On a snowy night, the three torches stand out in the wilderness, and they can be seen from two miles away.

More than 100 men who were silently galloping from west to east, closely followed the torches in front of them 100 meters away, and when they approached Chinatown, an important town of water and land transportation hub on the border between Zhejiang and Zhejiang, the torches in front slowly drew two large circles, and more than 300 men in the rear immediately untied their rifles and pistols, divided into two teams, and hid in the dense grass and trees on both sides of the road.

Half a minute later, two bright horse lanterns appeared at the bridgehead of Chinatown across the river, and under the horse lanterns, three officers and soldiers wearing military cotton jackets were clearly visible.

A group of fifteen people holding three torches walked along the road to the west of the bridge, and the two horse lanterns raised high also slowly crossed the bridge from the east of the bridge, and the two sides soon met at the west end of the bridge, and looked at each other across a row of horses that were separated between the two sides, and the two newly built reinforced concrete fortresses at both ends of the bridge were illuminated, but no half of a figure was seen.

Under the bright light, a young officer stepped forward and hugged his fists to greet: "Brother Zhang has worked hard!" ”

Zhang Qingsong, who was wearing a sheepskin jacket and a shell gun at his waist, returned the salute with his fists, turned sideways, and introduced in a low voice: "Staff Officer Zhang, this is the Mr. Zhang you want to see." ”

Zhang Dongning's eyes turned to Mr. Zhang, who was panting with a pair of glasses, observed for a moment, and asked with concern, "Is Mr. Zhang unwell?" ”

Zhang Fenglan, who was breathing a little, took a half step forward: "It's not in the way, I wonder if the head of your department Wu is also here?" ”

Zhang Dongning replied: "Tuanzuo wants to invite Mr. Zhang and others to the East Coast barracks to have a cup of hot tea, but I am worried that you will not give face, so you sent me to ask if you are willing?" If it is inconvenient or reluctant, it is enough to complete the transaction here, 1,500 guns and 50,000 rifle cartridges, in the two fortifications on the left and right, the total payment for the goods is 75,000 oceans, and the goods are paid in one hand and carried in the other. ”

Zhang Fenglan and the others were very surprised, they thought that the whole transaction process would be very dangerous, and they were even more worried that Wu Ming would suddenly turn his face and attack, so they made extremely careful preparations, 75,000 oceans were divided into eight parts, protected by the main battalion hidden behind, and planned to pay the money after getting half of the goods.

Zhang Fenglan turned around and walked to a middle-aged man with a wide face and towering cheekbones behind him: "Old Shao, what is your opinion?" ”

Lao Shao, who has experienced a hundred battles, pondered for a moment: "Although in principle, we cannot trust the enemy, but from the information transmitted by our hidden comrades and the analysis of the current situation, the other party has no intention of attacking us, and there is only one company of the enemy stationed on the other side, so let's do it as soon as possible according to his wishes!" ”

"Lao Zhang, it's better for you to meet the person surnamed Wu to find out what kind of person this is and what kind of attitude you have towards our party? This is very important, according to our analysis, this Wu Ming is still very emotional, otherwise he would not have come to his aid and get you out of the Quzhou prison. Of course, the final decision is yours and safety is the priority. ”

Zhang Fenglan nodded: "Then I'll go and meet that Wu Ming, it's best for you to send someone to go with me, the organizational principles must be observed, otherwise I can't explain to you, the director of the Political Department." ”

"Ha Lu Ha! Don't worry, my commissioner, I'll let Captain Huang accompany you. ”

After Lao Shao finished speaking, he stepped forward and patted Mr. Zhang's arm, and turned around and left after a few words, followed closely by two guards with two guns at their waists.

Ten minutes later, a staff officer led Zhang Fenglan and Kong Wu's fierce and bright-eyed Huang Tuanchang into the checkpoint northeast of the bridge, and Wu Ming, who was standing at the door of the barracks, stepped forward quickly, stretched out his hands, clasped Zhang Fenglan's cold hands, and couldn't help but pull him into the room where two large pots of charcoal were placed, and the two guards immediately served hot tea.

"Sit down, Dongning, you can help greet the guests! Sir, I didn't hear you panting, surely you are not sick? Is it that the medicine sent last time has no effect? Wu Ming sat beside Mr. Zhang and asked with concern.

Zhang Fenglan was moved in his heart, staring at Wu Ming, who had almost changed for a long time, and did not dare to say that he was reluctant to use the medicines he received, and all of them were sent to the Central Soviet Region.

The vigilant head of the regiment Huang did not expect that Wu Ming would be so polite to Commissioner Zhang, and the other party looked dignified and upright, and the whole person did not have the slightest shadow of a strong general in the propaganda of the Kuomintang newspapers, but was more like a polite and cultural person.

Wu Ming picked up the teacup and handed it to Zhang Fenglan: "Sir, take a sip of tea to warm up your body first." ”

Zhang Fenglan drank two sips of hot tea, immediately put down the cup, and looked at Wu Ming carefully: "You have become more, I almost can't recognize it, when we separated, I said that we would meet again in the future, but I didn't expect to meet but found that we were already in different camps, and we made people!" ”

Wu Ming smiled slightly: "Whenever I think of the scene when I am separated, I also sigh, I feel that the road of life is full of unknowns and accidents, just like walking on the earth, as long as you insist on going on, you will encounter a three-way intersection and a crossroads, every intersection requires us to make a choice, no matter how many wishes in our hearts, and no matter whether we can see clearly and understand, we still have to choose a direction to go down, if you go right, you will succeed, and if you go wrong, you will fail, but before success and failure come, Who can guarantee that the path they have chosen is the right one? Dazed! ”

Zhang Fenglan looked at Wu Ming blankly, pondered for a long time, shook his head and said, "I really didn't expect you to be so wise and good at thinking, it's a pity!" If you were such a talent, I wouldn't let you go when you came out of prison and beat you to death, and you would have been firmly chained to me. ”

Wu Mingha smiled: "People have joys and sorrows, the moon is cloudy and sunny, this matter is difficult to complete, I hope that people will last a long time, thousands of miles together!" The ancients saw it so thoroughly and open-mindedly, how could they not see through it with their great talents? ”

Zhang Fenglan was stunned for a moment, followed by Da Lu's laughter, and then coughed violently, causing Wu Ming to quickly reach out and pat him on the back.

It didn't take long for Lu Kuiyuan, the commander of the spy company in charge of the transaction, to arrive, he glanced at the bright-eyed Huang Tuan, approached Wu Ming, and reported in a low voice: "Big brother, the business is done, and the other party left quickly with the goods, but there are hundreds of people in ambush between Guantang Village and Maojiawu, two kilometers to the west. ”

"It's fast enough, I guess you don't know the money, right? Ha Lu Ha! ”

Wu Ming made a joke casually, went into the back room and took out an earthy yellow canvas bag, and came to Mr. Zhang, who was about to leave: "Take it, there are four bottles of special ointment for treating trauma and six bottles of quinine pills, as well as a small Browning pistol and two boxes of ammunition that others gave me, all for you." ”

"Mr. Zhang, you have to recuperate well after you go back, come to me if you really can't do it, although Quzhou Church Hospital is not famous, but it is genuine, and the medicines are relatively complete, and the scale and level are second only to the famous Hangzhou Guangji Hospital in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Thank you! Then you're welcome. ”

Mr. Zhang happily accepted it, as if he wanted to say something, but he still didn't speak.

Wu Ming was not polite, and in front of Mr. Zhang and the head of the Huang regiment, he said what he wanted to say: "There is something I have to remind me, from this month onwards, the defense of Kaihua and Changshan counties will be under my control, and I don't want to have any conflict with your army. ”

Captain Huang's face changed immediately, and he snorted fiercely at Wu Ming.

Lu Kuiyuan on the side immediately stepped forward, and Adjutant Han, who had been standing inconspicuously in the distance, walked quickly behind Commander Huang, and Wu Ming hurriedly raised his hand to stop it.

Zhang Fenglan shook his head at Commander Huang, turned to Wu Ming, and said earnestly: "No matter what happens in the future, thank you for this matter today, and I will bring your opinion back." However, I also want to persuade Commander Wu not to go all the way with the Kuomintang, there is no future, you are a smart person, you know how to choose. ”

"Thank you for your advice!"

Wu Ming helped Zhang Fenglan forward, didn't look at Commander Huang beside him, and talked eloquently: "Sir, maybe you don't believe it, I have read the "** Manifesto", "Capital", "Dialectical Materialism" and other works, can sing "The Internationale", understand the rise and fall of the Paris Revolution and the Paris Commune, understand Marx's theory of surplus value and the foundation, purpose and means of the proletarian revolution, read Engels's "Dialectics of Nature", and know the decisive influence of international communism on your party and army, There is even a German named Li De in Zhilu Dao, who has just been sent by the International Communist Party to the Soviet Central Soviet District in southern Jiangxi not long ago, and he also knows that the respectable Mr. Mao has stepped aside, and I also know that you are still engaged in purging in the Soviet District, and you two come to see me today, and you have to explain it clearly when you go back, including every sentence and every word, otherwise there will be endless troubles, right? ”

Zhang Fenglan's heart was extremely shocked, his hands trembled slightly, and Captain Huang, who was still full of disdain just now, was already in a state of stupor.

Wu Ming helped Zhang Fenglan out of the gate: "Sir, don't be surprised, there is another thing to tell you, I have just recruited eight hundred recruits, of which more than thirty are the gangsters who slipped through the net in Longtou Mountain, which was annihilated by you in the middle of last month, and the three divisions of your Tenth Army are respectively in Huaiyu Mountain and Maoshan Gang, about 20 kilometers southeast of Dexing, and there are several other camps, I also know that there are not many secrets in a radius of two hundred miles from that mountain, and it is not very difficult to figure it out." ”

"It's hard now, you have ambushed a few hundred people to the west of me, and there is a battalion stationed eight kilometers to the northwest, there is no need! Don't forget, the Central Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Fujian Cai Tingkai Army, a total of 400,000 troops, have launched the fourth encirclement and suppression of your Central Red Army, and according to the internal report I received, Jiangxi Provincial Chairman Xiong Shihui is also going to take action against Northeast Jiangxi. ”

Zhang Fenglan stopped, was silent for three minutes, sighed long, nodded meaningfully to Wu Ming, pulled up the head of Huang in a daze, and didn't leave.

After crossing the bridge and walking a few hundred meters, Mr. Zhang couldn't help but turn around and look back, only to find that the place where Wu Ming was had become black, and there was no longer a trace of light.

"Captain Huang, what do you think of this Wu Ming?"

Commander Huang was silent for a long time, and helped Mr. Zhang to turn around and walk slowly: "This guy is very scary, I have fought for so many years, and I have never been afraid of anyone, but this surnamed Wu is too gloomy, he even knows that our three battalions are ambushed in the north for more than ten miles, it seems that our every move is under his close surveillance, and we can't see his depth clearly, it will be very troublesome to fight!" Commissioner, you know this surnamed Wu, tell me what kind of person he is, why he will know so much, I have been a member of the party for four years, and I have never heard of all the books he said except for the "** Declaration"! ”

Mr. Zhang sighed faintly: "I don't know him either...... The last time I saw him, it was your secretary Fang who led the troops to attack Shangrao and rescued me and Qingsong, when he was framed and put in prison, his arm was broken, his head blossomed, he was unconscious and almost died, until everyone separated after the robbery, he didn't say more than three words from beginning to end, today is the second time I see him, alas! ”

Captain Huang was full of depression, walked out more than a dozen steps, and suddenly asked: "Commissioner, ** don't lead us anymore?" Did the International Communists really send a German surnamed Lee to the Central Soviet District? ”

"I don't know what to do, I can only report to Secretary Fang and Director Shao of the Political Department immediately after I go back, this is a very important matter, and all the situations that Wu Ming said tonight must be reported to the Central Committee in time."

After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, he suddenly quickened his pace, and Head Huang immediately followed.