Chapter 1175: The Leader of the Thieves
An airship slowly landed at the airfield near the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army, and more than a dozen stout men with fierce faces jumped off the pod tremblingly, and then looked around.
The last one to get off the airship was Zhou Weifan, seeing their expressions, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't be nervous when you first come to Hetao, I will take you around here in the next few days." ”
More than a dozen stout men all clenched their fists and bowed, "Where...... Where...... We are all at the mercy of Mr. Zhou......"
Zhou Weifan waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be restrained, just treat this place as your home." Our Far Eastern Army still takes good care of its own people, and as long as you obey our command in the future, you will definitely not treat you badly. ”
These people are the leaders of the various exile armies recovered by the Far East Intelligence Department in Daming in recent years. In order to allow them to better cooperate with the actions of the Far East Army, Zhou Weifan specially took them to the Hetao base this time.
The main thing is to let them understand the strength of the Far Eastern Army and carry out the necessary deterrence against them, so as not to be half-hearted and difficult to manage at the time.
After all, the most special reality of these thieves is that they are all mothers with milk. Characters like heroes in troubled times, which one still talks about loyalty, what they recognize most is strength. Therefore, it is still very necessary to implement the policy of carrots in one hand and sticks in the other.
It is nothing more than use for them, and they really can't expect to be wholeheartedly attached, and after the Far East controls the area north of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty, they will have to cross the river to the Jiangnan region. Therefore, it is still necessary to give them enough sweetness and let them do something inconvenient for the Far East.
The Northwest Field Army Headquarters did not send anyone to greet them, and both Song Tao and Zhou Billy thought that they would be dried for two days first. For these bandit leaders who have long been wild, they can't have a good face at all, and they can be love if they give them a smile.
So let the field division send a company of troops to maintain order at the airfield. There aren't even a few people in the entire airport, so it's hairy. In fact, it is to scare people, and the right to give these guys a dismount.
More than 100 well-trained officers and men of the field division stood around the airship in full armor, holding Type 28 rifles, and also attached the perverted bayonet, looking at the special frightening people with a clear expression.
They stood in a solemn line next to the airship, they had all been training hard in the Far East for many years, and they had already developed a fierce and iron-blooded temperament. Coupled with a bright bayonet erected like a forest, the leader of more than a dozen thieves suddenly felt cold on his back, and cold sweat came down.
They are not ordinary thieves, in the past few years, with the support of the Far East, they have gathered thousands of old battalions that can fight, and they have also coerced tens of thousands of young and strong homeless people. Moreover, the weapons are also very sophisticated, and the old battalion is equipped with standard cold weapons produced in the Far East.
These rogue armies have also seen the world, and after years of bloody battles, they have developed to this day, even if they fight against the same number of elite officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they can stand up for a while. But when they saw the military strength of the Far Eastern Army, they were a little frightened.
"Collect the gun ......"
With a loud roar from a non-commissioned officer, more than 100 officers and soldiers in the Far East put down their rifles in their hands almost at the same time, and slammed them to the ground.
"Smack...... Smack......"
The movements of more than 100 people in the entire company were uniform, as if they were one person, and there was only the sound of two movements. The officers and men had solemn expressions, did not squint, and their postures were erect, permeated with a solemn and solemn atmosphere.
The company commander who led the team ran over to report to Zhou Weifan, and then shouted the password loudly and left the airport with the queue. It wasn't until the Far Eastern officers and soldiers of this company went far away that a dozen of the bandit leaders breathed a sigh of relief.
They were all stunned in their hearts, how did this soldier lead, more than a hundred people could actually make such a military might. The old battalion of the exile army under their command is the most capable of fighting, pulling out thousands of people, and it is estimated that it is not an opponent against these Far Eastern Army.
Billy Zhou took them for a casual walk in the Hetao, and the leaders of the gang of thieves were not enough to see. Because the Hetao has been occupied by the Mongol Tatars for nearly a hundred years, it has long been deserted, who would have thought that it would now be built to such a scale by the Far East.
Rows of wooden houses are built everywhere, neatly arranged in rows, and large tracts of land around them have been cleared into patches of farmland, and canals have been dug all over the banks of the Yellow River.
A large number of displaced people who have just been accepted this year are undergoing winter training in camps in various places, and the sound of passwords and trumpets in the camps is resounding. Countless homeless people are training intensively under the strict supervision of the instructors.
Both sides of the Yellow River are full of wharves and ferries, although the Yellow River has been frozen, but there are dense boats on the shore, almost filling the beachheads on both sides of the Yellow River.
Tall chimneys stood one after another, emitting thick smoke. Everywhere you go, you can clearly hear a loud roar. Terrified the leader of a gang of outcasts.
There are also a large number of cattle, sheep and horses on the bank, densely covered with almost all the river beaches, where countless Mongolians are carefully waiting for these large animals. There are more two-wheeled and four-wheeled carriages, stacked in rows on both sides of the Yellow River, and the number is so large that it is impossible to count the number, and it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of them.
There are also the endless storage bases on both sides of the Yellow River, where countless proposed warehouses are piled up with various materials such as grain, ammunition, forage, cloth, and leather goods. The Far East is too powerful, and the supplies they saw on both sides of the Yellow River alone have already suppressed them.
How much material must be stored, they carefully observed, the most is grain and horse feed, such a large amount is enough for 100,000 troops for a long time.
There are also countless herds of cattle, sheep and horses, and the Far Eastern Army is rich in Nyima. What made them even more unbelievable was that there were a large number of Mongolian Tartars taking care of the horses for them, and they were doing quite well.
How have these turtles seen such a scene, they have this sluggish expression all the way, and their minds have long been confused.
In the evening, Zhou Weifan came to a woodcarved place, turned to them and said, "You rest today, and I will lead you around tomorrow." ”
After he finished speaking, he left, and two fighters of the Far Eastern Army were responsible for settling them, allocating houses for them and preparing dinner. A group of people gathered around the table and began to eat.
This dinner is very rich, fresh and fat grassland hand-made mutton, potato roast beef with thick oil red sauce, braised Yellow River carp and some platter roast chicken lo-mei, as well as a variety of seasonal vegetables, mushroom fungus and other dishes, a large table is full.
The leader of this gang of thieves looked at this table of wine, and immediately drooled, although the dishes of the Far East were not exquisite, but they were quite to their appetite. What excites them the most is that there are also a few bottles of spirits from the Far East.
The meal made the bandit leaders eat with their mouths full of oil, especially a few bottles of Far Eastern spirits. Because the wine was too strong, they drank so much that their faces were red and their tongues were bigger.
"Lao Luo, as soon as we arrived in the Far East today, they will give us a dismount, if we follow the Far East in the future, can we succeed?"
"Yes, I think if the Far East wins the world in the future, we will not end well."
"The Hetao used to be occupied by the Mongolian Tatars, but now it has not been beaten down by the Far East, I think the world will definitely be in the Far East in the future, everyone should not be cranky, so please attach to the Far East as soon as possible, maybe you can be a minister from the dragon."
A middle-aged man in his forties took a sip of wine, and then grinned and said: "Everyone has seen it today, just the military situation in the Far East, even if we have the most capable old battalion, try it once with others, and it will definitely be broken up by others." Emperor Lao Er's dragon chair of the Ming Dynasty can't sit for a few days.
Don't look at Li Zicheng and the Eight Kings making a lot of fun, waiting for the Far Eastern army to go south, it's useless. Even the farmers who farm the land here in the Hetao are well-behaved when they walk, sit and lie down, and if they send a blade, they are soldiers, and we will follow the Far East in peace, and at least we can get a rich man in the future. If everyone has any different intentions now, they don't know how to die in the future.
The person who spoke was none other than Cao Cao Luo Rucai, the leader of the largest group of rogue troops here, and the leaders of the gang of rogue thieves stopped talking when they heard it. But they are still a little unconvinced in their hearts, they are used to being leaders, who is willing to throw down the soldiers and horses in their hands and be controlled by others.
Luo Rucai saw everyone's expressions, of course he knew what they thought, but he didn't persuade again, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Don't mention those things that are disastrous today, it's rare for everyone to get together so much, let's get drunk and rest." ”
"Good...... Once drunk, you will rest ......"
The gang of thieves didn't want to continue chatting, so the atmosphere at the wine table was lively again. They began to drink together until they were very drunk.
The next day, Zhou Weifan led them early and rode to a grassland north of the Yellow River. Luo Rucai and the others looked at the vast grassland, and they didn't know why Zhou Weifan led them here.
Zhou Weifan casually took out a flare gun and pulled the trigger in the air, and a red signal flare instantly rose into the air.
Luo Rucai and the others looked up at the red signal flare, slowly falling, and they were a little inexplicable in their hearts. One of the bandit leaders suddenly pointed ahead and shouted, "What is that......"
A few black dots appeared on the horizon in the distance, and then more and more, until finally it almost covered the horizon, like a monstrous wave, and the black pressure pressed towards it.
"Cavalry...... That's the cavalry ......"
Now they can all see that this is a large number of cavalry horses, more than 10,000 in number, and there are even more war horses, roaring here overwhelmingly.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
Countless horses' hooves struck the ground with a deafening roar, and the whole earth began to tremble violently. (To be continued.) )