Chapter 630: Eight thousand miles of mountains and rivers all flow into the hub
A fast horse galloped from the direction of Heze County, and then got off the horse and said: "Zhou **, I am a secret intelligence agent of the Southwest Shandong Prefecture Government. This is the latest situation in the city. There are 35 large and small rural gentry households in the city.
The movements of the main characters today and yesterday are all recorded!"
The visitor handed over a pamphlet while he was talking. Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this, but did not read the contents of the pamphlet.
Zhou Weihan looked around at the many cadres gathered together, including army personnel and ten work team cadres. Everyone present was staring at the pamphlet in Zhou Weihan's hand.
"What? Is the content in this booklet important?"
"Comrade **, these 35 wealthy rural gentry should be considered prominent figures in the Heze area. They are the largest force in the area. Most of the means of production are concentrated in the hands of these people. To a certain extent, they control the future of Heze.
Develop!" said the local government officials present.
"Yes, but that was before our Eighth Route Army came. We must always be clear about our class position. The common people are our roots. Of course, on this basis, we must unite all forces that can be united!"
"I won't say any more. Now let's take our people and set off separately!" Zhou Weihan finally said.
"Yes!" Everyone responded loudly.
In the blink of an eye, except for the headquarters personnel and the new regiment's guard company, artillery regiment, and the fifth company of the Tainan Military Region Cavalry Regiment, the rest of the main forces, local armed forces, and local work teams all marched towards the designated location.
After everyone left, Li Yunlong said: "Old Zhou, what is written in this pamphlet? There are no troops stationed in the county. Is Heze County in trouble?"
"You can't change things, just follow the plan!" Zhou Weihan said.
"I'm going, cavalry company, follow me!" Li Yunlong shouted.
"Drive!" Li Yunlong gave the order, and more than a hundred soldiers headed towards Heze County.
Li Yunlong and his party set off first, and soon they arrived outside Heze County with great fanfare.
Although there are no troops stationed in Heze County, some wealthy families in the city have formed patrol teams with their servants to maintain law and order in the city.
The King's Banner was changed at the top of the city, but the local people still had to run for a living. There were cries of hawking everywhere inside and outside the city, and they were all people who came to set up stalls from villages ten miles away, pushing wheelbarrows or carrying poles.
, so lively.
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, along with shouts, and the people in the stalls became confused like frightened birds.
"Is the little devil back?"
"Damn you little devil!"
Those who responded quickly abandoned the goods on the stalls and ran towards the city, while more people were reluctant to part with the belongings in front of them and hurriedly packed them up.
In the blink of an eye, Li Yunlong arrived at the south gate of Heze.
"Hey!" Li Yunlong tightened the reins and looked around at the messy scene outside the city, paying no attention to it.
Although the south gate of Heze County had been blown up in the previous battle, two rebels were stationed at this time, and more than a dozen armed men with guns were on full alert.
Xu Shi saw that there were not many Eighth Route Army soldiers outside, and one of the people present bravely shouted: "Listen to the Eighth Route Army opposite, we are the escort of the Heze Autonomous Committee appointed by the National Government. According to the order of the Autonomous Committee, no armed force is allowed to
Enter the city!”
When Li Yunlong saw this, he immediately cursed: "Damn it, there are no tigers in the mountains, but the monkeys are called kings, what kind of autonomous committee, what kind of escort team? I have never heard of it, how did it come out of nowhere?"
"Heze County was captured by our Eighth Route Army. Who do you think you are? Get out of my way quickly, or else we will be waiting for you with machine guns!"
Li Yunlong's words showed an arrogant and domineering attitude. As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers of the cavalry company who followed him directly raised three Type 96 light machine guns.
The guards composed of servants looked at the black muzzle of the gun, and the hairs on their hair stood up. You looked at me, I looked at you. The people who had spoken bravely before now also acted like a turtle.
During this moment of hesitation, a machine gunner pulled the trigger, and a series of bullets fell at the feet of the escort.
"Run!" The group of people dispersed in a hurry.
"If you don't give them some color, they will really think that the machine gun in my hand is just a decoration! Enter the city!"
A group of soldiers led by Li Yunlong showed great prestige, but Li Yunlong was not satisfied. After entering the city, he first sent people to forcibly take over the four city gates, and then disarmed all the guards in the city.
"Sir, something bad has happened. The Eighth Route Army is back again!" One of the guards who had escaped from the south gate hurriedly ran into a courtyard in the city.
"Why are you panicking? You are also the squad leader of the escort team after all. Even in the national army, you can also be a platoon leader. Look at how panicked you are!" A middle-aged man sitting on the Taishi chair was dissatisfied.
scolded.
"Tell me, what's going on?" The man picked up the tea bowl on the table.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is here!" The person who came to report the news was no longer anxious when he saw that his master looked like he had the wisdom in his mind.
"What? The Eighth Route Army?" When the man heard this, the teacup he was holding firmly fell to the ground with a clatter.
"How many people are there? Can you see clearly?"
"There were at least a hundred people from the Eighth Route Army who came. They all rode big horses and had machine guns. They came to us without saying a word!"
"It's over, it's over, the Eighth Route Army is here to settle the score!"
The person who reported the news looked at his master in astonishment. He really didn't understand why the master who was so stable just now became like this.
Not long after, several richly dressed people arrived one after another.
"Brother Lang, you should have an idea. The convoys formed by several of us were all disarmed by the Eighth Route Army. Mr. Wu in the east of the city was so angry that he wanted to argue with the Eighth Route Army, but was directly detained by the leading Eighth Route Army.
Get down!" one person said.
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"It's very difficult now. Who would have thought that the Eighth Route Army would actually dare to occupy Heze County? The Japanese have not come back, and the National Army has not arrived yet, but the Eighth Route Army has come back first. Now this group of Eighth Route Army cavalry is probably just the vanguard!"
Lang Mingren said.
The news that Li Yunlong led the cavalry company into the city made the already surging undercurrents in Heze County even more chaotic. For a time, there was a tremor, and everyone with ulterior motives was in danger.
It was Zhou Weihan's intentional move to let Li Yunlong lead the cavalry company into the city first. Tan Lin, as the director of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Administration Office, had not yet arrived in Heze, so Zhou Weihan could only act on his behalf.
When it comes to fighting against the Japs, the Eighth Route Army soldiers are naturally fighting bloody battles one after another. However, the Japanese troops in the Heze area have now been eliminated.
The means required to govern a party are naturally different from those required for marching and fighting. There are some things that the little devils can do and the national army can do, but the Eighth Route Army cannot do them.
The question before Zhou Weihan now is to boil the frog in warm water? Or to cut the knot with a quick knife?
At present, the entire Heze area can be divided into two classes, one is the common people who live in the vast countryside, and the other is the gentry and landlords who occupy a lot of the means of production.
Among them, these gentry and landlords can be divided into three factions: those who support the Eighth Route Army, those who remain neutral, and those who are opposed.
Among them, there are differences between the gentry landlords in ordinary towns and the gentry landlords in Heze County because of their different strengths.
Prior to this, Zhou Weihan, Luo Benzhong, and Cong Hansen had also discussed how to solve the problem in the Heze area quickly and effectively.
The Heze area is no different from other base areas of the Eighth Route Army, and it is even different from Tainan. After all, this is a territory that will belong entirely to the Eighth Route Army in the future.
The means of handling also need to be cautious. The common people are the foundation of the Eighth Route Army base area. As long as the base area can be stabilized and a stable environment is created, they will naturally support the Eighth Route Army.
The unstable factors are undoubtedly the opposition and some centrists.
In this regard, Zhou Weihan and others also reached a unified opinion. Regarding these gentry and landlords in Heze County, the opposition should be suppressed or even eliminated, the neutral faction should be frightened and attracted, and the supporting faction should be treated well.
At that time, Zhou Weihan said to Li Yunlong, "Don't you, Li Yunlong, like to show off your authority? I will give you a chance to show off your authority today. As long as no one is killed, I will support you if the sky falls."
For this job, Li Yunlong was happy from the bottom of his heart. According to what he said, I am not good at running the place, but I often take the blame, and I am no different this time.
In the blink of an eye, the main force led by Zhou Weihan arrived outside Heze City, and the soldiers of the cavalry company guarding the city gate responded at the city gate early in the morning.
"Where is Li Yunlong?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"It turns out that the little devil's headquarters compound has a lot of people from the escort team imprisoned, and Commander Li is sitting in the city!"
As darkness approached, more than a hundred soldiers from the guard company with live ammunition were seen marching into Heze County with great pride, followed by an artillery regiment with dozens of cannons.
Dozens of cannons swaggered through the city without any attempt to hide it. Although the ordinary people in the city were all hiding in their homes, the movement could not be hidden from the eyes of those who were interested.
"Lao Zhou, you are here. The food is all prepared. It is all sent by some big households in the city, and the barracks are also arranged!" Li Yunlong took the advantage of delivering it to his door and didn't want to give it away. He accepted the order and paid it all.
The escort team of weapons was also assigned the task of cleaning the barracks.
"I accepted the things that were delivered to my door, but I didn't see anyone at all!"
"The mission was completed well. It seems that the effect is still there. The results will be available tonight!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
Sure enough, that night, many wealthy gentry in the city seemed to have made an appointment and gathered in front of the headquarters.
When Zhou Weihan heard this, he had no ink stains and directly asked people to invite them in.
After everyone entered the compound, the first thing they saw were dozens of cannons. It was better to see it than to hear it. Everyone present took a breath of air when they saw this battle.
"Committee, everyone has been arranged in the conference room, no more, no less, 35 people in total!" Luo Benzhong said.
"Okay, then we will meet them!" Zhou Weihan said.
As soon as Zhou Weihan entered the conference room, the originally noisy voices suddenly fell silent, and people from both sides looked at each other.
"This Eighth Route Army comrade, the old Dong Jinglun, is so presumptuous in visiting me late at night, so please forgive me!" An old man in a robe in the crowd said with his hands raised, his words extremely polite.
"Yes, when we heard that your army had regained Heze, we and all of us were very happy. We wanted to show our kindness as landlords and reward your army. Unexpectedly, after we were fully prepared, the troops withdrew immediately. Today we can
See you!" The person who said that was Lang Mingren, and there were more than a dozen people behind him, who were obviously in a group.
Zhou Weihan had a panoramic view of the situation in the conference room. The group of squire and landlords who came were roughly divided into three factions. One faction was headed by Dong Jinglun and had about seven or eight people. The other faction was headed by Lang Mingren and was surrounded by nearly twenty people.
, the last faction has seven or eight people.
Among them, Zhou Weihan had already known the names of Dong Jinglun and Lang Mingren in advance: "Mr. Dong, you are too polite. Our Eighth Route Army is not a little devil. Although this place was originally the headquarters of the little devil, it is now our Eighth Route Army's headquarters."
Resident, if you have anything to do in the future, just come, please sit down, please sit down!"
"Mr. Lang, you are here because of the impounded escort. I'm really sorry. This is all a misunderstanding. You can take away those escorts now!"
"However, I would like to remind you that you should be more disciplined in the future!" After Zhou Weihan said this, he sat down at the main seat, picked up a tea bowl and poured tea.
Zhou Weihan's intention to see off his guests was very obvious. Lang Mingren and the group of people behind him had no choice but to leave or not leave, so they had no choice but to stay in the conference room.
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Dong Jinglun held his crutches with both hands and admired the embarrassed expressions of Lang Mingren and others with a smile. Before the Eighth Route Army entered the city, Lang Mingren and his group danced happily.
Especially Lang Mingren, in a private meeting, he revealed that the Japanese would definitely make a comeback and tried to send people to Shangqiu to contact the Japanese. However, there were quite a lot of opponents at the time, and more people supported going to Shandong or Liangpu areas.
Looking for the National Army.
In the end, two groups of people with different opinions sent people to contact the national army and the Japanese to see who came first to welcome them.
The circle of wealthy squire households in Heze was so large in total. There was me among you, and you among me. In the blink of an eye, the news was revealed.
Although Mr. Dong Jinglun is old, he has his own pride. Even when the Japanese are around, he doesn't buy it. Of course, he can't stand what Lang Mingren does.
"Everyone, is there anything else?" Zhou Weihan put down his tea bowl and said.
"This, this!" Lang Mingren was silent. He originally thought of what to say, but when he saw the dozens of cannons placed by the Eighth Route Army in the courtyard, he was blocked in his mouth.
"Oh, by the way, when our army broke into the city last time, they confiscated the properties and shops of several traitors who served in the puppet government in the city. How come I heard that someone openly used the name of the Heze Autonomous Committee to
Tear off the seal and take it for yourself!"
"Is this happening?" Zhou Weihan said coldly.
"Misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding, it's nothing!" Lang Mingren waved his hands quickly and said, and a group of people behind him also quickly agreed.
When Zhou Weihan saw this, he smiled in his heart. He thought that Lang Mingren would continue to use the name of the National Government to fight to the end, but he immediately gave in.
Looking at the group of weaklings in front of him, Zhou Weihan understood that it would be much easier for the Eighth Route Army to fully occupy Heze.