Ouyang Yun's original intention in establishing this department was to provide psychological counseling for officers and soldiers in wartime and to solve their ideological burdens. Gradually, however, in addition to this function, the Political Department also began to play the role of a disciplinary committee, and with the assistance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it has successfully investigated and dealt with several incidents of corruption and perversion of the law by officers.

Facts have proved that Ouyang Yun and Xiang Hanping's previous understanding is very good. Of course, this is also related to the resolute anti-corruption measures of the Political Department and the Fox Pupil Internal Affairs Department before. After the meeting ended, the Political Department led by Ji Xingwen suddenly became the busiest department directly under the Cadet Army Command.

In April, in a village called Qiao An in Dapu County, Meizhou City, in the middle of an inconspicuous courtyard, Ouyang Yun, who was dressed as a businessman in a long robe, was drinking with an old man with a gray beard. Behind them, stood white tassels and Liu Kui, dressed in men's clothes.

Since the scar on her face disappeared, the beauty of the white tassel suddenly came to the fore, making Ouyang Yun love it so much that she began to worry about her safety. Of course, both Pan Meiren and Bai Tassel thought that he was obviously possessive. However, the identity of the commander-in-chief is there, and there are people who are used to playing scoundrels, and in the end they can only listen to him. As a result, celebrities became a side hustle, and senior personal assistants became her main business. At the same time, a fake scar was applied to her face, which once again became her signature.

Regarding Ouyang Yun's private move to a village close to the mountain bandits' lair to step on the spot, Liu Kui and Bai Tassel were strongly opposed at first. But in the end, he couldn't beat him.

Under the personal leadership of Li Tieshu, the Xueyi Army took the regiment as a unit, and during this period of time, it took continuous actions and eliminated several groups of bandits. The bandits were very well-informed, and they soon learned that this unwarranted disaster was because Ouyang Yun issued an order to suppress bandits. The bandits in Fujian and Guangdong are quite mature armed forces, which have survived many anti-bandit campaigns and have proved their ability to survive. In order to survive this crisis, several relatively large bandit leaders also came up with targeted measures, issued wanted warrants among the people, and bought Ouyang Yun's head at a sky-high price of 500,000 silver dollars, and Li Tieshu and others also clearly marked the price, and they were all on the list. In this case, the safety of Ouyang Yun and others was taken seriously. Liu and Bai's worry is that the reason why the bandits on the Fujian-Guangdong border cannot be defeated repeatedly must be inextricably linked with the local people, so Ouyang Yun chose to step on the spot at this time, which has a very good taste of throwing himself into the net.

What about Ouyang Yun's thoughts? However, he discovered the powerful combat power of the bandits from several major encirclement and suppression battles, and he had the idea of co-opting. During the Republic of China, and even during the Anti-Japanese War, whether it was GMD or ***, what I liked to do most was to absorb those bandits. Ouyang Yun was originally extremely opposed, believing that this was not conducive to the regularization of the army, but now, he obviously understood why the two parties wanted to do this. Yes, they are bandits now, but most of the reason why they have fallen to this point is because life is compelling. If this contradiction can be resolved and properly trained, these bandit forces undoubtedly have the potential to grow into a strong army. It's much more convenient than training new recruits. Moreover, because of the differences in growth and combat environment, in the complicated situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the future, these troops, who are somewhat proficient in both conventional and special operations, will undoubtedly be more able to adapt to various landscapes and types of battles.

On Bawang Mountain, more than 30 miles southeast of Qiao'an Village, there is an active bandit army. The scale of this gang is not small, it has more than 3,000 guns, and the number of followers has reached more than 5,000. According to the information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Fox Pupil, this overlord army was only thirteen people when it first started, and it was called the Thirteen Taibao by the locals. And the reason why they were able to develop to their current scale in just five years is because they have won victories in the encirclement and suppression of the Central Army and the Guangdong Army. Before Ouyang Yun set out to step on the point, Li Tieshu sent a regiment of troops to carry out a tentative attack on Bawang Mountain, but he couldn't even pass the hill in front of Bawang Mountain, and was bombarded by earth artillery. And in the process of retreating, it was even ambushed. If it weren't for the fact that the Cadet Corps was too advanced in weaponry and equipment, and carried a large number of mortars, it was difficult to say whether this regiment would have been eaten all.

After seeing this battle report, Ouyang Yun couldn't help but be attracted: "Overlord Army, it's a bit interesting!" Five thousand people, well, can afford to fight for two regiments. I have to see such talents. ”

The old man's name is Huang Guangcheng, the village chief of Qiao An.

As soon as Ouyang Yun received the information from Qiao'an Village, he became interested in it. Because the difference from other places is that there is not a single landlord in Qiao'an, a large village of nearly 200 households. In fact, not only Qiao'an, but within a hundred miles around Bawang Mountain, all the villages have no landlords.

"What about the landlord?"

"Killed by Huang Haifu."

"Robbing the rich and helping the poor, he Huang Haifu thinks he is a hero?"

"Commander, don't say it, this Huang Haifu's nickname is indeed related to Xia, and the locals call it 'Grass Hero'. It is said that his light body kung fu is very powerful. And his twelve brothers also have their own characteristics, among which the old Sanjiang and a half army, known as 'Little Zhuge '. ”

"'Little Zhuge ', isn't this the nickname of our Chief Bai? Ha, this thirteen Taibao is a little interesting, I have to see. ”

When Ouyang Yun and his entourage appeared in Huang Guangcheng's courtyard, the old man was surprised, "You ......"

Ouyang Yun understood his surprise. Qiao'an Village, a small mountain village that looks peaceful and peaceful, even has its own escort armament. Although those men made cold weapons such as broadswords, their skills and experience were quite good. If it weren't for the fact that the three of them were okay in martial arts, it wouldn't be easy to get in.

If outsiders want to enter the range of power of Bawang Mountain, they need to get the seal of Bawang Mountain, otherwise it will be difficult to move an inch. Ouyang Yun also learned about this from those guards, and immediately made one. "We have the credentials!" Liu Kui said, took out a black wooden plaque in the shape of Overlord Mountain and shook it.

The old man immediately smiled: "It turned out to be a guest on the mountain, please come in." At this time, it was lunch time, and the old man and his wife were eating, so they immediately let the three of them in, and asked politely, "The three of you haven't eaten yet, have you?" If you don't like it, how about using it with me casually? ”

Ouyang Yun was not polite, and sat down immediately.

His performance increased the trust of the old man, so he asked his wife to hurry into the house to cook two more dishes, and took out his home-brewed rice wine.

The old man's eyes were very poisonous, and he quickly judged the priority from the words and deeds of the three of them, and in the following conversation, he focused his main attention on Ouyang Yun. I toasted him a bowl of wine first, and when I saw that he was dry, I felt even better, and while adding wine to him, I asked, "Are the three of you going up the mountain?" ”

Ouyang Yun said: "We are from Guangdong. As you know, the Cadet Army is carrying out a clean-up operation, and we will only make a sound when we come over. ”

"Hehe, this, then thank you. Three days ago, a group of students came to the army, but they were driven away. Hehe, there are rumors outside how powerful the student army is, how good that Commander Ouyang is, I think it's average. ”

After coming to Guangdong for more than half a year, Ouyang Yun quickly mastered the language with his Cantonese experience before crossing over. So among the three, most of them spoke to him, so as not to be heard by the old man. Hearing this, he smiled, and he said, "Really? However, the Cadet Army can dispatch an army this time. Boss Huang, did they really drive away all the student soldiers of an army? ”

"An army? How many people are there? ”

"It's got to be tens of thousands!"

"Ahh It seemed that there were only a thousand people last time, could it be their outpost? ”

The main purpose of Ouyang Yun's trip was actually to test the perception of the people in the surrounding areas of Bawang Mountain on the Cadet Army. He quickly shifted the topic to this and asked: "Why do you sound very hateful about the Cadet Army, I am in Guangdong, but I heard that the Cadet Army calls itself a soldier of the people." ”

The old man scoffed at such words and said, "People's soldiers? Hmph, how many good things have been there for soldiers and officers since ancient times? Among them, I have seen a lot of old people. Isn't it the first time you came, and you want to buy people's hearts? You wait and see, once the butt surnamed Ou sits down, his real face will be revealed. I've heard that now he's started to entertain himself by calling for beautiful women......"

Before the old man finished speaking, Bai Tassel had already stretched out his right hand and gently twisted it on Ouyang Yun's back, and the latter screamed miserably.

The old man was startled and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Ouyang Yun smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that today I finally know what it means to jump into the Yellow River, and I can't wash it out, and I can't wash it up if I want to be a beautiful woman for my own pleasure, well, this rumor is made at a level.

Since Bai Tassel and Ouyang Yun's one, the changes have been huge, not only in appearance, but also in words and deeds. And what makes Ouyang Yun unbearable the most is that this girl likes to express her opinions more and more through the movements of her hands.

There was pain in his back, but his face couldn't show a little pain, he said: "It's okay, it's nothing, it's just a bug bite-hey-" There was another pain in his back, which was to warn him not to point fingers at Sang and scold Huai. Chewing the word "喲" in his mouth, he said, "Old man, what you heard may be a rumor." I've always been a fool of Guangzhou, but I haven't heard that Ouyang Yun has this kind of habit. Moreover, the cadet soldiers are not just pretentious as you say, their military discipline is very strict, they can only go out on the street on Sundays in normal times, and there is never a single line, in order to supervise each other......"

Ouyang Yun was anxious to refute the rumors, but he forgot his identity and the purpose of this trip, which aroused the suspicion of the old man. The latter looked at him fixedly, and suddenly shouted: "Who are you?" You say that you are a guest on the mountain, so, do you know the name and surname of each person in the Thirteen Taibao? ”