"Seventh Brigade Commander Liu Zhaocheng!"

"Here!"

"Start from Longlin and go all the way up along the north of Qiu!"

"Yes!"

"Let's go."

"Yes!"

Liu Zhaocheng gave a military salute, turned around, and left here.

On October 8, Liu Zhaocheng's 7th Brigade set out from Longlin and advanced rapidly in the direction of Qiubei. At this time, the main force of the Yunnan army had all been concentrated on the line from Huize to Kunming, and there was no strength to draw troops again. Qiubei and other places have almost become empty cities.

Stepping into Qiubei, Liu Zhaocheng, who was bloodless, saw that there was no war in the city at all.

This is a place where ethnic minorities gather, and there are many Gu, Yi, and Hui people.

Liu Zhaocheng paid special attention to this point, and when the troops entered the city, he repeatedly explained that they should respect the customs and customs of the local ethnic minorities, avoid contradictions, and add trouble to the arrival of Heng Shuai in the future.

When the locals saw the army, their eyes were indifferent and numb, and occasionally they glanced at each other, and the eyes of the soldiers met each other, and soon they would retract their gaze and bury their heads in what they were doing

There were only a few children dragging snot, curiously looking at these soldiers passing by in the city, some of them were bold, and even walked forward with the troops, Liu Zhaocheng got off the horse and grabbed a child: "What's your name?" ”

"Ale." Despite some fear, the child said his name.

"Ale." Liu Zhaocheng nodded: "What about the adults in your family?" ”

"Abba is dead, Grandma is sick." Ale said with a gloomy expression.

"Oh." Liu Zhaocheng thought for a moment: "Take me to see your grandma, okay?" ”

Ale jumped up and down with Liu Zhaocheng to his house, a low and dilapidated grass house, the door panel had fallen off, and he leaned crookedly to the side.

Liu Zhaocheng pointed at that: "Help them fix it!" ”

The people who lived around saw so many soldiers coming in, and they were afraid to hide in the house at first, but they found that these soldiers were not only not malicious, but also helped Ale's family repair the door panel, and they were all a little curious, first peeking quietly through the crack in the door, and then boldly walked out of the house.

The soldiers smiled kindly at them, then turned their attention back to the door.

In the house, Liu Zhaocheng took a look, there were air leaks everywhere in the house, there was no valuable belongings at all, and the stove and the place where people lived were together. There was a broken bowl on it, and I don't know what it was.

There was a woman lying on the bed, a tattered quilt on her body, seeing that someone was coming to the house, struggling to get up, Liu Zhaocheng hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't get up, take care of your illness." Someone, call the medical officer! ”

"Sir, thank you, thank you"

A few villagers walked into the house and stood there silently.

After a while, the medical officer walked in, checked it, and found that it was a cold and fever, left medicine, and ordered him to take it on time, and he didn't get out of bed for two days.

The woman thanked again and again, and when she looked like that, tears seemed to be about to flow out.

Liu Zhaocheng dug out a few pieces of ocean and put them beside the woman: "Take care of your illness." Then he turned and walked out.

As soon as I went out, I saw that not only a few villagers in the house had come out, but also people outside the house.

"Sir, help my daughter-in-law get sick."

"Sir, my baby has been sick for several days, please, it's okay."

Liu Zhaocheng did not hesitate and asked the medical officer to go with these villagers.

The attitude of the villagers changed completely, and one person brought a bowl of water: "Sir, you drink water." ”

Liu Zhaocheng took the water with a smile: "Thank you!" ”

The villagers surrounded Liu Zhaocheng in the middle, and asked this and that curiously, Liu Zhaocheng took the trouble to explain one by one, telling them that he was Ding [***], and he was sent by Wang Hengyue, the envoy of Sichuan and Guizhou.

The villagers don't know what "Ding[***]" is, and they don't know who the "Sichuan-Guizhou Patrol Envoy" is, but they know that these soldiers are good people.

"Sir, you're a good man, different from the troops who were here two days ago," said one of the villagers.

"Oh?" Liu Zhaocheng's eyes fell on him: "There were troops here two days ago?" ”

"Yes, as soon as we got here, we robbed them of all the food, we argued with them a few times, they picked up the butts of their guns and hit them, and several people were injured by them."

"And now what about them?"

"I left yesterday, and I said I was going to Kunming."

Liu Zhaocheng frowned: "How many people are there, can they catch up with them?" ”

"It's probably a few hundred people, and it's hard to say if they can catch up."

"Yes!"

A voice sounded, and Liu Zhaocheng looked back and saw that it was Ale.

Ale walked over: "Sir, one of them also caught me, beat me, and asked me how to get to Kunming from here, I was angry that they beat me, so I deliberately pointed them out a wrong way." They will only go farther and farther, and if they want to go to Kunming, they have to turn back! ”

"Good!" Liu Zhaocheng was overjoyed, stood up and touched Ale's head: "Ale, if you can catch up with them, you have made a great contribution!" ”

"Sir, you have to chase them, and I will show you the way!"

"You?" Liu Zhaocheng hesitated.

"Yes!" Aller nodded vigorously.

A villager on the side said, "Sir, let Ale take you there, he knows the road here!" ”

Liu Zhaocheng nodded: "Ale, thank you for your hard work." ”

"Sir, do you still need people? You see, I'm strong, and I have no problem fighting with guns. ”

"Yes, sir, everyone can't eat enough, take us with you, I heard that being a soldier can have a full meal."

Liu Zhaocheng quieted everyone down: "As long as we meet the conditions, we all want to, but I can't, I have to continue to fight." You remember me, I am Liu Zhaocheng, the commander of the Seventh Brigade of Ding[***], and when the battle in Yunnan is over in the future, you will come to me! ”

Ale wasn't lying, he was all too familiar with the environment.

Where the troops that passed by Qiubei before, where they stopped and where they passed by, Ale, a young child, judged clearly.

"Sir, further on, is Ma Guan, they will definitely find that they have taken the wrong road, and they will definitely turn back." Aare is very sure of authenticity.

"Good!" Liu Zhaocheng touched Ale's head: "Ale, your task is complete, go back first, there will be a war here soon!" ”

"Sir" Ale raised his head beggingly: "Take me, I can help you resist guns, I can help you shine your shoes, I can do anything!" I told my grandmother that if she could take me in, she would follow him. At home, the family is so poor."

Liu Zhaocheng didn't know what to say, so he gently touched Ale's head and didn't say a word

"Fuck, that little bastard, I thought I couldn't lie to Lao Tzu if I caught a little baby, but I fucking deceived Lao Tzu and walked so many wrongful ways!" Qi Changkuan scolded and scolded while walking.

"Battalion commander, those are Diao people, when you go back, pack them up again!"

The more Qi Changkuan thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and when he returned to Qiubei, he had to clean up all those Diao people one by one!

wiped his sweat and was about to speak, when a gunshot suddenly sounded on the side, Qi Changkuan and his soldiers were startled, and they wanted to resist, but countless soldiers had rushed out!

"Surrender, surrender!"

Qi Changkuan and the soldiers under him raised their hands without hesitation.

Liu Zhaocheng held Ale's hand and walked over slowly, and Ale spat hard when he saw Qi Changkuan, who had been his own.

"Name, number." Liu Zhaocheng asked coldly.

"Report, the commander of the second battalion of the fourth regiment of the second brigade of the Guizhou army, Qi Changkuan."

"Qianjun's? What are you doing here? Liu Zhaocheng frowned.

"Report to the chief, after we entered Yunnan, Tang Jiyao didn't care whether we lived or died, and the contempt department was ordered to be stationed in Longlin to prevent [***], but there was no salary or food, there was no way, we could only solve it ourselves, and later received an order from Brigade Commander Hu Ying, let us immediately withdraw from Longlin, secretly, secretly march to Kunming"

"Secretly marching to Kunming?" Liu Zhaocheng's brows were tightly locked.

Qi Changkuan glanced to the side: "Sir, please take a step to speak." ”

Walking to the side, Qi Changkuan whispered: "Sir, I am the brother-in-law of Brigade Commander Hu Ying, so I know some inside information. Since the Guizhou army arrived in Yunnan, the supplies and the like have not been replenished, and the following are already very dissatisfied, and we often clash with the Yunnan army, so Hu Ying discussed with Wang Wenhua and He Yingqin, and prepared to take advantage of the time to attack Yunnan [***], enter Kunming, and then expel Tang Jiyao in one fell swoop. ”

Liu Zhaocheng was taken aback: "Really? ”

"Seriously, it's true!" Qi Changkuan hurriedly said: "The humble post was ordered to arrive in Kunming secretly, but we didn't know the way, so we got here." ”

Liu Zhaocheng pondered there for a while: "According to your estimate, where is the main force of the Guizhou army now?" ”

"If it's fast, probably tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, you can reach Kunming!"

"Qi Changkuan, would you like to act with us?"

"Yes, yes!"

"Good!" Liu Zhaocheng raised his voice slightly: "As long as you sincerely cooperate with us, I promise not to kill you!" ”

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"

Liu Zhaocheng called Rao Guohua and the regiment leaders to his side and explained the general situation:

"There will inevitably be changes in Kunming, and I am ready to let some of the brothers change into the uniforms of the Guizhou army, raid Kunming, and take advantage of the chaos to find opportunities."

"Brigadier, what about our mission?"

"The mission is dead, now the situation has changed, the raid on Kunming, the opportunity cannot be lost, if there is any change, I will bear all the responsibility!"

(To be continued)