The gunfire in Chun'an City has stopped, and nearly half of the more than 300 Zhejiang troops stationed on Nanshan Road at the regiment headquarters were killed and wounded under the merciless blows of the officers and men of the second battalion of An Yi's regiment. The other dignified-looking but with a pair of gloomy eyes, the thirty-year-old lieutenant colonel lowered his head and said nothing.

Ye Cheng asked sharply: "Since you said that you are the head of the regiment, how can you have more than 300 subordinates?" Where did the other officers and soldiers go? ”

"Although he is the regiment commander, there are only three companies of soldiers, and most of the officers and soldiers do not go back to the camp to sleep at ordinary times, so there is sporadic resistance, and now more than 100 people have been killed and wounded, and the rest are estimated to have all run away!"

The fat man explained repeatedly, looking up from time to time to observe Ye Cheng and An Yi's faces, this look was more of a businessman than a soldier.

"Report: The officers and soldiers of the first battalion led by the summer battalion commander have arrived in the north of the city to set up a battle formation, please ask the regiment commander for instructions." The signal corps ran to report loudly.

An Yi knew that the battle in the north was over, and Shen Fengdao behind him whispered a few words in An Yi's ear, An Yi was slightly startled, and then nodded and gave orders to the herald:

"You go to the back stable and lead a horse, and quickly go and convey my order to the summer camp commander: except for one company to guard the passages in the north of the city, all the rest of the brothers will enter the city and search for me from house to house, and all the prisoners will be escorted here to be concentrated, and there will be no mercy for killing in case of resistance!"

"Yes!"

The herald saluted and galloped to the stables at the rear of the camp.

An Yi turned to Ye Cheng: "Old Ye, send two companies to guard all intersections in the city as a squad, seal every fishing port and wharf around, and prohibit all ships from leaving the port." ”

"Yes, I'll supervise it myself." Ye Cheng saluted and left.

An Yi looked at the fat regiment commander who was pale with fright, and the heroic-looking lieutenant colonel, summoned Xu Liangshi, who temporarily led a platoon behind him to teach his own guards, and whispered a few words in his ear, Lieutenant Xu nodded and strode forward to grab the fat man's collar, and led the two brothers to drag the person into the barracks on the left for interrogation.

Shen Fengdao slowly approached the lieutenant colonel with sweat on his forehead trembling slightly: "What's your name?" What position? ”

The lieutenant colonel raised his head and glanced at Shen Fengdao resentfully, then lowered his head again and said nothing.

At this time, there was a sudden fierce crossfire and the explosion of grenades in the direction of Xiyuan Road in the north of the city, the lieutenant colonel turned around in shock, and after listening to the firefight for a while, it stopped, and the faint roar of the revolutionary army finally made him completely desperate, he knew that his brother-in-law was finished.

Shen Fengdao slowly pulled out his pistol, loaded it and pressed it against the lieutenant colonel's eyebrows: "One last chance." ”

"Don't shoot! I said, I said, I ......"

The lieutenant colonel, who was still stubborn and resentful just now, had a chill in his head, and under the gaze of Shen Fengdao's cold gaze, his heart was in chaos and completely collapsed, and he sat down on the cold mud floor and confessed in a low voice:

"My name is Zhou Xianglin, I am the quartermaster of the 19th Division of the Zhejiang Army, a local...... The day before yesterday and the afternoon before yesterday, I received an urgent report from the squires in the city, knowing that a revolutionary army was coming from the direction of Fenkou and Dongting in the south, so I followed the large army from the Fenshui garrison in the north...... The revolutionary army came in, and then successfully closed the siege, and last night I saw that the victory was decided, so I accompanied my brother-in-law back to the city house, and then you suddenly came in......"

"Who is your brother-in-law?"

Shen Fengdao asked in a low voice, but his voice sounded like a knife to Zhou Xianglin.

"My brother-in-law is my teacher, his name is Wang Furen, and he ...... just now The place where the gunshots came from just now is probably my house, and my brother-in-law has a thirty-man guard, so I guess he handed in the fire......"

"Uhh

An Yi was taken aback, and looked at Zhou Xianglin, who was bounced to the ground and twitched in the center of his eyebrows, very puzzled.

"This person can't be kept, he belongs to the category of ruthless and unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, and it is a great scourge to keep it...... Come! Shen Fengdao pointed to the corpse and ordered in a deep voice to the two non-commissioned officers of the teaching company who ran in front of him: "Carry it to the backyard and dig a pit, search your body in detail, and then strip it naked and bury it." ”

"Yes!"

Two non-commissioned officers ran to the backyard carrying the corpse.

An Yi shook his head and smiled: "It's a lot easier to have you, don't worry about being retaliated against." ”

Shen Fengdao asked with an ambiguous smile: "I heard the tiger head say that you have a habit that you will not go back empty-handed every time you send troops, right?" ”

An Yi suddenly realized: "Don't you say that Lao Tzu almost forgot!" Even if the underworld helps friends fight in the streets, they have to put a table when they're done, right? Lao Tzu worked hard to lead the brothers to rush here to help, how could he not replenish when he was as tired as a dog? Even if Lao Tzu doesn't take it, all the departments of the Second Army will have to copy it from the bottom to the sky, no! Strike first...... Heralds? ”

"Here!"

"Immediately ride a horse and fly to the summer camp commander, and copy the homes of all the squires and rich men who collaborate with the enemy in the city!" An Yi ordered excitedly.

The young herald asked, "Yes...... Captain, who is it? ”

"Fool, tell Xia Jian to pick the richest five or six families, especially the division commander, regiment commander, county magistrate and the homes of the rich people in the city, and you must copy Lao Tzu from the bottom to the sky, and transport all the valuable things to the captured motorboat at the wharf in the west of the city! There is no good kind of squire and rich man in Chun'an City, all of them are fucking resisting the revolution and collaborating with the enemy and bandits, without them to ventilate and report the news, our brothers in the Second Army would not have been surrounded, and they would not have suffered heavy casualties, understand? Tell Xia Jian the truth about what I said, go quickly! An Yi scolded loudly.

"Yes—"

The herald galloped towards the stable, untied a big flower horse and flew up, and galloped out of the camp gate in a blink of an eye, and a group of captives in different clothes were also escorted one after another at this time, apparently the part that could not escape after changing into the clothes of the common people.

Shen Fengdao approached An Yi, looked at the smoke in the city and said in a low voice: "This Chun'an is a rare land of fish and rice in the world, the war has not burned here for many years, and the people have lived comfortably and comfortably for many years. If we think about the fact that so many fishermen showed us the way when we went ashore, we can imagine the resentment of the common people. A few years ago, I made my debut and passed through here, and I only ran two at night, and I couldn't carry the things I got, this time we definitely earned a lot of money by collaborating with the enemy, and I dare not say that it was still very easy to get back two million oceans from so many big families. ”

An Yi was so excited that he rubbed his hands again and again, laughed, and saw Mu Nianyi, the deputy of the first battalion, and Yang Fei, the deputy of the second battalion, escorting the prisoners and weapons into the camp gate one after another, and hurriedly beckoned to the two.

The two of them explained a few words to their subordinates, and they both ran to An Yi to salute, and Mu recalled a loud report, saying that the resistance in the city had been completely eliminated, and Hu Zi and a group of bosses of the second army had arrived in the north of the city and would soon come over to meet.

An Yi hurriedly waved his hand to signal the two to approach, and after some instructions, the two people who understood immediately ran to the stable, and took out the two horses and rode them away.

In the wide courtyard were more than 200 trembling captive soldiers, six heavy machine guns and a dozen French-made light machine guns were almost unused and shiny, together with boxes of bullets neatly arranged, more than 200 long and short guns were piled up in a large pile, and the small platoon commander of the teaching company led a few brothers to busily sort the points. An Yi passed a few orders again, sorted out his military uniform and walked to the gate, ready to meet with several bosses of friendly troops, and when he looked up, he saw that the beard and more than a dozen dirty generals rode into the camp gate, and Xia Jian, who was sweating with his open collar, was also among them.

Dai Yue and the others saw An Yi happily coming up, hurriedly dismounted and saluted each other, and after thanking him loudly, they enthusiastically introduced An Yi:

"Come on! Let me introduce to Regiment Commander An, I won't introduce Brother Shi Hou and you are old acquaintances, this is General Li Liuru, the party representative of Brother Shi Hou's Fourth Division, this is General Xiao Jinguang, the party representative of my Sixth Division, and this is Head Xie Yibo...... After we met, we were all brothers, haha...... Head An, do you know Jinguang? ”

An Yi came to his senses and smiled embarrassedly: "When my subordinates saw General Xiao's Fengzi, they suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu, haha...... Hello General Xiao! ”

"Commander An is famous, I didn't expect each other to meet here, on the way into the city, everyone said that Commander An fought very beautifully for our troops to relieve the siege, not to mention the speed of the march for the time being, only to say that the secrets of the action, the grasp of the fighters, the fierce blows and the rational drive of the enemy, all make us admire!"

Xiao Jinguang, who became a general after returning from studying in Russia at the age of twenty-four, was very interested in An Yi, and after politely complimenting him, he stepped forward to shake hands with An Yi.

An Yi hurriedly and modestly explained: "The general has passed the award, and his subordinates are messing around, where are the rules?" It is estimated that the enemy heard the dense guns and cannons that our troops gave themselves courage, thinking that a large army was coming, and they would have no heart to fight in a panic, otherwise they would be entangled and fighting together, and our troops would be choked enough, if they hadn't won the battle, the brothers were so excited that they danced, it is estimated that most of the officers and soldiers now do not even have the strength to walk. ”

Dai Yue and the others laughed, and praised An Yi for his courage and resourcefulness, frankness and truthfulness, Xie Yibo said with deep feeling, when he heard such a dense mortar explosion at the beginning, he really thought that the second division was all driving over.

Zhang Huizan, who has been quite annoyed with An Yi since the Engineer Skills Competition in Guangzhou, is smiling at this time, where is there still a little prejudice and anger? What's more, his brother Zhang Xiaocheng is doing business with Ou Yaoting, A Biao and others in the rear, and the relationship between them is far beyond that of other generals around him, but although they have seen each other from afar, they have not talked, and now they will not let go of this opportunity.

"Commander An has gained a lot, and there are so many prisoners and captures, we didn't expect you to use such a limited force so skillfully, it's amazing!" Zhang Huizan stretched out his hand enthusiastically.

An Yi hurriedly stretched out his hand to respond, and after a few polite greetings, he warmly beckoned everyone into the lobby to have a cup of tea to quench their thirst. Hu Zihe and Ye Cheng, who came over, politely led the chiefs inside, Xia Jian took the opportunity to approach An Yi and whispered, and turned around and left again under An Yi's orders.

Seeing Zhang Huizan and his deputy division commander walking behind, An Yi rushed up and gently grabbed him and pleaded to stay, whispered the results of the interrogation and the witnesses left behind, and politely suggested:

"In view of the huge losses caused by the local gentry who reported to the enemy, his subordinates suggested that the general negotiate with Commander Dai and others to deal with them, and not easily spare these villains who had caused heavy casualties to the brothers of the Second Army, not to mention that these people had expropriated and wantonly infringed on the local people, and the people had long hated them.

The commander of the enemy's 19th Division still dared to lead the guards to resist stubbornly after his father-in-law's house was surrounded by our troops in the city, killing and wounding eight of our brothers, and the commander of our first battalion of summer battalions had killed all the stubborn enemies in anger, and because our men were too small to carry out a large-scale search, it is estimated that many remnants were still hiding in the city. The commander of the garrison who was captured before is still being held in that barracks by our department, and the general can send someone for interrogation. ”

Zhang Huizan and the two were taken aback, only then did they know the truth that they were surrounded, Zhang Huizan ordered his deputy division commander to escort people into the lobby immediately, and the deputy division commander hurriedly called the guards to go together, An Yi grabbed Zhang Huizan's sleeve and left him behind:

"General, after the subordinates led the main force to leave Jiande City, the strength of the first-line guards in Jiande was very empty, and the north of Jiande happened to be Tonglu, where the enemy's heavy troops were gathered, so the subordinates needed to lead their troops back from the waterway as soon as possible. Chun'an City and the surrounding towns and villages are rich and unkind, most of them are armed, and the hidden dangers are endless, and they have to ask the general to clear them one by one to prevent future troubles. ”

Zhang Huizan was ecstatic, where did he not know the deep meaning of An Yi's words? In gratitude, he shook An Yi's hand heavily, thanked him repeatedly, and then rushed to several regiment commanders and regimental deputies in the courtyard to issue a series of urgent orders.

An Yi stood politely in place, waiting for Zhang Huizan to arrive and walked to the lobby together, as soon as he entered the door, he heard an angry roar from the boss of the second army, and the fat regiment commander on the ground had already been beaten to a blue nose and swollen face, unrecognizable.

Li Liuru, the representative of the Fourth Division Party, stood up and loudly suggested: Immediately arrest the local tyrants and inferior gentry in the city, and convene a public trial meeting to announce the verdict! Everyone echoed in unison, and the hall buzzed, Zhang Huizan strode forward to report to Dai Yue, saying that he had ordered the reading force group outside the city to urgently enter the city, search for the remnants of the enemy and collaborators, and take over the defense of the first and second battalions of the An Yi regiment, so that An Yi's headquarters could return to the front line of Jiande as soon as possible.

Dai Yue and the others were quite surprised to hear that An Yi was leaving, these generals have never seen anyone leave without dividing the benefits for many years, An Yi, who took the lead in occupying the county seat, could even limit the number of people in each unit of the Second Army entering the city, but he did not do this, but left in a hurry after making great efforts.

Dai Yue stood up and walked towards An Yi and asked An Yi to wait for the Sixth Division and the regiments directly under him to pursue back, and distribute some captured spoils before leaving. An Yi politely said that the brothers of the second army are working harder, and they need to replenish and recuperate, and it is true that their troops are empty, so they don't worry about rushing back as soon as possible, they just need to bring the captured in the courtyard and forty horses back to enrich the headquarters.

Dai Yue knew that the defense of Jiande's front line was indeed sloppy, so he did not continue to stay, and led more than a dozen subordinate generals to send An Yi and his party to the east dock of the city.

Zhang Huizan was even more enthusiastic, and when he sent An Yi to the steamboat, he stood on the side of the boat and talked in a low voice for a while, and saw that Ye Cheng's officers and soldiers of the second battalion and dozens of prisoners had already carried the horses and captured weapons and ammunition onto the connected wooden boats and prepared to set off, so he reluctantly retreated to the steps of the dock and watched the two steamboats drag more than a dozen large wooden boats slowly eastward.

The commander of the Second Army said gratefully as he walked that An Yi was righteous and sincere, not only rescued the headquarters from the siege, but also handed over the Chun'an City that had just been occupied, and did not take a break without getting benefits like other friendly generals, which shows that the "model battalion" is really worthy of its name.

Dai Yue earnestly told the generals not to forget An Yi's great affection, and to repay others when they have the opportunity. All the generals claimed to be the one, among which Zhang Huizan had the loudest voice.

Before Dai Yue and his entourage had returned to the camp gate, they heard the sound of Ling Xing's gunfire coming from all over the city, the angry roars of the officers and men rang out one after another, the screams, begs for mercy, exclamations, and cries came one after another, the whole city was filled with dust and smoke, chickens and dogs jumped, and the revolutionary movement of large-scale search and arrest of collaborating reactionaries and local tyrants and shoddy gentry was already unstoppable like a prairie fire.

Three hours later, the sentencing rally in front of the yamen of Chengzhong County was in full swing, and one by one, the oppressed people, with the support of the revolutionary army, stood up to complain angrily, and the people at the meeting were in an uproar, and the angry roar shook the sky, and General Li, deputy director of the Political Department and party representative of the Fourth Division, announced the final trial, and then escorted more than 50 heinous counter-revolutionaries and collaborators to the tidal flats south of the city to be executed. The revolutionary masses rejoiced, raised their eyebrows, and finally lifted off the heavy mountain of oppression on them, and saw the beautiful hope of a happy future.

After the trial meeting, groups of poor people carried fresh fish and food to comfort the revolutionary army in the barracks, and the streets were covered with slogans of various colors in the blink of an eye, and the prestige of the Second Army of the National Revolutionary Army was recited by the people, and the flame of revolution has since spread vigorously in this small town on the shore of the Thousand Island Lake.

The barracks in the southeast of the city are now the headquarters of the Second Army, and the gold, silver, and jewels found from the homes of a large number of counter-revolutionaries and local tyrants and gentry who are unkind to the rich and unkind are sent to the camp hall, and they are arranged in the center of the wide hall like a hill.

A few quartermasters of the Second Army and generals and colonels who have studied antiques have roughly calculated that the seizure of oceans and gold bars alone is as high as more than 1.4 million yuan, and the total amount of jade, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings is as high as 3.2 million yuan. The quartermaster said hatefully: If it weren't for the fact that the officers and men of Zhang Shihou's Fourth Division had not been greedy for ink before entering the city in advance, it is estimated that they would have been able to get an extra 1 million, and in order to prevent the big fish from slipping through the net, Dai Boss had already ordered two regiments directly under the military headquarters to go to nearby cities and villages to fight local tyrants and inferior gentry, and it is estimated that they would be able to increase their income by a few percent at night.

At the same time, six large and small steamboats towing more than 40 large wooden fishing boats had already sailed across the vast lake and were slowly approaching the wharf at the mouth of the Xin'an River; the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion quickly disembarked and drove all the idle personnel away from the wharf 200 meters away.

Xia Jian, who led the team to quietly leave from the west pier of Chun'an City, jumped off the wide steamboat, and excitedly commanded the soldiers to lead more than 100 horses on the wooden boats ashore, and then fixed heavy bags of all sizes on the horsebacks.

Ye Cheng's side was also busy at the same time, and it took nearly half an hour to complete the unloading of the ship, leaving a company to guard the four seized steamboats and more than 20 wooden boats, and together with Xia Jian's department, he escorted a horse team composed of more than 100 horses to Jiande City.

An Yi and Shen Fengdao had already ridden their horses back to Jiande City, drinking tea with their brothers and quietly waiting for the arrival of the horse team.

(To be continued)