The train driver in the courtyard

After the train arrives at its destination.

Zhang Yingzhang divided the team into two parts.

A portion of the train was stationed to prevent enemy sneak attacks.

The other part went to Taoist temple to capture the bandits.

On the west side of Maoer Mountain, there is a small mountain. Although the mountain is low, the terrain is extremely steep.

There is only a narrow path leading to the Taoist temple. It is difficult to climb up even during the day, not to mention during the dark day.

It has been snowing heavily for three days in a row recently. The roads are covered with snow and it is even more difficult to climb. Some soldiers slipped and fell and got up covered in snow.

Li Aiguo breathed in the cold air and exhaled clouds of white air. He then picked up a soldier who had fallen into the snow nest and turned to look at the team behind him.

The team of more than 500 people was like a fierce dragon, marching hard in the snow.

"Driver Li, how are you? Can you hold on?" Zhang Yingzhang saw Li Aiguo stop and walked over and asked with concern.

"Haven't you heard what Master Lu said? We train drivers are all made of steel!"

Zhang Yingzhang tilted his head and looked confused. Who is Master Lu?
Li Aiguo took a breath and started walking again, stepping on the thick snow and climbing up the mountain with difficulty.

The march on the snow was very slow, and the five-mile journey took a full hour.

After climbing over the hillside, there is an open flat land ahead.

Seeing a Taoist temple standing five or six hundred meters away, Li Aiguo stretched out his fist to signal the team to stop advancing and hid in the woods.

Looking up at the Taoist temple in the heavy snow, it was shrouded in haze. The whole Taoist temple looked like a huge ghost, staring covetously and silently.

The dilapidated view door with mottled vermilion paint locked everything, and it was unclear whether the windows were still bright.

It seems that at any step here, you will hear the sound of breaking, and there will be waves of coldness, making people feel uneasy.

The telescope was returned to Zhang's camp. Li Aiguo took off his old felt hat and brushed off the snowflakes on it, then lowered his voice and said, "Old Zhang, according to Zhang Laodao, there are more than twenty bandits hidden inside.

They are different from Wu Quanfu's group. They are all elite bandits, and they also have two 36-year-old heavy machine guns.

That thing was modified from the Maxim heavy machine gun. It was equipped with air cooling, a replaceable barrel, and could fire 5000 rounds continuously.

If we attack rashly, it may cause an accident.

How about I take someone to explore first? "

Zhang Yingzhang is well aware of the power of heavy machine guns.

As long as two towers are set up at the commanding heights, no matter how many of them there are, they will not be able to get close to the Taoist temple.

"It's better for me to go, you're just a train driver."

Zhang Yingzhang was about to say something.

But he was interrupted by Li Aiguo: "You are the commander of the army. If something happens, who will lead the team? Besides, I will take Zhang Laodao with me this time."

Zhang Yingzhang also knew that for the time being, only Li Aiguo could defeat Zhang Laodao, so he nodded and agreed.

He waved to the back, and seven or eight soldiers in civilian clothes came forward bent over.

The clothes they were wearing were those of bandits.

As for the bandits, they are still lying naked in the tanker.

"Second Platoon Commander, you must ensure Driver Li's safety later!"

The second platoon leader saluted and assured: "Battalion Commander, don't worry, as long as I'm here, the enemy can't even think of harming Driver Li."

Good guy, before he started taking action, he set up a small flag, and Li Aiguo quickly interrupted a few people.

"Go and bring Zhang Laodao up."

At this time, Zhang Laodao was tied up with five flowers and pulled by two soldiers on an earthen sled.

Even though he didn't have to work hard to travel, his face was livid from the cold and his nose was dripping with mucus.

"Leader, do you want me to deceive you into opening the Taoist temple?"

Zhang Laodao climbed up from the "sled", walked over shivering, looked at Li Aiguo, nodded and bowed and said.

Li Aiguo grabbed his collar and lowered his voice: "If you dare to cheat later, all our transactions will be invalidated, and you know the consequences!"

Zhang Laodao trembled with fright and nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, I will definitely cooperate."

Li Aiguo is not afraid of Zhang Laodao playing tricks.

With more than 500 soldiers, I have the advantage over more than 20 bandits.

The group loaded their weapons, and Li Aiguo pushed Zhang Laodao towards the Taoist temple.

More than thirty meters away from the Taoist temple, a shout suddenly came from the distance.

"Stop, stop, stop, where are you from?"

Li Aiguo followed the sound and squinted carefully for a long time. Only then did he see that the bandits had made a small room with wooden sticks on the towering tree at the entrance of the Taoist temple.

At this time, a little bandit was wearing a torn quilt, with only his head exposed. He was holding a long gun and aiming downwards.

He saw Li Aiguo and the others getting closer and closer, and became a little panicked.

Crack, the bullet was loaded, and my finger was on the trigger.

"If you go further, be careful I'll shoot you."

"How dare you not come down to greet Commissioner Zhang when he's here!"

As Li Aiguo spoke, he shot with a flick of his hand.

Snapped!
The bullet hit him in the calf.

The little bandit was originally riding on a wooden stick, but he lost his balance due to the pain and fell into the snow nest.

The sound of gunfire and the sound of wind mixed together and echoed in the air, like an ice pick, breaking the long-frozen silence.

Zhang Yingzhang, who was hiding in the distance, was startled.

Deputy Wang from the camp drew his pistol and was about to attack: "Batalion Commander, Driver Li is in trouble, let's get in!"

Before he could stand up, his shoulder was pressed down by Zhang Yingzhang's palm.

"That train driver is not a reckless person. Let's wait."

Deputy Wang suppressed his impatience, picked up his telescope, and stared into the distance.

In the hazy vision of snowflakes, the dilapidated Taoist temple door opened from the inside.

Seven or eight bandits ran out with spears in hand.

When they saw the sentry being brought down, they immediately became vigilant. They all raised their spears and pointed them at Li Aiguo and others.

The leader has a pockmarked face.

He wore black leather gloves on his hands, and his shoes were worn leather shoes. There are some scars on the face, which echo the pockmarks and look even more terrifying.

There was a thick hemp rope tied around Pockmarked Face's waist, and a knife hanging in his hand hung on the rope.

Li Aiguo had listened to Commissioner Zhang's introduction and knew that this man was nicknamed "Pockmarked Face" and was a ruthless guy who was good at swordsmanship.

Pockmarked face was chased by soldiers. When he escaped, he didn't eat for several days. He went to the villagers' houses to beg for food. After eating sweet potatoes, he insulted the villagers' daughters and forced the villagers to steam another pot of sweet potatoes for him.

Then the villagers' homes were set on fire.

This kind of immoral and smoking thing is the bandit's specialty.

Before liberation, what bandits liked to do most after they captured a village was to kill all the men and take away the women.

In TV dramas of later generations, there are often plots where bandits fight against Japanese invaders and help villagers, and they become as close to the villagers as one family. This is all nonsense.

Therefore, a day without bandits is a good day.

Li Aiguo's fists clenched slightly.

The pockmarked face was originally full of anger, and he was about to ask the brothers to take action. When he saw Commissioner Zhang standing outside, he immediately frowned.

"Commissioner Zhang, why did you want to kill my brother?"

There was no respect in the pockmarked words. This was the embarrassment of people like Commissioner Zhang.

In the beginning, they were able to rely on the endorsement of those people and get the support of these bandits.

But as time went by, these bandits also understood that now that you have been driven away, there is no room left to help them.

The conditions laid out are just trying to spread the pie.

Commissioner Zhang did not expect that Li Patriotic Association would suddenly take action. Faced with the fierce pockmarked face, he was speechless at this time.

Pockmarked Face is a ruthless person with extremely strong fighting ability. Even Shangfeng has to try his best to win over him.

The atmosphere at the scene became tense instantly.

A gust of wind came out and picked up a snowflake, which swirled around everyone's feet.

Tread. Tread.
Li Aiguo held a box cannon in his hand and stepped forward leisurely through the snow.

"Are you pockmarked? Do you understand the rules?"

The pockmarked face didn't pay much attention to Li Aiguo at first. Hearing this, he frowned and looked up and down.

This young man wore a ragged felt hat, a sheepskin jacket, and a pair of ragged trousers on his legs. He looked like a little bandit.

It's just that his cuffs were stained with a lot of red and black paint.

No, that's not paint, it's the traces of dried blood.

"Who are you?" Pockmarked's eyes narrowed, and the sword in his hand couldn't help but lower.

Li Aiguo puffed up his chest: "I am Wu Quanfu, the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer National Salvation Army in northwest Jiangxi. I am in charge of all the bandits in northwest Jiangxi. Just now, your little guy dared to yell in front of me without taking his life. This is my commander’s mercy.”

"Wu Quanfu Liao's adoptive brother with a big belly!" Pockmarked Face took a deep breath: "I didn't expect you to escape alive?"

"Those mud-legged guys are no match for me." Li Aiguo suddenly stepped forward. With his pockmarked face, it was too late to dodge, and the muzzle of the gun hit him in the head.

Originally, this was supposed to be the time to announce the trade numbers. Everyone was a bandit, and they would definitely not be able to fight each other if they were trying to save each other's face.

No one expected that Li Aiguo would not follow common sense, and by the time they reacted, it was already too late.

With the gun pointed at his head, Pockmarked Face could only throw away the sword and raise his hands high.

The bandits panicked and raised their spears, aiming at Li Aiguo.

Being targeted by seven or eight jet-black guns, Li Aiguo acted as if he hadn't seen it and said coldly: "The laborers and their brothers braved the heavy snow to rob the train and completed the mission of the special commissioner.

It's better for you, kid, to hide under the covers and sleep, but to eat ready-made food, you have to have someone bring it to your mouth! Are you a Pig? "

Hearing this, the pockmarked face raised to the throat and eyes, and finally put it back in the stomach.

It turned out that I was looking for the back accountant.

He waved his hand, signaling the bandits to put down their weapons.

He said with a smile: "Commander Wu, you may have made a mistake in this matter. In order to avoid being discovered by the mud-legged people, according to the agreement with the special commissioner, I need to take people to wait in the Taoist temple."

"Did I make a mistake? Well! Are you just accusing me, the commander, of making a mistake?" Li Aiguo said with a little force.

The barrel of the gun made deep marks on the pockmarked forehead.

This man is really as unreasonable as the rumors say.

Bandit, he is a bandit.

There was a huge pain in his forehead, cold sweat flowed down, and his pockmarked face quickly explained: "Calm down, it was indeed my mistake."

boom!
The sudden sound of gunfire interrupted the pockmarked face's confession.

The bullet spun out of the muzzle and entered the right side of his head.

The huge kinetic energy stirs and spreads with the bullet, instantly destroying the surrounding biological tissue and neural tube tissue in an explosive manner!
Snapped!
His right eyeball was blown open, and half of his pockmarked head turned into scattered pieces of meat.

"Wrong, wrong, wrong."

The words he didn't finish were stuck in his throat, and he fell heavily to the ground.

The words finally came out as his lungs were squeezed by the impact of the ground, sounding like the sound of a radio with a flat battery. "What the fuck!" Commissioner Zhang couldn't believe it, and he actually burst out with a classic Chinese curse.

This train driver's temper is too grumpy.

It took only a moment to knock down two of them, especially this one who was the bandit leader.

Commissioner Zhang was stunned for a moment, trembling violently, and turned to look at the bandits.

If the leader of this gang is beaten to death, they will definitely betray him. This is going to be troublesome!
The gang of bandits were also stunned at this time. They were holding long and short spears as if they were holding fire sticks.

Zhang Yingzhang, who was hiding in Shun Shunli, was shocked.

Deputy Wang from the camp drew his pistol and was about to attack: "Batalion Commander, Driver Li is in trouble, let's get in!"

"Don't worry, Driver Li may have done it on purpose." Zhang Yingzhang gently pressed his shoulder.

On purpose?

If you kill the leader in front of the bandits, don't you be afraid that they will shoot you to death!

Deputy Wang's camp felt that Li Aiguo was a little overconfident, so he secretly set up his rifle, put his finger on the trigger, and was always ready to fire.

at this time.

In the wind and snow, the bandits also reacted and raised their spears to point at Li Aiguo.

"He killed the leader, kill him quickly and avenge the leader!"

Shouts came and went.

At this critical moment.

"Since it was wrong, it should be dealt with by military law!"

Li Aiguo was silent for a while, looked back at the pockmarked body, and suddenly shot again.

Snapped!
The piercing sound of gunfire shook the heart and lungs.

The world suddenly became quiet.

The hot blood drops gradually cooled under the cold wind, and the white snow and the black and red blood drops stood out against each other, making it particularly eye-catching.

Some bandits who had just wanted to avenge the pock-faced man were calmed by this shot and involuntarily released their triggers.

This person is too cruel!

Li Aiguo turned his head, looked at the bandits coldly, raised his hands high, and shouted: "Who else? Who else?"

Facing the murderous Li Aiguo, the bandits all took a step back.

Commissioner Zhang did not expect that things would go so smoothly.

He woke up at this moment, straightened his clothes, and walked forward with square steps.

He assumed the posture of a special commissioner, pointed at the pockmarked corpse and said: "This man boasted of outstanding achievements and did not obey the orders from the top. I just ordered Commander Wu to kill him!"

I hope you can learn from this and not make similar mistakes. "

The bandits swallowed their saliva and nodded in unison.

They were all shocked by Li Aiguo and had forgotten that their numbers were superior.

"From now on, you will return to the Commander-in-Chief's control. Once this is done, we can all go to sea!"

Commissioner Zhang skillfully painted a fragrant and sweet pie.

When they heard that they could go to sea, the bandits immediately cheered.

As for the dead pockmarked face, who is he? do not know!

Deputy Wang's camp in the distance was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

At this time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and murmured to himself: "This Driver Li is really brave."

"This is not only brave, he is brave and resourceful!" Zhang Yingzhang praised: "

This person with a pockmarked face is a tough gangster, very cunning, and he is likely to be able to see through Li Aiguo's identity.

Therefore, as soon as Li Aiguo came up, he shot the pockmarked face directly.

How could those bandits fight against the famous Wu Quanfu for a dead man?

Don't forget, Li Aiguo is now the commander-in-chief.

This name is of no use on ordinary days, but it can still be very bluffing at critical moments.

Without their leader, these bandits have to obey Li Aiguo's orders. This time we may be able to catch these people without any effort. "

After listening to Zhang Yingzhang's analysis, Deputy Wang Yingzhang finally came to his senses and said with emotion: "Take one step and watch three steps. This little driver is amazing."

In front of the Taoist temple, seeing that the situation had stabilized, Li Aiguo pointed at a small bandit randomly: "What's your name? What's your position."

"Me?" The little man was stunned for a moment. After realizing that he heard correctly, he walked out of the crowd happily.

He bowed to Li Aiguo: "My name is Cao Paipi, and I am now the cook in the team."

"Cao Peipi, nickname?"

"Yes, yes, my real name is Cao Pizi. I am the best at skinning. I can completely remove a piece of skin from a human body." Cao Paipi smiled proudly.

He showed his burnt-yellow teeth, and there were strands of flesh between his teeth, which looked particularly terrifying.

"The saddle in Director Shen's hand was made by me."

Director Shen? Intoxicated? Li Aiguo remembered.

Before liberation, when Shen Zui was the director of the Inspection Department, a bandit leader gave him a saddle covered with human skin and decorated with human nails.

Later, when the drunken old mother worshiped Buddha, he burned her.

(See "Intoxicated Memoirs")
Good guy, a guy who can skin skin can only be a cook.

It seems that these bandits all have blood on their hands.

They were shot one by one, and no one was wronged.

Pointing the gun at Cao Peipi, Li Aiguo said: "Cao Leizi, from now on, you are the captain of my special mobile team. All the pockmarked men are under your control."

"Hey, Commander Wu, you are my biological father."

Cao Peipi almost knelt down in front of Li Aiguo.

Even though he knew such cruel skills as skinning, he was not popular in the bandits' den because of his short stature and poor aim with a handgun.

"Commander, what are we doing now?"

"Call everyone out and let's move the rice on the train together."

"Yes!"

People who have been bullied suddenly turn over and their attacks are often vicious.

In particular, Cao Paipi knew very well who was Pockmarked Face's cronies.

After becoming the captain, he took advantage of those guys, eliminating Li Aiguo's worries.

Afterwards, Cao Paipi rushed into the Taoist temple. After a while, more than 20 bandits were driven out.

Some were sleepy-eyed and wearing tattered cotton-padded jackets, as if they had just woken up. They felt a little strange when they saw Li Aiguo.

"Xiao Cao, where is our pockmarked captain?"

Snapped!
As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped.

"This is Commander Wu, the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army in northwest Jiangxi. Now I have been appointed as the captain. If you dare to cause trouble, I will kill you!"

The bandit didn't expect that Cao Peipi, who had always only known how to make fires and cook, would have such a violent temper. He was so frightened that his face turned livid and he no longer dared to say a word.

In this way, it only took ten minutes for all the bandits to gather at the entrance of the Taoist temple.

Li Aiguo's eyes slid over them, and finally landed on Cao Peipi, "Is everyone here?"

"Report to the commander, there are twenty-two of our group, actually twenty."

When Cao Peipi answered, he felt that the atmosphere was right and he should salute.

But he didn't know how to show respect, so the gesture he made after hesitating was almost like waving, which was particularly funny.

Li Aiguo pretended not to see it and asked, "Where are the remaining two?"

"They are wounded. They had a gunfight with Mudlegs a while ago. They suffered gunshot wounds and are lying on the bed."

"Can the wounded not go to work? This time of transporting food is related to the future of our volunteer army in northwest Jiangxi. All brothers must do their best!"

Li Aiguo said with a straight face: "As long as they are not dead, they will have to move food."

"Yes!"

Cao Paipi has great power and doesn't care about the life or death of the two bandits.

The two bandits with broken legs were pulled up from the bed, and Cao Paipi thoughtfully found sticks for them to use as crutches.

The bandits were all gathered.

There was a crooked queue, breathing heavily in the cold wind.

Li Aiguo conducted another full thirty minutes of review.

The bandits were almost frozen, but they didn't dare to move.

If anyone dared to move, Cao Paipi would kick him immediately.

After finishing the work, he felt that the time had come. Li Aiguo pointed to the distance: "Brothers, we have hijacked a train now. Thousands of tons of rice are loaded on the train. With this rice, we will be able to live a good life in the future. .

Come on, let's move the rice. "

"Move the rice!"

The bandits had long been frozen, and now they were moving their stiff joints, stepping on the thick snow, and followed Li Aiguo, happily walking down the mountain.

We just walked not far and passed the small woods.

Wow.

Accompanied by the sound of gun bolts being pulled, hundreds of soldiers with weapons in hand ran out of the woods and surrounded them.

Facing the magic soldiers falling from the sky, the bandits were stunned.

They also wanted to resist, but their bodies were still stiff for a moment. When they took the spear from their shoulders with trembling hands, they were already aimed at the black muzzle.

"Surf the gun and don't kill!"

"Surf the gun and don't kill!"

Facing the mighty soldiers, the bandits could only throw away their weapons and raise their hands high.

The soldiers took out the ropes they had prepared and tied them up.

When Cao was tied up and skinned, the guy said with some dissatisfaction: "Oh, uncle, I am the captain, can you change the rope to a thicker one?"

Li Aiguo: "."

Looking at the rifles, pistols, submachine guns, and heavy machine guns scattered on the ground, Zhang Yingzhang knew very well that these bandits were the most stubborn and the elite among the bandits.

Now, without firing a shot, without any soldiers being injured, dozens of bandits were captured.

Zhang Yingzhang felt that this was the easiest task he had ever encountered in his life.

Li Aiguo's actions were almost equivalent to delivering these bandits directly into the hands of the soldiers.

It's really incredible.

Zhang Yingzhang was filled with excitement. He walked up to Li Aiguo and saluted: "Driver Li, thank you."

at this time.

The sky that had been gloomy for several days finally cleared up.

A ray of golden sunlight wrapped in mist fell onto the snowy land, passing through the dry woods and drawing a rainbow bridge in the distance. (End of chapter)