"Brothers, what do you think?"

Qiao Risheng's gaze swept over the faces of Kong Huan, Zhou Zhongwen and several other hardcore henchmen.

After a pause, he said: "Anyway, it cost Lao Tzu fifty taels of gold, and if it's fake news, then it's a fucking loss." ”

After some bargaining,

In the end, he paid fifty taels of gold in advance.

As for the remaining nine hundred and fifty taels, Qiao Risheng didn't plan to give it at all.

If the intelligence is true, the supplies and American weapons and equipment have already been obtained, and then hand over the remaining gold to the Eighth Route Army, then won't he become a fool?

Kong Huan said: "Big brother, I don't think it's fake. ”

Zhou Zhongwen said: "It doesn't matter if he's real or fake, you won't know if you go." ”

The other three hardcore henchmen also mean nothing.

"I'll just ask a few of you more." Qiao Risheng shook his head, turned his head and asked Li Xia, "Brother Li Xia, what about you?" Is the Eighth Route Army worth trusting? ”

Li Xia said: "The Eighth Route Army is probably not well-intentioned. ”

"It's still Brother Li Xia's words to the point!" Qiao Risheng patted his thigh and said, "The Eighth Route Army is a competition between the two tigers, using this batch of supplies and American equipment to provoke a fight between our Jinbei Bandit Army and the Jin Sui Army, and when our Jin Sui Bandit Army and the Jin Sui Army are defeated, their Eighth Route Army will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman, first of all, Ding Wei, the commander of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, has proposed several times to incorporate our Jinbei Bandit Army, and this is the idea." ”

Several hardcore henchmen complimented one after another, but the eldest brother could see through it.

Qiao Risheng asked Li Xia again: "Brother Li Xia, should you and us make a move?" ”

Li Xia said with a serious face: "Whether you make a move or not is something that you should consider big brother, anyway, as long as you give an order, I will guarantee to rush to the first one and cut people!" ”

Qiao Risheng burst out laughing when he heard this.

Li Xia's statement made him very satisfied.

is really a good brother, you can't do it if you have good skills, the key is to know how to advance and retreat.

But in the next second, Qiao Risheng put away his smile and said coldly: "Although the Eighth Route Army is not well-intentioned, they misestimated our Jinbei Bandit Army!" ”

"If our northern Jin bandit army still has only about 2,000 people, even with the help of the terrain, we may not be able to eat 4,000 Jin Sui army, but now, our northern Jin bandit army has incorporated the Yanbei National Salvation Army, and the strength has exceeded 3,000 people, so with the help of favorable terrain, we can easily defeat the 4,000 Jin Sui army!"

"Therefore, the plan of the two tigers of the Eight Roads to compete for food is wishful thinking."

"In the end, they can only give us supplies and equipment for nothing."

After a pause, Qiao Risheng said again: "Tomorrow, our brothers will scout along the highway to find a suitable terrain, and then wait for the dumplings of the Bao Jin Suijun." ”

……

In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed.

Kill the tiger's mouth, Mongolia outside the mouth, and Shanxi inside the mouth.

In ancient Shanxi, because the land was too barren to support so many people, they could only go to Mongolia to find a livelihood, and those who went to Mongolia to find a livelihood had to pass through the mouth of the tiger, so it was called going to the west.

Killing the tiger's mouth now belongs to the defense area of the Sui army, and the safety is still guaranteed.

But Wu Ziqiang and Duan Rongqing's nerves began to tense......

Duan Rongqing is the commander of the First Regiment of the 94th Independent Brigade of the Central Army, and a veteran of the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Academy.

Wu Ziqiang said: "Brother Duan, further forward is the boundary of Yingxian County, this is Qiao Risheng's territory of the land overlord, we must be vigilant." ”

"Wu Tuan is good." Duan Rongqing said, "Qiao Risheng should not be underestimated. ”

"Ugh." Wu Ziqiang sighed, and said, "If our two regiments are fully loaded, just one Qiao Risheng doesn't care about it at all, but the hateful thing is that our regiment is just an empty shelf now, and it looks like a color of American equipment, but in fact, there is only a small amount of ammunition, and the mountain artillery doesn't even have a damn shell." ”

By the way, when he went to Hetao to answer, Duan Rongqing's regiment carried weapons and ammunition, and Wu Ziqiang's regiment went empty-handed in order to reduce the burden.

Because there was no task when I went, and there was also an infantry regiment of Duan Rongqing with him, the safety was guaranteed, so it was no problem to go empty-handed, and when they came back, their regiment had already received the American equipment and a battalion of mountain artillery from the regiment that originally belonged to the 94th Brigade of the Central Army, so there was no problem in terms of safety.

But after meeting with Chen Bui, Wu Ziqiang found that the number of US weapons and equipment was correct, but the ammunition with a base number of equipment was misappropriated and detained by Hu Zongnan in the name of "suppressing the bandits that are urgently needed".

Thinking of this, Wu Ziqiang gritted his teeth with hatred, Hu Zongnan was too hateful.

If it weren't for Chen Bui's presence, it is estimated that it would be difficult for this batch of American weapons to get out of Xi'an City.

Duan Rongqing was used to seeing white eyes and was also bullied, but he looked down on them.

When Duan Rongqing persuaded: "Head Wu, let's take a look, is there still less such a thing as the party-state?" The situation of your only brigade is actually quite good, but our only 94th brigade is really pitiful. ”

But that's all for it, I don't know how to be pitiful.

Because neither Liang Gang nor Duan Rongqing wanted to sell miserably.

As soldiers, men, their heads can be broken and bleeding can be shed, but selling miserably is not what they should do.

Being persuaded by Duan Rongqing like this, Wu Ziqiang's mood is really much better, human nature is probably like this, seeing that someone else is worse than himself, he can feel better.

At that moment, Wu Ziqiang said again: "But for the next journey, please leave it to you, brother." ”

Duan Rongqing nodded and said, "Commander Wu, please rest assured, Qiao Risheng's Northern Jin Bandit Army is not a good stubble, but our Central Army's 94th Brigade is not a vegetarian. ”

While the two were talking, Chen Bui followed with the guards.

Chen Bui's guard is not his own, but the guard led by Lei Yangtang, who came to protect Chen Bui's safety, because in addition to the control area of the Sui army, this way also has to pass through Qiao Risheng's defense area, Yan Xishan was worried about Chen Bui's safety, so he transferred his own guard.

"Two regiment leaders, this should be a tiger's mouth, right?" Chen Bui asked.

"Back to Director Chen, this is the mouth of the tiger." Wu Ziqiang said, "We are poor in Shanxi, and when we can't survive in a disaster year, we can only go to the west exit to go outside the mouth, and this killing the tiger's mouth is the only way." ”

"In the past, there were bandits entrenched in this tiger's mouth, specializing in robbing passing pedestrians and merchants."

"For hundreds of years, I don't know how many merchants and pedestrians who went to the west exit have been poisoned by bandits."

At this point, Wu Ziqiang pointed to the ground and said: "What is buried under this ground are the white bones of our Shanxi people, and they are all the blood and tears of our Shanxi people." ”

Chen Bui sighed lightly and muttered: "The country is in difficulty, and the people are like mustard. ”

Among the many high-ranking officials of the Nationalist Government, Chen Bui can be regarded as worried about the country and the people.

After killing the tiger's mouth, they entered the boundary of Yingxian County, Wu Ziqiang and Duan Rongqing both raised their vigilance, lest Qiao Risheng and the northern Jin bandit army run over to rob the road.

However, to the surprise of Wu Ziqiang and Duan Rongqing,

All the way to the junction of Ying County and Fu'an County, it was all smooth and wasteful, and nothing happened.

Seeing that the boundary of Fu'an County was not far ahead, which was the defense area of the 94th Brigade, Wu Ziqiang and Duan Rongqing were inevitably relieved, it seemed that Qiao Risheng still had self-knowledge and did not dare to run to provoke their Central Army.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Wu Ziqiang said, "Brother Duan, why don't you rest for a while and have a lunch?" ”

"Hmm." Duan Rongqing nodded and said, "After a full meal first, you can walk to Tiandagang in one go, as long as you arrive at Tiandagang, you will be completely safe, and your brother's task will be completed." ”

Immediately issued an order to rest on the spot, and asked the cooking team to find water for cooking.

Soon, smoke rose from the field, and the smell of rice spread through the smoke.

After eating and resting for half an hour, Wu Ziqiang was about to give the order to pull out, when he suddenly felt a stomachache.

"Ouch, my belly." Wu Ziqiang covered his stomach and said to Duan Rongqing, "Brother Duan, don't be in a hurry to pull it out, I have to find a place to relieve myself." ”

"No problem." Duan Rongqing said, "Go and come back quickly." ”

"Just a while, just a while." Wu Ziqiang turned around and left.

Seeing Wu Ziqiang's back go away, Duan Rongqing shook his head with disdain.

You were greedy just now, and now you eat too much to break your stomach, right?

However, in the next second, the smile on the corner of Duan Rongqing's mouth gradually solidified, because immediately after Wu Ziqiang, several more officers covered their stomachs and looked for a place to relieve themselves.

Among them were also officers of the 94th Brigade of the Central Army.

"What's going on?" Duan Rongqing faintly felt that something was wrong.

Then, the situation took a turn for the worse, as more and more officers and soldiers began to look for a place to relieve themselves.

In the end, because there were too many officers and soldiers to relieve them, they couldn't find an empty place, so they simply squatted down on the spot to relieve them.

Soon, the air was filled with the stench of disgusting, Duan Rongqing and a few officers and soldiers who were okay hurriedly moved to the upwind outlet for a while, otherwise this stench could really smoke people to death.

Chen Bui is also one of the few people who are fine.

Chen Bui said: "Head Duan, the situation is not right. ”

"Well, I can see that too." Duan Rongqing said, "There is a problem with the water source!" ”

"Are you ......" Chen Bui's face changed slightly, "Poisoned?" ”

"Nine times out of ten!" Duan Rongqing said, "And most of it was done by Qiao Risheng's people, this dog thing, until death, is a horse bandit, and he loves to make this kind of indiscriminate tricks." ”

Chen Bui said: "Do you want to send someone to ask for help?" ”

"It's useless." Duan Rongqing shook his head and said, "Since Qiao Risheng has used such a trick, he will definitely send rangers around, and it is impossible for our signal troops to evade their hunting." ”

"What then?" Chen Bui said, "You can't just do it and wait, right?" ”

"We're safe for now." Duan Rongqing said, "Because it is impossible for Qiao Risheng to know that Commander Wu's troops only have guns and no ammunition, so with their mere 2,000 rabble of bandit suppression army in northern Jin, they will not dare to go head-to-head with our two regiments of more than 4,000 regular troops, so now we only need to do a good job of defense." ”

While talking, Wu Ziqiang walked over with a stench.

After only a moment, Wu Ziqiang was already pale and his legs were fluttering.

"Brother Rongqing, the situation is not right." Wu Ziqiang gasped.

"Our food has been poisoned, and there are spies in our troops."

"Captain Wu, it's not a meal." Duan Rongqing said, "It's the water source that has been poisoned." ”

"Water source?!" Wu Ziqiang said with annoyance, "Damn, damn it, I didn't expect that most of the journey had come, but when I was about to get home, I was plotted, Qiao Risheng, this dog thing is really insidious." ”

"Yes." Duan Rongqing said in a deep voice, "Qiao Risheng, this guy is really powerful. ”

……

Three kilometers away, on a bare hill, there is a small cluster of vegetation.

Under this cluster of vegetation, Qiao Risheng, Li Xia and Kong Huan were avoided.

Qiao Risheng was holding a telescope in his hand, and with the help of the telescope, he could clearly see the officers and soldiers of the national army squatting on the ground with bare buttocks in the valley ahead.

Looking at the rows of bare buttocks, Qiao Risheng was happy.

"Brother Li Xia, you are really a god." Kong Huan said with admiration, "A few days ago, this group of national soldiers has always been cooking and eating separately, so even if they are poisoned, they can only poison a part of the national army, but today, why did these national troops suddenly change their sexuality?" ”

Li Xia said abruptly: "The reason is very simple, because I am about to get home." ”

"yes, because they're almost home." Qiao Risheng said with a smile, "At this time, people will be slack, and once they slacken, they will be easy to be hit." ”

At this point, Qiao Risheng turned his gaze to Zhong Zhenyue again and asked, "Old Zhong, have all the cavalry been sent out?" ”

"Sent out." Zhong Zhenyue nodded and said, "This group of national troops is doomed, no matter which direction they send signal troops, it is absolutely impossible to escape the hunt of our cavalry." ”

"That's good." Qiao Risheng said with a cruel smile.

"Then we'll wait, wait for this group of national troops to pull their legs weak, and then clean them up."

Hearing this, Kong Huan, Zhou Zhongwen and other henchmen showed smug smiles on their faces.

……

In the middle of the valley.

Wu Ziqiang took another soak, and his face became even paler.

"Ugh." Wu Ziqiang slammed the ground and said in annoyance, "I wish I had known to bring a radio station." ”

"Radio?" Chen Bui's expression moved, and he said, "Isn't there a radio station in the American equipment I brought?" Can you contact the 94th Brigade of the Central Army or the 1st Brigade of the Jinsui Army through the radio station? ”

"Director Chen, I can't get in touch." Duan Rongqing waved his hand and said with a wry smile, "The communication distance of these military radio stations is only fifteen kilometers, and only those radios that can send and receive messages can contact the brigade headquarters." ”

"What then?" Chen Bui said, "Can you just wait here?" ”

"Yes, that's all it looks like for now." Duan Rongqing nodded, and said, "But fortunately, before we started from Wuyuan, we had contacted the brigade headquarters through the radio of the Sui Army. ”

"So, the brigade headquarters can probably determine when we will arrive."

"That is, if we haven't arrived for the post before this evening, the brigade headquarters should know that something has happened to us."

At this point, Duan Rongqing said again: "This means that as early as tomorrow noon, or later tomorrow evening, the reinforcements from the brigade headquarters will definitely arrive here, and we only need to hold on for one day." ”

"Right? That's fine. Chen Bui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Wu Ziqiang said with some shame: "Brother Rongqing, thank you for your hard work." ”

"It's nothing." Duan Rongqing waved his hand and said, "But Commander Wu, your regiment still has to behave, and you can't let Qiao Risheng see that your regiment is not carrying ammunition." ”

"I know that." Wu Ziqiang said.

While the two were talking, there was a whooping sound around them.

When Duan Rongqing got up again and looked around, he found that many officers and soldiers had become weak and couldn't sit still, so they simply lay on the ground with their guns in their arms.

……

Three kilometers away, on top of a hill.

Kong Huan smiled cruelly: "Big brother, the national army is no longer good, let's do it?" ”

"No, it's not time yet." Qiao Risheng flatly refused, "The American weapons of the national army and the national weapons are not vegetarian, especially those American weapons, the firepower is very fierce!" ”

After a pause, he said: "Therefore, you can't move until the national army can move, so you can't attack rashly." ”

While Qiao Risheng was talking, Yang Zuoxiang, who was responsible for leading the cavalry to block the battlefield, came back.

And Yang Zuoxiang didn't come back alone, he also brought a person, and he was an acquaintance.

"Is that you?" Seeing Liu Ertang who had gone and returned, Qiao Risheng's face fell, "The national army hasn't solved it yet, so it's in a hurry to collect the final payment?" I'm telling you, there's no such thing. ”

Liu Ertang laughed: "Our Eighth Route Army has always been true to its word, and if we collect the final payment after the event, we will definitely collect the final payment after the matter is finished, and how can we break our promises and gain weight." ”

"You're not here to settle the payment?" Qiao Risheng said, "Then why are you here?" ”

Liu Ertang smiled and said, "Of course, it's still selling intelligence, a piece of intelligence worth a thousand taels of gold." ”

Qiao Risheng just took a sip of water, and when he heard this, all the water in his mouth squirted out, spraying Kong Huan's face all over his face.

"Lao Kong, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to spray you." Qiao Risheng apologized, and said to Liu Ertang, "Are you really poor and crazy?" Just a piece of broken information will be sold for a thousand taels of gold? ”

Liu Ertang stretched out his hand and pointed at the national army in the valley in front of him, and said, "I'll ask Commander Qiao, is so much weapons and equipment and ammunition worth a thousand taels of gold?" ”

Qiao Risheng was silent for a moment.

Because this batch of weapons and equipment and ammunition in the hands of the national army is worth more than 1,000 taels of gold, more than 100,000 taels!

Although Yingxian County is located in a poor and remote country, this does not mean that Qiao Risheng has no knowledge, in fact, Qiao Risheng has seen the world, and he also knows that a full set of equipment of an American mechanic is worth a lot.

A full set of equipment for an American mechanic, even if it is a simplified version of an American mechanic, is worth at least 20 million US dollars.

The U.S. armament and ammunition of an infantry regiment and a mountain artillery company are worth at least $5 million, or 140,000 taels of gold according to the current international gold price.

However, Qiao Risheng is not so easy to bluff.

At that moment, Qiao Risheng said: "Of course it's worth the price, but the problem is, even if I don't buy your information, the batch of American equipment and national weapons in the valley in front of me are also ours." ”

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