The soldier Zhang Shaonian said so, and in fact arranged it like this: the three of them wrapped themselves in the enemy engineer captain of the Eighth Route Army, turned around and walked in the direction of Cheng Ruixiang Silk Village, and at a distance of about 100 steps from the destination, Zhang Shaonian asked an accomplice to stop and wait, and the other accomplice walked all the way to the opposite side of the street from the gate of the Silk Village, and monitored the movement across Dongguan Street. According to Zhang Shaonian, as long as something unfavorable to him occurred in the silk village, his two accomplices would not hesitate to run to the Japanese headquarters.

Xiao Junping, who was coerced, had already moved to kill in his heart - the situation had developed to this point, no matter what, he could no longer believe the words of these three ruffians, and only by getting rid of them all could he ensure the safety of himself and the underground intelligence station.

He quickly calculated the number of people he could mobilize. The shop had closed before dinner, and there were currently two enemy workers in the shop, and Chen Xuanzhu, who was the deputy captain, rushed to the base of the Xu Brigade Detachment in Guanmen Mountain and had not yet returned. In addition, there is a bookkeeper and a female clerk Sun Nier. The four of them spent the night resting in the house behind the shop and in the shop. If in the past, there would have been two captains and deputy captains of the enemy engineering team, but Xiao Junping had already planned to move to No. 16 Courtyard on Dongguan Street alone in the future.

As for weapons, the satin village usually contains the short guns and knives of all eight members of the enemy engineering team, and they are only allowed to wear them when they are on the duty necessary.

Xiao Junping estimated that the three guys who coerced him had very little chance of having short guns on them, and at best they were cold weapons for self-defense such as knives. When it comes to hand-to-hand combat, all of the people selected by the Xu Brigade Detachment for the enemy engineering team are good hands, and they do not suffer in this regard.

But the most difficult thing next is that the cunning other party is only Zhang Shaonian who is willing to follow him into the silk village to withdraw money, even if Zhang is secretly controlled in the store, the two guys guarding outside will never accept the coaxing to enter the silk village.

Before the enemy engineer captain of the Eighth Route Army could come up with a plan, Zhang Shaonian was already almost pushing him through the street and towards the closed gate of Cheng Ruixiang Silk Village.

Take one step at a time, and act on the opportunity! ——In desperation, Xiao Junping knocked on the iron ring on the wooden door.

In the silk village, two members of the enemy workers had not yet set up their sleeping bunks because it was still early, but were sitting at a table of eight immortals playing chess. Seeing that his captain had gone and returned, and had brought a stranger with him, he suddenly became alert.

"This is a fellow countryman, I met on the road just now, the three of them want to go back to their hometown, but there is no travel money, so they ask me for entanglement." Xiao Junping explained to his two subordinates as quietly as possible that he believed in the military qualities of these enemy engineers.

Zhang Shaonian still didn't know what the identity of the former Jin army staff officer was, so he was wary of the two so-called guys in the store who were holding chess pieces. He nodded at the other with a smirk, but there was no sound in his mouth.

"I'll go to the back room to get money, will you stay here and wait, or will you go in with me?" After returning to his own territory, Xiao Junping's confidence was obviously sufficient, he turned sideways, made a gesture of wanting to step towards the back hall, and turned around Zhang Shaonian and his two subordinates while talking with his eyes.

Zhang Shaonian suddenly felt frightened, and subconsciously looked back at the gate, so he found that one of the two guys was moving to tie the gate again.

"I ...... I'd better go in with you. The soldiers of the former Jin army swallowed with great difficulty, and their voices trembled slightly.

At this point, the two members of the enemy engineering team were completely sure that the man that their captain had suddenly brought back from the street was a great trouble.

"Okay, then you come with me." Xiao Junping nodded his chin towards Zhang Shaonian, and then glanced at the two subordinates with one last meaningful look, then turned around and walked towards the back hall.

The so-called back hall is the back door of the front hall, separated by a narrow corridor on the left and right two rows of houses, a total of four, one is a storeroom, the other is an account room (the bookkeeper lives in it at night); In the other two rooms, the only female partner, Sun Nier, and the two captains and deputy captains lived.

All the guns and knives were hidden in the storeroom and the captain's room.

Xiao Junping walked directly to the door of his room, pushed open the door, walked in first, and turned on the electric light. Zhang Shaonian, who was two or three steps behind him, hesitated for a moment before cautiously stepping in.

"You sit here and wait for me first," the captain of the enemy worker pointed to the edge of the kang of the fire kang: "The account room is next door, and there are rules in the store that outsiders cannot enter the account room." ”

As soon as the words fell, a member of the enemy labor team appeared at the door, Xiao Junping immediately asked him to "greet the guests well", and he raised his legs and walked out of the house again.

This move was unexpected, and the former Jin army ruffians who had fallen behind couldn't help but panic, and said "hey" to the back of Staff Officer Xiao, but he couldn't think of what to say; When he tried to follow the other party out, the man who followed was already leaning his shoulders against the door frame, his eyes staring at him coldly.

The captain of the enemy engineer went straight to the storeroom, took out a short gun and a short knife for himself and two other subordinates, stuffed a set into the hand of the team member guarding the door, and then ran back to the front hall and explained the situation to the other team member in a few words.

This should be the biggest crisis that the enemy team has encountered since they infiltrated Wencheng - the last thrilling scene of the attack on the freight yard of Wencheng Railway Station, after all, still happened outside; And today, the underground intelligence station itself is on the cusp of being exposed!

"Captain, don't talk nonsense with that rabbit cub in the back room, let's tie him up first, then go out over the wall from behind, go back to Dongguan Street, and kill his two accomplices!"

Listening to this urgent suggestion from his subordinates, Xiao Junping's mind was spinning rapidly: I'm afraid not! The two Zhang Shaonian accomplices outside were like frightened birds at the moment, as long as they found the slightest abnormality, they would rush to escape, and it was almost impossible to subdue the two of them at the same time. If this alarms the Japanese puppet spies who haunt the nearby streets, the trouble will be magnified exponentially.

"You can't take any chances, the top priority is to stabilize all three of them!" Xiao Junping made up his mind: "Give them money first, and then put forward the condition that the three of them will be sent out of the city overnight, and they will never return from now on; When we get to the outside of the city, we will choose the opportunity to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots! ”

The enemy worker tried to argue, but was resolutely stopped. Xiao Junping ordered him to guard the front door and look out, but he really went to the account room, asked Mr. Hong, who was in charge of the account, to take out a hundred yuan and hand it to him, and explained to him in a low voice. Mr. Hong, who was in charge of the accounts just now, also became nervous at this time - he was not a member of the enemy workers, but a real account manager, and he was a citizen secretly recruited by the Guanmen Mountain Field Mobilization Committee to fight the war.

After arranging all this, Xiao Junping folded the short knife, but in his hand he clearly carried the Browning high-power pistol and the small cloth bag containing the ocean, and returned to his room.

Zhang Shaonian, who was half on the edge of the kang, saw the Browning pistol in the hand of Staff Officer Xiao who walked in the door, and immediately stood up in shock, and stretched his right hand into his waist - Xiao Junping guessed correctly, this ruffian carried a bayonet from a Hanyang-made rifle with him.

However, Zhang Shaonian, who had been a soldier, knew very well that the bayonet on his waist and the short gun in the hand of Staff Officer Xiao could not be compared. And at this time, the guy who had been standing blocking the door also had one more thing in his hand, and Zhang Shaonian could still see it clearly under the dim house lamp, it was a Mauser*!

"You don't have to be afraid," a smile appeared on the face of the captain of the enemy engineer: "This is a coil for you, for the sake of us who used to serve in the 12th Brigade of the Du, a hundred oceans is a lot!" ”

The former ruffian's heart was pounding, and he looked eagerly at the ocean pocket, and he glanced at the belongings in the hands of the two people opposite.

"However, if you take the money, you must disappear from Wencheng immediately, and never come back - I don't have to tell you what we do, you just need to recognize the guns in our hands."

Xiao Junping said, raised his hand, and threw the gray cloth bag at the other party. Zhang Shaonian, who took the pocket, opened the bag and stretched out his hand to copy it, and the heavy ocean was rattling.

"Staff Officer Xiao, Chief Xiao, you are really a man," the former soldier finally said gratefully: "Your great kindness will be rewarded!" Our brother will go to Taiyuan tomorrow after taking the money, and I promise that I will not set foot in Wencheng half a step again! ”

"It's not tomorrow, it's going out of the city overnight tonight - if you don't disappear for a moment, Xiao will have trouble sleeping!"

Zhang Shaonian was stunned: "Tonight? Out of town overnight? The gates are closed at this hour, and we-"

"I don't have to go through the city gate," the former Jin army staff officer intercepted the other party's words: "I know a small road in the freight yard of the railway station, and you can sneak out of the city from the side of the platform." Then you take the money, and I will go out with you to meet your two brothers, and we will go to the train station together. ”

This passage is categorical and unquestionable. Zhang Shaonian was full of joy when he got the ocean, and he really wanted to stay away from these dangerous people with guns earlier: It seems that this Xiao staff officer has other big things to plan, so he is eager to take the money and seal the matter. So he immediately agreed.

Although the countermeasure that the enemy engineer captain of the Eighth Route Army came up with in a critical situation, although it was not perfect, it was already a matter of urgency and wisdom, and there was no better choice.

He told Sun Nier to look after the store by herself, and then took the first step to send the account office, and Mr. Hong immediately rushed to the vicinity of the Chengxi Railway Station to report the news—two of his other team members lived in a private house there, and worked in the freight yard of the railway station on weekdays. The two were familiar with a shantytown on the north side of the square in front of the station, and the shantytown had a path leading directly to the Tongpu railway line outside the platform.

Five-on-three, both sides have an advantage in terms of numbers and weapons. As long as you can get out of the city smoothly and reach the sparsely populated suburbs, the odds will fall into your own hands!

Xiao Junping silently began to pray.