Xu Shijiu and Gao Shenxing wanted to go out to greet Li Zihan and Shu Tongwen, but as soon as they left the city gate, they encountered the remnants of the Sichuan army and the soldiers of the garrison brigade fighting there.

There were six ruffians in the garrison brigade, but they were beaten by the two Sichuan troops.

The six veteran ruffians suffered a loss, so they naturally refused to give up and found more than a dozen to help, and in turn beat the two Sichuan soldiers hard, Xu 19 and Gao Shenxing rode out of the city gate on a side three-wheeled motorcycle, the two Sichuan soldiers had been knocked to the ground, and more than a dozen soldiers of the garrison brigade were calling them with their feet.

"Stop" Xu Shijiu shouted loudly, but the dozen or so soldiers ignored him at all.

Gao Shen fired, clicked the bolt, pushed the bullet to load, and shot the horn at the top of the head.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, the dozen or so ruffians finally stopped, but when they turned their heads to look at Xu Nineteen, Gao Shenxing's eyes were still unruly丨Obviously, these ruffians didn't recognize Xu Nineteen very much, and even in their hearts, they never regarded Xu Nineteen as their commander.

"What's the matter, who, who fired the shot?"

A petty officer of the garrison brigade ran over and shouted a question.

Gao Shenxing glanced at the little officer coldly and said, "I fired the gun." ”

"Yo, it turned out to be a high sir." The petty officer stood upright and lazily saluted.

"Take care of your people, and don't get me into trouble." Xu Shijiu glared at the little officer coldly, and then got out of the car to help the two Sichuan soldiers who fell to the ground, these two unlucky guys have been beaten to the nose and swollen face, and they look very embarrassed, fortunately, the injury is not serious, Xu Shijiu said, "Go back to your company commander immediately and get three days of confinement"

The two Sichuan soldiers were obviously unconvinced, and they opened their mouths to argue, but Xu Shijiu couldn't help but interrupt: "Go back."

Relatively speaking, the military discipline of the Sichuan army was not bad, and the two Sichuan soldiers flattened their mouths and returned to the camp with a limp

Gao Shenxing's mouth moved, but in the end he didn't speak, Xu Shijiu's handling seemed a little sloppy, he didn't even find out the cause of the fight, but the army has never been a place to be reasonable, in the army, fists are reasonable, if your fists are not hard enough, even if you are a commander, it is not easy to say it

At present, the situation of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in Southern Anhui is far more complicated than it seems.

In the final analysis, there are still too few descendants who really obey Xu Shijiu's orders.

The remnants of Li Shuanggun's Sichuan army were the most obedient, but after all, there were only more than 100 people.

In addition to the remnants of the Sichuan army of Li Shuanggun, there are only the bandits of the original Black Dragon Village, Qinglong Village and the officers and soldiers of the former Imperial Association Army Garrison Brigade of Niu Sigen.

But even so, the garrison brigade stationed alone in the county town did not stop.

Just the night before yesterday, a platoon commander of the garrison brigade and several veteran ruffians gang-raped a widow in the county seat, and Fan Xiaoha, who was leading troops on patrol, arrived when he heard the news, arrested the platoon commander and shot him dead on the spot, and as a result, the garrison brigade was provoked, and more than 100 officers and men of the garrison brigade surrounded Fan Xiaoha's Sichuan army company and threatened to ask for an explanation.

At that time, Xu Shijiu didn't give an explanation, and they might turn back again.

zuihou, it was Niu Sigen who came forward to finally suppress this group of rebels, but Xu Shijiu also saw that Niu Sigen was also very reluctant, in the final analysis, for the officers and soldiers of the garrison brigade, the interests are the first, everything else is false, even if Niu Sigen is their commander, but if Niu Sigen can't give them benefits, they can't either.

In the past, whether Xu 19 was in the Shanghai Security Corps or the Central Army, the 19th Brigade was just a small unit within a large army, and the composition was relatively single, at most it was the difference between veterans and recruits, so it was easy to manage, but now Xu 19 wanted to stand alone, only to find that governing the army was not so tolerant

If nothing else, the distribution of interests between different interest groups alone is not so easy to balance.

In the past, in the 19th Independent Brigade, the veterans were all brothers who had lived and died together, and they had just fought in the morning, and they could wear a pair of pants in the afternoon, as for the recruits, no matter how they stabbed their heads, they would be obedient to the whip of their heads and faces, and at that time, the only thing Xu Nineteen needed to consider was how to improve the combat effectiveness of the Nineteenth Brigade.

But now, you can't be too strict with Niu Sigen's garrison brigade and the bandits in Erlong Mountain, they can't be too strict, they may not know what will happen, and you can't overly suppress the remnants of Li Shuanggun's Sichuan army, otherwise you will connive at the garrison brigade and bandits, but on the other hand, you will have strict requirements for the remnants of the Sichuan army, and the remnants of the Sichuan army will not be wronged to death

So now, Xu Shijiu can't beat, scold, or speak, and this chief should not be troubled.

Next, there will be a military commander's biedong team to join, and the composition of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui will become more complicated, Xu Shijiu feels that his head is as big as a fight just thinking about it, if he can't turn the situation around as soon as possible, Xu Shijiu doesn't have to think about fighting Little Japan anymore, just acting as a peacemaker every day is enough for him to be busy.

A turmoil quickly subsided, Xu Shijiu and Gao Shenxing stepped on the three wheels and continued to drive outside the city.

Gao Shenxing said while driving the three wheels: "Lao Xu, I'm afraid it won't work if it goes on like this, this group of soldiers and ruffians in the garrison brigade will have to cause trouble sooner or later, or simply transfer the L brigade, the brigade and the 3rd brigade over, and use iron-fisted means to break up and reorganize these veteran ruffians in the garrison brigade, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

Xu Shijiu was silent and did not speak, he did not have the idea of using the Erlongshan bandits to rectify the garrison brigade, but doing so will inevitably lead to the discouragement of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui.

Another one, the bandits of Erlong Mountain can be more reliable than the ruffians of the garrison brigade?

The soldiers of the garrison brigade are still from the city, and they still have some scruples about acting, after all, they are all villagers in the township, so let's say that the widow who was raped actually knew the platoon commander who was shot by Fan Xiaoha, and it was only because the widow was unwilling to remarry that the platoon commander was annoyed, and then a few taels of yellow soup were ignored.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have caused such a big mess.

But these bandits in Erlong Mountain are different, these bandits are all lonely, they live a life where one person is fed and the whole family is not hungry, and they have been popular in the city before, if they really want to let them enter the city and take care of things, they will only be more unscrupulous, and they will only be more chaotic, Xu Shijiu doesn't want to take this risk.

Gao Shenxing didn't think so, and then said: "Lao Xu, you don't have to worry too much, wait until you finish rectifying the people of the garrison brigade, and then drive the bandits back to Erlong Mountain." ”

Xu 19 said: "What if they don't want to go back? ”

Gao Shenxing said: "Then suppress them, can they still turn the sky upside down?" ”

Xu Shijiu said: "It is not difficult to rectify the garrison brigade, and it is easy to suppress the bandits, but what about after the rectification and suppression?" The 19th detachment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui will only have 100 people left, and when the time comes, what will little Japan resist? When the time comes, the county seat can't hold it, and it will not be easy to find a place to stay. ”

Gao Shenxing was silent, and he really hadn't considered these consequences.

If the Erlongshan bandits are really transferred to rectify the garrison brigade, and then borrow the Sichuan army to suppress the bandits, it will be to offend the local shili and the green forest shili in Longkou County, once the small Japanese counterattack, they will need to face the joint strangulation from several shili, Xu 19 will have the ability again, and the more than 100 Sichuan troops will be able to fight again, and they will definitely not be able to parry.

However, Gao Shenxing quickly thought of another way and said: "Lao Xu, now Zihan has become the head of the regiment, and Ah Wen has also become an instructor, and he has all the soldiers under his hands, why don't you borrow some soldiers from them?"

"You borrowed troops from them?" Xu Shijiu laughed and said, "Lao Gao, are you really stupid, or are you fake stupid?" ”

"What do you mean?" Gao Shenxing didn't react for a while, but when he said it, he realized it, and then said, "You mean, Ah Wen and Zihan will have different thoughts about us?" ”

Xu Shijiu didn't answer positively, but just reacted: "What do you think? ”

Gao Shenxing's face darkened, and he frowned and said, "Then it's better to say goodbye." ”

"No, I'm going to see you." Xu Shijiu waved his hand and said, "After all, everyone is brothers, and the love is there, but when we meet, don't talk about business, just talk about the previous friendship." ”