Chapter 47: A Visit to the Cattle Village
"Let me ask you, who is the boss of the Niuzhuang puppet army?" Gou Tianxiao sat on the big chair in Qiao's house and interrogated Qiao Xingwang with a pout. Bu Hui next to him took a notebook to make a record.
"Our company commander is called Liu Mancang, and there is a town mayor named Zhao Zhiqiang."
"Less nonsense! I asked you who is the boss of the puppet army, what do you say the mayor does? "Gou Tianxiao" snap! With a slap on the armrest, the chair under the buttocks shook with a "squeak" and almost fell apart! Gou Tianxiao quickly stood up, he forgot about the economic situation of the family, it seems that this chair is also in disrepair and has passed the retirement age!
"Xingwang, you can answer Lord Tianxiao's words well, don't you dare to talk nonsense to fool people." Aunt Qiao followed along with a worried face.
"I didn't! Lord Tianxiao, auntie, I am telling the truth! Niuzhuang's Imperial Association Army has a total of one and a half companies, and the largest officer in it is the company commander Liu Mancang. The original mayor of Niuzhuang was called Niu Jingui, and he usually didn't care about the affairs of the Imperial Army. This town mayor Zhao Zhiqiang came from Tianzhuangtai, and since he came, Niuzhuang has opened a company of the Imperial Army. ”
Zhao Zhiqiang, the mayor of Grange Terrace? Gou Tianxiao's face changed at that time, but he followed when he hit Tianzhuangtai, what was going on with Mayor Zhao Gou Tianxiao was clear in his heart! Unexpectedly, Fei Ge kindly let him go at that time, this guy didn't repent, and ran from Grange to Niuzhuang to continue to be his traitor!
After finishing speaking, Qiao Xingwang looked at Gou Tianxiao nervously, Aunt Qiao looked more nervous than her nephew, and the old lady's body was a little shaky. Bu Hui couldn't stand it anymore, so he took a small bench and helped the old lady sit down. Such a good old man can't be angry with her uncompetitive nephew!
"How many Japanese troops are there in town?" Since there is a puppet army, there must also be devils! After digesting the information just now, Gou Tianxiao continued to ask.
"Fifty-four." Qiao Xingwang answered this question simply. The number of devils is there, and there is no need for him to discount it.
"How many puppet soldiers are there in your one-and-a-half-company puppet army?"
"Two hundred and sixty-three."
"You know the Tao in detail. So what kind of official are you? Gou Tianxiao looked at Qiao Xingwang with a smile, he was definitely not an ordinary puppet army to know the number of puppet soldiers and devils in such detail! You can't blame Gou Tianxiao for his ugly smile, he has been a beard for so many years, can that smile be good-looking?
"Me? Report to my lord, I am the deputy of the Niuzhuang Emperor Allied Army! Before Liu Mancang and his company came, the Imperial Association Army in Niuzhuang was under my control. ”
It turns out that this is the former puppet army leader of Niu Zhuang! Looks like I caught a big fish today! After knowing the true identity of Qiao Xingwang, Gou Tianxiao's eyes immediately lit up, with such a person in his hand, if he didn't know how to make good use of Lu Dao, it would really be a beard for so many years!
"You're the deputy company commander of the puppet army, right? Well, good, not bad! It's rare for you to come to see your aunt with filial piety, okay, Aunt Qiao just made a pot of wild vegetable paste, and it's still hot. Come, let's eat a bowl per person and try my aunt's craftsmanship! Full warehouse, come, let's eat together. Gou Tianxiao happily pulled Qiao Xingwang to taste the wild vegetable paste together.
Although the rice is simple, it can even be said to be shabby, but the original fragrance of wild vegetables and grains has been brought into full play, and everyone present eats a big bowl of deliciousness.
Qiao Xingwang brought his aunt a bag full of buds this time. The old lady eats alone, and this 100 catties of food is estimated to be enough for her to eat for three months, right? When Qiao Xingwang put the buds away, Gou Tianxiao suddenly proposed to go to Niuzhuang Town for a walk. Is this an offer? It's an order! What Gou Tianxiao said, Qiao Xingwang didn't dare to object at all.
After drinking Aunt Qiao's wild vegetable paste, the other five soldiers also entered the small courtyard of Qiao's house. Gou Tianxiao ordered a few soldiers to wait at Qiao's house, and he, Bu Hui, and Qiao Xingwang left the mud-walled courtyard together, and walked in the direction of Niuzhuang again along the path that they had just returned. This is the third time that Gou Tianxiao has walked on this road in half a day.
Walking to the ditch, Qiao Xingwang didn't go down into the ditch, he led Gou Tianxiao and the two people to the right. The three of them walked out of the ditch for about two hundred steps, and after turning an inconspicuous bend, a small stone bridge that was level with the ground appeared in front of them, connecting the two sides of the ditch more than a zhang wide. Since the small bridge was flat with the ground, Gou Tianxiao and Bu Hui didn't even see a road here two hundred meters away.
When he saw Qiao Xingwang carrying more than 100 catties of grain into the hospital just now, Gou Tianxiao thought that this goods were carrying grain over the ditch, and he admired Qiao Xingwang's strength at that time, where did he think that people had a convenient way!
When they arrived at the gate of the city, Qiao Xingwang followed, and the puppet army not only did not check the three of them, but also issued a pass to Gou Tianxiao and Bu Hui to enter and leave the city. That's fine, with this pass, without Qiao Xingwang following in the future, Gou Tianxiao and Bu Hui can freely enter and exit Niuzhuang Town.
It can be seen that Qiao Xingwang, the deputy of the puppet army company, is really good in the acre of Niuzhuang, not only is no one blocking the road when he walks on the street, but also from time to time the puppet army comes to say hello. There are few but clean streets in the city, and like other Japanese-occupied counties and towns, there are few pedestrians on the streets of Niuzhuang.
Here was the barracks of the Japanese garrison; Here is the machine gun emplacement, in which there is a Type 92 heavy machine gun; This is the barracks of the puppet army; There is a Japanese sentry over there; While Gou Tianxiao's eyes were carefully observing, his brain was also running at a high speed, desperately trying to engrave everything he saw into his mind. It's a pity that there are no mobile phones with cameras these days, so they can't record the most real situation in real time.
"Yo, isn't this Deputy Qiao Lian? How? Deputy Qiao Lian, today is taking a friend to visit our precautionary situation? ”
When I turned a street corner, several people appeared next to me, two puppet soldiers and a devil. Among them, the puppet army who walked with the devil suddenly opened his mouth and said hello to Qiao Xingwang. Gou Tianxiao could see that Qiao Xingwang seemed to be a little nervous.
"Company Commander Liu, these are my two former friends. You're busy, we still have something to do when we get back to the barracks. Qiao Xingwang's face was a little ugly, and he turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait!" Company Commander Liu raised his voice coldly, and the devils who were with him also showed a little vigilance, "What is the important thing for Deputy Qiao Lian to go so quickly?" I don't know where the two friends made their fortunes? ”
"Liu Mancang! I don't need your dog to meddle with a mouse! Qiao Xingwang was obviously angered by this Lian Commander Liu's attitude, but his expression and words at this time were a little inward-looking.
"Hmph, Deputy Qiao Lian, you don't know what the situation is in Niuzhuang now! Take two unidentified outsiders to wander around the town, I can warn you, you are violating the rules set by Mayor Zhao! ”