The orderly moved a chair over, but Nie Jinku didn't sit at all, not because he didn't want to sit, but because his buttocks were beaten and his flesh was open, and he couldn't sit down.

If you can't sit still, just lie on your stomach, Nie Tuan Commander just grovelled in front of Chen Zikun, there were swarms of green-headed flies circling on his bloody buttocks, and there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood beside him.

Chen Zikun asked the orderly to bring a bowl of sour plum soup to Nie Jinku to quench his thirst, where did he dare to drink it, for fear that this bowl of iced sour plum soup would have the nature of broken head wine.

"Protector envoy, Chen Dashuai, spare the humble duty this time, the humble duty is willing to lead the horse for you, oh no, be a cow and a horse." Nie Jinku begged bitterly, and almost hugged Chen Zikun's riding boots and licked them.

"If you want me not to kill you, it depends on whether your confession is sincere, come on, bring him pen and paper." Chen Zikun greeted, and the orderly brought a stack of letterheads and brushes and inkstones, and laid out a mat in front of Nie Jinku, asking him to confess on the spot.

Flies buzzed, his nose was full of blood, how dare Nie Jinku not write, he clumsily took the brush and wrote a confession crookedly.

Chen Zikun took it and looked at it, and tore it into pieces three or two: "Damn, it's not profound at all, you can't just write about you, understand?" Rewrite! ”

"Yes, yes, I write, I write." Nie Jinku hurriedly wrote again, and listed how he watched the fire from the other side, sat back and watched Nantai being besieged by bandits, how he plundered the army, how he extorted places, and how he raped the people's daughters, and he didn't dare to hide it at all.

Chen Zikun read it again, and this time he was more satisfied: "I still copy it for three points, and I sign and draw it according to my handprint." ”

Nie Jinku was honestly frightened, and copied a few points as usual, signed his name and fingerprint under each one, and took the guilty plea before the ink dried, Chen Zikun laughed: "Come on, drag him out." ”

"Spare your life~~~~" Nie Jinku's terrible screams echoed inside and outside the county office.

……

If you have a gun, you are the king of grass, this sentence is not false at all, after having his own lineage of arms, Chen Zikun can be regarded as really in control of Nantai County, the Ministry of War gave him the title of Jiangbei Protector Envoy, and there is also an empty frame of the seventh mixed brigade of the Jiangdong Provincial Army, nominally this brigade is under the control of the Jiangdong Provincial Governor, but in fact, he does not listen to the announcement, and he is completely a prince.

Now that the Seventh Mixed Brigade finally has the first unit, in accordance with the principle of officers and soldiers recruiting bandits, as many soldiers as they brought, they will be as many officials, and Chen Shou has more than 300 brothers under him, so he will naturally be given a battalion commander.

The pole of Kushuijing is one of the many bandits in Nantai County, and its strength is average, and it is not very good, because the wolves have more meat and less meat, and there are really few things that can be robbed, so before Chen Zikun took them in, the pole was already a little unable to mix and want to break up.

In fact, Chen Shou had already had the intention of taking refuge in the official army, but he was suffering from the lack of a master, Chen Zikun's arrival made him moved, and the contact between him and again proved that this protector made the lord not only bold and righteous, but also a person who did great things, so when Chen Qingfeng came to ask him to send troops to help, Chen Shouli overrode public opinion, resolutely led his subordinates to attack from the rear, attacked Gailongquan, and relieved the siege of Nantai.

The next thing is that Chen Zikun saved Chen Shou's life again, and sent him back to the bitter well in a coma with a big black mule.

The pole entered the city in the afternoon of the same day, and under Chen Zikun's arrangement, he surrendered the weapons of the 11th Regiment, and then attacked and ransacked the barracks of the 11th Regiment overnight, seizing a large amount of weapons and ammunition.

Now that the Protector Office is wealthy, Chen Zikun arranged for Gong Zijun to help the brothers in the first battalion buy military uniforms, buy hundreds of blue-gray fine foreign cloth from the cloth shops in the county, and find all the tailors in the county to order 500 sets of two and a half feet.

In addition to the officer's uniform, all the soldiers' military uniforms are of a unified size, two and a half feet is synonymous with military uniforms, the tailor level of the small county town is low, and it is customary to make Chinese-style trousers and robes, this kind of Western-style clothing is the first time to do it, Chen Zikun contributed a set of military uniforms for their reference, and the tailors have also learned the same, but the military uniforms are made, and the hats are really difficult to make.

Chen Shou suggested that he still wear a big hat as a military hat, but was rejected by Chen Zikun in a word, the big black hat is the standard configuration of the bandits in Nantai, and the officers and soldiers are dressed all day long without soldiers or bandits, what kind of system, but he still patiently listened to the opinions of the officers and soldiers, and understood that the officers and soldiers have a deep love for the big hat, so he made a decision.

The Nantai hat is designated as a military sunshade and rain hat, and it is painted with a layer of green paint, which can not only distinguish it from the bandits, but also form a protective color, and it is difficult to distinguish the outline in the vast green gauze tent.

As a result, the 300 officers and men of the first battalion of the 7th Mixed Brigade of the Jiangdong Provincial Army uniformly put on a big green hat, known as the "green hat battalion." ”

According to Chen Shou, there are more than 50 bandits of all sizes in this county, the largest of which is the pole headed by Gai Longquan, they have ten brothers, the boss Gai Longquan, known as the remnant of the white wolf, gathering in the mountains and forests, dominating the Daqingshan area, specializing in the past business travel, and then there are heroes from all walks of life, more than hundreds of thousands of people, less than three or five people, killing people and goods, claiming the king and hegemony, and often merging, in fact, life is not very good.

Because there are too many bandits, a lot of cultivated land in Nantai County has been abandoned, and the rich people who are afraid of death move to live in the county seat, and those who are not afraid of death buy guns and ammunition, hire gunners, and pull up fences, not only against bandits, but also against officials and soldiers, and there are not a few such villages.

After listening to Chen Shou's introduction, Chen Zikun frowned and wrote four words in the notebook with a pen: "There is a long way to go." ”

It is said that the light in the study was kept on that night.

The next day, Chen Zikun convened a meeting of everyone and went to his room one by one to talk, and the first chief of staff, Yan Su, and the military envoy talked with him for an hour, and then sent him out with a serious expression, shook hands and said: "Chief of staff, I wish you a smooth journey and success." ”

Yan Su saluted and said, "I won't let you down." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Director Gong, give the chief of staff 5,000 yuan for carriage and horses." ”

Gong Zijun is now the logistics director of the Protector Embassy Office, and he couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this: "Five thousand yuan? We only have more than 30,000 yuan in total. ”

"What should happen to the soldiers?" Chan asked.

Gong Zijun woke up suddenly: "Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, so I'll do it." ”

Chen Zikun smiled with satisfaction: "First battalion commander, you come in." ”

Chen Shou had been a squad leader in the braid army before, and he stood in the most upright military posture, he answered the call and walked into the office, standing straight and waiting for orders.

Chen Zikun spoke to him more directly: "Chen Shou, you help me Zhang Luo Zhang Luo to see how many bandits can be recruited." ”

Chen Shou said: "I'll go now, but ...... There is a saying that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Chen Zikun said: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, what, speak!" ”

"Poles who are willing to be recruited by the imperial court are not heroes." Chen Shou is colorful.

Chen Zikun smiled: "What you say is interesting, aren't you Chen Shou a good man?" ”

Chen Shou said: "I owe you two lives, and I admire you for being a person, I submit to you, not to be promoted and rich, but to follow you to do something big, but those poles, I don't dare to guarantee that they will not rebel again after receiving the guns." ”

Chen Zikun said: "You just have to pull people, it's your fault that you can't be co-opted, and it's my fault to rebel after co-optation, understand?" ”

"Understood!" Chen Shou saluted and went out.

The next one to come in was the county magistrate Liu, and somehow, the county magistrate appointed by the provincial government became a staff member of the Protector Army Office, and he was very happy every day.

After Liu Youjin came in, he found that there were many documents spread out on the table, and Chen Zikun's name had been signed on the payment, and he used the guard envoy's customs defense.

Chen Zikun pointed to the blank space behind his name and said, "You can just countersign here." ”

Liu Youjin said: "What is this, let me sign it without looking at it, I won't do it." ”

Chen Zikun said: "This is my report to the provincial government, the provincial military supervision office, as well as the Beijing government and the Ministry of the Army. ”

Liu Youjin cried with a sad face: "My general, can you spare me, I don't want to get involved in these things, hurry up and dig up the treasure in the backyard, take my share and leave, besides, you swallow a group of people, and the wicked people sue first, it doesn't seem like a big deal, right?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "County Magistrate Liu, what you said is strange, what am I doing wrong?" The 11th Regiment ransacked the county seat, I acted according to the law, and shot a few of their black sheep, besides, which eye did you see me swallow one of their regiments? Familiar to familiar, you can't talk about it. ”

County Magistrate Liu couldn't cry or laugh: "Okay, okay, I can't sign yet." ”

After signing and going out, seeing Jian Bing and Yao Yilei standing outside, Liu You Jinqi said, "The two ladies also come to listen to the order?" ”

"yes, we have a mission too." Yao Yilei said with a smile, Little Wukong followed behind her, wearing a purple and gold crown on his head, and two trembling pheasant feathers on it, which seemed to have a bit of the taste of the Monkey King.

Jianbing followed behind, smiling silently, since the killing incident on the street, her limelight is not as strong as Yao Yilei, even the pet is dwarf, whether it is Ah Bian or Little Wukong, they are all characters who can be brought out, but Jianbing has a lazy cat, and he knows how to sleep all day long, and he is really not on the stage.

……

Nie Jinku did not die, but was released three days later, and was sent out of the Nantai City Gate together with more than 100 officers and soldiers of the 11th Regiment who were found innocent, and the most bizarre thing is that the Jiangbei Protector Army Office actually returned their guns, of course, the color and model are very different from the original, all of them are broken copper and iron.

Thank God for being able to come back alive, who dares to pick and choose, Nie Jinku bowed and apologized with a thousand thanks, took the remnants of the eleventh regiment out of Nantai County, and went south, and when he couldn't see the outline of the city wall of Nantai County, Nie Jinku was ruthless.

"Chen Zikun, I don't share the sky with you!"

"Brothers, we must avenge this revenge!"

"Revenge~~" The soldiers shouted weakly, and the forty brothers were shot like dogs, leaving them with a very deep psychological shadow, and they didn't dare to come to Nantai again.

Leaving a few cruel words, Nie Jinku led the remnants to cross the river and return, the 11th Regiment is the elite of the Jiangdong Army, placed on the front line of the south bank, and the construction of the camp is also very orderly, there are corner towers on all sides, and there are sandbags at the gate and horses rejected, but it seems that something is wrong today.

When he walked up, Nie Jinku was dumbfounded, the barracks were in a mess, the walls were scorched, and it was obvious that someone had ransacked them.