Chapter 1 Hunjianglong

From Nantai to the provincial capital, the waterway is most convenient. There are white sails on the Huai River and hundreds of boats compete. The boat that Yan Su and Gong Zijun are sailing on is a cargo ship that sails on the Huai River all year round. The boss of the ship is a man in his fifties. He sits at the stern with his eyes squinted and smokes a bag of dry tobacco. It looks as stable as Mount Tai.

"It's okay to take my boat, I'll take you back." The boss of the boat pointed at a yellow flag and said.

The small flag is roughly crafted, but it is a genuine silk material with a dragon embroidered with a fang-danced claws. Yan Su said this was a python, not a dragon, because the dragon has five claws, and the animals on the flag only have four claws.

"This gentleman seems quite knowledgeable, but you are wrong this time. This is the flag sent by Master Long, how can it be a python?" The boss of the ship was shattering ashes on the soles of his shoes and argued seriously.

Master Long is a big river bandit in the middle of the Huai River. Any ship that flew the flags he sent could travel safely between the upstream and downstream. All water bandits were selling their face. Of course, they would stop when they encountered the seal set by the water police. No matter how much money they should pay, they would be indispensable.

It is the most difficult and dangerous to sail against the current. There is a place called Laohutan in the middle of the Huai River. The water flows rapidly and there are reefs everywhere. If you are not careful, you will hit the reef and sink the ship. When encountering such dangerous shoals, you always have to rely on a trainer to pull it over.

When the boat arrived at Laohu Beach, a team of boatmen were hunched and pulled the ropes and shouting horns on the shore, moving forward step by step. No matter how strong the clothes were, they could not withstand the wear of the ropes, and the boatmen needed to keep going to water, so they could easily catch a cold when the clothes were wet, so they were not as good as naked.

The cargo ship was slowly moving forward, and Gong Zijun looked at the boatmen and sighed: "Teacher is hard work."

"What's the hard work or not? You'll make a living." The boss of the boat packed a bag of tobacco leaves and started smoking again.

Suddenly a fast sail was flying past the side, and the motor raked, and a dark man stood on the bow of the ship, with a large red silk belt tied around his waist, and two box cannons inserted obliquely, majestic and beyond words.

"Look, that's Mr. Long!" The ship owner was excited and shouted at the machine ship.

Yan Su narrowed his eyes and nodded secretly: "What a man, he is indeed the most famous water bandit on the Huai River."

The bandits intercepted a ship without a flag in front of them. The men jumped up and helped the boatman to hand over the money. The people on the cargo ship here watched the bandits rob, no one helped or spoke. It seemed that something ordinary happened.

"It's in broad daylight!" Gong Zijun's chest was irritated. As a soldier, it was a shame that he could not protect the people.

But he is not wearing military uniforms now. In order not to cause trouble, both of them are dressed in casual clothes and disguised as teachers. Otherwise, no one would dare to take them.

"Speak quietly, this young master." The ship boss advised. The cargo ship slowly passed the robbed ship. Hunjianglong glanced at the apricot yellow flag on the bow of their ship and whistled sharply. The ship boss quickly waved his hand and said, "Master Long!" Hearing his tone, he seemed very proud of knowing this water bandit.

Gong Zijun sighed and left the cabin.

The next day at noon, the boat arrived in Jiangbei, which was dozens of miles away from Nantai County. There was a small pier by the river, and several ferries were parked all year round to do business of cross-river ferries. Of course, they also had to provide supplies to the water bandits, otherwise the business would not be able to continue.

The two got off the boat and hired two donkeys and two porters in the nearby village, carrying their luggage and returning to the county town.

After returning to the Guardian Office and talking about his experience in the provincial capital, Chen Zikun was overjoyed and praised: "You have made great contributions."

Yan Su said: "I spent more than 20,000 yuan to finally get a temporary peace. I have a premonition that they will never give up."

Chen Zikun said: "As long as he doesn't tear his face openly now, in Beijing, Cao Kun is running for president, and his energy is all in this area. He will definitely not be willing to turn against the Anhui faction so early, so we can only compromise. This trip will make you both wronged."

Yan Su said: "You are polite to the Guardian. This humiliation is nothing. I have brought you the gift of Governor Sun."

As he said that, he took out the paper box with the hat badge. Chen Zikun looked at it and laughed: "Sun Kaiqin is just that kind of a little bit of energy. Okay, my subordinates will turn around and ask the brothers of the First Battalion to nail the hat badge on the hat badge, which is also a bit like a regular army."

Yan Su said: "There is no longer enough people at home. If the bandits come back or the provincial army comes, we can't stop it."

Chen Zikun said: "The past few days you have left, Gai Longquan, the guy known as the White Wolf, brought people to attack the county town again."

Yan Su was shocked: "How is the loss?"

Chen Zikun smiled and said, "We have not lost any loss. We have knocked off several of Gai Longquan's teeth."

Yan Su didn't understand very much.

Chen Zikun shouted: "Adminton Zhao!"

"Yes!" Zhao Yufeng, who had not seen each other for many days, stood up and explained to Yan Su: "Chief of Staff, now our city has many soldiers and generals, so we are looking forward to them to attack the city."

When the bandits were besieging the city, the county town sent three groups of people to ask for help. Zhao Yufeng went to Xuzhou to find Chen Diaoyuan, Chen Qingfeng went to Kushuijing to find Chen Shou, and a group of people sent by County Mayor Liu to find Nie Jinkui to ask for help. Zhao Yufeng had the farthest road and had just returned a few days ago.

Zhao Yufeng came back with his troops. After he arrived in Xuzhou, Xuhai garrison Chen Diaoyuan immediately sent an emergency telegram to Wu Yushuai in Luoyang. Although Wu Peifu wanted to train Chen Zikun, he did not want him to die in the hands of the bandits. So he transferred an elite infantry battalion to Xuzhou by the Longhai Railway overnight and drove into Jiangbei area in the name of exercises.

The Third Beiyang Division is the world's most powerful army. It is absolutely fine to pick out a battalion from it. In addition, the Third Division is full of troops, with a battalion of 500 people, which can catch up with the strength of the provincial army and a regiment. It is equipped with the most excellent weapons. The 1898 rifle, bayonet, water bottle, raincoat from Germany's original factory are all imported foreign goods, and there are two extremely sharp battalion water machine guns, which are also authentic British-made Maxim.

There is such an infantry battalion in the city, no wonder Chen Zikun is full of confidence. Not to mention that the bandits are fighting, even if Sun Kaiqin personally takes troops to attack, it will be fine if he can resist for three or five days.

"Gai Longquan suffered a great loss and was seriously injured in his vitality. I guess he would not harass him for a while. Now I am guarding against the sneak attack from the provincial army. I am waiting for these grandsons." Chen Zikun said with a sneer.

There is a saying that he is eager to take revenge, which is used to describe a person like Nie Jinku. He was blinded by hatred and began to plan an attack as soon as he returned to the Jiangnan station.

Duan Haixiang, the commander of the Second Division, added a batch of guns and ammunition to the 11th Regiment, and sent an artillery battalion to cooperate with the attack. I heard that the Nantai city wall was very thick, and it would be impossible to do without artillery. This artillery battalion was equipped with two German-made Grusen 57mm mountain cannons, and even the thickest city wall could be blasted open.

Nie Jinku was very careful and conscientiously implemented Sun Dashen's requirements. All his subordinates disguised themselves as bandits. In fact, pretending to be bandits is the easiest, because the bandits' clothing is not uniform, so they can wear military uniforms or plain clothes, even in costumes or women's clothes. Just wear a big hat.

He sent people to wholesale 500 Nantai large hats. The brothers of the 11th Regiment disguised themselves and set off with two mountain cannons. The north of the river was desolate and barren, and the south bank separated by a river was much better. There were many fishing and cargo ships on the dock. The soldiers ruthlessly recruited the ships, crossed the river north, gathered on the shore, and went to Nantai County.

They want to avenge a single arrow!

In fact, just when Nie Jinku sent someone to buy five hundred hats, Chen Zikun received the news. He guessed that the provincial army was preparing to attack. He asked Chen Shou to set up many secret whistles on the north bank. He immediately reported it when there was a news. Before the 11th Regiment had crossed the river, the county town would know that there was no end.

Now Nantai County is very talented and has enough food. In addition to a reorganized infantry battalion sent by Wu Peifu to reinforce, there are two battalions trained by Chen Zikun and a security regiment.

The first battalion was adapted from the Kushuijing Pole under Chen Shou's command. There are 300 brothers who can shoot guns and are brave.

The second battalion was 300 people selected from the civilian army that participated in the county defense war. Most of them were farmers and unemployed people in the city. They had some combat experience. It may not be possible to conquer cities and territory, but defending the city and maintaining public order are enough. Chen Zikun personally served as the battalion commander of the second battalion.

The security regiment was adapted based on the original county security regiment, with more than 80 people, and the broken gun equipment eliminated by the first and second battalions was given to them. The main task of this regiment was to maintain public order and collect taxes. It was equivalent to a complex of patrol police and tax police. It was nominally controlled by County Mayor Liu. In fact, no one could transfer a soldier without Chen Zikun's order.

Qiu Fuzhao, the former head of the security regiment, was not dead, but became a fool. He sat in the sun at the gate of the regiment headquarters all day long, drooling, and looking at the passing people with a numb face. He didn't know what crazy words he said.

Although he offended many people when he was the head of the security team, he had no worries about food and drink after becoming a fool. Every day, people delivered the food to him and brought the empty bowl back after eating. Someone recognized it. The person who delivered the food was Xia Jingxi, the daughter of the Xia family.

The 11th Provincial Army Regiment, disguised as a bandit, rushed to Nantai City, but found something was wrong. The county town was not as panicked as expected, but instead the city gate was wide open and the suspension bridge was lowered. There was no one quietly on the top of the city.

The injury on Nie Jinku's butt had not yet healed, so he lay on the slide rod and ordered: "Run for me, who will rush into the city first, and you will receive fifty oceans!"

The soldiers rushed forward with a roar. They thought there were only a hundred bandits to recruit in the city, but they didn't know that when they rushed to fifty meters away from the city wall, a row of rifles appeared on the top of the city, and the black muzzles were like the empty and godless eyes of the God of Death.

Experienced soldiers can hear the enemy's military qualities from the gunshots. Although Nie Jinku is a pampered bag, he has been a soldier for more than ten years. He concluded that the guns on the city wall were extremely well-organized and were definitely not done by bandits.

Immediately afterwards, the machine gun fired continuously, and the continuous firing of the battalion water machine gun made people frightened. The rain of bullets and rain harvested life like a scythe. Nie Jinku knew that this time it was over.

The defeat was like a mountain of fall, and the brothers of the 11th Regiment were suddenly attacked, and they immediately threw away their armor and turned their heads and ran away. A group of people came out of the city gate, and a big flag was headed to roam in the wind. Although Nie Jinku's mouth was crooked, his eyesight was very good. He clearly saw a series of small words written on his snow-white flag pants: "The Third Division of the CSKA."

It's time to have a life, Wu Peifu is here!
Chapter completed!