"Tell me, among the thirteen Taibao, what is the surname of the eleventh?" the old man asked aggressively, and Ouyang Yun finally realized that he had just made a mistake.
The information sent back by Hutong's Foreign Affairs Department contained detailed information about the Thirteen Taibao. However, Ouyang Yun had no time to read these, so he was immediately stopped by the question.
Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Huang Guangcheng's face turned very ugly. He shouted sternly: "Who are you?"
At this point, it was no longer possible to pretend to be guests on the mountain. Ouyang Yun simply let go and said to the old man: "Old man, don't be angry. In short, we are not bad people." After thinking about it, he felt that it would be better to reveal his identity directly. , and added: "We are students of the military."
"Xue Bingjun, why are you looking for me? Although we have contacts with the mountain, we are not the same group as them." Huang Guangcheng was shocked, stood up, and couldn't help but explain himself,
Ouyang Yun smiled. What he needed to do now was to appease the other party. He said: "It doesn't matter if you are with them. We are here to seek peace and not to fight. Old man, sit down and talk. You are the host and we are the guests." , if you stand all the time while the younger generation sits, if people see you, they will say that we don’t know the etiquette.”
Huang Guangcheng was shocked and confused, but perhaps influenced by Ouyang Yun's calm mood, he slowly calmed down, sat down and asked, "Then what do you want to do with me?"
Since he decided to reveal his identity, Ouyang Yun has had a new definition of the purpose of his trip. He said: "Old man, our commander asked us to come here this time to see if we can meet with the 'Grass Swordsman' in a peaceful way. Solve the problem of Bawang Mountain."
"A peaceful solution, do you want to recruit peace?" A strange smile appeared on the old man's face, "If there is no fight, your commander had this idea before the fight, and there is a possibility of discussing it, but now, I think it will be very difficult."
The old man said this forcefully. Ouyang Yun just laughed when he heard it, but it annoyed Liu Kui next to him. He yelled angrily: "Old man, don't think that winning one battle will make us look down on our military soldiers. Tell me You, the first group, are only responsible for testing. If we really attack, hehe, let alone there are only more than 5,000 people in Bawang Mountain, even if there are twice as many, we can take it."
"Really? I'll have to wait and see." The old man became more and more arrogant, but the way he looked at Ouyang Yun revealed a hint of research.
"You..." Liu Kui was about to have a fit, but was stopped by Ouyang Yun with a wave of his hand. He said sternly: "Old man, I admit that it was our mistake to attack rashly without understanding the situation. However, do you really think that we, the Xue Bing Army, are against us?" Did Bawang Mountain think of recruiting people because they had nothing to do? You are wrong. The reason why our commander is willing to recruit these bandits is because they have not disturbed the local people. You should have heard of Zhang Pingkai on Wanglang Mountain and Jiujun Mountain. Their strength is no less than that of Bawang Mountain. We haven't wiped them out yet. Originally, our commander could have turned a blind eye to the bandits in the Fujian-Guangdong border area. However, we learned Why did the soldiers go to such great lengths to encircle and suppress the army? Because the ultimate goal of the soldiers was to resist Japan and they needed a stable rear area. If the Japanese army attacked Fujian and Guangdong, there was no guarantee that these bandits would not become traitors and become the people's enemies. Enemy, the terrain of Bawang Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. However, no matter how strong the mountain is, it cannot withstand artillery and aircraft. Don’t forget, our military training army now has three armies: sea, land and air, with strong troops and horses..."
He talked about a lot of truth, and when he got to the exciting point, Ouyang Yun picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip.
Huang Guangcheng's face gradually changed color. He looked at Ouyang Yun. He became more and more suspicious. Finally, catching the former's pause, he asked: "Sir, please forgive me for asking, are you in the student army?" No matter what position you hold, can what you said count?"
Before Ouyang Yun could answer, Liu Kui scolded: "His words can't count, so who else's words can count? Old man, I tell you clearly, no matter if it's a fight or a draw, our army of soldiers are not afraid at all..."
Before he finished speaking, he was kicked by Bai Liusu. He realized that he had made a mistake and immediately closed his mouth.
But it was already too late. Huang Guangcheng's eyes flashed, and he immediately stood up and saluted Ouyang Yun, saying: "I didn't know that Commander Ouyang was coming. I really don't have the eyes to see Mount Tai. I hope that you, sir, will not be as familiar with us as our village guards." The lives of the children in the team are not in danger."
At this point, Ouyang Yun knew that there was no point in hiding his identity anymore. Thinking that the three of them had traveled all the way without revealing their whereabouts, he stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Old man, you're welcome. You are the landlord here, so you should say sorry." It's us, it's us who are harassing your house." He indirectly admitted his identity,
"What the hell, old lady, come out and see Commander Ouyang. Haven't you been saying thank you to the Commander in person every day? Now is your chance."
Huang Guangcheng's wife, who had been staying in the inner room, hurriedly came out, knelt down towards Ouyang Yun from a distance, and shouted: "Old lady, thank you, Commander, for saving your son. I kowtow to you."
"Get up, get up." This time, without Ouyang Yun speaking, Bai Liusu immediately went up to help the old man, and asked by the way: "Our commander saved your son, where do you start talking about this?"
Huang Guangcheng said: "Let me tell you, the thing is like this..."
It turns out that Huang Guangcheng has two sons, the eldest of whom is with Cao Shangxia, and the second son has been staying in Guangzhou since he became an adult because he attended a foreign school for several years and worked in a shop. Originally, although the second son was paid It was a little less, but because it was his own wish, there was nothing wrong with the family. However, three months ago, because he accidentally miscalculated a large amount of money, his boss lost a lot of silver dollars. Now, now , the second child was in trouble, and it was a big disaster. This boss was also a well-known "Huang Shiren" in Guangzhou. He set up a private execution hall, and framed the second child for taking the benefits from others, and wanted to punish him to death. Huang Guangcheng started from a When the fellow villager heard the news, he thought that the second son was dead. At that time, he wanted the boss to recruit a few people from Cao Shangxia to go to Guangzhou to avenge his younger son. Who knew that a week later, the second son came back? From the second child's mouth, he learned that the reason why his younger son escaped this disaster was due to an administrative order just issued by the Xuebing Army: it is strictly forbidden to set up private torture chambers. The second child has read books and is a Being sensible, after learning the reason for his escape, he went to the Xuebing Military Government Office to express his gratitude. He learned from the receptionist that the executive order came from Commander Ouyang. Therefore, the entire Huang family was concerned about this. Commander Ouyang was grateful. What Huang Guangcheng and his wife did was to fulfill their long-cherished wish: to thank Commander Ouyang in person.
Huang Guangcheng and his wife had lived in Qiao'an for generations and knew little about the outside world. They did not know the specific meaning of "Commander". It was also their fault that the second son of the Huang family did not explain it clearly at first. Therefore, the old couple thought that "Commander Ouyang" was just As for a certain official in the Xuebing Army, although he has a favorable impression of "Commander Ouyang", due to the consistent performance of the officers and soldiers, he does not have much favorable impression of the Xuebing Army, so he behaved like this.
Only then did Huang Guangcheng realize that the gentleman in front of him was not only the top officer of the Xuebing Army, but also the savior of his own waiter. The gratitude in his heart was beyond words. While he asked the old woman to reorganize the banquet, he went to Bawang Mountain After all the scenes were revealed, he no longer had any doubts about the three people in front of him.
Things took a turn for the worse. Ouyang Yun and the others did not expect that things would turn around. They were all overjoyed.
Through this period of testing, they have all figured out that the Thirteen Taibao have a high prestige in the countryside around Bawang Mountain and can be regarded as a rebel army. For a "gang" of this nature, when the Fujian strategy was originally designated, The headquarters had a collegial meeting to recruit people and make use of them. What made Ouyang Yun overjoyed was that in the subsequent conversation, Huang Guangcheng openly revealed the relationship between his family and Bawang Mountain. It turned out that this Cao Shangxia was actually He is also his distant nephew, a true-hearted man.
After two bowls of wine, the old man became more generous. Without Ouyang Yun's mention, he took the initiative to pat his chest and said: I am willing to act as a lobbyist and go to Bawang Mountain to make an argument. He said that as long as conditions permit, there will be no problem in recruiting Bawang Mountain.
Such an ending was naturally what Ouyang Yun was happy to see. At that moment, he high-fived the old man and made an alliance. Within three days, the old man would come forward to bridge the gap between the two parties and win Bawang Mountain's surrender.
On the way away from Qiao An, Liu Kui said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the commander's original decree could have such a good relationship. This is no less than the dispatch of a division of the army."
Ouyang Yun said: "The reason why I strictly prohibited the establishment of private torture chambers among the people was to ensure the uniqueness of the military government. Think about it, if anyone can play the role of a judge and court, who will trust us in the future? Xuebingjun, we are soldiers of the people. Everything we do must be based on this starting point. Never underestimate the power of the people. They are the basis for a country to become stronger. Well, now I just hope that nothing will go wrong again. Liusu, when you return to Dapu later, you go to Li Tieshu immediately and tell him not to take military action against Bawang Mountain during this period, even ordinary military reconnaissance is not allowed."
Bai Liusu responded, then suddenly thought of something, she exclaimed: "Not good."
Startled by her yelp, Ouyang Yun asked, "What?"
Bai Liusu looked at him and said: "When I passed the temporary headquarters in the morning, I seemed to hear someone saying that people from Hebei are not good. Look at our people from Guangdong. That person is a colonel. He should be the one who made the most noise in the meeting a few days ago. That regiment leader, he will not act privately to launch an attack on Bawang Mountain."
Ouyang Yun immediately called out the name of the person he was looking for: "Lin Haige."
Bai Liusu: "That's him."
Ouyang Yun slapped his thigh bitterly, and said: "It's broken." Then he said: "We won't go back now, let's go to Bawang Mountain."