Lu Ming

Chapter 286 Longyan Battle ([-])

On the third day after Ding Liqiu and Wang Zhubo had finished drinking, in a small courtyard in the county town, Ding Liqiu saw Su Tieqiang, who Wang Yuanzai was talking about.

This small courtyard was prepared by Wang Zhubo: Er Wuzai met with his boss, so of course he couldn't make a big show of it - the ghost knows how many people in the county have friendship with various bandits, it's better to be cautious in everything.

Su Tieqiang is a 28-year-old ordinary man with an inconspicuous appearance.When this person met, he hung an arm with a cloth strip—it was said that two gangs of robbers had been injured in a firefight a few days ago.

It was also because his arm was seriously injured that he was useless, so he went down the mountain and went home to live.

As long as the bandits in ancient times were "sitting bandits" entrenched in a certain place, most of their members were locals, and there were many cases where uncles and brothers partnered to "do business".

It's not that easy to be a bandit, it's a job that eats youth.Once a member gets old and frail, he will definitely quit the team and go down the mountain to farm.

Among them are some injured and disabled, and those who have saved enough money to go down the mountain to marry their wives. In short, it is the law of nature to let go of the old and bring in the new, and bandits are no exception.

Those who went down the mountain to live became "household bandits".These people are not only responsible for providing information to the brothers on the mountain, sometimes they also provide accommodation, money and food, and are important peripheral nodes to support the operation of the cottage.

Su Tieqiang is such a newly released home bandit: his arm is broken, and he is not wanted if he wants to stay in the cottage.

However, what makes Su Tieqiang angry is that the severance money given to him by the gang this time did not meet his expectations-at least he has made meritorious service for the party and the country, has he shed blood?

Then Su Tieqiang, who was sulking at home, met Wang Zhubo, the benefactor who came to look for his savior, so things became logical: Su Tieqiang immediately agreed to do the internal response after the old Wang Xiao expressed his righteousness.

But Ding Liqiu immediately made three promises to him after hearing about Su Tieqiang's origin.

First: don't look into the past.

Second: As long as Su Tieqiang can assist the government and army to wipe out Lin Shiwan's bandits in Tsushimaling, he will be rewarded with a large sum of money afterwards.

Third: Su Tieqiang can apply to live with his family in other places after the incident. For example, in big cities such as Fuzhou, Zhangzhou, and Hangzhou, the government can help him arrange.

Su Tieqiang, who got the promise, immediately kowtowed to recognize the master, and then told the truth about Tsushima Ridge in detail.

Ding Liqiu then ordered his followers to record, and after the incident was over, he rewarded the cycad gun with ten taels of silver on the spot.After that, he gave the first order to this young boy anyway: the government will soon put up a security notice to paralyze the gangsters, and he asked Su Tieqiang to go to Maling to investigate in the near future to see the gangsters Response to notice.

Su Tieqiang hastily agreed.

In the end, Ding Liqiu appointed a person from his entourage to be in charge of communicating with Su Tieqiang in the county and conveying instructions at any time.

In the afternoon of the same day, notices were posted at the county government office, city gate, and Tianhou Palace: the government urged all gangsters to come and surrender.

One hundred and twenty miles northeast of Longyan County is Shuangyang Town.During the Longqing period, the imperial court couldn't stand the emergence of rebels here, so they simply took Shuangyang Town as the county government, included part of the surrounding land, and established a new county dedicated to maintaining stability: Ningyang County.

China was originally a country with many mountains, and the reason why Ningyang County was able to make a name for itself in the bandit world and angered the central government was inseparable from its superior geographical terrain.

The mountainous area near Longyan and Ningyang is one of the areas with the most intensely developed karst landforms in China.In the mountains here, there are not only peak forests, peaks, and caves, but also karst underground rivers hundreds of meters long.

The creek cave is deep, the bird path is steep, the stone forest is confused, and the caves are everywhere.

Such a terrain, coupled with the 95% forest coverage in Ningyang County, turned the government and army's banditry operations into a nightmare: bandits can take advantage of the ecstasy-like terrain to disperse and gather at any time, so that those with superior forces The officers and soldiers were exhausted.

It took the government six years to suppress the Suapu riots during the Jiajing period. Most of the time during this period, the government and the army were playing hide-and-seek with their opponents
This is also the reason why the Red Gun Battalion has been hiding their clumsiness for a long time.

Don't say that there are only 200 people in Lianlian, even if the number is doubled or tripled, it will be difficult to drive the gangsters straight to Huanglong and wipe them all out.

Take the gangster Lin Shiwan, the number one target of the crossover crowd, as an example.The terrain around Tsushima Ridge is complex, with not only stone forests, but also karst caves and underground rivers.Troops can't be as easy as encircling the aborigines in the Tainan Plain: the steep terrain can't allow large troops to take action. Even if they touch the opponent's door, once they find that the situation is not good, the gangsters can run from the reserved caves and stone forests on the spot. Unable to encircle and annihilate.

This is the reason why the Red Gun Battalion has never dared to show its true strength: it must give the gangsters hope and find opportunities to wipe out the enemy on the preset battlefield.Otherwise, this side will fall into a protracted security war.

On the third day after the notice was posted, the Lin Family Tulou was 15 miles south of Shuangyang Town.

The Lin family is an old family in Shuangyang, with a large number of people and a lot of money, and their specialty is nothing but bandits.Lin Shiwan, the bandit leader now entrenched in Tsushima Ridge, was produced by the Lin family.

The earth buildings of the Lin family are quite large, and the middle one is the ancestral building.Including ancestral halls and public houses, as well as ethnology and patriarchs, are all in this circular ancient earth building.

At this moment, in the main room of the head of the Lin family, Lin Sanmen, a meeting is in progress.

There are about fifty people from Lin Sanmen, with a wide body and fat body, fair complexion, no beard, and a silk robe, just like a villager.

Lin Sanmen, who was half lying on a nanmu recliner, was listening attentively to what a man in the main room was reading.

"There are 50 Western fine-made bird guns, more than 40 three-eyed guns, and some refined iron swords and spears. There are also sky-shaking mines, and the number of land-shaking mines is unknown."

As time passed slowly, the man finally finished reading the information on the letterhead in his hand.When he raised his head, it was a [-]-year-old boy with a cycad hanging on half of his injured arm.

After listening to the information, Lin Sanmen slowly sat up from the chair, and then stretched out his hand.At this time behind him a beautiful concubine named Biyu with a good face and a slender figure handed over the hookah she had prepared.Lin Sanmen began to smoke while gurgling, and asked, "Then Haiqu's subordinates are really difficult?"

"Oh, according to Mr. Wang, this group of officers and soldiers are the personal guards of Cao Chuan, and they were sent to show the face of their generals in front of the court. They are all elites, they have rules in fighting, and they are not afraid of death."

"This is using us as a raft." Lin Sanmen sneered when he heard this.

After Gududu took a few puffs of cigarettes, Lin Sanmen asked again: "What is the thunder that shakes the sky?"

"Oh, it is rumored that Zhentianlei was made by skilled craftsmen in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a big artillery battle. The sound is like thunder. It can make the opponent dizzy in the battle."

"Shaking the landmine is a gunpowder bag wrapped in cotton cloth. When attacking the village, the dead soldiers ignited it under the gate of the village." Su Tieqiang said this, and the expression on his face became unnatural: "The Chen family village didn't even last a stick of incense. Stay, it will be broken."

"It's a strong enemy." Hearing this, Master Lin nodded slowly, then turned his head to the corner of the main room and asked, "What do you think?"

"No matter how elite, there are only 200 people, what's the use of it?" In the dark corner of the main room, there was a sullen voice at this moment.

The next moment, a man with short stature, full beard, long narrow eyes, and a stern face came out—Lin Shiwan, head of Ma Ling University.

"The officers and soldiers fighting in an array are naturally powerful. But how have the brothers ever fought with the officers and soldiers head-on?"

Everyone here understands Lin Shiwan's words: guerrilla sneak attack is the gangster's specialty.

"However, it is a pity that landmines are indeed a trouble. In this way, the village will not be able to defend." Lin Shiwan pondered for a while, then stared at Su Tieqiang and said, "Thirteen, when will those people make a move? Be sure to report to me quickly!"

"Thirteen knows." Su Tieqiang nodded when he heard the words: "It should be before the end of the month. Master Wang has found out the news, and the higher-ups are pressing hard. This group of people is anxious to use the heads of the brothers to show their merits."

"Hey. It's good to be impatient, but I'm afraid not to be impatient." After Lin Shiwan smiled slyly, he finally urged: "Since you are an internal response, you must lead the way to the deputy. When those people come back, don't forget Take the road to Huluyu."

When Su Tieqiang heard the word "Huluyu", he also smiled, and both sides nodded tacitly at the same time.

After the strategic plan was agreed upon, Lin Shiwan hid in a corner of the room and slipped in through the back door without making a sound.

After Lin Shiwan left, Lin Sanmen discussed the details with Su Tieqiang.After that, Master Lin called Guan Gong, the coachman, and ordered him to send the cycad with the injured arm to the county.

"Guan Gong" is a young man in his 20s.This person was born with a small surname nearby, and his family was poor, so he worked as a long-term worker in the Lin family all year round.Because of his tall stature, ruddy face, and a pair of beautiful red phoenix eyes, and his real surname is Guan, this name has become his real name since he played Guan Gong's ticket on the stage of the township association.

After hearing the master's order, the nimble Guan Gong led the donkey cart out of the donkey cart with a smile, and then spent most of a day sending the cycad gun to the county bordering Longyan.

And when he returned to the Lin Family Tulou in the dark, it was already late at night.After hastily begging for two bowls of cold rice from the kitchen, Guan Gong returned to his hut.

After squinting in the hut for a while, when he heard the sound of clappers outside at noon, he suddenly turned over and sat up, and then groped out of the room.

Tulou is a small city, and Guan Gong is very familiar with every plant and tree here.I saw him first get out of the hut on the bottom floor, and then went to the stables to add some night grass to the donkeys and mules. After that, on the way back, after seeing that there was no one around, he jumped up the stairs and went up to the second floor. wooden building.

There are houses on the second floor, as well as utility rooms.After Guan Gong walked for a while on the second floor, he took out his key and quietly opened the door of a utility room he was in charge of.

After closing the door, Guan Gong avoided the sundries on the ground with familiar steps, then he walked to the wall, pushed open the wooden window, and nimbly got out of the window.

Although the inside is a wooden house, the outer wall of the earth building is made of smooth bricks and stones-used to prevent bandits from attacking the city.

However, after Guan Gong climbed out of the window, he was not afraid of the sharp rocks outside the wall because a rope was on top of his head.

After climbing up to the third floor along the rope, an arm stretched out from the window and pulled Guan Gong into the house.

(End of this chapter)