1

When they arrived outside the city, everyone went straight to the barren swamp by the lake, Duan Laosan was careful, and arranged for the beggars behind to sweep the footprints with brooms in the sections that were easy to leave footprints along the way.

Along the way, Hu Xuan and He Yuan asked Xiao Lin about the arrest, Xiao Lin said: "After we arrived in Beijing, we contacted the classmates there, but it was not smooth, since Xu Shichang became the president, all universities in Beijing have strengthened the surveillance of special agents, and some famous professors went south, and the students in Beijing were leaderless, and it was difficult to reach a consensus after contacting us several times, so the two of us decided to return to Changsha." ”

Hu Xuan said: "Here in Changsha, we have adopted a policy of hiding traces and accumulating strength, no longer moving blindly, and we must be as quiet as a virgin, move like a rabbit, do not engage in piecemeal fighting, avoid losing troops and losing generals, and make careful preparations for a decisive blow in the future." ”

"Yes, in the past, we were indeed a little impatient and rash, which brought a lot of losses," Kobayashi said: "Through this trip to the north, we have also learned a lot of things, the pursuit of the enemy, the sinister situation, all of which have given us a deeper understanding of the struggle and become more mature." ”

Talking all the way, everyone quickened their pace, at this time, it was the second half of the night, a crescent moon, gradually falling westward, the beggars rescued the head of the cover, they were all elated, and they told him about Hu Xuan, He Yuan, Shi Suo and others "heroic benevolence" and helped save people. By the time they reached the wasteland by the lake, everyone was so tired that they couldn't run anymore.

Gai turned his head over and grabbed He Yuan and Hu Xuan's hands, "Several, I know that you must not be ordinary people, this time to save me from trouble, the great grace is not to thank you, what I admire the most is not to save me, but you to do good deeds in the world with a heart of benevolence and righteousness, in prison, I have listened to Xiaolin They told you about you, shocked, I just hate not to meet, who would have thought that you could be rescued by your ghost envoys, I listened to your conversation just now, I have already understood your behavior, although I am stupid, I can guess that you are doing great things, Save the people, the merit is immeasurable, after covering the sky, I am willing to be driven, if we can use it to call the flowers, we are not afraid to go to the soup and fire. ”

He Yuan tightly held the hand of the head of the cover, "If you want to save the people, you need brothers from all walks of life to go to the soup together. ”

"How can you say that you have no clothes, and you are with the Son?" Gai turned his head and repeated, "Since I became a beggar, I thought that I would never make any more progress, and meeting you today is like a rebirth of Nirvana." Mr. He, I am a man of words, if it is for the country's great plan, the surname Gai is willing to give a lot of blood. ”

"Yes, good man." Stone Lock shouted.

Duan Laosan and the beggars brought food, although it was only some sweet potatoes, roasted beans and the like, but everyone was busy in the middle of the night, hungry and tired, and they all ate it very sweet. Hu Xuan asked Xiao Lin, "How did you get arrested?" ”

"Ahem," Xiao Lin bit a burnt corn cob, "It's ridiculous to say, I brought a newspaper with me, so that the military police who inspected it found out, and insisted that I was a student from Shandong, and I came to Hunan to make trouble, I said, I am a student of Hunan, can't you hear that I speak Hunanese?" You go to the school and check who I am. But no one listened to me, so I couldn't help but beat me up and locked him up. ”

Everyone laughed. Duan Laosan said: "With this group of bastards, what truth can be explained." ”

"By the way," Xiao Lin said, "When we were in Beijing, we heard news that President Xu Shichang, in order to encompass the Anhui warlords, sent two special envoys to Hunan to have secret talks with Zhang Jingyao, in essence, to win over in order to gain support, and also specially allocated a batch of arms to Zhang Jingyao from the Hanyang Arsenal. ”

"We already know that." Hu Xuan laughed.

"Oh, I see," Shi Suo said, "those distinguished guests sent by the so-called great president turned out to be here for this. ”

"I mean, this batch of munitions has been shipped from Hanyang all the way, so we can make up our minds." Xiao Lin put down the burnt corn cob in his hand, his mouth was dark, and he seemed to have a big beard in the moonlight.

"We're already making up our minds." He Yuan said.

"That's good, I've heard that the direct army is also fighting this idea. Let's not be left behind. ”

"Oh?" He Yuan paid attention to it and said in a deep voice: "If the direct guys are also eyeing this batch of arms, it will be really a bit troublesome, and we have to start early." I originally planned to wait for the arms to arrive in Hunan before we started it, but it seems that it will not work. ”

"Mr. Ho," Gai leaned over and said, "If you have any action, please count the Huazi as well, we have no other ability, reconnaissance and sentry, and selling coolies are all good tricks." ”

"Okay."

Everyone talked affectionately for a while, and when they saw that the sky was about to dawn, they fell into the grass nest and fell asleep.

2

Because Xiao Lin brought the news that the direct warlord wanted to grab the arms, He Yuan discussed with Hu Xuan and others, and without further ado, set off immediately.

Everyone pushed He Yuan as the commander-in-chief of the operation, Xiong Dadao, Shi Suo, Dajiang, A Bing, and more than a dozen workers and students to form a temporary small force, and Duan Laosan and more than ten beggars also joined the team.

Hu Xuan, Professor Wan, Gai Toutou, Qian Zhihou and others stayed in Changsha and were responsible for organizing the response. Everyone argued for a long time about how to rob the arms, and Shi Suo shook his head, "Cough, what else is there to say, give them a cold shoulder, find a place to ambush, and run away if they rob it." This proposal was met with opposition from everyone.

"Let's not mention that the escort team has guns, just talking about the number of people, I estimate that there is at least one platoon, and even if you are surprised, it will be difficult to get out of the way." Gai put his head and calmly analyzed: "If you can outwit, try not to be strong." We call Hanako to be good at playing with snakes, and I think that finding an opportunity to poison them with poison may be better than robbing them hard. ”

Hu Xuan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this is not easy to do, because the flying monkey, an important person in the escort team, is insidious and cunning, and he himself is very good at using poison, so he must be strict against others." He told the story of himself and Shi Suo going south, and the flying monkeys following them all the way and poisoning a team of soldiers. Everyone was amazed and expressed their "admiration" for the cunning of the flying mountain monkeys.

He Yuan silently smoked two bags of cigarettes, listened to what everyone said, and expressed his opinion: "I think, although the flying mountain monkey is cunning, but the strategy of Gai Brother is not unusable, and I don't agree with the ambush on the road, so we can't take advantage of it head-to-head, it's best to carry out a surprise attack when they are the weakest." ”

"Then at night," Duan Laosan said, "When they sleep, let's steal." ”

For the suggestion of "stealing", everyone was very interested, and discussed for a while, and gradually won the approval of the majority, Xiong Dadao took the initiative to take on the task of dealing with the flying mountain monkey, he patted the single knife beside him, "I'll find a chance to kill this guy first." ”

The team of more than 20 people set off in batches, disguised as traders, beggars, and refugees, agreed on the meeting place and precautions, and hurriedly set foot on the road to Hankou. Shi Suo had to act as a scout, and he, Duan Laosan, Ah Bing, and a little beggar named "Little Clever Spirit" walked in the front and became pathfinders.

3

Shi Suo and a few others rushed to a large town 100 miles away from Hanyang, and in the evening of that day, a group of troops were found outside the town.

These men numbered about thirty men, led by a commander on horseback, all with guns on their backs, and strangely enough, they saw nothing to be carried, neither a chariot nor a car, and in the woods on a hillside, the soldiers set up tents, and seemed to be camping.

Duan Laosan said, "Brother Shi, what should we do?" ”

Shi Suo shook his head, "Old Duan, don't ask me, our group, we have to listen to you, I can only play the role of charging into battle." ”

"Okay," Duan Laosan was no longer polite, "This is still ten miles away from the town in front, Brother Shi and Ah Bing, continue to walk forward, stay in the town, and reconnoiter whether there are troops and military trains." The little ghost and I stayed here, keeping an eye on this group of soldiers sleeping on the hillside, and we won't find out where this group of guys came from, but we can't let it go. ”

"You are similar to Lao He, both belong to Zhuge Liang." Shi Suo stretched out his fingers, and along the way, he already admired Duan Laosan. The little wit said: "He is not Zhuge Liang, we are the leader, that is Zhuge Liang, not only is he resourceful, but he is also a man with great ink, not worse than a university professor." ”

"yes, I feel it too."

Two miles away from the soldiers' tents, Duan Laosan and Xiao Clever found a mountain nest and "camped". They quietly observed, only to see the soldiers burying pots and cooking, and after eating, they went into the tents to sleep, and never saw any other movement.

"Maybe it's just a passing hill." Little Ghost said.

Duan Laosan didn't squeak. It is indeed normal for warlords from all walks of life to fight from time to time, and occasionally walk past a group of soldiers, but he does not dare to be careless, this road is the only way from Hanyang to Changsha, and this group of soldiers who "pass by occasionally" always makes him feel suspicious.

For camping in the wild, beggars were commonplace, but Duan Laosan and Xiao Jiling soon fell asleep. In the second half of the night, Duan Laosan vaguely heard movement in the distance, and he woke up suddenly.

Looking around, the soldiers on the hillside in the distance were packing up their tents, as if they were about to pull out, Duan Laosan was taken aback, and at this time, the little ghost also woke up and said: "Old Duan, something is wrong, this is still far from dawn." ”

"Keep an eye on them."