After questioning the local villagers, He Zhengdao learned that the place he was in was Gongcheng in the later Guixi, and the place where he recuperated from his wounds was Longhu Township, which the Red Army passed through on the way to the Long March.

From where he is now, he is nearly 200 kilometers away from the main force of the Red Army that is currently breaking through, and even if he chases and marches on two legs all the way, he will not be able to catch up at all in three or five days.

Not to mention, behind the main force of the Red Army, there was also the heavy blockade of the Hunan Army and the Gui Army. Therefore, He Zhengdao thought about it comprehensively and discussed it with Zhang Cheng and others to reach a consensus. That is, not to rush after the main forces, but to gather as much as possible the Red Army soldiers who were left behind or scattered by large forces.

Considering that at this time there were second-line troops of the Gui Army in each township and township, they were searching for them, the wounded soldiers and stragglers of the Red Army. In order to avoid revealing their whereabouts, He Zhengdao and the others changed into Gui Jun's military uniform, and when they left the village, they interrogated the platoon commander's unit number, and took away the documents on Gui Jun's body that could prove their identity.

Just a little careful person will find that their group of six people is a little dissonant, and this dissonance is that the six people carry nearly thirty rifles. Originally, according to He Zhengdao's meaning, each person picked a rifle of good color and went on the road, which was more like the small search team scattered around by the Gui army.

But Zhang Cheng and the others did not agree, and they must take all these guns away. For them, any gun is precious. With so many guns finally captured, how can they be discarded at will?

Therefore, among the six people, except for He Shan, who only carried two rifles because of his physical strength and age, the remaining five people carried no less than five rifles, which looked the same as the gun sellers. Once they encounter a large number of search teams of the Gui Army, they can only find a place to hide and wait for them to leave before hitting the road.

originally thought that they would at least go to the next town before they might encounter the Gui Army search team that was out, but to He Zhengdao's surprise. Soon after they left the village, they were following the path pointed out by the common people, moving cautiously and quickly.

On a road backed by a mountain, He Zhengdao, who acted as a sentinel, was surprised to find it. On that road, there were eight soldiers of the Gui Army, who were sitting on both sides of the road resting. What made He Zhengdao a little unbelievable was that these eight soldiers were actually holding six prisoners who looked like they should be Red Army soldiers.

Thinking of this way, in order to speed up the journey, the Red Army became extremely hurried in every battle, and many Red Army troops were scattered. As long as you get lost, you will be separated from the large army because you are not familiar with the terrain. But it's not that there are so many scattered!

Since they met, He Zhengdao and the others naturally couldn't pretend not to see it. Therefore, He Zhengdao quickly gestured for Zhang Cheng and the others to stop advancing, and asked Zhang Cheng to pretend to be the platoon leader. The rest of He Zhengdao and others each carried a rifle and prepared to go over to rescue the six Red Army prisoners.

Put the extra rifle in the roadside rice field to cover up, He Zhengdao led Zhang Cheng to live behind, the other four people carried guns according to He Zhengdao's requirements, and a team of two stood beside Zhang Cheng. A team of six people swaggered towards the eight resting Gui soldiers.

Just when the other party saw He Zhengdao and the others appear and get up from the ground, He Zhengdao had already walked in front of them. In a skillful Guixi dialect, he said, "Brother's part? Why is this luck so good, my platoon commander and I have been fortunate for most of the day, and we haven't even seen a ghost. Why did you catch so many red bandits, it seems that you can get a lot of reward when you go back, right? ”

Listening to the familiar hometown dialect, coupled with the fact that Zhang Cheng himself is a platoon commander, the pistol pinned to his waist undoubtedly confirms his identity as an officer. A man who seemed to be the leader of this group of soldiers hurriedly asked his subordinates with guns to put down their guns, and said with a slightly vigilant smile: "We are from the Guanyin Town Protection Center, so we didn't receive an order from Shangfeng to search for these red bandits!"

The brother was lucky, and he happened to catch these roasted sweet potatoes in the mountain nest over there. While they weren't paying attention, they were served in a pot. I haven't asked yet, what part is this chief and how many brothers are there? ”

Zhang Cheng didn't speak, and glanced at He Zhengdao a little arrogantly, He Zhengdao pretended to be a dog's leg and said: "Our platoon commander is from the Gongcheng Security Regiment, and like you, he also received an order to try his luck." But yesterday I was fortunate enough to suffer for a day, and I didn't even see a ghost. This is our platoon commander Li Tao, and Li Platoon is our regiment leader's brother-in-law. ”

The latter words were said by He Zhengdao to the veteran who seemed to be just the role of squad leader.

As soon as he heard that there was such a backer behind the platoon leader, the leading veteran hurriedly took out a cigarette from his pocket and said with a flattering face: "Yo, I didn't expect that I would have to meet a noble person today, brother, and I would be disrespectful and disrespectful!" Come, Sir Li, smoke a brother's cigarette, although this cigarette is not too good, I hope Sir Li doesn't mind! ”

Seeing that the leading squad leader was so enthusiastic, the other seven soldiers naturally quickly relaxed their vigilance, just when the leading Gui Jun gave cigarettes to He Zhengdao and the others one by one. He Zhengdao, who was already standing in front of the six Red Army prisoners unconsciously, gave Zhang Cheng, who was smoking with the squad leader, a hands-on look.

Soon Zhang Cheng took out a pistol from his waist, opened the trigger and shouted: "Don't move, we are the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, if you don't want to die, put down your arms?" ”

Ben was counting on the squad leader of the Gui Army, who had climbed up to this well-established platoon commander and could mention the rank slightly, looked at the pistol in front of his head and smiled bitterly: "Sir, if you want these red bandits, tell the junior brother." Our brothers must have given it with both hands, and they can't be guilty of pretending to be red bandits to kill people and kill people. Everyone is a pot to eat, as for it? ”

Secretly laughing at this guy and thinking that Zhang Cheng made this move in order to grab the prisoner, He Zhengdao was stunned by the gaze of the rest of the Gui army. With a flying knife, he had already cut the ropes tied to the six Red Army soldiers.

And smiled kindly: "Hello, comrades! We are all scattered Red Army, and now you are saved! ”

If these Gui soldiers still refused to believe what Zhang Cheng said just now, then He Zhengdao untied the rope of the Red Army prisoners, which undoubtedly completely understood them. These guys in front of me wearing Gui military uniforms are really pretending to be Red Army!

Just when a Gui soldier was about to raise his gun to resist, He Zhengdao, who had been paying attention to these people, threw out a flying knife with a 'whoosh' and inserted it directly into the opponent's eyebrows.

Looking at the soldier who was slowly falling with a flying knife, He Zhengdao turned into a ruthless appearance and shouted: "Put down your arms and surrender, and dare to make small moves, he will be your fate." ”

Seeing that He Zhengdao shot and killed one Gui soldier without saying a word, the rest of the Gui soldiers were afraid that they would suffer the same fate, so they hurriedly threw aside the rifle in their hands that was like a hot hand. Seeing this situation, Zhang Xiaoshan and the others quickly picked up the guns, urged the Gui Jun, who had turned into a crying face, and honestly lined up in a line and squatted on the ground.

After Zhang Cheng introduced himself to everyone, he inquired and learned that these Red Army soldiers actually belonged to the same legion, and they were all soldiers of the Red Eighth Army who had just been formed like Zhang Xiaoshan. After asking the names of these people's direct superiors, Zhang Xiaoshan also said the number of his unit.

The six Red Army soldiers who thought they had no way to survive were not led by Zhang Cheng in this team, but by He Zhengdao, who rescued them, had the highest position. The six Red Army, all ordinary soldiers, also asked He Zhengdao to join the team one by one.

It was only after they were captured that they realized that they had lost most of their shelter and that they were staying in this completely unfamiliar place. It can be said that the heavens should not be called, and the earth is not spiritual! Who would have thought that roasting a sweet potato would attract the arrest of a white dog?

Knowing that the six had not eaten for almost two days, Zhang Cheng and the others quickly distributed the dry food fried in the morning to these comrades-in-arms who also belonged to the Red Army. As for He Zhengdao, he searched these bound Gui soldiers from top to bottom, and finally escorted them to the mountain. Each of them found a big tree and tied it up, tied it with his mouth and feet, and left him to fend for himself.

Compared with Zhang Cheng and the others, who were whipped after being arrested, the soldiers of the six Red Eighth Legions were not tortured, and there were no other adverse reactions except for some weak hands and feet from hunger. After eating the dry food given by Zhang Cheng and others, they quickly changed into the military uniforms they had picked from those Gui soldiers, and the team of twelve people continued to move in the direction of Gongcheng.

What He Zhengdao and others didn't expect was that it took everyone two days to get to the outside of Gongcheng for a distance that could have been walked in one day. But these two days were not in vain, and they miraculously rescued 42 Red Army prisoners from the hands of the Guijun search and arrest teams in the towns and villages along the way.

With the addition of He Zhengdao's previous twelve people, their improvised team has reached fifty-four people. Except for the two Red Army soldiers who were captured by gunshot wounds and needed to be carried on stretchers at the moment, the remaining 52 people were Red Army soldiers who could take up arms and fight.

On their way to Gongcheng, He Zhengdao also learned that nearly 200 Red Army prisoners captured from the vicinity of Gongcheng were being held in the prisoner camp in Gongcheng at this time. Thinking that the more troops they were chasing, the more secure they would be, he resolutely decided to explore Gongcheng, and no matter what, he had to find a way to rescue these imprisoned Red Army.

Regarding the rescue plan proposed by He Zhengdao, although Zhang Cheng and the others felt that it was very risky, they could hear that He Zhengdao was going to take a team of people into the city to have a look. They felt that for the sake of their comrades who might be killed, they should try anyway.

In the end, Zhang Cheng took some people and two wounded soldiers to rest in a hidden valley outside Gongcheng, waiting for He Zhengdao's notice at any time to wait for the opportunity to enter the city and rescue those imprisoned comrades.

Along the way, they all remembered He Zhengdao's words, that is, if they do not abandon or give up any of their comrades-in-arms, only by twisting into a rope can they wait until the day when they will join the army!