The Republic of Heroes

It was completely dark, and Wu Xiaoliang came to the middle of the mountain alone. This place is different from the coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Jilin. In this open space, there stands a beautiful pine tree that can hardly be embraced by two people.

Wu Xiaoliang leaned against the beautiful pine, the faint scent of rosin mixed with the smoke of the battlefield, but his thoughts traveled back to a year and a half ago, and one after another was vividly remembered, as if it just happened yesterday.He thought of Du Juan, Anna, and Xu Zibing, which one was more important to him?He asked himself three times...

The branches of the bushes rustled, someone was coming, Wu Xiaoliang hurriedly hid his body in the shadow of the tree trunk, observing the movement by the faint moonlight.A man of medium build, wearing a suede sheepskin coat, walked steadily towards the open space.

"Brother Li!" Wu Xiaoliang's voice trembled.

"Is it Brother Wu?" Li Zhenqing tried his best to see the person under the shadow of the pine tree. It was vaguely his little brother who was tied up the mountain when he was in the Wu family. Touching him on the shoulder, he said in disbelief: "It's really you!" His tone was full of joy.

No one expected that the two of them would face each other on the battlefield when they met again. Talking about the experience of more than a year, they were all sighing.

It turns out that this Li Zhenqing, since he broke up with Wu Xiaoliang and returned to Sifangding, he has lived in peace for a few months. In the spring of the new year, Commander Zhang of Fengtian felt the rampant banditry and sent troops to suppress the bandits. Huinan Street at the junction of Fengji and Hei Bearing the brunt, a large number of locks were killed and scattered, and took refuge in the remote Sifangding of Jinchuan Street.

Since then, Sifangding people gathered more and more, until they attracted the attention of the 25th Brigade of Fengjun, which was ordered to suppress the bandits. So Li Zhenqing led the big guys and the 24th Brigade to fight hard at Sifangding, Jinchuan Street. On the contrary, Qu Dongfeng, the commander of the 24th brigade, became angry and set off a big fire. The mountain fire spread from Yushuchuan to Sifangding. In desperation, everyone approached eastward and entered Russia, where they fought with several bandits of Lao Maozi After a few tough battles, the old camp was finally set up by Xingkai Lake.

After the autumn, another Manchurian garrison team disguised as ronin was wiped out. Since then, the name of Zhendongyang has been established in the Xingkai Lake area of ​​Suifenhe.

After listening to Li Zhenqing's narration, Wu Xiaoliang said with emotion: "Brother Li's subordinates are well-trained, those who didn't know thought you graduated from a military academy."

Li Zhenqing smiled lightly, noncommittal, and responded: "Brother Wu's promotion path is rare in the world, and I should congratulate you for my brother." If it was only mentioned here, it would be just a general false story, but he changed the subject: " If you control the Suidong Army, you have the power to control the fate of thousands of people, have you thought about how to use it?"

"Xiaoliang's lifelong ambition is to regain lost ground and fight for the country and the nation."

Li Zhenqing nodded, shook his head again, and sighed earnestly: "Brother, it's a good thing that you have this ambition, but have you ever thought about how to do it? Have you thought about it comprehensively, and have a careful plan?"

Wu Xiaoliang shook his head silently: "No!" Suddenly he was distracted, this old man's aura is so strong, and his purpose of coming here is to persuade him to join the Suidong Army, how can he be led by the nose?

"Brother Li, Xiaoliang's ability is indeed insufficient, so I formally invite you to participate on behalf of the Suidong Army. I also hope that Brother Li will agree."

Li Zhenqing seemed to have expected that Wu Xiaoliang would mention this, and said earnestly: "Brother, I, Li Zhenqing, am not a person who doesn't know good and evil, but since I entered the beard industry, although I claim to kill the rich and help the poor, punish the evil and promote the good, But after all, there is a lot of innocent people's blood on your hands. You came from a military school and have a bright future. With a brother like me by your side, you will definitely be criticized by others, which is a disaster rather than a blessing."

Wu Xiaoliang also expected that Li Zhenqing would not agree to him easily, but he did not expect that the reason for his rejection was himself.

"Xiaoliang is young, with this high position, is there less criticism from others? How can you care about other people's noise, brother Li, don't worry too much, Suidong Army is looking forward to your joining."

Li Zhenqing still smiled lightly, waved his hands, and said disapprovingly: "Those big figures in the Beijing government can get rid of all the halo on your head with a single word. The Fengjun and Jijun generals are too numerous to enumerate. While you have my help, you also have to have my enemy. Being an enemy of Fengjun is equivalent to being cut off from the rear. How can you let go of your hands when you are alone abroad?"

Li Zhenqing's words were indeed analytically penetrating. Wu Xiaoliang thought for a while, and then he said, "You are still hesitating. For a bandit leader like me, it is too expensive to be against the entire Fengjun and Jijun. .”

Wu Xiaoliang wasn't hesitating, he was just thinking about what Li Zhenqing said, hearing Li Zhenqing's accusation, he had the urge to vomit blood.

"..."

Li Zhenqing reached out and patted Wu Xiaoliang on the shoulder, and continued to hit him: "Brother, at your level, if you want to go further, you can't just focus on fighting. Politics is a very complicated thing. If you use it well, you will get twice the result with half the effort. Possibly beyond redemption.”

"..." Wu Xiaoliang lost his temper completely. This Li Zhenqing was eloquent and his thoughts jumped so fast that he couldn't figure it out. The initiative of speaking was always firmly in his hands.

"Brother, give your brother some time, and give yourself some time to think carefully about whether I, Li Zhenqing, are really needed to join the Suidong Army. This cannot be viewed from the perspective of personal emotions."

Wu Xiaoliang knew that there was no hope of convincing Li Zhenqing to join the Suidong Army today, so he sighed: "In this case, the Suidong Army will give way and let everyone rest for the night. Tomorrow Xiaoliang will personally send Brother Li back to Xingkai Lake."

Li Zhenqing did not refuse this time, and let out a hearty laugh: "Okay, let's go together, that girl Anna, I miss you day and night."

Zhang Ergou's last voice saved the lives of six people. The soldiers came up and tied their arms behind their backs, and escorted them to the depths of the forest.The soldier who was interrupted was tripped by a tree branch, and miner Li Sanpi took the opportunity to run away. Seeing the opportunity, Zhang Ergou rammed into the nearest soldier...

The resistance was futile, and the six people were quickly caught and beaten up.Zhang Ergou didn't understand, they took the opportunity to escape, why they were let go so lightly.

They walked for about a quarter of an hour in the dense forest, and came to an open field. The simple shack made of logs and dead branches seemed to have been there for some time.Zhang Ergou observed carefully, and the total number of soldiers in this group was no more than ten people, but he was even more confused, how could he behave like a bandit even though he looked like a soldier of the Suidong Army?