The spies went out of the Great Wall all the way to the north, and on this day they arrived near the house of the big landlord named Liu Chengwan that Zhang Jinsong said.

This is a large courtyard with five out and five into four flutes and four corners, the blue brick and tile house, the wall is one zhang and three, and a cannon tower with a shooting hole is built on the four corners of the southeast, northwest and northwest, there are people standing guard in the turret day and night, the front main gate is two big wooden doors with iron-clad nails, the threshold is more than one foot high, there is a saying in the countryside in the north to describe someone's age, 'crossing the threshold and grinding eggs,' refers to this kind of big threshold.

Let's think about it, if you can still grind the eggs after passing the threshold, then your age must be a big deal, a northern vernacular.

At this time, I saw that there were troops surrounding the gate, and the gate was tightly closed, and there were stone pillars in front of the door that dismounted stones and bolted cattle, and two big black dogs were also brought to the door, and they kept barking in the direction of the spy company.

In the rural areas of northern China, the yards of landlords of a certain scale are generally three-entry houses, and five-entry houses are rare, which also shows that the financial resources of this big landlord are very strong.

At this time, the bodyguards in the turret and the guards in the courtyard had already seen the spy company because of the high terrain, but no one dared to shoot, these people usually scare and scare the people, and when they saw the posture of the spy company, they must be the regular army, and if they dare to play with the regular army, don't they look for death?

Li Yong ordered the troops to spread out in battle formation, surround the courtyard of the big landlord, Li Yong looked at the courtyard of the big landlord and said to the surrounding soldiers: "It is worthy of being the largest rich man in this area within a radius of hundreds of miles, this courtyard has five entrances, and four artillery towers with horns have been built, so we have to take us in our eyes, it seems that our opportunity to make a fortune has arrived." ”

He said to Gao Xiang again: "Bring your platoon over, let the recruits in your platoon practice their hands, didn't this rich man Liu repair four cannon buildings, don't be in a hurry to use your small cannons to blow up slowly, and kill them one by one." ”

After Li Yong finished speaking, the soldiers of the artillery platoon were very excited, this was obviously a battle that would not accompany the bully, and of course it was comfortable to fight, so they all crowded to the front, scrambling to let themselves come to the two guns, what a good opportunity to practice, where to find this kind of time when the company commander and platoon commander don't care if they can't fight.

Wang Chengde, the instructor next to him, heard Li Yong's order and said: "Dayong, let's shout first, this land is mainly surrendered, don't we have to fight." ”

Li Yong: "Lao Wang, I'm just afraid that they will surrender now, our company has just been reorganized, take this small battle to grind and grind and the troops, how good it is to practice your hands, go there to find such a good opportunity, you can't shout." ”

Instructor Wang Chengde was immediately speechless, how did you say that you met such a company commander, and you are afraid that people will surrender when you fight, what do you call this? But after thinking about it carefully, what Li Yong said also makes sense, you said that this land is mainly surrendered, but how can you train soldiers?

Seeing that the soldiers of the artillery platoon had set up all the small cannons, Li Yong ordered the attack to begin. This big landlord named Liu Chengwan knew it when he came up from the spy company, although he was a little scared, but he didn't care too much, he thought to himself: It doesn't matter who he is, doesn't he just want money and food, it's a big deal to give them more money and food, what else can they do to me?

When the mortar of the special service company rang out, the whole person was stupid: "Why did this unit attack me with small artillery?" Whether it is the Kuomintang or **, it is the old little devil who is fine as long as he pays enough money and food, what kind of army is this group? ”

This big landlord is indeed a little confused, the Kuomintang and the little devils have seen a lot, and the Eighth Route Army is not uncommon, what kind of troops are these people? Looking at the gray military uniform he was wearing, it should be Balu, but Balu doesn't wear a steel helmet! And this style is also different from the eight roads.

The soldiers of the artillery platoon are not in a hurry, anyway, the bodyguards of the big landlord's family dare not come out, so let's practice slowly, this cannon is a cannon in the east and a cannon in the west, one cannon on the one and one cannon on the other, one on the other, one on the right, and several artillery towers are bombed back and forth, and the soldiers of other platoons are watching the excitement from the side with relish.

The operators are all recruits, the old soldiers are pointing on the side, at first this is not very accurate, and then it is more and more accurate, the stones and tiles were blown up all over the sky, Li Yong didn't say a word, just looked at Gao Xiang and scolded and said their platoon soldiers: "Come to the left, come to the right, look at your eyes, didn't you sleep yesterday?" Miss your daughter-in-law, right? I can tell you, our People's Liberation Army is disciplined, and you can't mess around with big girls and little daughters-in-law, you have to be honest with me. ”

His soldiers all calculated in their hearts: When will we see the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law? But he didn't dare to talk back to him, so he had to stuff his head and operate.

The people of the spy company are not in a hurry, this rich man Liu is not good, he is just a landlord with some power and not a unit, how can he stand up to the spy company so tossed, several turrets were blown up and smashed in a short time, and the bodyguards in the turrets went to the sky with the bricks.

The artillery towers of these landlords themselves are not for dealing with artillery and the regular army, but only to deal with bandits and scare the local people.

Li Yong waved his hand and said, "Okay, how about it?" As soon as the spy stopped, he heard someone in the courtyard shouting: "What part of your army is it?" Is it the Lord of the Eight Roads? Master Eight Roads, stop shooting, we surrender. ”

Li Yong asked the soldiers to shout: "Open the gate, throw all the guns out, and then all the people inside raise their hands and come out." ”

After a short time, I saw dozens of rifles thrown out of the open gate, and then more than 100 men, women, and children walked out of the door one after another, and they were so frightened that they were confused, and as soon as these people went out of the gate, the soldiers of the special service company immediately surrounded them.

There was a big fat man in the middle of the crowd trembling and said: "Chiefs, chiefs, the villain is Liu Chengwan, the villain is Liu Chengwan, there is something to say, there is something to say." ”

Li Yong rode over on a horse, pointed at the big fat man's head with a horsewhip and said, "You are Liu Chengwan?" ”

The fat man said with a smile on his face, "Sir, the villain is exactly, the villain is exactly." Li Yong said with a calm face: "Listen, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, open your granary, take out your gold bars, and the ocean, if you find that you have a piece of the ocean that you haven't handed over, I will dig a pit and bury you and the more than 100 people in your family alive, do you understand?" ”

He said to Li Yuming again: "Take your class with him, after this fat man hands over the money, you search again, and if you find him hidden, shoot him directly." ”

After listening to Li Yong's words, this big fat man Liu Chengwan sweated down, and immediately said: "Don't worry, sir, I will pay it all, I will pay it all, it is useless for me to ask for money, it is useless for me to ask for food, I will hand it over to your army." ”

Li Yong snorted: "Even if you know the current affairs, there is another thing, you will send people to Jingbian within two days to transport the grain in the granary, except for the rations, as long as you do these two things well, you and your family's lives will be saved." ”

Of course, Li Yong said this to scare the landowner, but this scare did work, Liu Chengwan was sweating all over his head: "Don't worry, sir, the villain will do it, the villain will do it." ”

In the next two days, under the organization of this Liu Chengwan, a cart of grain continued to be transported to Jingbian in the south, this big landlord in order to save his life is indeed hard, dozens of big carriages, day and night, two days in a row finally the big landlord's granary empty, Li Yong saw that it was almost enough to lead the team to leave the Liu family compound and turn back to Jingbian, before leaving, he said to Liu Chengwan: "Spare your dog's life, next time if I know that you are against the ** People's Liberation Army, you will collapse." ”

Not far from the troops, Li Yuming couldn't hold it back, and came over to Li Yong and said: "Company commander, this time we are really rich, this Liu Da Rich Man is really rich, there are several big boxes, either gold bars or oceans, I am so big, let alone look at it, I have never heard of such a rich person." ”

Li Yong also said happily: "It seems that our trip is really not in vain, not only got the grain back, but also got so much money, take care of the box, go back to the old grandson, register and make a book, these money is our future funds." ”

Wang Chengde, the instructor next to him, said a little worriedly: "Dayong, are you doing this?" Didn't we rob it? Besides, all the money seized is left to us? Don't hand it over to the main forces? ”

Li Yong: "Lao Wang, there is nothing that can't be done, we didn't rob the people, what are we people doing the revolution for, that is, to reform the lives of these landlords and old wealth, and after the liberation of this area, we will carry out land reform, not to mention money and food, even the land will be distributed to the people, we just took it a few years in advance, is this also considered to serve the troops, as for the seized money, we don't even keep it ourselves, this is not a mistake, I have an agreement with the regiment commander, I have the final say in my own seizure, they do not interfere." ”