In the past, as long as Chen Tianhua heard someone say the word "revolutionary", he would definitely be inexplicably excited. At the beginning of 1906, Chen Tianhua pulled Pang Zi all day long to talk about revolutionary principles, so Pang Zi never expected that at the end of September 1906, when Pang Zi personally said that he "wanted to rebel and revolution", Chen Tianhua did not even blink his eyelids.

Seeing Chen Tianhua's reaction, Pang Zi was quite discouraged. Although he was extremely calm in front of his brothers, in his heart, Pang Zi was not optimistic at all. That's why Pang Zi sincerely found Chen Tianhua for help.

In the eyes of outsiders, Pang Zi had participated in the uprising led by Jing Tingbin before, and now he has raised such a big family business, and he is really a well-informed and capable person. And Pang Zi himself knows his own affairs. It was because he had seen so many failures that Pang Zi's heart was full of fear.

Pang Zi would not be naïve to think that if he defeated the defense camp, he could claim the king and hegemony in this Xingtai. The Boxers once had the power of the imperial court's support, mobilizing the brotherhood in many places in Hebei, and in the end it was death. Uncle Jing Tingbin didn't rely on anyone, and he pulled up the scale of more than 100,000 people, and in the end he died. These armed struggles in which Pang Zi personally participated are still vividly remembered. For the ending without any suspense, Pang Zi felt as if something invisible was pressing tightly on his body, making him unable to breathe and hear normally.

"Captain Pang, since you have decided to rebel, what are you afraid of?" Chen Tianhua said unhurriedly: "Don't you believe that the revolution can succeed? ”

If before, Chen Tianhua was silent for a long time and then revealed the true face of the "revolutionary party", Pang Zi would at least sneer as a mockery, now after all, it is about his own life and death, higher than the mountain, deeper than the sea Under the pressure, Pang Zi's thinking has been completely forced to find a way to survive, and he can't even squeeze out the slightest sneer. Even so, Pang Zi still regarded the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and reluctantly asked: "Mr. Chen, can there be a way to live after the revolution?" ”

Seeing Pang Zi's face deliberately pretending to be calm and barely looking calm, Chen Tianhua was not sure whether he could let Pang Zi understand his whole plan. Ever since Pang Zi started working on the salt farm, Chen Tianhua knew that something was wrong. In fact, the well-informed peasant association is even above Pang Zi's network. Pang Zi can only get the news by opening the joints above, if the other party is wary, for example, Jing Tinglie in Pingxiang will strictly block his news, Pang Zi will not be able to get any internal information.

The peasant association is very different, the relationship network of the farmers is intertwined, although the fat man can't get the news about Jing Tinglie, Chen Tianhua has done it. The godfather of a relative of a peasant association member works as a servant in Jing Tinglie's house, and he is responsible for serving tea and pouring water on weekdays, not even a senior servant. But he just heard Jing Tinglie's words that he wanted to report Pang Zi's rebellion to the Beiyang New Army. And handed the words back.

Finding that the local tyrants and gentry were so hostile to Pang Zi, Chen Tianhua hurriedly began to collect intelligence. Although the landlords were cautious enough to hold meetings, their gatherings could not avoid the eyes of the masses. As long as the landlords dared to use the people who were born as servants at the meeting, Chen Tianhua would always be able to hook up with these servants through the peasant associations. At least until now, there have been cowardly servants who did not dare to say what the landlords had held in their meetings, fearing reprisals. But no servant ever stood on the side of the landlord to oppose the affairs of the peasant union.

But Chen Tianhua didn't want to tell Pang Zi all this information now. This is not because Chen Tianhua looks down on Pang Zi, but he doesn't think that Pang Zi can really know why the people support the peasant association so seriously.

With this information, Pang Zi's effective attacks against hostile landlords can greatly alleviate the pressure. It is even possible to avoid a head-on confrontation with the government. But what is the significance of Chen Tianhua's adoption of this approach? If Pang Zi himself can't give an answer that satisfies Chen Tianhua, Chen Tianhua doesn't want to share the information with Pang Zi.

Pang Zi asked if the revolution could succeed, and Chen Tianhua immediately looked at Pang Zi's eyes very seriously, and then replied: "The revolution will definitely succeed." ”

Hearing this, Pang Zi was not moved by Chen Tianhua's firm eyes at all. He finally smiled self-deprecatingly, and didn't even reply.

Chen Tianhua said: "Captain Pang, you're just worried that you won't be able to defeat the Beiyang New Army. Although the Beiyang New Army has a large number of people, but with such a large territory as Xingtai, they want to find such an idea for the transport team, but I am afraid that it is not so easy. ”

This is very reasonable, and Pang Zi's eyes lit up after hearing it. In fact, he just felt that he really had no chance of winning, Pang Zi used to follow others, even if he failed, Pang Zi himself was able to start all over again. Now it is Pang Zi who leads the people to do it, once he fails, Pang Zi will never want to turn over from Nangong County again. How many times I have been born and died, and how many brothers I have seen fall by my side. If the result of all this is that Pang Zi can never return to his hometown, Pang Zi feels that he will simply die in Nangong County.

After listening to Chen Tianhua's words, Pang Zi's eyes really lit up, if it was a mobile battle, as a local, he did have a lot of room for maneuver. But after thinking about it, Pang Zi felt that this idea was very unrealistic. Without waiting for Pang Zi to put forward his thoughts, Chen Tianhua asked: "Captain Pang, you must think that even a character like Mr. Jing Tingbin is still blocked by the Beiyang Army." Then I want to ask you, if the local people don't disclose your news to Beiyang, do you say that Beiyang is easy to find a small team like you? ”

Even if he was in a low mood, in the face of such a naïve question as Chen Tianhua, Pang Zi still couldn't help but sneer, "Hmph, it's nice to say." The folks in this township are all mouthful of relatives on weekdays, and it would be good if they didn't take the initiative to sell you at this critical time. ”

Chen Tianhua replied-for-tat: "Yo drink, Captain Pang blames the people for not talking about the righteousness of the rivers and lakes." You said that the people didn't really treat you, Captain Pang, you patted your chest and asked yourself, when did you really do something for the villagers. ”

Pang Zi frowned, Chen Tianhua was already extremely unkind when he said this. After looking Chen Tianhua up and down, Pang Zi couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Chen, which side are you standing on to speak?" ”

Chen Tianhua replied neatly, "As the president of the peasant association, I will definitely stand on the side of the people of the peasant association." ”

Pang Zi snorted, and was about to say something. But he heard someone knocking on the door, and before Chen Tianhua could answer, a young man outside had already rushed in, and after entering the door, he didn't care about 3721 and shouted: "Mr. Chen, something happened." The Wehrmacht has already set out to fight the convoy. ”

The eyes of the two people in the room widened as they listened. Chen Tianhua bit his lip slightly, thinking about countermeasures. Pang Zi stood up suddenly, stepped forward and grabbed the placket of the young man's chest, "Who did you listen to?" ”

The young man was frightened by this, and his words were not very sharp, "This ......, someone asked me to tell Mr. Chen that the defense army wants to fight the stationing of the transport team in the county seat. ”

Pang Zike is not stupid at all, after hearing this, he thought for a moment and suddenly understood something, he turned his head suddenly, raised his hand and pointed at Chen Tianhua, "The surname is Chen, your mother's yin me!" You know no less than I do, but you don't tell me anything! I still treat you as my own family, you white-eyed wolf! ”

Chen Tianhua is not angry, not angry, although it is a little embarrassing to be seen through by Pang Zi, it is not a big deal. He waited for Pang Zi to finish scolding, and then asked: "Captain Pang, our brothers can quarrel at any time, how are you going to deal with the defense army." ”

This question made Pang Zi sober up in an instant, even if Chen Tianhua knew the news. Chen Tianhua is just a group of people who farm and raise chickens and ducks, and it is a joke to let them go to war. You can talk to Chen Tianhua at any time, but if the old nest in the county town is eliminated, then everything will be over.

"Mr. Chen, you're not talking nonsense, are you?" Pang Zi asked.

"It's not a lie." Chen Tianhua replied.

Hearing this assurance, Pang Zi walked out of the door without looking back.

The young man who had just come in was very anxious, and he asked eagerly: "Mr. Chen, the plow that my family borrowed money from the peasant association to buy has not yet arrived, will this be fine?" ”

"Don't be afraid, the peasant association has said that as long as the things borrowed from the peasant association to buy do not arrive, the peasant association will not give everyone a profit. You can rest assured of this. ”

Although the young man knew that the peasant association had always been about credibility, he was also a little panicked in the face of Pang Zi's convoy being attacked by the official army. Chen Tianhua sent the young man away, took out a booklet and began to study. On the cover was written the following words: "How Long Can the Red Flag Be Fought, Deduction of Revolutionary Guerrilla Warfare."

At least when Pang Zi returned to Nangong County, he was confused. Why Chen Tianhua can know so much is something Pang Zi couldn't understand. When the defense army wants to do something to himself, Pang Zi only said it to a few henchmen. And these people don't deal with Chen Tianhua at all on weekdays, so I don't think they betrayed the intelligence. Then there is only one reason, Chen Tianhua has established an intelligence network on his own. But on weekdays, Chen Tianhua never interacted with famous people in Xingtai, and always only dealt with those ordinary people. How did he know so much news?

However, it is useless to think about this kind of thing, Pang Zi forcibly retracted his mind and thought about how to deal with the defense camp. In fact, everyone has already made a plan, but they don't know when the defense camp will be dispatched. After all, everyone doesn't really want to rebel, if the defense camp doesn't come to fight themselves, everyone feels thank God, in the dart game, there is no one who wants to take the initiative to attack the defense camp.

Back in the county seat, everything in the city looks no different from normal days. The fat man suddenly wondered if the news from Chen Tianhua's side was fake. He hurriedly called Pang Tianshuo over and asked, "Did the brothers you sent out to watch the defense camp come back with a message?" ”

"Brother Pang, I haven't come back yet." Pang Tianshuo said with a smile.

"I told them to come back every hour and go to someone, no matter what news there was. What do these brothers say. The fat man asked.

Hearing this question, Pang Tianshuo replied, "No one has come back yet." ”