Of course, the Wang family is not alone in Licheng County.
As early as half a month ago, when the genius general envisioned the battle at Shentou Ridge, he had already used the intelligence personnel in the city to figure out the various forces in Li City.
As a small county town deep in the mountains, Licheng has very strong local influence. The county magistrate arranged by Old Man Yan is basically a mascot. The four major local families have the most say in Licheng.
The Wang family has been operating in Licheng for a hundred years and is the head of the four major families. In addition, only the Zhao, Han, and Gao families can compete with it, which maintains a balance.
This is actually very Chinese. No matter life or politics, we all pay attention to finding a balance point that everyone can accept through constant compromise.
The separation of powers in the West where you control me and I monitor you looks very beautiful, but if it were moved to China, it would be really ugly.
Take a look at Wandao, which copied Western routines decades later. The scene of holding a meeting to slander and curse each other is like a talk show convention. This is still restrained. The curses are thick, and the leather boots and belts are flying all over the sky. They are not allowed to stop.
Going to the octagon to fight is simply a waste of the talents of those politicians.
When the Japanese army came, the Wang family, which had long been entrenched in Licheng and could not leave, simply chose to kneel down. The Zhao and Gao families were still slightly stronger. If they couldn't be beaten, we could hide. We took the cash and the core members of the family to pat our butts and go to Shaanxi Province.
After running away, some peripheral members of the family were left in Licheng to wait and see what would happen.
The other person who stayed in Licheng was the Han family. Although they also chose to surrender to the Japanese army, they were not as shameless as the Wang family. Not only did they give away a large amount of property to the Japanese army, they also gave away their ancestral home.
However, the Japanese are also a very strange nation. Like the Wang family, they kneel down and lick without shame. They don't take the Wang family too seriously. However, the Han family doesn't kneel down and treat them like dogs. The Japanese troops stationed in Licheng don't take it either.
What are they doing?
After all, the Han family occupies most of Licheng's two major industries, transportation and cloth. The North China Front Army, which wants to obtain blood transfusions from occupying the county, will naturally not easily destroy such commercial institutions unless they have a tendency to rebel.
But there is no doubt that the Japanese monitor them much more closely, so the intelligence officers of the 683rd Brigade did not instigate the Han family to transport weapons from them to the city. Instead, they played a trick and directly used the Japanese without taking precautions.
The royal caravan.
It can only be said that after ten years of battle of wits and courage with the 'Principal', all the elders of the 80th Army have been upgraded. The Japanese in Jin Province are facing the 'Tuba' who are close to the full level! They are just locals.
Weapons, but brainstorming is absolutely awesome.
The business leader in Licheng County that the intelligence officers found for Tang Dao is the current patriarch of the Han family, Han Shichong!
A fat man with a chubby figure and a smile on his face!
The standard businessman image, even when facing Tang Dao, the fat man, who was not too guilty and somewhat knowledgeable, passed through the murderous guard company and saluted the stern-faced army colonel.
"The Exotic Land Development of Vegetable-Growing Skeletons"
Tang Dao, who already had this information in his hand, didn't waste much time and told the businessman in front of him directly: "Although our regiment has captured Licheng, the Japanese army is strong and will not stay in Licheng for a long time. It will still be based in the mountainous area.
The massive supplies captured in the Japanese army's baggage warehouse will also be moved to the original station.
However, because the Four Troops will also be fighting the Japanese army, enough labor is needed to transport the materials. However, the labor is not in vain. All those involved in transporting the materials will be paid.
Moreover, all ordinary people who are willing to follow the Four Lines Group to retreat to the mountainous areas will receive food subsidies and materials for their houses. No one will lose their ability to survive because they go to the mountainous areas. The Four Lines Group will provide adult men and women with
Provide enough jobs and pay them.
Merchants like them who have worked for the Japanese invaders and now sincerely regret it, as long as they can show the corresponding strength to complete this big move, they will receive cash remuneration. Because it is wartime, all remuneration will be at 50% of the usual price.
Distributed twice as much.
Moreover, if merchants like them are willing, Si Xing Tuan will, based on the evaluation, give them a business license around Si Xing Tuan’s residence!”
A businessman is a businessman, and Han Shichong immediately realized the huge profits involved. Tang Dao paid five times the remuneration, and as long as he hired people to move the goods at four times the remuneration, he could earn twice the commission. In other words, being beaten by the four
There were a total of five merchants including him who were called by the group. The more people the merchants hired, the greater the profits they would gain.
As for whether Tang Dao will fulfill his promise, Han Shichong has no pressure at all. After the Japanese army entered the city, not to mention the Wang family who knelt down and sent a large amount of property. His Han family alone gave away all of it under pressure.
20 large yellow croakers, that is the foundation of the Han family that has been preserved for many years, so I feel sorry for you.
As for Licheng, a small county town, it is not a big provincial town like Yuancheng. Even if the Japanese took the money, they would have no place to spend it. The Si Xing Tuan directly packaged it for the Japanese this time. I think this batch of goods fell to Si Xing again.
In the hands of the tour group.
Otherwise, the young colonel named Tang in front of him would not be so confident.
When he thought about it more deeply, Han Shichong's mind started to spin even more.
Who do these businessmen want to do business with? Just people!
Licheng County has a total population of only six to seven thousand. If all of them fled into the mountains with the Four Elements Group, who would these merchants be trading with, the Japanese or the air?
Businessmen, you have to follow people!
If the common people followed the Si Xing Regiment to retreat to the mountainous area and wanted to survive there, food was the first factor for survival. There was nothing wrong with the Si Xing Regiment distributing food as reward for having captured a large amount of food from the Japanese army.
But human life is not only about having food, but also clothing, food, housing, and transportation. If the Four Banks Group provides jobs and pays remuneration, it must be in the form of cash. With cash, you can do business.
Well?
Even though it is a mountainous area, as long as there is a sufficient population, it might as well be another Licheng! Who said that the county seat cannot be changed?
When the Japanese dog Lao Wang and the others come back and face an empty Licheng, Jubi will be dumbfounded!
"Please rest assured, Chief Tang. Our Han family will definitely call on the people in the city to cooperate with your army to deliver these supplies to your army's garrison!" Han Shichong, who was quick-thinking, thought clearly and patted his chest as a guarantee. "And.
, Chief Tang, please be sure to look at the performance of my Han family and give my Han family and other honest businessmen in Licheng an opportunity to do business near your army's station."
"Okay!" Tang Dao was very satisfied with the attitude of the man in front of him.
Not only was he able to cater to the superiors, fully expressing his confidence in the army, but he also took the opportunity to express his own views. What is most commendable is his decisiveness.
Not everyone can trust a small infantry regiment, and for the first time, they want to take thousands of civilians into the mountains, even if they have just wiped out a thousand Japanese troops.
Life and war are two different things!
"Sir, why do you trust these unscrupulous merchants and pay them such high transportation fees? If they secretly defect to the Japanese and spread the secrets of our camp, the Japanese will definitely attack us."
Cai Yongguan, who had rarely questioned Tang Dao's orders since joining the Four Elements Group, frowned and asked.
Even if Guo Shouzhi on the side gave him a wink, Tang Tuanzuo is the boss, and the boss can only make decisions after consulting with a few deputies at the regiment headquarters. Then it is your turn as a junior company commander to question him?
Unexpectedly, Tang Dao was not angry. Instead, he smiled and explained to Cai Yongguan: "It's very simple. Although we already control the entire county, they who once controlled the economic lifeline of this city know this county better than us. We want to
Move this small mountain of supplies and evacuate the people who are willing to avoid the Japanese troops. Without them, our efficiency will be extremely low.
Professional matters should be left to professionals."
Seeing that Cai Yongguan was still scratching his head, Tang Dao explained patiently: "Although they bowed their heads to the little devil, when it came to the choice of life and death, they just made the most normal choice for ordinary people, as long as they did not harm the Chinese people.
, then they are still Chinese, and we cannot beat them to death with a single blow. Otherwise, if there are so many ordinary people still living in the Japanese-occupied areas, how can we regard them as traitors when we counterattack one day?
As for whether they are sitting on the fence, they seem to be defecting to us, but secretly they are defecting to the Japanese. When the time comes, the regiment will set up a security department to monitor these businesses and some key groups, and strive to reduce these risks.
And the secrets of the station that you are worried about are known to them. There is no need at all now. You don’t know what our station is like now! Apart from stone and wooden houses, what else is there? And even if we have the factories we want in the future, then there will be no need.
It is strictly separated from residential areas. It is a military important area and cannot be approached by ordinary people. The top students in the geography department under Teacher Xiao He are currently planning this geographical location."
"But, even without them, we can get all the people in the city to follow us. Aren't they afraid of the Japanese?" Cai Yongguan, who had somewhat figured it out, asked again.
"Hey, you can ask your battalion commander this question, he should give you a good answer." Tang Dao smiled.
Cai Yongguan, in terms of bravery, can be ranked among the top three infantry company commanders in the entire regiment, but he is somewhat of a naive character, and is far less quick-thinking than Wei Donglai. He may end up being a regiment commander in the future.
But Tang Dao still liked this straight-tempered guy who was born as a bandit. Perhaps because of his straightforward nature, as his comrade, he would never have to worry about bullets flying from behind!
The human heart is the most complicated thing in the world! Being pure is what many people want, and Tang Dao is no exception.
Seeing Cai Yongguan looking at him in confusion, Guo Shouzhi, an old Jianghu man, sighed and said: "Hey, Yongguan, you know what it means that it's hard to leave one's homeland!"
Yes, if it was not hard to leave their homeland, how could more than 7,000 people still stay in the city when the Japanese army arrived? Even though they knew that the Japanese army with a bad reputation might loot and massacre the city.
Of course, in addition to being unable to leave their homeland, there is also the 'lucky bias' mentality that most people have. The Japanese can't just massacre all the Chinese in the occupied areas! What if they change their gender?
This is also the reason why when war comes, there are many displaced refugees, but there are even more civilians who choose to stay in their homeland.
They left their fate in the hands of a group of beasts!
But who can say anything about them?
They are just the most ordinary people in this cruel world. They just want to live! Not everyone has received a good education, and not everyone has thought about the meaning of life so that their parents, wives and children can have enough to eat.
Eating is their driving force.
As for why Tang Dao used a large amount of food to lure the people of Licheng to evacuate to the mountains with them, even Cai Yongguan, who has a straightforward personality, knows it.
It's not that the Four Elements Group needs a large number of people to prepare reserves for the future industrial zone, but that it's impossible not to leave.
Thousands of bloody corpses of Japanese invaders were placed in the city. The Japanese army carefully prepared the luggage for more than half a month to make wedding clothes for the four-pronged regiment. Anyone who saw this would be furious! Let alone
Japanese.
The Japanese army will definitely retaliate.
The Si Xing Tuan moved their belongings and ran away, so who will be the target of revenge? It can only be the people of Licheng.
Perhaps, a horrific massacre will occur after this great victory, which is something the Chinese army never wants to see.
Therefore, Tang Dao would rather spend a lot of money and food to move all these people to the mountainous areas, so that they can not only avoid disaster, but also increase the population base around the station, and the labor force will be much larger than before, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
This should also be Tang Dao's confidence after seeing more than 200,000 kilograms of grain, not to mention nearly 2,000 kilograms of gold. If based on the current exchange rate, it would be more than one million oceans. With this money, he can raise ten thousand kilograms of gold.
There will never be any problem holding the number one for a year or two, not to mention that the Four Elements Group will never sit idle for such a long time.
Han Shichong only figured this out after he left.
Rather than transporting supplies more quickly, what the young leader wanted to save might be the lives of the entire city.
To be honest, even this 'old landlord' who is used to bathing in the whirlpool of money still admires Tang Dao.
This man! He is a multi-faceted creature. No matter how evil-hearted a capitalist he is, he may be infected by some indescribable nobleness at some point.
Fatty Han, who devoted all his efforts, showed the greatest efficiency in his life. Before Tang Dao led the main force to leave the city, he led his newly established Licheng 'Disaster Relief Business Federation' to start organizing people to move supplies.
However, it was not the Japanese army baggage that the Four Troops had just captured, but the residents' own supplies in the city.
This man, who has deceived at least two thousand people, decided to move his family to the depths of the Taihang Mountains, including all the items in his house, including the pots and pans, and even the roof beams and windows.
All businesses with cars and horses in Licheng participated in helping residents relocate for free.
And as these two thousand people start to take action, people have a herd mentality, and more and more people will follow.
It is conceivable that the final city of Li will only become an empty city.
These thousands of residents will place their personal belongings in designated areas in the mountains, and then participate in the four-pronged group's seizure and relocation. Together with the baggage companies and people coming from the station, it will form a scene in the next few days.
Spectacular sight: more than 10,000 people carrying food back and forth on a mountain road of more than 30 kilometers, like hard-working ants!
So what are the Japanese doing?
Of course he was being beaten.
Leaving two infantry companies in the city to maintain order and necessary security, Tang Dao led the main force to leave Licheng County. They would meet up with the Lei Xiong First Battalion who was rushing here ten miles away and rush to the finished Shento.
Ridge direction.
The 683rd Brigade left the supplementary regiment that had just finished the bloody battle to clean the battlefield. The two main infantry regiments under its command had already gone straight to the battlefield. There, a main infantry regiment that had not been deployed by the 921st Division had entered their battlefield.
Yes, the two commanders of the 921st Division were outrageously cautious about the Battle of Shentou Ridge!
The 683rd Brigade dispatched 3 infantry regiments and the Fourth Infantry Regiment to participate in this battle. They felt that it was not safe enough, and even quietly mobilized another main regiment under their command, the 769th Regiment, to lurk around the battlefield.
After receiving Brigadier Cheng's order, the regiment closest to the battlefield chosen by Brigadier Cheng has entered the battlefield in advance to build fortifications.
This means that when the four regiments arrive, the entire Chinese army will be able to go into battle with up to 5 regiments!
This time under Xiong Yuan, it really couldn’t be worse.
