Just when Jing Ze was distressed and Nagashi was upset, things suddenly took a turn for the better. The morning after the tragedy in the northern suburbs of Ping'an County (according to the Japanese version), a team of soldiers caught an embarrassed Chinese near the west gate of the county. This was the first time that Izawa's troops had captured a live Chinese since they invaded Ping'an County, and the lieutenant who led the team immediately reported the good news to the brigade headquarters.

When Captain Izawa learned of this, he attached great importance to it and specially sent an officer who knew Chinese to interrogate him, hoping to find out the enemy's situation. Since the officer's Chinese was a little unfamiliar, he brought a translator recruited from Tongping County with him. When the two went to the detention place, they saw that the Chinese was tied to a wooden frame and had been beaten to the point that his nose and face were swollen.

The officer was a little upset when he saw it. Of course, he did not blame the soldiers for being inhumane, but for their random destruction of the "clues". It's hard to get such a living mouth, and it would be a pity if you died.

After a few reprimands from the soldier, the officer stepped forward to prepare for his own interrogation. At this time, the Chinese suddenly struggled and shouted, "Huaili! Help, help! ”

Huaili is the name of the translator, and his full name is Du Huaili. Puzzled, he looked at it and said, "Who are you?" ”

The Chinese cried, "Oh, Huaili, it's your cousin Zhang Youde!" ”

Du Huaili was taken aback when he heard this. He took a closer look, and found that it was indeed his cousin, and hurriedly asked, "Cousin! You, how did you get to this point? ”

Before Zhang Youde could speak, he remembered the tragic experience during this time, and couldn't help crying bitterly.

The Japanese officer looked at them with interest and said, "Toussaint, yours, acquaintance?" ”

Du Huaili was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Matsumoto Taijun, recognize, know, he is one of my cousins." ”

Matsumoto said, "Yo Sai! It's good to know it, yours, let him tell all those who know the Tao, and the imperial army will be greatly rewarded. ”

Du Huaili nodded hurriedly, and even claimed yes. Then he said to Zhang Youde: "Cousin, don't cry, tell me everything about your Zhilu Dao, Taijun is waiting!" ”

Zhang Youde was frightened just now, his mind was a little confused, and he said, "Cousin, where did you let me say it!" ”

Du Huaili glared and said, "Of course, say it all, say as much as you want, don't hide it!" ”

Zhang Youde choked up a few times, and started from the fact that Zhang's house was copied. He said: "Zheng Weiguo, the head of the security regiment, plotted against our family's property, occupied our family's compound, took our family's property, and drove our family to the city wall to pick up bricks!" Huaili, you don't know what to do, our old man is so angry that he vomits blood! The most painful thing for his old man was you, you have to avenge us! ”

Du Huaili was confused when he heard this, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Then Cousin Zhilan was also driven to the city wall to pick up bricks?" ”

Zhang Youde was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Zhilan, Zhilan was robbed by Zheng Weiguo!" ”

Du Huaili exclaimed in surprise and said, "Ah! This Zheng Weiguo is really hateful! Cousin, then you, why are you still working for him? He still met Zhilan before he went abroad to study, and she was still a beauty embryo at that time. He thought to himself that Zhilan should be a big beauty now, but he hated being snatched away, and the more he thought about it, the more unhappy he became.

Zhang Youde got angry when he thought of Zheng Weiguo, and shouted: "How could I kill this person!" Didn't you hear that the Orientals were coming? I just want to ......."

Du Huaili cautiously looked at Matsumoto, who was sitting on the side resting, and then shouted in a low voice: "Call the Imperial Army!" ”

Zhang Youde hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it's the imperial army!" I heard that the imperial army had arrived in the county seat, so I thought about asking the imperial army to help take revenge and destroy Zheng Weiguo's gang of bandits! Last night, I sneaked out while they weren't paying attention, and arrived at the West Gate early in the morning, and then I was caught here by the Oriental Army, oh no, by the imperial army. ”

Du Huaili said in surprise: "Cousin, you took the initiative to surrender after a long time!" So how did it come to this? ”

Zhang Youde said aggrievedly: "I can't understand what the imperial army says, and I don't understand what the imperial army says." Ahem, if I had a cousin, how could I end up like this? ”

Du Huaili was very proud after hearing this, and said: "That is, I don't know how to speak a foreign language these days!" First and foremost, those of us who know Oriental dialect are the ones who know Oriental dialect. ”

Zhang Youde said enviously: "Cousin, you are now a celebrity in front of the imperial army, you have to help me plead for mercy!" ”

Du Huaili felt a little embarrassed when he heard him say "Imperial Army Master", so he reprimanded: "What Imperial Army Master, how uneducated it sounds!" In the future, I will have to call Taijun, understand? ”

Zhang Youde is now busy laughing and saying: "Understood, understood, called Taijun, called Taijun!" Or cousin, you are educated. He secretly thought to himself that Taijun is not the title of the old woman in the play, why do Orientals also like these two words? Although he thought so in his heart, he had a request for Du Huaili right now, and he would never dare to disobey his wishes. Don't say it's called Taijun, even if you call your father, he will admit it.

Seeing that Zhang Youde was very knowledgeable, Du Huaili nodded with satisfaction, patted his chest and said, "Cousin, don't worry, this matter is on me!" However, you also have to take the initiative to cooperate, what the Imperial Army wants to know most at the moment is the deployment of the security regiment and the hiding place of those ordinary people. As long as you tell the Imperial Army about these situations, not only will there be no trouble, but the Imperial Army will reward you heavily! ”

Zhang Youde was overjoyed and hurriedly told what he had learned. He came to defect to the Japanese army this time, and he had premeditated it and found out the secrets of many security regiments.

Du Huaili was very happy to hear this, and hurriedly ran to report to Matsumoto. Matsumoto thought that there would be some trouble, but he didn't expect the other party to be so cooperative. Immediately came over again and asked Zhang Youde a few questions in person, and then ran to report to Captain Jing Ze in a hurry.

Izawa was a little surprised by Matsumoto's high efficiency and said, "That Shina person was recruited so quickly?" ”

Matsumoto said with some pride: "Your Excellency, according to my investigation, this person has a personal vendetta with the security forces of Heian County. His strength was limited, so he wanted us to avenge him, so he took the initiative to join our army. The soldiers who captured him also proved that he did come on his own initiative. ”

Jing Ze sneered: "Revenge? Does he still want to show us the way to deal with the security team? ”

Matsumoto said, "Your Excellency, you guessed accurately! According to his confession, the main force of the security regiment went to Shanxi and has not returned, and the rest of the troops are now hiding in a place called Qiliba in the west of the county. The Chinese man said he was willing to take us there. ”

Izawa sneered for a while and said, "Yo Xi! It seems that the time for this operation to be harvested is near. ”

Zhang Youde's defection exposed all the truth and truth in Ping'an County to Jing Ze's gun. All of a sudden, the situation of the security corps became precarious. At the same time, this incident has exposed many problems within the security team. For example, Zhang Youde escaped overnight, but the soldiers in custody only found out that the person was not there in the morning.

Yu Laogen was furious and scolded angrily: "What are you doing to eat!" The prisoners have been on the run for a night, why did they come to report at this time? "He's a good old man, and he doesn't usually get angry, but this one is really scary.

The cadres in charge of managing the prisoners bowed their heads and did not dare to speak. When Yu Laogen saw him like this, the more he talked, the more angry he became, and he grabbed the dry tobacco gun and was about to beat him. Wang Da hurriedly grabbed Yu Laogen and said, "Deputy Head Yu, the person has already run away, no matter how much you beat him, it's useless." The most urgent task is to think of a solution. ”

Yu Laogen broke his beloved cigarette gun in two, sighed and said, "Cough, what else can be done!" This Zhang Youde must have defected to the Japanese. Once the devil knows the truth of our truth, I am afraid that he will immediately send troops over. We only have a few soldiers now, how can we fight this battle? cough, if they don't come back, Ping'an County won't be able to keep it! ”

Wang Da said: "I have already asked the division headquarters for help, as long as we hold on for a few more days, the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army can arrive." ”

Yu Laogen said: "I'm afraid that the devil will come over today, let alone a few days, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for a day." County Magistrate Li, what do you say we should do now? ”

Li Zhen'an has been silent since he came in. Hearing Yu Laogen call him, he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I wonder if the villagers will agree if we continue to retreat west." ”

Wang Da thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid this job is not easy to do, and if we go further west, we won't be able to feed so many people." ”

The three of them discussed and discussed, but they didn't come up with a feasible solution. When he was in a hurry, there was a rush of horses' hooves outside. I only heard many people cheering in unison: "The main force is back, the main force is back, Ping'an County is saved!" ”

Yu Laogen and the others were overjoyed, and hurriedly got up to greet them, only to see that the villagers were talking affectionately around the dozens of cavalry led by Zhang Changgui. In the past, although everyone was grateful and respected for these soldiers, they were never as enthusiastic as they are today. The folks have had enough of the frightens these days and desperately need a force that will give them a sense of security.

Zhang Changgui also saw Yu Laogen and them, but he couldn't pass by the crowd, so he could only wave and shout: "Uncle Laogen'er, our main force has returned." ”

Yu Laogen said happily: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" As he spoke, tears flowed down his face.

Back in the makeshift war room, Yu Laogen experienced the feeling of sliding down from a high mountain to a deep valley. Zhang Changgui said apologetically: "Uncle Gen'er, I didn't dare to tell the truth just now in order to boost morale. In fact, just a few dozen of us are back at the moment, and the main force of the brigade is still behind! However, you don't have to worry, they won't be back in time. ”

Yu Laogen almost fainted, and said, "How can I not be in a hurry? The devil is about to fight! ”

Zhang Changgui was taken aback and said, "What?!" ”

Li Zhen'an sighed, told him about Zhang Youde's defection, and continued: "It is not yet possible to confirm whether Zhang Youde defected to the Japanese, but this is the most likely. Once he leads the devil to call, we can't do anything about it. ”

Zhang Changgui thought for a while and decided to take the reconnaissance platoon to the county seat. If the Japanese army advances westward, it will rely on the terrain to block and block the time for the transfer of the military and civilians at Qiliba.

Since the invasion of the Idazawa Brigade, the security regiment has retreated or retreated, and the common people have been transferred or transferred. For this situation, everyone felt a little discouraged, if there was not still a hope, I am afraid that it would have collapsed long ago.

The military situation was urgent, and the reconnaissance platoon could not take a break, so it rushed east after only drinking a sip of water. On the way, Zhang Changgui found a terrain that was very suitable for blocking, so he stopped and led the soldiers to build fortifications. After more than two trivial things, the fortifications were finally built, but the devil did not come for a long time.

Zhang Changgui sent a few soldiers to search and advance in the direction of the county seat to find out the enemy's situation, while the rest of the dozens of people rested on the spot. After more than an hour, Li Zhenan came with the newly recruited 200 militiamen to reinforce him, but the devil still did not come.

Just when Zhang Changgui was about to go to the county seat to reconnoiter in person, the scouts sent before finally returned. They brought back a very surprising news - the devil went north to fight the fourth district!

Zhang Changgui was a little unconvinced, and said, "How is it possible? Are you mistaken? ”

The scout was so anxious that his face turned red and he said, "Company commander, I must be not mistaken!" If you don't believe me, you can ask the women's corps, I saw them on the road, and they can testify! ”

Zhang Changgui was stunned for a moment and asked, "What about the women's team?" ”

The scout said, "Captain Chen has gone with their reinforcements!" ”

Zhang Changgui patted his thigh and said, "Cough, a large group of devils, what role can more than 20 of them play?" Lao Wu is in big trouble now! ”