Chapter 57: Clues

The bloodless capture of Luojiazhuang made Zhou Deshan and several of the regiments who returned to Diqiao Town see the hope of returning home, and also gave them a new understanding of Tangcheng's ability. Ordered Ma Gui and his group of Imperial Cooperative Army to be detained separately, and while waiting for the two Imperial Cooperative Army troops on the other side of the mountain road to return to Luojiazhuang, Tang Cheng carefully questioned these Imperial Association soldiers who were imprisoned by himself, and got a lot of information about the Japanese army in Huandiqiao Town from their mouths.

"Official, spare your life, although my Ma Gui is a little muddy, but I haven't done anything to hurt the people, if it weren't for the food to eat, who would want to wear this dog skin." Ma Gui was the last to be brought in front of Tang Cheng. Although Ma Gui said that he was a little timid, but this person's brain turned extremely fast, knowing that although he was not a squad leader, he could not be regarded as an officer, but these dozen imperial alliance troops were under his own command.

"Whether you kill or not depends on your own appearance, if your answer satisfies me, maybe I will let you go, but if you hide something from us and follow the Japanese to do things, then we have to dig a pit in Luojiazhuang and leave you here." Tang Cheng's words were shocked, and Ma Gui knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. Seeing that Ma Gui's forehead was red and swollen, Tang Cheng, who was sitting in front of Ma Gui, couldn't help laughing, this guy who was afraid of death might really be able to say something that he was interested in.

"There are more than 70 Japanese soldiers in the town of Huandiqiao, and one of the devil officers who took the lead is called Kameshima Gohara, the other is called Kurosin Hiroshi, and the one named Kameshima Gohara is the captain of the Japanese army. The company commander of the Imperial Allied Army was called Niu Sanman, who was originally a gangster in Yellowstone, and when the Japanese fought Yellowstone, he led the Japanese to pass, and later the Japanese occupied Yellowstone City, so they rewarded him with the position of company commander of the Imperial Allied Army. Originally, we still had two classes of brothers, and yesterday we took the platoon leader Niu Jinshui to Tangqiao Village to collect grain, and there were only a dozen of us left in this Luojiazhuang. Ma Gui didn't dare to hide anything, and told Tang Cheng everything he knew.

Ma Gui is a smart person, seeing that Tangcheng is wearing the uniforms of Japanese soldiers and the Imperial Cooperative Army, Luojiazhuang, he has already guessed that Niu Jinshui, who went to Tangqiao Village, is estimated to be more auspicious, otherwise where did these people from the National Army come from the uniforms of the Imperial Cooperative Army. Xu saw the confusion in Ma Gui's eyes, and Tang Cheng said with a smile, "That platoon commander of yours, Niu Jinshui, has already killed my subordinates in Tangqiao Village, and the military uniforms of the Imperial Association Army they wear were stripped from your brothers. ”

Ma Gui knew more things than those ordinary soldiers of the Imperial Allied Army, but after all, he was just a small squad leader who was not welcomed, and the matter that he later sued Tang Cheng was just some speculation on his part. Regarding Ma Gui's confession, Tang Cheng didn't dare to believe it all, and he couldn't believe it all, and he was credible about the number and establishment of the Japanese puppet army in Huandiqiao Town, but Tang Cheng couldn't believe the deployment of the Japanese puppet army that Ma Gui said in his mouth.

"According to the confessions of Ma Gui and his soldiers of the Imperial Cooperative Army, there is now a small squad of Japanese soldiers and an infantry company of the Imperial Cooperative Army in Huandiqiao Town, with a total number of about 200 people." Tang Cheng only ordered Zhou Deshan and them to guard the imprisoned soldiers of the Imperial Association Army, and called the old northeast to his side. "The Imperial Association troops we killed in Tangqiao Village were in the same platoon as Ma Gui and them, so in this way, we have killed one platoon of their Imperial Cooperative Army, and the number of Japanese puppet troops in Diqiao Town has dropped to about 170 people."

Tang Cheng gestured on the ground with a branch, but the faces of the dice and a few of them were not very good, Zhou Deshan's people were unreliable, and only a few of them fought against 170 Japanese puppet troops, such a battle was fought ten times and eight times, and it was also a loss on their side. The dice were flustered and their palms were sweaty, but Lao Dongbei and Liu Shishi were not afraid, this was much easier than when they were in Macheng, where hundreds of bandits and Japanese soldiers fought to the death.

Everyone has a time when they are afraid, so Tang Cheng can understand the mood of the dice at this time, not everyone has a hob meat character like Lao Northeast. "Return to Diqiao Town, we must go, I'm just thinking about where the defeated soldiers of the national army in Diqiao Town have gone. We are not short of weapons and ammunition now, all we lack is manpower, as long as we can find those people from the national army, it will not be a problem to take and return to Diqiao Town. ”

Zhou Deshan has confirmed the information provided by Lin Jiadong, before the Japanese puppet army attacked Huandiqiao Town, there were more than 30 national troops in the town. Ma Gui also said that they didn't shoot at all when the Imperial Association Army entered the town, and as for the rout of the national army, he didn't see a single one, Tang Cheng guessed that the rout of the national army should have left Huandiqiao Town, but he just couldn't think of where these 30 or so national army people would hide.

Lin Jiadong is a person who is familiar with the terrain here, and he took a small stick and drew a topographic map of the town on the ground, although the map made by Lin Jiadong looked a bit like a ghost drawing talisman that made people confused, but Tang Cheng found familiarity from it. Opening the map captured from the Japanese army, Tang Cheng immediately found out the common ground, ignoring the place names written in Japanese on the map, and with the help of Tang Cheng, Lin Jiadong found the location of Huandiqiao Town and Fen Volcano on the map of the Japanese army.

"This is a divided volcano, less than 3 miles north of Huandiqiao Town, and the back of the divided volcano is next to Dazi Mountain, if I want to avoid those devil soldiers, I will definitely hide in this volcano." Lin Jiadong pondered for a long time, and finally told Tang Cheng an answer, although Lin Jiadong's answer was just a guess, but Tang Cheng felt that it was somewhat reliable. There were wounded in the rout of the national army that stayed in Huandiqiao Town, which limited the speed and time for them to evacuate the town, and the volcano was not far from the town, which was the best choice, as for why those people from the national army hid to divide the volcano, Tang Cheng guessed that there were locals who helped them.

Things seem to have taken a turn for the better, and although there is still some apprehension in their hearts, the faces of the dice and their faces look much better. "Lin Jiadong, you are a local, and you are also familiar with the terrain around Huandiqiao Town, this time we will change the route and go to the volcano first, you are still a guide, is there a problem?" It had already been decided to go to the volcano first, so Tang Cheng did not waste any more time, and still appointed Lin Jiadong as a guide, and also arranged for the dice, Hou San and Lin Jiadong to go out to investigate together.

"No problem, I can walk back and forth with my eyes closed, as long as the people of the National Army are in the Volcano, I will definitely be able to find them." Lin Jiadong, who was assigned a task by Tang Cheng, looked a little excited. Lin Jiadong didn't believe that he, a person with an innocent background, could not enter Tang Cheng's eyes, he was now eager to show himself in front of Tang Cheng, and this guide task was the opportunity for him to show his ability.

Finding the rout of the national army that may be hidden in the branch volcano is only the first step, and then Tang Cheng has to gain the trust of those national routs, without enough manpower, Tang Cheng will not be able to deal with the Japanese puppet army in Huandiqiao Town. "Without further ado, you guys set off to divide the volcano now, and we'll follow after we take care of things here." Tang Cheng was in such a hurry to let Lin Jiadong and the others set off, they had already killed a platoon of the Imperial Army, if they were not ready before the Japanese puppet army in Huandiqiao Town reacted, then Tang Cheng's plan behind could only be stranded and terminated.

"Zhou Deshan, you are all natives of Huandiqiao Town, can you tell me which of the bullies and gentry in Huandiqiao Town are bullies, and which are the dogs who help the Japanese do things?" After sending Lin Jiadong and the others away, Tang Cheng asked Liu Shishi to call Zhou Deshan. Although these Tuanding in Huandiqiao Town are timid and afraid of death, these locals are not useless, at least for the environment of Huandiqiao Town, Zhou Deshan is far more familiar than Lin Jiadong.

"Report to the official, I don't know the specifics, even the Cai family and the Cao family have a good reputation in the town, but the two of them seem to have something wrong with the Yao family. The Yao family's medicine store was not originally called Yamatoji, but two years ago, the Yao family suddenly partnered with the East Asia Trading Company in Beiping, and changed its name to its current name. Zhou Deshan answered Tang Cheng's inquiry in a restrained manner, and at the same time secretly looked at Tang Cheng's expression, for fear that the other party would be furious because of his answer.

"East Asia Trading Company?!" Tang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and was worried that he couldn't find the master who was the big boss, hehe, he sent it to the door. As soon as you hear the name, you know that this East Asian trading company is a Japanese company, and the Yao family will naturally not be a good family when it cooperates with a company run by a Japanese. It is not only the soldiers and weapons that fight in the war, but also the financial resources, if the troops are not paid, I think there will be a large number of soldiers who are unwilling to go to the battlefield to fight, and there are still too few troops like the Sichuan army in China.

Tang Cheng was completely at ease with Lao Dongbei and Liu Shishi, he knew that these two people could live and die with him, but it was difficult to say that they were a few bandit-born guys. Saying to them that righteousness will not work, and only tangible benefits can make them follow them to fight against the Japanese army, which was clearly proved by Tang Cheng when Mengcheng absorbed those bandits. Although he got a sum of money in Zouma Mountain, Tang Cheng would not be too much money, and if there were not enough chips to impress them, it was hard to guarantee that these gangsters would part ways with him.

In order to survive and kill a few more Japanese soldiers, Tang Cheng must ensure that he can get enough money to impress the dice. Robbing Chinese money is not called ability, but since this Yao family is cooperating with the Japanese, it is okay to come and rob his family, and the people of Diqiao Town will definitely not say that these people are bandits, and the most important thing is that this Yao family runs a pharmacy.