The army commanded by General Li Zongren took advantage of the victory and chased for 25 kilometers, and they did not stop until it was dark at night.
The main force of more than 30,000 officers and soldiers, who fought fiercely for two consecutive days, captured nearly 10,000 enemies and captured a lot. They themselves were exhausted and walked heavily. They could only camp and rest at the Changshandian line at the intersection of railway and highway traffic roads. Following the main force,
The three regiments of Liu Zhi's Second Division took the initiative to take on the task of guarding. There were countless smoke and blazing bonfires in the entire camp, and the camp was ten miles long. More than 10,000 troops from the backward ministries arrived one after another.
Three kilometers north of Hesheng Bridge, on the right side of the railway, a large house with a large area in the south of Lujiapo Village is heavily guarded. There is a guard post at the entrance of the beautiful compound and on the eaves of the four corners of the square courtyard. Two people are in groups holding machine guns.
Monitoring in all directions.
From before sunset to nightfall, horses hurried in and out in twos and threes in the dark night. Revolutionary officers and soldiers in groups of four, escorted by two fully armed soldiers holding light machine guns or flower machine guns, captured the surviving prisoners one by one.
Bags of heavy items and baskets full of items were escorted to the lobby of the main room within the wall. The sweet smell of opium paste in the air offset the rich smoke and blood, making people feel much more comfortable.
Here is the gathering point for An Yi's troops who clean up the battlefield. The large mansions that were deserted due to the war have become a centralized place for captured materials and housing prisoners of war.
The sporadic gunfire from the direction of the bridge in the southeast has stopped, and the footsteps of the large troops entering are getting closer and closer. The officers and soldiers of the second platoon of the company gathered their troops and counted the number of people. According to An Yi's instructions, two blazing bonfires were lit outside the main entrance of the mansion.
The "Model Camp" battle flag slanted on the top of the door was clearly visible under the firelight.
After seeing off two groups of inspection teams from the Eighth Army, An Yi returned to the eaves of the main hall where torches were blazing and a large bonfire was lit. He inspected the injured prisoners one by one who had their wounds bandaged by the brothers, and chatted with this one and asked that one.
His voice, kind attitude and smile made the frightened prisoners feel much more at ease.
After visiting more than 70 injured prisoners, An Yi walked to the other side of the 330 or so intact and frightened prisoners. After thinking about it, he shouted to the bearded man standing at the door:
"Beard, take out the pipes we have collected so that the brothers can relieve their fatigue, so that they won't be unable to stand and their legs will be shaking."
Beard nodded and called a group of brothers to carry out several baskets of pipes and three large bags of Yunnan tobacco, and placed them separately in front of more than 300 prisoners and more than 70 injured prisoners.
The prisoners' eyes suddenly glowed green, and they started to commotion. Even a few prisoners whose bodies were covered with gauze struggled to get up and stretched out their trembling hands.
An Yi laughed when he saw this, and said kindly: "Brothers, help each other and take turns to smoke. If there is not enough tobacco, there is plenty in the house. Don't be anxious, take your time, haha!"
Two hours later, An Yi gave an order to separate the 210 prisoners who had smoked opium and the 47 wounded soldiers to the middle of the yard, and asked Dong Yazi to bring a table. Lu Xiong and others maintained order.
The captives turned to the bewildered prisoners and said sternly:
"Brothers, I know that most of you come from poor families, and many of you join the army just to have enough food to eat. However, soldiers should have military integrity and good habits. How can you have any fighting ability like you are now? How can you do it?
Can you be called a real soldier? Here, brothers, I would like to offer you a hope. When you go back, you can find a way to quit opium. Otherwise, no amount of income will be enough to burn this fire.
Okay, brothers, please line up now, come here, and each of you will receive some travel expenses. Brothers, I can only send you two oceans. After taking the money, brothers, look after each other, and walk eastward out of the courtyard gate.
, go to the village a mile away to rest and then try to go home."
Under the surprised, grateful and ashamed eyes of the prisoners, An Yi strolled towards the 140 prisoners and 26 wounded who were not smoking opium under the eaves, and pointed to the eight people who were cooking rice and stewing meat in the yard with a smile.
Big pot:
"Brothers, you are a good person. I will treat you to a meal later. Since I am in a hurry and don't have any steamed buns, I will just use some rice. If you want to leave after dinner, I will still send two oceans.
If you don't want to leave, just follow me and continue to serve as a soldier. The minimum monthly salary is twelve yuan. You don't have to pay for daily clothing and food. As long as I have food to eat, the brothers will not be hungry... Keep your heads up, don't be discouraged, even though you have lost the battle.
But I can't blame you. There is no need for you to be afraid or sad.
I would like to take this opportunity to tell the brothers that our army has brothers from Hunan and Jiangxi, as well as brothers from Guangdong and Sichuan. Those who are inside and outside the courtyard and lying on the roof holding machine guns to stand guard for us are mostly from Henan and
Brothers in Hubei, hundreds of them are from the divisions directly under your control. If you don’t believe me, you can just ask any of my brothers, haha! Pack up your clothes and get ready for dinner.”
A group of dubious and hungry prisoners watched more than two hundred brothers who were unwilling to leave walk out of the courtyard. They lined up anxiously, took the various bowls and chopsticks handed over by the revolutionary officers and soldiers, and walked towards the Huotou Army who was sharing the food.
After finishing their meal, everyone squatted under the eaves and devoured it. Most of them swallowed the hot layer of fat on the rice in just a few mouthfuls. Then they stripped off the rice in the bowl and looked eagerly at several large pots.
, there is still a lot of rice and pork left in the pot, but no one can get even half a spoonful of rice.
An Yi carried a beautiful porcelain plate filled with rice and pork, strode to the most injured Anhui wounded soldier and squatted down: "Shi Lejun, right? Your name sounds like you belong to a scholar's family, right?
?”
The young wounded soldier nodded sadly: "Sir, you are right. I have been taught by my father since I was a child. My family has been farming and reading for generations. I also know some poetry and books. But now... half of the palm and three fingers of my right hand are gone.
If you take a bullet in the thigh, you will be considered useless for the rest of your life..."
"What are you doing in Sun Jianye's army?" An Yi asked.
"The lieutenant and adjutant of the division headquarters is the accountant in charge of military resource allocation and military pay statistics." Shi Lejun was in a very low mood, and his voice was always low when he replied.
An Yi laughed: "Isn't this enough? I just asked my medical officer, Xiao Langzhong, and he said you are fine. The penetrating injury on your leg did not hurt your muscles and bones. You only need to use the herbs he prepared for a month.
It can be cured, not to mention that our army also has a lot of foreign anti-inflammatory drugs. The injury on the hand can be cured even if it is not serious, but I advise you to start practicing shooting, writing and abacus with your left hand after the injury is healed, Lao Zijun
We happen to be short of an accountant. According to the regulations just promulgated by our army, the ranks of surrendered officers and soldiers will remain unchanged. Officers above lieutenant and general and below will be demoted one level. You can be my second lieutenant adjutant for the time being."
Everyone in the yard looked at An Yi in astonishment. An Yi seemed unknown and kindly scooped up a small spoonful of rice soaked in gravy and brought it to Shi Lejun's mouth very naturally.
Shi Lejun looked into An Yi's eyes excitedly and said tremblingly: "Sir...sir, don't tease the little one! The little one is like this..."
An Yi carefully placed the porcelain plate on the ground, looked around, and called the honest machine gun platoon leader Shi Junren:
"Old Shi, this brother is also a member of your Old Shi family, so you can serve him! Tell him what kind of person I am, and if he still thinks he is a useless person, give him five oceans and tell him to get out!
I don’t accept wimps in my army.”
An Yi's harsh words scared everyone into silence, and the courtyard fell into silence.
Shi Junren put the shell gun behind his waist and sat down cross-legged. He picked up the porcelain plate and looked at Shi Lejun. He let out a long sigh: "Brother, I am also from the direct line. I am where I am today thanks to the battalion commander's care. I also took care of my old brother."
I was promoted from a small soldier to a platoon leader. Although our battalion commander is young and doesn't like to accommodate others, he has always been a talkative man and never made lies. Our battalion commander is kind-hearted and loves talents. In our battalion,
As long as you have the ability, as long as you are willing to work and learn, no one will suffer. If you have merit, you will be rewarded and if you make mistakes, you will be punished... But there is one thing. Every brother in the whole camp looks down on people who have no spine. Brother, you are a scholar, you should
I'm more sensible than my brother, and I should be able to see how much our battalion commander has been thinking about you... Okay, don't be sad, let's eat first, then go into the side room and have a good sleep after dinner. If you really want to leave, you'll have to change tomorrow morning.
Let’s talk about the medicine.”
Shi Lejun opened his mouth and took a mouthful of rice fed by Shi Junren. Big tears rolled down his thin face and flowed into the corners of his mouth. He licked the bitter tears and swallowed them hard along with the rice and bitter saliva.
He raised his stubborn head and said word by word: "Brother Shi, I can eat it by myself, my left hand is still alive!"
Shi Junren nodded happily, placed the porcelain plate in front of him, put the small spoon into his left hand, patted his shoulder, stood up and went back to the house.
This extremely touching scene shocked the hearts of more than a hundred prisoners and the brothers in the hospital. They all looked at the brightly lit main hall with mixed emotions and were filled with emotion.
Deep in the main hall, An Yi, who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, nodded with satisfaction after listening to Shi Junren's report. He pointed at the more than seventy small wooden boxes stacked against the wall behind the red wooden pillars and whispered:
"Old Shi, each box of these tobacco pastes is about fifteen or six pounds. They are refined from the finest cloud soil. They are worth at least 70,000 oceans at a 20% discount. Our brothers' future fortune depends on these tobacco pastes.
, your machine gun platoon will be responsible for transporting them when we set out tomorrow. We put them all into the tool bags of the brothers in the third company and carried them on horses. Fortunately, the brothers just quickly brought back more than 30 good horses from the lakes and swamps. Along the way,
Brothers, you don’t have to carry it so hard. You just need to find some cloth sheets or something to wrap it up and tie it up. I will have a way to deal with it when we meet the main force at the front, remember?"
"Understood! I will never lose a tael!" Shi Junren replied solemnly.
An Yi patted his arm hard, waved him to check the sentry, turned to Dong Yazi on the other side and smiled: "Dong Yazi, your arithmetic is not good enough, you have counted twice and you still haven't figured it out.
?Are those few oceans worth counting for so long?"
Dong Yazi glanced at An Yi happily, lowered his head and continued counting: "Brother, you don't know, the blood stains on the big oceans recovered from the corpses must be wiped clean before they can be put away. I also have to count the big oceans and small oceans separately. It's enough
More than 3,000 yuan, it will take some effort, plus the 3,500 yuan Yuan Datou that Platoon Leader Qu picked up from the carriage that overturned in the water, we can make it this time!"
An Yi chuckled and turned to Hu Jialin and others who were cleaning up a lot of sabers, guns and armed belts: "Beard, do you have any light machine guns?"
Huzi didn't even look back: "No, I brought back three heavy machine guns, all of which are 90% new. If I had more hands, I would also get the other eight or nine. There are two hundred and seventy-one long guns and fourteen short guns.
Among them, there was an American revolver that unfortunately had no bullets, and there were also sixteen captain's swords. I asked the brothers to keep other small things such as pocket watches, snuff bottles, daggers, etc. It seems that there were also a few pens, but I don't know what they were confiscated.
Can the brothers know how to write?"
An Yi laughed loudly: "Grandma! I have to hand over the pen, haha... Beard, just carry back a few hundred swords and guns. Why did you order the brothers to collect so many armed belts?"
"I have checked and found that the armed belts issued by the troops directly under the direct control are stronger and more durable than ours. They are thicker, softer, and solid. Even the leather magazine holder on it is made of high-quality cowhide and has a brass cover.
The buckle is easy to retrieve and store. The brass rivets on it are neat and tidy. The buckle is solid and smooth without any gaps. It is estimated that the three lanyards we were issued are worn out and not one of them is broken. After all the hard work, I only found one hundred and thirty.
Five is too little for me!"
Beard turned sideways and pulled out a wide belt used by generals and threw it to An Yi: "After turning over nearly a thousand corpses, there are only four such special belts. They are definitely made by great craftsmen. If you have money, you won't be able to buy them. The other two
Jinan and I need to use one, and I have to keep the remaining one."
An Yi conveniently copied it, caught it steadily, looked at it for a moment, stood up and happily took off the officer's lanyard, put it on and fiddled with it neatly, inserted the four magazines, and moved the Zhongzheng Sword worn on the new belt a few times.
, and then cheered loudly.
Seeing Dong Yazi bring the list, An Yi quickly took it and took a look at it, nodded with satisfaction and whispered: "My dear, we have gained a lot, enough for us to spend a while, haha! How about it? Brother, I will let you follow.
It’s right for the main force to run faster, right? If you wait for the Eighth Army and the logistics troops of each division to come up, there won’t even be a piece of shit left for you.”
Dong Yazi said excitedly: "What a pity! If Brother Yin had called the brothers from the third company, we would have gained even more this time! I didn't know that we would pick up so many at first, and I thought it was just like Brother Yin said
We are going to pick up rags together. Brother, why did you call all the brothers back just after dark? We have only cleared half of the enemy's left flank and gained so much. If we continue searching, won't we gain more?"
An Yi laughed loudly, hugged Dong Yaozi's shoulders, and warned seriously: "Dong Yaozi, today you remember my brother's words, no matter what you do in the future, don't be too greedy, and know how to stop it in moderation! What Tang Shengzhi said just now
The two logistics units of the Eighth Army and the Fourth Army have rushed up. Wouldn't it make people jealous if we were still there? And we only have more than 200 brothers. Can we really fight for some benefit without suffering a loss?
We heard a burst of gunfire when we came back just now. I guess it was the Fourth Army and the Eighth Army who were fighting over opium or valuable things such as gold bars that the enemy had no time to take away! If we were still dawdling there, I guess we would have fought.
These more than seventy boxes of cigarette paste cannot be saved. All the seizures we have tonight are not even one-third of this batch of cigarette paste! Enough is enough. We can’t be greedy anymore. If we are greedy, we will die. Do you understand?"
Dong Yazi finally understood An Yi's painstaking efforts, and when she saw Hu Hu standing by her side looking at her happily, she scratched her head in embarrassment and smiled.