As Tang Enbo said, the next day, when it was still dark, the garrison launched an attack on the bandit leaders on the mountain.

Chen Liewen and Chiang Ching-kuo were awakened by the chaotic sound of gunfire, and when they woke up and put on their clothes and walked to the door, there were officers and soldiers walking back and forth with torches everywhere.

Tang Enbo wore a tweed coat and walked over with his subordinates, and after seeing Chen Liewen and others, he said, "Two of you? It just so happens that our troops have launched an attack on the remaining enemy, so let's go up and take a look. ”

Chen Liewen and his entourage immediately followed. The battle went well, little resistance was encountered, and before the dew dried, the attacking troops occupied the top of the hill, and most of them were taken prisoner, except for a few who fled.

Tang Enbo and Chen Liewen climbed to the top of the mountain, and on the way up the mountain, he successively commanded the troops to pursue the fleeing bandits. By the time they reached the top of the mountain, the troops were counting the captures and cleaning up the battlefield, and hundreds of ragged bandits were gathered on a dirt slope in front of the mountain, surrounded by soldiers with guns.

Chen Liewen paid attention to it, and there were many of them who were old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were also a certain number of women and children. Some of the children were even seven or eight years old, huddled in their mother's arms, looking pitifully at the heavily armed soldiers

"Report to the sir, the inventory has been completed, more than 1,500 guns of various types, and more than 470 captured people have been killed." A staff officer handed the booklet to Tang Enbo, who opened it and took a cursory look at it, grabbed his name, and then handed it to the staff officer.

"Shoot the heinous bandits on the spot!" Tang Enbo said coldly.

"Yes!" The staff officer closed the booklet and waved his hand: "Execution!" ”

After speaking, a group of officers and soldiers dragged out some bandits from the crowd, and the captured crowd was in a commotion, and a few GIs rudely dragged out a few young and strong men from the crowd, and pulled them to the side and shot them on the spot without any interrogation and interrogation.

"Commander Tang!" Chen Liewen stepped forward and said: "These people can't be killed like this, there are still many of them who are old, weak, sick and disabled. ”

Tang Enbo snorted coldly and turned to Chen Liewen and said, "Chief Chen, these people look pitiful now, but they are bandits when they pick up guns. Don't you see how they kill our officers and soldiers, don't you see? The cave in the back is their arsenal, and when you have thousands of guns in your hand, do you still feel sorry for them? ”

Chen Liewen frowned after hearing this, and he said, "Commander Tang, even if they commit heinous crimes, they still need to be tried before they can be convicted, and you have violated the instructions of the Ministry of Defense on this matter by doing so. ”

Listening to Chen Liewen's instructions from the Ministry of National Defense, Tang Enbo smiled and said, "Since Chief Chen suggested that these bandits be detained first, let's keep them first." However, I would like to remind the commanders of the investigation team that if this is escorted to the prison below, it will require at least one regiment of troops, and this is a critical period for the suppression of bandits, and the bandit leader 'Xiao Bailang' and others are still on the run, and if the recovery is delayed, you will have to bear this responsibility. ”

The members of the investigation team also muttered in a low voice when they heard Tang Enbo say this. Jiang Jingguo walked up to Chen Liewen and said, "Liewen, do you want to think about it again?" Let's discuss and see how we can keep these people without delaying their recovery? ”

Chen Liewen naturally knew in his heart that Tang Enbo beat Xiao Jiujiu, and I am afraid that he also played the scene to kill the prisoners to them, in order to cover up that he did not catch the bandit leader at all.

However, Chen Liewen had to drill this set, he knew that if he didn't get in, these hundreds of people would probably have to stay here today.

After thinking for a moment, he whispered a few words to Jiang Jingguo, and Jiang Jingguo nodded, apparently agreeing.

After saying that, Chen Liewen walked up to Tang Enbo and said, "Commander Tang, I think these bandits still have to be taken back for a good trial and convicted as appropriate." ”

The corners of Tang Enbo's mouth rose and said, "Okay, since the commander of the investigation team said so, then take these people back for interrogation." Three commanders, withdraw your men and use them all to escort these bandits. ”

The third regiment commander, a tall and thin colonel, ran over, his face was embarrassed, and he said in a hesitant voice: "Commander, this is ...... Don't continue to chase it? ”

"Now that the head of the investigation team asks, you just follow the order." Tang Enbo deliberately raised his voice and said.

"Yes!" The third regiment leader was about to turn around when he finished speaking, but was stopped by Chen Liewen.

Chen Liewen asked: "Third Regiment Commander, don't call back the troops who are being recovered, how many troops do you still have here now?" ”

The third regiment commander glanced at Tang Enbo, and when he saw that he didn't react, he replied immediately: "Now there is a special agent company on the mountain. ”

"Okay, then you, the spy company, are you not involved in the recovery?" Chen Liewen continued to ask.

"Not involved!" The third head replied dryly.

"Okay, then you transfer this company over, and our investigation team will escort these bandits down the mountain." Chen Liewen said. As soon as he heard this, Tang Enbo knew that he had been tricked by Chen Liewen. He stepped forward and said, "I'm afraid this one is enough to escort you, you must know that there are bandits everywhere here, and they may attack at any time!" ”

Chen Liewen said: "Don't worry, I will bear anything that happens." ”

Jiang Jingguo also came over and joked: "This is excellent, it will not delay the next recovery, and there is no need to kill here, the best of both worlds." ”

Hearing this, Tang Enbo smiled reluctantly: "Then there will be labor!" ”

After cleaning and counting the recovered firearms and materials here, the team of one company of the three regiments over there had already sorted out Artemisia. The company commander was a stocky man, and he ran over to salute Chen Liewen Lizheng and said, "Report to the commander, I am Li Yunfeng, the commander of the spy company. ”

Chen Liewen touched the brim of his hat and replied easily: "Let the captured prisoners all line up in a long line, and the young ones will be escorted down the mountain in turn with ropes." ”

"Sir, there are many dense roads down the mountain, and there are hundreds of ......people in a row," Li Yunfeng said with a little embarrassment.

"In this way, the people are divided into three parts, one platoon escorts the other part, the young and strong ones tie their hands with ropes, and the old, weak, sick and disabled walk in the middle, and the officers and soldiers must not urge them to beat and scold, but give them orders first." Chen Liewen said with a wave of his hand.

Li Yunfeng shouted yes and then turned around and went to carry out the order. The men of the spy company quickly assembled, and they escorted them down the mountain according to their previous assignment. Before leaving, Chen Liewen and Jiang Jingguo said goodbye to Tang Enbo, and Tang Enbo smiled and said: "Then there is labor, let's see you in Kaifeng." ”

The road down the mountain is not easy to walk, the mountain road is very narrow and steep in some places, and some of the mountain side forests are dense, Chen Liewen is very worried that someone will escape at this time. However, Li Yunfeng was quite interesting, the officers and men of the special service company did not desert, and when they went down the mountain, they were very strict, and no one escaped because of their high vigilance.

By the time we reached the bottom of the hill, it was already noon, and the troops had left some trucks behind, but it was clear that there were not enough for all of them. Li Yunfeng ran over and said that the team had been busy all night, so let's eat something and then hurry.

Chen Liewen said yes, and the officers and soldiers began to sit down at the foot of the mountain to eat. The men boiled porridge and rice mixed with vegetables and thick noodles in a large pot, and the officers and soldiers took the bowls in turn, and ate them with the pot helmets they were wearing.

The officers and soldiers ate very quickly, and when they were eating, they made all kinds of jingling sounds of magnetic rice bowls, and the bandits who provoked them watched intently, and some of them were still swallowing saliva.

When Jiang Jingguo saw this scene, he called Li Yunfeng over and said, "Company Commander Li, do you still have the dry food that the team brings?" ”

Li Yunfeng glanced at the bandits, and immediately understood what he meant, he said: "Yes, yes, but I have to continue to hurry, I'm worried about ......."

"Out of the way, take out a small portion and give these people something to eat first. I watched each of them hand out a flatbread and water before they hit the road, and it looked like they hadn't eaten for a long time. "Chiang Ching National Road.

Li Yunfeng wanted to say something, but he felt that he had already talked back enough in front of the chief, not to mention that the food they brought was enough, and it was nothing to give some to these people. Moreover, this time the investigation team came, and there have been rumors in the army that they want to take out Town, and it seems that this is true. If he could make a good impression on the commanders of the investigation team at this time, it would definitely be no harm to the future future, so Li Yunfeng didn't dare to talk back, so he ordered the men below to distribute dry food such as flatbread and pot helmets to the captured bandits.

The captured bandits did not seem to expect that the officers and soldiers would give them food, and it was such a good porridge and cakes, they did not believe it at first, but after taking it in their hands, they took it and began to gobble it up.

During the meal, Chiang Ching-kuo and Chen Liewen took advantage of the gap to start talking to the captured bandits. Because they had been given food, they were less wary of them. When asked why they became bandits, they wept bitterly.

"Sir, who would like to be a bandit? We were all forced to have no choice, and we all said that there was food on the train to grab it. But when I grabbed it, I found that there was no food, and it was all guns. An older man said helplessly.

"What about the grain? Didn't the government send relief in the disaster year? Chiang Ching-kuo asked.

"Salvage? Hmph, I haven't seen a grain of grain, and a bunch of soldiers have come to grab it, that Chairman Li is a bastard! A man next to him scolded viciously.

Along the way, by chatting with these bandits, Chen Liewen and Chiang Ching-kuo learned the ins and outs of the matter. The general situation is that the people here have suffered a disaster, and the harvest is small, but the government has increased the collection of military rations, resulting in many people without food. The victims who had no food to eat were forced to become bandits. And the "little Bailang" among the bandits had the guidance of a "master", so he mobilized and gathered tens of thousands of people to rob the military column.