Chapter 39: Encountering Bandits

"I said you shouldn't offend Ma Baozi's fuck thing, what's up? A few of us were kicked out to patrol the mountains, and we poured a belly of wind early in the morning, how does it taste? Wang Erzhu, who was small in stature, tightened the hemp rope around his waist again, which was a substitute he found after being robbed of his belt. He scolded a sturdy canned man, and there were several men in the same ragged clothes squatting beside the two, and they also had a common feature, that is, they all had blue noses and swollen faces as if they had been violently beaten.

"Ma Baozi of dog days, Lao Tzu will kill him sooner or later." The bald man looked sturdy, but he was a clumsy person, and he was scolded by the thin man in a hurry, so he only held back a few words. The angry jumping thin man was obviously very disappointed in the bald man's reaction, and the reason why he wanted to scold the bald man in front of everyone was nothing more than to use the so-called agitation method, maybe this reckless man would not be provoked, so he would go to the trouble of Ma Baozi.

Although he was very disappointed with the bald man's reaction, the thin man still fanned the flames in front of everyone as much as possible, "Ma Baozi of the dog day relied on him and the big boss is the township party, if it weren't for the big boss behind his back to support him, maybe that old thing would have been driven down the mountain a long time ago, where could he be so free." The thin man's face had been distorted with the change of voice, and several people around him subconsciously looked down at his feet, but no one wanted to look at the thin man.

These men who look like homeless people are a group of bandits, to be precise, it should be a group of bandits, the thin man's name is Cai Shuisheng, he was originally a gangster in Yellowstone City, and he became a bandit after fleeing from Huangshi after committing a life lawsuit. The bald man he reprimanded was named Zhao Baokun, a machine gunner of the Zhang Guoxun Regiment of the 82nd Division of the former National Army.

On October 8, the Japanese Gao Pinbiao detachment attacked Huangshi along the river, fought fiercely with the Second Corps of the National Army for several days, and forced to land at Huangshi Port on October 19 with the cooperation of the navy. After occupying Huangshi, the Japanese army immediately marched towards Jinniu Town and Tieshan, and Cai Shuisheng and his bandits, who had been entrenched in Tieshan, had to go north to Zouma Mountain. The bandits did not have the courage to exchange fire with the Japanese army, and if it weren't for the bandits' big leader who set up spies in Yellowstone, maybe they would be eaten by the Japanese army.

Leaving the Iron Mountain and fleeing to the Zouma Mountain, the bandits could only carry the soft and weapons they carried with them, and as for those cumbersome things, they were completely thrown on the Iron Mountain, so Cai Shuisheng and they would be like wolves like now. Zouma Mountain is completely incomparable to the Iron Mountain that the bandits have been operating for several years, there are not enough materials here to allow the bandits from afar to spend the winter as easily as they do in the Iron Mountain, and Cai Shuisheng and these guys who are not valued among the bandits can only be fed and clothed.

According to the habits of the bandits, when they left Tieshan and went north to Zouma Mountain, they should have robbed along the road a long time ago, but the villages they encountered along the way were ten rooms and nine empty, and the looted things only cared about their barely satisfying stomachs. "Damn, damn the Japanese soldiers, if it weren't for the Japanese soldiers occupying Yellowstone City, our brothers wouldn't be as hungry and clothed as they are now, Lao Tzu is angry when he thinks about it." Cai Shuisheng finally scolded the Japanese army, and several bandits around him also nodded in agreement.

"Baokun, haven't you fought with the Japanese soldiers, tell us a few about the war, anyway, a few of us are standing guard here and watching the wind, we can't even see a shadow here, so it doesn't matter if you find a place where there is no wind to hide for a while." Cai Shuisheng is a person who can't endure hardships, he was driven out by the big boss to stand guard and watch the wind, he was already angry, he always wanted to be able to steal and play tricks, and he heard Zhao Baokun say that the war was just a reason, and it was true that he wanted to find a sheltered place to sleep.

There is a place to shelter from the wind, who wants to stay in this tuyere, as soon as Cai Shuisheng's words came out, other people, including Zhao Baokun, scattered down the dirt slope in a hurry, and went straight to the shelter they had stayed in three days ago. "You few uneasy things, just take care of yourself, you don't know how to wait for me." Cai Shuisheng, who was left behind, jumped to his feet and scolded, but unfortunately no one listened to his shouts and turned around and waited for him.

Cai Shuisheng and his group were hiding in a sheltered place and talking nonsense, and only a few miles away from them, a group of people were coming towards Zouma Mountain. Liu Shizheng was sitting cross-legged in the carriage wrapped in a quilt with a sad face, and Tang Cheng, who was sitting opposite him, was taking a needle and thread to sew and mending the torn cotton clothes for him.

Tang Cheng, who grew up with Robert, looks like a broad young master, but in fact, he has suffered a lot with Robert, especially this sewing and mending work, which he has learned since he was a child. After a period of busy work of threading needles and threads, Tang Cheng let out a long breath, threw the quilted cotton clothes to Liu Shishi, who was waiting with his neck stretched, and then said with a smile, "I said that you kid can not look at me with that kind of eyes, but it's just to sew and mend clothes, I even did the gown myself." ”

Liu Shishi couldn't wait to check Tang Cheng's craftsmanship, but just took a cursory look at the place that had been sewn up by Tang Cheng, then directly put on his cotton clothes and impatiently jumped out of the carriage to find his big green mule. Tang Cheng was right, they didn't have much to do when they left Lijiapu, so Song Tieshan took those guerrillas to chase after them, and some of the people in the village who were still alive went to Huahu Town and some went to join their relatives, anyway, there was no need for Song Tieshan's guerrillas to continue to worry.

The joint army was within Tang Cheng's expectations, Tang Cheng had not obtained Song Tieshan's consent when Li Jiapu proposed this construction, but now Song Tieshan rushed to send it to the door, and Tang Cheng's attitude towards the guerrillas was naturally not as polite as before. Several of the wounded of the guerrillas were nestled in three ox carts and donkey carts, and those who were not injured could only walk on their own two legs, and Tang Cheng was the only one who occupied one carriage.

"Old Northeast, please invite Captain Song over, I have something to talk to him about." Tangcheng's carriage was full of weapons and ammunition seized by the guerrillas, and there was only a place for two people to sit, and even Lao Dongbei could only lead the horse on foot, if it wasn't for Liu Shishi's automatic exit from the carriage, Song Tieshan would have come over and have no place to stay. Song Tieshan was on the donkey cart that followed closely behind the carriage, he was also a wounded man now, so he naturally enjoyed the treatment of riding in the carriage, but Tang Cheng always shouted him to the carriage.

"Captain Song, the scouts who came out have come back twice, we have already passed Yujiaao in the morning, the Zouma Mountain you said should be in the west of Yujiaao, we will soon arrive at Jingui Mountain, after Jingui Mountain, it will not be far from the Zouma Mountain you said." Tang Cheng had a hand-drawn self-made map in his hand, which was drawn by hand by relying on Song Tieshan's dictation, although he heard Song Tieshan say that Zouma Mountain was suitable for guerrillas to stay and recuperate, but Tang Cheng was still not very optimistic about Zouma Mountain. Although cats are safe in the mountains, there are also many restrictions, at least it is not convenient to listen to the movements of the Japanese army.

Song Tieshan is now a hands-off shopkeeper, from the beginning of chasing Tang Cheng to ask for a way to the south, Song Tieshan handed over the few guerrillas who could continue to fight to Tang Cheng's command, and he himself now only took care of those injured guerrillas. "There are many villages around Zouma Mountain, I have been active in that area before, as long as we enter Mashan, even if there is a small group of Japanese soldiers, there is no way to take us." Song Tieshan was accustomed to Tang Cheng's way of speaking, and immediately did not hesitate, and directly stretched out his hand and pointed out a few locations around the surrounding areas of Zouma Mountain on the map, indicating that these places were the villages he was talking about.

"If there are more Japanese troops coming, let's retreat to the southwest along Zouma Mountain, and there are more mountains in the southwest direction of Zouma Mountain, what Junzi Mountain, Guanyin Mountain or something, the Japanese army wants to catch up with us in the mountains, it is estimated that it will be difficult." It was Song Tieshan's decision to go to Zouma Mountain after careful consideration, so Song Tieshan was very confident in it. As soon as you go to Zoumashan, you can avoid the Japanese infiltration troops who cross the river, and you also come to find a place for your wounded guerrillas to recuperate, as long as they can hide in Zoumashan until the turn of the year, the wounded team members can also recover from their injuries and return to the team.

"Listening to you say this, there are quite a lot of mountains around here, but I don't know if there are bandits and bandits in these mountains?" Hearing Song Tieshan say a series of mountain names, Tang Cheng didn't think of anything else, but just asked Song Tieshan if there were any bandits and bandits in these places. Whether it is Liu Goat or Tang Cheng, they are very interested in suppressing bandits, not only because they can get supplies, but also because they can also train their troops.

"I don't know about this, I shouldn't have it, I remember that I didn't meet bandits when I went to Zouma Mountain." Song Tieshan was not very sure, he just remembered that he didn't meet bandits when he went to Zouma Mountain, and he didn't stay in Zouma Mountain for a long time, so he didn't carefully inquire about the situation in Zouma Mountain at all.

"Then forget it, we have more than a dozen of them who can fight, as well as light machine guns and grenadiers, I don't believe that the bandits dare to deal with us." What Tang Cheng said was basically the opposite, he hoped that the bandits would not be long-sighted and sent to the door by themselves, so that Liu Shishi's already empty leather bag would be able to enter the pocket again. As the old saying goes, it's better to think in your heart than to talk about it, I don't know if Tang Cheng's silent prayer has an effect, or some other good luck, the scout who returned for the third time brought back a message, they found a few bandit-like guys in front, people have been caught, and they are being escorted here.