Chen Cheng and Wu Ming walked around, went directly to the front headquarters, made a phone call to Yu Jishi's office, and quickly found Yu Jishi, who had finished the internal meeting, and put forward a request for the brothers of the 18th Army to return to the Changshan barracks.

Where did Yu Jishi not know the benefits of doing this?

Because of the Quzhou military incident, the two major factions at the upper level are fighting each other, not only the CC department and the political science department are on the shoulder, but the other factions are also shirtless for their own interests, at this time, let the 18th Army leave Quzhou, the land of right and wrong, and return to Changshan on the border of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to rest, at least it can reduce a lot of pressure on the Zhejiang Provincial Security Department, at least Lu Zhongxiu, the commissioner of the Quzhou Administrative Office, can't control it, Changshan is the territory of the Provincial Security Department, and Lu Zhongxiu can't find an excuse to blame.

For various reasons, as well as his deep affection for his comrades in Huangpu, Yu Jishi immediately agreed, and ten minutes later, in the name of the Zhejiang Provincial Security Department, he sent notices and telegrams to the Quzhou Administrative Office, the 18th Army, and the 5th Regiment directly under the command of Changshan.

It was Wu Ming's burden that instantly increased several times, but Wu Ming didn't care about it at all, he knew that the reward he would get in the future would be several times or even a hundred times that of his efforts.

On the morning of the next day, Chen Cheng, who was in a good mood, took the five-person guard and the adjutant with Wu Ming and Luo Zhuoying to see off the school, and drove back to his hometown in two cars lent by Wu Ming.

Knowing that they drove back to the Changshan barracks to rest, the brothers of the 18th Army were overjoyed, and there were no wounded, sick and burdened baggage, so they did not need to take a boat again at all, and walked 40 kilometers to Changshan in a neat formation. Full of spirit and high morale, Luo Zhuoying, Zhou Zhirou and others were emotional.

In the following two days, the officers and men of the three companies of the first battalion of the fifth regiment, the machine gun company, and the engineer company all returned and immediately went to the checkpoints and defense areas to take over the defense.

As a result, the entire battalion was basically given to the brothers of the 18th Army for accommodation and training, which made the 18th Army both grateful and ashamed, and the enthusiasm for training was unprecedentedly high

After many years of construction, Wu Mingtuan's training and study have basically been on the right track, and a strict system has been formed, and with the half-year teaching of two veteran artillery instructors sent by Liu Rulin, deputy director of the provincial security department, the brothers of the machine gun company have made great progress.

Wu Ming also benefited from this, and based on the experience and training summaries of the two veteran instructors, he sorted out a quick textbook for mortars, which was distributed together with the textbook for the repair and maintenance of light and heavy machine guns for the officers and men of the regiment to study internally.

After the companies left, Wu Ming devoted most of his time to the basic military theory and ideological education of the cadets, insisting on giving the cadets two classes every day, plus the cultural classes of Dai Ziran and Steve, and the training courses that Lu Kuiyuan led the special service company to be responsible for.

As for the two urgings of the Quzhou training base of the Central Party Department, Wu Ming prevaricated on the grounds that veterans had been discharged from the army, recruiting new soldiers, and so on, which caused the person in charge, Zhou Wenyan, to complain endlessly, that the preparations for the training in this period were too far behind the previous one, and that the 800 party school students and nearly 100 teachers of the Central Party Department who had not been properly received and cared for were annoyed, and they all poured their anger on the Quzhou camp, which was exactly the result that Wu Ming wanted.

Wu Ming has never been a generous person, to put it nicely, it is clear grievances, and to put it badly, it is a retribution, when Lu Zhongxiu tried his best to squeeze out the strength of Fang Youchun and Wu Ming's faction, Wu Ming, who had to choose to retreat, was already full of anger, and finally had a chance to retaliate, and it was also an opportunity with great impact, if Wu Ming didn't make full use of it, it wouldn't be him Wu Ming!

Although I am a little sorry for my old friend Zhou Wenyan, there is no way, who let him get into this mess, he can only compensate him from other aspects.

What is even worse is that for eight consecutive days at the end of April and the beginning of May, five gangs of bandits in the Qianligang Mountains in the north of Quzhou and three gangs of bandits in Suichang County in the south have gone down the mountain to loot and kill people as if they had made an appointment, more than 100 rich gentry in 17 townships and towns in the three counties have been looted, tax officials stationed in various townships and towns have been killed, tax offices have been robbed, the people have been terrified, and the originally lively and lively trade roads have become deserted.

Lu Zhongxiu, who was extremely angry, immediately sent all three regiments under his command to suppress the bandits, and after a week of tossing, they all returned with a feather, and a regiment led by Jiang Boqing, deputy commander of the frontier defense, was actually entrenched in the hinterland of Qianli Gang all year round by the bandit leader Lu Chengrong's troops, who had been entrenched in the hinterland of Qianli Gang all year round, took advantage of the advantageous terrain and beat them to the point that they lost their armor and fled in embarrassment, killing more than 140 people in battle, wounding more than 300 people, as many as 250 long and short guns and a large amount of ammunition fell into the hands of the bandits, and the only four mortars were all lost.

Yu Jishi, director of the provincial security department, never imagined that the Quzhou Frontier Defense Regiment, which had followed him to Jiangxi to suppress bandits, would be so unbearable, and Liu Rulin, deputy director of the department, also sighed frequently, lamenting that Lu Zhongxiu and Jiang Boqing would not be able to fight, and they were afraid that they would repeat the mistake of the failure of the fourth encirclement and suppression campaign.

Only Fang Youchun knew what was going on, and immediately told Yu Jishi and Liu Rulin: "Several stubborn bandits in Qianligang are not easy to fight, not only have they been entrenched for many years, they are extremely tough, and they are developing rapidly. ”

Yu Jishi suddenly came to his senses and asked with a smile: "If you let Wu Ming go, what will be the result?" ”

Fang Youchun smiled: "Then I don't know what to do, but one thing is certain, in the mountainous areas north of Changshan and west of Kaihua, there are no bandits armed anymore, and they dare not provoke Mao Liangwu, which is located in the hinterland of the mountain range and is very rich, so the place has been very peaceful in the past two years, hehe!" ”

Yu Jishi knew that Fang Youchun was a cadre of the CC department, and he could understand Fang Youchun's jokes watching from the sidelines, it seemed that as long as Fang Youchun didn't nod, whoever wanted to call Wu Ming to suppress the bandits couldn't do it, not to mention that Lu Zhongxiu, the commissioner of the Quzhou Administration before, was not authentic, and ruthlessly suppressed Fang Youchun and Wu Ming, who had made great contributions to him, forcing Wu Ming to withdraw from the operation of the two factories, and also let out of the north camp of Quzhou City

With Wu Ming's character of clear grievances, not to mention falling into the well, only talking about the bandits in the north and south of Quzhou in front of him, Wu Ming will definitely not be loyal to him.

Liu Rulin quickly figured out the complicated relationship here, shook his head and left under the pretext of having something.

Yu Jishi, who originally wanted to send Wu Ming to assist in the local suppression of bandits, immediately dispelled his thoughts and asked Shang Youchun to drive to the camp in the west of Hangzhou to inspect the reorganization of recruits from the Second Security Division under his command, and asked Fang Youchun's opinion in the car: "Eight regiments will be concentrated in the West Camp in three days, do you want to call Wu Ming's guy, select one or two hundred top men from them to form a spy company, and hand them over to him for training together with the recruits of the three regiments?"

Fang Youchun immediately agreed: "Wu Ming has a set of military training, I'm afraid that no one else can do it except him, since he has made up his mind, call him here, and he will definitely be able to train a group of elite soldiers for the seat...... It's just that the training of the spy company is estimated to take more than half a year, and I'm afraid this kid Wu Ming is going to reach out to you. ”

Yu Jishi smiled and said: "I have inquired about this guy's businessman's face clearly, and I have personally learned it, there is nothing to do, nothing to do, as long as I can train the soldiers well, I will try my best to meet any conditions he has!" ”

While Yu Jishi and Fang Youchun were talking and laughing, Lu Zhongxiu, commissioner of the Quzhou camp, Jiang Boqing, deputy commander who sprained his thigh, Chen Qian, chief of staff, and more than a dozen school officers gathered together to discuss how to reverse the bad influence, how to effectively exterminate the stubborn bandits in the mountains north and south, and how to give the common people a good future.

The meeting was held from morning to afternoon, and then from afternoon to late at night, and after repeated analysis and comparison, a series of objective conditions were listed, and the conclusion was as follows:

It is only possible to set up checkpoints on the main transportation routes, hoard troops and strictly defend them, and with the current training and level of the army, it is simply impossible to rashly attack and suppress, just as the Central Army has repeatedly returned from southern and central Jiangxi, not to mention the Qianligang Mountains, where the terrain and climatic conditions are ten times more complicated?

Lu Zhongxiu was completely disappointed in the generals under his command, but it was not easy to scold, these people were all his subordinates, and most of them were his cronies who had been supported by him, so he could only wave his hand in frustration and announce the dissolution of the meeting.

After the regiment commanders left, the deputy commander Jiang Boqing stopped Chen Qian, who was leaving, and said to Lu Zhongxiu, who was sitting on the main seat with a calm face: Call the provincial government in the name of the Quzhou Administration and ask the provincial governor Lu Diping to put pressure on the provincial security department and mobilize the elite Wu Ming regiment to help suppress the bandits!

Lu Zhongxiu sighed and said frankly to the two henchmen:

"Do you think I haven't thought about it? This is the last move, if there is any way, I don't want to mobilize the unruly Wu Ming...... You have also seen how he avenged Chen Cheng and the 18th Army under our noses, with a clear revenge and a slap in the face of Chi Guoguo! ”

"To be honest, I really can't do anything about him as the head of the district, he is now directly under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Security Department, and with the connivance of the Zhejiang civil and military cadres of the CC department, he has occupied the three counties in western Zhejiang with the most abundant taxes, and everyone including Governor Lu Diping can't do anything about him!"

"Especially after Yu Jishi became the director of the provincial security department, with his protection, no one dared to raise the issue of recovering the taxing rights of the three counties in western Zhejiang, for fear of annoying the nephew of the chairman...... Who wants to make a feud with someone in such a situation? ”

Jiang Boqing hung his head in pain: "Commander, no matter what, the stubborn bandits in the north and south of Quzhou must be exterminated as soon as possible, otherwise not only will their prestige be lost, but the tax revenue in the first half of the year will become a problem!" ”

Lu Zhongxiu turned to Chen Qian, whose mouth was tightly closed: "What about your opinion?" ”

Chen Qian hurriedly replied: "The opinions of his subordinates are the same as those of the deputy commander, and it is estimated that the commander also knows that since Wu Ming was stationed in Changshan to be responsible for border defense, Changshan and Kaihua counties have never heard of bandits, which shows that the underworld of the three provinces is very scruple about Wu Ming, and no one dares to go to his territory to make trouble, because many officers and soldiers under Wu Ming's command turned out to be bandits, and they know very well the habits and combat effectiveness of bandits. ”

"So I think it's right to ask Wu Ming to lead his troops to help suppress the bandits, just with his reputation in the green forest and the underworld, I'm afraid he can frighten many bandits."

Lu Zhongxiu sighed gloomily: "Okay, I'll make a report tonight, and tomorrow I will send someone to Hangzhou in person to borrow Wu Ming and his troops to suppress bandits, so that I can free up my hands to host this training class of the Central Party Department...... Wu Ming left the affairs of the camp in the north of the city alone, he had already made us miserable, and if he didn't remedy it in time, the 800 students selected and sent from all provinces across the country still scolded us to death in the Quzhou Administration? ”

"If they are allowed to bring their grievances back to the provinces, it will be a trivial matter for our reputation to be affected, and the entire Zhejiang officialdom will probably resent us for this!"