"Hah, is this guy a tease?" Xiao Zhenlei couldn't help but laugh out loud after seeing Zeng Qinglin actually take hostages and walk out of the tavern.

This sentence confused Chen Jizu and Wu Shiyou, who were beside them, "What do you mean?" ”

In this troubled era, human life is like a mustard, it is simply funny to threaten officers and soldiers with hostages, Xiao Zhenlei did not explain, he directly pulled out the gun and shook his hand at Zeng Qinglin and pulled the trigger, "bang" a gunshot, and then heard Zeng Qinglin let out a scream, only to see Zeng Qinglin's wrist with the gunman was hit by a bullet, blood flowed, and the pistol fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the nearby soldiers immediately rushed to the ground and threw Zeng Qinglin to the ground, and soon Zeng Qinglin was tied with his hands tied behind his back, Xiao Zhenlei walked over and looked at Zeng Qinglin, ignoring his hateful gaze, seeing that the muscles on his face twitched in pain because his wrist was pierced, he looked behind him, and then turned his head to a soldier next to him and said, "You go to the pharmacy to ask a doctor, and ask him to give this guy some gold sore medicine!" ”

"Yes, Captain!"

Xiao Zhenlei walked up to Zeng Qinglin again, took out a cigarette, took it in his mouth, lit it and smoked a few puffs, and asked, "This good man has a big name, where did he make a fortune?" ”

Zeng Qinglin let out a cold snort in his nostrils when he heard this, and looked up at Tiandao: "Lao Tzu will not change his surname, he will not change his name, Zeng Qinglin is also, rampant in southern Jiangsu for hundreds of miles, and today it fell into the hands of you dog officials, if you want to kill, you must scrape and listen to the respect!" ”

"Ahem, ahem" Xiao Zhenlei was smoking, he was choked when he heard this, and he coughed several times before he eased up, he didn't expect that Zeng Qinglin would be caught this time, isn't this guy Jiang Guodong going to arrest? was caught by Lao Tzu. Who will Jiang Guodong arrest? He smiled and gave a thumbs up: "It's a man." It's hard enough! ”

After that, Xiao Zhenlei asked again: "It's just that I don't understand a little." Haven't you been in the Yanghu area lately? How did you get here? Could it be that you have already partnered with Yang Fei on the opposite mountain? ”

Zeng Qinglin knew that he would definitely die if he was caught by the government, and there was nothing to hide, Xiao Zhenlei asked what he answered directly, and he didn't hit a single one, "What's wrong with this, Lao Tzu, I do that businessless business everywhere, and naturally I have a lot of goods in my hands, and if I can't use it, it doesn't mean that others can't use it, so I loaded a few carts and pulled it over yesterday and sold it to the surnamed Yang." Early this morning, I got the news that the officers and soldiers surrounded Phoenix Mountain, and I heard that there was another team of people and horses who went to Yanghu, presumably for Lao Tzu's men and horses, Lao Tzu was worried about his brothers, so he didn't even eat breakfast and rushed down the mountain. Where the hell are we showing the stuffing? ”

Xiao Zhenlei didn't care about Zeng Qinglin's mouthful. He sometimes took Lao Tzu with him when he spoke rudely, and after taking two puffs of cigarettes, he said with a smile: "This Mudu town is in the middle of nowhere, and almost no caravans pass through here, which is already very suspicious in itself. What is even more suspicious is that the four carriages, in addition to the four coachmen, need eleven people to escort them, I don't think you are a caravan. It's like four carts of gold, and since it's a guard, you can take out your guns to deter small chips. Why hide it? Also, ordinary guards have pistols like box guns stuck in their waists. And there is more than one, where is this guard, and you don't need so many box guns to rob houses! ”

When Zeng Qinglin heard this, he suddenly looked like a deflated ball, drooped his head and said: "Lao Tzu is not wronged this time, what do you want?" If you want to kill Lao Tzu, directly reward Lao Tzu with a peanut, let Lao Tzu die happily, Lao Tzu will also read your good when he arrives in the underworld, what do you want to know, Lao Tzu knows everything, words are endless, just ask you not to fix Lao Tzu, those things on the torture tool will be free, Lao Tzu does not want to die and suffer that sin! ”

Xiao Zhenlei laughed when he heard this, and gave a thumbs up again: "Righteous enough, enough single, okay, I agreed to your request, but this matter is not in a hurry, I still have something I want to ask you to help, wait for the doctor to come over to treat the gunshot wound on the handle!" ”

The town is not big, but it is also complete, the pharmacy is naturally there, the doctor was quickly invited, Zeng Qinglin's wrist was pierced by a bullet, the doctor looked at the injury and shook his head, took out the gold sore medicine from the medicine box and sprinkled it on the wound, wrapped the wound and said to Xiao Zhenlei: "Even if this injury is cured, this hand will not be as good as before in the future!" ”

"I'll wipe it, I'm going to die, what do you care about so much!" Zeng Qinglin said a word and drove the doctor away.

Xiao Zhenlei took a few puffs of cigarette and threw down the cigarette butt and said to Zeng Qinglin: "Let's go, be a guest in my military camp!" Platoon Commander Zhou, collect the team and return to the camp! ”

"Yes, sir!"

When he returned to the barracks, it was already noon, Xiao Zhenlei had lunch with a few officers, and asked someone to bring food to Zeng Qinglin, but there was no wine.

After the meal, Xiao Zhenlei asked Chen Jizu and Wu Shiyou to arrange for the soldiers of the regiment to conduct tactical training, and he came to the tent where Zeng Qinglin was held.

When I entered the tent, I saw that the bowls on the ground were clean, and there was only a little soup and water left, while Zeng Qinglin was lying on the ground and sleeping. Xiao Zhenlei said in his heart, hey, he eats quite cleanly, this guy is very broad-hearted, he is about to die, and he can still eat so much.

Hearing the movement, Zeng Qinglin sat up with a lift, and immediately shouted after seeing that it was Xiao Zhenlei: "I said what is the matter with you?" Lao Tzu is going to die, and you don't let Lao Tzu eat enough, you don't know where to put this little thing in your stomach, do you want Lao Tzu to be a starving ghost? ”

Xiao Zhenlei was stunned, and then smiled: "Whoever is outside, bring him another meal."

Soon, the meal was delivered, Zeng Qinglin ate the food he had just delivered again, in his words, he was barely full, he didn't need to eat again, if he ate again, he might become a full ghost.

Xiao Zhenlei pulled a chair sent by the soldiers outside and sat down, took out a cigarette and lit it in his mouth, and handed it to Zeng Qinglin, Zeng Qinglin didn't expect Xiao Zhenlei to hand him a cigarette, so he was stunned for a moment and then took it with a smile and smoked.

Xiao Zhenlei lit another one for himself, took a few puffs and asked, "After eating the meal and smoking the cigarette, it's time for us to get to the point, right?" Let's talk about it. How many people do you still have, and where are they now? What weapons do you have? ”

Zeng Qinglin even stopped smoking when he heard this, thought about it and shook his head, "You have to ask something else." I can sue you, but if you ask me to betray my friends, brothers, and colleagues, I can't do it, you still give me a happy one, kill me! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled, "Okay, I won't ask this, how many brothers do you have." Where are they and what weapons they have, I am not interested in knowing at all, because this is Jiang Guodong's business, and it has nothing to do with me, I also bet with him before, I am responsible for attacking Phoenix Mountain, and he is responsible for dealing with you, and you must get the head of the bandit leader within half a month. If I can't get Yang Fei's head within half a month, I will be court-martialed, but if he can't get your head within half a month, he didn't say what to do. Lao Tzu was put on a table by him at the time, and only then did he remember that this official had no other skills. will only calculate their own people. So, I don't embarrass you. You have been to Phoenix Mountain, you should know the details of Yang Fei. I just need you to tell me how many men and horses there are, how many guns there are, whether there are any heavy weapons besides guns, the situation of the defense on the mountain, and so on! ”

Zeng Qinglin thought for a while and said: "Okay, anyway, the surname Yang is not a good bird, and you won't be upset if Lao Tzu tells him about his situation." I think about it, there are more than 800 people on Phoenix Mountain, except for more than 100 women and children, the others are strong, half of them should have muskets, and the others have big knives and spears, in addition to these, there are six cannons on the mountain, all of which are equipped with iron balls, three of which are arranged halfway up the mountainside, which can hit the bottom of the mountain, and the other three are arranged on both sides of the mountain gate, before I came down, I also heard that the surname Yang was going to drag the six cannons on the boat by the lake to the mountain to strengthen the firepower, from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are two passes, the first pass is in the middle of the mountain, where the terrain was a little flatter, and the surnamed Yang had more than two hundred people deployed there, one hundred of whom had muskets, the others were basically broadswords and spears, and some had bows and arrows. There are more than 300 people on the mountain, more than 200 people have muskets, and there are more than 200 people guarding the boats in the water village by the lake, the road leading to the water village is very narrow, only a few battles wide between the cliff and the lake, the surname Yang has built two pillboxes behind this passage, it is said that there are machine guns to guard the town, and it is difficult to rush through, and there are 30 people on the edge of the cliff in the south, there are only a few people in this place, but after you come, it has increased to 30 people, the basic situation is like this, I know so much, If you want to attack the mountain, it is best to find a way to seize the warship by the lake first, otherwise even if you attack the mountain, the surname Yang can also withdraw to the boat with men and horses, Taihu Lake is so big, his boats can find a small island to hide, even if you have the help of the sailor, he can't help it."

Zeng Qinglin's last construction was right, Xiao Zhenlei nodded, the Taihu Lake sailors of the Qing court have repeatedly reduced the number of establishments and warships since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was exterminated, and now there are only two battalions, and there are only a few warships in tatters, and looking at Yang Fei's warships on weekdays, they have to take a detour, and it is basically impossible to let them help deal with Yang Fei.

If you want to attack Phoenix Mountain, you really have to capture the water village on the edge of Taihu Lake, if you don't capture the water village, Yang Fei can escape by boat with his men and horses at any time, but it is not very easy to attack the water village, otherwise why did the officers and soldiers return repeatedly in vain when they came to encircle and suppress in the past, and how many times they were defeated and lost? Just because there are water villages and warships, Yang Fei has a way out, there is a lakeside road leading to the water village from the south, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are pillboxes and heavy machine guns to defend, and there are cliffs on the side to block, even with artillery can not hit.

A day later, the news brought by the reconnaissance platoon was not much different from what Zeng Qinglin said, but because Yang Fei was very well guarded, the reconnaissance platoon only detected the situation of the water village, the cliff, and the checkpoint leading to the water village lake, and the specific situation on the mountain was not clear.

Xiao Zhenlei, accompanied by several soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon, spent a day observing the garrison situation of the bandits, drew down the observed situation and drew a map, and according to Zeng Qinglin's description, he drew the detailed landforms and buildings on the cottage, discussed with Chen Jizu and Wu Shiyou and other major officers, and had come up with an offensive plan, but to implement this offensive plan, some preparations must be made, which will take several days.

During this period, Xiao Zhenlei thought of Jiang Guodong again, and he didn't know where this guy went with two battalions of men and horses, and what happened to the people who rounded up Zeng Qinglin. And at this time, the people he sent to follow Jiang Guodong's reconnaissance platoon came back to report the situation, and after Jiang Guodong arrived at Yanghu with his men and horses in the past few days, he began to post notices everywhere to arrest Zeng Qinglin and his men, and promised a bounty, this trick really worked, there are always some people who want to make a fortune and happen to know where Zeng Qinglin's men are hiding to tell Jiang Guodong, so Jiang Guodong immediately led troops to arrest, several of Zeng Qinglin's subordinates were arrested, fortunately, his subordinates were scattered and hiding, and not all gathered together, And there are too many people gathered together to be easily discovered, after a few people were caught, the others immediately changed positions, but of course these Xiao Zhenlei didn't know, the reconnaissance soldiers he sent only found a few people who were caught.

This incident made Xiao Zhenlei more sure of the method of stumbling on Jiang Guodong, and he took the pony to the cell where Zeng Qinglin was held in the town.

Seeing Xiao Zhenlei coming, Zeng Qinglin, who was lying in the cell, didn't shake him off, still lying on the straw and looking at the roof without saying a word, Xiao Zhenlei didn't care about him, and motioned to the soldiers guarding the door to open the cell, and when the cell door opened, he walked in and asked with a smile: "How is it, it's still comfortable here?" ”

Zeng Qinglin didn't look at him either, he kept swaying Erlang's legs, and asked, "I said, what are you doing here?" If you want to kill, will you do it sooner? ”

"I've never seen someone like you who wants to die!" Xiao Zhenlei said and smiled, and continued: "Okay, I didn't come to tell you this today, do you want to know how your remaining brothers are doing?" My people just came over from Jiang Guodong and brought news about your people, do you want to hear it? ”

This time, Zeng Qinglin was not calm, he immediately got up and asked eagerly, "How are my brothers?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled: "It seems that you are very worried about your subordinate brothers, okay, let me sue you, a few of them were caught by Jiang Guodong, I heard that Jiang Guodong was going to publicly execute them in two days, as for the others, I think they should all run away if they are not stupid!" ”

Zeng Qinglin looked at Xiao Zhenlei and asked, "What do you want me to do when you sue me?" ”

"Your brothers who were arrested must be dead, you can't save them if you want to, it is impossible to succeed in robbing the law field without strong strength, if you want to take revenge, you can try, I don't know how many people you have, but if you really want to take revenge, I can let you go, but before I led people to block you outside the tavern and killed so many of your brothers, you may not blame me, I didn't know it was you Zeng Qinglin at the time, I thought you were Yang Fei's people, if I knew it was you, I would never arrest you, Who asked me to have a holiday with Jiang Guodong? I'm a hundred happy to be able to trouble him, and there is a saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend! What do you say? ”

Zeng Qinglin agreed without thinking about it, who wants to die if he can live? Even if Xiao Zhenlei didn't mention the conditions, if he could go out, he would still want to seek revenge on Jiang Guodong. (To be continued......)

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