The beacon of youth

The secret agents went out of the Great Wall all the way to the north, and on this day they arrived near the home of the big landlord named Liu Chengwan that Zhang Jinsong had mentioned.

This is a large courtyard with five exits, five entrances, four corrugations and four corners. There are large tile-roofed houses with blue bricks and a wall of one foot three. On the four corners of the southeast, north, and west, a cannon building with shooting holes has been built. There are people in the cannon building day and night. Standing guard, the main entrance in front is two large wooden doors with iron clad nails. The threshold is more than a foot high. In the northern rural areas, there is a saying to describe a person's age, "Crossing the threshold still grinds eggs." This is the kind of big threshold.

Think about it, everyone, if you can still grind your eggs after crossing the threshold, then your age must be a big deal, a northern dialect.

At this time, I saw troops surrounded and closed the gate tightly. There were dismounting stones and stone pillars for tying animals in front of the gate. Two big black dogs were also brought inside the gate and kept barking in the direction of the spy company. .

In the rural areas of northern my country, the courtyards of some large landlords generally have three-entry houses, and five-entry houses are rare, which also shows that this big landlord has strong financial resources.

At this time, the bodyguards and guards in the blockhouse had seen the spy company early because of the high terrain, but no one dared to shoot. These people usually frighten the common people, but seeing the spy company's posture must be a regular army. Wouldn't you be looking for death if you played hard with the regular army?

Li Yong ordered the troops to deploy in battle formation and surround the courtyard of the big landlord. Li Yong looked at the courtyard of the big landlord and said to the surrounding soldiers: "As expected of the biggest rich man in this area for hundreds of miles, this courtyard has Five advances, and four turrets with corners were built, no wonder we had to be taken seriously, it seems that our chance to make money has come."

Then he said to Gao Xiang: "Bring your platoon here, and let the recruits in your platoon practice their hands. Didn't the rich man Liu build four cannon buildings? Don't worry, use your small cannons to blow up slowly, and kill them one by one. .”

After Li Yong finished speaking, the soldiers in the artillery platoon were all very excited. This is obviously a battle of steady profits and not accompanying bullies. Of course it is comfortable to fight, so they all squeezed to the front and let themselves fight. Two shots, what a good opportunity to practice, where can I find this kind of time when the company commander and platoon leader don't care if they can't hit.

The instructor next to him, Wang Chengde, heard Li Yong's order and said: "Dayong, should we shout first, the land is mainly surrendered, don't we need to fight?"

Li Yong: "Old Wang, I'm afraid they will surrender now. Our company has just been reorganized. It's good to use this small battle to grind and grind the troops. It's great to go there to find such a good opportunity. You can't shout."

Instructor Wang Chengde was speechless immediately. How could you meet such a company commander who was afraid of surrendering when fighting? What do you think is this?But if you think about it carefully, what Li Yong said is also reasonable. You said that this land is mainly surrendered, but how can you train troops?

Seeing that the soldiers in the artillery platoon had set up the small cannons, Li Yong ordered the attack to begin.This big landlord named Liu Chengwan knew it when he was surrounded by the spy company. Although he was a little scared, he didn't care too much. He thought to himself: Whoever he is, he just wants money and food. What can they do to me with some money and food?

When the mortar of the secret service company fired, the whole person became stupid: "Why did this army use small artillery to attack me? Whether it is the Kuomintang or the Communist Party, even the little devils in the past are fine as long as they pay enough money and food. What kind of troops are people?"

This big landlord is indeed a little confused. I have seen many Kuomintang and little devils, and the Eighth Route Army is not uncommon. What kind of army are these people?Looking at the gray military uniform on his body, it should be Balu, but Balu doesn't wear a helmet!And this style of work is also different from that of Eight Roads.

The soldiers in the artillery platoon were not in a hurry. Anyway, the bodyguards of the big landlord’s house didn’t dare to come out, so they practiced slowly with them. Facing several gun towers, they bombed back and forth, while the other platoon soldiers watched the fun with relish.

The operators were all recruits, and the old soldiers were pointing at the side. At first, the accuracy was not very good, but later it became more and more accurate. Stones and tiles were blown up all over the sky. Li Yong didn't say a word, just looked at Gao Xiang Swearing at the soldiers in their platoon: "Come to the left, then to the right, look at your eyes, didn't you sleep yesterday? Missing a wife? Let me tell you, our PLA is disciplined. The girl and the little daughter-in-law can't look around, they have to be honest with me."

His soldiers were all thinking in their hearts: When did we look at the eldest girl and the younger daughter-in-law?But he didn't dare to talk back to him, so he had no choice but to operate silently.

The people in the secret service company are not in a hurry, this rich man Liu can't do it anymore, he is just a powerful landowner and not an army, how can he hold up the secret service company and make such a toss, several blockhouses were blown to pieces in a short time , the bodyguards in the blockhouse all followed the bricks to the sky.

The gun towers of these landowners were not used to deal with artillery and regular troops, but to deal with bandits and scare the local people. Gao Xiang and the others bombed randomly, and many shells missed the gun towers and fell into the yard. Listening to the people in the yard crying like ghosts and wolves, crying for father and mother.

Li Yong waved his hands and said, "Okay, let's see how it goes." As soon as the spies stopped shooting, they heard someone shouting in the courtyard: "Which part of your army is it? Is it Master Eighth Route? Master Eighth Route, don't fight!" *Shots fired, we surrender."

Li Yong asked the soldiers to shout: "Open the gate, throw out the guns, and then all the people inside will walk out with their hands raised."

After a short time, dozens of rifles were thrown from the opened gate, and then more than 100 people, men, women and children, came out of the gate one after another, all of them terrified. The soldiers of the company immediately surrounded them.

A big fat man in the crowd trembled and said, "Sirs, sirs, the villain is Liu Chengwan, and the villain is Liu Chengwan. You have something to say, and you have something to say."

Li Yong rode over and pointed at the fat man's forehead with his whip, "Are you Liu Chengwan?"

The fat man smiled and said: "Sir, the villain is right, the villain is right." Li Yong said with a sullen face: "Listen, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, open your granary, and put your gold bars in the ocean. Take them all out, and if you find out that you have a piece of ocean that you haven't paid, I'll dig you and the more than 100 people in your family and bury them alive, do you understand?"

Then he said to Li Yuming: "Take your class and follow him. After the fat man handed over the money, you can search again. If you find him hiding it, you will be shot immediately."

The fat man Liu Chengwan was sweating after hearing what Li Yong said, and immediately said, "Don't worry, sir, I'll pay it all, I'll pay it all, it's useless if I ask for money, it's useless for me to ask for food, I'll leave it all to you." military."

Li Yong snorted: "You know the current affairs, and there is one more thing. You have to send people to transport the grain in the granary to Jingbian within two days, as long as you do these two things well. If so, the lives of you and your family members will be saved."

Of course Li Yong said this to scare the landowner, but this scare really worked, and Liu Chengwan's head was sweating: "Don't worry, sir, the villain will definitely do it, the villain will definitely do it."

In the next two days, under the organization of Liu Chengwan, truckloads of grain were continuously transported to Jingbian in the south. The carriage kept going day and night, and finally emptied the big landlord's granary for two consecutive days. Seeing that it was almost time, Li Yong led the team to leave Liu's compound and turned back to Jingbian. Before leaving, he said to Liu Chengwan: "Forgive me You are a dog, if I find out that you are against the People's Liberation Army next time, I will definitely kill you."

Not far from the troops, Li Yuming couldn't hold back any longer. He walked over to Li Yong and said, "Company commander, this time we are serious. This rich man Liu is really rich. There are several big boxes, either gold bars or oceans. I am so tall." Not to mention reading it, but I have never heard of such a rich person.”

Li Yong also said happily: "It seems that our trip was not in vain. Not only did we get the food back, but we also got so much money. Take good care of the boxes, and hand them over to the old grandson when we go back. The money is ours. Even future expenses."

The instructor next to him, Wang Chengde, said worriedly: "Dayong, is it okay to do this? Didn't we rob it? Besides, we will keep all the money we seized for ourselves? Shouldn't it be handed over to the main force?"

Li Yong: "Old Wang, there is nothing wrong with it. We didn't rob the common people. What are we people doing for the revolution? It is to kill these landlords and rich people. After this area is liberated, we will carry out land reform, not to mention money. And the food, even the land must be distributed to the people. We just took it a few years in advance. Is this considered serving the army? As for the seized money, it is not a mistake to keep it for ourselves. It’s agreed, you have the final say on what you seize, and they don’t interfere.”