Not long after crossing the blockade ditch, Wang Ye and Wei Dayong found a place to hide.
Not long after, a group of Japanese puppet troops caught up with them along the road. There were about fifty of them. Since Wang Ye was not familiar with the nearby terrain, he did not act rashly.
If they were near the Huting stronghold, with their familiarity with the terrain and the kite-flying tactics, he and Wei Dayong would be able to wear down these fifty Japanese and puppet soldiers to death.
But in this unfamiliar place, safety comes first.
After chasing for a distance and finding nothing, the Japanese puppet troops retreated to Niangzi Pass in shame.
"You guys are lucky this time." Wei Dayong spat at the backs of the Japanese puppet soldiers, then turned around and asked Wang Ye: "Northwest Wolf, where are we going next?"
Wang Ye took out his pocket watch and checked the time. It was already past three in the morning.
"Let's find a place to sleep." Wang Ye said, "Where's the map?"
Wei Dayong quickly took out the map and spread it out.
He turned on the flashlight again and a little light leaked out.
Wang Ye searched the map for a while and said, "Not far ahead is Chengjia Town. Let's go to Chengjia Town."
"Chengjia Town?" Wei Dayong asked, "Why go to Chengjia Town? Are there any of our fortress households in the town?"
"I don't know if there are any fortress households in Chengjia Town." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "But I know there must be landlords. A town as big as Chengjia Town must have landlords."
"The landlord's family?" Wei Dayong asked, "Why are you looking for the landlord's family?"
"What else can we do when we go to the landlord's house? Of course, we want to stay overnight and have a meal."
Wang Ye said unhappily, "Could it be that you, the damned one, want to marry into someone else's family and become their son-in-law?"
Wei Dayong spit and said, "I wish I could kill all the landlords in the world. Being a landlord's son-in-law? I will never be a landlord's son-in-law in my lifetime."
Wang Ye smiled and said, "I advise you not to set flags randomly."
Wei Dayong asked, "Lifulaige? What country's bird language is this?"
"You won't understand even if I tell you." Wang Ye said with a smile, "Let's go now."
…
A group of bandits sneaked to the outside of Chengjia Town under the cover of darkness.
The leading bandit leader was holding two box guns and looked fierce.
If Wang Ye were here, he would definitely recognize this as an acquaintance.
Diao Desheng was the company commander of the 1st Company of the puppet army garrison battalion at the former Huting stronghold .
Last time, Diao Desheng was ambushed by the Wolf Warriors in the mountains outside the Huting stronghold. He knew that he would be dead if he returned to the Huting stronghold, so he simply ran into the mountains and joined the bandits.
As a result, less than a month after entering the mountains, a fight broke out in the bandit's lair.
The former boss died together with the second in command in this fight.
Later, Diao Desheng was elected as the new leader by his subordinates because of his excellent military skills.
In this way, Diao Desheng was transformed from a puppet army company commander into the boss of Feiyun Village in Muzhu Cliff. He had more than a hundred men with guns under his command and was considered a powerful figure in Yangquan County.
This time, Diao Desheng brought his men to Chengjia Town with a simple purpose: to kidnap someone.
Although he has become a bandit and the leader of Feiyun Village, Diao Desheng is very clear that being a bandit is not a long-term solution.
Join the national army, there is no future.
Become an Eighth Route Army soldier, but you can't stand the constraints of discipline.
After much thought, Diao Desheng still wanted to return to the 8th Mixed Brigade to serve as an imperial army soldier.
But given the current situation, there is definitely no way back through the normal route, so Diao Desheng thought of a shortcut, which is to marry a girl who is as strong as the commander of the 8th Mixed Brigade.
As long as he becomes a brother-in-law of a certain level, it will be easy to return to the 8th Mixed Brigade.
The way Diao Desheng thought of to marry the girl was to force her into giving him the girl his due. It must be said that this idea was really cunning and successful.
After hiding outside the town for a while, a figure quietly came out of the town.
This is another acquaintance of Wang Ye, Zhao Youcai! When Diao Desheng first joined Feiyun Village, he was not alone, but brought Zhao Youcai and a dozen other confidants with him.
This is also one of the reasons why Diao Desheng was able to rise to become the boss.
Now Diao Desheng is the leader of Feiyun Village, and Zhao Youcai is the second in command.
"Brother, the situation has changed a little." Zhao Youcai whispered, "Before nightfall yesterday, a squad of soldiers was transferred back from Yangquan to strengthen the defense of the Cheng family compound."
"Damn it." Diao Desheng cursed, "Did the news leak out?"
"That shouldn't be the case." Zhao Youcai whispered, "If the news really leaked out, why didn't he just take his sister to live in the county town? Wouldn't that be safer?"
"That's right." Diao Desheng nodded and asked, "Does this squad have machine guns?"
"No." Zhao Youcai shook his head and added, "But they have a lot of pistols, all with large German-made mirrors. It's really luxurious. I guess they were transferred from the pistol company."
"Damn it." Diao Desheng was so angry that he cursed loudly, "Dudu is a bastard. He looked down on me all the way back then and insisted on sending me to the remote place of Huting Stronghold. This time he wants to interfere, but it's no use. I'm definitely going to be his cheap brother-in-law!"
Zhao Youcai said, "Brother, do you mean that we should take action tonight?"
"Of course we will." Diao Desheng's face immediately darkened. "As the saying goes, a thief never leaves empty-handed. We have come here, how can we return empty-handed? Even if we have to kidnap Miss Cheng Yue today, we must take her back."
After saying that, he waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Let's go, everyone follow me."
…
Diao Desheng, who was concentrating on snatching the person, didn't know that two pairs of eyes were staring at him from behind.
These two people were none other than Wang Ye and Wei Dayong who came to Chengjia Town to stay overnight.
Wei Dayong said in a low voice: "Northwest Wolf, it seems someone got there before us?"
Wang Ye thought for a moment and said, "You follow and watch first. I'll find a place to hide the horse."
Although Wei Dayong was quite skilled, he had never learned how to disguise himself, so Wang Ye was not confident in letting him hide the warhorse. Instead, he had to hide it himself to feel at ease.
"Hit." Wei Dayong handed the reins to Wang Ye.
He quietly followed the group of people in front.
Wang Ye was busy looking for a place to hide his warhorse.
…
At five o'clock in the morning, the sky was still pitch dark.
But Mr. Cheng had already gotten up early and practiced Tai Chi in the backyard.
After a set of Tai Chi, Mr. Cheng was sweating all over. When he was about to wipe the sweat off his face and sit down to rest, he suddenly heard a faint sound in his ears.
His face immediately turned stern and he shouted, "Yue'er?"
A beautiful figure walked out from the moon gate and greeted with a smile, "Dad."
But she was a young girl in her prime, with slightly dark skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a long, thick black braid, and three or five freckles on her chubby face.
He is at least 1.70 meters tall.
He was wearing a black silk training suit commonly worn by martial artists.
The training clothes are thin and tight, outlining the girl's long legs and charming figure to the fullest.
Although this girl has an ordinary appearance, she has a great figure. Diao Desheng is so eager to become his cheap brother-in-law, probably because he is attracted by the girl's figure and the good childbearing ability!
Old Master Cheng asked with a stern face: "Where are you going in the dark?"
Cheng Yue hurried over and hugged Old Man Cheng's arm, saying coquettishly, "Dad, it's been more than half a month since I came back from Peking. I haven't left the house. I'm going to get sick from being bored."
Old Master Cheng sighed, "The world is not peaceful nowadays. As a girl, you'd better stay out of the house."
"Dad." Cheng Yue twisted her waist and said, "So what if the world is not peaceful? Your daughter is skilled in martial arts and has good marksmanship. What kind of thief would dare to target your precious daughter?"
After saying that, Cheng Yue pulled out two pistols from his waist and aimed left and right.
Old Master Cheng stamped his feet and sighed, "Alas, I shouldn't have taught you martial arts, and your brother shouldn't have taught you to shoot a gun! If I had taught you needlework when you were young, you wouldn't have become a wild girl like you are now."
"What's wrong with practicing martial arts? What's wrong with learning how to shoot a gun? Just learn it."
Cheng Yue snorted, turned around and walked out of the Moon Gate.
"Yue'er, come back, come back to me!" Old Master Cheng said anxiously.
Cheng Yue ignored him. She was determined to go out for a walk today.
Not only did she go out for a walk, she also rode a horse into the mountains to hunt.
At this moment, a muffled snort came from behind: "How dare you, you thief!"
The next moment, Cheng Yue felt a strong wind blowing towards her head from the top of the courtyard wall.
Without having time to think, Cheng Yue stomped the ground with his left foot and slid several feet to the right. The object under his cover was immediately empty, and it turned out to be a large hemp sack.
The people holding the sacks were two strong men.
The attack failed and the two strong men were a little confused.
This little girl is quite agile, how could she have dodged it?
Although Cheng Yue was an expert in marksmanship, he had never killed anyone before. He immediately put his two guns back into the belt around his waist, took out his long horsewhip from his waist, and swung it out.
Cheng Yue's horsewhip is specially made with iron barbs.
A strong man was hit in the face with a horsewhip and rolled on the ground in pain.
The other sturdy man quickly threw away the sack and reached for the revolver at his waist.
But Cheng Yue's reaction was faster than his. She swung her hand and grabbed the strong man's right wrist with a whip. Then she pulled hard and the strong man fell to the ground, and the gun fell to the ground.
Cheng Yue kicked the revolver again and ran away.
Then two strong men rushed out from the Moon Gate.
But the result was the same, they were all knocked down by Cheng Yue with a horsewhip.
"You little girl is really wild, but I like it." A frivolous voice suddenly came.
Then a man with a fierce face kidnapped Mr. Cheng and walked out of the Moon Gate. Mr. Cheng had a German-made mirror box on his forehead.
"Let my dad go!"
"Put down the whip!"
"Leave me alone, Yue'er!"
The three of them spoke almost at the same time.
Then a dozen bandits rushed out.
Holding spears or pistols, they surrounded Cheng Yue.
But soon, a dozen puppet soldiers armed with Mauser pistols rushed in and formed a counter-encirclement of the dozen bandits, and the situation suddenly became complicated.
"Put the gun down!"
"Surrender your weapons and you will not be killed!"
"Shoot if you dare!"
"Put down your guns!"
"Release the old man and the young lady!"
"Diao Desheng, it's you, you son of a bitch!"
The two groups of armed elements were like two vicious beasts, baring their fangs, roaring and threatening each other, but they could not scare their opponents, and the whole situation suddenly came to a standstill.
However, this stalemate did not last long.
When Diao Desheng opened the muzzle of the box gun, the puppet army immediately surrendered.
After all, they are here to guard the house, and they have concerns. If anything happens to the old man and the eldest daughter, the brigade commander will never forgive them. But the bandits have no concerns, and they really dare to kill people.
A dozen puppet soldiers were quickly disarmed and locked in a cellar by the bandits.
But Cheng Yue had not surrendered yet, and now the bandits had something to worry about.
Because Diao Desheng wanted to capture her alive, he wanted to take Cheng Yue back to be his concubine.
"Miss Cheng, just surrender and follow me back to Sow Cliff to enjoy a good meal."
"You are dreaming. Even if a sow climbs a tree, I will never go with you even if I die."
"Yue'er, go away quickly, don't worry about me, go to the county town to find your brother and ask him to avenge me."
The three people were talking to themselves and the scene was very chaotic. The bandits around were only concerned with watching the fun and did not notice that another dark shadow was approaching silently.
Diao Desheng was also very proud at this time.
"Ms. Cheng, if you dare to run, I will kill your father!"
"You dare? If you kill my father, my brother will not let you go."
"Oh, I'm so scared! Miss Cheng, do you really think you can kill me?"
While they were bickering happily, Diao Desheng suddenly felt a chill on his waist. It was as if he was being pressed by a piece of tubular object. Diao Desheng's body immediately stiffened there.
The bandits around also made a lot of noise.
But it was too late to realize that something was wrong.
"Don't move, or I'll beat that bastard to death!"
The person who showed up this time was naturally Wei Dayong. He had been watching the show for a long time. Now that the time was right, he decisively took action to rescue Old Master Cheng.
His intuition told him that this group of bandits were not good people.
On the contrary, Old Master Cheng and Miss Cheng don’t seem like bad people.
"Dad, are you okay?" Cheng Yue rushed forward.
After supporting Old Master Cheng, Cheng Yue turned around and glanced at Wei Dayong.
Then a faint blush appeared on the chubby face. This man was so tall and strong.
"I was wondering who it was? It turned out to be you guys." Another figure walked out from the Moon Gate and said with a smile, "Diao Desheng, Zhao Youcai, we are really destined to meet."
This person is naturally Wang Ye.
"Boom." Zhao Youcai knelt on the ground decisively.
"Master Ba, please spare us, please spare us, we haven't done anything bad."
Diao Desheng also wanted to kneel down, but Wei Dayong's box gun was against his waist, so he didn't dare to move rashly, otherwise it would be unfair if he got shot.
Wang Ye asked with a smile: "Where have you made your fortune recently?"
"How can I make any fortune?" Diao Desheng said with a wry smile, "I have been forced to become a bandit."
"Become a bandit? That's great." Wang Ye laughed, "Eating big chunks of meat and drinking big bowls of wine, how many people want it but can't?"
"Stop joking, Master." Diao Desheng said, "We really haven't done anything evil. Since we became bandits, we have only robbed landlords and never robbed poor people. If you don't believe me, go ask."
"No need to ask." Wang Ye smiled and said:
"Give me some face today and let old man Cheng go?"
"No problem." Diao Desheng said repeatedly, "We have to give face to Master Ba."
Wei Dayong then shouted with a stern face: "Leave all your guns behind, take out all the bullets on your body, if you dare to leave even one bullet, I will blow your heads off!"
Zhao Youcai immediately rushed to say, "Quick, quick, leave all the guns behind and take out all the bullets!"
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai threw the box gun and its box onto the ground, then he took off all the bullet boxes from his waist and threw them at Wei Dayong's feet.
Diao Desheng also did so decisively.
Seeing that the first and second in command have already given in,
The other dozen or so bandits were even more afraid to react and quickly laid down their weapons and handed over their bullets, including the guns and ammunition they had just seized from the puppet army.
"Okay, you can go now."
Wang Ye said: "Remember what you said."
"Don't harm the poor people, otherwise!"
Diao Desheng and Zhao Youcai shuddered at the same time.
They still cannot forget the scene of this group of Eighth Route Army devils. Those ferocious little devils were like sheep in the hands of this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers. They were destined to be slaughtered.
"We dare not, we absolutely dare not, we must keep it in mind."
After saying this, he fled from the Cheng family compound with a dozen bandits.
After leaving the gate, a small thug was still a little unconvinced and said, "Big Boss, Second Boss, aren't there only two of them? Are you afraid of them?"
"If you ask me,"
"Just kill him with a surprise attack."
"Kill these two Tubalu and rob Miss Cheng."
"Shut up!" Diao Desheng slapped him.
Zhao Youcai also said: "I warn you, it is better to provoke the devils than to provoke this group of Eighth Route Army. This is really not a joke. If you provoke the devils, the worst that can happen is that you can hide on the Sow Cliff and nothing will happen. But if you provoke this group of Eighth Route Army, even if you hide in the sky, this group of Eighth Route Army can still pull you down alive."
"So powerful?" The bandits were awed.
"What else?" Zhao Youcai said angrily.
"Do you really think that the boss and I have no eggs?"
"You'll just give in when you meet a few Eighth Route Army soldiers?"
"Let me tell you, this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers are not ordinary people."
…
In the Cheng family compound.
"Are you from the Eighth Route Army?"
Cheng Yue's eyes were sparkling.
When she was still studying in Peking, she heard her professor talk about the Eighth Route Army.
It is said that the Eighth Route Army was marching towards death because everyone, including the Kuomintang Central Army, was retreating, but only the Eighth Route Army was marching towards death.
Old Master Cheng instinctively sensed that something was wrong and quickly interrupted, "Thank you both for saving my life. I have no way to repay you, so I am willing to donate 5,000 dollars to your army."
After saying that, he turned around and yelled, "Afu!"
The housekeeper who had been hiding in the dark just now and didn't dare to come out quickly ran out: "Master."
Old Master Cheng said, "Go and seal five thousand dollars for these two generals to take away."
But Wang Ye was not in a hurry to leave, because he just overheard the bandits say that the son of this old man Cheng was actually the commander of the 8th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army.