Without waiting for An Yi's order, Huzi ran out of the main hall and blew the assembly whistle. All 202 brothers quickly got up, and the team was completed in less than a minute.
Accompanied by the anxious Lao Zeng and his wife, An Yi came to the yard. He looked up at the bright moon in the sky just after the Lantern Festival, his face sank, and he scanned the two hundred or so panicked officers and soldiers with sharp eyes:
"Brothers, we are late. The stragglers of the Zhili warlords have fled to Shuanggang Village, five kilometers to the north. They are harming our kind brothers and sisters and robbing the villagers of their meager belongings and food. Brothers, as revolutionary soldiers,
, what should we do? Should we just clean up the snow in front of our house and sit back and watch these people do evil?"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
More than two hundred brothers roared in unison as usual, and dozens of brothers from Hunan almost had fire in their eyes.
"Okay! Show us your blood!"
An Yi yelled, and then decisively ordered: "The platoon will follow Huzi immediately and must arrive at Shuanggang Village within forty minutes. The brothers who came from Shuanggang Village to report the news will assist you. The specific actions will be fully commanded by Huzi.
,Set off!"
"yes!"
Huzi and a platoon of forty brothers answered loudly. This elite battalion, composed of the original three companies and five platoons, took the lead and ran out of the yard and immediately accelerated towards the north.
Running next to Huzi was Zeng Changgeng, a seventeen-year-old boy from Shuanggang Village who came to report the news. Although he was a little tired after running for more than ten miles, he was worried about the lives of his parents and fellow villagers, and his potential inspired him to run faster than Huzi.
Everyone is fast.
The strong fighting spirit displayed by the first platoon greatly stimulated all the brothers. The second and third platoons, led by company deputy Chen Kan, quickly followed up. Only more than 80 officers and soldiers of the second company were still standing in the yard, watching anxiously.
An Yi, waiting for his next order.
An Yi walked to Old Zeng and his wife and comforted in a low voice: "Uncle Zeng, uncle and aunt, please don't be anxious. My brothers will be able to arrive at Shuanggang in half an hour at most. When Chang Geng came to report the news, the bandits had just arrived.
Entering the village, these people were chased and driven by the revolutionary army. They were tired and hungry. They must be eating at the moment, otherwise they would not have the strength to do evil. My nephew will take the remaining brothers and rush there now...Uncle Zeng, you'd better get the people in the village
The young men organized themselves and rushed over. It is always better to have more people. My nephew will set off now and will go all out to rescue my eldest sister, second sister and fellow villagers who have never met before. Don't worry!"
"My dear nephew, please be careful along the way. I will gather the troops and rush over..."
The bright moonlight illuminated the rugged mountain road like frost. An Yi led the brothers to rush north, less than two kilometers away. The physical fitness of the brothers was fully demonstrated. More than twenty brothers from the original third company followed An Yi closely.
Behind Yi, including the thin Dong Yazi, still maintained the speed at which they started. The other fifty brothers from the original No. 1 and No. 2 companies were walking heavily and had reached their limit. Their speed was getting slower and slower, and they gradually fell behind.
to the back.
An Yi ordered the company deputy Cai Guangqing to lead the brothers to continue forward, stop and wait until more than fifty brothers behind him caught up. An Yi whispered a few words to the instructor Mu Zhuiyi who was coming up, and then he and Dong Yazi struggled to catch up with the brothers in front.
.
Mu Zhuiyi felt ashamed and anxious. He looked around, broke off a branch from the roadside, rushed to the back of the team in a few steps, roared angrily, and whipped the brother who fell at the end. He only heard a few screams, and the whole
The team seemed to suddenly gain strength. All the brothers rushed forward desperately, and after turning three turns, they actually caught up with the team in front.
Lu Xiong, the platoon leader, stopped An Yi at the mouth about 800 meters away from Shuanggang: "Deputy battalion commander, the village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with only one entrance at the east end. Company Commander Hu and Tietou quietly killed the two sentries at the entrance of the village. They have already
He led the brothers into the village. The brothers in the second and third platoons were occupying the favorable terrain in the north and south of the village. There were about 140 enemies, all of whom were eating and drinking on the large sun terrace in the village. Two heavy machine guns and seven
The light machine gun is still on the side, and the village and the surrounding commanding heights are undefended. It seems that all the men, women, and children in the village have been gathered on the big sun terrace to serve them food and drink. Company Commander Hu asked you to lead the brothers to rush in directly from the entrance of the village, and with three gunshots as the signal,
On the trumpet, we and three platoons of brothers from a company surrounded us from three sides. With a sudden lightning strike, not a single one of these bandits can escape!"
"Beautiful! What a great job with the beard!"
An Yi turned around and called Cai Guangqing and Mu Suiyi: "You two lead the Sixth Platoon to block the entrance to the village and advance steadily. Never let an enemy escape! Fourth Platoon and Five Platoon cheer up and follow me!"
"yes!"
An Yi pulled out his shell gun and took the lead. Together with Lu Xiong, he led more than fifty panting brothers to the village entrance at full speed. After turning two huts, he saw a blazing bonfire, a smoky sunbathing terrace, and the bearded man lurking in the darkness at the west end.
Seeing An Yi leading his team to charge, he raised his gun and fired three times. More than 130 brothers from three platoons shouted in unison and rushed into Shaping from three directions. In the blink of an eye, they killed more than a hundred panicked soldiers.
Surrounded in the middle.
The enemy lieutenant colonel with a beard and fierce eyes at the main table on the east side pulled out his pistol in panic, hugged the pregnant woman next to him who was forced to serve the wine, pressed the gun against the temple of the pregnant woman, and shouted loudly:
"Whoever dares to touch a hair of my head will take this bitch as his back."
The brothers had never experienced anything like this, and they all dared not act rashly with their guns in hand. When the leaders around the enemy chief saw that the boss had succeeded, they also pulled out their shell guns and pointed them in all directions. The whole Shaping suddenly became silent, and only the occasional sound could be heard.
The sounds of children crying and the crackling of the campfire.
An Yi gestured slightly to the bearded man who was more than ten meters across. He took a few steps forward and stared at the bearded enemy chief with a smile: "Brother, do you have anything to discuss? I am the major of the second division of the first army of the National Revolutionary Army.
The battalion deputy, my surname is An, this time I was ordered to lead five hundred brothers into the mountains to suppress the bandits. The duty is very urgent! Judging from my accent, I am from Xiaogan, Hubei, right? I wonder what I call you?"
The enemy chief was slightly startled, and saw clearly the five machine guns set up on the roofs on three sides. He was quite wary: "Hmph, you don't care what I call you. If you are sensible, hurry up and get your troops out of the way. I won't embarrass the villagers here."
, as long as you take a few people to a safe place, you will let them back."
An Yi seemed to have made a lot of determination, and then nodded: "Okay, you and I are both soldiers. I hope you will not insult the reputation of soldiers. I will ask my people to get out of the way. A man, speak your mind."
That’s right!”
After An Yi finished speaking, he slowly backed away, put away his shell gun, and turned around to signal the brothers behind him to disperse.
Huzi saw An Yi's quiet gesture and waved to the brothers to retreat. Seeing this, the enemy chief ordered each of the leaders around him to grab a girl for protection, and then loudly ordered the frightened brothers around him to quickly pick up their weapons.
The machine gun, while holding the young pregnant woman's neck tightly, looked around and shouted, and the muzzle of the shell gun in his hand unknowingly left the pregnant woman's head and pointed into the air.
How could An Yi, who had been observing the movements of the enemy chief with the corner of his eye, let go of this opportunity?
Soon after, An Yi suddenly turned around, raised his hand and fired a gun. After the gunshot, he immediately rushed forward and hugged the enemy chief who was shot in the heart before he fell.
The pregnant woman who fell down put the smoking muzzle of the gun against the head of the other leader. She stared coldly at the trembling captain who pointed the gun at his chest and shouted loudly:
"If you have the guts, give me a shot... Don't you dare? Why don't you fucking shoot——"
With a "boom" sound, the enemy captain threw away his shell gun and knelt on the ground: "Forgive me, sir. I have no choice... I have mercy on you, sir..."
Hu Xiu raised his hand and shot to death an officer who was aiming at An Yi with two shots. Seeing this, the brothers all rushed towards the enemy in the circle. An enemy major who was stubbornly resisting just raised his gun, and Lu was rushed in front of him.
Yuichi broke his neck with his punch, making a crisp "click" sound. The remaining enemies were so frightened that they knelt down one after another and were disarmed amidst bursts of roars. More than 300 villagers from the surrounding area also gathered around and shouted.
Female, her voice is sad.
"Sir, this is my eldest sister..."
Zeng Changgeng, who called the police and led the way, ran to An Yi, took the unconscious pregnant woman from An Yi's arms, sat on the ground and shouted loudly: "Sister, eldest sister, wake up..."
The pregnant woman's husband, who had been beaten with a bruised nose and face, also ran over, knelt beside his wife and cried out miserably.
An Yi looked at the torn collar and bruised chest of the pregnant woman, shook his head sadly, walked to Huzi and gave some instructions in a low voice, Huzi nodded and sent a row of brothers out of the village to guard, and walked with An Yi
In front of a crowd of more than 130 prisoners kneeling, seven other officers were tied up and thrown in front of the crowd.
"You don't have to kneel, just sit down!"
An Yi ordered kindly. Seeing that the prisoners were hesitant and hesitated for a moment, they all changed to a sitting position. An Yi nodded with satisfaction and walked to the seven officers who were firmly tied up: "Who among you is the leader... I don't want to say
?good!"
An Yi turned around and walked to the stone mill in the middle of the sun flat. He stepped up and said loudly to the villagers in the field: "Folks, we are the bandit suppression unit of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army. We are under the control of Uncle Zeng, a gentry in Qingxi Village.
Entrusted by us, we urgently came to rescue the villagers who were tortured by the bandits! Fortunately, we arrived in time and did not let this group of bandits continue to do evil. Next, the villagers are invited to identify who among these bandits is the most vicious and who is the most bullying.
, Today, more than two hundred brothers and I will make the decision for the villagers! Hey, hey... wait, I haven't finished speaking yet..."
As soon as these words came out, the crowd was boiling. Almost all the angry villagers rushed towards the prisoners who were heavily guarded, especially the seven officers who had committed many evil deeds. The villagers swarmed up and surrounded them layer after layer. They cried and cursed loudly.
One piece, countless feet and densely packed fists fell on the seven criminals.
Had it not been for the efforts of the brothers who had received the secret order from Hu Hu to stop them, these seven kidnapped little leaders would have been beaten to death by a group of people.
After finally trying to persuade the agitated villagers, Lao Zeng hurriedly led nearly a hundred young people from Qingxi. Under the guidance of the village elder, he saw his son-in-law who had been beaten with a bruised nose and face and his daughter who had woken up. He knew that the pregnant elder
After her daughter was fine, she felt relieved and pulled her second daughter who ran to her side. The second son-in-law burst into tears. He comforted his daughter with a few words and then came to An Yi with a group of crying village elders:
"My dear nephew, how can I thank you? Why should I repay you for such a great kindness? Hundreds of fellow villagers from my two villages..."
An Yi quickly jumped off the stone mill and supported the tearful old Zeng: "Uncle Zeng, it's okay, just fine! How about you and the elders in the village advise the villagers and let your nephew and brothers handle the matter?
?”
"Okay, okay! Everything will follow my nephew's arrangement."
The village elder advised the villagers to stay back. An Yi and Huzi whispered a few words, and under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, they strode to the front of more than a hundred captive soldiers:
"Brothers, I know that like us, most of you are from poor backgrounds. It is not your fault that you are here today, but you oppress the fellow villagers who are as poor as you. How can you bear it? Compare your feelings to yourselves.
Think about it, what would you think if your hometown encountered other armies like yours, robbing your family, beating your parents, and even ruining your wives, daughters, and sisters? Tell me, what would you think?"
The prisoners hung their heads in shame, not daring to look at An Yi again, but An Yi did not let them go because of this:
"I know that your army is different from our revolutionary army - the purpose of our war is to eliminate the warlords and liberate the suffering people in the world, so that everyone can live a life of land and land without oppression, not for who
Sir, which warlord is fighting? We only fight for the common people of the world. Look, the common people support us and regard us as their relatives and their own soldiers, but what about you? You can only receive looks of hatred!
Okay, you will gradually understand these truths. Now I just want to ask you, should these seven evil-doing leaders be killed? My brothers will pick them out one by one later, and I will ask them one by one.
You guys, I respect your opinions. If half of you say he shouldn’t be killed, I will let him go immediately. If less than 30% of the people plead for him, then he deserves to die! Listen up... Let’s start now!
"
Two tough platoon leaders, Lu Xiong and Su Tieming, immediately pulled out a lieutenant leader and, with a little force, made the little leader kneel.
Beard slowly pulled out the seven-star sword from his waist. The gleaming blade shone and reflected wisps of moonlight and firelight, making Beard's cold face even more fierce.
The people in the audience watched everything in silence, with many young and strong eyes shining with eager light.
An Yi faced the prisoner and asked kindly: "Brothers, take a closer look. Should this person be killed?"
The prisoners looked at the rebellious little leader and lowered their heads one after another. An Yi laughed, waved his hand, and the sword in Beard's hand fell like lightning. With a sound of "Crack--", the furious head flew up three feet, several feet away.
A stream of blood arrows shot out from the flat neck cavity, and thick blood suddenly spread in all directions.
The next six little leaders were not so strong. They were either so scared that they lost control of their bowels and could not speak, or they were paralyzed like mud and begged loudly. However, among the more than a hundred captive soldiers, not one of them interceded for them.
With six consecutive swings of his sword, everything was over.
More than 30 veterans in the second row rushed in quickly, carrying headless corpses and ferocious heads as they rushed out of the village in the blink of an eye. Under the reflection of the moonlight and the bonfire, the wide sunbathing terrace was only visible.
All that was left was pools of flowing blood.
The rich blood and cruel killings instantly resolved the resentment in the hearts of hundreds of villagers, and scared more than 130 prisoners out of their wits. The little bit of luck and stubbornness hidden in their hearts had long been shattered by the shining cold blade.
, disappeared.
However, An Yi loudly announced at this time: "The chief culprit has been eliminated, and the rest are innocent! Brothers, I hope you will remember this profound lesson today. No matter where you go in the future, do not wantonly bully the people, and do not do it for your own temporary gain.
Quickly commit a crime that is outraged by both man and God! Well, this matter ends here. Now I announce to everyone that those who are willing to join our army will be warmly welcomed by myself and my brothers. Let bygones be bygones, and you will be a good brother who eats in a big pot from now on. No
It doesn’t matter if you are willing to join our army. I have prepared some expenses for the brothers here. Each person will be given two oceans. I hope that the brothers will not have to starve and freeze on the way home... Beard, form the team!"
"yes!"
Beard saluted and turned to the prisoners: "Stand up... stand at attention! Those who are willing to stay, gather to my left, and those who do not want to stay, gather to my right, let's begin!"
The prisoners looked at me and I looked at you. In the end, most of the desperate people came to line up on the left side of the beard, and only seventeen people walked to the right.
An Yi kindly called seventeen people to line up in front of Dong Yazi's temporary table, gave each person two oceans, and waved them away.
After that, An Yi laughed and walked up to the more than 120 brothers who chose to stay. He looked at this one and patted that one. He was extremely affectionate and greeted each other with warm greetings. He loudly announced that after joining the large army, each person would be awarded five oceans, as if this was the case.
The group of terrified prisoners were originally his soldiers.
In less than five minutes, the seventeen people who had left turned back and timidly walked up to An Yi and asked to join the revolutionary ranks.
An Yi curiously asked them why they changed their minds so quickly. One of the bold soldiers replied: We don't know the road. Besides, if we go out, we will probably be surrounded or captured by other revolutionary troops. It is better to stay under the command of the commander with the brothers and feel better.
More practical.
An Yi laughed, told them to return to the team, and then announced loudly: "Brothers, I know that many of you have no choice but to stay. It doesn't matter. Just follow my team to Wuhan for the time being. If you want to leave there, just ask.
I still make the same promise today: Not only will I not force the brothers who are leaving to stay, but I will also give each of them two oceans of travel expenses, which can be regarded as acquaintance between you and me! Haha... Below, the brothers recommend five of their own.
Brothers who are trustworthy, please come out. I have something to ask for your help. The rest of the brothers will follow the arrangements of other superiors."
Ten minutes later, the five elected prisoner representatives came to the stone mill in the field anxiously. An Yi, who was sitting on the stone mill, cheerfully signaled to them to do whatever they wanted:
"Dongyaozi, give these brothers a cigarette, haha... This sturdy brother, tell me your name? Which department are you in?"
The sturdy prisoner, who was about thirty years old, quickly stood up and replied: "Sir, the younger one is called Shi Junren, who is under the command of General Wang Mengbi of the Sixth Mixed Brigade. After being defeated by the revolutionary army in Tongcheng, he retreated to Daping. Unexpectedly, he failed to gain a firm foothold. Those who
The red-eyed revolutionary army caught up with them again, and our two regiments were all broken up. We followed the 7th Regiment of the Hunan-Hubei Border Guard Army stationed in Daping and fled with our lives. We fled here in a daze... Sir,
Most of the brothers here are from our third battalion, and some are from the second battalion. The man who was first beaten to death by the commander was named Yu Qiujiang, who was the battalion commander of the second battalion of our regiment. The few who had their heads beheaded were mostly from the second battalion.
The commanders of the battalion, their own troops were gone, but they grabbed our brothers and used them for help. Along the way, they either beat or scolded the brothers, and even took away all the money they had. So when the commander asked our brothers just now, no one was willing.
If we open our mouths to protect them, the twenty-odd brothers in the second battalion are used to being beaten, and no one is willing to come forward to protect them."
An Yi sighed, took out a match and lit a cigarette for Shi Junren: "Come on, why are you so polite? It's not like I haven't lit cigarettes for my brothers...Old Shi, how did you get here? As far as I know, no
How many people know this way into the mountains!"
"Sir, we all escaped together with the two battalions of the 7th Daping Regiment. We were originally resting in the north of a large pond among the mountains to the east, but the 7th Hunan-Hubei Border Defense Regiment and our
We couldn't get anywhere. There were four to five hundred of them, and they were fully equipped with weapons. They occupied more than a dozen huts in the small village and wouldn't let us get close. The commander of our second battalion went up to negotiate, but they pointed in this direction and let us go on our own.
We were looking for food, and we even mentioned that Shuanggang Village was a hundred or two miles north to Hubei, so we came here in a daze." Shi Junren reported honestly.
An Yi quickly jumped off the stone rolling stone and grabbed Shi Junren's hand, shocking Shi Junren and several prisoners around him.
An Yi suddenly realized his recklessness, let go of his hand, bent down to pick up half of the cigarette that Shi Junren had dropped on the ground, blew the dust on it and handed it to him:
"I'm sorry, Lao Shi, I scared you when I got excited. Lao Shi, please tell me quickly, how many troops are stationed in that small village by the pond? How are their weapons and equipment? Give me a quick answer.
I'll explain it in detail, and after that I have to thank you and the brothers properly... Come on, sit down, sit down and talk!"
When several captive veterans saw An Yi sitting on the ground and looking at them happily, they also sat down in fear. Under An Yi's kind questioning, they rushed to tell them everything they knew about the situation. Even Shantang'an
There were several small boats and bamboo rafts nearby, all of which were missing.
After the two of them finished speaking, they immediately realized that An Yi wanted to deal with the group of people. However, the two of them saw that An Yi did not have many people. Half of their more than 100 brothers only lost their escape guns.
, I felt unsure when I thought about using a small number to defeat a large number, and I couldn't help but look a little panicked.
An Yi looked at Huzi, who smiled slightly and nodded seriously. An Yi immediately stood up, jumped on the stone grinder and shouted loudly: