The county lord has heard of the murderous name of the Red Army, and he specializes in beating the landlords and inferior gentry, especially the county lord like him, who has only a battalion of strength in his own hands to fight the Red Army, which is really an act of looking for death, and the county lord does not think that this little power in his hands can exterminate this sudden Red Army.

The housekeeper said again: "Master, I think Bai Jun still has to think about how to explain." ”

"That's for sure, after all, it happened in our county, and we must think about how to explain it. In this way, you should now send people to the countryside to collect information about the Red Army, the more detailed the better, and mark all the troubled villages for me, because the Red Army is not a good thing, even if they have been driven away, those peasants are still worried about the Red Army. ”

The county lord showed a gloomy look on his face: "Chop the grass to get rid of the roots!" ”

The housekeeper nodded repeatedly: "Yes!" ”

After the housekeeper left, a beautiful figure appeared at the door, "Dad." ”

Hearing the voice, the county lord's expression stretched, and a smile appeared on his face: "Daughter, why are you here, hurry, let Dad hug me." ”

Shen Qian ran to the county lord and asked, "Dad, how did Uncle Lin go so fast just now, is there something wrong?" ”

The county lord loves this little daughter very much, otherwise he wouldn't have locked down the city for a while after Shen Qian's disappearance last time, he said: "What's the matter, your Uncle Lin is going to deal with things." ”

Shen Qian asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The county lord said: "You little girl knows what to do so well. ”

Shen Qian said a little unhappily: "No, no, no, I just want to know." ”

The county lord said helplessly: "This is not the recent uproar in a few villages in our county, a group of farmers let the landlord give them the land without planting, just thinking about how to make trouble, no, I just heard you Uncle Lin say that the landlords of several villages have been killed by them, this group of tyrannical farmers is really hateful." ”

Shen Qian's 'ah' voice, "How can they do this?" ”

The county lord said: "I don't want to work, you said that the landlord gave them land to plant, they didn't plant, and killed the bandits who gave them land to plant, are they a group of bad people." ”

Shen Qian nodded thoughtfully, with a hint of anger in her eyes: "They are simply too bad, the landlord divided his land among them, and they even killed the landlord, it's just too bad, Dad, you have to punish this group of bad people." ”

The county lord had a smile on his face and said, "Isn't this just for you Uncle Lin to do?" ”

Shen Qian asked again: "Dad, why did they beat the landlord to death?" ”

The county lord thought for a moment and said, "Why else, they are so bad that they can't see that others are better off than them, so they want to ruin other people's lives." ”

At this time, the old housekeeper came back in a hurry, with a solemn look on his face, and when he saw Shen Qian in the arms of the county master, the old housekeeper hurriedly showed a smile on his face: "Qianqian is also here." ”

Shen Qian said obediently: "Uncle Lin." ”

The county lord suddenly said: "Daughter, you go out first and be late, and my father will talk to you Uncle Lin about something." ”

"Okay."

Shen Qian obediently ran away.

Seeing Shen Qian's back disappear into the courtyard, the county lord restrained the smile on his face and asked, "What's the matter, how long did it take to run back just now." ”

The old housekeeper said: "I just received the news, in addition to the Red Army making trouble, there is also an important organization, the peasant association, according to the surviving landlord, it was the peasant association that first began to react, and then the Red Army followed the peasant association, but what the peasant association was, the landlord could not say, only that the peasant association and the Red Army were together." ”

The county lord asked, "What about people?" ”

The old butler said, "People are outside." ”

The county lord: "Bring someone in and let him tell me in person, I want to see what this peasant association is." ”

"Yes."

The old housekeeper left in a hurry, and came back in a hurry, and when he came back, he was followed by a middle-aged man in a gown, and when the middle-aged man entered the room, he took off the hat on his head, bowed his body slightly, and said, "Master." ”

The county lord said: "You can actually survive, it is rare, few landlords in the villages that have been troubled by the Red Army can survive." ”

The middle-aged man still felt lingering feelings about what happened that day, and said: "I was lucky to survive, and all my family was robbed by that group of evil people, land, food, and money." ”

The county lord nodded and said: "This is very in line with the characteristics of the Red Army, two years ago, the Red Army was making a lot of trouble in the west, many landlords were killed, robbed of their money and grain, the methods are the same, these are the usual tricks of the Red Army." ”

The middle-aged man said: "But this time it is different, they knocked down the landlord and returned the grain to the villagers, not only the grain, they tore up the land deeds they collected and distributed the land to the peasants." ”

The county lord frowned, "The land is also distributed to the peasants, this group of Red Army is quite well prepared, and the land is distributed to the peasants, and the dependence of these peasants on the Red Army can be imagined, and it is estimated that other villages know about the Red Army and are looking forward to the Red Army." ”

The middle-aged man nodded: "No, the grain and land have been divided, this peasant is looking forward to the Red Army, I deliberately found a few villages that have not been affected by the Red Army on the way to the ready-made, but there has been a peasant association in this village, I asked the villagers if they know about the Red Army, they all said they know, when it comes to the Red Army, their faces show expectation, that is not looking forward to the Red Army to give them the mastery." ”

He added: "This is not enough, the Red Army gave less land tax, as if the grain output did not meet the standard, so there was no need to pay taxes, which made those peasants so happy that they didn't even have to pay taxes."

The old housekeeper said: "Master, if this is the case, it will be troublesome, this is to restrain the people's hearts, but it can't be delayed any longer, if it drags on any longer, the Red Army will grow." ”

The county lord fell into deep thought, he raised his head and said: "Naturally, we have to tell Commander Sun, but we can't do nothing, you first send someone to tell Commander Sun about the news of the Red Army that appeared in our county, and then send someone to the village that has not yet been affected, tell those landlords to return part of the grain to the peasants, reduce the land tax, reduce all taxes, and not be exploited by the Red Army, and warn those villagers that the White Army has begun to encircle and suppress the Red Army, and if they really follow the Red Army, they must be prepared to settle accounts after the autumn." ”

The old butler's eyes lit up, and he said: "Envy and power, so that those villagers who have been warned have also benefited, and have been warned, and when the Red Army comes again, they will not cooperate with the Red Army, for fear that they will be implicated." ”

The county lord said: "This is not enough to completely cut off those peasants' thoughts of the Red Army, and it is necessary to let Regiment Commander Sun speed up their actions." ”

The old butler nodded, and then walked away quickly.

The county lord looked at the middle-aged man standing in front of him and asked: "Since you were able to survive, it means that what you did did not touch the bottom line of the Red Army, and you have collected a lot of information over there during this time, let's talk about it." ”

The middle-aged man said, "I don't know what the master wants to know." ”

The county lord said: "There are a lot of things I want to know, just tell me everything you know." ”

The middle-aged man said: "That's right, I was captured by the Red Army, they only confiscated my family property, but they didn't embarrass me, I stayed in the village for a while, learned about the Red Army, and learned about this peasant association, the peasant households are composed of the peasants themselves, there is no armed force, the main thing is to be able to gather all the peasants together to fight against the landlords." ”

He added: "As for this Red Army, the news I heard in the village is that this Red Army started from Nianping Village and established some base area, and I heard that this Red Army is only a company, and it has been staying in Nianping Village, and it is only recently that it has begun to come out actively. ”

"The strength of a company."

The county lord squinted, "What you said is sure it's true, you didn't lie to me?" ”

The middle-aged man promised: "Master, the guarantee is true, after they let me go, I also specially asked the villagers who came together, they said that there is only one company commander in Nianping Village, and there is no higher level, I thought, there is only one company commander, isn't that a company." ”

The county lord showed a sneer on his face and said: "The strength of a company dares to spread wild on my territory, and it really doesn't take me seriously, you go down first, stay in the county town during this time, and then go back when we encircle and suppress this Red Army." ”

The middle-aged man bowed and said, "Yes, thank you, master." With that, he walked away quickly.

In the evening, when the old butler returned, his steps were quicker and his expression more urgent.

The county lord was finishing dinner with a few Mrs. Fang, and when he saw the old housekeeper coming back, the ladies of the house who were pleasant and pleasant made excuses to leave the table, leaving the county lord sitting alone on the stool, wiping his mouth and palm with a handkerchief, and after putting down the handkerchief, he raised his head and looked at the old housekeeper.

Only then did the old housekeeper speak: "Master, the matter has been notified, but ......"

The county lord asked, "But what ......?"

"The news given by Regiment Commander Sun is that they are currently unable to deal with the local Red Army, and he told me that at present, the White Army is only besieging the Red Army in West Hankou, and has not directly entered the mountains to encircle and suppress the Red Army inside."

The old housekeeper said: "This has something to do with the Great War in the Central Plains, many warlords are involved, and there are very few troops in the rear, and they are not able to encircle and suppress the Red Army at all." ”

The county lord's eyes condensed slightly: "Do you just let the Red Army in the county expand their territory?" ”

The old housekeeper said: "The Red Army in West Hankou is already at the end of the crossbow, and it won't be long before the end of the Central Plains War, they will be able to free up their hands to deal with the Red Army in West Hankou, but now the Red Army here, Commander Sun said that we should first investigate the strength and location of the Red Army, if this Red Army is weak, they are willing to send a battalion to cooperate with us." ”

After a pause, the old butler said again: "Commander Sun means that he wants us to also participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army. ”

The county lord frowned: "You want us to also participate in the bandit suppression team." ”

The old butler said, "Master, do you want me to investigate the strength of the Red Army first?" ”

The county lord shook his head: "No need, this Red Army was born in Nianping Village, the strength is a company, and now that so much time has passed, there should be only one battalion of troops, tell Commander Sun that we are willing to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army, and hope that they can send a battalion to help us." ”

The old housekeeper bowed: "It's my lord, I'll do it early tomorrow morning." ”

The county lord nodded and said, "Go ahead." ”

What they didn't know, however, was that the strength of the Red Army in that company they were talking about had already been half a regiment a week ago, and now the strength of the Red Army in Nianping Village had reached the size of a whole regiment.

In one day, a battalion of Regiment Commander Sun had arrived in the county seat, and the leader of the White Army was named Han Shifei, and the county magistrate held a banquet in the mansion to warmly welcome Han Shifei's arrival.

At the banquet, the county lord and Han Shifeng raised their glasses, and after three rounds of wine, the county lord said: "Battalion commander Han, I have asked people to investigate this Red Army force, this Red Army is in a village in our county, and the strength of one company may be more, but it will not exceed one battalion. ”

Battalion Commander Han nodded and said: "County Magistrate Shen, please rest assured, the regiment commander sent me here to cooperate with your troops to exterminate this Red Army, this Red Army is not enough, our focus is on West Hankou, or hope to go back quickly, the Red Army in West Hankou is more important, they are the Red Army that emerged two years ago." ”

Put a piece of meat in a bowl, taste it carefully, and said: "I thought that the Red Army two years ago had been wiped out by our department, but I didn't expect that there were still remnants of the Red Army running out and re-emerging again, this Red Army must be related to the Red Army in West Hankou, and the meaning of Commander Sun is also very clear, let our department cooperate with your department to exterminate it, and we can't let the two Red Army converge, once the two Red Army converge, it will increase the difficulty of encircling and suppressing the Red Army." ”

The county lord said with a smile on his face: "Battalion Commander Han, you can rest assured, I will definitely cooperate with the White Army brothers to complete the encirclement and suppression of this Red Army." The Red Army of one company was not to be feared, and the strength of our two battalions also drowned out this Red Army with a mouthful of spit. ”

Camp Commander Han laughed, picked up the wine glass and drank, and ate a large piece of meat, his mouth was shiny, and he said: "I haven't drunk so happily for a long time, but this time has made me uncomfortable to death." ”

The county lord asked with a surprised face: "Why did Camp Chief Han say this?" ”

Battalion Commander Han said: "It's not the Red Army in West Hankou, now the Central Plains War is going on, and there is turmoil everywhere, and our large troops have long been taken away to support the front line, so that our department can't completely encircle and suppress the Red Army, don't look at the Red Army has a few guns, but the battle is really dead, and we don't dare to rashly enter the mountains to encircle and suppress, so we can only besiege it first." ”

He sighed, "It is this siege that has made my group of brothers suffer, living in the mountains, eating coarse tea and light rice, suffering mosquito bites every night, and sometimes always beware of the Red Army in the mountains suddenly coming out to sneak attack, and they can't sleep at night." ”

(End of chapter)