readsfreenovel Chapter 109 Fellowship
Chapter 109 Fellowship
"Bang, bang, da, da!"
As the bandit leader roared, gunshots rang out in the bandit group, including three light machine guns.
When the villagers heard the bandits' gunshots, the group that had been gathered together was instantly frightened and scattered to hide.
Fortunately, there were cornfields on both sides of the road, and the corn stalks more than one meter tall hid the villagers very well. Otherwise, it would still be very dangerous even more than a hundred meters away.
As for the nearby villagers not letting the refugees get close to the cornfield? Haha! The moment they saw the bandits, the villagers who were guarding the cornfield ran away.
Hou Yangmin and his group ran for nearly a kilometer with guns in hand until they saw the city wall of Luofu Town and stopped.
However, at this time, Luofu Town had already closed the city gate after hearing the gunshots, leaving only a group of people who did not enter the city hiding and wandering under the city wall.
"Hey! What are you doing? Who are you fighting against?" Just as Hou Yangmin and his group were sitting on the ground and breathing a sigh of relief, a voice sounded from the city wall.
Hou Yangmin looked up and saw several machine guns set up on the three-meter-high city wall, and dozens of muskets were aimed at everyone.
"Boss, don't start the fight. We are good people, good people." Hou Yangmin was so scared that he almost fell to his knees and begged for mercy quickly.
"Stop talking nonsense, I'm asking you a question?" the man on the city wall shouted.
"Boss, we are refugees from the Central Plains. A few days ago, we helped kill a few wild boars in Caijia Village.
At that time, I exchanged some grain and silver with Cai Dongjia, but I didn't expect to be targeted by the Huayin donkey and camel bell bandits. "Hou Yangmin told the soldiers on the city wall what happened.
"Ha ha!"
"Great, old man, what you said is exactly like the Water Margin in the picture book, and you even captured the bandit leader." A laugh suddenly came from the city wall.
"Boss, can you let us enter the city?" Hou Yangmin said with an awkward smile.
"No, we can't let you into the city, you better go back!
Those of you who come from other places may not know how powerful the donkey and camel bells are. The donkey and camel bells are said to have the strength of an entire regiment, including cannons.
These bandits are murderous by nature. In the past few years, they dared to attack towns. The hundreds of militias in our town were simply unable to stop them.
If it weren't for the Anti-Japanese War period and the troops stationed near Luofu Town, I wouldn't dare to talk to you and would have to arrest you and send you to Donkey Camel Bell.
You should go back! If you really can't, you can go around to Dali. Luofu Town really doesn't want to keep you here." The official on the city wall felt sympathy for Hou Yangmin and his men in tattered clothes and offered some advice.
When Hou Yangmin heard that even the soldiers could not afford to offend the bandits, he was at a loss as to what to do and sat down on the ground.
"Woo, hum!"
At this moment, a cloud of dust was flying not far away, and several cars drove over.
The refugees under the city wall saw that the car was full of soldiers with guns, and they were so scared that they ran into the cornfield in all directions, fearing that they would be drafted.
When the dust settled, five cars appeared, with two cannons behind them. The cars were filled with hundreds of soldiers, and more than a hundred people were running breathlessly behind them.
The passenger door of the second car opened, and a middle-aged officer in dark green military uniform and leather boots walked out.
On the other side, the city gate that had been tightly closed just now had already been opened, and the official who had just talked to Hou Yangmin also ran out.
"Captain Zhong, you are just a bandit, how dare you trouble him to come here in person." Li Wentao is the captain of the security police brigade in Luofu Town. He hurriedly stepped forward to greet him with a smile.
"Stop talking nonsense, Li Wentao. You reported that someone attacked the town. Where are they? Are you kidding me?" The officer asked, shaking his arms and fastening his discipline button.
"Captain Zhong, I am really wronged! This is a refugee coerced by bandits. Let him tell you in detail." Li Wentao quickly asked someone to bring Hou Yangmin.
"Boss!"
Hou Yangmin looked at the officer who was wearing a neat military uniform, a belt around his waist and white gloves, and felt a little nervous for a moment, fearing that he might be imprisoned if he didn't speak properly.
"Don't be afraid, fellow countryman. My hometown is also Central Plains! Where are you from?" The officer looked at Hou Yangmin's frightened face and smiled and spoke in the Central Plains dialect.
"Boss, I'm Luo Ning!" Hou Yangmin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the officer was a fellow villager and quickly replied.
"Hey, I'm from Song County. We're very close, so we're fellow villagers!" When the officer heard that Hou Yangmin was from Luoning, his face lit up with joy.
Captain Zhong's original name was Zhong Weiguo. Because his hometown was in Songshan County, he loved martial arts since he was a child. When he grew up, he studied in the 10th class of Huangpu Military Academy.
His unit is under the command of General Chang's Central Army and is now deployed in Huayin and Tongguan to resist the locust army.
Because Zhong Weiguo is from the Central Plains, since the suffering in his hometown, Zhong Weiguo has been receiving and protecting the villagers passing by in his own area.
Today, I happened to be inspecting the subordinate base near Luofu Town. When I heard that there was an armed attack on the refugees and Luofu Town, I came here in person to help the folks in my hometown.
(The characters in this article are purely fictional. Please do not search for information or take them personally. This article does not write about history, as doing so will easily land you in a black box.)
With the emotional support from his fellow villagers, Hou Yangmin felt much more at ease and told them everything about the bandits he had just encountered and why the bandits robbed them.
"Alas! Fellow countryman, in the current situation, everything should be centered on resisting Japan.
Since our unit has been stationed in Huayin and Tongguan, we have often heard of local bandits wreaking havoc. However, it is the local government's responsibility to crack down on bandits. As a military unit, it is our duty to defend our territory, and sometimes we feel helpless!
Forget it, I've said too much. My fellow villagers, I will send a team of soldiers to escort you away from Huayin!
After you pass this mountainous area, you can stay there or continue west to Chang'an, which is relatively safer. "Zhong Weiguo was also overwhelmed by the bandits who heard the donkey and camel bells. After weighing the pros and cons, he gave his own solution.
"Captain Zhong, you are such a good official!" Hou Yangmin and a group of refugees suddenly knelt on the ground.
"Get up, get up. The Qing Dynasty has fallen. If reporters see you kneeling like this, they will slander me." Zhong Weiguo quickly helped Hou Yangmin up.
"Boss, it's good that the reporters are here. When we get to Chang'an, we will definitely find reporters to publish the news about your help to refugees in the newspapers, so that everyone in the country will know that you are a good official." Hou Xiaoge shouted loudly in the crowd in the distance.
"Ha ha!"
Isn't the purpose of being an official to gain fame? When Zhong Weiguo saw a little kid not far away actually wanting to put an advertisement for himself in the newspaper, he laughed out loud with joy.
"Well, it's still early before dark. I'll send a car to take you away quickly to prevent the bandits from catching up with us." After Zhong Weiguo said this, he directly asked the soldiers to free up two trucks.
Hou Xiaoge stood in the crowd and saw that the commander of the National Army actually cared so much about the people, which changed his perception of the National Army a lot.
"It seems that the top leaders in the Republic of China were corrupt, but the ordinary soldiers were relatively pure!" Hou Xiaoge felt emotional.