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Chapter 438 South

At 8 o'clock on the morning of 12 May, under the watchful eyes of the generals of the former enemy's general headquarters and the officers and men of the 7th, 40th, 27th, and 31st armies, the fully assembled independent division left Yucheng and headed south, and the officers and men of the two regiments and two battalions of the independent division will pass through Qihe, Jiaomiao, Guide, and other counties and towns, travel 98 kilometers, arrive at Wande Town on the Jinpu Road, and then transfer to Yanzhou 110 kilometers south to rest and recuperate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the independent division marched 32 kilometers all the way to Jiaomiao Town on the west bank of the Yellow River, all the officers and men stopped moving south, two regiments and one battalion were stationed at three points around Jiaomiao to bury pots and cook rice, and An Yi's division headquarters was stationed in the manor outside the local rich gentry Jiao Lao, preparing to rest all night and continue on the road tomorrow.

A five-person supervision team sent by He Yingqin was politely placed in the manor by An Yi, and the officers of the political department of the five general headquarters were all exhausted and exhausted, and as soon as they entered the manor, they fell under the cool big locust tree and gasped, took the water handed by the staff officer of the independent division and drank it violently, then took off the straps and took off their shoes, and stroked the blisters on their feet in pain.

The reason why the five members of the supervision team are so tired is that they march on foot like most officers and soldiers, the independent division is not without horses, as many as 700 war horses are all equipped with the cavalry battalion led by Hu Jialin and the reconnaissance team one by one, even the commander An Yi and the chief of staff Lu Guang are carrying rifles and walking in the middle of the team on foot, how can the five people be embarrassed to ask An Yi to get a few horses to walk? They were quite annoyed with An Yi at the same time, but also admired An Yi's resilience and the strict military discipline of the independent division, and at the same time complained about their own peak He Yingqin's approach, the five people were unwilling to be sent to supervise the independent division's retreat to the south, this kind of extremely distrustful of their own people's supervising army style, it was very disgusting, and two of them were the second phase of Huangpu senior brothers who had never contradicted An Yi, and they were very polite to meet each other, it is very likely that they will have a bad relationship with An Yi, a senior brother with a good reputation in the army and a deep background, how can they be willing?

The sun is setting in the west, the land of Qilu that has been scorched by the scorching sun for a day is still very hot, and the manor with green trees is another scene, the tall, tough and hospitable old man Jiao has set up a big table under the big tree, and is chatting with An Yi, Cheng Cheng Guang and others amicably, praising the prestige of An Jiajun and An Yi's righteous deeds of disaster relief, Jiao's housekeeper led a group of subordinates are hurriedly putting up long tables and stools, the tempting fragrance of local specialty sauce and donkey meat has been in the air, and the three local families want to jointly feast An Yi and his chief in the manor.

Due to the occupation of Jinan by the Japanese army, the shadow of the Japanese patrol has appeared on the other side of the Yellow River from time to time, and then hearing the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese army in Jinan, the people of Jiaomiao are panicked and frightened, and the big families in the town are ready to flee.

At this moment, the two regiments and one battalion of independent brothers stationed around the town have enjoyed the preferential treatment of the people's soldiers, and each family respects the prestige of the An Jiajun, and is grateful to An Yi for his benevolence and righteousness to the victims of the disaster in northern Lubei, and all of them have their best food to the officers and soldiers.

Jiaomiao is located on the west bank of the Yellow River for several kilometers, across the river is the boundary of Jinan, from the east of Renhe ferry to the west gate of Jinan City, only 20 kilometers away. The town has a long history and has a profound cultural heritage, and the people are the same as the people in any part of the land of Qilu, warm and polite, bold and practical, even the rough people who have not read the book often say a sentence or two idioms and allusions, and they always greet each other politely and honestly when they meet, not to mention those who have read books under the influence of Confucius and Mencius.

An Yi faced Jiao Lao Yuan, who was a well-mannered late Qing Xiucai, but he did not have the pedantry of ordinary sour Confucianism, and his speech was concise and practical, which made people very comfortable, so they talked with each other very happily at the wine table.

When night fell, the subordinates outside the old man Jiao hung up a bright lantern to illuminate the entire courtyard with more than 20 tables of banquets, and the two leaders of the second phase of the supervision group were invited by An Yi to accompany them at a table, and the remaining three members of the team who had just recovered from the strength of the hungry belly and the staff officers of the division headquarters were already eating happily like hungry wolves, but Huang Zhi, deputy chief of the operations section of the independent division, and the staff officers kept toasting, and the three squires at the same table were extremely enthusiastic, and the tongues of the three people were already unfavorable before the banquet was half.

Halfway through the lively banquet, a burly man with a dark face strode out of the main hall, the local folks at the wine table saw this twenty-four or five-year-old man with a majestic style, and hurriedly stood up and shouted "Young Master", An Yi followed the prestige, slightly surprised, and the big man who walked straight away from his posture and posture has the characteristics of a soldier, Hu Jialin, who was at the same table, glanced at the big man and continued to eat, Gu Changfeng whispered to An Yi that the person who came had a little kung fu foundation.

Old man Jiao had already stood up, called the big man to his side, and solemnly introduced to An Yi and the others:

"Generals, this is the old rotten dog Guangxu, ranked sixth, since he was a child, he didn't like poetry and books and didn't make much progress, when he was seventeen years old, he had to go to Dingzhou by his second uncle's side, saying that he had to travel thousands of miles to read thousands of books, and the old man had to go by him, but at the end of last month in Liaocheng and his second uncle were beaten by General Feng Huanzhang's cavalry and dizzy, his second uncle became the commander of the light pole in a blink of an eye, and he returned to Tianjin in a fit of anger, and the dog came back with nothing to do. Old decay is also up to his temperament...... Xu'er, toast a few generals, you just came out at this time, it's already rude! ”

"Dad, sit down."

Jiao Guangxu very respectfully helped his father to sit down, picked up a bowl of wine, and stared at An Yi with blazing eyes: "General An's name is like thunder!" The younger brother is not well greeted, there is no etiquette, Wanwang General Haihan, please-"

"Please!"

An Yi stood up and picked up the wine bowl with both hands, signaled with a smile, and Jiao Guangxu did it at the same time, slowly sat down and looked at the defeated general of the Zhilu army with a smile and didn't say anything, but Jiao Guangxu was quite discerning, glanced at the generals on the seat, picked up the wine bowl, and asked Hu Jialin and Gu Changfeng about their names one by one, when he heard Hu Jialin and Gu Changfeng say their names, he was secretly shocked, but his face was a look of calmness, humility and arrogance, and after touching a bowl with Hu Jialin and Gu Changfeng, he saluted the others again with a bowl, and then sat next to his father, Grab chopsticks and eat the food.

An Yi, Hu Jialin, and Gu Changfeng all knew which part of the Zhilu army was defeated by Feng Yuxiang's cavalry Xi Lichibu, but An Yi and the three of them were all experienced and extremely confident wizards, no one cared about this, and continued to happily drink and chat with the three veterans at the same table, asking about the local customs and places of interest, the atmosphere was harmonious, and the laughter was loud, but Jiao Guangxu, who was left out, felt uncomfortable.

A few days after Jiao Guangxu left the Zhilu Army in the West Mountain of the twilight and went home, he woke up in the evening and learned that the army that came was the An Yi Independent Division of the Revolutionary Army, he was taken aback and worried, but he thought of the friendly approach of An Yi's division at the beginning of the month in Changqing County, Hedong Province, and he felt a lot more settled, knowing that An Jiajun would not embarrass himself, and when his father welcomed An Yi and his party into the manor, he very much wanted to see what An Yi, who was famous all over the world and made the entire Zhilu Army talk about what he looked like, and he couldn't let go of his son to come out to meet. Jiao Lao, who dotes on his son, is very open-minded, not the kind of person who eats the ancients, and he can let his youngest son follow his temperament, thinking that when he accepts his wildness one day, he will be settled to marry his daughter-in-law.

The banquet was about to disperse, Jiao Guangxu could no longer hold back the many questions in his heart, raised the wine bowl and saluted the table with a bowl, showed the bottom of the bowl and sat down straight, and looked at An Yi:

"General An, the younger brother didn't expect General An to be so elegant, and he didn't expect General Hu and General Gu to be so young and handsome, I was deeply surprised and admired.

In the past few days, it has been rumored that the An Jiajun fought with the Japanese army on the north bank of the bridge in Jinan for most of the day, and the battle was very fierce, and the newspapers in Tianjin and Beijing said that the Japanese army had suffered more than 540 casualties, but the number of casualties of the An Jiajun varied; according to the records of the newspapers in Nanjing and Shanghai, the An Jiajun had more than 1,300 soldiers killed and wounded, and this figure was announced by the General Headquarters of the Revolutionary Army. ”

Hu Jialin and Gu Changfeng looked at An Yi and smiled slightly, An Yi thought about it and replied politely: "During the war, many problems are not easy to deal with, especially at this moment the governments of China and Japan are engaged in tense negotiations, and the European and American powers are also involved, called mediation, in fact, they are not willing to be occupied by the Japanese in North China, so it is relatively beneficial to us on the whole, at this time, China and Japan will find reasons for their own interests, the death toll announced by the Japanese is 384 people, and more than 200 people are injured, After all, the battle on 2 May was very fierce, the Japanese fired more than 5,000 shells at our position, and the machine-gun bullets were too many to count, and many brothers in our division still have no sound in their ears, and more than 30 of them are afraid that they will become deaf in this life. ”

Jiao Guangxu was disappointed that he did not get the exact casualty figures of the independent division, but he admired the An Jiajun who dared to fight against the Japanese army: "The younger brother admires General An and you very much, An Jiajun is the first person who dared to fight with the Japanese army since the Republic of China, and this alone is awe-inspiring!" Come, little brother, I will give you another glass to the generals......"

"I'm sorry, Brother Jiao, let's stop this wine tonight, drinking on the march has been violated, let alone drunk, on behalf of the officers and soldiers of the whole division, the younger brother is grateful to the three seniors and the elders and villagers for their love, and thanks to Brother Jiao for his hospitality!"

An Yi stood up and hugged his fists to salute, Hu Jialin and others also got up and saluted, the two supervision team leaders were already drowsy, and they couldn't wait to end their sleep immediately, and they all stood up and squeezed out a smile on their faces to thank them.

The squires were polite for a while, and greeted each other for nearly ten minutes before leaving, An Yi led his brothers to send them out of the courtyard far away, and returned to the courtyard under the enthusiasm of the squires, and then went to the main hall to thank the father and son and family of Jiao Lao, and did not go out a few steps, Jiao Guangxu chased after him from behind.

"Generals, please stay!" Jiao Guangxu, who chased after him, saw An Yi stop a few times and turned around, and strode forward to look at An Yi: "The general is going south tomorrow?" ”

An Yi nodded: "Yes, my senior brother is quite tired from continuous battles, and he needs to rest for a while, so he has to rush back as soon as possible." Brother Jiao has any problems, although he said it bluntly, as long as it does not involve military secrets, the younger brother knows everything. ”

Jiao Guangxu hesitated for a moment, raised his head and asked solemnly: "General An, I heard that your department has been recruiting troops, and thousands of scattered brothers in the Sixth Army have been added to the general's team. ”

"Oh? Could it be that Brother Jiao wants to continue to join the army? I don't know what position Brother Jiao originally held in the general of the Zhilu Army, General Xu Yuanquan? An Yi asked with a smile.

Jiao Guangxu's face was full of embarrassment: "The younger brother has been mixed for seven years to become the captain of the cavalry battalion, and last year on the front line of Xu Beng in Jiangbei, he almost met the general's independent division, but fortunately, the whereabouts of the general's independent division are ethereal, and the unit where the younger brother is located is very happy.

In March this year, our department withdrew to Zhili, at the end of last month, in Liaocheng a battle suffered heavy losses, the entire division was disabled, the younger brother was discouraged, disarmed and returned, after arriving home increasingly hard to think about the essentials, after learning that the general led the troops to fight the Japanese army on the second of this month, the little brother's ignorance suddenly opened up.

The younger brother has respected Yue Wumu since he was a child, but the more he has been fighting in the past seven years, the more boring he has become, only the general's army is the army that the younger brother dreams of. ”

An Yi looked at Hu Jialin, Gu Changfeng, and Cheng Guang, and the three of them nodded with a smile, expressing their agreement, there are not many talents in the cavalry battalion that is about to be established in their independent division, and Jiao Guangxu in front of him has seven years of cavalry experience, which is very rare, and the mighty and rough Jiao Guangxu just treated his father with filial piety is admirable, according to Gao Shen Lao Shoudao, the filial piety of his parents is not bad, as long as he is slightly restrained and disciplined, it is a huge help, and it is not good for his relatives, don't expect him to be good to anyone, and vice versa, This principle is also followed by the recruitment of soldiers by independent divisions.

An Yi turned to Jiao Guangxu and asked with a smile, "What is Lord Lingzun's opinion?" ”

"My father is full of praise for the general and the general's team, and just now he joked about why the younger brother couldn't find such a good army, as long as the younger brother showed it to his father, I believe that my father would be sincerely happy for the younger brother." Jiao Guangxu said sincerely.

An Yi nodded: "Okay, you go back and talk to Ling Zun, as long as Ling Zun agrees, we have no problem, we will leave early tomorrow morning." ”

"Did the general pass through Pingyin?" Jiao Guangxu asked excitedly.

"Nope! To cross the river on the Guide line, you must rush to Wande Station before 7 p.m. An Yi replied.

Jiao Guangxu was surprised: "So fast...... Although the general will go first tomorrow, the younger brother will definitely rush to Wande before the sun sets tomorrow and meet the general! ”

After Jiao Guangxu finished speaking, he turned around and ran back to the main hall, An Yi glanced at each other and returned to the small courtyard in front of him, and sat down to analyze Jiao Guangxu's character and personality.

Gu Changfeng said don't be deceived by this guy's half-baked talk, as soon as this guy appeared, Lao Tzu smelled the gangsterism in his bones; Hu Jialin said that this guy has two strokes, looking at the pace and posture, his martial arts and horse kung fu are not weak.

While the brothers were talking, they heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves coming from the backyard, which quickly disappeared to the south in front of the small courtyard......