Chapter 10: Anqing (41)

Continue to take the boat, looking at the scenery on both sides of the strait, super boring and lonely. This is already the third day of departure from Lu'an, and the boat has finally arrived at Yingheji, which according to the boatman is already quite fast. According to the convention, from Lu'an to Zhengyangguan, in the dry period of early spring, it takes ten days to take the waterway, and it takes more than six days to get to Yingheji. Mo Di sighed, he had gone down the river from Mabu upstream, and the speed was not slow, but after Lu'an, the situation was very different. After three days, the only thing Mo Di understood was what a trough was a trough, a trough, a trough for eating troughs, quite an image. The river in front of you has a wide riverbed, and if it is in the wet season, you will definitely be able to find the feeling of a big river flowing. When it comes to the dry season, it is very different, the quicksand is silted, the riverbed is bare, the river surface has become a trickle, some places can only be barely navigable by expanding into a trough, the width of the trough is less than two zhang, the water depth is only enough to reach two feet, all are some flat-bottomed sailing boats with shallow draft, the load is not large, and the speed is super slow.

I actually nested in this kind of boat and was delayed for three days on this 50-kilometer water, which was really a bad deed of the gang of the 138th Division of Lu'an. When they knew that they were going to take a car from Lu'an to Chuzhou via Hefei, they all laughed and smiled embarrassedly. As soon as I inquired, I found out that this road was impassable.

In the second half of last year, the Fifth Detachment of the New Fourth Army went to Ludong, leaving the Huainan Dingyuan area to Yan Renyi, Fengyang to Li Benyi, and Hefei to the 138th Division. Yan Renyi and Li Benyi moved quickly, and immediately occupied the space behind the New Fourth Army, only the 138th Division moved slowly, and was preempted by the Japanese puppet army that rushed over from Chaohu. After taking Hefei in their hands, the Japanese puppet army finally laid a nail in the land of central Anhui, and through Chaohu, the Japanese army transported a large amount of armaments. Ni Daohong, the governor of Anhui Province appointed by Liang Hongzhi's government of the Republic of China in Nanjing, invited Ye Zhendong, Tao Sicheng, Deng Zanqing, Qian Weizong, and others to Hefei to prepare to hang up the sign of the provisional puppet government of Anhui Province in Hefei. With Ni Daohong and others coming forward, and the Japanese contributing, after half a year of operation, Hefei completely fell.

In January of this year, the 116th Infantry Brigade (Lieutenant General Kishige Shimizu, also known as the Shimizu Division) of the 116th Division (Lieutenant General Kishishige, also known as the Shimizu Division) (Brigade Commander Shiro, also known as the Ozaki Brigade, under the jurisdiction of the 133rd and 138th Infantry Wings) that had gained a foothold in Hefei began to expand to the periphery, and the 138th Wing sent an infantry brigade to join the 21st Regiment of the 9th Brigade of the 5th Division of Shen Xiru of the 2nd Army of the Ren Aid Dao Appeasement Army to go west to Lu'an, and clashed with the 138th Division in the Guanting area. Mo Di was very surprised and asked, why didn't the military intelligence department know about this, Long Yanwu said with a smile, we reported to the military staff, and we were scolded once, and we were disgraced, saying that we lost Hefei ourselves, and we wanted to get it back ourselves.

Only then did Mo Di know that the reason why these people were hospitable to them was because they were worried that the Ministry of Intelligence would come to investigate their mistakes. I really don't have the leisure this time, it's better to have more of this kind of hateful thing than less, and sometimes it's okay to pretend to be confused. It's just that I figured out one thing, Hefei is out of nowhere. Cui Jian said to Mo Di, in fact, there is a shortcut, take a boat from Lu'an to Zhengyang Pass, from Zhengyang Pass to Bengbu, to Bengbu, there is a train, take the train to Mingguang, to Chuzhou, it is a matter of minutes.

In this way, Mo Di has been floating on the Wei River for three days.

On the first day, Qin Guosheng also accompanied Mo Di in a daze on the boat, and when he stopped the boat at night, he found that the brothers who had already gotten off the boat early after sitting for less than an hour and would rather walk had already arrived at the camp Shunhe, not only found a place to live, but also hunted a few wild birds along the way, made a bunch of good fish and made good wine and food, drank enough to sleep at noon, woke up in the afternoon and ate again, and waited on the dock to be numb after eating, and the boat that Mo Di and Qin Guosheng sat on arrived. The next day, Qin Guosheng stopped doing it, and no longer accompanied Mo Di to be stupid on the boat, preferring to go down and walk, this boat, a day full of energy, that is, a voyage of about ten kilometers, go down to walk, casually walk for half a day is enough to finish the boat and walk for a whole day. On the third day, Mo Di stopped doing it, saying that he would rather go down and walk with the brothers than take this stuffy boat. The brothers laughed and said that the eldest could not get off the ship and had to guard the luggage on the ship. Qin Guosheng saw that there was a fiber rope on the boat, and thought of an idea, let Mo Di just sit down, he took more than 20 brothers to pull up the fiber below, this time, the boat was much faster, basically catching up with the speed of people walking, most of the day, to the Yinghe set.

Mo Di didn't say a word, and changed to a small steamer docked on the river. Although the small steamer is a little noisy, there is a little soot smell, but the speed is more than a little, it can reach more than ten kilometers per hour, and at night, the small steamer arrives at Zhengyangguan.

At the confluence of the Wei River and the Huai River, there is a group of foreign Zhengyangguan wharf, along the wharf up the stairs, six magnificent huge columns, on which a huge round arched roof is erected, the shape is similar to the Yangguan in Shanghai. On one side of the pier, there is a huge fire boat ferry, and there are cars driving directly onto the ferry. This is the style of a big city, and the guards and some brothers who have never seen the world are stupid, and they can't move for a long time.

When he arrived in the Huaihe River Valley, he arrived at Song Erhu's land, and as soon as he got off the boat, Qin Guosheng casually found a gangster on the dock, and immediately knew where Song Erhu's stronghold was here, and took Mo Di to the door directly.

Song Erhu's Zhengyangguan stronghold, on the side of the street not far from the wharf, a big blue brick courtyard, the courtyard gate is tall, there are some Western characters carved on it, and a signboard is hung on the left and right of the gate, which is very conspicuous and eye-catching. On the left is written: The Fourth Detachment of the Bengbu Advance Brigade of the Anhui Eastern Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, and the name of a signboard on the right is not small, and the Fourth Detachment of the Huainan Brigade of the 12th Guerrilla Column of the Anhui Provincial Guerrilla Operations Command Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army has a badge of blue sky and white sun hanging in the middle. Mo Di knew that Song Erhu's advance brigade was a brigade formation, so this fourth detachment should be a regiment-level unit. Qin Guosheng walked to the door, took out the faction, and told the guards at the door that the director of the Intelligence Department of the 48th Army was here. The detachment leader Guo Zitong is Song Erhu's old man in Bengbu, who once participated in Xu Ping's looting of Bengbu two years ago, and when he heard that Mo Di was coming, he ran out barefoot.

As soon as he saw Mo Di, he stood upright and made a very decent salute, and Mo Di laughed on the spot. This one, there is no place like a soldier on his body, a small bald head, a big jacket, hanging crotch pants, and bare feet, but he just holds his head up, and this salute is still respectful. Mo Di took Guo Zitong's hand and said with a smile: "Hurry up and go in, don't freeze your feet, you will get sick in a while." ”

Guo Zitong smiled and said, "I just carry a bag on the dock, how can I be so squeamish." It's also a good life in the past few years, with shoes to wear, in the early years, I didn't always spend the winter barefoot. ”

Letting Mo Di and Qin Guosheng into the guest room and letting the big brazier move in, Guo Zitong began to issue an order: "Is there any food?" No? Hurry up and get it. Go to the dock to see if there are twenty catties of Huai kingfish, there are really none, and ten catties can make do with it, and ask for a few more. Bring the wine in first, nonsense, of course the best. ”

If the treatment in Lu'an is an ordinary guest, Mo Di and Qin Guosheng really enjoyed the upgrade to VIP this time, as soon as they sat down, someone brought in two large wooden basins from the outside and put them at the feet of the two, and someone followed behind, carrying a steaming bucket and pouring the wooden basin to a full seven. Immediately after, two seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls came over, one for each of them, squatted at their feet, and began to take off their shoes for the two of them.

Mo Di was startled, and only then did he realize that he was soaking his feet, so he hurriedly took off his shoes and socks. Guo Zitong, who was standing on the side, said with a smile: "Boss Mo, don't be embarrassed, let them wash it for you, you can't make it yourself happy." ”

Mo Di lived for almost thirty years, and he was still a rooster boy who didn't bark, and he had never held the hand of the big girl, let alone let the big girl touch his feet, and he was embarrassed, and his little face was red. Turned over and glanced at Qin Guosheng, this dog's day, he was already enjoying himself very much, half-squinting, leaning on the recliner, looking comfortable, definitely a person who came over.

The eldest girl's hand is very thin and warm, gently take Mo Enemy's foot, hold it in her hand, and with the other hand, gently pick up water in the basin and sprinkle it on Mo Enemy's foot, a warmth rises from under the center of her foot, which feels really wonderful.

Soak slowly, rub gently, and then trim the toenails, wipe them with a new towel, put on new socks, put on new cloth shoes, and then know that you have slept unconsciously, and you haven't slept so well for a few days, or this is the enjoyment of it, the play of rich and rich people, and it is not bad to get it occasionally. Looking sideways, Qin Guosheng was already asleep, and his mouth was open, like a baby.

A more fragrant smell came from outside, it was a strong fish fragrance, today's dinner.

"I telegraphed with the second brother Song in Bengbu, telling him that you have arrived here safely, the second brother said, he came by night boat tonight, and he will accompany you to play here in the next two days. In the past few days, the matter in Chuzhou has become more and more troublesome, Liu Qinglong has already moved his gun, and the New Fourth Army is not weak, and it is fully agitated in the west of the road, especially Xu Haidong's fourth detachment, which is even more pervasive and annoying. Yan Renyi, commissioner of the Northern Anhui Travel Agency, Zhao Fengzao, former commissioner of the Fifth District, and Li Benyi, commissioner of the Fifth District of Eastern Anhui, wanted to take this opportunity to wipe out all the New Fourth Army in the west of Jinpu Road, north of Hefei. Guo Zitong said: "Li Benyi's 10th Guerrilla Column, Zhao Fengzao's 20th Guerrilla Column, and Yan Renyi's 12th Guerrilla Column, to which we belong, cooperate with the standing force of Dingyuan County Magistrate Wu Zichang and the reserve force of Wang Guidong, Xie Shaochen of eastern Anhui, and prepare to unite and fight the New Fourth Army. In a few days, spring ploughing will begin, and with the presence of the New Fourth Army, they will begin to make a revolution as soon as the weather is hot, holding meetings and marching every day to carry out sports, eating big households, fighting landlords, and robbing and extortion. As long as they reduce rents and interest rates, no one will be willing to farm, and if no one farms, this year's harvest will be greatly discounted. ”

Mo Enemy smiled, Chuzhou has already seen each other, how can it still be procrastinated, there is a way that the eyebrows can really drink a few more glasses of soju, and the pioneer meets the slow Langzhong. After a while, Qin Guosheng walked in, took a telegram, and handed it to Mo Di, Mo Di saw that it was Li Benyi's telegram, Li Benyi said in the telegram that he knew that Mo Di had successfully arrived at Zhengyang Pass, and he was very relieved. Zhengyangguan is a famous pass in China, an important town in Huaishang, known as "Little Shanghai", suitable for visiting for several days.

Mo Di pointed to the telegram and asked Qin Guosheng: "Guosheng, what do you mean by this Li Benyi?" ”

Qin Guosheng said with a smile: "We went to Chuzhou at the order of the provincial government and the Fifth War Zone, but we were not invited by Chief Li Benyi, but I am afraid that it was not the original intention of Chief Li Benyi, let alone the original intention of Commander Xu Ping and the army commander. I mean, you might as well stop at Zhengyangguan and see how things develop. Chief of Staff Cui of the 138th Division is right, there are some things that the two sides have already decided, but they just want to say it through our mouths, and when to say it and what to say are all decided by the two parties. The scenery here is good, the city is very prosperous and simple, there is a cultural atmosphere everywhere, Zhucheng in Anhui, only Anqing is slightly larger than it, and other Hefei Bengbu are slightly inferior. Such an ancient city, I'm afraid that there are many famous masterpieces, boss, don't you want to see how Liu Bei built Zhengyang City back then? You have seen Cao Cao's real handwriting in Hefei, and it is difficult to say that you can really find Liu Bei's handwriting here. ”

Mo Di pointed at Qin Guosheng, knowing what this person meant, he didn't want to go too early, delaying it for two days, so that Li Ben and his team could achieve their goal, so that they could find such a reason. However, when the small steamer closed the wharf in Zhengyang, this Zhengyangguan surprised itself a lot, the city is really not small, compared with Bengbu, it feels more culturally profound, only afraid that in Anhui, only Hefei and Anqing can compare with it, if you can visit it, it is worth the trip.

Knowing that Mo Di agreed to stay in Zhengyang Pass, Guo Zitong was overjoyed, called for the food one after another, and served a pot of milky white fish head soup first, which attracted Mo Di's attention.

"This is the real milk Huai kingfish, today's fish is not big enough, only sixteen catties, if it is twenty catties, the fish soup is whiter and smoother." Guo Zitong first served a bowl to Mo Di, and then took some chopped coriander from the small condiment dish on the side and sprinkled it in Mo Di's soup bowl, and said a little proudly.

Mo Di knows that there will not be much difference between sixteen catties of fish and twenty catties, and I have known before that this so-called Hui kingfish, also known as Huai kingfish, is the favorite food of the king of Huainan back then, the largest one can reach twenty catties, which is unavoidable, and it is the best to find a sixteen catties. Guo Zitong's people were able to find such a big fish in such a short period of time, which shows that the strength is not small, and it is worth showing off.

Next, steamed fish fillet, braised fish segment, raw fried fish tail, a sixteen-pound big fish, made several dishes, and set a full table. A pot of Shouchun aged wine was patted off the mud seal, and a strong fragrance wafted out, which could dissolve the fishy smell of fish in the air, and completely neutralize the fragrance in the house.

Before he even started drinking, Mo Di was already drunk.