiment to Liu Motou's headquarters, preparing to have a meal with Liu Motou, Shi Runan, Wang Ziyao, and Qiu Qingfu, to discuss the matter of going to Nangong to participate in the study in the evening, and by the way, to discuss the matter of when the special task force and the first brigade will be reorganized.

There were still three miles away from Xihanzhuang, the headquarters of Liu Motou, and the sound of gunfire was heard there, and almost at the same time, the gunshots rang out scattered in the various troop stations. Soon, a fire broke out in Sehanzhuang, as did the surrounding village where the troops were stationed. Chen Zaidao knew that it was bad, and Liu Motou began to play tricks. However, Chen Zaidao was not afraid, Liu Motou's troops basically surrendered their guns, and only the special task force and a large group in charge of the security tasks of the headquarters did not surrender their guns and reorganized, so they couldn't make any big waves.

After rushing to Xihanzhuang, the instructor of the first company of the eastward advance column responsible for monitoring Liu Motou's headquarters reported in frustration that Liu Motou and Shi Runan had slipped away, and the special task force and the first brigade had also broken up in the night.

Chen Zaidao was furious and asked what was going on?

The instructor of the first company said: "Liu Motou's brigade and special team did not disarm and were in charge of the guards of his headquarters. Just now, their guards suddenly opened fire on us, and then they retreated into the village. We chased it in and saw that everyone had run away, the bandits had set fire to the village, and the company commander and his troops were fighting the fire, and I was here to report the situation to the chief. ”

Chen Zaidao immediately ordered the guard company to pursue, and ordered Li Deguang and Shi Ran, who remained on the periphery, to command the troops to encircle and suppress, and resolutely not let these habitual bandits escape.

Tossed for a long time, and the gunshots rang out for a long time. At 10 o'clock in the evening, the various units successively reported that they had captured and killed most of the fleeing bandits, and the large group and special task force that had not surrendered their guns were basically annihilated, but Liu Motou, Shi Runan, and Wang Ziyao were not caught, and some of the captains, squadron leaders, squad leaders, and squad leaders who had already surrendered their guns took advantage of the chaos. After counting the number of people, there were probably more than 50 people who ran away. However, since it was night, the bandits were in the dark, we were in the light, and our troops suffered 152 casualties during the pursuit.

Chen Zaidao knew that those who ran away were all habitual bandits who had become elites, and they were good at using the night and terrain to cover, and they were afraid that they would not be able to catch up for a while.

Sighing, Chen Zaidao still reported to the military region that Liu Motou, Shi Runan, Wang Ziyao and others had escaped.

After receiving Chen Dayong's report, Liu Yimin knew that he was in trouble, and as soon as Liu Mo ran away, he would inevitably go to seek refuge in himself as a Han anniversary, and the news that the tutor was in Julu would naturally reach the ears of Shouyi in the temple, and the army was afraid that he would make waves.

Liu Yimin, who was a little angry, strictly ordered Li Deguang, chief of staff of the Seventh Brigade, to personally lead a reconnaissance company and cavalry battalion to immediately pursue in the direction of Ren County, and Liu Motou and others must be caught or killed. Chen Zaidao was ordered to serve as the commander of the Southern Hebei Garrison Brigade and Li Jingyu to serve as the political commissar, and all the original officers at Liu Mo's head were arrested and sent back to Nangong for examination, and on the basis of the eastward advance column and the cadres of the headquarters, the troops were quickly reorganized and preparations were made for withdrawing to the Taihang Mountain base area. Ordered Shi Ran, director of the Political Department of the Seventh Brigade, to command the troops of the Seventh Brigade to immediately deal with the Julu Security Regiment.

Liu Yimin's order made Chen Zaidao and Li Jingyu feel very uncomfortable, as if they had not completed the task well and were deprived of the command of the Seventh Brigade by the division commander. Or Shi Ran told them, that's not the case, the division commander is afraid that after Liu Motou escapes, it will attract large-scale revenge from the devils, and wants you to bring this army back to the base area for training, and bring out a well-trained and good fighting force.

Chen Zaidao and Li Jingyu were relieved and hurried to reorganize the troops.

The next day, the cavalry battalion sent back the good news, caught up with Liu Motou and his gang at Tiankou in Ren County, and killed all of them.

It turned out that before Liu Motou asked the special team and a large team to create chaos, he and Shi Runan quietly slipped away with their personal guards at night. By the time the gunshots rang out and the flames were burning, they were already a few miles away from Xihanzhuang.

Relying on the familiarity of the terrain and the night, Liu Motou and Shi Runan managed to avoid the pursuit and search of the instructor's troops, and fled westward in a hurry.

Feeling safe, Liu Motou and Shi Runan decided to rest here and wait for the brothers who escaped.

After leaving the sentry, Liu Motou and Shi Runan slipped to a landlord's house in the village with a few guards, and forced the landlord to call his mother-in-law to get up and cook at gunpoint. After eating, Liu Motou's lust heart rose, and he pulled the landlord's little wife on the kang, and Shi Runan was not willing to live behind, so he pulled the landlord's eldest wife on the kang.

Listening to the big and small wife and the two bandits fighting and making trouble in the house, the landlord wanted to cut the bandits with a thousand knives, but unfortunately he didn't dare to rush up at the muzzle of the black hole, and his mind turned slightly, and he knew that these guys must have lost the battle, and there must be an army chasing them behind. So, the landlord quietly slipped out of the yard and ran out of the village.

After Li Deguang received the order sent by Liu Yimin personally, he immediately realized that as soon as Liu Motou ran away, the news that the instructor was in southern Hebei and Luxi was leaked. Hurry up with a reconnaissance company and a cavalry battalion on horseback in pursuit. Along the way, with the skills of the soldiers of the reconnaissance company, many fugitive bandits were searched, but unfortunately these guys were all stubborn and killed after stubborn resistance. Until he chased Xiaozhang River, he finally caught up with a group of habitual bandits led by Wang Ziyao, one of the bandits confessed before he died, and the meeting place was in Tiankou Village, Ren County.

Now there is a goal, Li Deguang, who is in great spirits, shouted directly on the horse: "Chase to Tiankou, kill Liu Motou, and avenge the villagers in southern Hebei!" After shouting, he took the lead in stepping on the ice of the Xiaozhang River.

When he was about to reach the mouth of heaven, he met the landlord who came out to ask for help. The landlord insisted that the bandits who did evil in his house were Liu Motou and Shi Runan.

Li Deguang's surname was cautious, and he asked the landlord how he knew that it must be Liu Motou and Shi Runan?

The landlord said: "All the adults and children in southern Hebei know Liu Motou, and when women coax children, they say that they are not allowed to cry, and if they cry again, Liu Motou will come!" Liu Motou has done a lot of evil, who doesn't know him! ”

At this time, Li Deguang was relieved, and asked the reconnaissance company to send people to touch the bandits' sentry posts in the village, and then led the cavalry battalion to follow the landlord into the village and surrounded the courtyard.

Several of the guards who followed Liu Motou and Shi Runan were all old bandits, and after discovering that the landlord had fled, they hurriedly reported to Liu Motou and Shi Runan, urging them to get up and talk quickly.

Liu Motou and Shi Runan worked hard to settle the two women, where would they be willing to leave like this? used all his strength to vent all the wretched qi he had suffered for a day and a night on the two women. It wasn't until I was done, lying on the bed for a while, forcing the two crying women to get up and boil water to wash their faces, and clean up their ropes, that they were ready to go out and leave.

At this time, Li Deguang led the cavalry battalion to fence off the courtyard.

Liu Motou is a habitual bandit, and his sense of smell is much more sensitive than that of ordinary people, as soon as he goes out of the room, he feels wrong, there seems to be someone outside the yard. smiled bitterly and said to Shi Runan, who was following him: "Brother, we still haven't been able to run away, they came too fast!" ”

Shi Runan saw that he and several of Liu Motou's guards were already hidden in the corner of the courtyard, ready for battle, and knew that the Eighth Route Army was afraid that it had surrounded this place. Otherwise, these guards who are the most capable of fighting and running under Liu Motou will not be ready for battle.

Sure enough, Li Deguang's voice sounded outside the courtyard: "Brigade Commander Liu, Brigade Commander Shi, why didn't you leave without saying hello?" Division Commander Liu sent me to pick up the two, as long as you go back with me, accept our disciplinary punishment, check the soldiers, and become a new person. ”

Liu Motou shrank back, hid behind the door, and said loudly: "Let your mother's bullshit, your Eighth Route Army has taken away Lao Tzu's team, and Lao Tzu and you don't share the sky!" Lao Tzu is here, if you have a kind, you will come in and catch Lao Tzu! ”

As soon as Li Deguang heard this, he knew that he could only attack. Immediately ordered to prepare grenades, shouted one, two, three, and threw them into the yard.

After the grenades exploded, several bandits hiding in the corner of the yard were blown to pieces. The fighters also took advantage of the situation to go up to the courtyard walls and houses, and the machine guns were mounted on the roofs of the opposite houses.

Shi Runan was shocked, opened the door and shouted for me to surrender, and before he finished shouting, Liu Mo flashed his head and shot Shi Runan.

Liu Motou didn't expect that it was his single action that ended his sinful life. Several machine guns in the opposite room and the machine gun submachine gun on the courtyard wall opened fire almost simultaneously, and the dense bullets knocked him into a sieve.

Wang Wenzhen, Zhen Fuxi, and Liu Jiansan not only agreed to accept the adaptation, but also invited Chen Zaidao, Li Jingyu, Li Deguang, and Shi Ran to dinner in Julu City, and promised to solve the grain and grass needed by the troops.

Li Deguang and Shi Ran were old men of the Red Eighteenth Regiment, and after knowing Liu Yimin's methods of dealing with these guys, after handing over the guns of the security regiment and the police, they raided the homes of Wang Wenzhen, Zhen Fuxi, and Liu Jiansan, searched out the letters of appointment of the devils, ascertained their Han annihilation identities, and directly convened a mass meeting and shot them dead in the name of the Southern Hebei Administrative Office.

At this time, Chen Zaidao and Li Jingyu understood why the division commander didn't let him command the Seventh Brigade, if he went to Liu Mo's head and was as sharp as Li Deguang and Shi Ran, and directly arrested Liu Motou and them, where would there be any trouble later! Especially Chen Zaidao, he said in his heart that he was ruthless enough against the enemy, and he couldn't imagine that the cadres and soldiers who taught the instructor were even more ruthless than himself! It seems that if you want Liu Yimin, who is in charge of the army, to take a fancy to his talent, you have to think about it again!

(To be continued)