When Chen Tianhua was called back to the party branch from Bengbu District, he probably had a guess about Chen Ke's purpose. Since his evacuation from Xingtai County, Chen Tianhua's greatest hope is to fulfill his promise to the comrades of the peasant association. Return to Hebei as soon as possible to carry out the revolution. When he was in the base, he worked hard and intensified his studies at the same time. Preparations are being made to better carry out revolutionary actions. When he met Shang Yuan and Chai Qingguo in the conference room, Chen Tianhua had already guessed that something had happened in Hebei.

"I am going to set up the Northern Bureau of the People's Party and the Henan Party Branch, and the Northern Bureau will oversee the revolutionary work in Shandong and Hebei. The Henan Party branch is under the direct leadership of the Party Central Committee. All three of you comrades have asked to return to work in the North, and I wonder if you are still holding your mind. Chen Ke's idea greatly exceeded Chen Tianhua's conjecture. Chen Tianhua had always thought that Chen Ke would devote his energy to the south, and although he was eager to return to Hebei, Chen Tianhua did not mention the matter again in public or private. Party members must first obey the party's command, and this discipline invisibly restricts Chen Tianhua's words and deeds. When Chen Ke heard that he wanted to expand the work of the People's Party to the whole of Henan, Hebei and Shandong, he was unable to express his thoughts for a while.

Chai Qingguo never shy back in expressing his position, and after Chen Ke finished speaking, Chai Qingguo immediately replied: "I want to go back to Shandong to work." Chen Tianhua glanced at Chai Qingguo, and saw that Chai Qingguo did not have a happy look on his face at all, but a frank and serious expression. Chen Tianhua was very envious of Chai Qingguo's attitude. In terms of straightforwardness in words and deeds, Chai Qingguo has always been not lagging behind.

At this moment, Shang Yuan said: "I obey the organizational arrangement. ”

This kind of highly organized speech made Chen Tianhua feel another kind of envy in his heart, and Shang Yuan's calmness was something that Chen Tianhua could not do. Because this is also Shang Yuan's heart, Shang Yuan doesn't care about the organizational arrangement, he will do his best to fulfill the obligations of party members.

Seeing Chen Ke looking at him, Chen Tianhua didn't know how to say anything for a while. He wanted to be as straightforward as Chai Qingguo, and he wanted to be as organized as Shang Yuan, but these two attitudes couldn't be unified. "Is this the so-called can't have it both ways?" Chen Tianhua thought with annoyance. In the end, he still chose Shang Yuan's statement, "I obey the organizational arrangement." ”

Chen Ke saw that the three of them had made a clear statement, and then said: "Comrade Wu Xingchen has established a certain organization in Shandong, and this time I will first appoint everyone to Shandong to take over these forces in the name of the Shandong Party Committee. Comrade Wu Xingchen will assist you. And according to the information provided by Comrade Wu Xingchen, Pang Zi has returned to Hebei. There was a lot of movement in Xingtai. Therefore, Comrade Chen Tianhua, I am ready to send you to restore contact with Pang Zi. I don't want him to become a complete bandit in Hebei this time. ”

After talking about it, Chen Tianhua still wanted to go back to Hebei to work, Chen Tianhua thought depressedly, if he had known this, it would be better to simply ask to work in Hebei.

Chai Qingguo didn't have so many thoughts, he asked in surprise: "Chairman Chen, don't you mean that you want us to take over Brother Wu's team?" ”

Chen Ke looked at Chai Qingguo, and could see that Chai Qingguo didn't want to seize the team in Wu Xingchen's hands, Chen Ke said calmly: "Comrade Wu Xingchen has now arrived at the base area, and he will go to Shandong with his comrades in a few days." Now you are ready to hand over the work at hand, and the organization will select 50 comrades to go north with you. ”

Chai Qingguo was about to speak, and he finally nodded, "Resolutely obey the order." ”

Shang Yuan asked, "Chairman Chen, what are the main points of your work in Shandong this time?" Whether to launch a large-scale people's revolution or to devote themselves to the establishment of base areas. Or is it simply a war with the North Ocean? ”

"The situation in the north is not as good as Anhui, and Shandong and Hebei are the key areas of Beiyang Group. The enemy is very strong, so the focus in the north is to fight for the masses. Fight the masses out of the hands of the landlords and gentry. This cannot adopt the Anhui work model. As for the working methods, I will explain them to the comrades later. Now hurry up and hand over the work at hand. You can't just because you're gone, leaving a bunch of stalls that no one cares about. ”

Hearing that Chen Ke had formulated a working method, Chen Tianhua immediately felt a lot more relieved. "My work can be handed over very quickly," he said. Then you're ready to go. ”

"Chairman Chen, Brother Wu, oh, is Comrade Wu Xingchen also going to Shandong with us?" Chai Qingguo was a little uneasy about this.

"That's right, Comrade Wu Xingchen will go to Shandong with everyone. However, the forces that Comrade Wu Xingchen is building up now are not exactly revolutionary forces. Therefore, after the comrades arrive in Shandong, they must pay attention to the establishment of the organization. We are a revolutionary party, not ordinary people who have fallen into the grass. Both Chai Qingguo and Comrade Shang Yuan came from the Anhui base area. If you build an organization, you are no strangers. But don't be dogmatic and think that you will succeed by doing this in Anhui, and you will do it in Shandong. This approach is unlikely to lead to good results. I will discuss the working methods in Shandong with you. ”

"And how is the work distributed?" Shang Yuan doesn't care much about theoretical training, but he is not sloppy about organizational arrangements at all.

"You three comrades will first take up the post of special commissioner in Shandong, and after the formation of the task force is completed, you will set off for Shandong. After Shandong came up with a clue about the rectification, Comrade Chen Tianhua went to work in Hebei as a special commissioner. ”

"What if that kid can't stand it during this period?" Chai Qingguo asked.

"According to the information provided by Comrade Wu Xingchen, Pang Zi is now a rogue gangster, can he still run if he can't win. I really can't stand it, so I can only say that he is unlucky. ”

Chen Ke rarely used the word "luck", and this time he used bad luck on Pang Zi, and Wu Xingchen couldn't help but chuckle.

After the three of them were notified, they immediately began to hand over the work, and two days later, the three of them met with Wu Xingchen. He also conducted a two-day training session with 50 selected comrades. Then the Hebei task force set off quietly.

During the training, Chai Qingguo didn't have time to chat with Wu Xingchen more, and after getting on the boat, the two old brothers were finally able to sit together and talk.

"Big brother, you look thin." Chai Qingguo didn't dare to directly say that Wu Xingchen was haggard, so he had to change to a more mild word.

Wu Xingchen just smiled, but didn't speak.

"Big brother, why didn't you inform me when you arrived at the base area. What are you busy with these days? "Chai Qingguo is very inquisitive.

Wu Xingchen's face changed, but he just said in the end, "I talked about something with Comrade Qi Huishen. Long time no see, some things are more troublesome to say. ”

Chai Qingguo saw that Wu Xingchen didn't make it clear to himself, and he didn't ask these questions anymore. "Big brother, what did that kid Pang Zi do in Hebei?"

Regarding this question, Wu Xingchen smiled bitterly, "After Pang Zi returned to Nangong County from Taihang Mountain, he went on a killing spree. Of the landlords who sold him at that time, Pang Zi didn't let any of them go. Kill all these people, young and old. Make a big mess in Xingtai County. The news reached Shandong. ”

Even Chai Qingguo, a neutral and impatient person, heard that Pang Zi actually started a door to destroy, he couldn't help but gasp, "There are a lot of people from the Pang family in Pang Zi, and he can do it." ”

"I don't know where Pang Zi got the news, Pang Zi killed all the people who sold him. I've just heard that he killed quite a few people. As for whether there is a Pang family or not, I don't know. However, Pang Zi is crazy, and after killing someone, I heard that he forcibly distributed the clan land to the local people. But I sent someone to Nangong County to find Pang Zi, but I couldn't find out about Pang Zi's whereabouts. It's a strange thing. ”

Chai Qingguo didn't have any unexpected reaction to the division of land, if it was said that the land was divided, the division of the land was much more ruthless than Pang Zi. At this time, he had recovered from Pang Zi's extermination. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Chai Qingguo said in a low voice: "Brother Wu, the constitution and methods of our People's Party are very different from when you were still there. If you go to Shandong, you have to take care of a lot of things, Brother Wu. ”

Hearing the party's discipline question, Wu Xingchen's brows immediately furrowed, "Qingguo, I know what you mean." But you and I are both members of the People's Party, don't worry about me, since I dare to come back this time, I have no other thoughts. After arriving in Shandong, the party committee decided on the work arrangement. I'm just a party member. Brothers belong to brothers, and in the party's discipline, we must not make mistakes. It was enough for me to make a mistake once. ”

After listening to Wu Xingchen's words, Chai Qingguo determined that this time the party committee did not take Wu Xingchen lightly. Otherwise, there was no need for Wu Xingchen to say such outrageous things to himself. But Wu Xingchen himself said so, Chai Qingguo also felt that it was useless for him to say anything, he grabbed Wu Xingchen's hand, "Big brother, brother, I will never let you be wronged." ”

Looking at Chai Qingguo's determined gaze, Wu Xingchen could only express his gratitude by patting the back of Chai Qingguo's hand.

This topic could no longer be talked about at this point, and Chai Qingguo turned the topic back to the forces that Wu Xingchen had built in Shandong.

"The situation in Shandong is okay now, there are more and more people who open factories to do business, and there are more and more foreign goods. Shandong has already had several incidents of foreign goods arriving in a row. But I'm not in town, and I've only heard. I'm now in Yimeng Mountain, where I'm putting a few teams together. It's just that these people are still that virtuous, and it's okay to let them be bandits, and it's very difficult to let them do something serious. I don't think it's any different from before to continue to stay in Shandong. That's when I made up my mind to come back. ”

"The party bandits are unreliable." Chai Qingguo said approvingly, "I used to think that those people were not righteous enough, but now I feel that these people are bastards." Big brother, these people are unreliable. Pang Zi's kid finally took the path of bandits, and he couldn't go on like this. ”

Wu Xingchen couldn't hear whether Chai Qingguo was talking about Pang Zi or himself. Looking at Chai Qingguo's expression carefully, he couldn't see any clues, and he couldn't help but have some mustard in his heart. He said perfunctorily: "This time, the party committee should rectify these people." ”

"Big brother, it's useless to straighten out. I can see it clearly now, as long as I only think about myself, it's useless to straighten it out. Chai Qingguo couldn't help but sigh, "Pang Zi's kid suffers from this." ”

I don't know if it's telepathy, when Chai Qingguo talked about Pang Zi, Pang Zi couldn't help but sneeze loudly.

Not long after, a large coat with body temperature immediately draped Pang Zi on his shoulders from behind, "Master, don't freeze." ”

Pang Zi turned his head and said to the woman who had given him a big deal, "It's okay, you should be careful of your body." It's still too cold in the mountains. ”

"Boss, I've been in the mountains for so many years, and I'm more frost-resistant than you." The woman laughed too.

Although it is the end of spring now, it is still very cold in Taihang Mountain, and Pang Zi still feels very cold when he sits in a single clothes and sits in the hastily built hall of the cottage. After putting it on, I quickly felt a little warm and comfortable. At this moment, the woman next to her asked, "Master, seeing that you haven't spoken all morning, what are you thinking?" ”

Hearing this, Pang Zi's body stiffened slightly, and then he said: "I remembered the past, I knew a few people at that time. ”

"Have they offended you?" The woman's voice immediately became fierce.

"They didn't offend me. It's just that they wanted me to do it with them, but I didn't say yes at that time. Now that I think about it, I should have learned more from them. ”

"Hehe, in charge, your ability is not small, what do you need to learn again? On horseback riding and shooting, who is your opponent in our cottage? The woman leaned next to Pang Zi and said with a smile.

Pang Zi pushed the woman out, "In broad daylight, let others see you sitting like this, it's a joke." Seeing that the woman refused to leave his side, Pang Zi simply stood up from the chair.

As if to prove Pang Zi's foresight, several people hurriedly entered the door, and when they saw Pang Zi standing in the middle of the hall, they hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and said happily: "Pang Ye, the people in the village have already sent a few cages of chickens over." They praise you for your good work. ”

"Yes, the head of the family, the people in the village have seen us as if they had met relatives. Thank you very much. Would you like to meet them? ”

Pang Zi nodded with satisfaction, "No need, you go and tell them that everyone will share half of the chickens and pigs they will raise in the future." If something happens to them, let them come directly to us. Let's give them a head start. ”

"Yes." The men went out at once.

When the woman saw the minions coming out of the hall, she immediately leaned over, "The master, when my father was in charge of this cottage, the surrounding villages were scared to death, after you became the leader, this filial piety is also more, and the villagers are willing to take the initiative to come to our door to pay respect." I said you're capable, and that's not wrong at all. ”

Pang Zi listened to the woman's flattery, and his face turned ugly, "Capable of it?" I have the ability to let people come here from Xingtai for me. If I have the ability, I will let it go in Xingtai. I learned some fur from others, and I was able to get the common people to pay me tribute. You know how big those people are! ”

The woman's words made Pang Zi unhappy, and she hurriedly grabbed Pang Zi's arm, "Boss, I don't know the people you said, I don't care if they have the ability or not, I just need to follow you." ”

Pang Zi pushed away the woman beside him, "Follow me in this ravine?" Do you want me or not? ”

"In charge, I will follow you wherever you go. The last time you went back to Xingtai and did such a big ticket, didn't I just follow you? If you think it's boring in the mountains, I'll follow you to Xingtai. ”

The woman's original intention was to please Pang Zi, but her words obviously made Pang Zi even more unhappy. Pang Zi pulled down the big on his shoulder, stuffed it to the woman next to him, and left the cottage hall without looking back.

The sun was shining outside, and the temperature was warmer than inside. Pang Zi saw that the minions were arrogantly sending a few people who looked like mountain people out of the gate of the cottage. Then he smiled around a few cages of chickens on the ground. Pang Zi couldn't help but scold in his heart, "What have you all seen if you haven't seen anything?" A few cages of chickens were happy like this. These cages of chickens are not enough for Lao Tzu to set up a banquet at the gate of a village back then. ”

Recalling the previous glorious days, Pang Zi's heart ached. At that time, hundreds of brothers were alive and well, making a living in black and white, and the peasant association in their hometown was constantly providing wine and meat, and the trading of the dart game was even more profitable. When it comes to the name of his huge king, the surrounding land is famous for a hundred and ten miles. Those days are good days. Now Pang Zi has only forty or fifty people under his command, and there are only a dozen villages in the territory under his control. Although it is not about starvation, his subordinates can be happy to see a few cages of chickens. Pang Zida felt a kind of sadness in his heart. Is this the so-called hero's end?

Seeing the appearance of his subordinates, Pang Zi didn't want to have fun with them at all. He wanted to distract himself, so he turned and went in the direction of the back mountain.

Since the fight was broken up by the Beiyang Horse Battalion, Pang Zi took the remnants of his brothers to run west. Relying on Ma Duolu's familiarity, Pang Zi actually got rid of the pursuing soldiers of Beiyang and fled to Taihang Mountain in one go. He didn't dare to stop long, and went directly into Taihang Mountain. There are many east-west horizontal valleys in the Taihang Mountains, the passage that this kind of horizontal valley is called is called 陉, and the eight throat passages that pass through the Taihang Mountains in ancient times are called "Thai Airlines Eight Mountains", which has always been the important military pass on the border of the three provinces. The famous ones are the military capital, Puyin, Flying Fox, Jing, Fukou, Bai, Taihang, Yiguan and so on.

Pang Zi ran directly from Xingtai into Fukou, and then ran all the way into Wangwu Mountain. At this point, there were only eight people left around him. Everyone hid here for a few days, but they felt that it was not safe here, so they had to run out again. Along the way, I didn't meet the pursuers of Beiyang, so I ran in fear for a few days, and finally arrived at the cottage I knew before. Pang Zi was extremely glad that he was able to escape with his life, but he didn't know that the reason why he could survive was because Jing Tingwen, a cadre of the peasant association, assassinated two officers of the Beiyang Horse Battalion, and the Beiyang Army had to stop its plan to kill Pang Zi.