Captain Lin also sent people to help with the questioning, but the people of the 58th Regiment obviously didn't have much patience. As long as the prisoners who were questioning were a little vague, they would immediately punch and kick them. Although the 17th Division
Most of the soldiers do not have good qualities, but the resentment accumulated by these government troops who have been fighting fiercely with the civilian army for more than a year is self-evident. Perhaps they have not successfully captured many enemy troops before, so they did not
I heard there was some news about "massacre to vent anger", but today I finally got some "gain", and the long-standing resentment will naturally explode.
Yuan Su did not interfere. It was better to let the people of the 58th Regiment be beaten than to be shot. What's more, it was getting late, and he had to find out the situation of the militia as soon as possible. The necessary torture was still
Acceptable.
A few minutes later, when several militiamen who were pulled out were beaten severely and were howling for mercy on the ground, someone in the crowd of prisoners suddenly stood up and shouted angrily: "Stop!"
This shout was very powerful, like a thunder in the plains. The whole place suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes involuntarily focused on the speaker.
Yuan Suxun looked over and saw that the person was about thirty years old, with dark skin, and was wearing a shabby New Army uniform. Because this uniform had been too long and was covered with many stains, if he hadn't looked carefully, he would have really looked at it.
No one could tell that this was a new army uniform. This man staggered out of the crowd. Where he passed, the civilian soldiers who were originally huddled together tried their best to get out of the way, no matter how crowded they were. Just seeing
From this scene, one can also guess the identity of the other party, which is definitely unusual.
Several soldiers quickly stepped forward, pointed their guns at the man, and blocked the opponent's path forward.
Yuan Su put his hands behind his back and looked at him for a while before slowly speaking: "Who are you?"
The other party was calm and calm, with a very resolute expression on his face. He had the aura of a general facing thousands of troops. He said: "I am Zhou Baolin, the commander-in-chief of the third detachment of Fuhan to fight against Yuan Jun. You don't have to make things difficult for my subordinates anymore.
, just ask me anything, I know more than them."
Hearing Zhou Baolin's name, there was a burst of discussion among the officers and soldiers, especially the people of the 58th Regiment.
The enemy who had previously been the most active civilian army in eastern Henan near Kaifeng and put both the 17th and 14th Beiyang Divisions into passive predicament, the third-ranking figure under Bai Lang's own men, was now defeated and captured. This
But the 17th Division and the 14th Division have been dreaming of a great event for many days. This is the most valuable enemy captured so far in the entire Henan suppression operation.
But for Yuan Su, although he was also very happy, he did not think that he had made a great contribution like others. He really wanted to know what kind of person Zhou Baolin was, and he actually had such a legendary reputation in eastern Henan
, was able to lead a peasant armed force to fight fiercely with the Zheng Fu army for so long, first engaging in trench warfare in Shangqiu, and now launching continuous surprise attacks.
Perhaps knowing a little strategy is not a big deal. Everyone may have heard of storytelling such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, or other folklore, and learned some "virtual and virtual" ideas from them. But
Understanding these ideas does not mean that you can put them into practical application. This is the biggest difference between talking on paper and having experienced hundreds of battles.
The most incredible thing is that Zhou Baolin led a group of farmers to carry out strategic operations. Even if he has enough planning ideas, he must have enough execution power to cooperate. However, Zhou Baolin still did it, although what he did was not
Very good, but objectively speaking, it is definitely much better than those so-called Zhengfu troops, which shows how profound this person's leadership and commanding abilities are.
"Are you Zhou Baolin?" Before Yuan Su could speak, Captain Lin asked excitedly.
"I don't want to change my name or my surname. I am from Xinyang. You still have my portrait in Xinyang. What's there to argue with? A man dares to act boldly. Since he has embarked on this road, he has already expected that this will happen.
Today, I have someone who is not afraid of death. If you want to kill someone, you have to scrape it and leave it to your discretion. However, it is unknown whether he will be killed or surrendered. These men of mine are just for a bite to eat. I recently heard that a central army has come from the north to gather.
I am helping the people in Shangqiu, so I only hope that you can forgive these brothers of mine." Zhou Baolin's tone was calm, not only did his standing posture appear calm, but his tone of voice was neither alarm nor deceit.
"Hmph, you still want to bargain with us now." Captain Lin said with a sneer.
"Whether you really want to solve the civil unrest in Henan, or you are just pretending, if you really want to kill all of us, I am sure that no more militia will surrender to you in the future. The chaos here is bound to happen.
The longer the quarrel is, the bigger the quarrel will be. In short, I am a slave to you and I am a fish to you. It is useless for me to say more now, and I will not ask you for anything." Zhou Baolin said in an upright and tough tone.
As soon as he finished speaking, several of Zhou Baolin's closest confidants in the captive crowd immediately started shouting too.
"That's it, whoever begs you, just kill me or shave me as fast as you can."
"A U-turn can only make a scar the size of a bowl, but after eighteen years he will be a good man again."
"Commander Zhou, brothers will go to hell with you."
Although the support of these close confidants brought a burst of enthusiasm to some of the prisoners present, most of them remained silent and even a little anxious, in case the officers and soldiers really killed them in anger.
, what should we do? They rose up not to die, but to live. When it comes to death, no one can say that they are not afraid.
"You are really a man." Yuan Su said with an ambiguous smile.
"Captain Yuan, Governor, it is a great merit to have captured the leader of the thief this time. I think we should immediately escort him to Kaifeng and hand him over to Governor Zhang to deal with him." Captain Lin quickly spoke to Yuan Su.
"Don't worry, take good care of these prisoners today and wait until dawn before making a decision." Yuan Su said with profound meaning. In fact, he already had his own thoughts in his mind.
"That's fine." Captain Lin was not suspicious and nodded in agreement.
Yuan Su specially ordered the Jingwei Company to personally guard Zhou Baolin. That night, he held some discussions with the officers of the First Regiment Headquarters and stated that the First Regiment would set off to return to Ningling County at dawn tomorrow and take all the prisoners with him.
Let's go. But considering that the 58th Regiment is here, we still need to pay more attention when doing things.
Wen Qin and Du Yu thought it would be better to confront the 58th Regiment directly, saying that Governor Yuan was going to take the person away for torture. Even if the 58th Regiment wanted to compete for this credit, they did not dare to confront Governor Yuan.
It's better to confront each other. Yuan Su thinks it makes sense, but he is afraid that Lin is stubborn and that if there is a stalemate, it will be detrimental to everyone.
After some thought, Yuan Su finally went to Captain Lin to discuss the matter. He did not get to the point directly, but first implicated the theft of the official warehouse in Ningling County and asked Captain Lin to give an explanation.
The 58th Regiment did take some supplies from the official warehouse when passing through Ningling County, but they didn't know before that these were things that Kaifeng gave to Yuan Su to use to deal with the aftermath of Shangqiu. They only heard that the 59th Regiment and the 60th Regiment
I had already taken it, so I took it too.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Su would investigate this matter now and act very angry. Captain Lin suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He hesitated for a while, quickly said some good words, and promised to keep the materials he had taken intact.
Yuan Su wanted to return the prisoners immediately, and was even willing to pay more. Seeing the other party's attitude, Yuan Su expected that he could still talk, so he said that he could not pursue the matter, but he had to make arrangements for the prisoners and bring them all back to Ningling County.
Captain Lin was very surprised. Although he had heard that Yuan Su had released many captured militiamen in Shangqiu, this moment was different from the other moment. What he had captured now was the third-ranking figure in Bai Lang's headquarters. Shouldn't he
Are you going to let this person go? He quickly asked: "Governor Yuan, what do you plan to do with these people?"
Yuan Su had no intention of hiding anything and said directly: "I plan to recruit and surrender this militia team."
Captain Lin blinked his eyes and said in amazement: "Surrender? Governor Yuan, this... this is unavoidable..."
Yuan Su smiled calmly and said: "Why not? I have made my attitude very clear from the beginning. If we want to completely solve the problem of civil unrest in Henan this time, we can only cure the root cause. I released the prisoners in Shangqiu before
This is the truth. Today I want to think about Zhou Baolin and the same reason. Just imagine, killing a Zhou Baolin can only solve the temporary trouble, but if we can recruit Zhou Baolin to surrender, after the news comes out, those who are still there will
What will the militiamen who continue to resist think?"
Captain Lin thought deeply for a while, and he already understood what Yuan Su meant. He nodded slowly, but his tone still sounded awkward and said: "However, I believe that this matter... still has to be handled by Governor Zhang.
It is the one who calls the shots... After all, this Zhou Baolin... Well, to put it bluntly, this Zhou Baolin has always been the primary enemy of our Seventeenth Division before. Now he has finally been caught. If we don't do something, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if we members of the 58th Regiment whisper lightly, but Governor Zhang will definitely not be able to swallow this breath, and I’m afraid..."
Yuan Su nodded slightly and said calmly: "I understand what you mean. You can rest assured on this. Governor Zhang is my uncle. How to explain it is my business. Mr. Lin, you can rest assured.
Yuan will never forget his contribution to the encirclement and suppression of Zhou Baolin today, and will definitely give a few words of advice to Mr. Lin at my uncle's side."
He deliberately emphasized the word "uncle" in order to let the other party know his relationship with Zhang Zhenfang.
When Captain Lin heard this, he naturally couldn't say anything else. Moreover, his impression of Yuan Su was quite decent. He expected that since he agreed to ask for credit for him, he would not go back on his word, so he agreed: "In this case,
Then just follow what Governor Yuan said. When the time comes, I would like to thank Governor Yuan for taking more care of you." dd