Chapter 68: The Road Encounter
"We're obviously going south, why are you suing those people in the town that we're going to Wuhan?" Tan Fei, who had already returned to Diqiao Town and was sitting in the same carriage as Tang Cheng, asked Tang Cheng with some puzzlement. But Tang Cheng Zhu Hui didn't have time to pay attention to Tan Fei, he was busy counting the harvest in Huandiqiao Town with Liu Shishi, and sold most of the property intercepted from the Yao family, and the backpack that Liu Shishi specially used to hold money was almost full.
Tang Cheng ignored Tan Fei, but the latter stared at the other party unrelentingly, waiting for Tang Cheng to give an answer. Sighing softly, Tang Cheng rubbed his sour eyes and turned his head to look at Tan Fei, who was looking curious, "I said glasses, you are also a person who has read books, haven't you heard of the thirty-six strategies?" There is a plan in it, which is called Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang, and the Japanese army cannot let us kill a small team of Japanese soldiers and a hundred and ten imperial allies in vain. ”
Tengfei is not a stupid person, just listening to Tang Cheng at the beginning, he already understood what Tang Cheng meant. "Are you saying that the people in the town said that we went north to Wuhan on purpose, the purpose was to lure the Japanese reinforcements north, and we took the opportunity to go south?" Seeing that Tang Cheng nodded, Tan Fei, who guessed Tang Cheng's meaning, was a little complacent, and Liu Shishi, who was busy counting money, rolled his eyes very dissatisfied, and Tan Fei was somewhat restrained.
Liu Shishi, who was responsible for keeping the money, could now be regarded as a small rich man, if it weren't for Tang Cheng exchanging some oceans for gold bars in the town, Liu Shishi's backpack that held money might not be able to transfer those money and valuable items. Seeing Liu Shishi's appearance of being obsessed with money, Tan Fei began to despise Tang Cheng even more, he thought that Liu Shishi was like this, and it was all taught by Tang Cheng.
Tang Cheng didn't have the heart to pay attention to what Tan Fei was thinking, in order not to reveal the purpose of going south, Tang Cheng and they left Huandiqiao Town when it was almost dark. First, he walked along the official road outside Huandiqiao Town in the direction of Luojiazhuang, and waited for the old northeast who fell behind to confirm that no one was following, and then turned around and went south along the official road to Dujiawan. Lin Jiadong was killed, and Hou San and the dice, two guys who were born as bandits, alternately became guides and scouts, but more than an hour had passed, and the dice that were supposed to be replaced did not come back on time.
Walking in the dark at night, what they are afraid of is getting lost, in order to avoid the villages they meet along the road, Tang Cheng they also have to walk in the wild from time to time, thinking of the marks left along the way is particularly important. The dice didn't come back, but there were marks left by the dice along the road, so Tang Cheng didn't give the order to stop advancing, but just asked those with short guns to be more vigilant. After stumbling for a few more miles, the dice finally returned, and brought back a man in ragged clothes with a solemn expression.
"There are guerrillas over here, too?" Hearing this ragged man say that he was a guerrilla, Tang Cheng chuckled in his heart, this CCP guerrillas are really everywhere. Fortunately, the situation introduced by the guerrilla named Zhang Tong has not yet made Tang Cheng's heart sink to the bottom, and the guerrilla group formed by the Huangshi underground party arrived in Caolingtou Village yesterday, but he did not expect to be robbed by a group of bandits. There were only a dozen guerrillas in the group, and where were the opponents of dozens of bandits, they were surrounded by bandits at once, and they were outnumbered.
Since the guerrillas were not from Caolingtou Village, they were all arrested in the bandits' den, and Zhang Tong only took advantage of the bandits' slack to escape down the mountain at dinner today. Zhang Tong, who escaped from the bandit's den, fled in a panic, but was hit by the dice that went out to explore the way, Zhang Tong, who had been hungry for two days, would be the opponent of the dice, and three or two moves were thrown to the ground by the dice, and when the situation and Zhang Tong's identity were asked clearly, the dice brought Zhang Tong back.
"How many bandits are there? How many of you are there? Has anyone else been captured by the bandits? "Scolding the dice is not a thing to do," Tang Cheng asked with a frown.
"There are probably fifty or sixty bandits, and I see that there are guys dressed as officers of the national army. There were 17 of us guerrillas, but we didn't see anyone else captured by the bandits. Zhang Tong gulped down the cake handed by Tan Fei while answering Tang Cheng's inquiry. Fortunately, the dice didn't say that they were the national army heading south, and Zhang Tong thought that this team with horse-drawn carts and ox-carts was passing merchants.
"And how many weapons do they have?" Hearing Zhang Tong say that there were still national troops mixed among the bandits, Tang Cheng suddenly became interested in this group of bandits, but before that, Tang Cheng was most concerned about the weapons and equipment of these bandits.
"I've paid attention to this, there are fifty-two guns in total, and seven or eight short guns." didn't bother to wipe the crumbs off the corners of his mouth, Zhang Tong tried to recall and said. "In addition, the bandits seem to have machine guns in their hands, and I look like light machine guns."
"Wait, what did you just say? They still have machine guns in their hands? Tang Cheng suddenly raised his hand and interrupted Zhang Tong's words. After receiving Zhang Yi's exact answer, Tang Cheng began to ponder, he was interested in those national troops among the bandits. But if the bandits have machine guns in their hands, if they want to attack these bandits, it may become a tough battle, and they are so many people now, and they want to attack against the strafing of machine guns, then the casualties will not be small, and they feel like they are a little more than they gain when they think about it.
"No, we can't wade into this troubled water, it's only right to avoid the devil soldiers' defense line and go south." Seeing that Tang Cheng didn't speak and began to think about things, the old northeast who was driving the car came over and bit Tang Cheng's ear. Although they now look like there are more than 30 people, but there are more than a dozen dead and injured in the battle of Diqiao Town, plus the people who were already injured on Wu Chuang's side, they can still fight with guns There are only 14 people, and this person can deal with dozens of bandits equipped with machine guns.
"I'm just thinking about it, I'm not stupid, why do I have to rush to help people who have nothing to do with us, I definitely won't go, we still have to go south to live a good life." Knowing that Lao Dongbei was worried about his messing around with things, Tang Cheng smiled and stretched out his hand to pat the backpack in Liu Shishi's arms, and swore to Lao Northeast to make him reassure, which made Lao Northeast twist his head back in disbelief.
Porcelain does not touch the clay pot, this is the truth that Tang Cheng learned from those Jianghu men, the money in Liu Shishi's backpack is enough for him to live a good life after going south to Sichuan, and then he is so straight with a gun and a tough battle with the Japanese army, it is indeed a little unreasonable. "Now that you're the only one escaping, what do you want to do? Go to the rescuers or do you want to follow us south? "Promised that Lao Dongbei would not be nosy, Tang Cheng planned to ask Zhang Tong what he meant now.
Half a pot of water was poured into his neck, and Zhang Tong, who was full of food and drink, wiped his mouth clean with his stained sleeves, and then raised his eyes to look at Tang Cheng. "The guerrillas were all captured by those bandits, and I worked so hard to escape, just to find a way to rescue them and follow you, then didn't I become a deserter?" Zhang Tong's love seemed to be a little excited, and his voice gradually became louder. Liu Shishi, who was beside Tang Cheng, looked around nervously, and reached out to cover Zhang Tong's mouth, signaling Zhang Tong to speak in a quieter voice.
His eyes revealed disdain for Liu Shishi's timidity, Zhang Tong twisted his head to avoid Liu Shishi's outstretched hand, but he didn't want to avoid Liu Shishi's hand just now, but he was kicked by a foot in his waist and abdomen, and he fell off the carriage on his back. "My men saved you, gave you food and water, and bandaged your wounds. Not only are you not grateful, but you look at my brother with that kind of look, and I don't think a guy like you is much better than a bandit. It was Tang Cheng who kicked Zhang Tong out of the carriage, Tang Cheng happened to see the expression on Zhang Tong's face just now by the light of the cigarette butt in his mouth, and he kicked this guy out of the carriage without holding back.
Zhang Tong, who got up from the ground, was about to say something, but Tang Cheng stretched out his hand to stop him, "You are guerrillas, we are not, and we only have a dozen people, you want us to deal with dozens of bandits, you are not stupid." You guerrillas have more than a dozen guns, none of which are anyone's opponents, do you expect us to be able to do the trick with a few broken guns? "Most of the weapons they seized in Tang Cheng were covered under the tarpaulin, which would be the stars in the sky and the moonlight no matter how bright it was, and Zhang Tong couldn't see the guns and ammunition under the tarpaulin, Tang Cheng was not wrong to say so.
"Stone, build him your Hanyang, give him another 50 bullets, whether he can save people is his own business, let's go." Liu Shi was very reluctant to throw the Hanyang-made rifle at his feet into the carriage, grabbed two bullets casually and threw them over, and ignored Zhang Tong who was standing on the side of the road. Such a small episode was destined not to affect Tang Cheng's determination to go south, but Tan Fei, who was bent on finding fault, secretly rolled his eyes at Tang Cheng a few times, and said that Tang Cheng was not a good guy.
Tan Fei was muttering about Tang Cheng's character in his heart, but he didn't say that Tang Cheng's approach just now was wrong, Tang Cheng took them to win more with less in Huandiqiao Town, and that relied on being familiar with the terrain and successively ambushed the Japanese army. Zhang Tong said that there are dozens of bandits, not to mention, they still have dozens of rifles and machine guns in their hands, plus the bandits are familiar with the terrain here, if they really go to help Zhang Tong save people, the end of Guan Bao will not be good, in the face of life and death, no one will think that they will live a long life, including Tan Fei himself.
Tan Fei didn't say anything to contradict Tang Cheng's decision, and Wu Chuang and the others couldn't say anything, the national army and the CCP were mortal enemies. However, Zhang Tong's appearance made Tang Cheng wake up, with the dice and Hou San leading the way, he had bypassed Caolingtou Village, but the bandits had no fixed place, Tang Cheng was worried that he would not avoid the Japanese army but would be harmed by the bandits.