Independence Corps

Chapter 16: Dark Chess Game (2)
Zhu Daquan chuckled, if the text is not good, then come to the martial arts.He squeezed his eyes, moved his eyes, and before Fan Ziyi could show any more prestige, he heard the brothers crackling for a while, and the big mules were knocked down.The soldiers who followed behind wanted to make a move, but Zhu Daquan fired his guns into the sky: "Anyone who doesn't want to die, just rush to the 73rd regiment, grandma, my hands are getting bored!" As he said, he shot at the stone bridge again. Fired two shots.As soon as the two shots were fired, the brothers hiding around the stone bridge jumped out instantly.Fan Ziyi's guard company was surrounded in the middle, and a desperate member of the guard company in the middle shot and shot a brother in the 73rd regiment in the shoulder.This is a big trouble, Zhu Daquan raised his eyebrows: "Grandma, dare to attack my 73rd regiment, brothers, let me take down any one left!"

After all, Zhu Daquan still had some sense. If he didn't say take it down, but said kill this gang of bastards, Fan Ziyi and his guard company might really fall under the guns of the 73rd regiment.When the adjutant Teng Yunfei heard the news, Fan Ziyi had already been tied up on the bridge.Hundreds of his guards were also hung from trees one by one.

Tan Weiming yelled at Zhu Daquan. He came ten minutes earlier than Teng Yunfei. As soon as the gunshot fired, he knew that Zhu Daquan had caused a disaster.

"Well, you Zhu Daquan, now you are courageous and skilled in martial arts, you dare to shoot your own people!"

"They fired first." Zhu Daquan said unconvinced.

"I don't care who fired first, if there is an accident on your site, the fault is on your side!" Tan Weiming raised his eyebrows coldly, and glanced at Fan Ziyi who was bound on the bridge at the same time.Strange to say, when Tan Weiming arrived at the bridge, he didn't order Fan Ziyi and the others to be let go immediately, but instead sternly taught his subordinates a lesson.During this time, Teng Yunfei hurried over with a group of people.Tan Weiming discovered that there was neither Tu Lanlong, the young commander, nor Hua Tianming, the commander of the new Fifth Division.

"Do you know who you are running wild with, New Fifth Division, you don't want to live anymore, do you?"

"It's them playing wild!"

"Do you still dare to use strong words?"

"I...I..." Zhu Daquan wanted to explain something, but seeing Tan Weiming's expression, he didn't dare.Teng Yunfei had already asked what happened on the bridge, hurried over, and said to Tan Weiming tremblingly: "Master, it's all my fault, please calm down, Master."

"I don't blame you, Brother Yunfei, my group of brothers is simply a mob!"

"The teacher's words are serious. When I go back, I must report the whole story to the commander. It should be the responsibility of the 182 regiment, and they must bear it."

In front of Teng Yunfei, Tan Weiming didn't need to be hypocritical, as far as the point was concerned, as for how Tu Lanlong would deal with it, that was Tu Lanlong's business, not Tan Weiming's.

"Okay," he turned to Zhu Daquan, "release the people immediately and escort them across the bridge!"

"People can't let go!" Zhu Daquan, who had been hanging his head in reflection, said suddenly.

His words surprised Tan Weiming and Teng Yunfei at the same time.

"Commander Zhu's meaning..." Teng Yunfei's complexion changed. After all, the 73rd regiment was not at fault. As an adjutant, he had to show the sincerity that has been passed on for others.

"If you want to let him go, you can let the young commander come and ask for it in person!" Zhu Daquan said with a stern neck.

"It's against the sky, believe it or not, I'll kill you with one shot!" Tan Weiming pulled out his gun suddenly, as if to kill Zhu Daquan.

"Teacher, you can't!" The brothers of the 73rd regiment shouted in unison.

Teng Yunfei was terrified. Although he knew that Tan Weiming would not really shoot, if Zhu Daquan's words just now reached the ears of the young commander, Zhu Daquan might not live until tomorrow morning.

"Let's do it this way, even if the teacher and head Zhu give Teng some face, I will take it away, and the debt my brother owes you will be repaid in the future?"

When Teng Yunfei was speaking, Tan Weiming kept his eyes on his face. He also saw the change in Teng Yunfei's expression just now. In fact, he would have guessed that Zhu Daquan was going to say that, but he didn't stop him.He originally thought that he wanted to make a big mess and see how Tu Lanlong would deal with it.After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly said: "If you don't let people go, then hand over the territory!"

After finishing speaking, he turned to Teng Yunfei and said in a very candid tone: "Let's pretend that today's incident never happened. How about it, I don't care about Songjiayuan and Shiqiao. Let the brothers of the 182 regiment work hard." Teng Yunfei panicked again, not understanding why Tan Weiming made such a decision, and was thinking about how to deal with it, when he heard that Tan Weiming had already issued an order to the 73rd regiment: "The whole regiment will immediately withdraw from the Songjiayuan and return to the division headquarters to wait. Order!"

Unexpectedly, the team leader Zhu Daquan didn't make any mistakes this time, he answered "yes" obediently, and quickly left the bridgehead with his troops.When the shadows of Tan Weiming and Zhu Daquan disappeared, Teng Yunfei still didn't wake up from the cloud.However, Songjiayuan and Shiqiao really fell into the hands of the 182nd regiment.He sighed in frustration, and said to the entourage: "What are you still doing, let him go!"

In the evening, Teng Yunfei briefly reported the matter to Tu Lanlong. He put all the responsibility on the 182nd Regiment. He had expected Tu Lanlong to say something to the 182nd Regiment and Fan Ziyi. Didn't say either.

Teng Yunfei felt confused for a while.

The next day, Teng Yunfei heard that Tan Weiming pushed Zhu Daquan's 73rd Regiment on Ma'anpo in front of Luanshi Gangzi.It seemed that Tan Weiming was going to put all his eggs in one basket.

The days fly by, and in the blink of an eye, a week is gone.This week, many changes have taken place in Miliang City.Firstly, the major shops adjusted their business hours. The shops opened earlier than usual, closed later than usual, and there were more and more types of business.In this way, Miliang City looked even more lively. At nine o'clock in the evening, there were still people coming and going on the streets, and there was no way to see that there was any war going to happen.Second, the law and order in the city was obviously better than usual. The New Fifth Division specially dispatched a group of people, combined with the streets and alleys, and jointly established a joint defense team to patrol around the clock.

Subtle changes have also taken place in the city's defenses. In addition to the new fifth division taking over several important material bases, Tu Lanlong also sent the temporary fifth brigade to the south of the city, where they were stationed in the No. The central location of the Sixth Division.The 49th Brigade of the Sixth Division that was originally deployed here was pulled out and placed under Wufeng Ridge, and the 72rd Brigade, which had been stuck with Shen Mengzi's 43nd Regiment for several months, was withdrawn and moved to the center of the city. They recuperate.Chi Shaotian, the commander of the Sixth Division, had a lot of opinions on this, and even discussed it with Tu Lanlong.Tu Lanlong looked at Chi Shaotian's chubby face for a full minute, then smiled calmly and said, "Isn't it just an ordinary defense change, why are you in a hurry?" Chi Shaotian couldn't answer the question for a long time.

That night, Tu Lanlong was in a good mood, so he asked Meng Bingliang, the county magistrate, to go to the theater together.After Tu Lanlong gave orders last time, the Majia troupe from Anshan began to sing operas in various theaters in turn. The Majia troupe was indeed extraordinary, and within three nights of singing, it exploded in Miliang City.According to the one-legged old Tang, the Majiaban won applause and applause wherever they went. "Singing well, especially those two newcomers." Old Tang tsk-tsk, he went to Meiyuan to give Tu Lanlong a refreshment almost every two days, and talked about the two newcomers , Old Tang's eyes shined brightly.

Tu Lanlong said that he was fascinated by the two newcomers, Old Tang smiled naively: "How can I, am I worrying about you?" He insisted on yelling for Tu Lanlong to relax.

A group of people came to Xibazi, there were many people in the theater, Ruan Xiaoliu and two guards escorted Tu Lanlong forward.From time to time, someone came over, hugged Tu Lanlong to salute, and greeted Commander Tu loudly.Tu Lanlong answered them with a smile and wished them a fortune.This scene looked like some happy event had happened to Miliang City.After entering the private room, Tu Lanlong suddenly found that the adjutant Teng Yunfei was waiting in the private room with two girls from Niangniang Mountain.

Seeing He Yingying, Tu Lanlong's eyes lit up, but he immediately asked with a straight face, "What's going on?"

Adjutant Teng Yunfei said: "They are arguing to see you, they are too busy during the day, so I will..."

Tu Lanlong's eyes couldn't help but rest on He Yingying's face again. After a few days of seeing each other, this girl became more and more beautiful, her pretty face was flushed red, her eyes were twinkling, and her black pupils seemed to hide many little secrets, especially That small mouth is obedient with dexterity, dexterity... Tu Lanlong couldn't help but think of his beloved wife.Tu Lanlong tried his best to get rid of these unrealistic thoughts, but unexpectedly, his eyes slid to He Yingying's swollen chest.He was taken aback, and He Yingying seemed to be taken aback too, their eyes met nervously, and then they separated abruptly.To cover up his panic, Tu Lanlong coughed and said, "Sit down and watch the show."

He Yingying's face turned red, she looked at Mi Xia, then at Teng Yunfei, wondering whether she should sit or not.County magistrate Meng Bingliang gave Teng Yunfei a wink, and Teng Yunfei moved a chair and asked He Yingying to sit next to Tu Lanlong.The two of them were still in a tight spot, so Old Tang led the horse squad leader in.Master Ma gave Tu Lanlong a gift, and handed over the playbook with great sincerity, asking Tu Lanlong to order a play.As soon as Tu Lanlong was about to say, let's sing "The Legend of the White Snake", and he squinted at He Yingying who was even more embarrassed.

"Let her order." As he spoke, Tu Lanlong moved his body casually, so that the distance between him and He Yingying was a little further than before.

He Yingying was stimulated by Tu Lanlong's subtle movements. Originally, she didn't have the courage to order a play, and besides, she didn't know anything about the play.In her hometown, Baziying, there were occasional theater troupes who went to make a living, but He Yingying never entered the theater, and even scolded those who entered the theater for not being enterprising and having no ambition.Today, for some reason, she suddenly snatched the playbook, skimmed through it roughly, and said angrily, "I'll order "Tattooing of Mother-in-law"!"

As soon as a word came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.Especially Tu Lanlong, he never expected that this girl who looked like a middle school student would actually point out this famous play, and he couldn't help being shocked.

Mr. Ma was obedient, wondering whether he should sing this play, and looked at Tu Lanlong anxiously.Tu Lanlong took the script and handed it to Mr. Ma in a serious manner: "Just sing according to her order. Today's play must be sung well."

Banzhu Ma left with a beating heart, and Old Tang stared at He Yingying for a long time with his strange eyes, making him feel puzzled.Where did the yellow-haired girl dare to make trouble in front of the young commander?

He Yingying straightened her body, as if going all out, staring at the stage below without squinting.She knew that all eyes in the private room were on her at this moment.But she is not afraid, she just wants to let people know that she risked her life to come from her hometown, Baziying, just to be with Tu Yingxiong.

The theater troupe was preparing, probably the play was beyond their expectation, the preparation time was a bit long, and there was a commotion in the audience.Old Tang didn't dare to be careless, so he went out to observe the scene.

Tu Lanlong's heart suddenly became chaotic.

Tu Lanlong should have let Mi Xia and He Yingying go back to Niangniang Mountain long ago. He couldn't keep Liu Mier's people, no matter what motives they had or what purpose they had, he couldn't keep them.Of course, they can't be treated as spies. What Su Changmao said won't work.When is it now?Su Changmao didn't know, but Tu Lanlong couldn't.

Right now we need to unite all forces——
Thinking of this level, Tu Lanlong took a deep breath.Tan Weiming gave up Luanshigangzi to Shen Mengzi. Normally, he couldn't tolerate such a thing, and neither could the 11th Army.Many questioning voices had already reached his ears, but he answered them all with silence.

There is a reason for silence, but this reason cannot be explained to others, nor can it be explained.I hope Tan Weiming will not let him down, let alone the people in the whole city.

Tu Lanlong sighed heavily again, and his thoughts returned to the two girls beside him.To stay, or to let go?Tan Weiming hasn't made up his mind yet.He knew that this person named He Yingying would definitely not go back. He had asked his adjutant Teng Yunfei to try it, and He Yingying only gave Teng Yunfei a word: "Let me go back, shoot me to death." , carry me back." Listen, how strong!If she is not allowed to come back, will Liu Mi'er come to ask her teacher for her crimes?It's strange, these two girls have been with him for several days, why is there no movement at Liu Mier's side, is it possible?His brows tightened, and so did his heart.If that's the case, it's like planting another bomb for yourself.

With Shen Mengzi in front and Liu Mier behind, how to deal with these two bombs?

Also, Chief Yan called again in the afternoon, hinting that he could get in touch with Gangben.Yan Changguan said very tactfully and implicitly: "The 126th Division and the 137th Division were forced to do nothing. Gucheng will be lost sooner or later. Most of China will be lost. What's the use of keeping a small Gucheng? Let's talk about it." , others are saving their strength, we have to be smarter..."

Be smarter, how to be smarter?Abandon the city and surrender, or...?
Tu Lanlong smiled wryly and shook his head, trying to get rid of these annoying things and concentrate on watching the play.Unexpectedly, when she turned her head, her gaze met He Yingying again.He Yingying was looking at him motionless.Little girl, her eyes are quite charming.A thin layer of romance came over, disturbing his heart, and Tu Lanlong's body felt a little hot.

On the stage, Ma Jiaban is singing with forgetfulness and devotion:

Ask Pengju to stand in the thatched cottage and listen to what my mother has to say

A good man should be famous all over the world
I want to be my mother for [-] years and teach my son to grow up
I only hope that you have great ambitions to help Baojiabang
I am afraid that my son will not be strong
Therefore tattooed inscribed in the atrium
Tell the daughter-in-law to take off the pen and inkstone to take off her clothes and kneel in the hall
Although the mother-in-law on the stage looked young, she sang sonorously and powerfully, and her words were correct and round, and every sentence beat Tu Lanlong's heart.Seeing him getting involved, Old Tang leaned down and whispered: "The one who plays the mother-in-law is that E'er, she is only 17 years old, she has such skills, it's amazing!"

Er?Tu Lanlong was in a trance, and suddenly remembered that Old Tang had mentioned this name to him.E'er is the new character. Old Tang likes this baby very much. She played White Snake that day, and mother-in-law today. I really can't figure it out. How can such skills come from such a young age?
In a flash, E'er changed the original board again:

Carefully examine
Be a role model with strict integrity and integrity
Qin Wang ordered to serve the country as a pillar
I will stop writing four characters here
"it is good!"

There was applause in the private room, and the leader of the applause was the county magistrate Meng Bingliang.There was also a round of applause from the audience, all praised E'er for singing well.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, E'er changed the loose board again:

Holding the golden hairpin, I can't help my hands trembling and flustered
The flesh and blood body was originally born by a mother

How can a mother hurt her son's skin
Helplessly, He gritted his teeth and stabbed the word
Tu Lanlong closed his eyes abruptly, and the benevolent and majestic face of his adoptive father flashed into his mind.A burst of darkness swept over his heart, almost piercing him.The death of the adoptive father is still a mystery. He is not qualified to be the adoptive son!
He opened his eyes half a day later, and his thoughts returned to reality again. Excessive indulging in that grief will not only be of no help, but will also bring disaster to Miliang City. This is what Adjutant Teng Yunfei persuaded him, This makes sense.He had to block out all distractions and concentrate on the situation at hand.

Majiaban's performance reached a climax, and the ups and downs of singing were full of childlike feelings.He knew the story of his mother-in-law tattooing, and he had seen the same scene more than once, but what really moved him was today!In the face of national crisis and enemy invasion, which mother does not want her son to stand up and use his flesh and blood to defend the dignity of China?
The same is true for He Yingying, who was still distracted just now, she has already been attracted by the drama, and her bright black eyes were even soaked with tears.

E'er on the stage changed the allegro again and sang more passionately:

hold back tears

one stroke stabbed on the back
Stabbing on the back of the son hurts the mother

My son is speechless
A little bit of blood stained clothes
It's just a stab, I'm flustered

……

The stage was full of passion, but the audience was silent.No one expected that the effect of this play would be so good!

That night, Tu Lanlong issued an order that all theaters in Miliang City will only sing one play from tomorrow—"Tattooing of Mother-in-law".

Everything is prepared for "meeting" Gangben, and Tu Lanlong has his own ideas about the upcoming blocking battle.From the perspective of the national army, Chongqing's position is very clear. Chairman Jiang has no way out, and he must meet the Japanese with blood.The special commissioner sent by Chongqing vowed to assure Teng Yunfei that once the battle started, the chairman would go all out to support him.According to the words of the special commissioner, if you want guns, give guns, and people, if necessary, you can completely suppress the temporary 67th division near Miliangshan.Tu Lanlong smiled, and asked Teng Yunfei, "Do you believe it?" Teng Yunfei shook his head with a blank expression.Tu Lanlong sighed and said: "It's better to kiss your own mother than to kiss your mother. Yunfei, they are just talking about it and making promises. When the battle really starts, the people in Miliang City will be the only ones you can rely on."

Yes, people.There was never a time when Tu Lanlong had such a deep understanding of the word "common people", and there was never a time when he had such a deep attachment to the common people.Chief Yan was afraid that he would really fight, not that he was really worried that the 11th Army would fight bloody battlefields, he could only wish for it, he told Teng Yunfei that way.Chief Yan was afraid that once the 11th Army engaged the Japanese army, his own troubles would come.Chairman Jiang will force him to be the first to come forward and support the 11th Army Group. At that time, if Chief Yan dares to play tricks, all the saliva and crusades will rush towards him.As for Chairman Wang Jingwei in Nanjing, Tu Lanlong never had any hope, he was not interested in this person.Whether to seek peace or to avoid war, it is not up to you, Chairman Wang.The tricks of the Japanese can be seen clearly by people all over the country, except Chairman Wang.

(End of this chapter)