Chapter 17
The Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army was ordered to suppress bandits in the Yuanshui River Basin. The first target was the two bandit gangs in Yuhua Mountain and Shenghua Mountain located west of Yuanshui River.
These two gangs of bandits had a very bad reputation among the common people, and they also committed the crime of hunting down the revolutionary army. (Later, Tian Yi found out that Gui Shunxing and Fan Dongsheng were scum of the revolutionary army. They allowed their subordinates to rob and rape, and shot and killed more than 100 innocent people in Hexi Town. But no matter what the reason, Du Xianzhi had no right to execute Gui and Fan.)
Based on the results of the reconnaissance team, the commander of the independent brigade, Tian Yi, decided to send two battalions to deal with the bandits in Yuhua Mountain and Shenghua Mountain respectively. Another battalion was sent to watch the bandits in the other three mountains. This is called a two-pronged approach.
However, when Du Xianzhi heard that the revolutionary army had sent troops to suppress him, his first reaction was that the revolutionary army came to seek revenge. He had already killed the revolutionary army's men and lit the sky lanterns of Gui Shunxing and Fan Dongsheng, so it would be strange if they didn't come to seek revenge!
It was only at this time that Du Xianzhi realized that he was too reckless. Moreover, he also implicated his brother Xiong Hanzhong. It is said that the revolutionary army heard that Xiong Hanzhong had also sent his men to fight against the revolutionary army, and they wanted to deal with him together!
Du Xianzhi was just brave, but now he was in a state of panic when faced with a serious encirclement and suppression. One of his subordinates reminded him: If we can't win, let's just run away. Another subordinate suggested that it would be better to join forces with Shenghua Mountain, so that the force would be greater.
But Du Xianzhi thought: Run away? If I leave my nest, I will be like a rat crossing the street, everyone will shout and beat me! Join forces? Well, big brother Xiong Hanzhong is very shrewd, and Shenghua Mountain is in a dangerous place, so we can give it a try. I just don't know if big brother will accept it?
Du Xianzhi weighed the pros and cons and decided to go to Shenghua Mountain in person.
However, when they reached the mountain pass, their subordinates reported that the revolutionary army had blocked all roads out of the mountain and had surrounded the entire mountain.
At this time, Du Xianzhi regretted again. What did he regret? He regretted not listening to his subordinates' advice: run; he regretted that he hesitated and lost the chance to run.
Du Xianzhi wanted to run away but couldn't, and couldn't get along with his eldest brother, so he had to return to the Juyi Hall dejectedly. He found the second and third in command to discuss a solution.
The second in command was called Xiao Sihan, who was quite knowledgeable in strategy. He had always thought that Du Xianzhi was just a reckless man, and the future of the village would definitely be ruined by this playboy.
Xiao Sihan wanted to destroy Du Xianzhi and replace him, but unfortunately his subordinates were too weak - he only had about thirty people.
This time the opportunity came. He could use the revolutionary army to get rid of Du Xianzhi, realize his dream and rule Yuhua Mountain.
The third in command, Zhang Yigong, nicknamed Soaring Eagle, was even weaker. He usually acted according to the moods of Du Xianzhi and Xiao Sihan. When the disaster struck, he only thought about how to preserve his strength. As for the fight between Du and Xiao, he could just sit back and watch.
Now the three of them sat down and laid out the reality, Xiao Sihan spoke: "Boss, this is nothing strange. It is a wonder that bandits are not suppressed by government troops. The most effective way is to fight against the enemy with troops and to cover the water with earth. Let's do it!"
Zhang Yigong, the Flying Eagle, said, "I agree with the Second Master. We have no choice but to fight the government troops. Otherwise, how can we survive in the martial arts world in the future?"
"What should we do? We must have a plan, right?" Du Xianzhi knew that Xiao Sihan had ulterior motives, but he could only obey at this time.
"Well, big brother, you just need to stay in the Juyi Hall, and my third brother and I will be responsible for the defense. But you have to announce our command authority in front of all the leaders." Xiao Sihan said proudly.
"Brother, I am willing to respond to second brother's proposal and defend Yuhua Mountain with all my strength." Zhang Yigong quickly expressed his opinion.
Du Xianzhi was deeply moved by Xiao Sihan's words. With his brain, he could not imagine Xiao Sihan's sinister intentions.
So, according to Xiao Sihan's suggestion, he convened a meeting of all the leaders, big and small, and made it clear that this time everyone must share the joys and sorrows, advance and retreat together, and smash the encirclement and suppression of the government troops.
Finally, he announced Xiao Sihan as the full-time commander and Zhang Yigong as the deputy commander. He sat in the Juyi Hall and took charge of the overall situation.
The second battalion of the first regiment of the independent brigade was in charge of suppressing Yuhua Mountain. The battalion commander was Fang Shizhong. Fang Shizhong didn't know what Gui Shunxing and Fan Dongsheng had done before their death. He just thought that the bandits in front of him were too vicious to dare to do such a cruel thing to the revolutionary army!
So when he mobilized the troops, he said: "Brothers, do you know? The evil bandits in front of us are the ones who killed our brothers in the first battalion and set fire to our two company commanders Gui and Fan. What do you think we should do?"
"Kill! Kill! Kill him without leaving a single piece of armor!" The entire camp was excited and filled with righteous indignation.
One day in mid-July, Fang Shizhong commanded the entire battalion to attack the various passes of Yuhua Mountain, but was met with stubborn resistance from the bandits. The attack had little effect.
"Oh my! Something strange has happened! This group of bandits really can't be underestimated!" Captain Fang changed his offensive strategy. He changed the multiple attacks into one main attack and the other feint attacks. He believed that only by attacking the enemy's nest could the stubborn bandits be completely eliminated.
He chose a place where the bandits' defense was weak, concentrated the battalion's eight machine guns to clear the way, and organized twenty grenade throwers to follow up with grenades behind the machine guns, and behind the grenades was a fifty-man sword team.
A red flare rose into the sky. The general attack began!
Xiao Sihan placed Du Xianzhi's men on the main roads, and kept his own men with him. He told his men to run away if they saw the situation was not good!
In the first attack, the government troops did not gain any advantage. Du Xianzhi's men then became enthusiastic, thinking that the government troops were no better than this.
When a red flare rose into the sky and fierce gunfire rang out everywhere, Xiao Sihan thought the second attack had begun, so he ordered Du Xianzhi's men to hold on, and he planned to escape with his men at any time.
Xiao Sihan usually likes to wander around. One time, he wandered to the north cliff and found a suspicious crack there. He tried to climb down and found that it was actually a secret passage.
This secret passage was not artificially dug, but rather a natural waterway. This waterway leads all the way to the bottom of the northern cliff, and at the exit is a stream, which is the Hexi River that flows through Hexi Town.
After discovering this secret passage, he did not tell anyone, including Du Xianzhi. Of course, he would not tell Du Xianzhi. He was going to replace him, so why would he tell him such an important way to escape!
He also studied this secret passage. At first he really didn't know how it was formed. The secret passage was surrounded by hard black-brown boulders, and sharp stones could be seen everywhere.
Later, he thought of the Hexi Water, and he realized that this secret passage was most likely related to water.
This means that the water in the Hexi River originally flowed down from the north cliff, and after years of erosion, it formed a waterway like this.
Later, the water on Yuhua Mountain changed its direction, and this waterway became a secret passage.
As soon as the red flare rose into the sky, Xiao Sihan withdrew his men. He said to Zhang Yigong: "Third brother, you are responsible for the south and west, and I am responsible for the east and north." After he said that, he led his men straight to the north cliff.
The Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army was ordered to suppress bandits in the Yuanshui River Basin. The first target was the two bandit gangs in Yuhua Mountain and Shenghua Mountain located west of Yuanshui River.
The Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army was ordered to suppress bandits in the Yuanshui River Basin. The first target was the two bandit gangs in Yuhua Mountain and Shenghua Mountain located west of Yuanshui River.
Chapter 17
The Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army was ordered to suppress bandits in the Yuanshui River Basin. The first target was the two bandit gangs in Yuhua Mountain and Shenghua Mountain located west of Yuanshui River.
These two gangs of bandits had a very bad reputation among the common people, and they also committed the crime of hunting down the revolutionary army. (Later, Tian Yi found out that Gui Shunxing and Fan Dongsheng were scum of the revolutionary army. They allowed their subordinates to rob and rape, and shot and killed more than 100 innocent people in Hexi Town. But no matter what the reason, Du Xianzhi had no right to execute Gui and Fan.)
Based on the results of the reconnaissance team, the commander of the independent brigade, Tian Yi, decided to send two battalions to deal with the bandits in Yuhua Mountain and Shenghua Mountain respectively. Another battalion was sent to watch the bandits in the other three mountains. This is called a two-pronged approach.
However, when Du Xianzhi heard that the revolutionary army had sent troops to suppress him, his first reaction was that the revolutionary army came to seek revenge. He had already killed the revolutionary army's men and lit the sky lanterns of Gui Shunxing and Fan Dongsheng, so it would be strange if they didn't come to seek revenge!
It was only at this time that Du Xianzhi realized that he was too reckless. Moreover, he also implicated his brother Xiong Hanzhong. It is said that the revolutionary army heard that Xiong Hanzhong had also sent his men to fight against the revolutionary army, and they wanted to deal with him together!
Du Xianzhi was just brave, but now he was in a state of panic when faced with a serious encirclement and suppression. One of his subordinates reminded him: If we can't win, let's just run away. Another subordinate suggested that it would be better to join forces with Shenghua Mountain, so that the force would be greater.
But Du Xianzhi thought: Run away? If I leave my nest, I will be like a rat crossing the street, everyone will shout and beat me! Join forces? Well, big brother Xiong Hanzhong is very shrewd, and Shenghua Mountain is in a dangerous place, so we can give it a try. I just don't know if big brother will accept it?
Du Xianzhi weighed the pros and cons and decided to go to Shenghua Mountain in person.
However, when they reached the mountain pass, their subordinates reported that the revolutionary army had blocked all roads out of the mountain and had surrounded the entire mountain.
At this time, Du Xianzhi regretted again. What did he regret? He regretted not listening to his subordinates' advice: run; he regretted that he hesitated and lost the chance to run.
Du Xianzhi wanted to run away but couldn't, and couldn't get along with his eldest brother, so he had to return to the Juyi Hall dejectedly. He found the second and third in command to discuss a solution.
The second in command was called Xiao Sihan, who was quite knowledgeable in strategy. He had always thought that Du Xianzhi was just a reckless man, and the future of the village would definitely be ruined by this playboy.
Xiao Sihan wanted to destroy Du Xianzhi and replace him, but unfortunately his subordinates were too weak - he only had about thirty people.
This time the opportunity came. He could use the revolutionary army to get rid of Du Xianzhi, realize his dream and rule Yuhua Mountain.
The third in command, Zhang Yigong, nicknamed Soaring Eagle, was even weaker. He usually acted according to the moods of Du Xianzhi and Xiao Sihan. When the disaster struck, he only thought about how to preserve his strength. As for the fight between Du and Xiao, he could just sit back and watch.
Now the three of them sat down and laid out the reality, Xiao Sihan spoke: "Boss, this is nothing strange. It is a wonder that bandits are not suppressed by government troops. The most effective way is to fight against the enemy with troops and to cover the water with earth. Let's do it!"
Zhang Yigong, the Flying Eagle, said, "I agree with the Second Master. We have no choice but to fight the government troops. Otherwise, how can we survive in the martial arts world in the future?"
"What should we do? We must have a plan, right?" Du Xianzhi knew that Xiao Sihan had ulterior motives, but he could only obey at this time.
"Well, big brother, you just need to stay in the Juyi Hall, and my third brother and I will be responsible for the defense. But you have to announce our command authority in front of all the leaders." Xiao Sihan said proudly.
"Brother, I am willing to respond to second brother's proposal and defend Yuhua Mountain with all my strength." Zhang Yigong quickly expressed his opinion.
Du Xianzhi was deeply moved by Xiao Sihan's words. With his brain, he could not imagine Xiao Sihan's sinister intentions.
So, according to Xiao Sihan's suggestion, he convened a meeting of all the leaders, big and small, and made it clear that this time everyone must share the joys and sorrows, advance and retreat together, and smash the encirclement and suppression of the government troops.
Finally, he announced Xiao Sihan as the full-time commander and Zhang Yigong as the deputy commander. He sat in the Juyi Hall and took charge of the overall situation.
The second battalion of the first regiment of the independent brigade was in charge of suppressing Yuhua Mountain. The battalion commander was Fang Shizhong. Fang Shizhong didn't know what Gui Shunxing and Fan Dongsheng had done before their death. He just thought that the bandits in front of him were too vicious to dare to do such a cruel thing to the revolutionary army!
So when he mobilized the troops, he said: "Brothers, do you know? The evil bandits in front of us are the ones who killed our brothers in the first battalion and set fire to our two company commanders Gui and Fan. What do you think we should do?"
"Kill! Kill! Kill him without leaving a single piece of armor!" The entire camp was excited and filled with righteous indignation.
One day in mid-July, Fang Shizhong commanded the entire battalion to attack the various passes of Yuhua Mountain, but was met with stubborn resistance from the bandits. The attack had little effect.
"Oh my! Something strange has happened! This group of bandits really can't be underestimated!" Captain Fang changed his offensive strategy. He changed the multiple attacks into one main attack and the other feint attacks. He believed that only by attacking the enemy's nest could the stubborn bandits be completely eliminated.
He chose a place where the bandits' defense was weak, concentrated the battalion's eight machine guns to clear the way, and organized twenty grenade throwers to follow up with grenades behind the machine guns, and behind the grenades was a fifty-man sword team.
A red flare rose into the sky. The general attack began!
Xiao Sihan placed Du Xianzhi's men on the main roads, and kept his own men with him. He told his men to run away if they saw the situation was not good!
In the first attack, the government troops did not gain any advantage. Du Xianzhi's men then became enthusiastic, thinking that the government troops were no better than this.
When a red flare rose into the sky and fierce gunfire rang out everywhere, Xiao Sihan thought the second attack had begun, so he ordered Du Xianzhi's men to hold on, and he planned to escape with his men at any time.
Xiao Sihan usually likes to wander around. One time, he wandered to the north cliff and found a suspicious crack there. He tried to climb down and found that it was actually a secret passage.
This secret passage was not artificially dug, but rather a natural waterway. This waterway leads all the way to the bottom of the northern cliff, and at the exit is a stream, which is the Hexi River that flows through Hexi Town.
After discovering this secret passage, he did not tell anyone, including Du Xianzhi. Of course, he would not tell Du Xianzhi. He was going to replace him, so why would he tell him such an important way to escape!
He also studied this secret passage. At first he really didn't know how it was formed. The secret passage was surrounded by hard black-brown boulders, and sharp stones could be seen everywhere.
Later, he thought of the Hexi Water, and he realized that this secret passage was most likely related to water.
This means that the water in the Hexi River originally flowed down from the north cliff, and after years of erosion, it formed a waterway like this.
Later, the water on Yuhua Mountain changed its direction, and this waterway became a secret passage.
As soon as the red flare rose into the sky, Xiao Sihan withdrew his men. He said to Zhang Yigong: "Third brother, you are responsible for the south and west, and I am responsible for the east and north." After he said that, he led his men straight to the north cliff.
The Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army was ordered to suppress bandits in the Yuanshui River Basin. The first target was the two bandit gangs in Yuhua Mountain and Shenghua Mountain located west of Yuanshui River.
These two gangs of bandits had a very bad reputation among the common people, and they also committed the crime of hunting down the revolutionary army. (Later, Tian Yi found out that Gui Shunxing and Fan Dongsheng were scum of the revolutionary army. They allowed their subordinates to rob and rape, and shot and killed more than 100 innocent people in Hexi Town. But no matter what the reason, Du Xianzhi had no right to execute Gui and Fan.)
Based on the results of the reconnaissance team, the commander of the independent brigade, Tian Yi, decided to send two battalions to deal with the bandits in Yuhua Mountain and Shenghua Mountain respectively. Another battalion was sent to watch the bandits in the other three mountains. This is called a two-pronged approach.
However, when Du Xianzhi heard that the revolutionary army had sent troops to suppress him, his first reaction was that the revolutionary army came to seek revenge. He had already killed the revolutionary army's men and lit the sky lanterns of Gui Shunxing and Fan Dongsheng, so it would be strange if they didn't come to seek revenge!
It was only at this time that Du Xianzhi realized that he was too reckless. Moreover, he also implicated his brother Xiong Hanzhong. It is said that the revolutionary army heard that Xiong Hanzhong had also sent his men to fight against the revolutionary army, and they wanted to deal with him together!
Du Xianzhi was just brave, but now he was in a state of panic when faced with a serious encirclement and suppression. One of his subordinates reminded him: If we can't win, let's just run away. Another subordinate suggested that it would be better to join forces with Shenghua Mountain, so that the force would be greater.
But Du Xianzhi thought: Run away? If I leave my nest, I will be like a rat crossing the street, everyone will shout and beat me! Join forces? Well, big brother Xiong Hanzhong is very shrewd, and Shenghua Mountain is in a dangerous place, so we can give it a try. I just don't know if big brother will accept it?
Du Xianzhi weighed the pros and cons and decided to go to Shenghua Mountain in person.
However, when they reached the mountain pass, their subordinates reported that the revolutionary army had blocked all roads out of the mountain and had surrounded the entire mountain.
At this time, Du Xianzhi regretted again. What did he regret? He regretted not listening to his subordinates' advice: run; he regretted that he hesitated and lost the chance to run.
Du Xianzhi wanted to run away but couldn't, and couldn't get along with his eldest brother, so he had to return to the Juyi Hall dejectedly. He found the second and third in command to discuss a solution.
The second in command was called Xiao Sihan, who was quite knowledgeable in strategy. He had always thought that Du Xianzhi was just a reckless man, and the future of the village would definitely be ruined by this playboy.
Xiao Sihan wanted to destroy Du Xianzhi and replace him, but unfortunately his subordinates were too weak - he only had about thirty people.
This time the opportunity came. He could use the revolutionary army to get rid of Du Xianzhi, realize his dream and rule Yuhua Mountain.
The third in command, Zhang Yigong, nicknamed Soaring Eagle, was even weaker. He usually acted according to the moods of Du Xianzhi and Xiao Sihan. When the disaster struck, he only thought about how to preserve his strength. As for the fight between Du and Xiao, he could just sit back and watch.
Now the three of them sat down and laid out the reality, Xiao Sihan spoke: "Boss, this is nothing strange. It is a wonder that bandits are not suppressed by government troops. The most effective way is to fight against the enemy with troops and to cover the water with earth. Let's do it!"
Zhang Yigong, the Flying Eagle, said, "I agree with the Second Master. We have no choice but to fight the government troops. Otherwise, how can we survive in the martial arts world in the future?"
"What should we do? We must have a plan, right?" Du Xianzhi knew that Xiao Sihan had ulterior motives, but he could only obey at this time.
"Well, big brother, you just need to stay in the Juyi Hall, and my third brother and I will be responsible for the defense. But you have to announce our command authority in front of all the leaders." Xiao Sihan said proudly.
"Brother, I am willing to respond to second brother's proposal and defend Yuhua Mountain with all my strength." Zhang Yigong quickly expressed his opinion.
Du Xianzhi was deeply moved by Xiao Sihan's words. With his brain, he could not imagine Xiao Sihan's sinister intentions.
So, according to Xiao Sihan's suggestion, he convened a meeting of all the leaders, big and small, and made it clear that this time everyone must share the joys and sorrows, advance and retreat together, and smash the encirclement and suppression of the government troops.
Finally, he announced Xiao Sihan as the full-time commander and Zhang Yigong as the deputy commander. He sat in the Juyi Hall and took charge of the overall situation.
The second battalion of the first regiment of the independent brigade was in charge of suppressing Yuhua Mountain. The battalion commander was Fang Shizhong. Fang Shizhong didn't know what Gui Shunxing and Fan Dongsheng had done before their death. He just thought that the bandits in front of him were too vicious to dare to do such a cruel thing to the revolutionary army!
So when he mobilized the troops, he said: "Brothers, do you know? The evil bandits in front of us are the ones who killed our brothers in the first battalion and set fire to our two company commanders Gui and Fan. What do you think we should do?"
"Kill! Kill! Kill him without leaving a single piece of armor!" The entire camp was excited and filled with righteous indignation.
One day in mid-July, Fang Shizhong commanded the entire battalion to attack the various passes of Yuhua Mountain, but was met with stubborn resistance from the bandits. The attack had little effect.
"Oh my! Something strange has happened! This group of bandits really can't be underestimated!" Captain Fang changed his offensive strategy. He changed the multiple attacks into one main attack and the other feint attacks. He believed that only by attacking the enemy's nest could the stubborn bandits be completely eliminated.
He chose a place where the bandits' defense was weak, concentrated the battalion's eight machine guns to clear the way, and organized twenty grenade throwers to follow up with grenades behind the machine guns, and behind the grenades was a fifty-man sword team.
A red flare rose into the sky. The general attack began!
Xiao Sihan placed Du Xianzhi's men on the main roads, and kept his own men with him. He told his men to run away if they saw the situation was not good!
In the first attack, the government troops did not gain any advantage. Du Xianzhi's men then became enthusiastic, thinking that the government troops were no better than this.
When a red flare rose into the sky and fierce gunfire rang out everywhere, Xiao Sihan thought the second attack had begun, so he ordered Du Xianzhi's men to hold on, and he planned to escape with his men at any time.
Xiao Sihan usually likes to wander around. One time, he wandered to the north cliff and found a suspicious crack there. He tried to climb down and found that it was actually a secret passage.
This secret passage was not artificially dug, but rather a natural waterway. This waterway leads all the way to the bottom of the northern cliff, and at the exit is a stream, which is the Hexi River that flows through Hexi Town.
After discovering this secret passage, he did not tell anyone, including Du Xianzhi. Of course, he would not tell Du Xianzhi. He was going to replace him, so why would he tell him such an important way to escape!
He also studied this secret passage. At first he really didn't know how it was formed. The secret passage was surrounded by hard black-brown boulders, and sharp stones could be seen everywhere.
Later, he thought of the Hexi Water, and he realized that this secret passage was most likely related to water.
This means that the water in the Hexi River originally flowed down from the north cliff, and after years of erosion, it formed a waterway like this.
Later, the water on Yuhua Mountain changed its direction, and this waterway became a secret passage.
As soon as the red flare rose into the sky, Xiao Sihan withdrew his men. He said to Zhang Yigong: "Third brother, you are responsible for the south and west, and I am responsible for the east and north." After he said that, he led his men straight to the north cliff.