Chapter 81 Outsmarting the Zhaojin Militia

In the early spring of 1932, the chilly spring weather had not yet faded. Although the Chinese New Year had just passed, Zhaojin, a small town in the mountains, was still in a state of depression and dilapidation.There are people begging in rags and beggars on the street everywhere. People who have been busy for a year have to get busy early because of the cruel exploitation and oppression by the reactionary regime.The air was gloomy, not at all festive. Approaching the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Ding Sun Xiaoli, a confidant of the reactionary militia Zhang Yanning, beat the broken gong early in the morning, shouting loudly along the street: "This year, Zhang Tuan will sympathize with everyone. For the sake of a bumper year, we are going to perform social fire, please." Those who have money from every household donate money, and those who have money donate people.” As soon as the words were finished, Liu Decai, the head of the Eight Baos, also begged and said: “The standard is, one person who goes abroad is one yuan, and a family that goes out to work is two people.” These Unreasonable apportionment is undoubtedly worse for the poor people who live like years.

Early this morning, after Zheng Qilai helped his mother, Mi Dou, finish the business of the mules and horses shop, he just arrived at the blacksmith shop on the east side of the street, when he heard the outrageous yelling of these two dogs.He sighed heavily.As soon as the fire was turned on, the neighbors Lao Ji and Lao Zhang came over. After everyone lit a pot of dry tobacco, the atmosphere was very dull.No one spoke.After a while, Sun Xiaoli and Liu Decai also collected the gongs and entered Zheng Qixi's blacksmith shop. "Old Zheng. Your family has a shop and a blacksmith's shop. This time, the boss asked you to take 20 yuan for playing social fire. You should pay it tomorrow."

"..." Zheng Qilai booed for a while. "It should, you say, right?" Liu Decai said looking at the embarrassed Lao Zheng. Seeing that no one said anything, the two dog legs glanced at everyone viciously, and Sun Xiaoli took Zheng Qiqin's pack of dry cigarettes by hand, and walked away aggressively...Several neighbors in the neighborhood sighed and then dispersed. It was almost noon, and there was no iron work.Thinking of this heavy apportionment, just as Zheng Qiqin was worried in a daze, the shop suddenly kissed a customer.The man kept the brim of his hat low, looked around from time to time, and spoke with great vigilance.

"Can the boss temper the blade of the plane?" "Of course. You don't have to travel far and wide to inquire about my method of tempering. That's nothing to say." Indeed, Zheng Qilai's Tiehuo has nothing to say in the local market. Seeing that he was a cheerful person, the visitor put down the planer and started chatting with Zheng Qilai. "I heard that you are going to play social fire on the 15th day of your civil protection group. This 15th day is quite lively." Seeing his relatives speaking with a foreign accent, Zheng Qilai relaxed his vigilance, carefully examined the planer, and was a little outspoken. "Don't mention it, these days. It's hard for the common people to have a full meal, and the militia gang beats the wall today, and pays money and food tomorrow. They spend all day in the village and search for people's wealth. No, they're going to make communal troubles again." The fire made the common people restless. I don’t know where to spend the 20 yuan for my business in a small market.”

"Do you know Xie Zichang and Liu Zhidan?" The visitor looked outside the door vigilantly. "I only heard that it is an army of the poor, fighting the world for the poor, but I heard that it is in the Shaanxi-Gansu area." "It seems that my brother is also a suffering person. I won't hide it from you..." The relative whispered mysteriously in Zheng Qiqin's ear for a while, then looked outside the door, and left mysteriously. After the unexpected guest left, Zheng Qiqin was in an indescribable state of mind.He had an unspeakable excitement for a while, and didn't believe all this could be true for a while.In the past two days before the fifteenth day, he just borrowed money to pay the apportioned share, and he didn't do any work. His heart was in a state of turmoil, as if he was deliberately waiting for something to happen.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zheng Qilai got up early, and cleaned the front door early.Get ready to do some work in the morning.In the afternoon, the door is closed to watch the fire.The weather has been fine these past few days, although the sun above his head is a little weak, but thinking about the words of that mysterious person, he really feels a little warm in his heart.He actually wanted to tell the time to go faster, to see what earth-shattering things could happen. After lunch, they kissed several members of Zhang Yanning's regiment on the street and yelled to clean up the sides of the street.After a while, the Shehuo team drove over mightily.People from ten miles and eight villages also came to Zhaojin Street to kiss one after another. There were so many people, it really felt like a festival.

Around three o'clock, Zhang Yanning arrived at the east end of the street surrounded by Sun Xiaoli and Du Erhu.Followed by Liu Decai, the head of the eighth guarantee, and Ma Jinghai, the head of the nine guarantees, looked arrogant and mighty.Zhang Yanning lectured all the neighbors amidst the flattery of several security chiefs. After he talked about how to make everyone earn more money in the coming year, the crowd booed.At this time, he changed his words viciously, and warned everyone sharply: "This year the situation is turbulent, and many places in northern Shaanxi and Gansu are 'red', disturbing the neighbors. The mountains are connected, so it should be the place where the red bandits come and go. We need to strictly guard against it, keep the walls and clear the field, and in the future, anyone who is found to be colluding with the red bandits will be killed."

Hearing these words, Zheng Qilai felt a little inexplicably nervous. He was nervously judging which person's every move that day. Could it be that he is really the red gangster that this group of people said.Muttering in my heart, I heard Zhang Yanning's ferocious howl again: "The county party department has equipped our regiment with machine guns and enough guns and ammunition to deal with the provocations of the Communist bandits. Please rest assured to watch the Shehuo." Zheng Qiqin heard this Bragging, my heart tightened again, and I couldn't help but have some doubts about the words of the person who quenched the planer.Amidst the sporadic applause of the gangsters, the Shehuo performance began.The first is the team on stilts. This square team is composed of Zhang Yanning's militia. These regiments are fully armed and carry guns. Standing on stilts, they look even more powerful.At this time, there were some curses from time to time in the crowd.As the stilt team passed by, every household and shop offered some snacks and meat.Sun Xiaoli is also busy and greedy for these people's wealth.Zi followed by the Yangko performance team organized by Jiubao Ma Jinghai, which consisted of dozens of men and women, and Ma Jinghai nodded and bowed in front to accept the tribute.The pavilion performance team of Liu Decai, the chief of the eight guarantees, followed closely behind.Performing the same thing while performing.Zhang Yanning was sitting in Bei Diao's boss Ding's shop.Surrounded by several landowners including the Yin family, they smacked tea and cheered for the Shehuo performance.The performance lasted about four hours before it ended under the yelling of these dogs.Several big landlords were busy inviting Zhang Yanning's militia group to dinner, Zhang Yanning told Sun Xiaoli to leave only two militia members to guard the Hougou village, and the rest of the militia members went to the street to drink and revel.

Seeing that nothing happened yet, Zheng Qiqin was a little disappointed, and he went back to the shop in dismay.Just as he was about to light the lamp, a black figure suddenly flashed outside the door, and just as he was about to speak out, his mouth was tightly covered by a big hand.The visitor whispered into his ear in the dark, "We are the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrillas of the Red Army. The troops are coming down from Yangliuping. The road leading to Jianping in the south and west of Zhaojin has been blocked. Our large troops have surrounded Zhang Yanning’s militia group, we have occupied the passage to Tu’erliang and the secret door in the north, but the condition of the cemetery and Hougou stockade in the east is unknown.” Zheng Qiqin judged from the voice that this person is the person who tempered the planer , He felt happy for a while, and quickly said: "I am very familiar with this area. I will show you the way. There may not be many people in the village." "My name is Shuang Miaozhai. I am the political commissar of the Red Army Squadron. side, we quickly occupied Zhaojin’s east side together.”Thus.The guerrillas also blocked the enemy's way to the east.

Here, Zhang Yanning's militia group was in high spirits, playing finger-guessing games, staggering to and fro, in a state of disarray.Sun Xiaoli and other cronies and regiment members were already drunk.The cunning Zhang Yanning just ate the food and declined all the toasts.Just as this group of people were having fun and building a school, suddenly a clear gunshot pierced the night sky. In shock, Zhang Yanning knew that something serious happened. He looked at these unprepared regiment members, drew out his two guns and shot Flee to the east....There was a burst of gunfire for a while, and the rest of the regiment members suddenly became vulnerable to the Red Army's surprise.When Xie Zichang and Liu Zhidan miraculously appeared at the enemy's banquet, these usually invincible regiments were captured like chaff, and several big landlords shivered under the tables of the Eight Immortals.Xie Zichang ordered the brigades to clean up the battlefield, wiped out the reactionary Zhang Yanning militia in one fell swoop, and captured the reactionary Baojia chiefs Liu Decai and Ma Jinghai.

When the Red Army and the militia were fighting, the deputy commander Liu Zhidan noticed that the masses did not know much about the Red Army.Huang Ziwen, director of the Political Department, and others were ordered to lead the soldiers to shout slogans: "The Red Army is a team of the Communist Party"; "The Red Army is a team of the poor"; "The Red Army works for the poor"; The news spread like wildfire, and soon spread among the masses, and the common people also had a preliminary understanding of the Red Army.The common people who were about to flee also settled down. After cleaning the battlefield, Sun Xiaoli, Liu Decai, Ma Jinghai and other reactionaries were imprisoned. Li Miaozhai also broke through Hougou stockade and took two regiments back to the street.At this time, everyone realized that the only fly in the ointment was Zhang Yanning, the head of the militia, who ran away.Li Miaozhai was about to lead his troops to chase after him, but Xie Zichang waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's cold and slippery now, and you can't see your fingers. This time it's easier for the scoundrel." Liu Zhidan agreed: "This Zhang Yanning is a local snake, He is more familiar with intersections than we are. He must have slipped away from the secret passage when you attacked Hougou Village, and next time we must punish this villain who has committed many crimes." Li Miaozhai introduced Zheng Qilai to the two commanders: "That's it. A fellow villager helped us lead the way to break through Zhang Yanning's lair, Hougou Village."The two commanders praised Zheng Qiqin for his awareness.Li Miaozhai reported to the two commanders again, "I want to develop him into our underground traffic officer, do you think it will work?" Liu Zhidan held Zheng Qilai's hand tightly: "You have to pay attention to concealment, keep in touch with the guerrillas, and work hard. Let's work".Xie Zichang also cast a trusting look at Zheng Qilai.From then on, Zheng Qiqin relied on the blacksmith shop.Became an underground traffic officer of the Red Army. The next day, when people woke up from their sleep, they found that the Red Army soldiers were camping by the street in the cold weather.The iron discipline of the Red Army has enabled the common people to have a deeper understanding of this team.People have invited the commanders and fighters to go to every household to reward the common people and their own troops with the only good things they have.On this day, the Red Army guerrillas held a grand public trial meeting and executed the heinous reactionary Sun Xiaoli and others.Liu Zhidan spoke to the captured regiment members, educated them not to be enemies of the people in the future, and then released them all. Since then, the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrillas of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army have visited the Zhaojin area many times. The people in Zhaojin also treat the Red Army guerrillas as their own relatives, and a very harmonious fish-water friendship has been established between the army and the people.Yangliuping, Sunjiashan, Beiliang, Hanjiashan, Jinpen, Laoyeling, Fangshang, Yuyuan, Dayazi, Xiaoyazi, Heitianyu, Xiufanggou and other places have all become places where the Red Army often operates.The Red Army carried out extensive revolutionary propaganda in this village.By convening mass meetings, explaining the principles of revolution and inspiring class consciousness.To mobilize the masses widely.And posted many revolutionary slogans in these cities and villages. "Resist donations, resist manuscripts, resist taxes"; "strike local tyrants and divide land"; "poor people want to stand up and become the Red Army"; Through the fatal blow of the Golden Militia and a series of revolutionary activities.The Red Army formed a far-reaching influence in the Zhaojin area that was extremely conducive to the further development of the revolutionary situation.