blood feud

"The first time I saw Aunt Ling, it was two years ago." Squad leader Qiu was immersed in the memory: "It seemed that not long after dinner, there was suddenly intense gunfire from the Yutang family, the advocate of Dadi Wangcheng in the southeast of Yu County. Because it is less than two miles away from my Majiazhai, I can hear it very clearly."

"I was hanging out with a group of brothers at the time, so I ran over to watch the fun. A woman in white with a white horse and two guns in the firelight immediately attracted our attention. Later, she reported her name to Fairy Ling, and we knew it was A group of people from the green forest that just came out."

"My brothers and I are all descendants of the survivors of the catastrophe, and we have a blood feud with Zhang Yutang. So when Aunt Lingxian broke through Zhang Yutang's fence, we also rushed in. Zhang Yutang was killed by me, and that's why I came out to join the army .”

"It turned out to be you." Hua Ruyue interjected, "I wondered at the time, my Lingxian aunt never had a man under her command, how could seven or eight young men suddenly appear. And each of them had red eyes, full of murderous aura. Later When you retreat, you don’t see anyone.”

Ling Kaishan asked with some doubts: "Tell me, why do you have blood feud?"

Squad Leader Qiu looked at Hua Ruyue and said, "Aunt Ling should have some impressions. Twenty years ago, there was a Lianzhuang Club in the southeast of Yu County, with more than 20 members."

"That's right, I heard about it from my master." Hua Ruyue nodded, "The leader was a hero named Xing Laotiao from Yaoqu Village, and then Zhang Laocheng, a farmer from Mengjiabao in the west of the city, and Zhao Yumei, a farmer in Baile in the east of the city, appeared. It's a pity that he was caught in a trick and was arrested, and was killed soon after, and the local people wept bitterly for it."

Squad leader Qiu went on to say: "After the establishment of the Lianzhuang Association, it was for the people to make decisions without any political background. In the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916), Yan Shaoze, the governor of the Yuxian County Office, embezzled 2 yuan from police education funds and local self-government funds. For more than a year, the monthly salaries of the [-] bailiffs in the county office were fraudulently paid out of the local police funds. In addition, they wantonly embezzled from the grain requisition by discounting rice and beans."

"For Yan Shaoze's corruption, many people in the local area have repeatedly complained to the Zhili Inspectorate, but Zhu Jiabao, the Inspectorate, intentionally defended Yan Shaoze and Governor Wanquan, wanting him to leave Yu County secretly and leave. After the Lianzhuang Society learned of this, tens of thousands of members were organized to guard the gates of the cities."

"Later, I found Zhili inspector and Koubei Dao Yin and asked to settle accounts with Yan Shaoze. Frightened by the powerful momentum of the Lianzhuang Association, the inspector and Koubei Dao had to withdraw Yan Shaoze's title of governor, and were forced to serve as a member of the Lianzhuang Association. The leader opened an office with Ci'an in the city, and promised that no matter what taxes were apportioned by the county office in the future, it would have to discuss with the Lianzhuang Association in advance."

"In the spring of the ninth year of the Republic of China (19th year), Fu Side (nicknamed the big dustpan), the new governor of the Yuxian County Office, did not discuss with the Lianzhuang Association, and arbitrarily apportioned exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes, which aroused the indignation of the majority of farmers. Under the leadership of Lao Tiao and Zhang Laocheng, thousands of members of the Lianzhuang Association smashed open the south gate of the county seat and rushed in, destroying the police station, tax bureau, and business association, taking advantage of the momentum to destroy the landlords who arranged rice donations in the county seat. Wu's home."

"Then they rushed into the county office, made a big disturbance in the courtroom, destroyed the hall drum, smashed the official sedan chair, and surrounded the hall of the county office. Amid the roars of Lianzhuang members, Fu Side had to come out and pretend to be kind. Face, pretending to accept the request of the Lianzhuang Association, canceling exorbitant taxes, thus lifting the siege of the Lianzhuang Association."

"However, when the angry crowd had just left, Fu Side immediately sent someone to secretly report to Yin of Koubei Road, asking for troops to suppress the Lianzhuanghui. Yin of Koubei Road immediately sent a security team to Yu County. A captain of the security team surnamed Teng and Fu Sidee racked their brains , plotting all night. Finally, through Zhang Yutang, the poisonous plan to suppress the Lianzhuang Association was laid down."

"They lured my fathers Xing Laotiao and Zhang Laocheng to Nanguan Fuheng store in the county seat and secretly arrested them under the pretext of hosting a banquet for the leaders of the Lianzhuang Association. Wang Laobao, the deputy leader of the Lianzhuang Association's office Wall Man), after learning the news of my father’s arrest, immediately organized [-] members to demonstrate outside the city with sticks, demanding the release of the leader of the Lianzhuang Association.”

"Guarding the city wall, the guards opened fire on the crowd, killing four Lianzhuang members and forcing the besieged members to disperse. Then Yin Litong of Koubei Road led troops to Yuxian County and began a bloody suppression of the Lianzhuang Association. Officers and soldiers went from the county to Four townships searched and arrested 23 people, including Zhang Rong, a member of Lianzhuang in Futu Village, Li Yu, a member of Lianzhuang in Dayun Town, Zhao Baozhu, a member of Yuanzhuang in Dongli, and Zhao Kai, a member of Lianzhuang in Baile Town, and they were killed together. "

"The leader, Zhao Yumei, was forced to abandon his wife and son and flee to a foreign country, and his whereabouts are still unknown." Squad leader Qiu said with tears in his eyes, "I am the posthumous son of Xing Laotiao, Xing Tiangang. My mother wanted to avoid arrest by the government and also to raise me. I became an adult, so I remarried to Qiu Fucai, a former member of Lianzhuang. I ran away from home after killing Zhang Yutang two years ago, and joined the army because the arrest warrant has not been revoked."

Ling Kaishan asked with a gloomy face: "These bastards have committed evil and evil, and they all come to a bad end. Xing Tiangang, you don't need to be sad. Take your time, as long as they are not dead, we will have a chance to get revenge."

"I'm not sad, because I have already killed Zhang Yutang who lied to my father to the banquet, and I have taken revenge. Dad is alive in heaven, so he should be able to rest in peace." Qiu squad leader, or Xing Tiangang, said to Ling Kaishan again. Said: "There are 11 brothers who ran out with me, and they are all descendants of those victims."

Ling Kaishan said little by little: "With the 12 of you as the backbone, plus the other 35 people you brought over, there are a total of 47 people. A platoon is specially formed, with three squads of 15 people under its jurisdiction. You will be the platoon leader and the deputy Platoon leader and squad leader, please give me the list and get the equipment this afternoon. Your platoon will be the first platoon of the fourth brigade of our future Lianzhuang Self-Defense Force."

Xing Tiangang shook his head: "It is naturally possible to form a platoon now, but I cannot be the platoon leader at present."

Mo Fengjiao accompanied her to tears for a long time just now, and at this moment she suddenly asked in surprise: "Why, don't you want to continue beating the little devil?"

Xing Tiangang clenched his right fist and said: "I promised the descendants of the victims that as long as they find a foothold, I will go back and bring them out. They are watched by those landlords and old money every day in their hometown, for fear that they will rebel again. Every year They do all the heavy work for Patin, and beat them at every turn."

"Since you join my army, you will be a brother for a day, and you will be a brother for life. Do you think it is safe to go back? Can you find those people?" Ling Kaishan shook his head: "No, you will arrange this one this afternoon. Set up the shelf, and then learn military regulations and discipline, and after receiving the equipment, I will take it back directly as a guard, so I can rest assured."

Xing Tian just thought for a while before saying: "Then equip the box cannon first, so that our actions will be more concealed, and it will not be easy to be discovered by the local landlord Laocai security group. It is convenient for contact with the villagers, and it will not bring them any harm Disaster."

"Yes, you can go down and organize your brothers to learn our military regulations and disciplines." Ling Kaishan stared at Xing Tiangang and said, "Remember, my army is different from others. Military regulations and disciplines must be strictly enforced. Once violated , it is necessary to engage in military law, and we will never tolerate it."

"That's no problem. Our parents backed up the poor. If we go against our parents' wishes, they will never let us go. There must be a thunderbolt." Xing Tiangang looked firm: "How many people are needed? "

"The number of people? It's hard to say." Ling Kaishan said with a smile: "If you have a platoon, you will be the platoon leader, and if you have a company, you will be the company commander. If you have a battalion, ****, I will give you the position of battalion commander Ah. But remember one thing, I don’t want people who are uncertain, greedy for life and afraid of death. Also, a reorganized company has 226 people, and a battalion has 746 people. Hahaha, you can figure it out.”

After Xing Tiangang left, Ling Kaishan said excitedly: "You guys going out this time, the biggest gain should be to get Xing Tiangang back. With them, this will be of great help to our development to the west. This is a great achievement , should be commended."

"It's not our credit, don't make a fuss about it." Hua Ruyue also said with a smile: "The real hero should be Xie Yuanda. This kid has a good brain, fights in an orderly manner, and is very courageous and unambiguous. He and You San Pao is really a pair of good brothers."

Ling Kaishan nodded: "Well, that's right, these two guys were brought here by Kuang Laojier. It seems that they should belong to the kind of people who had no ambitions back then. No wonder the boss often said that the former big warlords liked Forming cliques, not because fellow villagers or relatives don’t use them, how many talents are wasted.”

Xing Tian was so impatient that he left Mujiazhai the next day with the temporary platoon, which will not be mentioned for the time being.

Because of the public identity, the "Mujiazhai Lianzhuang Self-Defense Force" office in Zhangfang Town became the base of the reconnaissance platoon.This time Xie Yuanda brought back a radio station which came in handy, and Ling Kaishan dispatched a radio operator to live directly in the office.

In addition, Xie Yuanda took back all of Sang Muqing's telephone lines, as well as 7 hand-cranked telephones.Ling Kaishan connected Sanhuang Mountain, Parade Platform, Guaiboliang, Tiantianding and Wangfo Temple to all telephone lines.There are not enough telephones now, so we can only order people to go out to buy them. Naturally, this is also a matter for the reconnaissance platoon.

Seven days later, Mujiazhai finally had a different scene. Facing the gate of the Juma River, two double-layer blockhouses made of large blue stones had been completed, forming a pass on the left and right outside the gate.

Without any hesitation, Ling Kaishan brought out three Type [-] heavy machine guns from the warehouse and equipped them there.Although there are not many bullets, this bunker is originally the last means of defense, and it doesn't need many bullets.

In addition, 6 Maxim heavy machine guns were deployed on the top of the bunker, which can be used as ground support and anti-aircraft firepower.

Using two blockhouses as the faucet to extend to the left and right, and then close to the west, a long and narrow "Mujiazhai" with a width of 2 kilometers from north to south and a length of 4 kilometers from east to west is freshly baked.

It has been expanded seven times on the original basis, including two complete mountain beams in the north and south, and is integrated with the Sanhuang Mountain in the southwest and the main position of the parade platform. The main activity place of the guard.

After all, what happens next, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.