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"Old man, what are you doing on your knees on the side of the road?"

As luck would have it, I made a detour through a forest and met two civilians dressed in patched clothes. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info is about twenty-two or three years old, with fist footprints on his body, blood stains on the corners of his mouth and hands on his body. Kneeling on the side of the road, but a little shaky, with a shaky feeling of weakness, coughing from time to time, and occasionally coughing up blood. Apparently, he was severely beaten and suffered serious internal injuries.

The old man next to him was fifty or sixty years old, but he was already full of silver hair and very thin, and he knew at a glance that the old man had been malnourished for a long time. With a firewood knife stuck in his waist, he knelt on the side of the road, obviously coughing twice from time to time, but he still insisted on using his hands, lovingly caressing the young man's back, and comforting him softly.

Zhang Qingshan didn't understand what they meant? I was injured, I didn't go to the first time to heal, what are you kneeling here? Seeing you like this, it doesn't look like begging, and under curiosity, he couldn't help but squat beside the two of them and asked.

The old man who was patting the young man on the back heard this, looked at Zhang Qingshan and the others, and after a deep sigh, asked, "Are you the Red Army?"

When Zhang Qingshan and the three of them heard this, they were shocked!

In these years, Lao Chiang did everything to eliminate the Red Army. Not to mention that the people were not allowed to support the Red Army, or they were not allowed to mention it, otherwise they would be imprisoned at least and beheaded at worst. But the old man in front of him asked directly, you know, this is the first time the two sides have met, the old man just asked, in case the three of them are Lao Jiang's spies, he will die. And now, there is only one possibility: the old man is desperate to find the Red Army. But the problem is that if you want to find the Red Army, you can go to the surrounding area to inquire, why do you kneel here and ask passers-by, which is a great risk.

Without waiting for Zhang Qingshan and the three of them to give an answer, the old man glanced at the three of them with some disappointment, and said: "If you are not a Red Army, then please leave quickly, otherwise, if these evil reactionaries know that you have said these words to our father and son, your life will be in danger, and it will be the old man's sin......"

Although Zhou Baoyu is clever, he is too young after all, and he can't hold his breath. Hearing this, he interjected unconvinced and asked, "Then if we are the Red Army?"

There is an old man in the family, and there is a treasure! This is absolutely true.

Hearing this, the young man hadn't reacted yet, but the old man was stunned, looked at the three of them carefully, and finally fixed his eyes on Wang Wu's waist, and then kowtowed to the three of them with great joy: "Ask a few Red Army brothers to call the shots for us, ask a few Red Army brothers to call ......the shots for us, and ask a few Red Army brothers to call the shots for us" After saying a few words, he turned his head and scolded his son: "Shui Bao, what are you still doing? Aren't you looking for the Red Army to call the shots for us? These are just a few people, kowtow quickly and beg them to be the masters." ”

The young man looked at the three of them suspiciously, and asked, "Are you really a Red Army?"

"We are the Red Army. Old man, I can't afford you to be like this, hurry up and ......" The matter has come to this, Zhang Qingshan had to admit it, and said with a smile while helping the old man up: "Old man, this is not the place to talk, please go to the forest for me to explain it carefully." ”

"Good!

The young man was so badly injured that he couldn't walk at all, so he could only be carried by Wang Wu into the forest on the side.

"Old man, your surname. "Ask as you walk, and by the way, give the old man a cigarette and light a fire.

"Thank you!" The old man took a puff of cigarette and said, "The old man is noble, his surname is Li, he is noble, everyone calls me Li Laosan." This is my son Li Shuibao. This Red Army brother, I don't know your surname?"

"I'm Zhang Qingshan of the Red Army Pioneer Company, Third Master, just call me Xiao Zhang. By the way, Third Master, how can you tell at a glance that we are from the Red Army?"

"Our father and son have been kneeling here for a while, and when a passing well-wisher came to ask us why we were kneeling here, I first asked them if they were Red Army...... As a result, these well-wishers either answered no, or persuaded them a few words and then left, and you were the only ones who asked me about it. As soon as I heard it, I thought that you might be the Red Army, otherwise, how dare you ask me so justifiably. Then ......" He looked back at Wang Wu, who was carrying Li Shuibao, and said: "This eldest brother has a bulging waist and a red silk exposed, although I am old, I also played with the box cannon when I was young, not only like the box cannon inserted in the waist, but also love to tie the red silk on the handle of the gun - in this era, there are many people who have played with guns, and those who may be able to afford to play and have a box cannon are not simple, at least it shows that this Li Laosan was not an ordinary person when he was young. I just want to hear that the second Red Army team (the Central Red Army and the Second and Sixth Army Corps have passed through Wanxian, and the local people habitually refer to the Second and Sixth Army Corps as the Second Red Army in order to distinguish them) have already hit Wanxian, but I don't know where it is, and you not only dare to ask back, but you also have box guns on your waists, I think that you are the second Red Army that everyone is looking forward to. So, take a chance. ”

Zhang Qingshan looked back at Zhou Baoyu and Wang Wu with a smile, especially at Wang Wu's waist carefully, and saw that they both bowed their heads a little embarrassedly, so he retracted his gaze - as a member of the vanguard company, reconnaissance is a must, and he is so careless, hum!

Because of the first meeting, out of precaution, Zhang Qingshan of course could not take the two of them directly to the company's hidden place, so after entering the forest for twenty or thirty meters, everyone sat on the ground. First muttered in Zhou Baoyu's ear, asking him to invite the doctor Xiao Jiang over to see Li Shuibao's injury, until Zhou Baoyu ran away, Zhang Qingshan asked with a smile: "Old man, seeing you kneeling on the side of the road, and looking for us so openly, there must be a big grievance, you just say it directly, and our Red Army will definitely call the shots for you...... Old man, what is this for? No need to kneel...... Old man, our Red Army is originally composed of poor children, and it is the people's own army, so if you do this, you will treat us as outsiders and give birth to ...... Old man, if you still kneel down at every turn, I don't care about you. ”

The old man probably really had a great grievance, and he was deeply afraid that Zhang Qingshan and others would not help him make the decision, so he knelt down at every turn. Zhang Qingshan reasoned with him and took a stand, but he couldn't stop him from kneeling, but he didn't expect the last threat to play a role, Li Laosan finally sat down, although he was still a little nervous and looked at Zhang Qingshan, but fortunately he didn't kneel anymore.

Li Laosan's wife died early, leaving behind a pair of children. It's hard to pull a handful of and urine, which is extremely difficult. When the Central Red Army passed by, his daughter joined the Red Army and embarked on the Long March -- later, in the great liquidation of the reactionaries, Li Laosan, in order not only contributed all the family's savings to the chief of the security department, but also owed a lot of debts, so that the father and son escaped a catastrophe. His son Li Shuibao didn't leave because he was going to get married this summer.

Ten days ago, Li Laosan went to the mountains to chop firewood, accidentally fell, and hit a stone in his chest and was injured.

Because of poverty, I can't buy all the medicines at once, so I can only buy them once in the county seat when I have to finish a pair of medicines.

Early this morning, Li Shuibao carried a large bundle of firewood, and his daughter-in-law carried a basket of eggs to the county seat to sell.

Everything went well: the medicine was bought, and because this was the last medicine for Li Laosan, there was a little extra in his hand, Li Shuibao felt sorry for his daughter-in-law who had suffered with him during this time but did not complain, so he quietly bought his daughter-in-law some of her favorite white sugar (a kind of gummy made from rice).

Looking at the happiness on his beloved wife's face when she ate white sugar, Li Shuibao smiled even happier. But at this happy moment, suddenly, the people on the street began to panic, and many people who looked like rich people were running out of the city from the street with their family guards, driving many people who didn't know why to panic......

As soon as Li Shuibao inquired, he learned that it turned out that the second Red Army had already entered the territory of Wanxian County and was about to hit the county seat, so these rich and powerful big families ran away. The hateful thing is that they can run away on their own, but in order to drive more people to flee, in order to create panic for the Red Army, some people with other purposes are added. Anyway, it is a miscellaneous mix of various forces, spreading rumors, demagogizing the people, and inciting terror......

As soon as Li Shuibao heard these rumors, like many ordinary people, he expressed his disdain: Both the first Red Army and the second Red Army were led by the Communist Party, and judging from the performance of the first Red Army when it passed by last year, the second Red Army should also be the children of the well-disciplined people, so how could there be robbery, murder, rape, and so on?

However, these rumor-mongers are too attentive and targeted, they actually say that the first Red Army is indeed a good Red Army led by the Communist Party, but the second Red Army is different, they are just wearing the hat of the Red Army, in fact, they are gangsters composed of bandits, once they enter the county seat of Wanxian, burning, killing and looting all kinds of evil, and they also make up something out of nothing to say that the county is because they insist that the two Red Army are the same, so the people did not run away, and the result is ......

If this kind of rumor is still unconvincing, then the most powerful rumor has appeared: I heard that Lao Jiang has mobilized a large army to fight the second Red Army in Wanxian, and the battlefield of the decisive battle is the county seat of Wanxian.

This rumor is really terrible: no matter what kind of troops, as long as it is fighting, it is only the common people who suffer. In order to survive, the common people were finally instigated, and in order to escape the war, they began to run out of the city with their families.

Now, in the middle of the rumors walking in the trap of a certain group of people.

Most of this group of people are local ruffians and hooligans, but the backbone is the platoon of soldiers led by a platoon commander of the former security regiment in the county. This platoon commander named Qian Guigui did not flee with the security regiment, but sat on the dream of taking the opportunity to make a fortune, and encouraged the soldiers to desert halfway, return to the county seat of Wanxian, and join the local ruffians and hooligans: First, he blocked the three gates of the county seat of Wanxian County, and sent people to guard them with guns, leaving only the exit of the west gate. Then, he led this group of rabble to guard the gate of the city to collect tolls -- this is also the root cause of Zhang Qingshan and the others not understanding at first who these people who were guarding the city, and who were both plainclothes and soldiers, such a strange combination.

Li Shuibao was also frightened by the last rumor, and hurriedly ran to the city gate with his daughter-in-law, and the tragedy came......