Chapter 74: Year of Xinhai (2)

Huyan Aobo had a look of misfortune on his face. He turned over and dismounted and saluted listlessly. Cheng Zhixuan also looked like he couldn't cheer up. Did the two of them discuss this?

"Cheer up and see what you look like?" Fang Jianxiong scolded, and the two men immediately stood at attention as a reflex! "Tell me, what happened? Didn't you go to Jiulian Mountain to suppress the bandits?

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"Report to the Chief Instructor, we went to suppress the bandits, and the operation went very smoothly, but..." Huyan Aobo hesitated and gave Cheng Zhixuan a hard look. What do you mean?

Cheng Zhixuan innocently took a step forward and said: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, I will go to Jiulian Mountain with Lord Huyan and follow the tactical requirements. However, we only fired one round of artillery, and everyone on the mountain surrendered. We did not suffer any casualties."

When I saw that there were many women, children, old people and weak people on the mountain, I felt compassion for them and asked the logistics staff to prepare some food for them. Unexpectedly...!"

Seeing that he did not continue, Huyan Aobo grunted angrily and said, "Are you sorry to continue? I'll go on! My lord, there are five or six hundred bandits who surrendered. I really can't afford to support them in this humble position.

It was decided to send them away with a steamed bun each. Mr. Cheng said that it was almost the Chinese New Year and it was still snowing. He couldn't let them starve and freeze to death. So he brought them all back. He had read little in the humble position and couldn't argue.

He had no choice but to hold his nose and admit it."

The thing is very simple. The so-called bandits in Jiulian Mountain are actually only more than a hundred people with fighting ability in the mountain. They all have swords, spears and clubs in their hands. How can we fight this battle? As soon as they were surrounded, the bandit leader Shen Lan decided

Surrendering, but still holding on to some illusions, planning to negotiate some conditions to recruit people, isn't this what they do in the script? Unexpectedly, these damned officers and soldiers came with a cannon fire, but few people were killed.

Shen Lan was so frightened that she lost her pants.

This Shen Lan was just a hawker who had gone to a private school for a few days. He had some experience in traveling around. If he couldn't survive, how could he become a bandit? After a heavy meal, Shen Lan gave up his fantasy and let all the old and weak go ahead.

, came out holding a white flag and surrendered.

Cheng Zhixuan and Huyan Aobo interrogated the bandits for their investment in Shen Lan and found out that there were no bandits on this mountain. It was just that in July, the Shuangqiao Generation in Xuancheng collapsed the dam. Thousands of victims had no food to eat. They gathered and robbed several people at the East Gate Pier.

Chuanmi. Unexpectedly, the evil magistrate received Zhu Jiabao's strict order and ordered the shooting. Several people were killed and injured, and the hungry people were dispersed.

One group of people, led by Shen Lan, fled to Jiulian Mountain. Taking advantage of the large number of people on the road, they grabbed some food. Suddenly they discovered that this was a promising career, so they simply took the group to Luocao and started a career.

Robbery for a living.

Who would have thought that due to bad luck, the robbery business did not open a few times, but instead brought in a patrol camp to suppress bandits.

After listening to the stories of these two guys, Fang Jianxiong understood roughly what they meant. The emotional bandit suppression did not kill a few bandits, but brought back a bunch of freeloaders. There were many bandit suppressions in the past, and the purpose was to train troops, but it was not on such a large scale.

Prisoners, usually dozens or twenty, were thrown into the mountains to dig out rocks. The euphemistic name was: reform through labor!

This time, they actually brought back five or six hundred people. How come this bandit is killing more and more people? They are also becoming old, weak, women and children.

"Okay, I understand. Now that we have everything back, let's put it over at the artillery camp for a while. Cheng Zhixuan, it was you who caused this. Please settle down for a while. I'll ask the logistics department to come over later. Anyway,

Let these people survive." Fang Jianxiong did not mean to blame, people in this world are sometimes worse than dogs.

After walking a few steps, Fang Jianxiong suddenly slapped his forehead, and an evil thought came to his mind! He suddenly stopped and said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute."

The sudden surprise frightened the two camp officers who were looking at each other. The two were actually acting, and their purpose was to make Mr. Fang relent and agree to take in these people. Unexpectedly, before he could be happy, Mr. Fang actually

There is a sense of regret.

"Chief instructor, are you going to regret it?" Huyan Aobo, who was born in the teaching team, dared to speak because he was a direct descendant. Cheng Zhixuan would not have dared to do so, and he had brought back so many free meals.

"Nonsense, am I such an inhumane person? What I am thinking about is another thing. If the cottage on Jiulian Mountain is repaired, how many people can live there?" Fang Jianxiong suddenly asked such a profound question,

Huyan Aobo was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer.

However, Cheng Zhixuan stepped forward and said, "Come back to the Commander-in-Chief, I looked at the terrain and found that at least two thousand people can be accommodated there."

"Huyan, go find that Shen Lan. He has to continue to be a bandit." Fang Jianxiong said to himself, Huyan Aobo "Ah?..."

Artillery camp station!

The bandit leader Shen Lan was just over 1.6 meters tall and quite strong. When he was dragged in front of Fang Jianxiong like a dog by two soldiers, Shen Lan knelt down and kowtowed wildly, crying: "Master Qingtian, little

The people and hundreds of hungry people really couldn’t survive anymore, so they just fell to the grass.”

"Shut up! I didn't ask you anything. Where's all the noise coming from!" Cheng Zhixuan saw Fang Jianxiong frowning and immediately kicked him. Shen Lan was kicked and rolled over. Regardless of the pain, she got up and knelt down without saying a word. This guy actually

With a hint of wink, he dared to peek at Fang Jianxiong's reaction from the corner of his eye.

Qi Erzhu kept staring closely, stepped forward and kicked Shen Lan over again, and said angrily: "If you peek at me again, I'll dig your dog's eyes out! Kneel down!"

"Hu Yan, ask him, if there is enough food and grass, how many people can he recruit in Luocao Jiulianshan?" Fang Jianxiong sat on the Grand Master's chair, holding a teacup leisurely and talking leisurely, looking like a big shot.

style.

"Back to Master Qingtian, I don't dare to fall into trouble anymore." This guy actually dared to answer? The key is that his little eyes were too lively. Huyan Aobo was very unhappy when he saw it. He went up and kicked him over.

Then he said: "If I ask you to answer, just answer honestly. Why is there so much nonsense?"

Shen Lan, who got up again, became more honest and spoke calmly: "There is an ancient spring on the mountain, and the place in the valley is big enough. But the land is not good, it is all gravel. If you build a flat house for people, you can live for one or two people."

Number 1,000. In this day and age, as long as we have food and grass, we can recruit as many people as we want."

After hearing this, Fang Jianxiong waved his hand to take the people down. After pacing for a while, he said: "Hu Yan, send someone to pass the order. All battalion officers will have a meeting in Wuhu tomorrow night."

"Yes, sir!" Huyan Aobo first stood up and replied seriously, then licked his face and leaned closer to ask in a low voice: "Sir, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?"

Fang Jianxiong rolled his eyes at this guy and said calmly: "There are still too few bandits and they need to be strengthened. Huyan, prepare yourself and select a dozen brothers who are eloquent and have excellent military qualities, and then select a dozen who are honest and obedient among the bandits. Yes, go back to Jiulian Mountain and continue to fight bandits. That Shen Lan, throw him into the mountains to break stones, a guy with a deer head and rat eyes, it will be unpleasant to watch!"

After saying that, Fang Jianxiong went out. Huyan Aobo still didn't understand what he meant, so he asked Cheng Zhixuan: "Old Cheng, what do you mean, sir? Raise the bandits with self-respect?"

Cheng Zhixuan shook his head: "My lord, I think the establishment is too small. A dozen patrol battalions combined can't even provide the troops for a town!"

The next night, Fang Jianxiong announced an important decision at a meeting of all battalion officers. Reliable candidates were selected from various patrol battalions to create several groups of bandits in Xuancheng, Guangde, Jingde, Jingxian, and Chaoxian. The number of bandits in a group is determined based on the ability of the brothers sent out. As long as qualified soldiers can be brought out, one company will be given to the company commander, one battalion will be given to the battalion commander, and one regiment will be given to the regiment commander.

After the order was announced, Fang Jianxiong still smiled and said: "Brothers, the brother who sends out does a good job will be under his subordinates from now on! The ugly talk is ahead, it is okay to compete with each other to develop bandits, but it is absolutely not okay to cause trouble in secret. Discover the military law Engage!”

Finally, Fang Jianxiong also announced: "The content of this meeting is top secret! No one is allowed to leak it to the outside world, even to parents, wives and children. Anyone who disobeys the order will kill the whole family!"

Fang Heizhai is a top secret that is related to whether he can achieve a great career in the future. He is not as good as his wife, children and parents in caring about any misfortune.

As soon as this order came out, everyone was in awe! This was the first time for the people in the teaching team to encounter such an order from Fang Jianxiong. Although everyone was horrified, they were also excited about the content of this meeting! The reason is very simple. Your Excellency’s ambition. Finally revealed.

Fang Jianxiong's group of people are all young people who are absolute loyalists to the Fang faction. That is to say, Cheng Zhixuan from the artillery camp was a later defector. However, Cheng Zhixuan was also a rebel and was not afraid of him leaking secrets. On the contrary, after this meeting, Cheng Zhixuan became determined Follow Fang Jianxiong's confidence. When he was in despair, Fang Jianxiong trusted him enough to be appointed as an artillery battalion officer. Now he can participate in the confidential meeting, and he is even more grateful.

Intense preparations for the vigorous bandit movement began on the eve of the Spring Festival of the Year of 1911. A group of young battalion officers were originally the leaders of the first phase of the training team. They usually disobeyed anyone, and now they are even less willing to be subordinate to others. After returning home, they all convened a meeting with their close relatives and subordinates to prepare for going up the mountain and weeding.

Cheng Zhixuan of the Artillery Battalion was somewhat depressed. Seeing the brothers at the other battalion leaders busy preparing to become bandits, he actually had nothing to do. Cheng Zhixuan wanted to find Fang Jianxiong and say: "I also want to send people to become bandits." Ah, the current artillery camp is still too small."

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the training team has its second holiday. The patrol camp does not have a holiday. It still has to maintain public security during the Chinese New Year. If there is a problem, military law will be taken care of!

Cheng Zhixuan, a part-time artillery instructor, announced a holiday from the classroom and lowered his head when he went out. Unexpectedly, he almost bumped into someone. He raised his head and glared, and when he saw the smiling Fang Heizhai, he immediately saluted!

"Hello, sir!"

Fang Jianxiong nodded and said, "Walk with me!"

The two of them walked on the playground for a while, and Fang Jianxiong stopped and said: "Xiao Cheng, I know what you are thinking, but artillery is a technical branch, and it is difficult to train qualified artillery in the valley." Cheng Zhixuan nodded and said: "

Humble function understanding!”

Fang Jianxiong looked at him with a smile and said: "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. After the year, 150 people from the artillery team will be selected to go to Qingdao to learn from the Germans how to operate heavy artillery!" How can you hear "heavy artillery" when you are an artilleryman?

With these two words, Cheng Zhixuan's eyes became round and her eyes could no longer move.
Chapter completed!