The ancestral hall is in the northwest corner of the village, and when it was close to the ancestral hall, the fourth company had quietly dispersed, fanning around the ancestral hall. How big is the ancestral hall? Is there a backdoor? Unconsciously asked about the enemy situation and the surrounding environment.

There are no sentries at the entrance of the ancestral hall, no, there are two sentries, sitting by the door dozing, Xia Bo was about to walk out, Jiang Xianyun grabbed him, covered his mouth at the same time, and whispered: "Don't be afraid." Then he shook his head at the back, and three soldiers quietly came out from behind, and felt along the corner of the wall towards the door of the ancestral hall.

Xia Bo realized that these commanders did not seem to be all the way to the previous commanders, and he was horrified to see that the two soldiers who were napping at the door were quietly killed.

Jiang Xianyun slowly let go of the hand covering Xia Bo, and whispered: "Uncle, don't be afraid, don't make a sound, find a place to hide, and it will be over in a while." ”

The soldiers of the fourth company slowly pushed open the door, the space of the ancestral hall was quite large, there was a patio in the middle, and two fires were lit in the corridor around the patio, but the fire was almost extinguished, and only some scattered flames remained, and there were people lying around the fire. These people slept soundly and snored profusely.

The soldiers of the fourth company quietly walked into the ancestral hall, without saying a word, looking for the officers among them, Jiang Xianyun walked into the main hall of the ancestral hall, there was no one inside, Wang Gongliang took a few officers who were caught out of the crowd and brought them into the ancestral hall.

At this time, some of the Chen soldiers were awakened, and when they found the school soldiers around them, they immediately shouted in horror, and there was a disturbance in the ancestral hall, Wang Gongliang quickly pressed it, and under the muzzle, there were still Chen Jun soldiers who instinctively grabbed the gun in their hands.

Jiang Xianyun walked out of the main hall, stood at the door of the hall and said loudly to the soldiers of Chen Jun: "Brother Chen Jun, we are the Whampoa Revolutionary Army under the leadership of Premier Sun, you have been surrounded, lay down your arms, and we will treat the prisoners preferentially; In the future, if there are any of you who are willing to participate in the revolution, we welcome them, and those who are willing to go home, we will pay them for the journey, and we will never force them. ”

At this time, a second lieutenant came out from behind Jiang Xianyun, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Brothers, put down your guns, and don't make sacrifices for nothing. ”

After hearing their words, the soldiers of the Chen army surrendered their guns one after another, but there were still a few soldiers who hesitated, but Jiang Xianyun didn't seem to see it, but the stern Wang Gongliang said: "Battalion Commander Wang, tell the comrades that they must strictly abide by discipline, and they are not allowed to search or beat or scold the prisoners. Wang Gongliang was stunned for a moment, and then saw Jiang Xianyun's eyes, and he had an idea: "Yes, regiment leader." "Officer Chen was completely desperate at this moment.

Then Jiang Xianyun asked the second lieutenant, "What's your name?" "Report to the commander, the second lieutenant platoon commander of the second detachment of the third army of the Guangdong Army talks about Shaohui."

"Talking about the platoon commander, what about your commander?"

"The company commander doesn't live here, he lives in the Xia patriarch's house." The Xia patriarch is the patriarch of the Xia clan and the richest man in the village.

Jiang Xianyun asked Camp Commander Li to go to Patriarch Xia's house to arrest people, and then continued to interrogate Tan Shaohui.

Their company Haifeng rushed to reinforce Tamsui, followed by the main force of Yin Ji of the Third Army, this army was originally going to Boluo, but halfway through receiving an order to reinforce Tamsui. According to the order, they should have arrived in Tamsui yesterday, but they had only stayed overnight because of the delay in the rain, and they were going to rush to Tamsui tomorrow.

However, Tan Shaohui was only a second lieutenant and didn't know much about the situation, so after Jiang Xianyun asked, he comforted Tan Shaohui a few words, and then locked him up with several other officers. Soon, Li Xianzhou also arrested the company commander of the department, and the information obtained after interrogation was similar to what Tan Shaohui said, but there was an important addition, the follow-up troops were three to five miles away from them, and this was because the rain had widened the speed of the troops' march and the distance between the front and rear.

In the fourth company, the soldiers could finally rest, the cooking squad hurried to boil water and cook, and the soldiers gathered around the fire to roast their soaked clothes, Jiang Xianyun took the map and studied it carefully.

Li Xianzhou's arrest naturally alarmed the Xia family, and when the Xia patriarch was worried, he went to the ancestral hall to take a look and learn about the situation of the new troops.

He came to the ancestral hall on crutches and accompanied by several family members, and after entering the door, he first signed up for the ceremony, and the noble army came here, and he was disappointed to welcome ,..., and so on. The paddy field market is located on the road from Huizhou to Tamsui, and there are troops passing by all the year round, and it is this set of etiquette to welcome and send it off, and Mr. Patriarch has already practiced it very skillfully.

Of course Jiang Xianyun didn't say anything, he calmly told Patriarch Xia that our Huangpu School Army is here to eliminate Chen Jiongming, not to harm the common people, please rest assured that Patriarch Xia will not disturb the place.

Patriarch Xia was suspicious when he heard this, but along the way, he really didn't see these soldiers enter the villagers' homes, and even if they entered their own homes, they just took the officers who lived there and didn't make any requests, and the young officer who led the team was still very polite.

After Patriarch Xia praised the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, he asked carefully, "I don't know what the chief needs us to do?" ”

Jiang Xianyun didn't speak, but first helped Patriarch Xia to a chair and sat down before saying, "We are about to set off, and I hope Patriarch Xia can give us a guide who is familiar with the road." ”

"Okay, no problem, I'll send someone to lead the way for your army as soon as it dawns." Patriarch Xia naturally agreed, this request was simply too simple.

"Not in the morning, but now." Jiang Xianyun said with a smile.

"Now?" Patriarch Xia was a little surprised, where else was this black light going.

"Yes, the military situation is urgent, let's rest for a while and leave, and I hope that Mr. Xia will send us a guide as soon as possible, of course we will pay a certain fee." Jiang Xianyun's attitude was very sincere. Jiang Xianyun not only surprised the Xia patriarch, but also made Wang Gongliang and Li Xianzhou on the side a little surprised, they all wanted to ask if it was true or false, but Jiang Xianyun swallowed the words again under his stern eyes.

Patriarch Xia was about to look for someone later, when there was a noisy sound outside the door. "At this time, why don't you let me enter my ancestral hall, are you still a revolutionary army?"

Jiang Xianyun was about to ask who it was, but the Xia patriarch said with a worried face: "Don't blame the chief, this is Xiao'er Yanglin, I don't know the height of the sky, I don't know how thick the sky is, I want to ask the chief for forgiveness." ”

Jiang Xianyun laughed and said, "This was originally your ancestral hall, and we just lived here temporarily." With that, he asked people to go to the door and let Xia Yanglin in.

Xia Yanglin looked like a tenth **, wearing a blue student uniform, and asked when he came in: "Are you from the Whampoa Military Academy?" ”

After receiving an affirmative reply, Xia Yanglin was overjoyed: "I want to join you and go with you to fight Chen Jiongming." ”

Jiang Xianyun couldn't help but be happy when he looked at him, and Wang Gongliang and Li Xianzhou also laughed. Patriarch Xia scolded angrily: "What are you doing here, the chiefs are doing military affairs, how can you wait for the students to participate, don't go home, don't disturb the chief." ”

"No, Mr. Xia, Mr. Xia didn't bother us. Go home, don't make your father angry. Jiang Xianyun persuaded with a smile.

"Home? Comrade, don't listen to my father, I wanted to take the Whampoa exam last year, but he didn't let him live or die, and this year I wanted to stay in school to participate in the Eastern Crusade, and he sent someone to the school to say that he was sick, do you think he looks like he is sick? When I came back, I was locked up at home and not allowed to go out. You came to my house tonight, and I found a free time to sneak out. Xia Yanglin said angrily.

"Oh," Jiang Xianyun looked at Xia Yanglin sympathetically, he had encountered this situation in Anyuan and Shuikoushan before, the young people wanted revolution, and the elders tried their best to stop it; He used to work as an elder, but not today.

Xia Yanglin was very alert, he could see from Jiang Xianyun's expression that he didn't seem to agree to his request, so he didn't wait for Jiang Xianyun to speak, and preemptively set up friendship: "Actually, I also know you people from the Whampoa Military Academy, and your Blood Flower Drama Club has come to our school to perform several times." Zhilong Lee, do you know each other? Jiang Xianyun, Wang Gongliang, and Li Xianzhou all laughed.

Xia Yanglin was encouraged: "I am very familiar with Li Zhilong, and I helped contact us for the first time when I came to our school to perform. ”

"What is your school....?" Li Xianzhou asked.

"Guangzhou Business School, not far from the Women's College of Law and Politics. I have watched all of your Blood Flower Drama Society's "Northern Expedition" and "Revolutionary Youth". Xia Yanglin said eagerly. He is also a popular figure in the school, and often participates in various parades and speeches, but the Xia family has a shop in Guangzhou, and the Xia patriarch has a very strong relationship with the directors of the school, and the Xia patriarch knows his behavior in the school, so every time he plans to take any drastic action, he is always stopped by the Xia patriarch who appears in time. Like this time, he wanted to participate in the Eastern Crusade Propaganda Team, but he was deceived back by the Xia patriarch with illness.

Jiang Xianyun persuaded him: "We are an army, we can't absorb people casually, and you haven't been trained either...."

"Revolution, in no particular order, revolution, regardless of identity; These are the words of "Northern Expedition". We must have the courage to break an old world and create a new one, these are the words of "Revolutionary Youth". Xia Yanglin interrupted him and asked, "Are you just talking about these words?" ”

Jiang Xianyun thought to himself that this was not what I said, the former was said by Zhuang*, and the latter was said by Director Zhou.

"Of course not."

"Then why don't you let me go to the revolution and not let me go into battle." Xia Yanglin's tone was aggressive.

Jiang Xianyun didn't laugh angrily, he liked this young man a little.

"Mr. Xia, your understanding of the revolution is somewhat one-sided; There is a division of labor in the revolution, for example, our task is to fight and destroy the enemy, and your task is to mobilize the masses and propagate the revolution. ”

"Mobilize the masses?" Xia Yanglin asked puzzled.

"Yes, to propagate revolutionary principles to the masses, and then to organize the masses, for example, to organize trade unions and peasant unions here." Jiang Xianyun patiently explained.

When Patriarch Xia heard this, he dared to love this person who didn't grab things and people. After his son went to Guangzhou to study, he came into contact with some ideas and became very out of line, all day long is revolutionary revolution, revolution is so easy, Sun Yat-sen has been engaged in revolution for decades and has not seen him make anything, chaotic soldiers are still chaotic soldiers, foreigners are still foreigners, Chinese are still guilty. Therefore, he resolutely opposed his son to make a revolution, and it was not good to finish his studies quietly and then inherit the family business, so why should he engage in that revolution.

Seeing that Jiang Xianyun was going to tell his son about some revolutionary truth, he hurriedly interjected: "Yanglin, you go back first, don't delay the chief's rest, they will have to hurry later." ”

"It's so late, where are you going?" Xia Yanglin ignored his father, and just asked Jiang Xianyun puzzled.

Jiang Xianyun didn't tell them the details, so he just replaced them with tasks in an ambiguous way.

Xia Yanglin rolled his eyes, and then said, "Then I'll go with you, I'm familiar with this area." ”

Patriarch Xia was a little panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Son, the chief is going to fight, what are you going to make a fuss about." ”

"Well, how can you join in the fun? It's so late, they are not familiar with the area at all, don't they need someone to lead the way? Xia Yanglin shouted. What a smart young man, Jiang Xianyun admired in his heart.

"Are you familiar with this area? Won't get lost at night? "Of course, I ran around this area when I was seven or eight years old, from Tamsui to Huizhou, no matter the big road or the small road, I know it, let alone at night, even if I close my eyes, I can find the way." Xia Yanglin said unceremoniously.

Jiang Xianyun was a little suspicious that he was bragging, seeing that Jiang Xianyun didn't believe it, Xia Yanglin was a little anxious, he pulled his finger and introduced what roads to go from here to Tamsui, what to pay attention to; And then I talked about Huizhou....

Patriarch Xia is helpless, if you want to say that he is familiar with the road, Xia Yanglin is indeed very familiar, his family has a shop in Tamsui Huizhou, and he is a person who can't sit still, he will go every two days, and come back when he is finished, regardless of morning or evening.

Jiang Xianyun was relieved now, he turned to do the work of the Xia patriarch, he promised him that Xia Yanglin would not be allowed to participate in the battle, and he would be allowed to go home safely, the Xia patriarch had no choice but to agree, but he still sent two people to follow.

After sending Patriarch Xia away, Wang Gongliang and Li Xianzhou Wang Jiaxiu immediately surrounded Jiang Xianyun and asked him what he was going to do? Jiang Xianyun spread out the map, pointed to the map and said: "You see, Tamsui is the gateway to Huizhou, the enemy will definitely defend Tamsui, this is our location paddy field ruins, only about eight miles away from Tamsui, the forced march only takes about thirty or forty minutes to arrive, the main force of the enemy's reinforcements is behind us, it is estimated that it should be in..., here, in the drum enclosure, because there is no other place for them to take shelter from the rain and rest in this area." It's only five miles away from us, since they are reinforcing Tamsui, it means that the enemy's troops are empty, if we wait until tomorrow, then the enemy's reinforcements are likely to rush to Tamsui first, you must know that Hong Zhaofu from Boluo, Ye Ju from Huizhou are reinforcing Tamsui, if our army attacks Tamsui tonight, as long as we can take a city gate, tomorrow's victory will be more certain, and the casualties of the troops will be reduced. ”

"What if the attack fails and the enemy finds out?" Li Xianzhou asked.

"It's entirely possible, however, then our losses will not be very large, we just have to retreat, and the enemy will not dare to pursue it at night." Jiang Xianyun is very confident.

Later, several people had a discussion, and they inquired in detail about the city height and moat of Xiayanglin Tamsui.

At three o'clock in the morning, the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment left the paddy field market and quietly drove towards Tamsui in the night.

(Xia Yanglin's eyes widened angrily: Canvassing, my newcomer debuted, those who have tickets will help a ticket field, and those who don't have tickets will quickly collect it.) ）