Chapter 14 The Agreement Between Officials and Bandits
Continuously modifying the title of the book is a helpless move. Please forgive me. This is the last time I am revising it.
When Li Chengwu saw Gao Han walking towards the puppet soldiers, he also ran over with a machine gun. He ran closer, aiming the machine gun at the puppet soldiers, and shouted excitedly: "The boss." At this moment, his admiration for Gao Han was like the surging Yellow River water, endless.
Gao Han said to the puppet soldiers lying on the ground: "Get up, and stand in line according to the usual queue."
Liu Shengyu was an officer with excellent military quality. In this case, he remained calm and commanded the troops to line up in three horizontal lines. Then, according to the standard queue movement, he stood attentively to Gao Han and said, "Whoever reports to the master, the Shouyang County Public Security Army Brigade has gathered, please give me a lecture. The defeated general Liu Shengyu."
Gao Han felt secretly amused when he saw him serious. However, if he was not a slap in the face, he would still be useful for keeping Liu Shengyu. So Gao Han also gave him a military salute very seriously and ordered: "Go a moment. The troops hugged their heads with their hands and squatted down on the spot."
His military salutes were very standard, and his queue commands were very accurate, and he looked like a well-trained soldier.
Seeing that the bandit leader was also from the army, the puppet soldiers seemed to have calmed down and felt that he would not act like the bandits.
Liu Shengyu carried out Gao Han's order and made the puppet soldiers squat on the ground with their hands in their arms. Li Chengwu held the machine gun and watched them custody.
Gao Han said to Liu Shengyu, "Come with me." After that, he walked to the side of the road, sat on a stone, reached out to pat the seat next to him, and said, "Captain Liu, please sit down."
Liu Shengyu hesitated for a moment and sat next to him tremblingly.
Seeing him a little nervous, Gao Han asked, in order to ease the atmosphere, “Captain Liu, do you have any cigarettes?”
Liu Shengyu hurriedly took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one, served it with both hands, and then lit the cigarettes for Gao Han.
Gao Han took the pack of cigarettes and saw a pirate holding an ancient sword painted on the cigarette box. It was the famous "Lao Dao Brand" cigarette. This brand is extremely famous, and the great writer Lu Xun likes this brand the most. Now in Shandong, the old knife brand is expensive, and a pack of cigarettes will be sold to a large ocean.
Gao Han asked, "Why don't you smoke Japanese cigarettes?" At that time, many puppet troops and puppet government personnel were proud of using Japanese goods.
Liu Shengyu said with a wry smile: "I can't get used to that thing, so I like this old sword card."
Gao Han took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and handed it to Liu Shengyu. Liu Shengyu also lit it and started smoking.
After these simple actions, Liu Shengyu's emotions settled unconsciously. The puppet soldiers saw the bandit leader chatting with their captain like friends, and their emotions became much more stable.
Gao Han saw the lighter in Liu Shengyu's hand and took it over to take a look. This is a copper-shell lighter, which looks very old. Due to long-term use, the surface has been polished smoothly and shiny.
This is a lighter made in the UK. As a military enthusiast, Gao Han once spent a lot of money to buy a copy. At this moment, he was holding the authentic product in his hand, looking at it familiarly, and playing with it constantly in his hand.
He said: "Dunhing street sign, British goods, produced in 1899, good things. This lighter was no longer produced in 1903. Now there are fewer quantities on the market. It will be a valuable treasure in the future."
Gao Han asked: "This kind of lighter was first customized by Dunhill for the German military by Dunhill. Where did you get it?"
Liu Shengyu didn't expect that this bandit leader was the leader, and even knew this. He said: "This was when I was in Baoding Military Academy. One of our German instructors admired me very much. When he returned to China, he gave this lighter to me as a souvenir."
Speaking of this, he saw that Gao Han was interested in this lighter, so he said, "Since the boss likes it, I'll give it to you."
Gao Han returned the lighter to him and said, "A gentleman will not take away the favors of others. Besides, this lighter is of memorial significance to you, so you should keep it."
Gao Han's magical marksmanship, appropriate tactics, standard military rituals, rich knowledge, and speech and behavior all left a deep impression on Liu Shengyu.
"I really don't know where such a person came from. He is like a well-informed and knowledgeable young man from a wealthy family. I don't know why he came here to become a bandit." Liu Shengyu thought to himself, he was very curious about Gao Han.
Gao Han asked, "How did you become a public security army?"
Liu Shengyu said with a wry smile: "I turned out to be the leader of the Shouyang County Security Corps, and I belong to the Shandong Provincial Security Command. After the Japanese came, the Security Command issued an order to make our troops insist on fighting on the spot. Later, my old commander joined the Japanese and took us to become a public security army."
After saying that, he lowered his head with some shame.
Gao Han said: "This is understandable. Just like me, I couldn't help myself, so I went up the mountain and became a bandit.
However, I am a bandit who is fighting against Japan. You, the captain of the security army, are a traitor who works hard for the Japanese, and we are still different."
Liu Shengyu said with a wry smile: "Everyone says that defending the country is too powerful, and I can't beat it. I can't defend the country. I'm different from others. My father, my mother and our Liu family's main industries are also in Shouyang County. You can at least protect your family if you stay in Shouyang County."
Gao Han knew the historical process, and naturally knew that China defeated Japan in the end. But at this time, the Japanese devils were in a strong momentum, and the whole country was full of pessimism. If Gao Han persuaded Liu Shengyu at this time, he would say that China would definitely win in the future and he would not believe it even if he killed him.
Therefore, Gao Han did not tell Liu Shengyu any great truth.
He said, "Your idea is right. You are better at being the captain of the Public Security Army here than an outsider. But since you said that even if you cannot save the country, at least you can safeguard the people, then I hope you can do it and do as much as possible for the people in your hometown. You cannot follow the devils to help the evildoers and become their lackeys."
Liu Shengyu said: "Master, please rest assured about this. I will do my best to protect the people of Shouyang."
Gao Han said happily: "That's good. In the future, we can cooperate with each other and do something for the anti-Japanese war. You can also rest assured that I am responsible for doing things and try not to make things difficult for you."
Although Liu Shengyu does not understand the background behind Gao Han, the combat effectiveness of Gao Han's team is beyond doubt. In today's chaotic times, strength is the most important. With such a group of people moving around Shouyang County, they can help themselves at the critical moment.
Liu Shengyu said: "Okay, what do you need for the boss in the future? As long as Liu can do it, you can just speak up."
Gao Han said: "Then let's make a decision. I will send someone to establish a contact point in Shouyang County to facilitate our contact with each other."
The two talked about cooperation for a while and agreed on many details.
After talking about these things, Gao Han smiled and said, "On the way you came, your adjutant Li San told you not to chase you, right? You still chased you. This is true. As a soldier, you must be bloody and you cannot be scared by others casually."
Liu Shengyu said embarrassedly: "The boss, my brothers don't know the world is so strong that they are really ashamed, and they make the boss laugh."
Gao Han said, "There is one thing that I still have to discuss with you. When you were in your Liu family compound, I said in front of so many people that I would send Mr. Liu and the others back safely, provided that you don't come to cause trouble for me.
Now, since you are here, if you don’t express this matter, I will lose my credibility in your Shouyang County, and there will be many things in the future that will be difficult to deal with."
Liu Shengyu knew that this was going to make him bleed again, so he said helplessly: "Okay, you can get another condition, as the boss."
Gao Han said, "You think this is OK? What about you? Let Mr. Liu find a way to raise 50,000 kilograms of grain for me as a punishment for him. But I won't ask for these grains in vain, I will give you the money secretly.
In addition, I will give you your men and guns. Just leave me a machine gun, 20 rifles and bullets on you."
There are only a few dozen people on Taohua Mountain. He doesn't want to expand his troops for the time being. He seized some weapons in the Liu family compound, and the amount they had seized was enough. Moreover, he looked down on these weapons from the Public Security Army, so he simply gave Liu Shengyu enough face.
Liu Shengyu was originally very worried that Gao Han would detain him. Even if he left all his guns, he would not be able to explain to the Japanese after he went back.
Seeing that Gao Han only proposed such conditions, he breathed a sigh of relief and was even moved. He said, "Thank you for your consideration, just do what you said. Moreover, the 50,000 kilograms of grain was given to the boss by our Liu family, so don't give the money."
Since Gao Han is beautiful in his work, Liu Shengyu is simply more generous.
Gao Han laughed and said, "Haha, thank you for your kindness. But since I have become friends with you, I will keep my word. I will pay you the food at the market price, otherwise, you may not be able to pay for Mr. Liu."
Gao Han was right. Liu Defu was counting on his son to rob the money and grain robbed by the bandits. Not only did he not rob him, but he would continue to bleed heavily. He would never give Liu Shengyu a good face.
Liu Shengyu was really moved this time, and he said, "Liu is really impressed by his work."
Gao Han smiled and said, "If you feel sorry for it, let me leave this horse."
Liu Shengyu was very happy and said, "Then I will give it to the boss. I still have two good horses there. When we meet next time, we will give it to the boss." The two returned to the team, and Liu Shengyu left a machine gun, 20 rifles and all the bullets he brought. He left several people to guard the bodies of the security troops who were killed, and then left with the troops.
Gao Han and Li Chengwu tied the machine gun, rifle and bullets on the horse's back and walked towards Taohua Mountain.
When Liu Shengyu led his team to chase into the valley, he left his adjutant Li San to escort Liu Defu back to Taoyuan Town.
Liu Defu was worried about Liu Shengyu, so he decided to stay and wait for him to come back. Of course, Li San could only wait with Liu Defu.
Yang Jiong was a little worried about this bandit team, and he didn't want them to be destroyed by Liu Shengyu. He wanted to see how things actually developed, so he stayed.
The gentry was unwilling to stay here. They hurriedly said goodbye to Liu Defu, got on the carriage and went straight back to Taoyuan Town.
Liu Defu and others sat on a grass by the roadside. Listening to the constant gunfire from the valley, they knew that Liu Shengyu and others had already fought with the bandits.
Chapter completed!