When Li Yan heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. He thought that if what Li Hu said was true, then the Japanese must have been prepared to rescue Xiaomei, so... Ruts outside Xishan Mountain
The seal was most likely a cover-up deliberately left behind by the Japanese. The purpose was to get Li Yan into this trap and then use Li Hu to kill him. Even if the Eighth Route Army soldiers behind him resisted, it would be of no avail.
Because their goal has been accomplished, and Li Hu’s hair has nothing to do with these Japs, but Li Yan knows very well that since Li Hu has been entrusted by the Japs, he must know something inside. Thinking of this, Li Yan
Yan approached Li Hu again and asked sternly: "Li Hu, tell me which direction the Japanese are going!"
Li Hu blinked slyly a few times and replied: "I don't know where they are going, but I saw tracks left by car wheels near Xishan. If you can't find them, can't you just follow the marks?
?”
When Li Yan heard this, it was a lie, and the anger in his heart suddenly reached its peak. He grabbed Li Hu by the collar and asked: "Li Hu, I wanted to let you live, but you
If you repay me like this now, I think you are seeking death!" Seeing that his lie was exposed, Li Hu quickly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed twice and said: "Brother, I tell the truth, but you have to promise not to
Kill me..."
Li Yan pushed the tactical dagger forward and said, "Speak!"
Seeing that there was hope of survival, Li Hu told Li Yan the whole process word for word. In this narrative from Li Hu, Li Yan learned that about a month after Jiang Zhen and his troops left the base,
An hour later, three or four black cars drove from the north and stopped only about two or three hundred meters away from the base area. Immediately after, more than ten people wearing black coats and black top hats got out of the car.
Ben went in the direction of the place, and Li Hu could vaguely see a Japanese officer-looking man sitting in the car at the back. But just when he wanted to continue observing, the people walking in front turned around and spotted him.
As soon as Li Hu saw that the man was a Japanese, he did not dare to stand where he was. Instead, he returned to the stronghold in three steps and two steps at a time.
But the matter was not over at all. When Li Hu saw the Japs again, it was already more than half an hour later. The Japs found his village somehow and held an unknown person in their hands.
He knew where he had captured the woman, and shot and killed two of his minions. Then he threatened Li Hu with nearly a hundred silver dollars, and told him that if anyone followed the ruts and came here, he would be killed.
We sent people to intercept, but we couldn't shoot, because we were afraid of alerting the Eighth Route Army who had just returned to the base area in West Shandong. We could only trick these Eighth Route Army soldiers into coming to the mountains, and then get rid of them in a subtle way. If
If there is a leader in this group, kill the leader first, and the rest will not matter.
Li Yan listened up and down and finally understood the ins and outs of the whole incident. Of course, Li Hu's narration just confirmed his suspicion about the incident, but at this time, he did not feel relaxed at all, because in
In what Li Hu said, there was no mention at all of the direction in which this group of Japanese soldiers were walking. Thinking of this, Li Yan asked again: "Li Hu, I think you have something important that you haven't told me.
Me, right?!"
Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Li Hu told Li Yan everything he knew: "The Japanese's car did follow this rutted route, but they came back after a while.
I don’t know about the mountain that goes down from behind my village, and they won’t let me see it.”
Seeing that he had asked almost everything, Li Yan inserted the tactical dagger in his hand back into his waist and called the Eighth Route Army team behind him to follow Li Hu's finger in the direction of the gang of Japanese who kidnapped Xiaomei. However, Li Yan led the
When the team had just taken two steps, they suddenly heard the sound of a gun triggering from behind. Li Yan slowly turned around and saw Li Hu holding a box cannon and pointing it at his head, saying:
He said: "Brother, thank you first for letting me go, but I told you all the devil's plans. If I let you go, I won't be able to survive in the future, so in order for me to continue to be my mountain king,
Live a good life for a few years, and you will be sorry for your brother today!" As he said this, he was about to pull the trigger. At this time, Li Yan had already pulled out the tactical dagger in his hand and was about to kill Li Hu, but before Li Yan could throw it,
After hitting the dagger, he heard a gunshot from the stockade. At the same time, Li Yan saw that Li Hu, who was pointing the gun at him in front of him, had a hole in his forehead. Li Hu's eyes were fixed on the inside of the stockade, standing straight.
Fell down.
Li Yan subconsciously looked inside the village and saw a fat man holding a box cannon. The muzzle of the gun was pointing at the spot where Li Hu was standing just now. Before Li Yan could ask any questions, the fat man spoke first: "The big boss.
He usually treated our brothers well and never bullied the poor people. However, the wealthy families he robbed either had their families broken up or their wives and children were separated. All the people he thought deserved to be killed were killed regardless of whether they were good or bad. I have tried to persuade him several times not to do so.
If you do this, you will be punished, but he took my words as fart, and now he is working as a servant for the Japanese, and he also wants to kill your Eighth Route Army people. I really couldn't stand it, so I shot him."
Li Yan became confused: "You said you once advised your boss, then you are...?" Seeing that Li Yan didn't understand, the fat man continued to explain: "Brother, my name is Ge Qi, and I am this Xishan brat.
The second-in-command, brothers all call me Qi Ye..."
Li Yan smiled: "It turns out you are the second in charge. I was very offended just now. I would like to ask Qiye Haihan. My name is Li Yan, and I am the leader of the strengthening regiment in the West Shandong base area." Upon hearing this, Ge Qi's face suddenly showed up.
There was a trace of surprise, but after a while he tentatively asked: "Brother Li Yan, now that the big boss is dead, no one dares to stop you anymore, do you think... can you let us brothers live?"
"What are you talking about? You just saved my life, both in public and private matters. I, Li Yan, am not that kind of ungrateful beast." After saying that, he kicked Li Hu's body lying on the ground a few times and led his team.
He walked along the mountain road behind Xishan Village to the foot of the mountain, preparing to continue the plan to rescue Xiaomei. After a while, Li Yan's team finally reached the flat ground, but as soon as he looked up, he saw a warehouse in front of him.
Yan guessed that Xiaomei should be inside.
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