Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 449 Old acquaintance

In recent years, Qu Shaoyang has arranged for the generals of the Dingbian Army to study in military academies in various places.

Today, all the soldiers in Dingbian adopt Western-style training methods, and their combat effectiveness is several times stronger than before when they fought against the Japanese pirates.

With the advantage in numbers, equipment and combat effectiveness, the Dingbian Army simply overwhelmed the Russian cavalry.

Qu Shaoyang ordered that this group of Russian cavalry must be completely wiped out and not a single one should be left alive.

Even though the Dingbian Army didn't wear soldiers' clothes, if you ask around in the Northeast, no matter whether they were the Eight Banners Army, the Green Camp Army, the Training Army, or the New Army, how many could compare with the Dingbian Army?
They are equipped with a lot of imported firearms and heavy machine guns and other weapons. Anyone with a little knowledge can figure out which army this is.

Qu Shaoyang was ordered to suppress bandits, but ended up killing Russian soldiers. If this matter were to leak out, not only would he lose his official position, he might even lose his head.

Therefore, before the battle began, Qu Shaoyang gave a death order that all of this group of Russian soldiers must die today.

Those who could follow Qu Shaoyang out were definitely elite soldiers and generals. They had long been dissatisfied with the Russians' wanton behavior, burning, killing and looting on Chinese soil.

Today I finally have a chance to vent my anger, so how can I let them go?

The Dingbian Army fought more and more bravely, holding on to the Russian soldiers on the opposite side tightly, not allowing any of them to escape the encirclement.

At this time, bandits like Er Yuehong in the village also fought with their lives. Under the attack from both inside and outside, the Russian soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

The cavalry captain Khabachev was shot and fell to the ground. The Russian soldiers immediately lost their composure and rushed out in a panic. As a result, more and more people fell to the ground.

Due to the absolute overwhelming strength, the battle did not last long.

In less than an hour, all the Russian cavalry were killed and not a single one of them could escape.

Qu Shaoyang ordered people to clean up the battlefield as quickly as possible, to shoot all the corpses first and then check them. After confirming that they were dead, they stripped off the clothes of the Russian soldiers and gathered them together to burn.

As for the body, it will be transported to the reed marsh later.

This place is close to the grassland and there are a lot of wolves. After tonight, these Russian soldiers will basically be left with only bones, and we will definitely not be able to find any clues.

While the Dingbian Army was cleaning up the battlefield, Er Yuehong was also counting the number of people.

The gang's weapons and equipment were poor, and five or six people died, with more than ten people injured.

Er Yuehong ordered his people to carry the dead brothers to the wasteland outside the village and bury them, and to quickly bandage the injured.

"Boss, should we go over and compete with them? We'll be in trouble today without this group of people helping us." Paotou came over and asked Er Yuehong.

Er Yuehong nodded, tidied her clothes and hair first, and then led her family out of the village.

"I don't know which line the word '合' is on? Thank you all for helping me today. Er Yuehong led the four pillars. Thank you all."

Er Yuehong and his men did not dare to get too close. When they were still three or four hundred meters away, they asked loudly.

Qu Shaoyang originally didn't want to have any contact with the gang members inside, but the voice of the person speaking on the other side sounded familiar.

Qu Shaoyang was confused, so he just took a few people and walked towards them.

As soon as the two sides met, before Qu Shaoyang could see who the other person was, he heard the woman exclaim, "Master Qu, why is it you?"

Qu Shaoyang was a little surprised when he heard this. Who is this? How come he recognized him right away? Is he really an acquaintance?

Qu Shaoyang looked carefully across the street and saw a young woman in her twenties, wearing a maroon riding suit and a palm-wide belt. She had a slender and graceful figure, and was capable and neat.

The woman had a delicate, fair and tender oval face, a pair of beautiful eyes that looked like autumn water, a jade nose and a sandalwood mouth, and a heroic look between her brows.

Qu Shaoyang frowned. Why did this woman look familiar? Where had he seen her before?

"I wonder who the boss is?" Qu Shaoyang couldn't remember where he had seen this person before, so he could only ask.

The woman opposite smiled when she heard that, took a few steps forward, then knelt down and bowed.

"The fourth girl of the Yang family, I meet you, my Lord.

I haven't repaid you for saving my life yet, and today you saved the lives of two hundred people in my group. I don't know how to repay you for this kindness."

After the other party said this, Qu Shaoyang finally remembered that the female bandit in front of him was actually the fourth girl from the Yang family whom he had rescued.

"You, went up the mountain and became a bandit?" No wonder there was no news about her later. It turned out that this girl became a bandit.

"Sir, this is a long story. Let my people help deal with these bodies first, and then I will tell you slowly."

Er Yuehong smiled, turned around and called for people to come over to help deal with it.

The people in the gang were all dumbfounded at this time. What the boss had just said to the other party had brought them such a big shock that they were unable to react for a while.

The boss called the leader of the opposing team "Sir Qu", which means that the one who helped them today was not Lao He on the line, but someone from the government?

This, this doesn't sound right. Aren't bandits and soldiers supposed to be mortal enemies? When did their boss ever have any friendship with the officials?
Moreover, that person doesn’t look like an ordinary official, but rather a high-ranking official. What’s going on?
"What are you all standing there for? Get to work. There are so many Russian soldiers to deal with. Why don't you call someone over to help?"

Er Yuehong turned his head to look at the four pillars behind him, frowned and scolded.

Everyone looked at it and thought, okay, don’t think too much, just get to work first.

Regardless of whether they are government soldiers or bandits, since they are willing to lend a hand to help them today, they definitely have no hostility and will not harm them. There is no point in overthinking about it.

Just like that, Paotou, Zongcui and others quickly called on the brothers in the gang to come forward and help.

Everyone cleaned up the battlefield together, and gathered guns, bullets, sabers, horses, etc. together.

Horses with minor injuries were kept for treatment, while those with serious injuries that could not be cured were simply killed and their meat kept.

Others went over and searched the Russian soldiers, taking out all their money and valuables, then stripped off their clothes and burned them together.

There is no way. These clothes are too conspicuous. Anyone can tell that they are the uniforms of Russian soldiers. There is no way to wear them out.

In theory, bandit gangs can wear any kind of clothes, and they often try to win over whoever has the best clothes, so the bandits' attire is very varied.

But no matter how fancy they are, they can't wear the clothes of the Russian soldiers. Isn't that a clear sign of asking for trouble?
Therefore, these things must be burned to avoid any future troubles.

However, the short boots or riding boots worn by Maozi are of good quality, much better than the leather boots or cowhide boots that everyone usually wears, so you can keep them.

About three hundred Russian soldiers were divided into several groups and transported to the reed marsh.

At this time, the weather was not particularly cold, so the corpse would not freeze for a while. The smell of blood attracted wild beasts, which devoured it in one night.

While everyone was busy over there, Qu Shaoyang and Er Yuehong found a place to sit down and chat.

“After leaving the Lin Family compound, I returned to Lishugou first. Everyone in my family was dead, and all the valuables were looted by Jiang Shangpiao and his gang.

The village didn’t dare to deal with it lightly, so they sent someone to deliver a letter to the Zhao family in Shilingzi, which was my maternal grandfather’s home. My uncle, aunt-in-law, cousin and others received the news and rushed to Lishugou, leading the villagers to bury more than 20 people.

The Yang family has been in the Northeast for many years, and many of their relatives and old friends are here.

Upon learning that the Yang family had been wiped out, relatives rushed over and helped collect and bury the bodies of the Yang family members.

When Er Yuehong returned, the matter had already been dealt with and they were looking for Er Yuehong all over the world.

When relatives meet, they feel infinite sadness.

The Zhao family learned from Er Yuehong that their enemy was Qin Zhigao. They were furious and vowed to take revenge.

So Er Yuehong, his uncle, his cousin, and his three sisters-in-law's brothers took the jade-mouthed pipe and the gold hairpin and went to Jilin City to meet up with the shopkeepers and clerks of the Yang family's shops.

Er Yuehong and the Zhao family disguised themselves as floating on the river and delivered the token to Qin's Tobacco and Hemp Store at Linjiangmen to ask Qin Zhigao for the balance.

Qin Zhigao was a very cunning man and was not in the tobacco and hemp store. The shopkeeper evaded the question by saying that he did not know Qin Zhigao's whereabouts.

Er Yuehong left a token and a letter, saying that Jiang Shangpiaoluanzi had completed his mission, but several people had died. He wanted Qin Zhigao to pay another two thousand taels of silver before the matter would be settled.

If Qin Zhigao did not go to the willow forest outside Linjiang Gate to pay the balance that night, they would spread the news and Qin Zhigao would not have an easy time.

After Er Yuehong and the others left, the shopkeeper immediately sent someone to Yuechunlou to find Qin Zhigao.

Unexpectedly, Er Yue Hong was behind and secretly followed Qin Zhigao to Yuechunlou and found where Qin Zhigao was staying.

However, Yuechun Tower was very busy with people coming and going, so Er Yuehong and others could not take action and had to think of another way.

At this time, Qin Zhigao didn't know that Jiangshang Piaoluanzi had been destroyed.

Er Yuehong was certain that Qin Zhigao was sinister and vicious, and would never give money to Jiang Shangpiaoluanzi again.

If things go wrong, this kid might find a way to kill those people floating on the river.

So Er Yuehong and others stayed outside Yuechun Tower to observe the situation while making preparations.

Sure enough, that evening, Qin Zhigao led three or four followers with guns out of Yuechun Tower, met up with twenty or thirty soldiers from the patrol camp on the street, and then went to the willow forest outside Linjiang Gate together.

Er Yuehong estimated that it would take Qin Zhigao and his crew at least one or two hours to go back and forth.

So he took people to rob Qin's Tobacco and Hemp Store, and found more than 20,000 taels of silver and silver notes in the store.

On the other hand, Qin Zhigao originally wanted to sell the drifting string on the river to the patrol camp to solve his biggest worry, but he didn't expect that they waited in the willow forest for a long time but there was no trace of the drifting string on the river.

The people from the patrol camp were so angry that they slapped Qin Zhigao twice, scolded him, and then left.

Qin Zhigao was beaten up, and before anyone came, he thought about taking his followers back to the city first.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Er Yuehong appeared with his men, killed the three followers around Qin Zhigao, and broke one of Qin Zhigao's legs.

Afterwards, everyone tied Qin Zhigao up and returned to the Lin family in Lishugou.

Er Yuehong arranged for someone to go to the Qin family to deliver a letter, clearly stating the whole cause and effect.

Finally, the letter said that Qin Zhigao would be lit as a sky lantern in the Yang family compound to commemorate the twenty-odd people in the Lin family.

After reading the letter, Mr. Qin was furious when he learned that his son had hired Jiang Shangpiaoluanzi to kill the entire Yang family.

But Qin Zhigao was his biological son after all, and he had been trained as his heir. Master Qin couldn't just watch his son being set on fire.

So Mr. Qin took his men and ambushed near the Yang family, trying to rescue Qin Zhigao.

Unexpectedly, this was Er Yuehong's diversionary tactic. She never went to Yang's house at all. There was only Qin Zhigao's body at Yang's house.

Er Yuehong took advantage of the opportunity when Mr. Qin took his men to the Yang family and led a group of relatives and servants to rob the Qin family compound.

Everyone in the Qin family, regardless of gender, age or status, except those who followed Master Qin out, were killed without leaving a single one alive, and then the Qin family compound was burned down.

When Master Qin received the news and rushed back, he was ambushed by Er Yuehong. These people were unable to escape and all died.

After slaughtering the Qin family and killing Qin Zhigao, Er Yuehong and the others knew that the matter was too serious and the government would definitely investigate.

After discussion, everyone decided not to go home, but to set up a gang on the spot and become bandits.

It just so happened that they had the money robbed from the tobacco and hemp store and the Qin family, as well as half of Jiang Shangpiaoluanzi's property, which was enough to buy guns and ammunition and recruit soldiers.

So Er Yuehong became the boss, and her cousins, sisters-in-law's brothers, and the shop assistants served as the main supporters.

As a result, a new group of people appeared in Huaide, Lishu and other places, and the leader reported his name as Er Yuehong.

The Eryuehong Gang is a group of people who play with clean money. They only rob landlords and do not harass ordinary people. The gang has strict rules and enjoys a good reputation in the local area.

"Because I was born in February, I was named February Red."

Er Yuehong told the whole story of the past in one breath, and then looked at Qu Shaoyang.

"Master Qu, you saved my life that time, and you rescued me again today and helped our gang. I will always remember this kindness.

If you want to arrest me and take me to the government to be punished, I will not resist. After all, I have already avenged my great hatred and there is nothing for me to linger on.

However, please let the others go."

After listening to Er Yuehong's narration, Qu Shaoyang admired this girl from the bottom of his heart.

If Er Yuehong did these things, a man might not be able to do them. He is really amazing.

"The Qin family killed more than 20 members of the Lin family, and you took people to avenge them and wiped out their family. Retaliation is only natural. Why should I care about these things?"

Qu Shaoyang chuckled. These days, human life is worthless and countless people die every day.

Not to mention that the Qin family deserved the punishment, even if they didn't, how much did it have to do with him, Qu Shaoyang?
"But, as a young girl, do you really intend to live like this forever, living on the edge of a knife?" Qu Shaoyang asked curiously.

"What else can we do? Can we just quit? Even if we quit, will the government let us off?
In the past two years, I have robbed many landlords and rich people, and even led people to rob the Russians of their food and wages several times.

The Russians hate me so much, otherwise how could they set a trap to capture me? I am now on the edge of a trap, there is no turning back. "

Er Yuehong shook her head. From the moment she decided to avenge her family, she never thought about the future.

"It's good to be a beggar. You can take revenge and do whatever you want. When you die one day, you don't have to worry about anything."

(End of this chapter)