Jagged Warlord

The Bailang army began to return east from Gansu, but along the way, the government troops were chasing behind and blocked in front. This trip back to the hometown was extremely difficult. On June 6, Bai Lang's troops split into two groups and returned along Ziwu Valley. In Xi'an Ziwu Valley, Bai Lang was ambushed by Feng Yuxiang and suffered heavy casualties.Bai Lang was also injured.

Feng Yuyang telegraphed later and recalled proudly, "I arrived in Xi'an on the fifth day. Soon Lu (Lu Chengwu) also arrived. At that time, the white bandits had fled westward, and Yu led a team to pursue them to Jingchuan. The bandits returned to Baoji in Nanlong to attack. Provincial capital. Lu Zhaoyu led his troops to the province for three days, marching for more than [-] miles every day. The old man called him the "flying general". The bandits knew that they were prepared to divert to the south from Ziwu Valley, and I expected that the bandits would come out here. He ordered the head of the regiment He Naizhong to set up an ambush During this period, it is useless to wait for the bandits to pass through the siege and kill the bandits.

Breaking through the encirclement of government forces along the way, they arrived near Jingziguan on June 6.

Jingziguan is an old place. A few months ago, Bai Lang went west to Shaanxi and Gansu, preparing to enter Sichuan. His morale was high, but after a few months, he returned in a disastrous defeat and his morale was very low.After returning from the Western Expedition, some "pole heads" publicly proposed to return to their hometowns, and some even took their belongings and left without saying goodbye.Especially when Bai Lang was active in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, he recruited a large number of soldiers from other provinces. As soon as these people arrived in Henan, they clamored to go back to their hometowns. .

Bai Lang held a meeting to discuss future dispersal activities.In fact, Bai Lang was very aware of the principle of "Combined to be strong, divided to be weak", but the situation was uncontrollable, the generals under his command were all clamoring to disperse their activities - in fact, to put it bluntly, it was to break up the team, which was beyond Bai Lang's control.The "pole heads" from all walks of life returned to their hometowns with their original troops and belongings. Only about 1000 people were willing to continue to follow Bai Lang, and they were all from Baofeng and Lushan areas.The revolutionaries such as Staff Officer Shen who joined the team at the beginning also expressed their intention to return to Nanjing and Shanghai.

Bai Lang was helpless, and said to everyone: "Since everyone has decided to go, then I will not force it. After passing the Bauhinia Pass, let's go our separate ways."

Bai Lang was a little sad, while the gangsters looked indifferent.

By the way, Bai Lang was in Gansu for nearly a month, and Li Mohan was not idle, he led the SS army from Liquan all the way to the border of Shaanxi and Henan.Although Li Mohan didn't know much about the details of the White Wolf Uprising, he clearly remembered that Bai Lang's march from Gansu back to Henan was Bai Lang's point of no return.

The SS marched south all the way, day and night, and finally occupied the Zijing Pass before Bai Lang returned to the Zijing Pass.Below the city of Zijingguan, the tents of the SS Army are scattered all over, and the civil workers of the SS Army and the local laborers are rushing to repair the work day and night.

In Li Mohan's barracks, the lights were still brightly lit. Li Mohan, Ma Qian'an, Liu Musheng, Ma Kecheng, Hu Chengxun, Liu Shijie, and He Feng sat around the big round table.Some of them were cleaning their guns, some were smoking, and some were staring at the electric lights on the roof.

Finally, Hu Chengxun asked, "Commander, why did you judge that Bai Lang would return to Henan?"

Li Mohan smiled and said, "Because he is from Henan."

People in Henan are generally fond of family. No matter if the family is rich or poor, Henan people often say "a son does not think his mother is ugly, and a dog does not think his family is poor" as a metaphor for people's nostalgia.Among the young people in Henan, there are many passionate men with dreams, and there are many tough men who run away from home to create a blue sky.However, almost all Henan people have a common belief: I leave my hometown today to return to my hometown better tomorrow!To leave is to come back better.

The same is true for Bai Lang and his bandit subordinates. After fighting for so many years, many 'heads' and even veterans have obtained a lot of property, which is enough for them to return to their hometowns to build houses and land to honor their ancestors.

Hu Chengxun was somewhat skeptical

Li Mohan smiled and said, "Why don't we make a bet. If I win, you and Mark Chengcheng will follow me wholeheartedly instead of half-heartedly."

"This..." Hu Chengxun hesitated

Mark Cheng interjected, "It's a deal."

"Okay then." Hu Chengxun also nodded

Jingziguan in Henan Province is located at the junction of three provinces. It runs through the Danjiang River. The auspicious meaning of purple was changed from "Zi" to "Zi", and the name of Jingziguan has continued to this day.

The Zijingguan town leans against the mountains, faces the Danjiang River, bears the mountains on its back, and faces the Qingliu. place.The Danjiang River originates from the Shangluo Mountains, flows into the Hanshui River, and flows into the Yangtze River, making it one of the three north-south passages in my country that can be called together with the Canal and Shuzhan in history.The rich water resources of the Danjiang River make Jingxiang, Shanghai and Hangzhou giants and merchants come back to the river with their sails directly on the clouds.However, due to the rampant banditry this year, rich businessmen are often the targets of bandits, so Zijingguan Town is now very depressed.

There is Bailang Village outside Zijingguan Town, which is the junction of Hubei, Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi provinces.The small village has only about a hundred households, but it straddles the boundaries of Henan, Shaanxi, and Hubei.

Li Mohan took Guo Side and a guard to survey the terrain nearby, and happened to arrive at Bailang Village, and it was noon before he knew it.When I touched my pockets, no one had brought dry food.

Guo Side suggested to find a nearby family and ask them to cook lunch for them, as long as they give money when the time comes.

Li Mohan thought to himself, isn't this similar to a modern farmhouse?It's not bad for a change of taste, so I swaggered into Bailang Village with a platoon of guards.

This scared the people of Bailang Village enough. As the saying goes, bandits are like a comb, soldiers are like a grate, and officials are like a shave.So the villagers quickly hid and hid, the big girl and the young daughter-in-law grabbed a handful of ashes and wiped them on their faces.

Li Mohan was angry and funny, he put his hands on his hips, and said dumbfoundedly: "I don't believe it~" He pointed to a courtyard with a house that looked pretty good, and said to Guo Side: "Side, knock on the door for me, Be polite."

Guo Side stepped forward and knocked on the door, "Open the door, open the door!" But no matter how loud Guo Side shouted, no one came to answer the door.

Li Mohan looked at a room in the courtyard. The chimney on the room was still smoking, which meant that someone was lighting a fire and cooking in the room. "Get out of the way~!" Li Mohan pushed Guo Side away and kicked at the door.

With a bang, the wooden door fell down, and the soldiers of the guard platoon quickly rushed in with their guns in hand.Immediately there was a scream from inside, and when Li Mohan entered the yard, the soldiers of the guard platoon had already brought two men and two women into the yard.

Li Mohan sized them up, it seemed that they were a family of four.An elderly couple in their fifties and their two children.The older one, about 20 years old, was a girl with thick charcoal dust on her face.The younger one, about fourteen or fifteen years old, was a boy with dirty and messy hair and two streaks of yellow dragon snot on his lips.

When the old couple saw Li Mohan come in, they hurriedly kowtowed, "Master, please forgive me, please forgive me, please."

Li Mohan showed that humans and animals were harmless, and the young and old smiled amicably, and said, "You all get up and talk."

"Master, please forgive me~" The old couple still kowtowed

"Stand up for me, you bastards." Li Mohan shouted