Chapter 33 8. Platinum gun, goose feather fan and carrot

Mr. He, who is idle at the bottom of the slope, is always inquiring about his son's whereabouts, but from time to time he hears news that his son and daughter-in-law are imprisoned, sitting on a tiger stool, pouring pepper water, and sticking fingernails. The blood-stained execution ground even cut off the head and hung it on the flagpole with glaring eyes, and there is a legend that it will not rot for more than a month.In view of the fact that his son has "sacrificed" many times, although He Ye was shocked, he did not dare to set up a mourning hall rashly. Suddenly one day, Master He received a letter signed by "He Yunfeng" from the Longjuzhai Tax Inspection Office in Shang County, Shaanxi Province. It’s safe and sound. It’s just that it’s separated from my hometown, Guanshan, and my old relatives and friends are like yellow cranes. I can’t sleep at night, and I’m always thinking about it. Please write back to let me know the situation in my hometown and the news of my relatives and friends.” He looked at the font. , recognized that it was written by his son himself, and shed tears and said: "My child, didn't you go to the underworld, why did you go to the Yangjian in Shaanxi to collect taxes? You also gave me a little grandson!" Immediately patted the horse on the road and went straight to Longjuzhai, Shaanxi.

It turned out that my uncle and third aunt fled Henan and arrived in Xi'an. They found a few Henan fellows living in Xi'an, but they couldn't find any clues about the underground party organization.One day, the third aunt was wandering the streets, and saw from a distance a "school belle" of the old Yan'an North Shaanxi Public School, with heavy makeup and jewels, walking out of the restaurant with a Kuomintang officer hanging his arms, and his drunken eyes seemed to glance at the third aunt. one time.The third aunt was alerted that this was no longer a "comrade's eyes". Fearing that something might happen, she immediately hid in the crowd and fled Xi'an overnight with her uncle.

My uncle thought of Wei Ding, a middle school classmate and fellow villager, who was then director of the tax bureau of Shang County, Shaanxi Province, and went to Shang County to seek a job from Wei Ding.Wei Ding knew his uncle's political status but pretended not to know it. He just asked his uncle to find a public official with a certain social status to protect him according to the regulations of the tax bureau. Things are not covered by the warranty.The uncle understood, and urgently sent a letter to his cousin He Shi for protection.He Shi served as his uncle's guarantor as a major staff officer of the Zhengzhou Garrison Command, and then followed the army to Ningxia for garrison.My uncle and my third aunt "lurked" in Shang County. After three years, they still couldn't find any clues to the party organization. They concealed their identities in anxiety and wrote to their father to inquire about the news.

The Japanese devils seemed to have taken advantage of Master He's visit to Longjuzhai to visit relatives, and launched the "Battle of Western Henan" in April 1944.The 400,000 Kuomintang army fled without a fight, Zhengzhou and Luoyang fell one after another, and a large area of ​​western Henan fell into the enemy's hands.As soon as Master He came to Longju Village, he fell into the dilemma of not being able to return home.My uncle and third aunt seemed to have heard the call from the flames of war in western Henan, and felt that they could no longer hide in the tax office.

"Father, I'm going to drive you away!" said my uncle. "Where are you going to drive me?" "Take you home." "Hey, seeing the devils are coming, people are running to the rear, why are you driving me to the enemy-occupied area?" "Father, I heard your war horse braying '咴咴'er, and your saber also ringing 'woo-woo'!" Master He's eyes suddenly brightened, then gradually dimmed. "Shengzi, I understand what you mean. But you forgot that the government can make the devils press on every step and occupy a large area of ​​my country, but it doesn't allow the people to hold guns. Even if you poke the stove with a poker, they will I’m afraid that sparks will burn on them like burning wasteland. Didn’t we organize the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army back then to be disbanded by the Commander of the First War Zone?”

"Where is the commander's headquarters now? When the gunshots rang out, they ran faster than ordinary people! The local government was in disarray and moved, and the Henan Provincial Government also got into the corner of Neixiang County to the south of Funiu Mountain. Little Japan How big a slap my son can have, and the Imperial Association Army who is helping the tiger, can't cover a Funiu Mountain. Father, we organize the people to fight against the Japanese and protect our hometown. The time has come!" Master He's eyes lit up again, "You mean, you're going back with me too?"

"Yes," my uncle said, pointing to my third aunt, "and this female soldier, and bring a soldier doll." The third aunt said: "Father, we have discussed it, please go first, old man. Shengzi can't just leave, and he has to be worthy of the friends who took us in here. Please check the accounts with the tax bureau, and go through the withdrawal procedures as soon as possible. Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire, we will follow in your old man's footsteps and go back!" Master He said, "Then let me ask one more question." My uncle said, "Father, just ask."

"I want to ask, is this what your superiors mean?" "Father, my son can't hide it from you. For more than three years, we have been wandering around and haven't found a superior." Grandpa He suddenly burst into tears, "I really... admire you... You 'comrades', good horses, don't need a whip. However, the matter is very important, let your father think about it." It was windy at night, and the moon put on a "collar".In the small courtyard, there was a "thumping" sound, as if the ground was being pounded.Uncle and third aunt saw that under the dim moonlight, Master He straightened his back, took the goose step in the "Infantry Exercise Code", and smashed his feet on the ground, scaring the neighbor's dog to bark.

Early the next morning, Master He kissed his little grandson and rode away. Lord He entered the Funiu Mountains from Lushi County, and before he reached L County, he saw the rout of soldiers all over the mountains and plains.In Xizhang Village, I ran into Jiang Dingwen, the commander of the Kuomintang's first war zone, who was getting out of a car, riding a donkey, and fleeing in the direction of Lushi County.An old man ran after the donkey, crying, "My donkey, my donkey!" When He Ye organized the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, he met Jiang Dingwen once. He chased him on horseback and said, "General, what a car, why don't you want it?" Shang slapped him and continued to escape on the donkey.The guards stopped Master He and said, "If you are not afraid of the devil's plane blowing up the car, and the wild people in the mountains taking it as a target, then this car will be given to you!" : "Whoever can drive this car back to me, I will give him two promotions and give him a hundred yuan in cash!" If you can memorize it, you are the commander!"

Master He left the car and walked for half a mile. Looking back, the farmer was throwing firewood on the car, and the car turned into a big fire. When Master He arrived at the county seat, the people in the county government office were busy loading cars.County Magistrate Li grabbed him and said, "Brother Yushun, hurry back to the bottom of the slope, gather the old troops, secure the north gate of our county, and I will allocate the warehouse in Yangpocheng Village to you as the regiment headquarters." Ask: "Gun?" The county magistrate said: "Go to the wild to pick it up, enough for you to equip an army." After that, he also rode on the donkey and ran away.

When Lord He returned to Podi, the remnants of the seven Kuomintang armies scattered in the villages around Podi Town, looting houses everywhere, tearing up the cattle and cooking them in pots.The enraged peasants were red-eyed, and rose up to attack the defeated army.The defeated army did not dare to enter the village, so they could only scurry in the ravine.Peasants appeared on the top of the hill and shouted "Hand in your guns!" The defeated army, like rabbits whose nest had been blown up, threw away their weapons and ran away in rows, throwing a large number of guns and ammunition into the mountain ravines.When farmers chop firewood and go down the mountain, they will also pick up a military uniform and put it on. Steel guns are stuffed in the bundle of firewood.When the farm lady came back from digging out wild vegetables, there were bullet boxes and grenades in the bamboo basket.Master He said: "Shengzi has eyes, there are dry firewood all over the place, and it will catch fire at one click!" Master He had just returned to the He family compound, and the local gentlemen ran to him as if they had lost their souls.He Ye immediately assembled the old department and unfurled the banner of "anti-Japanese protection of hometown".The first ones gathered under the flag were the long-term workers of Master He's family.They all ran to the mountains to find the rout soldiers and hand in their guns.Uncle Mingbiao witnessed strange historical scenes with his thirteen-year-old eyes.Seeing that the wheat was about to be harvested, I saw the long-term workers setting up the captured weapons on the field like harvested crops.Uncle Mingbiao ran to the threshing field in front of the door to look at the gun.In the beginning, there were bundles of rifles on the field, pistols and bullet belts hanging from the trees, and piles of hand grenades piled up in the center of the field like sweet potatoes; Can't let it go, the wheat fields beside the village are also full of guns.There was a long-term worker named Chang Shui, who wrapped a broom bump in red silk. When it was dark, he glanced at the rout soldiers and shouted: "Leave the guy!" A dozen soldiers hurriedly put down their guns.He carried back a dozen guns on his shoulders.Some soldiers surrendered their weapons and came to the He Family Courtyard in groups, saying, "We're not leaving, we'll fight devils with you!" Later, Uncle Ming went to the field to watch the horses.More and more men in the mountains came to look for He Ye on big horses. After the leader got off his horse, he would leave a horse and two guards outside the door.In the beginning, dozens of horses were tied up in the field, and later hundreds of horses were tied up. Later, the field couldn’t be tied down, and the dry river beach in the south was also full of horses.The guards were all dressed in short outfits, wore double guns, and wore bullet belts around their waists. They crowded in front of the door, shouted and offered cigarettes to each other, and called each other brothers at first sight.The horse also got excited, raised its neck and screamed "咴咴儿". Later, Uncle Ming saw He Ye assembled a team of more than 1,000 people, equipped with all kinds of excellent equipment left by the regular army of the Kuomintang, known as the "Fifth Detachment of the Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Army", and inspected the school grounds in urban villages.The so-called "fifth detachment" is not arranged in order, but is just a suspicious formation to strengthen its prestige.Podi Town is located at the junction of four counties in western Henan.As the commander of the Fifth Detachment of the Self-Defense Forces, Lord He joined forces with the local armed forces in Yiyang, Shan County, and Mianchi County to establish the Four-County Joint Defense Association, and was publicly elected as the director of the Joint Defense Association.Uncle Ming saw his father riding on a tall and mighty white horse, surrounded by more than a dozen men with long guns on their shoulders and two short guns on their waists. As soon as Lord He pulled up his team, rumors were spread that He Yushun was against the "Bai Xue" and wanted to tear down the "Bai Xue" temple in Shijiagou, which caused a riot among the "Bai Xue" believers. "Baixue" is a superstitious organization that evolved from the White Lotus Sect. Those who join the religion are all peasants. They abstain from meat and alcohol, chant Amitabha, wear white clothes, and wear white belts to show their purity of heart. , Purdue common people. The believers of "Bai Xue" listened to the rumors, gathered more than 20,000 people in Shijiagou, organized a "temple protection team", picked up the weapons discarded by the defeated soldiers, and marched to the bottom of the slope, declaring that they would destroy the self-defense army headquarters and arrest them. He Ye offering sacrifices to the temple. The believers of "Bai Xue" were about to set off when they saw a stream of white smoke rising from the hillside. A man in white came riding alone on a white horse like a white goose. On the old elm tree next to him, he cupped his hands and said: "I am He Yushun, and I am here to visit the leader of Baixue!" The disciples of "Baixue" were stunned when they heard this. The "Temple Guardian Team" surrounded him and said, "Middle, Maitreya has appeared, and was about to arrest you, but you sent him to the door." Then, they were about to tie him up with hemp rope.Master He said: "Wait a minute, please take a look. I am unarmed and have no entourage. Do I look like a villain who came to pick up the temple?" After entering the temple gate, standing on the steps and shaking the goose feather fan, the believers immediately gave way to a passage and let the "temple guard team" escort He Ye up the steps in front of the temple. Li Laoshuan stared at Mr. He, turned around him, and said nonsense, "Are you He Yushun?" When will you destroy my Baixue Temple?" Master He said: "That's a traitor spreading rumors. The traitor is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, slandering me, He, against Baixue, and asking us to kill each other. Today, I am wearing white clothes and white trousers. , Purify your body and mind, and come here to express your heart to the leader. The Self-Defense Forces and Bai Xue and I only have the heart of friendship, unity and common resistance against Japan, and we have no intention of going to war or killing each other!" Traitors spreading rumors?" He Ye said: "The self-defense army has only one purpose, which is to fight the devils and protect the hometown. Right now, the devils are splitting their troops into two groups, and they will attack me in the Funiu Mountains. The church members are in a desperate situation. At the critical moment when the Self-Defense Forces and all the church members need to fight against the enemy and resist the enemy, suddenly this rumor comes out, asking us to kill each other. If this is not the work of traitors, what is it? If we listen to the rumors, we will If there is a killing between each other, Maitreya has a spirit in the sky, and he will cry too! Please see the Lord clearly." The teacher was originally a private school teacher. He listened in a daze for a while, his eyes rolled around, and suddenly he said in a drawn-out tone: "It's extravagant, it's Nanji. That slanderer is too much!" Mr. He I have read it familiarly, knowing that this is what is said in the "Xiaoya·Xiaobo" chapter, and then I answered with "Qin Feng·Wuyi" in the middle: "It is said that there is no clothes, and I wear the same clothes as my son. Wang Yuxing master, repair me Ge Mao, share the same hatred with Zi." The believers all looked at them foolishly.The leader commented to everyone: "Just now, I mean, according to what Commander He meant, the rumor-monger really 'opened his lips and became a dustpan star in the southern sky, he is really vicious'!" Commander He replied, ' I don't have any clothes to wear, I want to wear the same clothes as you guys..." He looked up and down at Mr. He, "That's right, his white shirt and trousers are exactly the clothes of our Baixue teacher! The commander said again , 'The country is going to war, so we have to pack up our weapons and deal with the same enemy.' Boys, tell me, do you believe Commander He?" There was a lot of shouting in the hall: "You can't trust him!" "Tell him to bite his teeth again!" "I'm afraid that he will turn his face and deny anyone!" "Quiet, I listen to the leader's words!" Li Laoshuan waved the goose feather fan again, and asked, "Commander He, everyone can't trust you, what do you think?" Master He pointed to the white horse under the tree, "Please bring the bag on the horse's back." Li Laoshuan motioned for a bag.Lord He took out the incense watch and lit it, bowed to the temple gate, and said: "I, He, swear to the god of Bai Xue, that I will always be friends with Bai Xue and fight against the enemy together. land." The hall was silent. Li Laoshuan stepped forward to help Master He, held his hand, and said to the church members: "My children, have you heard that Maitreya ordered me to accept this friend!" After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to Master He As for the obeisance, Lord He also paid homage to the leader, saying: "The devil is in such a hurry, I really dare not stay for long!" Li Laoshuan sent Master He to the horse, and Master He got on the white horse.It is said that Li Laoshuan flashed his goose feather fan at the white horse a few times, and the white horse left the ground like a light smoke, and went all the way to the meteor. Master He returned to the bottom of the slope from Shijiagou, and the rout of the New Eighth Army of the Kuomintang came again. Hu Bohan, the commander of the New Eighth Army, ran away with his staff officers and guards.He pouted his buttocks and got into the wheat ridge, chewing the pea pods that were too late to ripen, with green foam coming out of his mouth, but he didn't know that a young farmer named Erlianzi had already set his sights on the small pistol he wore in his waist.The second fool asked his big-footed daughter-in-law to hold a dung hairpin to block the way, and he grabbed a carrot to outflank the way, put the carrot on Hu Minghan's spine, and shouted: "Don't move!" Hu Minghan was like an ostrich. Stuck in the wheat tree.The second fool snatched his small pistol, threw him a carrot, and said, "Chew the carrot and go! If you don't fight devils, what's the use of such a good pistol?" Hu Minghan grabbed the carrot and gnawed it, saying : "This thing is very good!" and ran along the ravine. After eating the radish, Bohan realized that the little pistol he had lost was no small matter, and hurried to the bottom of the slope to find Mr. He, put his heels together, and called out, "He Sensei!" With his mouth crooked, tears flowed down his face.Master He was surprised and said: "Don't cry, don't cry, why did the military seat call me a 'counselor'?" Hu Bohan said: "The humble officer, please submit to the New Eighth Army's military headquarters, and please find my little pistol no matter what." Congratulations Grandpa was confused again by what he said, "You find your military department first, and then it's not too late to ask me to be your military counselor, but what happened to this small pistol?" Hu Bohan said: "It's the Minister of National Defense, General He Yingqin. The platinum small pistol given to the humble official, with the words "He Yingqin's personal gift" on it, was taken away by a wild man in Xishangou!" He said: "Okay, this matter is on me. I will find the small pistol for you , please stay and fight the devils.” Hu Bohan said: “I have no food for people and no grass for horses now!” He Ye said: “No matter how poor Funiu Mountain is, you can’t make you go hungry and fight devils. Don’t worry. .” Er Lengzi also joined the Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Army, and when he heard that He Ye was looking for a gun, he gave it to He Ye.Before Master He had time to return it to Bohan Hu, Bo Han fled in a hurry.Master He fired a few shots at Nanshan, and when the bullets came out of the chamber, he cheered up vigorously, but it made the sound of birds whining.Master He took the small pistol and said, "When it comes to using platinum as a gun, the gun becomes a plaything. Can soldiers still fight? It can only lose to carrots." Just as Hu Bohan fled westward, the devils had already advanced to the foot of Funiu Mountain.Master He personally led the soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces to hide on the top of the mountain, but he saw that there were only more than 300 devil soldiers, carrying two heavy machine guns and two mortars, entering the ravine one after another, as if entering the land of no one.Lord He sent most of them into the mountain, fired his guns as a signal, concentrated light and heavy firepower, bit the tail of the devils and beat them fiercely, killing more than ten enemies, and then quickly hid in the mountains.The devils intended to attack Lu Shi, and did not dare to indulge in fighting on the way. They blasted a burst of mortar shells up the mountain, set fire to the corpse, and went west to Lu Shi. The news of Lord He beating the devils spread throughout the Funiu Mountains, and also reached the "Bai Xue" temple.A gunshot was heard from the steps of the temple, and a traitor who sneaked into the "Bai Xue" and spread rumors to confuse the public was executed.Later, at the request of the leader of "Bai Xue", Lord He established the Four Counties Joint Defense Association in the "White Temple" in Shijiagou.