The north wind blew strongly on the rugged mountain road, and the weak afterglow of the setting sun in the western sky. The cold winter did not bring any warmth to the earth at all. The rustling grass and trees kept swaying, making a lonely rustling sound, and the strong wind that crossed the high mountains swirled, turned, and swept.
A heart-stopping cry was heard passing through the mountain passes and between the towering trees. Looking around, one could see the vastness of the mountains stretching for hundreds of miles. It was desolate and desolate as far as the eye could see.
A group of twelve people in messy clothes were trekking hard on the mountainside. When they descended to another pass and depression, the sky had turned dark. Han Yu used her moving voice to call everyone to stop. A Red Guard held the old rifle in his hand.
Carrying it on his back, he took out the hatchet from the simple square-blade knife holder on his waist, jumped up on the rugged stone ridge and walked up a few steps. He cut off a few thick vines in front of him and pulled them open. A stone cave entrance that could only be entered by bending appeared.
In front of you.
Han Yu took a breath, glanced at the vast mountains in front of her and smiled. Today's trip was far beyond her expectation. The captured captives were not squeamish at all and were willing to go with them. They just begged not to be tied up, and finally compromised and
The prisoner's hands were tied in front of him, and the three boys used their hands to pull him along. They walked half the way smoothly.
Han Yu washed his face in the stream under a clump of green bamboo in front of him. When he heard the scolding from behind, he quickly turned around and saw three boys standing on the stone ridge holding the rope and pulling hard. An Yi, whose hands were tied because his ribs were not fixed,
It was extremely painful to walk. At this moment, I was unable to climb up the waist-high stone ridge. My hands were so painful from being pulled by the ropes connected by the three boys that I could not step up.
Another escorting short and stocky Red Guard member stepped forward and squatted down. With a strong push of his shoulders, he carried the exhausted An Yi up the stone ridge. After finishing looking at An Yi's back, he let out a long breath and said appreciatively.
Whispered:
"I didn't expect this yellow dog to be able to walk more than 40 miles on the mountain road with broken ribs. It doesn't seem to be from a landlord's family, but he has a handsome face like a stage actor. He looks like the son of a landlord, or he is the descendant of an evil capitalist.
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An Yi, who was bent over and standing on the stone ridge and gasping for breath, turned around with difficulty: "Brother, you are wrong. I am also from a poor family. Although I follow my father to wander around and do some small business to make a living, it is not considered a living thing.
Big landowners and capitalists, otherwise they wouldn’t have to leave their hometown. Also, no matter how sorry I am for the working people, my parents gave me this appearance. I don’t think I can change my face with you, brother!”
Everyone heard what was interesting and laughed loudly. Han Yu, who stood up and wiped his face with a cloth on his waist, couldn't help but feel happy. He thought this young prisoner was very interesting and looked like a scholar. Only two people were unhappy.
One was the short, stocky man talking to An Yi, and the other was Deputy Captain Lai, who had An Yi's pistol and belt hanging proudly around his waist.
The short and stocky man was an honest man. Even if everyone laughed at him, he would just open his mouth and say nothing. Vice Captain Lai was different. At least his political level and class consciousness were much higher. He jumped on the rock ridge and punched him.
On An Yi's waist, An Yi squatted down in pain, and he cursed reluctantly:
"Is it true that you are sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued? Are you bullying us working people who are uneducated? If you don't confess your sins honestly and try to resist reform, I will shoot you!"
An Yi was immediately furious, but when he saw the scars on Deputy Captain Lai's forehead and neck, he lost all his anger. He knew that such old hyperplasia scars were not left by war, but were probably beaten and abused when he was a child.
As a result, I felt sad and had no resentment. When I saw the three boys pulling the rope hard, I immediately struggled and followed them into the dark cave.
The cave is very large, and the rosin on the old pine wood makes the torch very bright, clearly illuminating the cave with a radius of tens of meters. An Yi glanced at the row of hay and wooden shelves on the flat bottom of the cave wall, and knew about this hidden cave.
It is a foothold of the Red Guards. It is in the barren mountains and ridges with no shops in front of Buba Village and behind it. It is very good to have such a natural place to shelter from wind and rain.
The third boy saw An Yi looking around and squatted down uncomfortably. He remembered that An Yi kept walking silently and cooperated with him all the way. His heart softened and he stepped forward to loosen the rope for An Yi: "You have to be more honest.
If you dare to move around and disobey instructions, be careful and I will tie you up again."
"Thank you, little brother."
An Yi smiled, moved step by step to the protruding stone slab under the stone wall, sat down heavily, took a deep breath, lowered his head and unbuttoned his clothes, reached in and touched the injured area, endured the excruciating pain and pressed it a few times, and then he knew it was broken.
Two ribs.
"Here's some water for you."
Han Yu used a freshly cut bamboo tube to fill a bamboo tube with water for An Yi. His face was as cold as ice and snow, and he did not look at An Yi's face.
"Thanks……"
An Yi took the bamboo tube and drank heavily. After drinking the entire bamboo tube, he took a long breath: "It feels good! I'm dying of thirst. You didn't give me a drop of water twice during the trip.
This doesn’t seem to be in line with the Red Army’s rule not to mistreat prisoners, right? The Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention are the Red Army’s most important treasures!”
Han Yu turned around and looked at An Yi in surprise: "What eight points of attention? It's the three major disciplines and six points of attention. Where did the eight points of attention come from? You... are wrong! How do you know these?"
An Yi realized that he had talked too much, and quickly made up for it with nonsense: "Last month when I entered Xian County, I heard what the teacher said. He said that the slogans were posted at the entrance of their village. Who doesn't know? I guess I remembered it wrong.
The six points of attention have been recorded as eight...Comrade Captain Han, can you tear off a piece of the parachute you have cut in your bag? My ribs are likely to become inflamed if they are not bandaged. Fortunately, the broken bone did not pierce the skin, so I didn't
It's bleeding, but the wound inside must be bruised. If it's not bandaged, not only will the bone not be able to reconnect, but it's also very likely that I'll have a high fever. If the injury gets worse tomorrow morning, you'll have to carry me away. I'm not even a grown man willing to do that.
Being carried."
Han Yu thought for a moment and said, "Wait a moment!"
More than half an hour later, An Yi, who was so tired that he closed his eyes and rested, smelled the fragrance of rice, his mouth was filled with saliva, and his stomach growled unsatisfactorily. He remembered that he drank juice and ate bread and ham in the luxurious western restaurant downstairs of Jiangnan Hotel in the morning.
, the prisoner, who had not even eaten lunch, couldn't help but let out a long sigh, opened his eyes wide, and faintly heard Han Yu's educational and enlightening words coming from outside the cave entrance, such as "discipline", "morality", and "revolutionary requirements"
Wait, I couldn't hear clearly, but I also knew that it was Han Yu who patiently persuaded Deputy Captain Lai to treat the prisoners better and not to beat or scold him and not to have a bad attitude.
After a while, Deputy Captain Lai came in with a pile of raw herbs. He sat by the fire, rubbed the herbs, put them in his mouth and chewed them fiercely. After chewing for a while, he spit out a big mouthful of bamboo shells.
An Yi knew two of the medicines. He had put them in his mouth and bit them under the guidance of an experienced practitioner. He knew the pungency and bitterness of this medicine. At that time, he only bit a few leaves and his mouth and tongue felt uncomfortable all day long, not to mention Lai Fu.
The captain bit so many and lasted so long.
An Yi did not expect that these medicines were for him, because along the way he saw blood still oozing from the arms and waists of the two Red Guards. That was what they paid for assisting the Red Army in attacking Li Wenbin's brigade at the end of last month, eight days ago.
For the price, An Yi only asked for a piece of cloth. As long as he could fix the broken ribs, he would be satisfied. As for what happened next, that was the next step. At least An Yi believed that the Red Army would not kill him.
Unless An Yi is as loyal to the Kuomintang as the Red Army is to the Communist Party.
After a while, Han Yu entered the cave and brought a neatly folded piece of white cloth to An Yi. Deputy Captain Lai brought the chewed herbs that covered half a bamboo shell, grinned and said a few words to Han Yu, pointing to An Yi.
Yi ran out of the cave, probably to wash his mouth in the stream outside.
Han Yu's face was slightly red, but he put on a very cold expression and said coldly: "Take off your clothes."
"You know how to bandage? I won't bother you anymore." An Yi smiled gratefully.
"Take it off quickly! Who among us Red Army and Red Guards can't do it? We are all poor people who have been soaked in bitter water. I have seen your injuries too many times." Han Yu replied stiffly.
An Yi endured the pain and took off his flight leather jacket, and then took off the military sanitary robe underneath, revealing a black knitted blended short-sleeved special brigade embroidered with a flying fox on the right chest, and saw two sharp swords crossed under the flying fox.
An Yi was stunned and looked at Han Yu nervously.
Han Yu had already seen this special pattern with the help of a bright torch. He stared at it for a long time and stared into An Yi's eyes in confusion: "What symbol is this? A fox with wings, right? What does it represent?"
"It was issued during our flight team's training. I'm not sure...it's probably the logo of the flight team." An Yi answered vaguely.
"No wonder the Kuomintang doesn't have any good people and only likes beasts like foxes and weasels... pull up your clothes!" Han Yu ordered without any discussion.
An Yi had no choice but to pull up his clothes. Han Yu looked at the shape of a broken bone protruding from An Yi's swollen left rib skin. He felt soft in his heart and loudly called three boys to move the torch closer. He ordered An Yi to stretch out his hands and lower his head.
He said in a loud voice: "Be patient..."
Ten minutes later, Han Yu skillfully reset An Yi's ribs, applied herbal medicine, and quickly wrapped and fixed them with cloth strips. Then he skillfully tied a knot and passed the two ends of the cloth strips connecting the front and back through An Yi's ribs.
There was a knot on Yi's left chest and shoulder blade.
While passing through the strips of cloth, Han Yu clearly saw the gunshot scar on An Yi's shoulder. She was stunned for a while, then quickly tied a knot and bandaged it. She stopped and looked at An Yi who was dressing slowly, and finally couldn't help it.
Asked: "Where did the scar on your shoulder come from?"
An Yi had already seen everything and did not want to deceive Han Yu. He told the truth: "In the summer at the beginning of the Northern Expedition, I was a soldier in the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army. When I attacked Wuchang City, I was hit by a machine gun at the top of the city.
Fortunately, I was lucky enough to survive."
Han Yu looked at An Yi in surprise, and the three boys also looked at An Yi blankly, not knowing what to do. In their impression, from the early days of the Northern Expedition to the capture of Nanjing and Wuhan, the National Revolutionary Army was a good army. It was only later that the Kuomintang
The Red Army instructors and political teachers who split and attacked the Communist Party often told them about the heroic deeds of the Communist Party members in the Northern Expedition. Many of the top leaders in the Red Army came from the Northern Expedition, so Han Yu and Santongzi listened to the instructions.
Yi's words were very shocking. Due to the limitations of their region and education, they did not systematically understand the entire process of the Northern Expedition, and they were unable to distinguish between right and wrong, contradictions and extremely complex historical background in the Northern Expedition, as well as the differences between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party later.
The causes and consequences of differences, divisions, and hatred.
In Han Yu's mind, those who participated in the Northern Expedition and sacrificed their lives were all heroes and worthy of respect. But now the handsome prisoner in front of him was a Kuomintang pilot who killed the people and attacked the Red Army. He seemed to be incompatible with the great revolutionary Northern Expedition, which made Han Yu feel quite confused.
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When she couldn't figure it out, she calmly thought that it was Han Yu's character. She didn't ask any more questions, but walked to the fire, greeted the Red Guards to have a simple meal, assigned sentry duties, and then called An Yi to the fire.
Next to the pile, he handed him half a bamboo tube of rice. He used random bamboo chopsticks to pick out a large pinch of pickled salted vegetables from a rough jar and put it on An Yi's rice. He held the smaller half of the bamboo tube.
Eat rice slowly with a small amount of salted dried vegetables.
An Yi was not polite, and filled his stomach with food in three strokes, five divided by two, turned to the third boy who was staring blankly at him, and asked in a low voice: "Little brother, can you return the pack of cigarettes that you handed over?"
I?"
"No, everything seized must be returned to the public!"
The third boy reacted quickly and refused.
It was really hard for An Yi to get addicted to smoking. After thinking about it, he pointed at the man who was whittling the gun butt with a planer and said with a smile: "Well, as long as you return the cigarette to me, I will help you repair the Czech light machine gun tonight. Then
This old man is very skilled in craftsmanship, and the gun stock he made is quite beautiful, and the wood was chosen appropriately. It’s just that the joints are in the wrong place. If you don’t pay attention, the finished gun stock will be useless.”
The busy man stopped in surprise. The Red Guards also looked at An Yi, at the machine gun, then at the gun butt, and then at Han Yu. Even Deputy Captain Lai, who had just come in after arranging sentry posts, was also surprised.
Looking at An Yi.
Han Yu thought for a while and asked Deputy Captain Lai to remove the magazine and bring the damaged machine gun to An Yi. An Yi took it and looked at it carefully, then asked the man for a homemade flat chisel and asked the third boy to bring it.
In front of the cloth shop, under the focused gaze of a group of men and Han Yu, they dismantled the machine gun into pieces and arranged them neatly into a row of parts.
An Yi clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Can you return the cigarette to me?"
"Damn, he's really capable...and very cunning."
Deputy Captain Lai reluctantly took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it under his nose and smelled it greedily and threw it to An Yi. An Yi took it and said thank you, took one out skillfully, lit it on the bonfire, and inhaled beautifully.
Take a big puff, exhale slowly, and throw the cigarette back to Deputy Captain Lai: "Comrade Deputy Captain, please have one too. It belongs to me. I invite you to smoke it. It is not a violation of discipline."
Deputy Captain Lai took the cigarette and looked at An Yi with a complicated expression. Everyone on the side also looked at An Yi at a loss. An Yi waved his hand, called brother, and asked the Red Guard to take the butt of the gun.
Come over here, pick up the bolt and point it at the rear fixation point and explain one by one, how to loosen the locking nut, how to correct the shape of the interface of the gun stock, which part is fixed, how to make it strong, etc. He took the trouble to explain it three times. Waiting for that person
The man was overjoyed and busy. An Yi threw away his cigarette butt and raised his head. He saw Han Yu and others looking at him with admiration. He smiled slightly and said kindly:
"When I was in the army, I repaired guns for a few days. I was still young at that time and could only do this."
Han Yu nodded, his expression much gentler: "You have read books, right? Are you well educated?"
An Yi thought for a while and replied: "I have read some books, but I can't say that I have received any education. Most of them are self-study. What I like is mechanics, such as repairing guns and machines. This aspect seems difficult, but it is not difficult.
, the more you learn, the more you think, the more you do, the more you will learn.”
Seeing that An Yi was so easy-going and honest, unlike other Kuomintang officers and soldiers who acted like a polite and kind scholar, Deputy Captain Lai's hatred for An Yi weakened a lot. He couldn't help but compare An Yi to a man he admired.
People compare:
"I think you are not bad at this. I guess you were a somewhat conscientious scholar before you became a Kuomintang soldier, but I think you are definitely not as educated as Director Li of the Political Department of our Red Army's main division!
Our Director Li also participated in the Northern Expedition. He once served as a squad leader in the model camp and fought with the original hero of the Northern Expedition, General An Yi... That was a former hero who is now a great warlord of the Kuomintang. Director Li once fought with the man named An.
Siqiao, we fought together in Wuchang City, and also fought together in the famous Battle of Fengzhi and many other battles. I heard that the movie "Model Camp" shown in big cities was about this. Our Director Li graduated from a famous university in Changsha.
He was an old party member before the Northern Expedition. He was capable of both literary and military skills and could even write five or six military textbooks. He was much better than you!
In my opinion, even the great warlord An Yi can't catch up with our Director Li now. Let alone you, you can only fly a small plane, but you still got killed by us, haha! Maybe we will arrive at Donghua Mountain tomorrow.
You are still lucky enough to meet our Director Li, and then let Director Li educate you, you yellow dog!"
Everyone laughed and echoed, and An Yi asked in fear: "Lai... Captain Lai, who are you talking about Director Li... I mean how can he be compared to General An Yi?"
"Nonsense! Who is An Yi? A big warlord! He flaunts his power and steals people's wealth everywhere, even our tungsten mines in Jiangxi. He is probably a black-hearted man who spends all day wearing clothes to stretch out his hands and food to open his mouth. Where can he still be?
The hero of the Northern Expedition back then? No need to compare, you can get it even if you think about it!" Deputy Captain Lai replied righteously.
An Yi nodded frequently: "It's very possible that General An Yi is so high up that small soldiers like us don't have the chance to meet him. However, if what I said about Minister Li is really a person, and he is really a famous model camp, he should be
He is a hero with a famous name! Why haven’t you heard of me?"
"That's because you are blind! Let me tell you, Director Li's name is Li Xiaolong, Li Shimin's Li, Yunxiao's Xiao, and Julong's Dragon. Just hearing the name will scare you to death! How can you, Li Desheng, be reduced to ashes by us all at once?
You can still win despite being disgraced? Just dream!" After Lai Fuxiang said this, everyone laughed again.
Han Yu covered her mouth with a smile. Suddenly, she noticed that An Yi fell backwards. She was so frightened that she quickly stood up and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing, the wound hurts... I guess I'm tired, I'll take a nap..."
An Yi turned around and slept on the cold ground, complaining in his heart. If he was really unlucky enough to be bumped into by Li Xiaolong tomorrow, and he didn't know how to deal with it, he might end up becoming a big fish in other people's hands. He originally wanted to deceive him and use the Red Army to get through.
The preferential treatment policy pretends that the grandson's good wish to be dismissed seems to be getting increasingly slim...