march to victory

"Ding!"

A crisp sound of metal hitting porcelain rang in everyone's ears, and immediately raised everyone's curiosity to the highest level.

"Stop digging, and plan with your hands."

Everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation.

While shouting, Qi Zixuan was the first to jump down into the small hole that had already been dug about half a meter, and took the lead to dig it with his hands.

Soon, Qi Zixuan saw a large jar covered with an iron sheet and sealed with dirt and glutinous rice, which could hold twenty catties of wine, being carried up by Qi Zixuan alone... Maybe he was too excited, although he struggled to hold it, but Just to prevent others from intervening, Zhang Qingshan and Tian Guozhong both shook their heads and smiled wryly.

Seeing Qi Zixuan gently put the jar down on the ground, he let out a long breath, and sweat sprung out like bamboo shoots.Zhang Qingshan joked: "Old Qi, are you more tired than serving your ancestors?"

Qi Zixuan rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily: "Who made us poor, so much urgently needed money, isn't it our ancestors?"

Tian Guozhong on the side couldn't wait any longer, and quickly interrupted: "Don't talk about this, open it quickly and see how many there are."

When a soldier heard this, he quickly picked up his hoe and was about to smash it.

Qi Zixuan was taken aback, waved his hand, and asked urgently, "What did you smash? What if you smashed it and scattered all over the place?"

As he said that, he pulled out his bayonet to pry it and said, "Only by maintaining the integrity of this jar can the money in the jar be carried back intact..."

When he slowly pried open the mouth of the jar, everyone rushed over, looked inside with their heads, and gasped at the same time: there was not a single bit of money in it, but it was all box cannons and bullets, all tightly wrapped in kraft paper, The code is very neat.

Zhang Qingshan couldn't help cursing: "Damn it, this damn horse bandit leader has so many guys, but he didn't use them to strengthen his own strength, but hid them instead. I really don't know what he was thinking, his brain was kicked by a donkey ?”

Tian Guozhong on the side nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Three caves of the cunning rabbit, I guess, this is his preparation for a comeback if he loses power in the future...Of course, it may also be that he wants to hide these weapons After the funds from the Qi family arrive, they will be exchanged for money..."

"What do you want to do so much? When you go back and ask the leader of the horse bandit, won't you know everything?" Qi Zixuan wiped his sweat with a smile, and said, "Old Tian, ​​come, help me, and make an inventory."

As he said that, he squatted down and began to take out the bullets and box guns.

Zhang Qingshan and the others were also interested, and hurried forward to help.

"Instructor, company commander, we've found it, we've found it..." Just as a few people were counting weapons and ammunition with great interest, the two comrades who were touching things in the creek also yelled, causing everyone to turn their heads to look go.

Soon, I saw two soldiers rushing back, one of them was holding a small box in his hand.

The sides of the small box were covered with mud and glutinous rice, so it was airtight and very hard.

"Old Zhang, tell me, what's in it?"

Zhang Qingshan thought for a while, and said: "It should be gold bars. After all, silver bills and the like are easily damaged by water. And such a small box can't hold much ocean."

Everyone nodded in approval.

As a result, after the small box was pried open, everyone was surprised again: there were five gold bars and some jewelry inside, and the most surprising thing was that at the bottom of the small box, there were two silver notes wrapped in kraft paper, which were marked The amount is—five thousand oceans.

"Damn it, this guy is so powerful, he actually thought of putting the bank notes underwater."

Zhang Qingshan also joked: "This is really unexpected."

"Shouldn't it be a surprise?"

Zhang Qingshan and Tian Guozhong looked at each other and laughed.

Qi Zixuan took out his cigarette, and after a while, he said to Zhang Qingshan: "Old Zhang, I really have to thank you. If you hadn't been so intimidating, even if the leader of the horse bandit confessed, he would definitely only confess one thing. There is a receipt like this now."

"Come on, Lao Qi, don't be polite to me, you've said this a second time."

"I'm not excited."

Everyone laughed.

Smiling and laughing, Tian Guozhong suddenly frowned and asked, "Don't you find it strange?"

Seeing everyone watching, Tian Guozhong said seriously: "I have interrogated several old people here, and they all said that although this place has been occupied by the horse bandit leader, their life is very ordinary. From this point of view, this place should be I don’t have so much money, but what’s going on with these things in front of me?”

"Old Tian, ​​don't be curious, go back and ask, won't you know everything?"

Tian Guozhong was taken aback, then nodded with a smile.

Soon, a soldier counted out those weapons and ammunition: ten box cannons, three hundred bullets, and ten grenades.

With the previous shock, now everyone looks normal about it.

After talking and laughing and carrying these things back, Tian Guozhong couldn't wait to interrogate the horse bandit leader again.

In the end, it turned out to be similar to what Zhang Qingshan guessed: this cottage was built by the father of the horse bandit leader, and it has survived for two generations. With such money and weapons, it is not so unusual.And these weapons, ammunition and money were indeed specially reserved for him by the father of the horse bandit leader, which means that if the horse bandit leader loses power one day, he can use these things to save his life and make a comeback... The father of the horse bandit leader It can be said to be well-intentioned, but in the end, the leader of the horse bandit was unlucky and met Zhang Qingshan, which made the Red Army complete.

Back in the cave, there was still no sign of Tian Jingshan, but seeing many soldiers outside the cave carrying food in bags to the open space of the cottage, Zhang Qingshan only learned after asking that Tian Jingshan, the head of the geese, had plucked his hair. He had a temper tantrum, and today he had to move here so much that even the mice would cry when they saw it. At this moment, he was directing everyone to move things in the horse bandit's warehouse.In Tian Jingshan's words, "These are the people's fat and people's ointment that these damned horse bandits have spent decades looting. I don't know how many people's blood and tears have been stained on it. No matter what, everyone has to evacuate this place and return most of it. To the people is the support of the people to the Red Army... Whoever dares to leave a grain or a bullet is an enemy! I sent him on the road with my own hands."

Zhang Qingshan had no choice but to go out of the cave, and searched for Tian Jingshan: he had to be asked to be the man in charge of his marriage.If this task cannot be completed, the chief of staff will definitely not be able to explain it!Besides, seeing how difficult Tian Guozhong was, I still asked the old head of the regiment to find a solution. After all, a regiment is definitely much more generous than a company. There are many people and strength, and it is enough for everyone to gather together.

"Comrades, work harder. If you evacuate this place sooner, you can distribute these grains to the common people... Clean up this corner, don't you see so much scattered? Put it in sacks first, and when you go back Choose, no matter what, there are still a few catties... What are you afraid of if it is stained with dust? You can still eat it after washing. Don’t be dissatisfied, I tell you that when you are crossing the grass, how many comrades just want to eat such a grain with dust, and you are still hungry. Damn...the ones over there, you guys carry it carefully, it's cloth, it's not good if it gets dusty, you can't return the old clothes and old cloth to the common people..."

Tian Jingshan's angry roar was heard from a long distance away, the business was full of excitement, and there was also a bit of nostalgia, and listening to his roaring words made people feel sad.

Looking in from the corner of the door, I saw Captain Tian Jingshan fanning himself with his left hand holding the hem of his clothes, and holding a cigarette in his right hand. Pointing to Jiangshan's posture and temperament.

I don't know if he felt something in his heart, but when Zhang Qingshan was admiring Tian Guozhong's "pointing the country" intently, Tian Jingshan suddenly turned his head and looked over.

Looking at each other, Tian Jingshan's first reaction was to frown, walked over, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here, kid?"

It is not a day or two since Tian Jingshan has been dealing with him. When Tian Jingshan was the head of the first group of the [-]th Regiment, Zhang Qingshan had a deep contact with him-he had to deduct two packs of cigarettes for him. , Buy a bag of chestnuts and change hands and it becomes his. Can you not be impressed?

Zhang Qingshan knew why he frowned when he saw him, but naturally he couldn't talk nonsense if he had something to ask for, so Zhang Qingshan said with a smile: "Old leader, don't worry, I'm not here to share the land with you. "

It really is very understanding.

When Tian Jingshan heard this, his brows relaxed, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Nodding his head, he took out a pack of cigarettes and handed Zhang Qingshan a stick, then asked with a smile: "You are a ghost, you must go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, tell me! What do you want from me?"

"Old leader, I'm getting married, so I think..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Tian Jingshan raised his eyebrows angrily, and his brows were all huddled together, almost forming a character 'eight'.He interrupted Zhang Qingshan's words: "Would you like the money? I'm going to die! I'm still busy..." Turning around, he pointed at a big man carrying food not far away, and shouted: "Who is that, how can you be so big? Carry a bag, you won't be ashamed to lose it..."

It is clear that he does not want to talk to Zhang Qingshan about money matters, which makes Zhang Qingshan extremely depressed: Qi Zixuan and Tian Guozhong are both smart, and the old leader himself is smart, but now he has become even more shrewd. Before he even opened it, he already knew half of my purpose... Hey~!There are fewer and fewer fools in this world, how can we live in the future?

"Old leader, old leader, don't worry, just listen to me." Zhang Qingshan hurriedly tugged on his sleeve.

"It's okay to talk, let's talk first, everything else is fine, but don't ask me for money, if you do, you'll be off the hook."

Zhang Qingshan pursed his lips, and when Tian Jingshan looked over, he smiled and said: "Old leader, you see that you are highly respected, and you are also the leader of the regiment, and you are still my old leader..."

"Stop talking nonsense with me, just tell me, what can I do for you?"

"I'm short of a supervisor for my marriage, you see that you can do more work, can you help me?"

"OK, no problem."

Never expected that Tian Jingshan would agree so readily... Zhang Qingshan was astonished, but he didn't feel happy at all, because according to his understanding of Tian Jingshan, there must be something wrong behind these words, at least there must be something wrong. an additional condition.

as predicted!

Tian Jingshan looked at Zhang Qingshan with a smile, and said very bluntly...