Rise From Eight Hundred

Licheng County is certainly not the only one with the Wang family.

As early as half a month ago, when the genius general envisioned the battle of Shentouling, he had already used the intelligence personnel in the city to figure out the big and small forces in Licheng.

As a small county deep in the mountains, Licheng has very strong local forces. The county magistrate arranged by Old Man Yan is basically a mascot. The four local families have the most say in Licheng.

The Wang family has been operating in Licheng for a hundred years and is the leader of the four major families. In addition, the Zhao, Han, and Gao families can only compete with it together, which has maintained a balance.

This is actually very Chinese. Whether in life or politics, it is important to get a balance point that everyone can accept in constant compromise.

The Western separation of powers, where you restrict me and I monitor you, looks beautiful. If it is moved to China, it will be a very ugly death.

Look at the Taiwan Island, which copied the Western routine decades later. The scene of slandering and cursing each other in a meeting is like a talk show. This is still restrained. If they don’t take them to the octagonal cage to deal with the situation where leather boots and belts are flying all over the sky, it would be a waste of the talents of those politicians.

When the Japanese army came, the Wang family, who had been deeply rooted in Licheng and could not leave, chose to kneel directly. The Zhao and Gao families were still slightly stronger. If they couldn’t fight, they could hide. They took the cash and the core members of the family and ran to Shaanxi Province. They left some marginal figures in the family in Licheng to wait and see.

The other family that stayed in Licheng was the Han family. Although they also chose to surrender to the Japanese army, they were not as shameless as the Wang family. Not only did they give the Japanese army a lot of money and goods, but they also gave away their ancestral homes.

However, the Japanese are also a very strange nation. They didn't take the Wang family seriously, but the Han family didn't kneel down and act like a dog, so the Japanese troops stationed in Licheng didn't do anything to them.

After all, the Han family occupied most of the two major industries of Licheng, transportation and cloth. The North China Front Army, which wanted to get blood transfusions from occupying the county, would naturally not easily destroy such a business organization unless they had a tendency to rebel.

But there is no doubt that the Japanese monitored them much more strictly, so the intelligence personnel of the 683rd Brigade did not instigate the Han family to transport weapons from them to the city. Instead, they played a dark game and directly used the Wang family caravan that the Japanese were not very wary of.

It can only be said that after ten years of fighting wits and courage with the "Principal", all the elders of the 80th Army have been upgraded, and the Japanese in Jin Province are facing a "Tu Ba" who is close to the maximum level! They are just weapons, but their brainstorming is absolutely awesome.

The leader of the merchants in Licheng County that the intelligence personnel found for Tang Dao was Han Shichong, the current patriarch of the Han family!

A fat man with a round figure and a smiling face!

A standard businessman image, even when facing Tang Dao, the fat man who was not afraid and had some experience walked through the murderous guard company and saluted the stern-faced army colonel.

"The Skeleton of Vegetables Planting in a Foreign Land"

Tang Dao, who already had the information in his hand, didn't waste any more words and told the businessman in front of him directly: "Although our regiment has conquered Licheng, the Japanese army is powerful and will not stay in Licheng for long. They will still be stationed in the mountainous areas. The massive amount of materials seized from the Japanese army's baggage warehouse will also be moved to the original station.

However, because the Four-Line Regiment will still fight the Japanese army, it needs enough labor to carry the materials, but it is not in vain. All those who participate in carrying materials will be paid.

In addition, all ordinary people who are willing to follow the Four-Line Regiment to retreat to the mountains will receive food subsidies, and there will be material supplies for their houses. No one will lose their ability to survive because they go to the mountains. The Four-Line Regiment will provide adult men and women with enough Jobs and pay.

Merchants like them who once worked for the Japanese invaders and now sincerely repented, as long as they can show the corresponding strength to complete this large-scale transportation, they will receive cash rewards. Because it is wartime, all rewards will be paid five times the usual amount.

And if these merchants are willing, the Four Lines Group will give them business licenses around the Four Lines Group’s base based on the evaluation! "

Merchants are merchants. Han Shichong immediately realized the huge profits. Tang Dao offered five times the reward, and as long as he hired people to move at four times the reward, he could earn a difference of one times the commission. In other words, the more people hired by the merchants who were invited by the Four Lines Group, the greater the profit they would get.

As for whether Tang Dao would fulfill his promise, Han Shichong had no pressure on this. After the Japanese army entered the city, not to mention the Wang family who knelt directly and sent a large amount of wealth, his Han family alone, under pressure, sent 20 large yellow croakers. That was the foundation of the Han family for many years, and he was heartbroken.

And Licheng is a small county town, not a big provincial capital like Yuancheng. Even if the Japanese took the money, they would have nowhere to spend it. The Four-Line Group bought it all this time. I think this batch of wealth fell into the hands of the Four-Line Group.

Otherwise, the young colonel surnamed Tang in front of him would not be so confident.

Thinking deeper, Han Shichong's brain turned even happier.

Who do these businessmen want to do business with? Isn't it just with people!

There are only six or seven thousand people in Licheng County. If they all run into the mountains with the Four-Line Group, who will these businessmen trade with? With the Japanese or with the air?

Merchants, you have to follow people!

If the common people retreat to the mountains with the Four-Line Group, if they want to survive there, food is the first element of survival. There is nothing wrong with the Four-Line Group, which seized a large amount of food from the Japanese army, distributing food as a reward.

But human life is not just about having food, but also clothing, food, housing, and transportation. If the Four Banks Group provides jobs and pays remuneration, it must be in the form of cash. With cash, you can do business. Well?

Even though it is a mountainous area, as long as there is a sufficient population, it might as well be another Li city! Who said the county seat can't be changed?

When the Japanese dog Lao Wang and the others come back and face an empty Licheng, Jubi will be dumbfounded!

"Please rest assured, Chief Tang, our Han family will definitely call on the people in the city to cooperate with your army to deliver these supplies to your army's garrison!" Han Shichong, who was quick-thinking, thought clearly and patted his chest as a guarantee. "Also, Chief Tang, please be sure to look at the performance of my Han family and give my Han family and other honest merchants in Licheng an opportunity to do business near your army's station."

"Okay!" Tang Dao was very satisfied with the attitude of the man in front of him.

Not only was he able to cater to the superiors, he fully expressed his confidence in the army, but he also took the opportunity to express his own opinions. What is most commendable is his decisiveness.

Not everyone can trust a small infantry regiment, and for the first time, they want to take thousands of civilians into the mountains, even if they have just wiped out a thousand Japanese troops.

Life and war are two different things!

"Sir, why do you trust these unscrupulous merchants and pay them such high transportation fees? If they secretly defect to the Japanese and spread the secrets of our station, the Japanese will definitely attack us." Cai Yongguan, who rarely questioned Tang Dao's orders since joining the Four Elements Group, frowned and asked.

Even if Guo Shouzhi on the side gave him a wink, Tang Tuanzuo is the boss, and the boss can only make decisions after consulting with a few deputies at the regiment. Then it is your turn as a junior company commander to question him?

Unexpectedly, Tang Dao was not angry. Instead, he smiled and explained to Cai Yongguan: "It's very simple. Although we already control the entire county, they who once controlled the economic lifeline of this city know this county better than us. We want to Moving this small mountain of supplies and retreating the people who were willing to avoid the Japanese front, without them, our efficiency would be extremely low.

Professional matters should be left to professionals. "

Seeing that Cai Yongguan was still scratching his head, Tang Dao explained patiently: "Although they bowed their heads to the little devil, when it came to the choice of life and death, they just made the most normal choice for ordinary people, as long as they did not harm the Chinese people. , then they are still Chinese, and we cannot completely beat them to death. Otherwise, if there are so many ordinary people still living in the Japanese-occupied areas, how can we regard them as traitors when we counterattack one day?

As for whether they are on the fence, looking to defect to us, but secretly defecting to the Japanese, the regiment will set up a security department to monitor these businesses and some key groups, and strive to reduce these risks.

And if the secrets of the station that you are worried about are known to them, there is no need at all now. You don’t know what our station is like now! Besides stone and wooden houses, what else is there? And even if there are those factories we want in the future, they will be strictly separated from residential areas. It is a military important area and cannot be approached by ordinary people. This geographical location planning is being done by the top students in the geography department under Teacher Xiao He. "

"But even without them, we can get all the people in the city to follow us. Aren't they afraid of the Japanese?" Cai Yongguan, who had somewhat figured it out, asked again.

"Hey, you can ask your battalion commander this question, he should give you a good answer." Tang Dao smiled.

Cai Yongguan, in terms of bravery, can be ranked among the top three infantry company commanders in the entire regiment, but he is somewhat cunning and naive. He is far less quick-thinking than Wei Donglai. It is estimated that he will be the leader of the regiment in the future.

But Tang Dao still liked this straight-tempered guy who was born as a bandit. Perhaps, it was because of his straightforward nature that as his comrade, he would never have to worry about bullets flying from behind!

The human heart is the most complex thing in the world! Being pure is what many people want, and Tang Dao is no exception.

Seeing Cai Yongguan looking at him in confusion, Guo Shouzhi, an old Jianghu man, sighed and said, "Hey, Yongguan, you know what it means that it's hard to leave one's homeland!"

Yes, if it wasn’t for the inability to leave their homeland, how could more than 7,000 people still stay in the city when the Japanese army arrived? Even though they knew that the Japanese army with a bad reputation might loot and massacre the city.

Of course, in addition to being unable to leave the homeland, there is also the 'lucky bias' mentality that most people have. The Japanese can't just massacre all the Chinese in the occupied areas! What if they change gender?

This is also the reason why when war comes, there are many displaced refugees, but there are more civilians who still choose to stay in their homeland.

They left their fate in the hands of a group of beasts!

But who can say anything about them?

They are just the most ordinary people in this cruel world, they just want to live! Not everyone has received a good education, and not everyone has thought about the meaning of life. Keeping their parents, wives and children fed is their driving force.

As for why Tang Dao used a large amount of food to lure the people of Licheng to evacuate to the mountains with them, even Cai Yongguan, who has a straightforward personality, knows.

It's not that the Four Elements Group needs a large number of people to reserve for the future industrial zone, but that it's impossible not to leave.

Thousands of bloody corpses of Japanese invaders were placed in the city. The Japanese army carefully prepared the baggage for the Four-Line Regiment for more than half a month. Anyone who saw this situation would be furious! Not to mention the Japanese.

The Japanese army will definitely retaliate.

The Four-Line Regiment moved away, so who will be the target of the revenge? It can only be the people of Licheng.

It is possible that an horrible massacre will occur after this great victory, which is something the Chinese army does not want to see.

Therefore, Tang Dao would rather spend a lot of money and food to move all these people to the mountainous area, which can not only allow them to escape the disaster, but also make the population base around the station have more labor than before, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

This should be the confidence that Tang Dao had after seeing more than 200,000 kilograms of food, not to mention that there were nearly 2,000 kilograms of gold. If the current exchange rate is used, it would be more than one million yuan. With this money, there would be no problem in supporting tens of thousands of people for a year or two, not to mention that the Four Lines Group would never live off the land for such a long time.

Han Shichong only understood this truth after he left.

Compared with the faster transportation of materials, the young group leader wanted to save the lives of the people in the city.

To be honest, even this "landlord" who has been used to bathing in the whirlpool of money admired Tang Dao.

This man! He is a multifaceted creature. No matter how black-hearted a capitalist is, he may be infected by some unspeakable nobility at any time.

Fatty Han, who tried his best to devote himself, showed the greatest efficiency in his life. Before Tang Dao led the main force to leave the city, he led his newly established Licheng "Rescue Business Federation" to organize people to move materials.

However, it was not the Japanese baggage just seized by the Four-Line Regiment, but the supplies of the residents in the city.

This person has fooled at least two thousand people and decided to move their homes to the depths of Taihang Mountain. The family's valuables, pots and pans, and even the beams and windows are all inside.

All the merchants with cars and horses in Licheng participated in helping the residents to move for free.

As these two thousand people began to act, people have a herd mentality, and more and more people will follow.

It can be imagined that the last Licheng will only become an empty city.

These thousands of residents will put their personal belongings in the designated area in the mountains, and then participate in the relocation of the Four-Line Regiment's seized goods. Together with the baggage company and the people from the garrison, it will form a spectacular spectacle in the next few days: more than 10,000 people move food back and forth on more than 30 kilometers of mountain roads like hardworking little ants!

So what are the Japanese doing?

Of course, they are being beaten.

Leaving two infantry companies in the city to maintain order and necessary security, Tang Dao led the main force to leave Licheng County. They will meet with Lei Xiong's first battalion, which is heading here, ten miles away, and rush to the direction of Shentouling, which has already ended.

The 683rd Brigade left the supplementary regiment that had just finished the bloody battle to clean up the battlefield, and its two main infantry regiments went straight to the battlefield, where a main infantry regiment that the 921st Division had not used had entered their battlefield.

Yes, the two commanders of the 921st Division were outrageously cautious about the battle of Shentouling!

The 683rd Brigade dispatched three infantry regiments and the Four-Line Regiment to participate in this battle. They felt that it was not safe enough, and they even quietly mobilized another main regiment, the 769th Regiment, to lurk around the battlefield.

After receiving the order from Brigade Commander Cheng, the regiment closest to the battlefield selected by Brigade Commander Cheng had already entered the battlefield in advance to build fortifications.

This means that when the Four-Line Regiment arrives, the entire Chinese army will be able to engage in battle, up to 5 regiments!

Xia Xiongyuan was really in a terrible situation this time.