Chapter 6 Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas and Butterflies Follow

"Driving"

On August 20, 1907, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the pipeline from Mukden to Jilin, soldiers waved their whips, and thousands of cavalry passed through a puff of yellow dust, and a team of 3,000 people rushed to Yanbian day and night. The purpose of this trip is to go to Yanbian to deal with his unreasonable request for the protection of "Jian Dao".

He Tianci thought about it, and finally was able to go with his own 3,000 defense brigades in Liujiabao, first of these 3,000 people, most of them have not gone through the baptism of war, this time the scale of the conflict with himself must be controlled within a reasonable range, so this is also a good opportunity to train recruits, and these defense brigades are not registered soldiers in Fengtian, but just private soldiers raised by themselves, so this matter can only be regarded as a civil conflict when it is serious, and the relationship with the governors of the three provinces and himself will not be too big!

I don't know much about the situation of the army in Yanbian, but the army suffered heavy losses in the Russo-Russian War, and it is estimated that the only troops that can be dispatched to Yanbian will be the military police unit stationed in Korea, and the preliminary estimate will not exceed 3,000 people, and the combat effectiveness will not be too strong. Therefore, his own 3,000 men and his own preparations this time were complete, and he brought an artillery battalion of 18 mountain guns, which was a strengthened version, all 76mm Russian mountain artillery, and with the assistance of the local troops in Jilin, it should not be a problem to deal with the military police troops in this book.

At the same time, in the living room of the backyard of the Zhang family in Fengtian Xinmin Mansion, a Hongmen banquet was being staged, and the protagonists were Zhang Zuolin and the Northeast giant bandit, who was also his brother Du Lisan.

The matter has to start a month ago, Zhang Zuolin first sent people to Qingmakan to congratulate Du Lisan with the relationship of righteous brothers, saying that the Fengtian Governor's Mansion sent someone to appease him, and gave him a name higher than himself, and asked him to come to Xinmin to meet the committee members and prepare for promotion.

Du Lisan has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has a deep grudge with Zhang Zuolin, how can he easily believe Zhang Zuolin's words. Du Lisan discussed with his mother and younger brother, and they all believed that Xinmin was too risky, and there was little luck, and it was likely to be a trap set by Zhang Zuolin. Therefore, he did not agree to Zhang Zuolin's invitation. Zhang Zuolin saw that Du Lisan was not coming, so he played a family card and asked Du Panlin to come out to persuade Du Lisan.

Du Panlin, a native of Montenegro County, is the uncle of Du Lisan's acquaintance, and is a literate scholar who has won Du Lisan's trust. Zhang Zuolin and he have a father-son relationship with him, and they have special respect for him. Zhang Zuolin took Du Panlin to Xinmin Mansion with sweet words and thick coins, trusted each other with affection, and introduced the committee members sent by Xu Shichang, which proved that he was Zhao'an.

When Du Panlin heard this, he was greatly moved, thinking that Zhang Zuolin was a good friend, and people were so sincere and kind to his nephew, what else could he say about being an uncle, so he wrote a letter with a pen and asked him to come to Zhao'an quickly.

When Du Lisan saw his uncle's handwritten letter, he felt that it made sense, and he thought thoughtfully for him, so he had to believe it. But it is inevitable to be suspicious in my heart, after all, it is rumored that I kidnapped Xu Shichang's daughter, and I am depressed when I mention this matter, since the Russian War was defeated by the Reading Division, I have never gone out in Qingmakan, and I don't know who the is, pretending to be himself to intercept the governor's daughter.

For the sake of safety, Du Lisan made careful arrangements before leaving: the first was to notify the nearby bandits and the close bandits who stayed behind more than 200 people, and prepared to let them rush to help in case of accidents; The second is to set up 4 outposts on the way from Qingmakan to Xinmin 200 miles, each with 10 cavalry bandits. He selected 13 cubs by himself as his bodyguards and went to Xinmin Mansion to meet Zhang Zuolin.

The living room in the backyard of Zhang's house in Fengtian Xinmin Mansion.

"it, little man Zhang, Lao Tzu fell into your hands, admit it!" Du Lisan gritted his teeth and scolded Zhang Zuolin: "Let's go back to our brothers, let my brother die and understand that Xu Shichang's daughter was not tied by you, and he planted Lao Tzu on his head!" ”

Zhang Zuolin looked at Du Lisan who was scolding and didn't pay attention to it, he didn't regard Du Lisan as a brother, he and Du Lisan had a deep hatred, his two little eyes narrowed, and he laughed "haha".

"it, you're still hard-mouthed when you're dying, if it weren't for my second uncle in Liaoyang back then, it is estimated that my eldest brother and I would have become ghosts under your knife a long time ago, and you have a today!" Tang Yulin raised his arm and slapped Du Lisan.

Zhang Zuolin and Du Lisan were rivals in their early years, both of them had their own insurance teams, and their forces were about the same. Although both of them have their own territory, both of them are not at ease and guard themselves, and they often go outside the area to extort money and kidnap tickets, especially Du Lisan, who is even more wanton robbery. The two bandits often clashed. Once, Zhang Zuolin's people confiscated the guns of a small group of bandits who crossed the border to extort money, Du Lisan was furious, he knew that he was outnumbered, but he was strong, and he went out to fight, and in Liaoyang, the two sides fought an encounter.

As a result, Zhang Zuolin couldn't resist the enemy. Fleeing in the direction of Zhen'an County, Du Lisan chased after him until he reached 17 villages. There is a big landlord in Seventeen Villages, "Tang Erye", who is Tang Yulin's uncle, and usually has dealings with both Zhang and Du. Zhang Zuolin led Tang Yulin, Zhang Zuoxiang, Zhang Jinghui and others to flee here and asked Tang Erye for protection. After Tang Erye came forward to mediate, both of them recognized Tang Erye as their father-in-law, and married "Jinlan's good" and became brothers. The two have since formed a bond.

"Erhu, don't talk nonsense with him" Zhang Zuolin said coldly: "Brothers, let's do it!" ”

Du Lisan closed his eyes in despair and yelled hysterically at the sky: "it, my head has fallen off and I have a big scar, and twenty years later, I'm a good man again!" ”

With a "bang", the back door of Zhang's house was kicked open, and I saw a large group of soldiers rushing in outside, wearing gray tweed uniforms, holding Mauser 98 rifles, loaded with live ammunition, and the leader was Na Zhiwu, and more than 1,000 soldiers surrounded Zhang's house.

"Put the guns down! The Governor gave an order to save Du Lisan from death. Na Zhiwu said coldly to Zhang Zuolin, and after speaking, he gave Wang Huaiqing a look.

Du Lisan, who had already closed his eyes, sat on the ground excitedly.

"Xu Shichang, the governor of the three eastern provinces, sent an edict, Du Lisan, the former Liaohe giant bandit, sincerely repented, and the department was organized as the Fengtian patrol battalion, and Du Lisan was the commander of the Liaohe patrol battalion." Wang Huaiqing held Xu Shichang's edict and read it out loud.

Looking at the 3,000 soldiers of the Middle Road Patrol Battalion who were loaded with guns and ammunition around, and Xu Shichang's confidant Wang Huaiqing also came, this must be Xu Shichang's order, Zhang Zuolin suddenly frowned, gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart: "it, it must be He Tianci This kid can't see Lao Tzu's meritorious service!" One day, Lao Tzu will have to trample you under your feet. ”

People are under the eaves, how can they not bow their heads, Zhang Zuolin sighed, looked at Tang Yulin and the others beside him who were still holding guns, holding against the middle road patrol battalion, and scolded: "it, didn't you hear the order of the governor?" Don't let Du Tong loosen the tie yet. ”

Du Lisan, who was stunned for a long time, reacted, hurriedly crawled and knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Thank you, Lord Governor, regardless of the past suspicions, I Du Lisan will not say anything, anyway, my life is an adult!" ”

Looking at Du Lisan's embarrassed appearance, Wang Huaiqing really didn't believe it, he really dared to kidnap Xu Shichang's daughter, and laughed: "Du Guan bring it up, I want to thank the Governor's Mansion for it, what is the thank you here, go back and sort out all your brothers, and go to the Governor's Mansion to be inspected the day after tomorrow." ”

"Yes! Be! Du Li said three times.

This is really the rest of his life, Du Lisan's foot has stepped into the palace of the king of Hades, and then he thinks about the Hongmen banquet that Zhang Zuolin set up for himself, he is furious, this account will have to be calculated sooner or later, the two of them are the deeper the moon knot, the eyes are round, the tiger's eyes are hideous, the fists in his hands are clenched tightly, and even the sound of rattling can be heard, and he gritted his teeth fiercely and said: "These two mountains can't touch, but these two people always meet, let's see when Zhang Xiaozi walks!" ”

After that, he snorted coldly and walked out without looking back.

"Big brother just let Du Lisan go! Isn't this a return to the mountains? Surely take revenge on our brother with his surname! Tang Yulin complained with an unbearable face.

"Second Tiger, are you a real tiger (Northeast people say that the tiger's consciousness is a little lacking in heart, and tends to be brave and unscrupulous), it, Governor Xu said to release people, aren't you looking for death when you do it?" Zhang Zuolin angrily and hatefully threw the pistol in his hand to the ground: "He Tianci has written down this account, Lao Tzu is not finished with you!" ”

Qingmakan is located at the junction of Haicheng and Xinmin, it is a veritable three-regardless zone, plus Qingmakan this place, surrounded by a depression, Du Lisan's nest is built at the highest point of the depression, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, several encirclements and suppressions by the Qing court were all in vain, which provided Zhang Zuolin with such an opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

However, opportunities are always fleeting, due to the addition of He Tianci, a little butterfly, it was originally an opportunity for Zhang Zuolin to be promoted to an official and make a fortune, but it became Governor Xu, regardless of his previous suspicions, turned bandits into soldiers, thus leaving Zhang Zuolin with the scourge of Du Lisan.

At this time, Qingmakan in Liaozhong was festive, and this was also the last time many brothers got together, because Du Lisan could be described as a large group of thousands of people, but in Xu Shichang's plan, the purpose was to weaken the patrol battalion of these bandits, and even Xu Shichang asked Zhang Zuolin to suppress the bandits, but he didn't expect Zhang Zuolin to come up with such a vicious strategy.

But all this is in vain, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the butterfly is behind, it is because of the appearance of He Tianci, the little butterfly, everything has changed, Zhang Zuolin wants to rise and face not only He Tianci, but also Du Lisan, who has a deep hatred with him this time. (To be continued.) )