In the end, the commander of the Xu Brigade made a second compromise to his political commissar today: for the time being, he would not report the movements of the enemy's underground intelligence station in Wencheng to the friendly 391st Regiment.

Agreeing with the political commissar's approach was also out of consideration for the absolute security of the underground intelligence station; But in Wu Zijian's mind, the 391st Regiment of the Central Army is still trustworthy. It's just that there are too many clues that he needs to deal with at the moment, and he can't do it because of this entanglement with Liu Shu.

Wu Zijian first instructed the team members sent by Xiao Junping to report to the team, informing him that his headquarters had been expanded into the Guanmenshan Detachment of the Xu Brigade, and asked the underground intelligence station in Wencheng to continue to focus on collecting the movements of the local Japanese army, and not to carry out similar operations to steal arms from the freight yard of the railway station for the time being. Emphasis should be placed on the placement of more members of the enemy's engineering team in key locations, thereby increasing the quantity and quality of information obtained. If additional manpower is required, contact the detachment headquarters at any time. The contact point for the farmhouse in the eastern suburbs of Wencheng and the flying pigeon transmission between it and Xiping Village will also be established as soon as possible.

After sending away Xiao Junping's people, Wu Zijian found Xia Lianshan, the commander of the cavalry company, and asked him to personally arrange three people from the enemy workers scattered on both sides of the Qinglong River, led by Squire Guo of Lihuapu, to go to the scene of the tragedy in Gaomiao Village, Lingshi County, to search for clues. But be careful not to reveal your identity.

After these two things were explained, the commander of the Wu detachment hurriedly revised a letter and ordered the cavalry to be sent to Hekou Village, facing Wei Xin, the commander of the second battalion. The content of the letter was that in the name of the Guanmenshan Detachment of the Xu Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, all the oceans and grain sent by the Black Stone Cliff Bandits were returned, and they were asked to negotiate with the 12th Independent Brigade of the Jin Army to settle the release of the detained bandits. Wu Zijian deliberately emphasized in the letter that the reason why the Xu Brigade Detachment suspended its involvement in this matter was: In view of the refusal of the Black Stone Cliff bandits to accept the reorganization of the Eighth Route Army, the leaders of the Xu Brigade Detachment did not agree to mediate from it "after collective discussion and decision" -- until this moment, Wu Zijian's idea of absorbing this stubborn bandit was not dispelled -- he asked Wei Xin not to go to the Black Rock Cliff by himself, and to send a squad of soldiers to send letters and money. This is also a way of fighting by retreating: first let the Xu Brigade detachment temporarily get out of trouble, and once the Black Rock Cliff bandits are cornered, it cannot be ruled out that they will be forced to take the initiative to fall to the Eighth Route Army.

The female bandit leader who was looking forward to it in the bandit nest of the Black Rock Cliff never expected that what was waiting for was this ending! Holding the letter handwritten by the commander of the Xu Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, looking at the ocean, pigs, cattle and sheep and grain that had been returned, Liu Wumei wanted to cry without tears.

The master, who was originally in his chest, also seemed a little helpless for a while:

"His grandmother's Eighth Route Army is untrustworthy and backtracking! It delayed our work for several days in vain! ”

However, after calming down, the master rolled his eyes and said to Liu Wumei that Sai Weng lost his horse and knew that it was not a blessing, and the Eighth Route Army would leave it alone at the moment, so he would save the cottage and a headache for the so-called incorporation, so he simply took the ocean and grain and went directly to the 12th Brigade to negotiate - without a middleman, it may be smoother to talk.

The female bandit leader still seems to be six gods and no master, and she is worried that the life of losing the backer and cottage of the Eighth Route Army will be even more difficult in the future. It was also feared that in the absence of an intermediary to negotiate with the Jin army stationed in Maicun, the lives of the captured brothers would be wasted: dozens of human guns (including one machine gun) were absolutely unbearable losses for the cottage.

After the departure of Chief Wu of the Eighth Route Army, the master once proposed to release the three masters first and discuss countermeasures. At that time, Liu Wumei categorically vetoed - her Eighth Route Army's righteous eldest brother Wei Xin, before leaving, she specially and quietly told her that she must take this opportunity to brake the majesty of the black donkey, otherwise it will be difficult to control this three-in-command in the future. The female bandit leader thought so.

Now, the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army suddenly gave up, and the master took the opportunity to once again propose to release the three masters and let him come forward to make meritorious contributions.

"Guilty of meritorious service? Does he have what it takes? Liu Wumei snorted angrily and said: "The bastard of the iron hand is the black donkey's hand*, the two of them are embarrassed and smelly of each other, now that the iron hand has an accident, do you expect the black donkey to turn the situation back?!" ”

The master smiled awkwardly: "The anger of the big boss, now is the time to employ people, and I hope that the big boss will focus on the overall situation and raise his noble hand." "In the master's calculations, the black donkey is strongly opposed to accepting the adaptation of the Eighth Route Army after all, and compared with the loss of dozens of guns, the overall survival prospects of the cottage are undoubtedly more important.

Of course, Liu Wumei knew the master's abacus, so she single-handedly picked out the topic: "Master, I understand the thoughts of you gentlemen, and I am willing to stay in the cottage to eat and drink spicy, how can I, Liu Wumei, be willing to let go of the big boss and not do it, and throw myself into the account of the Eighth Route Army to be small?" But as you can see, the Eighth Route Army has now blocked our exit down the mountain, and their Hongxingxia camp is only a dozen miles away from the cottage, so it can be said that they have set up a knife next to my heart. This Eighth Route Army is strong and strong, if you really want to destroy us, I'm afraid it will only take a few days! At that time, who can resist me or the black donkey? ”

Listening to Liu Wumei's analysis, the master was speechless, picked up the tea bowl in a sneer, and covered up his embarrassment by drinking tea.

"Right now, I finally climbed Wei Xin as the eldest brother, but I finally have a commander in the Eighth Route Army who helps speak, if we break off diplomatic relations with the Eighth Route Army, and then want to connect with them, I'm afraid it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky!"

The master put down the tea bowl, wiped his goatee, and asked tentatively: "So with the meaning of the big master, our cottage is only one way to go?" ”

Liu Wumei was suddenly discouraged - the Eighth Route Army was so poor that it was really unprofitable to take refuge in the past except to get a correct name in the identity! This is also the reason why she repeatedly rejected Chief Wu and Brother Wei - but thinking of this, she also looked at her master, and asked tentatively: "The Eighth Route Army has promised us, and if you throw yourself over, you will give the name of an independent battalion, and the big and small leaders among the brothers can also mix with the company commander and platoon commander of the officer army or something, do you think everyone will be tempted?" ”

"Independent battalion? The title is not small, isn't your big brother Wei Xin also a battalion commander? The master blurted out, but after thinking about it, he continued: "But these brothers under our command value money and women the most, and they may not be interested in the company commander or platoon commander or anything, right?" ”

The female bandit leader ignored the words behind the master: "Of course, the name of the independent battalion is not small!" The independent 12th brigade of the Jin army is also separated from the independent battalion by the title of a regiment. ”

Looking at Liu Wumei's rather proud look, the master's heart suddenly moved: "Big boss, if you really want to join the official army, why don't we consider choosing the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army?" Right now, they are holding our guns, so you can talk to them about the conditions - the Eighth Route Army is an outsider in the final analysis, and its background is not right, how can the Jin army in his hometown be reliable! ”

Liu Wumei was stunned at first, and then slowly shook her head: "Jin Jun? People didn't propose to accept us at all, and now go and talk to others about co-optation, isn't that a hot face to rub people's cold butts? ”

The master's small eyes couldn't help but turn around on Liu Wumei's convex figure, and immediately put away the evil thoughts, and had to admit in his heart that the big boss was reasonable: "Right now, I can only go to Maicun first and negotiate with the 12th Brigade of Du, I hope they don't have a big appetite." If we really can't talk about it, let's go back and check the affairs of the Eighth Route Army. ”

The female bandit leader looked at the master who was also helpless, and nodded solemnly: "I can't believe that brainless bastard of the black donkey, your old man will personally take the list and go to Mai Village for us." ”

The matter has come to this point, and the scheming master also feels that the whole cottage can't send a suitable candidate, so he has to agree to it.

Li Mancang, the platoon commander of the Jin Army, who had been waiting for the Jin Army at the foot of the southern foot of Guanmen Mountain, unexpectedly waited for the envoy sent by the Black Stone Cliff Bandits' Nest, which made him puzzled: A few days ago, it was the Eighth Route Army entrenched in Guanmen Mountain that sent a cavalry company commander to negotiate the release of the Black Stone Cliff bandits, but he gave up halfway because of the price; Why did you turn your face and the Black Rock Cliff Bandit Nest personally sent someone to the door?

However, seeing that the bandits sent a three-person negotiator, Li Mancang still breathed a sigh of relief - judging from the guns of the bandits that had been captured, the strength of Black Stone Cliff should undoubtedly not be underestimated, if the other party really sent more men and horses to carry out armed retaliation, it is really hard to say whether his platoon can withstand it.

The two sides met in the village office. Negotiator on the Black Rock Cliff side: Master, I got straight to the point, and as soon as I sat down, I made it clear that the Eighth Route Army had already indicated that it would withdraw from this negotiation, and now it was a matter between the two families of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army and the detained Black Rock Cliff Cottage!

In view of the fact that before this, Li Mancang had received an express indication from the chief of staff of the 570 Regiment of the fraternal regiment that the chief of staff himself would personally preside over all future negotiations, and that the dozens of bandits captured in Maicun had also been transferred to the garrison of the 570 Regiment to be detained, so as to prevent the bandits from jumping over the wall and robbing people. Therefore, Li Mancang simply sent a few soldiers to lead the master of the Black Cliff Cottage and his party to Longwan Village in the northern suburbs of Pingquan County. This greatly fell into the hands of the platoon commander of the Jin army - he was unwilling to meddle in this dirty deal, but now he is happy to hide!

And it wasn't until this time that the master roughly understood: in Mai Village, where the Iron Hand and them had an accident, there was only one platoon of the 12th Brigade of the Dudu Brigade! This bearded platoon commander Li is the highest commander of Mai Village. Moreover, this platoon is still here to collect food temporarily-I knew that this was the case, and the black donkey of the three masters should have organized people to come and snatch it with all their might, forgive him for the strength of a platoon in the Jin Military Region, how could it not be the opponent of the copycat brigade! In that case, the ransom of a few hundred oceans plus raw meat and grain could be saved. But this has become an afterthought, and it is too late to regret it!

With such a complicated mentality, the master and his entourage walked into the regimental headquarters of the 570th Regiment of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army.