Chapter 19 Coincidental encounter with beard
Nanlu Town.
After more than a month of rest and recuperation, Nanlu Town basically restored its prosperity and excitement before the fall. The Canhuan Duan Wall, which was attacked by the war, has also been restored. People come and go on the streets and shouting loudly. The only difference from before the war is that the soldiers patrolling the streets have turned into teams of yellow-skinned Japanese soldiers, and of course there are traitors wearing baseball caps and puppet troops in inappropriate clothes.
As soon as Wang Yue took Wang Qi and others into Nanlu Town, he rushed directly to Nanlu Restaurant. After all, he entered Nanlu Town to inquire about the news and see if he could earn some points. The best place to inquire about the news is undoubtedly the teahouse restaurant, and there is also a person in Nanlu Restaurant.
"Several guest officials, please come inside."
As soon as Wang Yue and others stepped into the restaurant, a young man came up to him. When Wang Yue saw that this young man was a Ermao, he had changed too much in the past month, so the Ermao, who had always been sharp-eyed, did not recognize him. However, when Ermao looked past Wang Yue and saw the other four people, he recognized him at first glance. After all, these were all friends who grew up with him.
"Hey, Brother Wang, Pengyuan, Shugen, haha, why are you here? How are the villages? My father and mother are all good?" Ermao asked hurriedly.
"Ermaozi, this is not a place to talk. Please open a secluded room for us." Wang Yue walked in front and saw these guys feeling a little happy, so he turned around and ordered.
Ermaozi looked at Wang Yue and found that he looked familiar. Although his tone of order for Wang Yue made him feel a little strange, because Wang Yue was a customer and came with his brothers, Ermaozi nodded and led the way in front. After a while, everyone came to a room in the backyard. As soon as he entered the door, Ermaozi asked anxiously again.
Ermaozi, Mao Shugen and Mao Yuanpeng are both cousins. Their father is a real brother. Since the incident in Da'antun was moved to Yalu Mountain more than a month ago, Ermaozi has never been back. First, they dare not go back. After all, there are often Japanese or traitors and puppet troops watching the mountain entrance of Da'antun. Second, they also hope to be a spy in the town and collect some information.
In fact, not only did Ermaozi not go back for more than a month, but people from Da'antun basically did not come to Nanlu Town much in the past month. The reason for doing this was because of safety needs, and the second was because of closed training proposed by Wang Yue, so Wang Yue could understand the eagerness of Ermaozi.
Several friends exchanged greetings, and Ermaozi felt relieved after learning that their parents and brothers were well. At this time, Mao Shugen asked, "Second brother, don't you know Brother Wang?" If you want to say that Mao Shugen and Wang Yue were introduced by Ermaozi.
"Brother Wang?"
Ermao stared at Wang Yue for a long time, but still couldn't meet any brother Wang in his memory, so he had to shake his head helplessly. In fact, this is really not a mistake for Ermao to have no eyesight, because Wang Yue was completely different from a month ago.
Just talking about weight, it used to be 138kg, but now it is 118kg. It used to be like a ball, and the whole person was round and round, but now it can only be described as tall and burly. There is also the change in the face shape. It used to be round, fat, big ears, but now it has become a heroic square face.
In addition, after three promotions of military ranks, he was strengthened by the system three times. You should know that this is a comprehensive strengthening, which has caused a huge change in Wang Yue's temperament. Of course, the temperament is definitely inseparable from the training and theoretical learning over the past month. Therefore, Wang Yue's changes have almost changed from the four aspects of essence, energy, spirit, and body shape. It is no wonder that even the Japanese cannot recognize it.
After Wang Yue and Ermaozi reunited, Mao Pengyuan, a ghost elf, began to introduce the changes in Da'antun, especially the special forces' affairs. Of course, Wang Yue had already agreed with these. After all, Ermaozi could not betray his brothers, sisters, parents and relatives. The most important thing is that Wang Yue needs Ermaozi's source of information. Simply put, Wang Yue needs him now.
Since it was the matter of Da'antun, the Ermao naturally said everything and said everything. After several conversations, Wang Yue also had a rough understanding of the current situation in Nanlu Town, but these things were obviously superficial, such as where the Japanese command was, which family surrendered to the Japanese and became traitors, etc.
However, what Wang Yue really wanted, such as the Japanese devils' recent big news, the Japanese's military strength in the town, etc., Erjos really didn't know about these things, and it was understandable. After all, Erjos was just a buddy, not a spy, and no one told him to pay attention to these things before.
After this conversation, a half day passed without realizing it. In a blink of an eye, lunch time was coming. Several people were about to move to the hall to have a meal, but before they left, they heard loud yelling sounds from the yard. When they opened the door, they saw that there were 20 or 30 people standing in the small yard, and many of them were bulging waists, obviously with guns on their hands.
"Shopkeeper, we have all included your backyard. Hurry up and drive all the people inside out. Don't let anyone disturb the uncle's rest. Do you understand?" The leading man had a beard and spoke in a very gangster spirit, completely like a big boss, a second boss, and a third boss.
"There are more than twenty wing rooms in this big brother's backyard, and more than ten are empty. I'll give you all the rest. Do you think you can?" Naturally, it's impossible for the ordinary guy to speak, but the second shopkeeper of the Nanlu Restaurant.
"More than a dozen rooms are not enough. Besides, I care about how many rooms you have left. Anyway, I have to be clean. You can drive away all the lovely people in the backyard. I'm not not giving money, hum." The bearded leader said without any face.
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"Ermaozi, are the Japanese so easy to talk to now?" Wang Yue asked in confusion as he looked at the arrogant group of people.
"Ah, the Japanese are easy to talk to, no, how can Japanese be easy to talk to? They never pay for dinner when they come to our store." Ermao obviously didn't understand what Wang Yue meant.
"Haha, forget it, you will go and ask where these bandits are from later, what do you want to do when you come here?" Wang Yue was too lazy to explain, so he had to pat Ermaozi on the shoulder and ordered, and then took everyone directly to inquire for dinner.
After all, the food in the restaurant was made by chefs. The young people ate so happily, and the dishes full of portions on the table were all empty. Wang Yue had already become accustomed to it. As the saying goes, half a boy, I am poor, and I am talking about this kind of child of this age.
After drinking and eating, Ermao came over to tell him that the backyard was occupied by the bandits, and if he wanted to continue living, he could only live in the front yard. It would be fine if he could refund the money. Ermao also found out some news about these bandits, saying that they were from Qianzhangya. According to the bandits' arrogant saying, this time he came at the invitation of the Imperial Army. Wang Yue thought, it seemed that these bandits were going to be traitors again.
In fact, during the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, due to the warlord separatist rule, there were many bandits, especially the three eastern and northern provinces with white mountains and black waters, which were famous for producing bandit beards. Even King Zhang of the East and Northern King was born with beards.
Bandits can actually be roughly divided into three categories: one is pure bandits, who burn, kill, loot and do evil, and often do some slaughtering villages and destroying people. This type of bandit is the target of encirclement and suppression of militias and officers and soldiers from all over the country, and is considered a type of bandit who is not to be cherished by death.
The second type is the type of robbing the rich and helping the poor. Most of these people are from poor backgrounds, which are forced by life, and eventually become bandits. Generally, these people have a conscience and are considered righteous bandits.
The third type is mainly for the country and the people. This type mainly emerged during the War of Resistance Against Japan. These people had armed forces, but had no political stance, became bandits, and were purely broken to fight against invaders and rescue the Chinese people who suffered many disasters.
In fact, the second type of bandits who robbed the rich and helped the poor mostly evolved into the third type in the later period, becoming a force that cannot be ignored during the War of Resistance. On the contrary, because the first type of bandits were not tolerated by Chinese officials and people, these bandits eventually surrendered to the Japanese and became members of traitors or puppet troops.
Although according to the rules of the military merit system, killing bandits can still earn military merit points, in Wang Yue's consciousness, if they were the second and third types of bandits, Wang Yue would definitely not touch them. On the contrary, he wanted to help them in his ability. But if they were the first type of bandits, Wang Yue would naturally not be polite. Therefore, when he heard the Ermao say that these bandits were rushing to surrender to the Japanese, Wang Yue had a scheming in his heart.
While Wang Yue ordered his subordinates to keep an eye on the bandits, he also told him that it would be best to catch a few left-in-one bandits and interrogate them. At the same time, he ordered the Ermao to take Wang Qi to rent a house as a stronghold in Nanlu Town in the future. After all, living in a restaurant is eye-catching and it is not suitable for interrogating prisoners.
It is easy to find a house. After all, because of the arrival of the Japanese, many rich people moved to the pass. In less than an hour, Ermao found a relatively secluded courtyard. Wang Yue was satisfied with seeing it, so he rented it directly.
Wang Yue naturally would not do it himself when following the bandits, so Wang Yue wandered around the town alone and looked around, especially the Japanese command and barracks. Although Wang Yue could only look from a distance, Wang Yue still roughly judged that the Japanese stationed in Nanlu Town should have only the size of one squadron. After learning about this, Wang Yue breathed some relief.
After all, a fully-organized infantry squadron usually has three infantry squadrons and one squadron headquarters, which is generally between 200 and 250 people in total. Besides, he has just destroyed a Japanese squadron, which has killed one-quarter of the Japanese. Therefore, relatively speaking, Da'antun should be safe for the time being. After all, Nanlu Town needs many Japanese guards to guard, and some nearby mines occupied also need to be divided into troops to protect them.
"No. 2 called No. 1 and found that two beards left the restaurant. Please indicate whether they need to follow up." No. 2 Wang Qi called.
"Send an ancestor to keep an eye on it, and wait for an opportunity to act after it darkens." Wang Yue immediately ordered.
"clear."
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Chapter completed!