Li Xia said: "Commander Qiao is over-reputable."

After pausing, Li Xia smiled and said, "It's really our fate. If Commander Qiao hadn't happened to pass by here with his team, our brothers would have died."

Qiao Risheng laughed and said, "Brother Li Xia, do you really think I happened to pass by here?"

"What?" Li Xia pretended to be shocked, "Is Commander Qiao coming here specifically?"

"Yes, I'm here to keep you." Qiao Risheng did not hide his intention at all, and said, "But I didn't expect that you just four of you would dare to fight against the Japanese Ergouzi in a stronghold, and even let you kill more than a dozen Japanese Ergouzi. Brother, this is this!

After saying that, Qiao Risheng gave Li Xia another thumbs up.

"Haunt, what's the matter?" Li Xia said shyly, "It made Commander Qiao laugh."

While the two of them were talking, Kong Huan had already brought people to clean the battlefield and came back happily.

"Brother, I seized sixteen 38 large covers, four turtle boxes, and more than five hundred bullets." Kong Huan smiled and said, "By the way, there are still sixteen melon grenades, and this ticket is profitable."

"This is wherever you go." Qiao Risheng smiled and said, "The Yakou stronghold is the real fat sheep."

"What? Yakou stronghold?" Kong Huan was stunned for a moment and said, "Brother, are you trying to take this opportunity to take down the Yakou stronghold?"

"You're right, that's what I think."

Speaking of this, Qiao Risheng said to Li Xia again: "Brother Li Xia, I won't hide it from you. The Japanese set up such a stronghold in front of Yakou, which has caused a great obstacle to the business and travel exchanges between Datong and Yingxian. It can be said that it has cut off my wealth. I have long wanted to take this stronghold, but I have never found any opportunity. This time I can say that I have entrusted you with my blessing..."

"Commander Qiao is good at planning and using troops like a god. I admire him." Li Xia praised him and said, "But this matter has nothing to do with us. We have to thank Commander Qiao for his great life."

"Then let's help each other and get even." Qiao Risheng smiled.

"How can you do that?" Li Xia said, "How can you even be grateful for your life?"

"I won't talk about this." Qiao Risheng waved his hand, "What are the plans for Brother Li Xia?"

"Plan? What are the plans?" Li Xia said with a self-deprecating feeling, "If you can only rely on a little trick and a gun in your hand, you can eat wherever you go."

He paused and said, "If you leave me one day, you can only be buried in the ditch and bury the road."

"Ah, this is too negative." Qiao Risheng said, "Brother Li Xia, then I have a good suggestion. I wonder if you want to listen?"

Li Xia said: "Commander Qiao, please tell me."

Qiao Risheng said, "How about joining our bandit suppression area in northern Jin?"

After a pause, Qiao Risheng said again: "I can't guarantee anything else, but as long as I, Qiao Risheng, have a bite of food, I will never let my brothers starve. If I, Qiao Risheng, have a day of success, I will never treat the old brothers who will follow me to conquer the world today."

Li Xia looked embarrassed and said, "Commander Qiao, you saved the four of us brothers, for nothing else, just to repay your life-saving kindness. We should all stay, but..."

After a change of topic, Li Xia said again: "But the four of us brothers are used to being free and cannot stand the constraints, and we will not hide it from you. The four of us brothers have voted against the Japanese army, the Central Army, the Jinsui Army, and even the Eighth Route Army, but we can't do it for a long time because the four of us are used to being casual and cannot stand the constraints of military discipline at all."

Hearing this, Qiao Risheng added a little more favorable to Li Xia and the other two.

Because Qiao Risheng is such a person, he cannot stand the constraints.

Qiao Risheng slapped his thigh and said, "This is not a problem at all."

After a pause, Qiao Risheng said again: "Our bandit suppression army in northern Jin came and went freely. If one day the brothers had an unhappy relationship, they could leave freely. My surname is Qiao, not only would not force him to stay, but he would also give him some money!"

Li Xia pondered for a moment and said, "Since Commander Qiao has put this in mind, if we insist on leaving, it would be too ungrateful. Well, then we will stay!"

After saying this, Li Xia said solemnly: "Brother!"

Duan Peng, Lin Han and Feng Shenhe behind Li Xia also called him brother.

"Hey!" Qiao Risheng responded loudly, and his heart was full of joy.

At this time, the Second Vajra Zhou Zhongwen and the Third Vajra Wang Tiancun had already returned from the mountain road ahead with more than a hundred people.

Qiao Risheng laughed and said, "Haha, it seems that Lao Zhou and Lao Wang have already taken over the Yakou stronghold and have made a lot of benefits. Let's welcome them."

Qiao Risheng was in a very good mood at this time.

Today is a great joy!

...

Chu Yunfei's mood was extremely bad.

"Brother Li Gong." Chu Yunfei asked with a dark face, "Have you investigated it clearly?"

Fang Ligong said: "The brigade, the investigation has been made clear. It is indeed because the Eighth Route Army people bought the grain stored in various grain shops. It is all because of my lack of vigilance, which made the Eighth Route Army take advantage of the loopholes."

"Hey, it's not your fault. Who would have thought that Li Yunlong would use this damage?"

Chu Yunfei waved his hand and said, "Have you ever investigated how much grain there is in the county town, Dagu Town, and Lijia Town? How long can it last?"

Fang Ligong said: "If there is no outside grain transport in, the county town can last for up to three days. Dagu Town and Lijia Town are slightly better, and can only support about five days."

He paused and said, "If we buy all the remaining grains on the market, then tomorrow the entire county town, Dagu Town and Lijia Town will have a grain shortage."

"Li Yunlong, you are really cruel."

Chu Yunlong said with a dark face: "I only left me food for three days!"

Fang Ligong said: "We must find a way to raise food immediately, otherwise even if the troops can still stabilize, the people of Lijia Town and Lijia Town may also have civil unrest. Once the civil unrest occurs, Li Yunlong will have another excuse. He will definitely lead troops into Dagu Town, Lijia Town and even the county town. At that time, we will be able to invite gods and send gods to gods."

Chu Yunfei paced back and forth in the war room with his hands behind his back, and after a moment he stopped and said, "Immediately call the Independent No. 4 Brigade and borrow grain from Brigade Commander Liang, how much does it take!"

Fang Ligong responded and said, "I have a concern for the traveler."

After a pause, Fang Ligong said again: "If Li Yunlong came up with this poisonous plan and bought the grain in our Heyuan County, he would probably not leave too much food for Fu'an County."

"Yes, then forget it." Chu Yunfei waved his hand.

After a pause, Chu Yunfei said again: "In this way, you will immediately gather all the gentry and merchants in the county town, and I will borrow food from them myself."

Fang Ligong responded again and said, "It is only a temporary solution to borrow food from merchants and gentry. The fundamental solution is to urge the chief officials to send the tutors as soon as possible."

"You are right." Chu Yunfei said, "Send another telegram to the superior's department to urge grain, and indicate that 100,000 is urgent!"

Speaking of this, Chu Yunfei said again: "In addition, send a telegram to the attendant's office to explain our difficulties, and ask the attendant's office to submit a motion to the Ministry of Military Affairs to increase the military salary and quota of our unique brigade as appropriate. Now the legal currency has depreciated seriously, and the original quota is no longer useful."

...

Qiulin Town, northern Shaanxi, the head of the Second World War Zone.

Chief of Staff Chu Xichun walked into Yan Xishan's room with two telegrams and reported: "The chief officer, Fu Yisheng's troops in Suiyuan and Chu Yunfei's troops in northwest Shanxi sent an urgent telegram to urge grain."

"They know how to urge them." Yan Xishan was instantly furious.

He paused and said, "If Russia had food, would it be detained and not given to them? The problem is that Russia has no."

Chu Xichun was silent and thought to himself that the chief officer had food, but because you were asked to resell most of the money, it was not enough to send supplies to the frontline troops. He could only wait for the supplies to be delivered to the second half of the year.

But then again, eating food in Yin and Mao is a routine operation in various war zones.

The second World War II zone was a model for only half a year of supplies, and the first World War II zone had been delayed for almost three years. It is said that even the officers and soldiers of the 13th Army of Tang Enbo were pale and thin.

Chu Xichun complained that Yan Xishan reselled military rations, but Yan Xishan also had difficulties. The territory of Province X was lost, but the number of officials in Province SX, especially the managers, engineers, technical backbones and their families, followed him to northern Shaanxi. If he did not resell some military rations, how could he support this large number of people?

However, no matter how angry you get, the problem still needs to be faced.

After pondering for a moment, Yan Xishan said, "Don't worry about Fu Yisheng's troops. He now manages Suiyuan in an orderly manner. Every month, just commercial tax can collect hundreds of thousands of dollars, and he still has the face to cry for poverty to Russia. I think he is a drunkard who is not drinking, but to block Russia's mouth with crying poverty, so as not to beg for food from him."

Chu Xichun said: "The chief clerk, that's what Fu Yisheng means."

Yan Xishan said again: "What's wrong with Chu Yunfei? Didn't he stole the Eighth Route Army's Heyuan County? Heyuan County is a large grain-producing county in Shanxi. Will there be no food to eat when guarding Heyuan County?"

Chu Xichun said: "Sir, it is said that this is the case..."

After hearing what Chu Xichun said, Yan Xishan's old face collapsed: "This Chu Yunfei is too unaware of it. The Eighth Route Army bought the entire county's grain. He didn't know anything about it? What are you doing?"

"That's it." Chu Xichun echoed, "I'm too unaware of it."

After complaining, Yan Xishan said again: "But now that things have come to this point, there is no other way. Chief of Staff, you go and find a way to get together. No matter what, you can get the food for Chu Yunfei for three months."

He paused and said, "It's late May. Three months later, the first batch of autumn grains should come down, and the food crisis of Chu Yunfei's troops will be resolved."

...

The Huangshan official residence in Chongqing, Yunxiu Tower.

Chen Bulei handed a telegram to Chang Kaishen and said, "Commissioner, this is an urgent telegram just sent by the Supreme Brigade of the Shanxi Sui Army. Chu Yunfei requested to increase the military pay and military rations of the Supreme Brigade."

Chang Kaishen frowned and said, "Didn't you just added it at the beginning of the year?"

Chen Bree said silently. Don’t you know how much the legal currency depreciates?

After a while, Chang Kaishen said again: "Okay, then let the Ministry of Military Affairs add one or two as appropriate."

Chen Bulei responded, and was about to turn around and leave, but Chang Kaishen stopped.

Chang Kaishen waved and said, "Yanji, wait."

Chen Bulei turned around and asked, "What else does the commissioner have to give?"

Chang Kaishen frowned and said, "Chu Yunfei sent telegrams every few days, asking for food, salary and weapons and equipment. Why didn't Liang Gang send me a telegram? Is his 94th Brigade short of food, salary and equipment?"

"This..." Chen Bulei was speechless.

However, Chang Kaishen suddenly realized that the bad habits in the officialdom were.

The bad habits in the officialdom are that people push the walls down, and people break the drums and hammer them.

As a senior general who lost consecutive battles and had almost no decent record on the battlefield, Liang Gang's situation can be imagined.
To be continued...