march to victory

When they came to the door of the room, Hu Yingze led the way and naturally walked ahead.Zhang Qingshan walked in the middle, followed by Tian Guozhong.

However, Zhang Qingshan played tricks, insisting on joking with Tian Guozhong, insisting on Tian Guozhong walking in front, and yelling, "You are the chief of staff, and I am just a company instructor. How dare you walk in front of you, a high-ranking official? Isn't that just looking for a shoe by yourself?" Wear it~!"

Naturally, Tian Guozhong didn't do it and insisted on him going ahead.

"Don't follow me with this."

"I'm telling the truth."

"If you say that again, I'm going to lose my face!"

"Look! I know that you are small-minded... Hey~! One level of official rank, crushing thousands of people!"

In the end, it was Hu Yingze who glared at them both, and the two of them smiled and followed Hu Yingze to open the door and enter.

Obviously, the sound of their bickering outside has been heard by people inside the house.No, the three people in the room had already stood up and waited as soon as they saw the three entering in a file.

There were only three people in the room: Luo Yingjie and the burly man were comforting the old man in the middle wiping his tears with a handkerchief.

Luo Yingjie quickly introduced them to each other.

However, this introduction once again reflected Zhang Qingshan's great reputation.Because when Hu Yingze and Tian Guozhong were introduced, those two were only polite and respectful.However, when he heard that the big smiling man in front of him was Zhang Qingshan, the head of the assault regiment who had shocked the surrounding areas in the past half a year—at this time, Zhang Qingshan would never politely explain that he was no longer the head of the regiment. Not only his personal reputation, but also the external reputation of the commando group and their attitude towards them.The two immediately looked at Zhang Qingshan in surprise, and knelt down with excitement in their eyes, kowtowed and cried: "Leader Zhang please be the master of the grass people!"

Zhang Qingshan quickly helped them up, asked them to sit down, and said with a smile: "You two..."

Luo Yingjie on the side took a step forward and introduced: "Leader, this is Chen Changhe, the old mayor of Matou Town, Baoyuan County... this is Zhou Baichuan, the captain of the guard team of Zhoujia Village, Matou Town, known as the old knife .”

Chen Changhe, the old mayor of the town, looks about 50 years old and is very rich. Whether it is the clothes or the water green jade finger on his right middle finger, it shows that he is a rich man. Tears, water will be so extravagant as to use a handkerchief?That would be ridiculed.

The old Daoist Zhou Baichuan, who was about 32 or [-] years old, was wearing tight black clothes, but he was not from a poor family by looking at the fabric.Whether it's his attire, his indistinct adroitness, or his nickname, in all likelihood, he is a quack, or in other words, not a law-abiding person.

After some introduction and comfort, Zhang Qingshan directly asked them the purpose of coming here.

The two of them were also forced to do nothing, or they had nowhere to go, so they could only come here, and naturally they would not let go of this opportunity.In order to get help from the assault group, the two of them told the truth...

The county seat of Baoyuan County is more than 70 kilometers away from the county seat of Sanqiao County. Although Matou Town belongs to Baoyuan County, the town boundary of this large town is close to Sanqiao County, and the county seat of Lisanqiao County is only about 27 kilometers away.In terms of transportation, it is a transit point between the two counties.

And Baoyuan County itself is the wealthiest county in the surrounding area, because it is a place rich in gold mines, especially in Matou Town within its territory. Not only are there many gold mines, but the ore has a very high gold content.Among them, Daozigou in Zhoujia Village is the most... Matou Town used to be called Goutou Town, but, because Goutoujin was found from time to time, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by the word Goutoujin, it was renamed Matou town.

The old mayor, Chen Changhe, has been the mayor of Matou Town, Baoyuan County for more than ten years. Although it is necessary to oppress and exploit the people, he has a huge advantage - he is good at dancing with long sleeves, and he does his best to maintain the stability of Matou Town!

During his tenure as mayor, the living standards of the people in Matou Town have improved a lot. Although this has a decisive relationship with the gold mine in Matou Town, it also has a non-negligible relationship with his administration and his efforts to maintain stability... Knowing that a gold mine is a cornucopia, it is naturally enviable. Whether it is a secret fight or an open force, it is bound to be fierce.And once there is turmoil, or even blatant murder and robbing of mines, it will be a huge blow to both the mining workers and the mining owners.Only with the protection of a stable external environment can the risks of mining be minimized and everyone can have a meal.

And Chen Changhe did two things during his tenure, which shows his ability and attitude.

Four years ago, there was a severe drought in Baoyuan County and its surrounding areas. In order to maintain the stability of the population in the territory, Chen Changhe not only tried to find ways to gather food and other daily necessities, but also mercilessly attacked all the big households in the town who hoarded daily necessities , so much trouble that it did not hesitate to use force and bloody suppression.He also raised taxes from various mining areas to buy food, and even sold part of his property.Then, he selflessly sold these grains to the people at the purchase price... In this way, although he gained a great reputation among the people, he also offended some people.It laid the groundwork for being kicked out of power now.

Eight years ago, a group of rogues came to Matou Town. At that time, the guards in Matou Town had only a hundred or so people, and their weapons were outdated, and they had no training.However, Chen Changhe personally took the lead and mobilized all the big households and common people to form a coalition army, which insisted on withstood the attack of the rogue bandits, and fought against them six or seven times. Finally, after a full 25 days of confrontation, they saved Matou Town has raised its reputation to a higher level...Of course, what's tricky here is unknown to outsiders.

However, after this time, relying on the wealth of Matou Town, Chen Changhe organized a guard team of about 300 people, equipped with excellent weapons, hired instructors with high salaries to train them, and formed offensive and defensive alliances with various mine owners. In this way, Yu Gong, not to mention that the bandits dare not come to die, even the warlords have to give him three points of face; Yu Zi, his position will be more stable, and his reputation will also increase.

Even his enemies had to bow their heads.

The old knife Zhou Baichuan's father is the village head of Zhoujia Village, and he and Chen Changhe are also sworn brothers. The largest gold mine in the county is on the boundary of Zhoujia Village, and the largest village in the county is also Zhoujia Village. There are thousands of people in the village. Most of them are surnamed Zhou. Lao Daozi's father is not only the village chief, but also the patriarch of his village surnamed Zhou. Naturally, his prestige is very high, which makes the whole village very united. In this way, the wealth of his village is naturally needless to say. .

The old Daozi Zhou Baichuan said that he was the captain of the village protection team in Zhoujia Village, but everyone knows that his so-called village protection team is actually the main purpose of guarding the gold mine in Daozigou, so his nickname is Lao Daozi. knife.There is always a team of 150 people under his command, and if he says hello, thousands of people in Zhoujia Village will listen to him, especially after his father died early last year, he has become the undisputed bully of Zhoujia Village.

Both are toubobs, and they are sworn brothers. One prospers and the other loses the other. It is a good situation for both work and selfishness. Therefore, there is nothing to say about baby kisses, and it is also one of the necessary means to form an alliance. .

After Lao Daozi married Chen Changhe's eldest daughter, the two families became even more intimate. The relationship was so good that the young masters and young ladies of the two families went to each other's house to get money and used it without the nod of the other's elders, which was more convenient than at home.

And Chen Changhe has been the old mayor for so many years, and he has such confidence to protect his shortcomings. One can imagine with his ass that his in-laws are definitely supporters of his appraisal.

However, when the little devil came, all this changed.In other words, the arrival of the little devil is just a fuse, and in the past, whether it was enemies or those who were jealous of the wealth of Matou Town and wanted to take a bite, but were knocked out by Chen Changhe, at this moment, they all took advantage of this great change. , and pounced on Matou Town.

To be honest, the fact that Chen Changhe has been mayor for so many years in Matou Town, a wealthy and coveted town, proves that he is definitely not a loyal person.

After the little devil captured the county seat, at the beginning, he didn't have the loyalty to resist or commit suicide, because he couldn't bear what he had.But he didn't try to please the little devil like a traitor, because in his eyes, he only had his own one-third of an acre of land, so he chose to wait and see—what if the national army came back soon?

Such a thought, at that time, was definitely the most normal thought of a person like him.

However, just because of his hesitation and wait-and-see, half a month has passed.And in the past half a month, a lot of things happened, and a lot of things were done, and it was enough to pave the way for his downfall.

Baoyuan County is rich in gold. Although the largest gold mine is in Daozigou, Zhoujia Village, Matou Town, there is also a large gold mine called Baozikou in the east. Although it is not as good as Daozigou, it is enough to rank second.

In Zhoujia Village, the villagers themselves come to protect the mine. They are absolutely clear and bright, and it is difficult for outsiders to get involved.However, the composition of the large gold mine in Baozikou is much more complicated.

The Baozikou Gold Mine was not called by this name before, only because there was a group of big bandits around here, and the leader of the bandit was called Huabaozi. After colluding with the former county magistrate and forcibly seizing the big gold mine, it was renamed Baozikou Big gold mine.After a few years, the ownership of this large gold mine can be regarded as confirmed, and it can be regarded as a change from a green forest person to become a tyrant who looks like a ground tiger.Naturally, there were all kinds of people under him, and soon expanded to 600 to [-] people. The combat effectiveness was not strong, but there were many desperadoes single-handedly.

Moreover, Hua Baozi also married the daughter of a major grain merchant in the county, which can be regarded as a strong alliance, with money, food, guns and people, becoming a rising new force in the county.

Although they are enemies, the two sides are separated by dozens of kilometers, and they need to support each other in terms of gold mine prices. Moreover, the force in Matou Town is much stronger than that on Huabaozi's side, but Huabaozi's side has more desperadoes. Therefore, these two old and new forces can barely be regarded as well water not offending river water.