Volume 1 Teacher Chapter 24 Repay

In the raid on March 11, the Second Guards Regiment finally gained some benefits. They captured Zhangdian but suffered only seven deaths and twenty injuries, but the results were exceptionally fruitful.
Not only were more than 480 people killed, wounded, or captured, but more than 200 pistols and rifles, more than 40 donkeys and horses, countless money and supplies were seized, and nearly five or six hundred hostages were rescued. This immediately caused a sensation throughout southwestern Henan.
However, Dai Jiliang was not happy about this. The reason was very simple. He received two completely different orders one after the other, which immediately confused him.
The previous letter was sent by Lu Jianzhang from Tongbai. Lu Jianzhang, who had finally crawled out of the Tongbai Mountain area, received the news from the only radio of the Guard Army that Dai Jiliang had suffered a disadvantage in the first battle. He immediately became furious and scolded him. Regardless of the actual situation, he ordered him to immediately seize Xinye and support the main force to advance westward.
However, the order from the Xinyang Section Headquarters praised him for his effective combat performance and promoted him to Army Colonel and Zhang Binnan to Army Lieutenant Colonel. The rest of Dai Jiliang's requests were also met.
But this is not the key point. The key point is that this order requires the Second Regiment to take the Nanyang route to Zhenping and Neixiang areas to maintain suppression of the Bai Lang bandit army.
What should I do? Dai Jiliang looked at the map and pondered.
"Captain, how about letting our first battalion occupy Xinye, and you lead the main force north to Nanyang."
Zhang Binnan's advice at this time had some ulterior motives. If Dai Jiliang really listened to him and then turned the tables, how could he continue to work for Butcher Lu?
"Deputy Captain Zhang, what you said is inappropriate."
Fortunately, under the current Beiyang system, the chief of staff should be closely connected with the chief officer, and they will prosper and suffer together, so Zhang Zilii naturally has to help Dai Jiliang.

"Although the Bailang bandits have a tendency to flee westward, there is no guarantee that they will not make a surprise attack. We don't know when the commander and the regiment will arrive. It is not safe to defend Xinye with only one battalion."
Since it is not safe for one battalion to defend Xinye, it should be safe for the entire regiment to defend it, but Zhang Zilii did not think so.
"Although the distance between Nanyang and Xinye is only about 130 miles, this is completely contrary to what Xinyang Headquarters wants us to do. Therefore."
He emphasized.
"We can't be stuck in two different orders. We should move forward to this position."
"Deng County!"
Dai Jiliang's eyes lit up. "Tell me, what is the basis for your claim?"
"The Xinyang headquarters asked us to march into Nanyang in order to suppress the Bailang bandit army in Zhenping and Neixiang from fleeing eastwards. Deng County is located further west, which means it can put more pressure on the bandits. Besides, Deng County is located at the junction of Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi, and is known as the gateway to the three provinces and the southwestern gateway of Henan. If we occupy Deng County, we will completely block the possibility of the Bailang bandit army fleeing south to northern Hubei. The Xinyang headquarters will never blame us for this impromptu action on the battlefield."
Zhang Zili had obviously thought it over carefully.
"The commander asked us to help him advance westward. Deng County is only sixty miles away from Xinye, half the distance between Nanyang and Xinye. Obviously, it does not violate the commander's intention."
“It’s Deng County.”
Dai Jiliang made the final decision.
"The main force of the regiment will occupy Deng County. The chief of staff will lead the baggage company and all the prisoners to stay in Xinye. We will form a supplementary company and recruit soldiers on the spot. We have seized 200 guns. Tell those local tyrants, give us a strong man, and we will give him a quick gun. I don't believe they won't take the bait!"
Dai Jiliang thought about it and decided to give Zhang Binnan a candied date.
"Brother Binnan, please select a few cadres from your group and you will decide on the company commander of this supplementary company."
"I decide?"
Zhang Binnan didn't expect that this pie in the sky would fall on his head. He looked at Dai and Zhang with surprise and joy.
"Well, I'd rather obey than be disrespectful. I think Jiang Tao should be the one, he's also an old Mengcheng man."
But he also knew how to return a favor.
"Captain, do you think the deputy company commander should ask the second battalion to send one as well?"
The three men were discussing things in harmony when the groom came in to report.
"The Lin family of Dahetun said that they have invited dozens of elders and gentry to celebrate the revenge of their family feud. Now, please come over and have a drink with the captain."
"Just when I was about to fall asleep, someone brought me a pillow."
Dai Jiliang slapped his thigh.
"It seems that our reinforcement company has found a place to go. Let's go!"
Having said that, Dai Jiliang stood up.
"Brother Binnan, Brother Parkchu, do you want to come together?"
"I won't go. There are still a lot of things to do in the regiment. I am unlucky and have to bear the brunt of your burden."
Zhang Zilii shook his head and spoke with deep resentment, as if he were a farmhand oppressed by Dai Jiliang, blaming everyone and everything.
"I'm not going either. They didn't invite me, and it would be embarrassing to run over there."
Zhang Binnan also shook his head.
"I've been promoted to lieutenant colonel, and the monkeys below are waiting for me to hold a banquet, so I won't join in the fun."
"You two!"
Dai Jiliang pointed and talked, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"No, I'll go by myself. I'm too lazy to move even when someone invites me to dinner, so what can I say to you guys..."
It was actually not far from the Second Regiment's new headquarters, Guanzhuang, to Dahetun. A fast horse could get there in two hours. It was still daylight when Dai Jiliang arrived. As soon as he saw the main person coming, the sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums suddenly rang out.
"How dare I, the elders, wait for you? Oh, my, what a sin, what a sin!"
Dai Jiliang saw at a glance more than twenty men with white beards and gray beards waiting there. Not daring to neglect them, he dismounted from his horse from a distance.
"The elders have invited me, and I feel unworthy of it!"
"General, you have killed the evil White Wolf bandits and saved the villagers from their misfortune. We are now the elders of the village. Please drink this cup."
A man with a flowery beard came up to greet them, with three glasses of wine on a tray behind him.
Dai Jiliang was quite knowledgeable and knew that the wine could not be drunk directly, so he took the first glass with a smile.
"I am too ashamed to accept this. I would like to toast the President in Beijing and General Duan in Xinyang."
He bowed to the north and east respectively, and then poured the wine out.
Next comes the second cup.
"This cup is dedicated to the officers and civilians who died in the White Wolf Bandits. May they be reborn soon and escape the sea of ​​suffering forever."
After saying that, he spilled the wine on the ground again, and then the third cup was his own.
"I am a humble boy, but I will lead Commander Lu and all the soldiers of the Guard Army to drink this cup. I would like to thank you for your kindness."
After saying this , Dai Jiliang tilted his head back, and immediately the gongs and drums started to sound again.
"General, please!"
Dozens of old men surrounded Dai Jiliang and came to the Lin family's ancestral hall. They saw that the hall was covered with plain white cloth, two spirit tablets towered on the altar, and a hideous human head was enshrined in the front. Everything seemed out of place.
"Xiang Lai!"

Dai Jiliang took off his hat and handed it to the groom beside him, then took the incense from the hand of a member of the Lin family who was standing by and lit it in the large incense burner outside the ancestral hall. He walked in, bowed three times, and inserted the incense in front of the spirit tablet. He saw a widow nearby who was responding to the greeting, so he walked closer and bowed again.
"Please accept my condolences!"
Unexpectedly, when he looked up, he found that it was someone he knew, the young lady of the Lin family who was rescued from the wolf den. However, after two days of recuperation, her complexion was obviously much better. In addition, if she was dressed in mourning clothes, she looked like a fairy who was not of worldly concern. Dai Jiliang was stunned.
"Thank you, sir!"
The woman’s voice is also very beautiful, what a blessing.
It was this action that woke Dai Jiliang up. He smiled at himself and walked out.
"Captain Dai, this way please!"
Chief Lin Shao appeared from nowhere.
After a few turns, Dai Jiliang was led to a remote room.
"My father is seriously ill and bedridden due to the death of my elder brother and younger brother. I'm sorry, but I have to ask Captain Dai to come in for a while."
"The old man wants to see me?"
Dai Jiliang naturally did not think that the Lin family had the possibility of harming him. One must know that the Second Regiment of the Guard Army had not yet moved, and the Lin family did not dare to make any move.
But as the most powerful local tyrant in Tanghe and Biyang, what good would it be for the old master of the Lin family, who even Bai Lang couldn't do anything to, to come to him? With this suspicion, Dai Jiliang left this dark house.
"Is it Captain Dai?"
Dai Jiliang had a hard time figuring out the meaning of the old, obscure and difficult-to-understand dialect from western Henan.
“It’s the junior!”
Dai Jiliang saw a chair next to the bed and knew it was reserved for him, so he walked closer and sat down. Facing him was the skinny face of the head of the Lin family.
"May I ask what advice you have for me, old man?"
"Because of Bai Lang, more than 200 people in my Lin family died, and my old wife also cried to death because of my two sons."
Although the head of the Lin family was in extremely poor health, his eyes were still staring at Dai Jiliang with sparkling eyes.
"Sir, by killing Tang Damazi, you have avenged half of our Lin family's revenge. I am grateful for your kindness. Our Lin family is not the kind of people who will not repay a favor. I have already prepared the reward and other things."
He stretched out his hand to stop Dai Jiliang from giving in.
"I beg the sir to grant me a favor. When Bai Lang's head can be sent to my Lin family, my family will be destroyed in gratitude."
How should Dai Jiliang respond to this? How could he easily accomplish something that the surrounding 200,000 troops had not been able to do?
But looking at the old man's expectant eyes, Dai Jiliang could only make this promise.
"Zhi Xiang was ordered by the President and Chief Duan to wipe out Bai Lang, and he will never give up halfway."
Dai Jiliang sat upright in front of the old man.
"No matter what the final result is, I must see the body alive or dead. As long as Zhixiang can do it, the blood of the Lin family will not be shed in vain."
"Captain Dai is indeed a sincere person."
Dai Jiliang did not pat his chest and take on too much responsibility, but instead won the favor of the head of the Lin family.
"I will remember what the commander said. Come on, please invite the commander to take a seat."
Are you going to drive me away just like that? Dai Jiliang was puzzled. Soon, the young patriarch of the Lin family took Dai Jiliang out. They turned around again and came to another tile-roofed house.
"Captain Dai, please come in and rest for a while. You will be seated when the banquet starts."
Dai Jiliang walked into the house without knowing what was going on, but the door was quickly locked. Dai Jiliang pushed it a few times, but it was locked.
"Young Patriarch, what are you doing?"
"I'm sorry, Captain Dai, I have my own reasons."
The voice of Clan Leader Lin Shao came from outside.
"Please take a short rest, Captain. We will invite you out later."
Take a break, damn it.
Dai Jiliang gave up the futile knocking on the door and slowly looked around the room.
"You, why are you here?"
Dai Jiliang stared in amazement at the woman in white sitting there. This was clearly the widow of the eldest son of the Lin family whom he had just seen.
"Please don't mind Miaozhi's withered body, Captain."
The woman had a miserable look on her face, but her hands were actively unbuttoning her clothes.
"What do you want to do?"
Although Dai Jiliang was not a man from Liuxia Huilu, what was happening before his eyes was too strange, so strange that he had to be on high alert.
"Miaozhi is in the bandit's lair. Neither the Lin family nor her mother's family will tolerate Miaozhi any longer. Does the commander want to watch Miaozhi become a sacrifice to the river god at such a young age? Or does the commander want to watch Miaozhi become a sacrifice to the river god?"
The woman seemed to be well-educated, and her words were sad and touching. She was also very beautiful, and she took off her clothes while she spoke. Soon, a delicate and exquisite body appeared in front of Dai Jiliang.
It was obvious that the bandits were not gentlemen who were kind to women. The shocking scars on the originally perfect bodies made Dai Jiliang feel strangely stimulated.
But he was still clear-headed. So that's how it was. It was just a way to allow a woman who would inevitably be despised by both families to make use of her surplus value once again. That was all.
But if that's the case, why not just swallow it and send the shells back?
Dai Jiliang was already burning with heat, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand, and immediately held the warm and soft beauty in his arms. The woman's delicate face seemed real as if it were a dream, and the room was filled with spring.

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