Black Flag Army

It was already evening, and the light in the mass grave was dim. Hei Lu stood up, holding a lantern, and walked towards Tian Mengxue, shouting, "Tian Xiaoniu! Did you bring the money?"

Tian Mengxue handed the bag of silver dollars to Hei Lu with her left hand and said, "There are a hundred dollars in it. If you don't believe me, you can pour it out and count it right here."

Black Donkey took the bag, tossed it and said, "I trust you, no need to count."

Tian Mengxue said: "Now that the money is settled, I'll leave." She pulled the pistol from behind her and pretended to turn around and leave.

"Want to leave? It's not that easy. Sorry, you have to stay with me for a few days before you leave." Seeing that it was windy and dark, Hei Lu became lustful. He grabbed Tian Mengxue's left arm and pulled her body into his arms. Tian Mengxue put the gun to his chest and shot him.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and the splattering blood dyed the bag red. Black Donkey was caught off guard, his whole body shook, and he died on the spot.

Because of the silencer, the gunshot was very quiet, but the fire from the muzzle in the night was spotted by the sharp-eyed Horse Face from the side, and he shouted, "That woman fired, fire quickly!"

Tian Mengxue also saw three guns sticking out of the grave opposite. When the black donkey's body fell down, she also fell down. The black donkey's body was just blocking her. After three gunshots, all three bullets hit the black donkey's body.

Liu Zhendong raised his rifle and knocked down a musketeer with the first shot. Liu Zhennan and the other four also opened fire, and several of Black Donkey's men were shot, three dead and one injured.

Gao Tuzi saw his accomplices falling one after another. He looked back and exclaimed, "There is an ambush behind us. We have fallen into a trap!"

Before he could finish his words, he was shot in the head by Liu Zhendong and died instantly. The others panicked and fled in all directions. They were knocked down by Liu Zhendong and others like shooting targets. They shot those who were far away first, and then those who were close. Three of the Black Donkey's men wanted to escape from Tian Mengxue's side, but Tian Mengxue, who was lying on the ground, fired four shots and knocked down two of them. This pocket pistol can only hold five bullets at most at a time. Tian Mengxue ran out of bullets and hurriedly reached for the nozzle on her back. The remaining bald man pounced on Tian Mengxue and strangled her neck. Seeing that she was strangled to death, she finally took out the nozzle and sprayed ether on the bald man's face, and the bald man fainted immediately.

After Black Donkey died, Horse-Faced became the leader. He found that the three musketeers were all killed. Although they were numerous, they had no gunners and were completely used as targets. He shouted, "Stop fighting, surrender."

At this time, there were only three of Horse-Faced Rogue's men still able to move.

Liu Zhendong and his men came over with smoking guns and shouted, "Put down the knives in your hands and raise your hands!"

The Horse-Faced Guard and his men had no choice but to obey orders. The Horse-Faced Guard was sweating profusely from nervousness, and said with a smile, "We admit defeat. We haven't asked for the name of this hero yet."

Before Liu Zhendong could speak, Liu Zhennan said, "It's okay to tell you that he is Huo Yuanjia's direct disciple from Jingwu Sect. The newspaper gave him the nickname 'Northern Spear King'."

The horse-faced man said in shock, "Liu Zhendong, the 'Northern Spear King'! Oh my God! What have I done to deserve to run into Master Liu? The idiot Black Donkey has screwed me over badly. If I had known it was Master Liu, I would have never dared to do anything!"

Liu Zhendong was surprised: "You have heard of me in Guangzhou?"

The horse-faced man smiled and said, "Although I can't read, there are people who read newspapers in teahouses! The news that you killed the Japanese in Tianjin has long been reprinted in newspapers in Guangzhou, which has brought glory to us Chinese! This is purely a misunderstanding. Can you spare our lives, Master Liu? When I need you in the future, I will never frown, no matter how hard it is."

Tian Mengxue had already stood up, dusted herself off and came over. When she saw Liu Zhendong looking at her, she immediately understood what he meant. She whispered, "Cut the grass and eradicate it completely. Leave no one alive."

When Horse-Faced Guard heard this, his heart sank and he cursed, "What a cruel and stinky woman!" He suddenly pounced on Tian Mengxue. Liu Zhendong's gun fired and Horse-Faced Guard was shot in the back of the heart and fell to the ground dead immediately. The other three men also fell in a pool of blood amid the gunfire.

Liu Zhendong took out the engineer shovel he brought with him and said to Liu Zhennan, "You finish off the guy who's still alive, and the rest of you quickly dig a pit to bury him. There were three shots just now, and the patrol police may come at any time, so we have to hurry."

The other three security guards also started digging with engineering shovels.

Tian Mengxue also took an engineer shovel and started digging. Liu Zhendong said, "Manager Tian, ​​you don't have to do this kind of rough work. After all, you are a woman."

Tian Mengxue laughed as she dug, "I'm not a delicate young lady. Before I met Mr. Di, I also grew up in bitter water."

Liu Zhendong said: "I can see that you were very brave just now!"

Tian Mengxue said, "What's so brave about that! I didn't expect Black Donkey to bring so many people. I was nervous just now and moved a little slowly. I was almost strangled to death."

The next morning, Feng Ru woke up in the hospital bed and felt that his wound was better than yesterday. But Zhu Zhuquan, who came to visit him, brought him bad news, which almost made him faint again.

Feng Ru's deputy Zhu Yuquan died. The security at the airplane show was lax, or there was no security at all. When Zhu Yuquan's plane landed, he lost balance in order to avoid a girl who suddenly ran onto the runway. Zhu Yuquan was only 25 years old and not married yet.

Feng Ru cried bitterly, and his eyes were still red and swollen when Tian Mengxue, who was wearing a white suit, walked into the ward. Zhu Zhuquan saw Liu Zhendong next to Tian Mengxue and hurried forward to greet him.

Zhu Zhuquan said, "Mr. Liu! Fortunately, you are here again. You helped me a lot yesterday. It was really rude of you not to ask for your name. Also, please tell us your address so that we can send you the medical expenses when we have money."

Liu Zhendong placed the flower basket and fruits beside the bed and replied, "It doesn't matter who I am. This is Miss Tian, ​​the manager of our company's information investigation department. We are all her subordinates. It was she who ordered you to be rescued yesterday, and the medical expenses were also paid by Manager Tian."

Feng Ru and Zhu Zhuquan quickly expressed their gratitude to Tian Mengxue, who smiled and said, "You're welcome, and you don't have to pay back the medical expenses. I was actually asked by Mr. Di, the chairman of the company, to come and see you. I express my deep condolences for the death of Mr. Zhu Yuquan. I know you are having a hard time right now, and this hundred dollars is a consolation payment for Mr. Zhu Yuquan's funeral."

She placed a bag of silver dollars on the table beside the bed. These were the silver dollars she had prepared for Black Donkey, but the blood-stained bag had been replaced.

Feng Ru quickly waved his hands and said, "I've already made you spend a lot of money, how can I let you spend more? Absolutely not."

Liu Zhendong said, "Mr. Feng, please don't be polite. The dead are the greatest. Your life is so difficult now, where will you get the money to hold Mr. Zhu's funeral? Don't try to be so arrogant."

Feng Ru had no choice but to accept it. Tian Mengxue said, "Mr. Feng's plane has burned down. What are your plans for the next step?"

Feng Ru said: "It was Doctor Sun and Governor Hu who persuaded me to open an aircraft factory. After I recovered from my injury, I tried to borrow some money from them to rebuild the aircraft."

Tian Mengxue said, "As far as I know, when Dr. Sun was in Nanjing at the beginning of the year, he couldn't pay the soldiers, which led to a mutiny among his troops. The soldiers looted Nanjing like bandits, and then dispersed. Dr. Sun couldn't stay in Nanjing anymore, so he had to return to Guangzhou, otherwise Yuan Shikai would not have taken the presidency away. Therefore, it is impossible for him to support you. In fact, he has never given you a penny of support, right? As for Mr. Hu, the governor of Guangdong, he has been sidelined by his subordinates, Long Jiguang and Chen Jiongming, and he can't protect himself. Among them, Long Jiguang is from Guangxi and is in collusion with Guangxi governor Lu Rongting. He may rebel at any time. Guangdong Province has been divided into several territories, and the taxes on the territories have gone into the pockets of several divisional commanders. It is even more impossible for him to support you."

When Feng Ru heard this, his face turned ugly and he was speechless.

Tian Mengxue saw his expression and knew that what he said was true. She couldn't help but admire Di Xiong even more. She said, "Chairman Di of our company is willing to give you 100,000 yuan, but we want to move the aircraft factory to the north. I wonder if Mr. Feng is willing?"

Feng Ru and Zhu Zhuquan were both shocked when they heard this. After a long pause, Feng Ru said, "I don't know the chairman of your company. I don't know why he wants to pay so much money?"

Tian Mengxue said: "Mr. Di said that Mr. Feng and several assistants are geniuses in making airplanes, and they are the treasures of the Chinese nation. In the future battlefield, airplanes will be the key to winning or losing the war, and it is very important to have air supremacy. Our country has always been defeated by foreign armies in the past, because foreign warships and artillery are more advanced than ours. If we are not as good as them in airplanes in the future, we will continue to be defeated. He only hates that he can't come up with more money. This 100,000 yuan is all the money he can come up with. The hope of the Chinese Air Force rests on you."

Feng Ru said: "But the north is Yuan Shikai's territory! How can we surrender to Yuan Shikai? That would be too unfair to Doctor Sun and Governor Hu."

Tian Mengxue said: "Mr. Feng is wrong. Although the Beiyang Army under Yuan Datou is powerful, it only has more than 200,000 soldiers and cannot unify the north. The north has long been a state of warlord separatism. Yuan Datou only controls Beijing, Zhili, Shandong, and Henan. Even Henan has been turned upside down by Bai Lang's army. Henan Governor Zhang Zhenfang has been defeated in successive battles and lost more than a dozen counties. Yuan Datou had to send Army Chief Duan Qirui to Henan to deal with Bai Lang. The place we want you to go is not these four places, but Baotou in Suiyuan Province, which is far away from Yuan Datou's direct jurisdiction. Although there were a few small warlords at that time, they were all weak guys. As long as we have an armed force there and the aircraft factory is built there, it will be absolutely safe."

Seeing Feng Ru still hesitating, Zhu Zhuquan said, "Moving the factory is a big deal. Two of our companions are not here today. Can we discuss it after they come back?"

Tian Mengxue said: "Of course there is no problem with this. We have something else to do so we will leave first. I will leave you my address. If you decide to go to Baotou, send a telegram to this address so that someone can pick you up."

After Tian Mengxue finished speaking, she took Liu Zhendong and others and left the hospital.

Seeing Feng Ru still looking at Tian Mengxue's departing back reluctantly, Zhu Zhuquan advised: "Are you really going to Baotou? We don't know anything about them. What if they are a bunch of scammers?"

Feng Ru said: "We are just poor people. What can the scammers cheat us? They will only cheat the rich people. After Zhu Yuquan's funeral is over, we will go to Baotou to see the situation."

Zhu Zhuquan said, "What if they are Yuan Shikai's subordinates? I heard that Yuan Shikai has a spy chief named Zhao Bingjun who specializes in hunting down and killing the southern revolutionaries. When we were making airplanes, the leader of the revolutionary party came to see us. Many people think that we are the subordinates of the leader of the revolutionary party. Will we be tricked by them to the north and killed?"

Feng Ru said: "If Yuan Shikai really regarded us as a threat and wanted to send people to trick us into going to the north and kill us, he would have done it long ago and would not have waited until now. This shows that he does not care about us airplane builders at all. Besides, Miss Tian is so beautiful and speaks so well, how could she be a liar or a spy?"

Zhu Zhuquan retorted: "Just because she is smart and beautiful, we can't assume that she is a good person, right?"

Feng Ru said angrily, "Are you the factory director or am I the factory director? I have the final say on this matter, so it's settled."

On September 1, 1912, at noon, under an overpass in Beijing, storyteller Sun Tiezui was telling a new story: "... I saw the Black Flag Army commander Wu Pengnian saw the Japanese pirates enter the ambush circle and shouted: 'Fire!' More than a dozen cannons fired at the same time, and hundreds of mines exploded at the same time, blowing the Japanese pirates to the ground. The Japanese army division commander Kitashirakawa Gong Norihisa was caught off guard and was thrown to the ground by the frightened horse. Many generals and personal guards rushed to rescue him. Wu Pengnian saw that the opportunity was rare, so he led a team of elite soldiers into the enemy camp. After a hand-to-hand fight, , Wu Pengnian broke through the blockade and rushed directly to Kitashirakawa Norihisa. He ignored the three wounds on his body caused by the enemy's bayonet and threw a homemade bomb with all his strength. With a loud bang, Kitashirakawa Norihisa's skull was blasted and he died on the spot. "When he said this, his tone suddenly changed, and he shouted hoarsely: "The general's blood stained his battle robe, and he fought alone in Taiwan Island. The Japanese pirate leader surrendered, and the bandits fled in fear. Under Bagua Mountain, black flags fluttered, and lightning and thunder roared. Who said that the Chinese are too cowardly? There have been heroes in China since ancient times!"

"well said!"

"Well said!"

Hundreds of onlookers cheered and threw copper coins and silver dimes like raindrops into the broken bowl in front of Sun Tiezui, who was delighted.

Two middle-aged men in long gowns were talking in low voices in the audience. A middle-aged man wearing glasses said, "Mr. Zhou! This Sun Tiezui was not famous before, but now he has suddenly become very talkative. What kind of joke is this? I have never heard of it before."

Another middle-aged man with a mustache laughed and said, "Mr. Hu, haven't you heard him tell a story? He was telling the story of The Black Flag Army's Bloody Battle in Taiwan. It was very popular, almost as popular as Professor Chen's lecture at Peking University."

Not far away, a skinny old man in his fifties wearing a kimono looked at the scene coldly and whispered: "These Chinese people are very anti-Japanese!"

There were four young men in black clothes behind him. One of them came over. He had two scars on his left face and looked very fierce. He said to him, "President! Do you want to get rid of this man?"

The old man in kimono shook his head and said, "This storyteller is just an ant. The key is the person behind him. Haoyi, find him out."

The young man bowed his head and said, "Hi, President!"