The mayor returned to the town. After about an hour, a carriage with a canopy came out of the town, and the carriage drove towards it.

After stopping, the mayor got off the carriage first, and then two women got off the carriage.

The older woman was the mayor's woman, and another young woman with a somewhat beautiful appearance also followed her down.

When the woman saw the black uniform of the Taohuashan guerrillas wearing by Wang Zhankui, Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others, her eyes lit up, as if she had something to say.

However, when he saw Zhou Mingshan, the commander of the Guo army beside Wang Zhankui, and the Guo army soldiers holding weapons, his eyes were full of doubts.

Zhou Mingshan is an old spy and is good at detecting subtle changes from other people's expressions and behaviors.

The information revealed by the woman's expression made Zhou Mingshan sure that this woman must have met those who pretended to be Taohuashan guerrillas.

The mayor said to the woman: "Li Xiugu, these Taohuashan guerrillas have something to ask you about."

Li Xiugu looked at Zhou Mingshan and the soldiers of the Guojun, and hesitated, "I don't know any Taohuashan guerrillas."

Ning Wen had already received Zhou Mingshan's explanation in advance. He walked up and said kindly with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be afraid. We are really from the Taohua Mountain guerrillas. The people from the Guo army went into the mountains to explore iron ore with us. Captain Li of our guerrillas, they are the advance troops we sent. I don't know why. Maybe the radio station they carried was broken and I couldn't find them. I was also worried that something might happen to them, so I asked you about their whereabouts."

Ning Wen said, staring at Li Xiugu's expression.

When he saw that he mentioned Captain Li, the woman's face turned slightly red. He concluded that this woman must have known the so-called Captain Li.

However, this woman may have been reminded by Captain Li not to mention them outside, so the woman shook her head and said, "I really don't know Captain Li."

Zhou Mingshan walked up and said kindly, "We are looking for them. There is really something important about it. A Japanese came to this area quietly. They also wanted to go into the mountains to find iron ore. We are very worried about Captain Li and the others' safety. If they meet that group of Japanese devils, something might happen. We came to them because we couldn't contact them and were worried that something would happen to them."

Zhou Mingshan believed that the reason why this woman covered the so-called Captain Li was perhaps that there was a special relationship between the two. He deliberately said this to test Li Xiugu's attitude.

Sure enough, when Li Xiugu heard that Captain Li and the others might be in danger, his face turned pale.

Zhou Mingshan said with the flow: "Captain Li said in the telegram that he had received help from a woman, and I think it was you. Now they are in danger. Please lead the way. Let's go and rescue them quickly."

Wang Zhankui also walked up and said, "I am the third leader of the Taohuashan Guerrillas. Captain Li is my subordinate. I can't contact him now. I'm very worried about their safety. Please lead us a way, and I will definitely repay you heavily."

As he said that, he took out ten oceans and handed them over to the woman.

Ten oceans are a considerable number. Xiu Gu was obviously moved, and she now believed that Wang Zhankui and others were really from the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, and they were from the third leader mentioned by Captain Li.

So she took the ocean, carefully put it away, and said, "San Zheng, I can take you to find Captain Li, but I want to ask you to make the decision for me if you have something."

Wang Zhankui said: "If you have any requirements, just ask for it. As long as I can do it, I will agree to you."

Li Xiugu's face turned red and said to Wang Zhankui: "San Zheng, I want to tell you separately, is that okay?"

Wang Zhankui said, "Of course, come with me." As he said that, he walked to the side of the road.

Li Xiugu followed and whispered something in Wang Zhankui's ear.

Wang Zhankui nodded and said, "Don't worry. If he dares not agree, I will kill him with my own hands."

Li Xiugu agreed to lead the way for everyone. In order not to let her suffer, and to save time, a guerrilla team led a horse to let Li Xiugu ride it.

They did not enter the town, but walked around the town and walked into the mountains. After walking for more than ten miles, they arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Li Xiugu pointed to a valley entering the mountain and said, "Let's walk more than a mile from here, and then go up the mountain from there. There is a small temple behind the mountain, where Captain Li and the others live."

Wang Zhankui looked at his watch. It was 4:30 pm and the sky was still very bright. If he entered the mountain at this time, it would be easy to be discovered. The terrain on the mountain was complicated, so it would be troublesome if someone ran away.

He ordered to stop and rest, and let Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others follow the direction the woman pointed to, and go over to the small temple surrounding the mountain from all sides.

About an hour later, a call from Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others came from the walkie-talkie, saying that they had reached the designated location and saw the small temple on the mountain, which can now ensure that the people there would never be escape.

Wang Zhankui, Zhou Mingshan and others followed Li Xiugu into the valley. After walking about six or seven hundred meters, they began to climb up the mountain along a small path of sheep.

About 20 minutes later, everyone climbed up the hillside and saw a small temple there.

Wang Zhankui said to Li Xiugu: "You don't go there. If there are Japanese there, you will be in danger."

Li Xiugu felt something was wrong with these people. She had a good impression of Captain Li, so she wanted to inform them.

She said, "There are definitely no Japanese. Look at the back window behind the temple, which means nothing happened to them. Why don't I go over and take a look first?"

Wang Zhankui said without looking back: "You don't want to go."

Li Xiugu wanted to say something, but a guerrilla came over and stopped her.

Wang Zhankui used a telephone to notify Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others, and then everyone surrounded the small temple from all directions.

At this time, a person came out of the small temple. He seemed to have just woken up, stretched and yawned.

Suddenly he found someone walking towards the small temple. He looked around and saw many people surrounding the place with guns. He hurried back to the house.

The guerrillas already knew that these people were all carrying guns, so they were very careful. They found shelters and hid when they arrived fifty or sixty meters away from the small temple.

Ning Wen shouted: "Listen to the people inside, you are surrounded, come out and surrender quickly. Otherwise, kill them, don't worry."

A minute passed, and the people inside did not move, and they did not shoot outside. Obviously, they saw such a formation outside and did not want to make the gun angry. They were just hesitating and might be discussing what to do.

Ning Wu was a little impatient when he waited, and he said, "You can look at the people in the temple here. I will give you another minute. If you don't come out, you will flatten the temple directly."

Beside Ningwu, two guerrillas set up 82mm recoilless cannons.

The people in the temple obviously saw the black muzzle facing them. They knew that resistance was futile, and if they did not come out to surrender, they would definitely be a dead end.

So someone shouted, "My hero outside, please don't fire, we surrender."

These guys knew the rules. They first threw the gun out of the temple gate. Someone shouted: "My heroes, please don't shoot. We'll come out now."

Four people soon came out of it. They were indeed wearing black uniforms, and their uniforms were basically the same as those of the Taohuashan Guerrillas.

Some of the guerrillas around stayed in place and continued to aim at these people and the small temple with guns to prevent accidents. Three guerrillas walked over with guns, searched the people and checked them in the temple, and then signaled that there was no problem. Wang Zhankui, Zhou Mingshan and others walked over.

Wang Zhankui came to these people and saw that the clothes these people were wearing were somewhat similar to those of the Taohuashan guerrillas, but they were different. Their clothes were roughly made, which was quite different from the exquisite workmanship of the Taohuashan guerrillas. There was also a circle of gold thread on the cuffs of the Taohuashan guerrillas. There was nothing on the cuffs of their clothes. It was obvious that they only copied the uniforms of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Wang Zhankui felt that the person who was headed was very familiar with the size and figure of the person named Captain Li, so he said, "Raise your head."

The man in the lead did not look up directly, but knelt on the ground. He raised his head and lowered his shame.

Wang Zhankui knew this person, and he was an old brother of his original cavalry battalion. At that time, most of the brothers in the cavalry battalion followed Wang Zhankui to Gao Jiu, and a small number of people left the cavalry battalion for various reasons, and this person was one of them.

This person's name is Li Yongjiu. He was in his early thirties and turned out to be a platoon leader of the cavalry battalion.

Wang Zhankui was very angry and cursed: "Li Yongjiu, you bastard! He didn't join Lao Zi to join Jiu Ye, and wanted to find a way out, and Lao Zi didn't stop you. But now you dare to pretend to be the Taohua Mountain guerrillas and even came out to cheat under the name of Lao Zi, destroying the reputation of Taohua Mountain guerrillas and Lao Zi. Then don't blame Lao Zi for not talking about his brotherly relationship in the past. Lao Zi must kill you with his own hands."

Wang Zhankui became more and more angry as he spoke. He really pulled out his Browning pistol from his waist and suddenly got fired.

Li Yongjiu understood Wang Zhankui's temper and knew that he looked down on cowards and soft-boys. If he begged in a low voice, it would not work at all.

Therefore, he did not beg for mercy, but just said, "Brother, I'm so sorry. Brother, deserve to die! Just shoot me."

Sure enough, Wang Zhankui was still thinking about his old love back then. When he heard him call him brother, he felt a little soft and said, "Stand up and tell me what's going on?"

Li Yongjiu stood up and talked about his experience.

It turned out that Li Yongjiu did not follow Wang Zhankui to Gao Jiu because he saw that the Japanese were too powerful and worried that they could not defeat the Japanese, so he gave his life in vain.

So he returned to his hometown and wanted to continue to be a puppet army. Because he was a veteran and had combat experience, the local security army took him in.

Later, Wang Zhankui's name began to teleport gradually, and Li Yongjiu was suspected by the Japanese and was about to arrest him. Fortunately, one of his fellow villagers informed him, so he escaped.

At that time, his situation was very awkward. He could be said to be desperate. He wanted to follow the Japanese and puppet parties and they wanted to arrest him and kill him. He wanted to join Wang Zhankui, but he couldn't take this face.

Later he ran to Chengde and served as a guard for a rich man. Later, the rich man's family offended the Japanese and was sent to prison. He had nowhere to go again, so he returned to his hometown.

Three childhood friends encouraged him to go out to work as a bandit. Several of them committed a case in their hometown, but were discovered. The local Japanese and puppet parties wanted them. They did not dare to stay in the enemy-occupied area. They heard that Nanyang was relatively peaceful, so they ran here. They had no skills and could only do their old skills as bandits.

However, in the Nanyang area, the public security situation is very good, and they dare not commit crimes rashly.

Later, they saw that the Taohua Mountain guerrillas had a good impression of the people in the Nanyang area. They thought about it and thought that it would be better to live a better life than to pretend to be Taohua Mountain guerrillas who cheated on eating and drinking.

So they asked the tailor to make some imitation costumes of the Taohuashan guerrillas, pretending to be Taohuashan guerrillas to go out for activities. Sure enough, the people were very enthusiastic about them and even invited them to eat and drink. Last time they arrived in Gaoping Town, the mayor even invited them to drink.

The old man's son was indeed kidnapped by these people. It was also a coincidence that day.

They always go out to cheat and cheat and drink, and they feel very comfortable, but they don’t have money, so they have the idea of ​​kidnapping again.

The local people were nice to them, and they were unwilling to commit crimes in the local area. They happened to meet the old man's son who was trafficking goods and passing by An County, so they brought the old man's son and the people to the mountain. They thought that the businessman should have money, so they asked his family for ransom.

Wang Zhankui asked, "Where is the person you kidnapped?"

Li Yongjiu said: "There is a cellar under the Chaihe, and people are locked up there."

Several team members ran over immediately, and sure enough, they quickly brought out a young man of 27 or 28. His age, dress and appearance were basically the same as those described by the old man.
Chapter completed!