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Tiger Cave is located in the northeast of Luoxi Township, at the junction of Shangtianyun Village and Xiatianyun Village, about 15 kilometers away from Luoxi Township Government. There is a tall mountain of more than 100 zhang on the east and west sides of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info, the distance between the two mountains is more than 50 meters, there is a stream in the middle, it can be described as a confrontation between the two phoenixes.

Tiger Cave is located in the east of the mountain halfway up the mountain (located on the side of Xia Tianyun Village), the cave is surrounded by cliffs, the terrain is very dangerous, typical easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This used to be a place where the villagers of the two villages hid from bandits, but it was occupied by Zhao Wu a few years ago, and many fortifications were built in the cave, and a large number of weapons, ammunition, food and other materials were stored.

The Red Army attached great importance to the task of encircling and suppressing Zhao Wu and his minions, and even put forward the slogan at the meeting: 'Eliminate the last bandits in Luoxi Township and let the people live and work in peace and contentment'. Not only did the combatants either have rich combat experience, or they were strong and fully armed, but they also deliberately transferred the only three light machine guns to the bandit suppression brigade. Even, for the sake of secrecy, the route was carefully arranged: first walked more than ten miles to the southeast, and when it reached the fork in the road, it turned to Luoxi Township and went straight to the Tiger Cave.

In this mission, only the township chief Tian Wannian knew about the entire Luoxi Township.

When I met Tian Wannian halfway, although only Tian Wannian and his two sons were waiting, they gave everyone a big surprise: three earth cannons (pine cannons) and some gunpowder and a box of earthen cannon shells. Ironically, these three earthen cannons were all found from Zhao Wu's house, probably left behind when Zhao Wu was inconvenient to carry when he escaped, in the past, Zhao Wu used it to intimidate the people, and now the people use it to fight Zhao Wu, I have to say, this is retribution.

The third shift was a reconnaissance squad, and at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, it was less than two miles away from Tianyun Village.

From a distance, a small number of rifle sounds and a large number of muskets were heard from the direction of Xia Tianyun Village, sometimes dense, sometimes sparse, but the roar of shouting and insulting continued.

"Little ghost, you hurry up and inform the platoon commander that there are many people in the direction of Xia Tianyun Village. After speaking, Zhang Qingshan led the whole class of soldiers to march in a hurry, and soon arrived at the top of the mountain.

Upper Tianyun Village and Lower Tianyun Village are actually located at the foot of those two big mountains, each occupying a mountain, less than a kilometer apart. The whole terrain sits on the north and faces south, with mountains to the north, large flatlands to the right, and a large basin surrounded by continuous mountains, with rice paddies and terraced land at a glance.

At this time, there were hundreds of people fighting in and around Tianyun Village, and the side with a red cloth strip tied to his left arm was about two or three hundred people, but the side with a large number of people was relatively weak in combat effectiveness. Zhang Qingshan looked at it with a telescope and immediately understood the reason: the side with a large number of people basically used muskets, and only a small number of rifles. And the side with a small number of people had all rifles and two light machine guns. The effective shooting distance of the musket is only about 100 meters, and how can you not suffer a loss when shooting at the opponent?

The most surprising thing is that the villagers of Shangtianyun Village are actually crowded at the entrance of the village, although many people are carrying muskets and other cold weapons, they are just watching the play like the audience. The behavior of the villagers of Xia Tianyun Village is even more incomprehensible, although they also have weapons to defend themselves, they stand around the village in groups of three or five, as if the battlefield is not happening in their homeland. Even if it was a robbery by bandits, there had never been such a bizarre drama.

"Damn, what's going on?" is probably everyone's mind, because no one can understand it.

"Monkey, you go and report the situation here to the platoon commander. ”

"Squad leader, I don't think I'll wait, won't we all understand when we go down and inquire?"

Zhang Qingshan's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Where is so much nonsense, go quickly." ”

Waiting for the monkey to run to report, the deputy squad leader Qian Jiang leaned down to Zhang Qingshan's side and asked softly, "Squad leader, are you really watching a play here?"

"Old Qian, this scene is too weird, if we act rashly, I'm afraid it will not be good for the purpose of our trip, let's wait for the platoon commander to make a decision, and everyone will act together in a planned way. ”

Qian Jiang nodded, took the glasses from Zhang Qingshan's hand, looked at them for a while, and said, "Squad leader, it's not a way for us to wait here, otherwise, I'll take two people down and ask." ”

Zhang Qingshan pondered for a moment and nodded: "It's good to find out the situation, but, old money, you can't go in a military uniform." ”

"Don't worry!"

Old Qian happily took off his coat, revealing a patched single coat, which looked not much different from the poor people—the Red Army was already poor, and even if it was captured, most of it would be distributed to the poor people. Sometimes it's normal to not eat a meal of meat for a month or even a few months, officers and soldiers are equal, and there is no specialization, so everyone's situation is similar, and it's normal to have patches on military uniforms.

"Old money, you take this. ”

Qian Jiang was also not polite, took the box cannon and two magazines handed over by Zhang Qingshan, and smiled at Zhang Qingshan: "Squad leader, then I'll go." ”

"Well, old money, whether you hear about the situation or not is secondary, but you must be careful, my comrades and I will meet you at the mountain pass, and wait for you to come back safely." ”

"Good!"

After Qian Jiang and the two soldiers came down the mountain quickly, after five or six minutes, the platoon commander and the brigade of men and horses rushed over.

"Xiao Zhang, what's the situation?" As soon as he lay on the top of the mountain, sweat flowed - this was the consequence of running in a hurry. Platoon commander Huang Debao wiped his sweat with his sleeve and observed with a telescope while asking.

"It's not clear yet, Lao Qian has already taken someone down to touch the situation. Zhang Qingshan said while looking at his glasses: At this time, the people fighting under the mountain have changed a little: the side with more people seems to be unable to withstand the strong firepower of the other party, and if there is no external help, the defeat is a foregone conclusion. Next, they either retreated to Tianyun Village to fight with each other, or they could only retreat.

"Why does this guy look a little familiar...... Damn, the crowdy side is our people. ”

Zhang Qingshan suddenly turned his head and looked at Huang Debao with puzzled eyes: No, you can see so accurately from such a distance?

Those strips of red cloth on the left arm are the most common means of identification when we make a revolution...... Okay, the squad leader and squad leader are all over for a meeting. ”

Seeing Huang Debao climb back two steps and get up to leave, Zhang Qingshan hurriedly caught up and asked without giving up: "Platoon commander, you can't be mistaken, right?

Huang Debao took two steps, turned to look at Zhang Qingshan, and then looked at the curious looks of the comrades around him, pouted helplessly, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you." To tell you the truth, Wu Shuibao, the head of Wolong Township, was personally developed by me, and when he became the head of the people's government, I personally gave him a box cannon. I just looked through the binoculars and saw him jumping up and down with a strip of red cloth on his left arm. ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.

"That's the right number. Tian Wannian, the head of Luoxi Township, wiped the sweat on his head, saw that everyone looked over, and explained with a smile: "Wolong Township is next to our Luoxi Township, and this Tianyun Village is Sanqiao Village in Wolong Township in the past. Lao Wu was born as a craftsman and had a great enmity with Zhao Wu...... Heh!"

Speaking of this, seeing that everyone was sitting on the ground and forming a circle, Tian Wannian was very eye-catching and didn't say much. But everyone understands the meaning of this: although they don't know the specific reason and process of their feud, judging from the current situation, this feud must not be small. Wu Shuibao used to be a poor family, and Zhao Wu was the local overlord, so Wu Shuibao must have suffered a lot of luck. Now, with the help of the Red Army, the poor people have finally turned over and become masters, and how can they let go of a local tyrant and inferior gentry like Zhao Wu. It just so happened that there was a decree in this regard, and it would be strange for him to take the opportunity to seek revenge on Zhao Wu. Although it can't be said that it is a fake public and private, it can only be said that it is public and private, but this cannot be said explicitly, so it is no wonder that Tian Wannian wants to speak and stop. Besides, the sound of gunfire and shouts of murder in the ears did not allow everyone to have time to listen to the story.

Later, after inquiring in private, Zhang Qingshan found out the reason: Wu Shuibao lost his wife in his early years, and finally pulled his only son Wu Jinyu up, and married his son a wife. But in the summer four years ago, my son and daughter-in-law went to the town to catch the market together, but they never returned. After several inquiries, I found out that it was on the way back that I met Zhao Wu. Zhao Wu coveted his daughter-in-law's beauty and killed him on the spot, and his son was angry but wanted to fight hard, but was shot dead by Zhao Wu. Afterwards, Zhao Wu threw the bodies of the two into the sinkhole, not paying attention to it at all.

The happy family was shattered, Wu Shuibao's grief and indignation in his heart can be imagined, in order to take revenge, he sold his only family property to buy a gun, and then burned down the house, so he went to Zhao Wu to fight hard.

didn't think about it, didn't snipe Zhao Wu, but killed Zhao Wu's father, and then, Zhao Wu's father-in-law Wang Weiqing used his power to set Wu Shuibao as a bandit to offer a reward for wanted...... Wu Shuibao even really fell into the grass, but Zhao Wu was powerful...... The arrival of the Red Army gave him hope. It is said that Huang Debao took people to Wolong Township to carry out revolutionary work, and he actually stopped in the middle of the road with one person and one gun, and asked "Can your Red Army fight bullies?" Huang Debao replied, "Our Red Army is a team of the poor, and we are mortal enemies with local tyrants and bullies and all those who oppress the poor." Wu Shuibao knelt down and kowtowed on the spot, and then became the most active revolutionary element.

"Alright, let's have a meeting. ”

The environment and tasks are clear, and when it is said to be a meeting, it is actually a combat order: A temporary independent platoon composed of the backbone of the Self-Defense Forces and each platoon will surround it from the flat land south of Xia Tianyun Village, and not a single enemy can be let go. During this period, the 1st Squadron of the Self-Defense Forces quickly penetrated to the west, not seeking to kill many enemies, but to stop those who fled westward. After these two sides were controlled, the second squadron was stationed in Shangtianyun Village to search for the enemy hiding in the village as much as possible, the third squadron remained vigilant, and the independent platoon was ready to attack the Tiger Cave and prevent the enemy from escaping in the west and south directions of the first line of defense......