The old ghost regretted very much that he should have looked at the mountain ghosts more in the first place, even if it was a quarrel, it would be no problem, if it was another team, it might be okay to catch the villagers, but the other party was the Red Army, he knew that the Red Army was a team representing the people, and he had heard about this team when he was in the White Army.

The Red Army made a lot of trouble on the Nanhu side, and even a large number of Red Army troops have appeared on the Nanhu side, and there have also been Red Army teams in various provinces, but compared with Nanhu, it is still too far behind, so the old ghost didn't pay attention to this matter, but he didn't expect to be really met by him today.

And that's how I met it.

He asked: "You are the same Red Army team from two years ago, right?" It seems that you have not been wiped out, and you have found a place to develop again. ”

Xia Yuan smiled and said, "You know quite a lot, the people who escaped from the White Army, right?" Unfortunately, we are not the same Red Army contingent of two years ago, but a brand new Red Army contingent. ”

The old ghost sighed and said: "When I was in the White Army before, I heard the murderous name of the Red Army, many people in the White Army were afraid of fighting the Red Army, and the people of the Red Army did not want money or life, even if there were two heavy machine guns in the mountain pass, those Red Army with sickles dared to rush forward, but I did not expect that today I would understand the combat effectiveness of the Red Army." ”

Xia Yuan said: "Since you know our Red Army, it will be easy to do, let your people let our authentic villagers go, and then order them to disarm and surrender, since you know our Red Army, you should know the policy of our Red Army." ”

The old ghost nodded and said: "When I was in the White Army before, I admired your Red Army, I myself was born as a peasant, and my parents were also peasants, but they were killed by the warlords who came over, so I decided to join the Northern Expeditionary Army, but unfortunately the current Northern Expeditionary Army has deteriorated, they defeated the emperor, but they never wanted to become another emperor in disguise." ”

He added: "I listened to the things of your Red Army, and I really realized that the Red Army is for the people, not for the landlords, nor for the county lords, but unfortunately the positions are different, many people in the White Army do not want to fight the Red Army, but there is an order from above, we have to fight, if we don't fight, we will eat guns, in a melee, I escaped, and finally stayed away from that team, I wanted to join the mountain bandits, not to ask about the world, but I didn't expect to inadvertently provoke you." ”

Xia Yuan said: "It's useless to talk about so much. ”

The old ghost nodded and said with a wry smile: "Yes, it's useless to say so much, don't worry, you are the Red Army, if it were other armies, I would definitely not cooperate with you so much." ”

Blinking his eyes, he felt that the blurred vision in front of him was much clearer, he turned his head to look at the mountain bandits squatting on the ground in the room, and said: "Don't worry, they won't kill us, this team is different from the white army and warlords we saw before, they are all poor people, their enemies are landlords, if it wasn't for the eldest brother who captured the villagers, they wouldn't have come up the mountain." ”

He turned his head again, looked at Xia Yuan, and said: "The things in the stockade are all yours, I know that your Red Army is very poor, but in addition to guns and food, there are not many gold, silver and jewelry on this cottage. ”

Xia Yuan was quite surprised to see that the other party cooperated so much, but it was right to think about it, the other party had stayed in the White Army, knew the Red Army, and knew the policies of the Red Army, and definitely didn't want to resist anymore, resistance means death, and if you don't resist, the Red Army can really guarantee that these prisoners of them will live safely.

With the help of the old ghost, the next thing was much simpler, after a simple bandage, he helped the Red Army persuade the people in the village to put down their guns and come out, and then took Xia Yuan to the cave where the villagers were imprisoned, and released the people who were locked inside.

Unexpectedly, more than 20 people came out of the cave, and the old ghost explained: "These are some disobedient villages nearby, and they all did not pay the grain on time, so the mountain ghost took people down the mountain to arrest people, and if they were still disobedient, the mountain ghost would kill these people and send them to the village to warn the people in the village." ”

Xia Yuan noticed that there were girls in the crowd who looked and dressed beautifully, and they didn't look very old, so he asked, "You even catch little girls?" ”

The old ghost shook his head: "It's not us, it's the mountain ghosts, these people are all caught by the mountain ghosts, I'm only responsible for making suggestions, in fact, I don't want to participate in these things, but I've already gone up the mountain to become a mountain bandit, and I can't help myself." ”

Xia Yuan had a disbelieving expression on his face, and the mountain ghost had no choice but to explain the identity of the girl, "This girl is the girl of the old man's family in the county seat, and she was just caught by the mountain ghost yesterday, since you can find our cottage, you should know something about the mountains in this area, almost every mountain has such a nest of bandits, but there are so many villages in the village, and the competition between the bandits is also extremely fierce." ”

The old ghost said: "So the mountain ghost thought of a way to arrest Shen Qian, the daughter of the county lord, and revealed that his daughter was captured by the mountain bandits, but there are too many mountain bandits, and it is not easy to find so many mountain bandits one by one, and many mountain bandits are not so easy to provoke." ”

A flash of clarity flashed in Xia Yuan's eyes: "You are planning to borrow a knife to kill people, and borrow the county master's knife to get rid of your competitors." ”

The old ghost nodded: "You better get rid of this hot potato, maybe you will be burned at some point." ”

Xia Yuan thought for a moment and said, "It's indeed a hot potato." ”

He first ordered the mountain bandits to release these people, and as for the county lord's daughter, it would be good to find an opportunity to send her back, so as to avoid getting caught on fire as much as possible.

Sun Zhiyong ran over and said, "Company commander, come and have a look." ”

After Xia Yuan thought about what to do with the county lord's daughter, he followed Sun Zhiyong to a warehouse, and the old ghost said: "This is a warehouse where food and weapons are hoarded, and everything we have looted over the years is here." ”

Open the warehouse, bags of grain came into view, in addition to the bags of grain, there were large boxes on both sides of the mountain, Sun Zhiyong excitedly opened a box, and said: "Company commander, come and see, these are guns!" ”

Xia Yuan glanced at it, turned his head and asked the old ghost.

The old ghost said: "These guns were a warehouse that I took care of myself during the melee, and then I went up the mountain, and it was with the materials of this warehouse that I sat on the three chairs of the Seven Stone Mountain." ”

He sighed again: "It's a pity, the mountain ghost is not a capable person, he treats these things as treasure bumps, no matter how precious things are stored, not how to use them, they will become a pile of broken copper and iron." ”

"Hahaha, I didn't expect it to be cheaper for me."

Xia Yuan had a smile on his face, turned his head and said, "Go, ask someone to take the mountain bandits, load these things and transport them back to the base area, and rely on these things for future development and growth." ”

Coming out of the warehouse, Xia Yuan was in a much better mood, rescued people, got rid of the mountain bandits, and captured so many guns, which could directly reverse the current lack of weapons and equipment in the Red Army.

The next thing is to transport these batches of weapons and food back, as for the villagers, Xia Yuan asked them all to be released and go back to their villages. For Shen Qian's hot potato, he was even more unavoidable, and he also asked the villagers of Nianping Village to send this girl to the outskirts of the county as soon as possible, and let her walk back by herself.

As for the later things, it is not something that Xia Yuan can take into account, and if the county lord really finds out about them in the future, then he will think about the future.

There were more than 120 captured bandits, and the rest died in the battle, half of these 120 people were captured by them in the house, and no soldiers died in the second platoon, only three soldiers were slightly wounded, which was also a great victory.

It is already very good to be able to have such a record when participating in the battle for the first time, most of which are inseparable from the high-intensity training on weekdays, during the training, Xia Yuan spared no room to tell the soldiers about his experience on the battlefield in detail, so that the soldiers who have not been on the battlefield also know how to deal with the battlefield when they encounter aircraft artillery or enemy heavy machine guns.

It took three days to bring back all the supplies in the cottage with oxen and mules, and the prisoners temporarily followed the Red Army soldiers to work, and with the addition of these bandits, the construction of the base area was faster.

The third platoon and the fourth platoon also came back safely, they said that the county seat was closed during that time, the third platoon could not get out in the county seat, the fourth platoon could not get in, I don't know what happened, fortunately, within two days, the closed gate was released again, and the third platoon came back without danger, but did not buy weapons and ammunition.

The third platoon commander explained: "The bandits in West Hankou are in a critical period, and the people on the White Army side do not dare to sell arms to them. ”

The third platoon commander said: "They told me to wait until the matter in West Hankou is over." Company commander, should we go and reinforce the Red Army in West Hankou. ”

Xia Yuan fell into deep thought, and only raised his head for a long time and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, we are now in the past, not only will it not play any role, but it may even backfire, only by growing stronger, can we save the brother troops in danger, as for weapons and equipment, after exterminating the bandits in Qishi Mountain, a lot of guns and ammunition have been captured, which is enough for us to use for some time." ”

According to the statistics of the second platoon commander, there were 400 captured weapons in Hanyang, as well as five light machine guns, two heavy machine guns, and a number of bullets, which was enough to equip a reinforced battalion.

So weapons and equipment are not in a hurry.

Not long after the third and fourth platoons returned, in the afternoon of the same day, a platoon of soldiers also returned from Laohe Village, followed by dozens of peasants who wanted to join the Red Army, plus the captured mountain bandits, and the number of Red Army soldiers in the base area had exceeded 300.

And in the next few days, there will be a big location.

Peasant associations have been established in various villages of Nianping Village one after another, and the fruits of victory can be harvested.

On the third day after the three platoons returned one after another, a general meeting was held in the base area, and the bandits of Qishi Mountain were first tried, and some of the most heinous people were shot, several of whom were small leaders of the mountain bandits, and were shot one by one.

Among the mountain bandits who were captured, the one who had a bit of status and survived was the old ghost, the way he entered the mountain was not to hand over the head, but to give the mountain bandit a warehouse of weapons and equipment, and he did not do too many bad things in the mountains, if you want to say bad things, it may be to give advice to the mountain ghost and the ghost, so when trying the old ghost, Xia Yuan considered it again and again, considering the old ghost's injuries, put him in prison, and followed the Red Army to work, and used his own performance to wash away the sins on his body.

Some of the lesser evil bandits have the same fate as the old ghosts, and they need to reform themselves through labor.

During the period of captivity, Xia Yuan organized the Red Army cadres to carry out ideological work on the mountain bandits, took them down the mountain to work in the villages, let them see the happy life brought by the Red Army to the peasants, let them understand the policies of the Red Army, change the image of the Red Army in their eyes, and so on.

Under the influence of the red ideology, many mountain bandits already had a strong desire to join the ranks of the Red Army.

At the conference, Xia Yuan was also willing to give them such an opportunity, those who were willing to stay, the Red Army guaranteed their livelihood, and would distribute land to them, and those who wanted to leave, the Red Army was willing to entangle them.

During this period of time in the base area, the life of the people is obvious to all, the base area is still developing, the houses are not enough, the Red Army soldiers give them the place where they live, they would rather sleep in the wilderness by themselves, in terms of diet, the Red Army soldiers and they eat the same food, the portion is also the same, there is no difference because they are prisoners, the Red Army soldiers did not beat and scold them because they were prisoners, look down on them, but in the ranks of the Red Army, they felt the feeling of being real people, I truly feel the equality of officers and soldiers.

Therefore, many of the mountain bandits had a good impression of the Red Army, and the reason why they joined the mountain bandits was nothing more than that the life under the mountain was too poor, coupled with the oppression and exploitation of the landlords and inferior gentry, so that they could not live at all, and they were forced to go up the mountain to become bandits.

The life they didn't live on their own came true in Nianping Village.

At the conference, when choosing to stay, the vast majority of people chose to stay, and only a very small number of people chose to leave, and Xia Yuan gave them some money as their travel expenses.

At present, in addition to the existing company formation, the new additions include more than 30 young people from Laohe Village and 103 mountain bandits.

A company was expanded to a reinforced company.

Since this is a team pulled up by Xia Yuan himself, the formation of the team does not need to follow the international system, and at present, one of his companies has reached two hundred and sixty people, far more than one reinforced company.

Therefore, on the issue of the formation plan after three days, Xia Yuan expanded a company to six platoons, one platoon with six squads, and one squad with twelve people.

Although such an establishment is a bit strange, he also has his own plans.

Therefore, there was still only one company of Red Army fighters on the ground.

(End of chapter)