PFC Chapter 191 I, Li Yunlong, am destined to be a hard worker. I never have a moment of leisure! A 1-ch
Chapter 191 I, Li Yunlong, am destined to be a hard worker. I never have a moment of leisure! A 1-ch
Before leaving, Xue Changkun met with Li Yunlong specifically to express his gratitude. After all, no matter what, Li Yunlong took him in when he was in danger, and he had to remember this favor.
Li Yunlong had no habit of repaying favors, so he told Xue Changkun not to take it to heart, saying that they were all in the same team fighting the Japanese and they were all brothers. If they needed help in the future, just come to him, Li Yunlong, and he would definitely help if he could.
"Captain Li, no matter if I have the chance to repay you in the future, I will always remember that you helped me in times of crisis. See you later!" Xue Changkun said goodbye.
Li Yunlong reluctantly replied: "Captain Xue, be careful on your journey. When you are free someday, you are welcome to come to the Independent Regiment and have a drink with me. I wish you a safe journey!"
After seeing Xue Changkun off, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang took time out to see Chu Yunfei off. After watching the two of them walk away with their team, Li Yunlong said with a look of relief: "Old Zhao, we finally got Xue Changkun off. I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight!"
Zhao Gang smiled and joked, "Old Li, I think you are dreaming. The college students gave you so many things yesterday. You will have a rare chance to relax in the next half month. If you want to have a good sleep, you should just dream about it!"
Speaking of this, Li Yunlong immediately frowned into a bitter gourd face, cursing, "College students love to order people around. They have arranged so many things for me. I won't be free for the next month. I really want to find someone to share the burden with. Think about the lives of Lao Ding and Lao Kong. They are so happy. Unlike me, Li Yunlong, I live a miserable life every day! I, Li Yunlong, may be destined to be a hard worker. I really don't have a moment of leisure!"
Zhao Gang noticed that Li Yunlong was getting more and more irrelevant, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Old Li, I think you should hurry up and contact Xu Zhongyi. He has been urging you to send the medicine over these days. You should quickly arrange for someone to deliver the two penicillins that he owes to him, so that he won't have to worry about it every day!"
When Li Yunlong heard Zhao Gang mention this, his face turned gloomy and his tone became impolite. He said sullenly, "Old Zhao, Old Xu has been causing me a lot of trouble these days. I plan to teach him a lesson. I always feel that something is wrong with my old comrade-in-arms these days. Logically, I shouldn't doubt him, but this guy has been doing underground work for so many years and he still can't keep his cool. This is a bit unreasonable!"
Zhao Gang also discovered something wrong, but Xu Zhongyi and Li Yunlong were old comrades who came out of Dabie Mountains together. If he spoke up about this matter, it would inevitably be seen as instigating discord. Some things could only be discussed after Li Yunlong himself noticed them, so Zhao Gang could make some noise on the sidelines. After all, there was no news of Xu Zhongyi's betrayal until now, but his actions in recent times did make Zhao Gang confused. Such a situation should not happen to an underground intelligence worker.
"Old Li, I think you should take some time to meet with Old Xu. After all, you two have been comrades for many years. But for safety reasons, we should send someone to Ping'an County to inquire about the situation first. What do you think of my plan?"
Li Yunlong nodded and said nothing more. He also wanted to ask Lao Xu in person if there was any hidden story in this. However, for the sake of safety, he couldn't be so stupid as to go to Ping'an County without doing any investigation. He, Li Yunlong, would not do such a stupid thing.
Black Cloud Village, inside the meeting hall.
Xie Baoqing looked at the people who had escaped and felt so sad that he could not even cry. There were only more than 30 brothers left in his Black Cloud Village. Including the people under Zheng Dapao and Xue Laosan, there were only more than 70 people in total. There were not even a hundred people left, and there were not many guns and ammunition left. Fortunately, there were still some ammunition stored in the mountain village, which made Xie Baoqing feel a little better.
"Third Master, it's time to hide anything. If you have any tricks up your sleeve, use them quickly! Otherwise, with more than 70 of us in northwest Shanxi, it will be very difficult to cause any trouble, even protecting ourselves!" Xie Baoqing looked at Xue Laosan with anticipation.
Xue Laosan was also a little collapsed at this time. Most of his men were wiped out by the Japanese. He was badly cheated by the Jade-faced Scholar this time and had no chance of making a comeback. What was even more hateful was that he got the news that Xue Changkun had escaped. Now he could only go to Xue Changming for help.
But after he went there, he had no money and no soldiers, and he probably couldn't even become a company commander. He regretted it very much now, and it would have been better if he hadn't bothered at all. Now all his efforts of more than ten years have gone to waste. But if he doesn't find a way to save himself, Xie Baoqing in front of him will probably be the first one to not let him go. How arrogant he was before, how miserable he is now.
"Thank you, Boss. The only person we can turn to now is Xue Changming from the 726th Regiment. But the Japanese killed so many of us before. If we rush to turn to the Japanese and become puppet soldiers, I'm afraid we will be looked down upon even more. I think we'd better stay in Heiyun Village and develop slowly for a year or two, and then we can talk about it after our strength is restored. After all, we are so weak now that we will not be welcomed no matter where we go, and we may even be in danger of our lives!" Xue Lao San said dejectedly.
Zheng Dapao did not refute Xue Laosan at this time, because he felt that what he said made a lot of sense, and quickly echoed: "Master Xie, I have 30 men left, you have 32 men left, and Laosan has 14 men left. The surrounding bandit strongholds were also consumed in the previous battles. As long as we are ruthless and recruit them all, we can gather more than 100 people. We just need to run the Black Cloud Stronghold well, stay quiet for a while to recover our strength, and when we have the chance, we will go and seek revenge on Li Yunlong!"
After hearing what Zheng Dapao said, Shanmaozi curled his lips in disdain. He even dared to think that he would go to seek revenge on Li Yunlong. He didn't dare to cause trouble for the Japanese, so he could only take advantage of Li Yunlong with words. In fact, he was full of shit and a fool. Even a shameless person like Shanmaozi could not say such words. This made him look at Zheng Dapao with admiration.
"Boss, I, Shanmaozi, will speak frankly. Don't be so arrogant at this time. Including the four of us and the grooms of the whole village, there are only 86 people. It's no problem to attack the small village nearby, and it's no problem to bully the small business traveler, but you must not think of attacking the independent regiment. With our small number, we probably can't even defeat one company of the enemy. Don't risk everyone's lives just to save face. I, Shanmaozi, will not do such a stupid thing, and my 18 brothers will not agree to it either!"
Shanmaozi's words seemed to be a threat to Zheng Dapao, but in fact he was reminding Xie Baoqing that we cannot do stupid things together with Zheng Dapao. We two have to unite, otherwise we will not be able to compete with Xue Laosan and Zheng Dapao.
Xie Baoqing immediately understood the hidden meaning in Shanmaozi's words, and quickly stepped out to smooth things over, saying, "Shanmaozi, how can you say such things? Why don't you quickly apologize to Brother Zheng? Brother Zheng just spoke too quickly. Can't we complain because we are already living such a miserable life?"
Xie Baoqing and Shanmaozi sang the same tune, which made Zheng Dapao's face turn pale. He wanted to turn around and leave. He knew why these two people wanted to squeeze him out. He was the strongest among these people. As long as he could win over any one side, he could occupy a dominant position. This was also the reason why Xie Baoqing supported Shanmaozi.
Just because he understood this, Zheng Dapao did not turn hostile. This was mainly because he had nowhere to go now. Whether he went to join Xue Changkun or Xue Changming, it would not be a good thing for him. He could only go up the mountain to become a bandit and find a way to restore his strength. As long as he had soldiers and guns, he would become a popular commodity that everyone would fight for. If he had no strength, no one would even look at him!
Xue Laosan saw Zheng Dapao's ugly face and stepped out to smooth things over, saying, "I hope that everyone can unite at this time. If we split up, it will only be a waste of internal friction. If we want to survive better, we must show our strength, otherwise no one will look up to us! For now, we should focus on annexing the surrounding bandit strongholds. As long as we can annex all the other strongholds, we will be able to gather a force of 200 people. We can still make a living in the Black Cloud Stronghold and rob whoever we want without having to look at anyone's face!"
Everyone knew that what Xue Laosan said was the truth, so they put aside their grudges. After arranging for a dozen people to stay behind in the mountain stronghold, the remaining 60-odd people began to recruit bandit strongholds nearby. Suddenly, the mountainous area of Heiyun Village became lively again.
Under Lin Zhenhua's orders, Wei Dayong and Duan Peng were planning to wipe out the eight nearby bandit strongholds. Before they began to act, they heard fierce gunfire coming from Xiaoyun Stronghold. They immediately realized that someone was trying to get there first.
"Duan Peng, it seems that someone is trying to take down these strongholds before us. We can take this opportunity to wipe them out together, which will save us a lot of trouble later!" Wei Dayong immediately suggested.
Duan Peng thought about it and felt that this matter did not conflict with what Lin Zhenhua said, and it could also shorten the time to clear the mountain stronghold, so he agreed directly: "Monk, leave two platoons at the foot of the mountain to catch the fish that escaped the net, and the two of us will personally lead the team to launch the attack. This time, let's see who catches more bandits. Whoever loses will buy him a drink."
Wei Dayong laughed contemptuously and said, "Duan Peng, you better get ready. Today, I will let you see my true strength. I have been holding back because you are a college student. Now that you have started this, don't blame me for being merciless!"
Duan Peng hated to see the monk's arrogant look, but he remembered Lin Zhenhua's instructions before he left, so he reminded him in a serious tone: "Monk, we can compete, but you can't take the college student's instructions lightly, otherwise even if you win, I won't admit it, and I will complain to the college student later!"