Seeing that Li Xia said to leave, without the slightest hesitation, Qiao Risheng became anxious.

"Brothers, please go slowly!" Qiao Risheng said busily.

Li Xia turned back suddenly, and Duan Peng and the three of them also stopped.

Li Xia's eyes once again revealed a terrifying cold light, and he said in a deep voice: "Why, Commander Qiao thinks that our brother has taken too much?" Want to get it back? ”

"No, no, no, I don't mean to."

Qiao Risheng shook his hands and said busily: "What is a little money, if a few brothers don't have enough money, I will give you a hundred taels of gold." ”

This is the power of Qiao Risheng.

This dog's greed for money is really greedy for money, and lust is also really lustful, but he will never be stingy with his brothers, so the five King Kongs and the bandits below will die for him.

"A hundred taels of gold?" Li Xia said with a sharp gaze, "Commander Qiao is so courageous. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xia said again: "But forget it, because I know that if I take this hundred taels of gold, I am afraid that I will have to return my life to Commander Qiao." ”

"Brother is serious." Qiao Risheng said angrily, "I just want to make friends with a few brothers." ”

"Commander Qiao, we're already friends." Li Xia raised the money bag in his hand, and said with a smile, "I am hospitalized by you today, and when you go to Tianjin another day, the little brother will definitely be rewarded." ”

"You're from Tianjin?" Qiao Risheng's heart moved again when he heard this.

In the past, when he was a horse bandit, he went to Tianjin to fool around when he robbed and kidnapped tickets to get money.

So don't be too familiar with Tianjin, and invisibly have a good impression of Li Xia and the four people from Tianjin.

Li Xia didn't admit it or deny it, he clenched his fists and said, "Commander Qiao, let's see you in the rivers and lakes." ”

After speaking, Li Xia took Duan Peng, Lin Han and Feng Xianghe and the three of them left the gambling hall without looking back.

Seeing Li Xia and the four of them go out, Kong Huan said with a dark face: "Big brother, do you want to gather the brothers to catch up and do these outsiders?" ”

"What to do?"

Qiao Risheng said angrily: "Do you know how many catties and taels they have?" ”

Kong Huan said disapplausively: "No matter how powerful they are, there are only four of them, is it possible that they can still go to heaven?" ”

"You know!" Qiao Risheng reprimanded, and then instructed Zhong Zhenyue, "Old Zhong, send a few clever brothers to follow these strangers in turn, see where they settle, remember, don't act rashly." ”

"Yes." Zhong Zhenyue agreed, turned around and arranged for people to follow.

……

Outside on the street.

Duan Peng kept looking behind him out of the corner of his eye.

Li Xia smiled and said, "Don't look at it, there are two stalkers in total, one is buying cigarettes in front of the cigarette stall, and the other is pulling a rickshaw and following us." ”

Duan Peng asked curiously, "Li Tou, how did you see it?" ”

Li Xia patiently taught the skills of anti-tracking: "In fact, there is no special secret, just pay attention to observation, especially some inconspicuous details." ”

"Take that rickshaw driver, for example."

"He's soliciting to make money, isn't he?"

"As long as there are guests beckoning, there is no reason for him not to make money, right?"

"But have you noticed that this rickshaw driver has turned down two customers just now, what does this mean? This shows that he pulled the rickshaw not to make money at all. ”

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, so he is watching."

"It's that simple." Duan Peng said again, "What about the one in front of the cigarette stall?" ”

"That's a little harder." Li Xia said, "Have you paid attention to his right fingernail?" ”

"Nope." Duan Peng said, "It's okay, can I observe what his right fingernail is?" ”

Li Xia said: "If you want to join the hidden front, you can't let go of any details in your field of vision. ”

After a pause, Li Xia said again: "When the man bought cigarettes just now, he handed over the money and used his right hand to receive cigarettes, which shows that he is not a left-hander, but his right fingernails are all normal color. ”

Duan Peng looked at his nails and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the normal color of the nails?" ”

Li Xia smiled slightly, and said, "Look at the right fingernail of the mouse again." ”

Duan Peng pulled Feng Xianghe's right hand, only to see that the nails of Feng Xianghe's right index finger and middle finger had been smoked yellow-brown because of the cigarette for a long time.

Li Xia said: "Now you know what the problem is, right?" ”

Duan Peng said: "I know, that guy doesn't smoke, at least he doesn't smoke often, so it's very abnormal to buy cigarettes in front of the cigarette stall, and combined with them following us, it's very suspicious." ”

Lin Han said: "Li Tou, do you want to find a place to kill them?" ”

"Forget it." Li Xia said, "I don't think they have any malicious intentions, so let them follow." ”

At this time, Feng Xianghe asked: "Lao Li, I see that Qiao Risheng clearly has the intention of soliciting just now, and we just took the opportunity to join his team, why did you refuse instead?" ”

Li Xia said: "It is very suspicious for four good players like us to suddenly appear in such a small place as Yingxian, if Qiao Risheng casually recruits us to join, it is strange that he is not suspicious!" Besides, Qiao Risheng only recruited us once, so wouldn't it seem that we were very cheap? ”

Feng Xianghe said: "But our task is ......."

"Don't worry." Li Xia said, "There is an opportunity. ”

Qiao Risheng has sent someone to keep an eye on him, are you afraid that there will be no chance?

……

Heyuan County.

Fang Dengying, the chief of the quartermaster's department, walked into the office of the chief of staff and reported to Fang Ligong: "Chief of staff, the quartermaster department's food stock is less than three days' needs!" ”

"There are only three days of rations left?"

Fang Ligong said: "What's the matter with you, why don't you save a little?" ”

"Chief of Staff, I've saved as much as I can." Fang Dengying said with a bitter face, "Now the brothers can only eat two thin meals a day and one dry meal, if I save any more, I can only eat all the thin ones." ”

Fang Ligong was speechless for a moment, because it was Chu Yunfei's hard requirement to let the brothers eat at least one meal a day, and there was no room for bargaining.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Fang Dengying said again: "Chief of Staff, when will the supplies from the Chief's Department be delivered?" ”

"It should be soon, but I'm afraid I won't be able to deliver it in three days." Fang Ligong said, "In this way, you can first spend some money from me to buy some millet from the market, so that you can support it for a while." ”

After speaking, Fang Ligong got up and took out a stack of fiat coins from the cabinet and handed it to Fang Dengying.

Fang Dengying counted the fiat currency, shook his head and said, "Chief of Staff, this money is only enough to buy less than five hundred catties of millet, which is a drop in the bucket for the more than 9,000 brothers in our brigade. ”

"What?" Fang Ligong was stunned, "The price of rice has risen so much? ”

Fang Dengying said: "The price of rice has not risen, it is still five cents per catty, but the fiat currency has fallen again." ”

After a pause, Fang Dengying said again: "Five years ago, one hundred fiat currency could buy two big cows, but last year, one hundred fiat could buy a pig, and this year, one hundred fiat can only buy one chicken." ”

"Damn!" Fang Ligong couldn't help but burst into foul language, "How can this be?" ”

Fang Dengying said: "What's so strange about this, the national government is crazy about printing money." ”

After speaking, he raised the thick stack of fiat currency in his hand and said, "Chief of Staff, this money is really not enough." ”

Fang Ligong had no choice but to take out the other two stacks of fiat currency in the cabinet, thought about it and handed over a silver dollar to Fang Dengying, and told him: "Don't buy new rice, try to buy old rice from previous years." ”

"I see." Fang Dengying took the money and left happily.

Fang Ligong continued to formulate his battle plan to deal with the possible arrival of the "Eighth Route Army Siege".

At ten o'clock in the morning, Fang Dengying, the quartermaster general, returned to the staff headquarters with a white face and reported: "Chief of staff, this is trouble, big trouble!" ”

"What's wrong?"

Fang Ligong frowned and said, "You speak slowly, the sky can't fall." ”

Fang Dengying took a breath and said with a dark face: "Chief of Staff, I just took people to find all the grain shops and grain stores in the county, and even the grain stores in Dagu Town and Lijia Town sent people to ask on fast horses, but it turned out that almost all the grain stores were out of grain, and the few grain shops that still had grain left, and only a few grain stores were left. ”

"What did you say?" Fang Ligong was shocked, "How can this be? ”

"I don't know." Fang Dengying said with a confused face, "It is said that our Heyuan County is a large grain-producing county in Shanxi, and the harvest of last year's autumn grain is also good, so it is impossible to lack grain, but the grain stores in the county seat, Dagu Town, and Lijia Town are out of grain, at least the bulk of grain is gone, and we are going to run out of grain!" ”

Fang Ligong said in a deep voice: "Is there no food left?" ”

"Nothing." Fang Dengying nodded and said, "Millet, wheat, flour, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and bud rice are all gone, not to mention rice, you can't buy a single grain." ”

"It's not easy." Fang Ligong said in a deep voice.

"I'll report to the brigade right away, don't rush to buy it first."

sent Fang Dengying away, and Fang Ligong hurriedly came to report to Chu Yunfei.

It turned out that Chu Yunfei was not there, and when he asked the guards, he knew that Chu Yunfei had taken Liang Shiyin out hunting early in the morning, and Fang Ligong was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.

At that moment, Ligong took a few guards and went straight to Heiyun Mountain to find Chu Yunfei.

Asked all the way, and finally found Chu Yunfei in the depths of Heiyun Mountain.

"Brigade, how can you come to Black Cloud Mountain to hunt?" Fang Ligong said, "This is the defense area of the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Brother Meritorious Service, you are too worried." Chu Yunfei carried a Garand rifle on his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Don't look at the tension between our only brigade and the Eighth Route Army now, but it is far from the extent of completely tearing your face, so Kong Jie will not attack me, not to mention that it is not so easy to want my Chu Yunfei's life." ”

Next to him, Sun Zhi said: "Counselor, we are here." ”

Chu Yunfei went out hunting this time, Sun Ming and the Tiger Squadron did not accompany him, only Sun Zhi accompanied him with a guard squad.

"Be careful, too." Fang Ligong frowned and said, "This is Heiyun Mountain, not far from here is Heiyun Village, although Xie Baoqing's gang of bandits has been absorbed by Kong Jie's new second regiment, but who dares to guarantee that there will be no other bandits to occupy Heiyun Village?" You are the one who has more than 9,000 officers and men in the brigade. ”

Chu Yunfei laughed and said, "Brother Meritorious Service, when it comes to this Black Cloud Village, I'll tell you a joke." ”

"Jokes?" Fang Ligong said, "What joke? ”

Chu Yunfei said: "Just now we were chasing a badger and passing through Heiyun Village, but guess what we found?" ”

"Found what?" Fang Ligong replied casually, "Could it be Xie Baoqing and the others who have returned to Heiyun Village again?" ”

"Haha, it's worthy of being my chief of staff, just guess it." Chu Yunfei laughed and said, "Xie Baoqing is really back, it is said that it is because the discipline of the Eighth Route Army is too strict, and they can't stand this constraint. ”

"What?" Fang Ligong was stunned and said, "Kong Jieta is willing to let people go?" ”

"What if you don't let it go?" Chu Yunfei said, "I also gave Xie Baoqing a mortar." ”

"Ah, this ......" Fang Ligong shook his head and said, "I guess I want to leave some incense, and I can be incorporated for the second time in the future." ”

"Kong Jie, this is wishful thinking." Chu Yunfei said abruptly, "How can a bandit like Xie Baoqing be fed well?" His mortar was a failure. ”

"Brigade, let's not talk about this for now." Fang Ligong said, "I'm looking for you to have something to do." ”

After a pause, Fang Ligong said again: "Our only brigade is about to run out of food. ”

"Out of food?" Chu Yunfei said, "What's the matter? Why did you suddenly run out of food? ”

Fang Ligong told the story of this morning's Quartermaster Fang Dengying's grain purchase.

After listening to Fang Ligong's narration, Chu Yunfei's face instantly fell, because from behind this matter, he smelled a strong smell of Li Yunlong.

"This must be a good thing that Li Yunlong did!"

Chu Yunfei said with a dark face: "I'm still thinking, why is Li Yunlong so peaceful this time, and he hasn't made a move for so long, but this time he changed his strategy, didn't engage in military confrontation with us, and changed to economic warfare?" ”

Fang Ligong said in a deep voice: "Brigade, this is not a trivial matter, if you don't make trouble, there will be a mutiny." ”

"Let's go back and talk about it." After Chu Yunfei finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and shouted, "It's all there, go back to the county seat!" ”

……

At the junction of Datong in Yingxian County, there is a devil stronghold.

Because this stronghold happens to be stuck on a highway, in order to generate income, the puppet army in the stronghold instigated the devils to set up a checkpoint on the highway to collect tolls.

It doesn't matter if you're a peddler, a peddler, or a pedestrian, you'll have to charge a fee.

When there is a task to capture the people, they will indiscriminately arrest passers-by, and force these passers-by to build fortifications such as bunkers and turrets for the devils.

Coincidentally, today there is another task to arrest the people.

The leading puppet army platoon commander set his sights on Li Xia and the four of them.

"What for?" The platoon commander of the puppet army asked Li Xia with a cold face.

"Selling astragalus." Li Xia said, "I heard that Datong's astragalus is the best. ”

"Astragalus sellers?" The platoon commander of the puppet army snorted, "I think you are like spies on the Eighth Road!" ”

"Don't be kidding, boss." Li Xia gestured to Duan Peng and the three behind him without a trace, and said, "We are serious businessmen, honest and responsible." ”

"Serious businessman?" The platoon commander of the puppet army said suddenly.

"If you say it doesn't count, Lao Tzu can only count if he says it."

After saying this, he waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, arrest me!" ”

"You brought it on yourself." Li Xia suddenly lost his disguise, and in an instant, he changed from a harmless sheep to a fierce beast that chose people and devoured people, and grabbed the puppet platoon commander with just one hand.

The two looked at each other, and the platoon commander of the puppet army instantly felt like falling into an ice cave.

The platoon commander of the puppet army wanted to shout, but found that the voice was stuck in his throat and couldn't come out.

The platoon commander of the puppet army wanted to struggle, but found that the whole person seemed to be frozen, unable to move.

Can't move, can't shout, the puppet army platoon commander watched Li Xia pull out a dagger, and cut his throat with a bang, this knife directly cut the puppet army platoon leader's trachea, esophagus and cervical aorta.

For this kind of dog traitor who acts for the tiger and mutilates his compatriots, Li Xia has no mercy.

All this is a long story, but in fact, in less than a second, the platoon commander of the puppet army fell in a pool of blood.

In the next second, Duan Peng, Lin Han, and Feng Xianghe took out the shell guns hidden under the short coats at the same time, and the six Mauser pistols opened their bows left and right, knocking down all the dozen puppet soldiers on the sentry post and in the distance.

Among them are also two little devils with 38 big covers on their backs.

At this time, the devils in the distant stronghold were finally alarmed.

Li Xia snatched the shell gun of the puppet army platoon commander, waved his hand and said, "Withdraw!" ”

At the moment, the four of them fought and retreated, but they deliberately slowed down and did not rush to get rid of the devil behind them.

With the marksmanship and skills of the four of them, it was a piece of cake to clean up the dozen or so devils who were catching up behind them, but the purpose of this operation was not to clean up the devils, but to join Qiao Risheng's team.

Li Xia and the four of them deliberately kept the distance at about 100 meters, which was a guaranteed hit rate for the devil's rifle, but it was difficult for Li Xia to guarantee the hit rate of their shell guns.

So from the perspective of the situation, Li Xia and they are very passive.

At this time, you actually have to take a big risk, after all, the devil's marksmanship is not vegetarian, although Li Xia and they have skilled technical and tactical movements, but there is no guarantee that they will never be hit by the devil.

Fortunately, luck was not bad, and only Feng Xianghe was shot in the arm and injured during the entire chase.

After chasing for about a kilometer, he came to a valley, and finally the gunshots expected by Li Xia sounded on both sides, Qiao Risheng made a move, with dozens of bandits, and even two machine guns, and quickly killed more than a dozen devils.

Li Xia and the four of them pretended to be stunned, standing in the valley, not knowing what to do for a while.

Qiao Risheng walked down the hill with a large German mirror, laughed and said, "Brothers, meet again." ”

"It turned out to be Commander Qiao." Li Xia stopped holding it up this time, and made a big gift according to the rules of the road, and said solemnly, "Commander Qiao's great grace for life, the brothers have written it down, and there will be a reward another day!" ”

"Well, it's just a gesture." Qiao Risheng waved his hand and said, "Brother doesn't have to take it to heart. ”

After a pause, Qiao Risheng said again: "But speaking of which, I don't know my brother's surname." ”

"Don't be expensive, surnamed Li, Li Xia." Li Xia pointed at Duan Peng and the three of them and said, "This is Duan Peng, this is Lin Han, and this is Feng Xianghe, nicknamed Mouse." ”

"Li Xia? Good name. ”

Qiao Risheng said: "People are as their name suggests. ”