Xu Shijiu and Gao Shenxing wanted to go out to greet Li Zihan and Shu Tongwen, but as soon as they left the city gate, they encountered the remaining soldiers of the Sichuan Army and the soldiers from the brigade fighting there.

There were six soldiers in the security brigade, but they were beaten to death by the two Sichuan soldiers.

The six veterans suffered a loss, so they naturally refused to give up and found more than a dozen helpers, and beat the two Sichuan soldiers in turn. When Xu Shijiu and Gao Shenxing rode out of the city gate on the side tricycle, the two Sichuan soldiers had been knocked to the ground. More than a dozen soldiers from the security brigade were greeting them with their feet.

"Stop" Xu Shijiu shouted loudly, but the dozen soldiers ignored him at all.

Gao Shenxing became popular, pulled the bolt, pushed the bullet into the load, and shot it at the top of his head.

As soon as the gunshots sounded, the dozen soldiers finally stopped, but turned their heads to look at Xu Shijiu. Gao Shenxing's eyes still had rebelliousness | Obviously, these soldiers did not recognize the commander Xu Shijiu very much, and even in their hearts, they never regarded Xu Shijiu as their commander.

"What's going on? Who fired the gun?"

A small officer from the security brigade ran over and shouted loudly.

Gao Shenxing glanced at the little officer coldly and said, "I fired the gun."

"Oh, it turns out to be Chief Gao." The little officer stood attentively and lazily saluted the military salute.

"Don't cause trouble for me if you take care of your people." Xu Shijiu glared at the little officer coldly, got out of the car and helped the two Sichuan soldiers who were lying on the ground. The two unlucky guys were beaten to the point of bruising and swollen. Fortunately, their injuries were not serious. Xu Shijiu said, "Go back to find your company commander immediately and get three days of confinement."

The two Sichuan soldiers were obviously dissatisfied and opened their mouths to argue, but Xu Shijiu interrupted without saying a word: "Go back

Relatively speaking, the Sichuan Army's military discipline is pretty good. The two Sichuan Army flattened their mouths and returned to the camp with a limp leg.

Gao Shenxing moved his mouth for a moment, but he didn't say anything in the end. Xu Shijiu's handling seemed a bit hasty. He didn't even find out the cause of the fight. However, the army has never been a place to reason. In the army, fists are the truth. If your fists are not hard enough, even if you are the commander, what you say is not easy to use.

The current situation of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui is much more complicated than it appears.

After all, there are too few direct troops who really obey Xu Shijiu.

Li Shuangqin's remnants of Sichuan Army were the most obedient, but after all, there were only more than a hundred people.

In addition to Li Shuangqin's remaining soldiers, only the bandits from the original Heilongzhai, Qinglongzhai, and Niu Sigen's officers and soldiers from the former Imperial Army Police Brigade. These two groups of people were not well-off and their military discipline was even more corrupt. If they wanted to put them together, they would cause chaos. Therefore, Xu Shijiu resolutely suppressed the bandits from the two villages on Erlong Mountain.

But even so, the security brigade stationed alone in the county town did not stop.

Just the night before yesterday, a platoon leader of the brigade and a few veterans gang-raped a widow in the county town. Fan Xiaoha, who was leading troops to patrol, arrived after hearing the news and arrested the platoon leader and shot him. As a result, he became annoyed by the brigade. More than 100 officers and soldiers of the brigade surrounded Fan Xiaoha's Sichuan Army Company's headquarters and threatened to ask for an explanation.

At that time, Xu Shijiu didn't give an explanation and they might turn against each other again.

In the end, it was Niu Sigen who finally suppressed the group of riots. However, Xu Shijiu also realized that Niu Sigen also suppressed very hard. After all, for the officers and soldiers of the brigade, interests are the first priority, and everything else is empty. Even if Niu Sigen is their commander, if Niu Sigen cannot give them benefits, they will not be able to do so.

In the past, whether Xu Shijiu was in the Shanghai Security Corps or the Central Army, the 19th Brigade was just a small force within a large army. The composition was relatively single, at most, the difference between veterans and new recruits, so it was easy to manage. However, now Xu Shijiu has to stand alone, and only then has found that the management of the army is not so lenient.

Not to mention anything else, it is not easy to settle if the distribution of interests is just between different interest groups.

In the past, in the Independent 19th Brigade, veterans were brothers who shared life and death. They had just fought in the morning and were able to wear pairs of pants in the afternoon. As for the new recruits, no matter how they stabbed their heads, they would be obsessed with it. At that time, the only thing Xu Shijiu had to consider was how to improve the combat effectiveness of the 19th Brigade.

But now, you can't control the Niu Sigen's security brigade and the bandits in Erlongshan. You can't control it too strictly. If they are too strict, they may have something to do, nor can they suppress the remnants of the Sichuan Army too much. Otherwise, you will condon the remnants of the Sichuan Army while giving strict requirements to the remnants of the Sichuan Army. The remnants of the Sichuan Army will not be wronged to death.

So now, Xu Shijiu cannot beat, scold, or say, so he should not be too upset.

Next, there will be a military commander from the Military Control Commission to join, and the components of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui will become more complicated. Xu Shijiu felt like he was so angry that he could not turn the situation around as soon as possible, and Xu Shijiu would no longer have to think about fighting against Japan. Just acting as a peacemaker every day would be enough for him to be busy.

The storm soon subsided. Xu Shijiu and Gao Shenxing took three rounds and continued to drive out of the city.

Gao Shenxing drove three-wheeled cars and said, "Old Xu, this may not work. The soldiers of the police brigade will cause trouble sooner or later. Otherwise, they will transfer the L Brigade, the brigade and the 3rd Brigade to come over and use iron-fisted means to disperse the veterans of the police brigade, so as not to have too many dreams."

Xu Shijiu remained silent. He had not thought of using Erlongshan bandits to rectify the security brigade, but doing so would inevitably lead to the disintegration of the anti-Japanese and national salvation soldiers in southern Anhui. Even if the rectification was barely completed, how much recognition can these soldiers in the security brigade have left for the anti-Japanese and national salvation army in southern Anhui?

Another thing is that the bandits in Erlong Mountain are more reliable than the soldiers in the security brigade?

The soldiers in the security brigade were still from the city, and they were somewhat scruples. After all, they were all fellow villagers in the village. They said that the raped widow actually knew the platoon leader who was shot by Fan Xiaoha. They angered the platoon leader because the widow was unwilling to remarry, and then they ignored it after a few taels of yellow soup.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have caused such a big mess.

But these bandits in Erlong Mountain are different. These bandits are all alone, living a life where they are full and their whole family is not hungry. They have been popular in the city before. If they really want them to enter the city and take care of the matter, they will only become more unscrupulous and will only be more chaotic. Xu Shijiu doesn't want to take this risk.

Gao Shenxing didn't think so, and then said, "Old Xu, don't worry too much. After you finish rectifying the people from the security brigade, you will drive the bandits back to Erlong Mountain."

Xu Shijiu said: "What if they don't want to go back?"

Gao Shenxing said: "Then suppress them, can they still make a fuss?"

Xu Shijiu said: "It is not difficult to rectify the security brigade, and it is easy to suppress the bandits. But after the rectification, what if it is finished? The 19th Detachment of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in Southern Anhui is only one hundred people left. When the Japanese fight over, what can they do to resist? When the county town cannot be defended, it is not easy to find a place to stay."

Gao Shenxing was silent, and he had never considered these consequences.

If the Erlongshan bandits were really transferred to rectify the security brigade and use the Sichuan army to suppress the bandits, it would be to offend all the local forces and Green Forest forces in Longkou County. Once the Japanese counterattack, they would have to face the joint strangulation from several forces. Xu Shijiu would have the ability, and if the Sichuan army could fight for more than 100, they would definitely not be able to withstand it.

However, Gao Shenxing soon came up with another solution and said, "Old Xu, Zihan has become the regiment commander now, and Awen has become an instructor. He has soldiers under his command. Otherwise, borrow some soldiers from them?

"You borrowed troops from them?" Xu Shijiu sneered, "Old Gao, are you really stupid or fake stupid?"

"What does it mean?" Gao Shenxing hadn't reacted yet, but he realized it after he said it, and then said, "You mean, Awen and Zihan will have different thoughts on us?"

Xu Shijiu did not give a positive answer, but just responded: "What do you think?"

Gao Shenxing's face turned dark and he frowned and said, "It's better not to see Yu Qian."
Chapter completed!