The Republic of Heroes

In Linzi County, in the small alleys outside the provincial government compound, people sneaked up from time to time, took a few glances and then retreated immediately. On the street, militia soldiers wearing yellow military uniforms and shoulders made by Hanyang only repeated themselves on the road in front of the compound. Patrol, so that pedestrians stay away from it, not daring to approach.Li Zejun noticed this unusual situation early in the morning. Although Sun Baiguang had sent people to secretly monitor their whereabouts since they came to Linzi County, it was the first time that they had been under such blatant surveillance for 24 hours.

"Brigade Commander, that fellow Sun Baiguang is too much of a bully. He has made things difficult for him since he started the training class for prostitutes. Now it is difficult to investigate the opium control and gambling houses. If the army is not deployed, it may be difficult to continue."

Since Wu Xiaoliang came to Linzi County, he had no intention of directly confronting local tyrants like Sun Baiguang, but if he wanted to reform, he would inevitably touch local vested interests. Small local tyrants abound.What he couldn't tolerate the most was that these people smuggled opium, advocated gambling, and did whatever they could to get the money quickly, so they turned directly to the opium channel in Linzi County.

Taking opium is tantamount to touching the lifeblood of the Sun family in Linzi County. How can Sun Baiguang not find Wu Xiaoliang to fight for his life, but because he is the chairman of the provincial government sent by the national government, he has been more forbearing.However, this fragile balance was broken yesterday when Li Zejun led the gendarmerie to seal down seven tobacco dens in the county.

Sun Baiguang officially broke his face and sent elite militiamen to show off in front of the provincial capital.

"Sun Baiguang's actions are really fast, Qianting, how many military police are there in the provincial government compound now?"

Hearing Wu Xiaoliang's question, Li Zejun understood that he had reached the most critical moment.

"There are about fifty more people, and the rest were taken to Liuzhuang by Colonel Li." He still retains the old habit of addressing these people.

Wu Xiaoliang clapped his hands and said, "Okay, that's enough, order the gendarmes to be on guard 24 hours from now to prevent accidents!"

So, from that afternoon onwards, the entire provincial government compound was in a state of imminent war. The flower machine guns sealed in the boxes were pulled out, and each person fired hundreds of bullets.Zhu Wusheng, the magistrate of the county government compound next door, heard the noise, came in to check and was startled by the scene in front of him.

"Hey, what's the situation? Did the Japanese come in? Or Zhang Zongchang?"

A gendarme sneaked back in his busy schedule and replied, "Neither, it's Sun Baiguang from Linzi County who is going to call in. If you have nothing to do, go home and stay here and be careful."

County Magistrate Zhu shrank back in fright, and went straight to Wu Xiaoliang for verification. He believed it only after he got an affirmative answer from Wu Xiaoliang. It's nothing more than being a tyrant on the head, but now he dares to do something to a dignified provincial official appointed by the central government, he is really impatient and lives a long life.However, since Chairman Wu came to Zizi, he also reported hope, thinking that the day of success has arrived.But after many days of observation, he discovered that the actual situation of the new provincial chairman Wu was almost the same as that of his puppet county magistrate, with no soldiers and no power, and many actions were constrained by Linzi's number one tyrant, Sun Baiguang.

However, the county magistrate Zhu still admires the young chairman of the provincial government. Without any backing as a guarantee, he dared to touch Sun Baiguang's lifeblood, the opium business. If it were him, Zhu Wusheng would never dare to do it anyway. of.

Wu Xiaoliang truthfully told Zhu Wusheng the embarrassing situation the provincial government is currently facing, telling him to go to the county government compound and not to come out, and the guards will be on strict alert to prevent accidents.

Just in the middle of the night, the militia launched an attack on the provincial government compound without warning, and Sun Baiguang was decisive enough, since he tore his face, he would break it thoroughly.Hundreds of militia groups surrounded the provincial government compound, and the torches illuminated the night as if it were day.

However, when the militia soldiers roaring towards the gate were about to reach the courtyard wall, there was a sound of breaking through the air from the courtyard. After just a few seconds, flowers exploded in the militia team. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, crying and shouting, the first attack was thwarted, and they withdrew in a hurry.

County Magistrate Zhu, who was hiding behind the gate of the county mansion, was relieved when he saw the regiment retreat, and his hands were unconsciously clenched in cold sweat.

Half of Li Zejun's more than fifty gendarmes are well-trained regular field troops who went south from Suidong with him. They have excellent tactical and psychological qualities. in the eyes.A shot of an extremely accurate infantry cannon made the mob feel terrible.

But Wu Xiaoliang knew in his heart that the gendarmerie was small after all, and entanglement would be extremely detrimental to them. If the more than 100 gendarmerie who followed Li Youting to Liuzhuang were here, it would not be a problem to defeat these mobs.It was his mistake to underestimate Sun Baiguang's courage, but this person is strong on the outside but capable on the inside, so there must be someone who is behind him to guide him.

"Qian Ting, I launched a counterattack in the front yard. You take people to break out from the back yard and go to Liuzhuang to ask Deputy Secretary-General Li for help. As long as you return before dark tomorrow, Linzi's danger can be solved."

How could Li Zejun be willing to leave Wu Xiaoliang to break through alone, and he would not say anything.

"The breakout can be done by other people, and I will stay to protect the brigade commander."

Wu Xiaoliang scolded: "Qianting is confused, the matter of asking for help is no small matter, if there is a slight mistake, you and I will have nothing to do with it, and our situation in Shandong will fall short. You can decide for yourself whether to go or not."

Li Zejun finally managed to break out of the siege, and the gendarmerie made a beautiful attack. He led ten men on horseback and successfully protruded out of the county seat. At this time, the city wall of Linzi County was only a wall of dirt about one person high, and it was easy to get out.After leaving the city, several people went straight to Liuzhuang without stopping.

Arriving at Liuzhuang at dawn, Li Zejun was dumbfounded.Several courtyards in Liu Zhuang were on fire. Hundreds of people gathered to besiege a courtyard, and from time to time someone shouted: "Hand over the big corrupt criminal Chen Sanshui!"

"Outsiders, get out of Liuzhuang!"

Then there was a mess of shouting, and finally the dense and deafening gunshots came out again.Li Zejun immediately recognized that it was a fancy machine gun from the gendarmerie, and it was fired soaring into the sky.He cursed secretly in his heart: It's really a leaky house and it's raining all night. It seems that Colonel Li is also in big trouble in Liuzhuang.

But Wu Xiaoliang in Linzi County is still waiting for him to move rescuers to rescue the siege, what should we do?