The county lord has heard of the Red Army's vicious reputation, and it specializes in beating landlords and evil gentry, especially a county lord like him, who only has the strength of a battalion in his hands, to fight the Red Army. With this little power, he can wipe out the sudden appearance of the Red Army.

The housekeeper said again: "Master, I think Bai Jun still needs to think about how to explain it."

"This is for sure. After all, it happened in our county. We must think about how to explain it. In this way, you send people to the countryside to collect information about the Red Army. The more detailed the better, and all the noisy villages are given I marked it out, the Red Army is not a good stubble, even if they were driven away, the peasants still care about the Red Army in their hearts."

The magistrate had a gloomy look on his face: "When weeds are cut, we must get rid of the roots!"

The butler nodded again and again: "Yes!"

After the butler left, a beautiful figure appeared at the door, "Father."

Hearing the sound, the county lord's expression stretched, and a smile appeared on his face: "Daughter, why are you here? Come on, let daddy hug you."

Shen Qian ran to the county master and asked, "Father, why did Uncle Lin walk so fast just now, is there something wrong?"

The county lord loves this little daughter very much, otherwise the last time the city would not have been closed for a long time after Shen Qian disappeared, he said: "No way, your Uncle Lin is going to deal with things."

Shen Qian asked: "What's the matter?"

The county master said: "You, a little girl, know what to do so well."

Shen Qian said with a little displeasure: "No, no, I just want to know."

The county master said helplessly: "It's not that the villages in our county have been making a lot of noise recently. A group of farmers left the land given to them by the landlord and didn't plant it, just thinking about how to make trouble. No, I just heard your Uncle Lin say , Landlords in several villages were killed by them, this group of tyrannical farmers is really hateful."

Shen Qian said 'ah', "How could they do this?"

The county lord said: "I don't want to work. You said that the landlord gave them land, but they didn't plant it, and even killed the bandits who gave them the land. Are they a bunch of bad people?"

Shen Qian nodded thoughtfully, with a trace of anger in her eyes: "They are simply too bad, the landlord gave them his land to plant, and they even killed the landlord, it is simply too bad, father, you want Punish these bad guys well."

The county master showed a smile on his face and said, "I'll let you, Uncle Lin, do it."

Shen Qian asked again: "Father, why did they beat the landlord to death?"

The county lord thought for a while and said, "Why else? They are so bad to the bottom of their bones. They don't want to see others live better than them, so they want to ruin other people's lives."

At this time, the old housekeeper came back in a hurry, with a solemn expression on his face, seeing Shen Qian in the arms of the county master, the old housekeeper immediately smiled: "Qianqian is also there."

Shen Qian said obediently, "Uncle Lin."

The county master suddenly said: "Daughter, you go out for a while first, Dad has something to say to your Uncle Lin."

"it is good."

Shen Qian ran away obediently.

Watching Shen Qian's back disappear into the yard, the county lord restrained the smile on his face and asked, "What's the matter, you came back after just going out."

The old housekeeper said: "I just received the news. Apart from the Red Army's turmoil, there is another important organization, the Peasant Association. According to the surviving landlord, it was the Peasant Association that started the reaction first, and then the Red Army followed. The peasant association came over, but what the hell the peasant association was, the landlord couldn't tell, he just said that the peasant association was with the Red Army."

The county master asked: "Where are people?"

The old housekeeper said: "People are outside."

The county master: "Bring someone in and let him tell me in person. I want to see what this peasant association is."

"Yes."

The old housekeeper left in a hurry, and came back in a hurry. When he came back, he was accompanied by a middle-aged man in a jacket. When the middle-aged man entered the room, he took off his hat, bowed his body slightly, and said, "Master .”

The county lord said: "It's rare that you survived. Few landlords in the villages that were troubled by the Red Army survived."

The middle-aged man still had lingering fears about what happened that day, and said, "I was lucky enough to survive, but my family was robbed by those evil people, including land, food, and money."

The county master nodded and said: "This fits the characteristics of the Red Army. Two years ago, the Red Army made a lot of noise in the west. Many landlords were killed and their money and food were robbed. The methods are the same. These are all A common tactic of the Red Army."

The middle-aged man said: "But it's different this time. They overthrew the landlord and returned the grain to the villagers. Not only the grain, they tore up the land deeds they collected and distributed the land to the farmers."

The county lord frowned, "Also distribute the land to the peasants. The Red Army is well prepared. If the land is distributed to the peasants, the dependence of these peasants on the Red Army can be imagined. It is estimated that other villages know about the Red Army. Things are looking forward to the Red Army going."

The middle-aged man nodded: "That's not true. The farmers are looking forward to the Red Army after the food and land are distributed. On the way here, I deliberately found a few villages that have not been affected by the Red Army, but this village has already appeared. I went to the peasant association, and I asked the villagers if they knew about the Red Army, and they all said yes, and when they talked about the Red Army, their faces showed anticipation, so they were not expecting the Red Army to be the masters of their own affairs.”

He continued: "That's the end of the story. The Red Army pays less land taxes. It seems that if the grain production is not up to standard, there is no need to pay taxes. This makes those peasants so happy that they don't even have to pay taxes."

The old housekeeper said: "My lord, if this is the case, it will be troublesome. This is to restrain the hearts of the people. It can't be delayed any longer. If it continues, the Red Army will grow stronger."

The county master fell into deep thought, he raised his head and said, "Of course we have to tell Commander Sun, but we can't just do nothing, you send someone to tell Commander Sun about the Red Army's appearance in our county, and then send someone there In the affected villages, tell the landlords to return part of the grain to the farmers, lower the land tax, lower various taxes, and not be taken advantage of by the Red Army. In addition, warn the villagers that the White Army has begun to encircle and suppress the Red Army. If they really follow The Red Army must make plans to settle accounts after the fall."

The old butler's eyes lit up, and he said, "By giving both kindness and power, the villagers who have been warned will also benefit and be warned again. When the Red Army comes again, they will not cooperate with the Red Army, for fear that they will be implicated."

The county master said: "This is not enough to completely cut off those peasants' thoughts on the Red Army. Let Commander Sun and the others speed up their actions."

The old housekeeper nodded and left quickly.

The county master looked at the middle-aged man standing in front of him, and asked: "Since you survived, it means that what you did did not touch the bottom line of the Red Army. You have collected a lot of information over there during this period of time, right? Tell me."

The middle-aged man said: "I don't know what the master wants to know."

The county master said: "I want to know a lot, you just tell me what you know."

The middle-aged man said: "It's like this. I was captured by the Red Army. They just confiscated my property, but they didn't make things difficult for me. I just stayed in the village for a while and got to know the Red Army, and the With this peasant association, the peasant households are formed by the peasants themselves, and there is no armed force, the main thing is to be able to gather all the peasants to fight against the landlord.”

He continued: "What about the Red Army? What I heard in the village is that this Red Army started from Nianping Village and established a base. I heard that this Red Army has only one company and has been staying in the village. Nianping Village has only recently become active.”

"A company's strength."

The magistrate squinted his eyes, "You are sure what you said is true, you didn't lie to me?"

The middle-aged man assured: "Master, the guarantee is true. After they let me go, I asked the villagers who came with me. They said that there is only one company commander in Nianping Village, and there are no higher-ranking officers. I thought, if there is only one company commander, isn’t that just one company?”

The county master showed a sneer on his face, and said: "A company of soldiers dares to act wildly on my territory. They really don't take me seriously. You can go down first, and stay in the county town for the time being, waiting for us." Encircle and suppress this Red Army before you go back."

The middle-aged man bowed and said, "Yes, thank you, master." After speaking, he walked away quickly.

In the evening, when the old housekeeper came back, his steps were faster and his expression became more urgent.

The county lord was finishing dinner with the wives, and when he saw the old housekeeper coming back, the tea-faced wives all found excuses to leave the table, leaving the county lord sitting alone on the stool, holding a handkerchief After wiping his mouth and palms, he put down the handkerchief and looked up at the old housekeeper.

The old butler then said: "Master, the matter has been notified, but"

The county master asked: "But what?"

"The news given by Commander Sun is that they are currently unable to spare themselves to deal with the local Red Army. He told me that the current White Army is only besieging the Red Army in Xihankou, and has not directly entered the mountains to encircle and suppress those inside. Red Army."

The old housekeeper said: "This has something to do with the Great War in the Central Plains. Many warlords participated in it. There are very few troops in the rear, and they are completely powerless to encircle and suppress the Red Army."

The county lord's eyes narrowed slightly: "Is this how the Red Army in the county is allowed to expand their territory?"

The old housekeeper said: "The Red Army in Xihankou is at the end of its strength. It won't be long before the Central Plains War is over, and they will be able to deal with the Red Army in Xihankou. It's just that the Red Army here, Captain Sun said that we should investigate first. Knowing the strength and position of the Red Army, if the Red Army is weak, they are willing to dispatch a battalion to cooperate with us."

After a pause, the old butler said again: "Header Sun means that he wants us to join the ranks of encircling and suppressing the Red Army."

The county master frowned: "I want us to join the bandit suppression team."

The old butler said, "Master, do you want me to investigate the strength of the Red Army first?"

The county lord shook his head: "No need, this Red Army was born in Nianping Village. Its strength is one company. Now that it's been so long, there should be only one battalion. Tell Commander Sun that we are willing to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army. Hopefully they will be able to send a battalion to help us."

The old housekeeper nodded: "It's the master, I'll do it tomorrow morning."

The county master nodded and said, "Go."

However, what they didn't know was that the Red Army's strength in the company they were talking about was already half the size of a regiment a week ago, but now the strength of the Red Army in Nianping Village has reached the size of a whole regiment.

In one day, Commander Sun's battalion had arrived at the county seat, and the leader of the White Army was named Han Shifei. The county magistrate held a large banquet in the mansion to warmly welcome Han Shifei's arrival.

At the banquet, the county lord toasted Han Shifeng, and after drinking for three rounds, the county lord said: "Battlemaster Han, I have had someone investigate this Red Army force. This Red Army is in a village in our county, with one force. There may be more companies, but it will not exceed one battalion. Tomorrow you and I will cooperate to try to encircle and wipe out this Red Army and return peace to the people of our county."

Battalion Commander Han nodded and said: "County Shen, please don't worry, the regiment commander sent me here to cooperate with your department to wipe out this Red Army. Come back quickly, the Red Army in Xihankou is more important, they are the Red Army that emerged two years ago."

Put a piece of meat in a bowl, taste it carefully, and said: "I thought that the Red Army two years ago had been wiped out by our troops, but I didn't expect the remaining Red Army to come out and reappear. The Red Army must be related to the Red Army in Xihankou, Commander Sun's meaning is also very clear, let our department cooperate with your department to destroy it, and the two Red Army cannot be merged. Once the two Red Army merge, it will increase the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army Difficulty."

The county lord said with a smile on his face: "Captain Han, you can rest assured that I will definitely cooperate with the brothers of the Bai Army to complete the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army. A company of the Red Army is nothing to be afraid of. The strength of our two battalions One mouthful of saliva from one person also drowned out the Red Army."

Battalion Commander Han laughed loudly, picked up the wine glass and drank heavily, and ate a large piece of meat, his mouth glistening with oil, he said: "It's been a long time since I drank so happily, this period of time has made me feel so uncomfortable."

The county master looked surprised and asked, "Why did Battalion Commander Han say such a thing?"

Battalion Commander Han said: "It's not the Red Army in Xihankou. The Central Plains War is going on up there, and there is turmoil everywhere. Our large troops have long been transferred to support the front line, so that our department cannot completely encircle and suppress the Red Army. Although the Red Army didn’t have many guns, it was really desperate to fight, and we didn’t dare to rush into the mountains to encircle and suppress them, so we had to besiege them first.”

He sighed, "It is this siege that has made my brothers suffer. They live in the mountains, eat simple food, suffer from mosquito bites every night, and sometimes they have to be on guard against the sudden appearance of the Red Army in the mountains. Sneak attack, can't sleep at night."

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