Chapter 8 chapter eight.edge
When Guan Baye and a group of brothers from the Liuhe gang were fighting with Judge Zhu Si in the dry forest at night, the salt market on the far bank of the Huaihe River was also facing a big battle.
The news of salt protection and tax resistance in the salt market reached Sun Chuanfang's ears, and a telegram came over, ordering an immediate encirclement and suppression.Marshal Sun's unruly temper, which he often likes to have in the opium shop, is unreasonable. The telegram bureau sent the telegram to the defense army camp at midnight, and the head of the duck egg head was drinking a catty of old wine, hugging Huadan, who was picked up from the Haijing Theater, was sleeping, and when Ma Bian yelled a report, he said: Marshal Sun has a warrant!He was so scared that he got up, wearing a pair of pink women's trousers, saluted the guard holding the telegram draft, and then stretched out his hands, respectfully receiving the telegram.
Hi, Mr. Zheng has long recommended me to be promoted to Independent Brigadier Commander!Hey!He didn't even open his eyes, and he blew on the telegram draft in a daze, and said, "I said little chrysanthemum, you get up and let me make out, I'm promoted to the independent brigade commander, and you are also promoted according to the rules." !The commander-in-chief has long praised me for leading the army for a stable character, this time it is enough to promote me!
Promote you?I said my lord, isn't this the time?The little chrysanthemum in the room said coquettishly: If you are promoted in peacetime, I will enjoy the happiness with you. If you don’t promote it in normal times, you will be promoted only after the war with the Southern Revolutionary Party. You will be promoted to the commander of the independent brigade. , Hey, you must be transferred to the front line in eastern Zhejiang to fight to the death with the Revolutionary Party. In my opinion, it’s fine if you don’t get promoted to this position!
This, this, what is this?As soon as the head of Yadantou heard the word "revolutionary party", he couldn't help but have the habit of touching his head.Although I have never been on the front line, I haven't seen what the Southern Army looks like?But on the opium couch, at the feast of drinking and drinking, I also heard a lot about the revolutionary army; what about the bombardment of Huizhou City, a regiment defeated the parachutist Lin Hu, and one regiment was beaten to the end, leaving the regiment leader and During the trumpeter, the regiment commander ordered the horn to be sounded, and the trumpeter reported, "Is the retreat horn sounding?"The head of the regiment said: The revolutionary army has no such thing as retreating, so sound the horn and charge for me!Really?The person who told the story was Lin Hu's dispersal of the Ministry to defect to Marshal Sun. He had suffered a lot in Guangdong, and when he talked about the Revolutionary Party, his face would turn pale. It can't be faked.
I said, little chrysanthemum, you always have to ask for auspiciousness when you speak, why are you talking about the revolutionary party?The head of Yadantou suddenly patted his legs again, grinning and said: His grandma is a bitch, do you think the commander-in-chief will transfer me to the front line?I'm just a fucking watchdog, I'm not born to be a general who is used to fighting. Those generals who go up to the front and lay the line of fire have a ruthless character. I, a character the size of a stable character, should only be the commander of the defense army, hehehe, The Commander of the Defense Forces is really fucking lucky, nourishing the heart and lungs.
Little Chrysanthemum turned over in the room, put her cheeks on her hands, leaned on the pillow and said: "People have two skins, and their speech is different. The day before yesterday you clearly said that you were the only one who led soldiers. FireWire, it will soon become a stable character again, my lord, are you ruthless?Still stable? !
The head of the duck egg head hugged the telegram draft in his arms, stretched his neck and made a bunch of sour and smelly wine, uh; he was stunned to hear the words of the little chrysanthemum, and was inspired to initiate a discussion: You little bitch understands What.Ruthless and steady depends on where it is used?Uh, Bu, for example, leading troops to fight a war, of course we must be stable. I am the commander of the fucking regiment, and I got it by relying on the word stable.Back then, I led soldiers to open fire with the Anhui army, and the Anhui army rushed and beat me. I told my brother to ignore it, and held my terrible head with both hands, and let him beat me with my buttocks. I yelled out The catchphrase is that the buttocks hurt a little, and they eat meat and drink soup.When the Anhui army's three rows of guns were fired into the sky, I counted that each of them had fired three rounds of ammunition, so I told the brothers to pat their buttocks and raise their heads. The army has lost a battle, and we also have three bullets per person, but there is a distinction between firing first and then firing, uh, uh, baby, firing first means losing, and firing later means winning. Isn't this stable?We fired our guns into the sky, and the three rows of guns did not kill a cow.The captain of the Anhui Army still treats me to a drink of old wine? !
Okay, little chrysanthemum said with a giggly smile: So where should the word ruthless be used, is it in the right place?
Hehe, that's interesting, you fucking asked me for a test in the middle of the night? !Uh-huh?Is this ruthless, for example: You have to be ruthless in catching fugitives. If you don’t catch one and kill the other, I dare say that my group will run away in three months, even the horses and orderlies, eh, eh?You have to be ruthless in catching the chaff, and the Xiong people are all pimps. If you don't look like the king of Hades with raised eyebrows, they will never listen to you.And still more, um, the three ruthlessness of drinking, playing cards, and having sex with women are also indispensable to his mother. If I can't be ruthless and famous, I don't deserve to be the leader of the fucking group. !
Forget it, stop talking drunk there, little chrysanthemum laughed and cursed and said: You old duckhead always exaggerates the truth.
Don't laugh at me, Yadantou squinted his eyes and said: The first two times are not as cruel as your head, and you are free to make sarcastic remarks, but the second one is crueler?Hehehe, when I drank the hangover soup, watched the official promotion video, and the icing on the cake, you will know how ruthless I am!
He suddenly stretched his legs, stretched himself on the back of the chair and yawned a long and strange yawn, and said to Ma Bian, who was biting his tongue and laughing to himself: Hangover soup, hot towel handle, hurry up!Wake up the clerk and read the telegram to me.I was promoted to independent brigade commander, chickens and dogs were promoted to heaven, and everyone will reward you with one level, go and go!
After Ma Bian left, the head of the Yadantou turned to the little chrysanthemum in the room and said: Don't sleep, get on your shoes quickly, sit on my lap and listen to the telegram.
The shoes are down here, my lord, the little chrysanthemum called out: You have poured too much yellow soup?You actually took my pants? !
It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I wore yours by mistake, can't you wear mine?Putting on trousers and going out of the room is a woman's habit. The head of the duck egg head shook his head and said: "It's a wonderful use. You don't know the art of war, uh, uh, no wonder you are only good at singing and can't lead soldiers."
The hot towel wiped away the sticky eye mucus from the corners of the eyes of the head of Yadantou. He drank a bowl of hangover soup in his stomach, but he drank the head of Yadantou soberly to the point of confusion.In the middle of the night, you can't sleep under the hot quilt, what are you doing sitting here?The lanterns were turned blue, four guards were walking back and forth, the adjutant, Ma Bian, and the clerk all stood in front of them like fucking pieces of wood, what were they doing? !
Do you have anything to report?
You asked us to come, and the clerk looked like he was short of a bowl of hangover soup, and he rolled his eyes and reported: What's the matter, should you know about it?
Look at me, I'm so fucking confused!The head of the duck egg head said: I hold the promotion telegram in my hand, and I forgot why I asked you to come here!The hangover soup is still haunting, hehehe, something is wrong, I said adjutant, what did you say about the salt market in the afternoon?Want to rebel?Did you telegram with the commander in chief?
Tell the head of the regiment that you ordered the telegram to be sent, the adjutant bowed his waist, walked over and said: "Everything you ordered, there is nothing that you have to do without urgency, and the telegram was sent at that time."
You are a hundred and twenty bastards!You, you, you, you have to add another shot!The head of the duck egg head was trembling with anger, rolled his eyes and cursed, and said: Didn't I tell you over and over again, you bastard, when I was holding a wine bottle in my hand, you took what I said as fart, who told you to be smart and say nothing? That deadly telegram?
Reporting leader, what you were holding was just a wine glass, not a wine bottle?
Well, you argue!Come on, drag him out
Forget it, let it go, Xiao Juhua, wearing a pair of yellow woolen breeches, came over to mediate and said: The leader is drunk, crazy, and he can't count his words.The head of the regiment is going to be promoted to the brigade commander, so he will take this opportunity to show off his official prestige. Waiting for tomorrow, instead of shouting death, he might even invite you all to have a drink?Am I right?
The leader of the duck egg head was on fire, and he couldn't help but extinguish the little chrysanthemum in a few words. He shrank his head, shrugged his shoulders, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Yes, that's true, your little mouth is really good when you say auspicious words." It's cute, grandma, I'll kill it if I say hello, just save a bullet.Come here, clerk, and read the telegram to me.Hot towel handles, damn it, hurry up.
As soon as the clerk received the telegram, he knew that there was something unusual in it before it was opened. The commander-in-chief would not take personnel promotion so seriously. In the middle of the night, he sent an urgent telegram. In his head, he was obsessed with the addiction of being promoted, and as soon as he read the telegram by himself, he was afraid that his round face with wide smiling eyes would soon become long.Whatever it is, it's business, I reached out and tore off the envelope of the telegram, took out the telegram and read it aloud
The head of the duck egg head, with a proud expression on his face, said hello, holding the little chrysanthemum on his knee, holding a teacup in the other hand, and almost pricked up his ears to listen.Tonight is really fucking extraordinary, there seems to be joy everywhere in front of my eyes, even the faces on the left and right are all pleasing to the eye.Although the regiment commander and the brigade commander are only one damn level apart, their tastes are completely different; as a division commander, his eyes are always staring at the bottom like a greedy cat and a hungry dog. The boss will send it all over, and send it to the mansion first. The money is in the regiment, and there are only a few f*cking oily flowers left.Independent brigade, independent brigade, the good thing is independence, get a piece of land to garrison, close your eyes and be a little emperor, when you encounter a fat place, the number is not small, um, just eat the vacancies Speaking of it, it's impressive and impressive.
The head of the regiment led his troops to stay behind, and the clerk who was in charge of the Anjing District read this with his tongue rolling his tongue, his face was a little strange, his hands holding the telegram draft were trembling, and his forehead was sweating.
And the head of Yadantou looked more energetic after hearing these two sentences.It's a pity that the commander-in-chief is not here, if he is, I really should take off my lower body and kowtow to him a few more times.After all, the Marshal was born in the army, and he understands the hardships of the people below. These two words make all the pores of the people feel benefited.Taking on the heavy responsibility of stabilizing the local government is really fucking enjoyable, and it makes people excited like smoking opium. Next, it should be hard work or something, and then it should be promoted to a certain independent brigade commander, and he will be appointed within a limited time.
Hey, your grandma, when he noticed that the other party stopped speaking and just licked his lips with his tongue, he laughed and scolded: Isn't this in the book field? !When you talked about something brilliant, you purposely held back your words to tantalize people, hurry up, hurry up!Read on for me!
Yanyan City is an important town on the Huai River, and it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry. The clerk read tremblingly while wiping his sweat with his hands: The head of the regiment was usually negligent in inspecting, which led to today's change. The gun is independent, the situation is so critical, the head of the regiment can hardly escape the blame, and the clerk continued to read, but was interrupted by Xiao Chrysanthemum's high-pitched and horrified voice.
You stop!She called: the leader, he, he
As soon as the clerk raised his head, he saw that the glass in the head's hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and the elephant in Hai Jingbo's circus troupe printed on the glass was also smashed into two pieces; He pushed it away in his arms, hugged his bare head tightly with both hands, his fat pig-like body was thrown backwards, his belly was outstretched and shaking violently.Unexpectedly, his round face suddenly became longer, his mouth was half-opened, and he wanted to say something but couldn't utter it. It turned out that his fat chin seemed to be punched by someone. It seems to be out of control.
It's over, it's over, it's over!After a long while, he managed to squeeze out the words to ask: Marshal, did he mention that he wanted my head?
No.The other party said: The commander-in-chief only needs the regiment leader to take the blame and seek meritorious service, mobilize the available troops in the defense area within the time limit, and immediately wipe out the self-defense team in Yanshi. What a brain!
The head of the Yadantou just came to his senses, and struggled to get up like a bastard that had been pushed to the ground, swallowed three times in a row, and cursed in a hoarse voice: "I, one by one, Fuck your mothers one by one, at such an urgent time, why are you staring at me with big eyes and small eyes? !Let me tell you the truth, the commander-in-chief wants me to have eight heads, and I will chop off yours first to fill up the number!Hurry up and summon the buglers, sound the horn and assemble urgently, in order to protect your head, you have to be a fucking ruthless guy!
The reason why the bugler could sound the horn in time was due to the adjutant's quick legs; when the exasperated adjutant touched the back kitchen, the bugler, the clerk, and the battalion commander's brother-in-law all took off their shoes and gathered around the short Square table, put your stinky feet on the edge of the brazier, and bet big on nine cards!The trumpeter's card luck was bad, and his hands were not going well, so he sent all the cash to the pile, lost the fire, and bet the number mouth.
Count it as Ocean One or Two.The trumpeter said: If you lose, you can take it as a bet. I will borrow money to redeem it before dawn.What's so naughty about this?If I don't sound the horn at dawn, the leader will kick my ass.
The adjutant happened to bump in just when the dealer was playing the dice. He frowned and said nothing. He also wanted to see that the four doors were brighter, but he was afraid of the smell of stinky fish coming from the stinky socks dried on the kang. He stood in the distance and shouted: Don't push it again, the group has lost his temper just now, and ordered the horn to be sounded immediately, and the whole group should be assembled urgently and pulled out to start a fire!
It's almost like lighting a fire and smoking. I said, adjutant, don't interrupt my hand. The dealer's guy said: If you want to bet on one door, you bet on it. If you want to push two, my dealer Let you be good!
In the middle of the night, with whom to start a fire?The trumpeter said: It's almost like sending the team to the mass grave to find ghosts.
The adjutant came over and held the sign and said: "Whoever coaxes people, whoever is fucked is not beaten by others. This is different from our usual fun and fun. The commander just sent an urgent call, and the regiment leader immediately dispatched troops to protect the city of Yanshi." What about the team disarming?Otherwise, the head of the regiment will lose his mind, and we will be even more miserable.
When we showed this card again, the trumpeter said: If I lose the trumpet, you have to lend me money to redeem it. If I get a better one, we will be lucky and save this trouble.
Just because we guys want to confiscate the guns in Yanshi?The battalion commander's brother-in-law, with a cigarette in his mouth, picked up the breathless words and said: Unless there is a customs duty, can we gather all that day?The Chief Secretary’s report: Three deserted, five were sick, three sat in casinos, five went whoring in brothels, and a few were just borrowing two feet and a half, secretly assuming that his duozi kiln would not come to take our weapons. It's good enough to pay it off!
Putting aside his conscience, the trumpeter said: If we want us to work hard to fight the salt market, it is not worth it. These days, it is the same as whoever does it.If the rural protection team in Yanshi increases my salary, I will go to play the trumpet with him tomorrow.
If you want to say these things, you can wait until later.The adjutant said: "Nowadays, a bachelor doesn't suffer from immediate losses. Regardless of whether it is true or false, in front of the duck head, he has to put on a show and shoot it in disguise."Wouldn't it be damn good to wait for the barrel hoop to explode and go their separate ways?
have to!The battalion commander's brother-in-law said: After all, the adjutant who hangs the box cannon is knowledgeable. Regardless of whether the attack on Yanshi tomorrow morning is a fucking fake attack, will he make a debut?It must be brightened up!Hey!He picked up the dice and blew, and threw it mutteringly, saying: "Dice, dice, you show your powers, whether it's a human or a ghost, I win all!"Dice Dice, go wherever you want, big money and small money, I'll hug you!Your mother's seven came out and took three, the first class in Tianmen!Draw cards, captain!
The emergency assembly number was able to sound on the starry four-watch day, because the old trumpeter was holding the E character nine and eating the banker's character eight. The old trumpeter was a little confused when he won a piece of two cents. While standing on the dirt platform in the corner of the playground, facing the cold wind, he put his hand in his pocket and repeatedly fiddled with the pocket press he had won. Foreign money.
The rapid sound of the trumpet lingered in the freezing night air, and the old trumpeter still felt a little regretful in his heart. The luck of the cards just got better, and the wind was getting smoother, but he was looking for trouble. He attacked Yanshi at dawn. God has long eyes, let the duck's egg hit a black date on the head, the tree falls and the monkeys scatter, let it go away!
The trumpet sounded again, but the huge camp was still indifferent and completely dark, and the lights were not even visible, only to see the head of the Yadantou rushing to the earthen platform with a few horses in a hurry.
These lazy dogs!Damn it!The head of the Yadantou rubbed his hands and cursed: "The whole **** fell asleep!"That trumpeter, sound the trumpet again, really work harder for me, blow some more, and urge them to urge!
The trumpeter was full of displeasure, and puffed his cheeks to blow the trumpet again. Before the trumpet was finished, there was a movement in the barracks in the southwest corner; the first was a high-pitched voice, like a ghost. Screaming wildly like pinching the neck, followed by many similarly terrified, blind, screams like pigs waiting to be slaughtered, followed by some figures squeezing and pushing from the dark camp, ouch Shocked and knocked out.
What is his grandma's?The head of Yadantou sipped his wine, licking his lips with his tongue and said.
Suddenly he remembered, noisy camping, this is noisy camping.It has not been a year since I led the army, and I have often experienced troubles in the camp. Don't look at those stupid guys. In this frenzy of screams and screams, one camp was alarmed, and all the camps were alarmed. People crawled outward like ants, some hugging pillows, some holding their trousers; all of them were holding their shoes; all of them were shouting and wailing hoarsely like dead parents. When they squeezed out of the door of the camp, you pushed and shoved each other. You are trampled on.
The head of the live duck egg head rolled his tongue and said: "Fucking hell, you don't usually make camps, but you choose this terrible time to start camps?" !
At night, it was dark enough to see, and the lantern on the flagpole behind the platform could not illuminate anything, so because of this dim light, all the campers were attracted; Other than rubbing hands and yelling, I couldn't make up my mind for a while, the shattered light of the lantern swirled, and some zombie-like human faces possessed by demons emerged in the light, all of them opened their eyes and opened their mouths wide open. Yelling in the air!Voice after voice, like a big wave pressing down on another big wave, the scene was extremely horrific, as if this group were not human beings, but evil spirits who broke through the gate of hell, looking for someone to avenge their grievances.
vomit vomit vomit kill here!A guy fell down on the ground, hugging his head with his hands, twisting forward like a snake, as if there was really some killer coming from behind him, screaming in extreme terror.
Hand in your guns!Hand in your gun and spare your life!vomit vomit kill here!Brother, run away!
Run and vomit!A group of people blindly agreed.
There are always hundreds of people who come to the playground, hundreds of people are all crazy, even the battalion and company commanders are there, and they shouted to run, and they ran around the playground in a chaotic manner. Running and screaming, howling and crying, making a mess.A small group of people didn't run away, they got together and went out to make a fuss. A puppet-like soldier, with his hands on his hips and shouting commands, kicked all the battalion commanders, company commanders, platoon leaders, and squad leaders into the ranks. Get up, stand at attention, take a rest, kneel down, lie down, fuck it like it's real, there's a ghost, hard fuck there's a ghost!
Wake up the fuck up for me!The head of Yadantou was so anxious that he spit smoke from his orifices, and cursed: You should all be dragged and shot!
It’s okay if he doesn’t scold, but when he scolds, those guys learn it. Just listen to the voices of everyone in the crowd learning to scold. You point to his nose, and he points to your head, cursing: vomit, wake up, vomit , you should fucking shoot and vomit!
Shot!Shoot the duck egg head!
Brothers, shoot Yadantou tonight!Everyone, go and watch the excitement!vomit vomit
Even if the leader of the duck egg head rubbed his palms to peel off eight layers of skin, it was useless. The previous disturbances he had seen and experienced were not as severe as this time.I can't show the prestige of the regiment leader at all, and the usual tricks of shooting, locking up people, and beating the board have also failed, and they are useless at all. It's really his grandma's grandma!Maybe my head should be put in a sandalwood box and given to the commander-in-chief for entertainment, otherwise, how could I encounter such evil things?Legend has it that there are many evil spirits in the barracks, and there is a lot of evil spirits. Every time there is a disturbance in the camp, the master will be the one. Will I be responsible for this murder? !I suddenly remembered who said that when the camp is full of ferocious bullets, the only way to stop it is to shoot into the sky, so I turned to Ma Bian and said: They are haunted by demons in the camp, and you are also fucking dead? !Shoot me in the sky!
Strange to say, after a few gunshots, the crowd who were crazy, jumping, shouting, crying, fucking, screaming, crawling, and making noise didn't move at all, and stopped jumping like crazy, and didn't shout They stopped making noise, crawled and screamed. They all used the playground as a bed and went to sleep. Some stretched their waists, and some snorted as soon as they lay down.
The head of the duck egg head was so angry that he kicked the old trumpeter's ass desperately, and ordered him to sound the horn for the third time; no matter how loud the horn sounded, those guys who were exhausted from the camp were still in their dreams He refused to get up, Yadantou had no choice but to go down to kick people with his adjutant and Ma Bian. One side kicked up one sitting on the ground and rubbing his eyes, the other side kicked up another yawning with his mouth crooked. Those who kicked up first lay down again.Seeing a fish-belly glow in the east, the group of people woke up and slowly gathered together, each of them was listless and dejected, and returned to their usual old appearance.
Because the camp was unlucky, and the telegram was frustrating, the leader of the duck egg was not a lecture, but it was like reciting a book of swearing, mothers, grandmas, bitches, bastards, and three generations of ancestors. The people under the stage were covered in dust from scolding, and the embarrassed and out-of-shape guys looked at each other and rolled their eyes. No one knew what happened that night?Who doesn't know why they rolled out of the hot quilt on the grass and got covered in dirt?
You his grandma's grandma!It's time to chop off your head!The head of the Yadantou scolded and vomited before he got to the point: the salt market shouted to protect the salt and resist the tax, and raised their guns to rebel!Are you all pretending to be okay? !Yanshi does not pay taxes for the defense army, do you still want to have food?Paid to take?Eat your mother's fart!Take your mother's eggs!Our basic necessities have been ruined!So, he felt that his voice was a little hoarse, so he had to stop talking to moisten his spittle: So, the commander-in-chief ordered me to lead you to hand over their guns. The head of the damn team leader can't keep it!My regiment leader loses his head, and you all have to be stabbed too!Damn, you guys are so confused, do you understand? !
understood!The guys under the stage who hadn't woken up got used to opening their throats and roaring.
good!Get it!The head of Yadantou nodded and said: As long as I can conquer Yanshi, I'll give my mother a holiday for flowers, wine and gambling!I fucking allow you to grab money, drink, play with girls, let you make a fortune, relax, uh uh, he suddenly frowned again, thinking of something to say: Now, each battalion sends a tolerance to be shot Come out, mine, and break the fierce; the rest, disband for me and prepare to go, listen to the sound of the trumpet and then assemble.After the disbandment, the three battalion commanders stayed and went with me to the regiment headquarters to discuss the start of the war.
In ancient legends, there was a story about killing people and offering sacrifices to flags before leaving the army. Many Beiyang soldiers who love to play in the bookstore have heard such tragic stories dripping with blood, but those are only prisoners who were proposed to be beheaded by the death row. Forget it, only the leader of Yadantou can do the thing of sending tolerance to be shot, and only the leader of Yadantou understands the reason why he did this Carrying his own head for entertainment.
When the team was disbanded, three soldiers who were already frightened and weak were dragged and dragged to the bottom of the platform by the horses. One was a scrawny man from a foreign country who was suffering from dysentery. Friends, it is good material to be shot, and the battalion commander caught his tolerance. One is an idiot with a stuttering disease. He can't do anything by eating alone. Let him taste the taste of being shot, but the other one is a yellow-faced child who looks only thirteen or fourteen years old. His arms and legs are not yet grown up. Begging for leftovers outside the kitchen, the clerk asked him to be a charcoal ball soldier. I had no choice but to catch this broiler chicken.
The three people were dragged out, and when they knew that they were really going to be shot, the little charcoal ball first cried shrilly, and the skinny man with dysentery threw himself in front of the duck egg head, kowtowed his head like pounding garlic, and cried out mournfully: : Commander, forgive me, Commander, forgive me, I, I
It doesn't matter, the head of the Yadantou said: I just shot you this time for fun, and next time there is such a tolerance, I won't look for you again.That adjutant, prepare bigger coffins for them and burn more paper foil. I never treat my subordinates badly.
With a wax gourd belly, he staggered over with the happiest expression on his face. He waited until three muffled gunshots were heard, and the head of the duck egg head wiped his chest with his palm, and then he felt a little more relaxed. .However, when he remembered that he was about to attack Yanshi, he couldn't help but tightened his brows that had just opened.I know the strength of Yanshi's guns very well, so let's not talk about it, just arresting the private battalion is much tougher than my own group, and it is not bad to be able to fight a fire without losing face. Already, disarm?Easier said than done? !The commander-in-chief spent all day in the opium shop, and the telegram was so inhumane that he was caught blind in a hurry, so he had to call three battalion commanders to discuss it; the three cobblers, better than Zhuge Liang, maybe They can come up with useful ideas.
The first battalion is an empty shell battalion in the regiment. Below the battalion commander, there is only the company platoon leader and no soldiers. The battalion commander is a famous old gun (referring to a person who has been addicted to drugs for a long time.) and burns it every day. Go to ten or twenty puffs (one puff is a bag of cigarettes.), stay up for an hour in the cigarette shop, and just talk to each other like a dead mother and father; The regiment headquarters was addicted to cigarettes, yawned, hung its head and neck, and didn't even listen to what the regiment leader said, so what other ideas are there.
The commander of the second battalion does not smoke opium, and he has no other bad habits, except that he occasionally looks for girls in the hall, and puts his housekeeping skills on the bed without risking his life.But that was all in the past. Ever since the unsightly acne broke out, I have to hold the Zisuntang in both hands when I walk, with a look of regret on my face, so even this little praise and criticism are gone.However, he was a little confused about the war under the bed, and he had already planned to take sick leave before departure, so it was inconvenient to say anything.
You should come up with some idea, right?The head of Yadantou turned to the commander of the third battalion and said: If you don't make up your mind, we will have to gang up and desert to save our heads!
In my opinion, this fire was unstoppable. The commander of the third battalion said: You know, our regiment has had several troubles in a row. It’s like a nest of wild birds. Even if you put sugar on the tip of their noses and tell them there is oil in the salt market, if you ask them to pick it up for nothing, everyone will rush to pick it up, but if you want them to pick it up with each other's guns, it will be in vain In the world of scheming, there are many people who want money and die, but not many people who want money but don't die.What I mean is, let's send people to Yanshi first, let's talk about it in secret, tell them what the commander-in-chief thinks, and advise them not to make a big deal, just tear up a few stickers that protect salt and resist taxes, and hand them over to them. Let's send a telegram to the earth-made guns with broken copper and iron, and the commander will be fine once he has fun.This is a way for both parties to make money without losing face.
Well, not bad, hehe, the practice of making money with kindness, is this kindness?No way!The head of the duck egg head shook his fat face with a smile, and suddenly a guy froze again: I can't say it!Since the salt market is tearing off its face, if you don't bite him, he will turn around and bite you. If you want to make them buy it, you have to use Liangliang's military power. It's easy to say when you have tasted it!
You have to rush, but you can't do it alone.The commander of the first battalion swallowed two pieces of dried cigarettes that looked like sheep dung eggs, winked and said: I have to hire someone to help fight. Although it will cost some money first, if we can conquer the salt market, the eighteenth If the family salt store scavenges it all, it will be a huge profit!
When it comes to helping to fight, you must find Judge Zhu Si.When the commander of the second battalion was speaking, he was rubbing his crotch with both hands under the table desperately, as if a soot fell on his yellow wool breeches, and if he didn't rub it, he would burn a hole.
The head of Yadantou was originally interested in helping the fight, and he stretched his head to listen. When he heard about Judge Zhu Si, he sighed and retracted his neck again.My God, my grandma can't afford that much money!That king of men moved forward regardless of his reasons, and the lion is used to talking loudly. If it's a last resort, I shouldn't be taken advantage of like that.Now whether we can fight or not, let's put our stance first, try it out, and then talk. Fortunately, there is only one river away from Yanshi. We are afraid that the soldiers will flee. Just shave his head!
OK!I'm done with this War Supervisor!The commander of the first battalion said: I will go back and tell my brothers to carry the cigarette shop up to the river pile, burn a few bubbles in it, and lie there with you to supervise the battle.
My soldiers were brought up by the deputy battalion commander to fight.The battalion commander of the second battalion said: If anyone is timid and timid, let the commander shoot you. As for me, I have to take a sick leave
I went to Yanshi and said to go!The battalion commander of the third battalion said confidently: Since the regimental commander is behind you, you are not afraid that the salt market will not give face.
Okay, okay, the head of the duck egg head said: Just do it like this!Strong tea, hot towel handles, damn it!
On the small street outside the camp, clusters of defense soldiers gathered, some knocked on the door of the liquor store, grabbed the sleepy shopkeeper, threw Dayang on the counter, and ordered that Their jugs are full of old wine.Some knocked open the door of the teahouse, urging the owner to raise the fire to make tea, some stuck cardboard cards under the street corridor, and shouted to bid for clothes, and some squatted between the stone steps like a big congratulations, Smoking on homemade cigarettes, frowning and red eyes, as if the guns would really find them.
The blue mist in the morning lingers on the streets
The Beiyang Defense Army, which usually only cares about eating, drinking, and having fun, is like this when it encounters a war. No matter how big or small the war is, even sending a battalion to the countryside to suppress bandits is obviously playing hide-and-seek without firing a single shot. In the eyes of my heart, it seemed like the sky was collapsing and the earth was collapsing, and a catastrophe was imminent.
Let's go to war, let's go to war!A guy carrying a wine jug filled a jug of wine in his stomach, staggering all the way, shouting in a crooked tone: Brothers, people who sell shit intestines, have fun before the team pulls up! Let's have fun, fuck his mother, who knows if anyone will be able to drink into porridge tomorrow morning? !
Who do I bet my concubine (that is, concubine) with?Who are you betting on? !A guy with a purple face and dense hair on his cheeks, holding a handful of broad beans in his hand, said: Five oceans bet on the hot bed, grab a handful of broad beans at will, win when you get an order, and lose when you get a double!Get in early before the fucking assembly call rings, before you can make it fire twice
Forget it, Zhang San, the other reached out to wipe the back of the opponent's head, and said mockingly: Who cares about your broken birdbasin?After three years of not taking off the foot wraps, bean sprouts can grow in the stinky feet!
Small feet and fat buttocks, you don't want it, and others want it.Zhang San said: You kid is pulled up and shot, what's the use of keeping the ocean?It's better to be happy.
Smiling, the laughter was almost crazily contagious among the crowds who were hissing and hahahaha opened their mouths to drink the wind, and they brought out all the eight generations of their ancestors to make fun of, feeling humble, and felt that the eight generations of their ancestors were all like themselves Living in the same humble and numb situation, mocking others in their mouths, mocking themselves in their hearts, and even hating their ancestors who gave birth to them, they deserve to be scolded, why do they pray to gods, Buddhas, and die? Working hard to give birth to a guy who has been in Beiyang with Sun Chuanfang and has no future in eight lifetimes, he is still smiling, trying to make his laughter as natural and loud as possible. In the despair formed by the mixture of numbness and emptiness, drive away It's a pity that such a crazy idea can't be done. Everyone squeezed out the misery accumulated in their hearts with the sudden laughter for no reason, dyeing the atmosphere in front of them.At the beginning, the laughter was so high-pitched and violent, but it suddenly sank into a vague and boundless sadness, just like a drooling huqin suddenly broke its strings, and a pile of blazing fire turned to ashes in a blink of an eye.
A group of drunk Beiyang soldiers squatted around on the cold stone steps to gamble on Pai Gow. The stakes were much higher than usual, and no one cared about winning or losing. I don’t know how long it will be, don’t talk about it Nothing but money!A big-headed Bingyong lost all the little money he had accumulated over the years in less than three big bets, but he laughed and said: The wind blows the duck egg shell, fuck it!財去人安樂，上陣不碰上黑棗，自有洋財動擔挑，踹開鹽市，就像一頭鑽進財神爺的口袋，還愁沒錢給老子們花？ !假如萬一，那他奶奶就有金山銀山也沒鳥用啦！
假如真他媽碰上子彈，一傢伙揍在腦殼上，兩眼一閉腿一伸就沒了事兒，那還算是福氣呢！一個馬瘦毛長猥瑣不堪的小個兒，使下唇裹著上唇，吸得特、特的響，抱著屈起的膝蓋說：假如一槍打得你半死不活，爬不動，挨不動，那才真倒胃口呢，打贏了火，或許還有人顧到你，打輸了，像鴨蛋頭那號人，你就有口游漾氣，他也會把你當著死人埋。
骰子在冰冷的石台間旋轉著，命運在眼前旋轉著，分不清的點子，在么和六之間，兵勇們把銀洋銅子兒押出去，彷彿那不再是錢，而是自己。大部份人全打過火，當將軍帥爺們喝酒閒談弄紅了臉的時刻，當他們在鴉片煙榻上窮極無聊打上賭的時刻，誰拐走了誰的姨太太，誰繳了誰的一股兒槍，一聲媽特個巴子，他們就得像線牽的木偶般的被排列在廣場上，結起斷了的草鞋帶兒，各領三五發槍火，然後聽號音吹響，目送將軍肥肥的馬屁股遠去，然後就開上火線去開戰一番。
有時戰線很遼遠，他們得歪呀拐呀的行軍三五天，逗上火暴暴的夏午，四野像密不透風的大蒸籠，太陽能曬塌人的頭皮，也得走，也得聽帶隊官誰他媽的掉隊（即落了伍。）就斃誰！的叱喝聲！逗上秋雨連綿的日子，天也哭著，地也哭著，許多陷在爛泥地上的黃葉子，許多又冷又濕的死亡，呻吟不絕的草鞋和草鞋，一樣的踏過去，也像滑踏滑踏的踩在發霉的人心上。雨如煙。雨如霧、如雲。灰霾染著兩眼，心濕成那種樣：像一枚滿生黃色水鏽和黯色銅綠的古錢，什麼樣的前塵往事都在潮濕裏翻現出來了！路有多麼長，祗有起泡的腳掌知道，夜晚歇在不知名的村簷下，眼裏滿噙著火也烤不乾的眼淚，媽在墳裏，沒有人會聽得見裹在笑聲裏的哭泣聲。
然後，草壕把人裝滿，新掘的壕塹把人裝滿，新土的氣味使人兩眼望得見新堆的墳墓，插著一面面略帶歪斜的白木牌子，墨跡淋漓的名字禁不得一場風雨，然後那些名字便成為一片荒草，沒有人會去墳裏挖掘什麼樣哀淒的故事。槍炮聲響了，新土染上血就會變茶褐色，略帶半分黯紫。槍子兒像大群驚惶的田鼠，刨掘著塹壁的積土，死亡是風，吹蕩在人緊縮的身體上，死亡永遠抹掉一些面孔，卻抹不掉花名冊上不變更的名字：李得勝和張得功
下注呀，你他媽媽的，甭像根傻鳥，不拉屎空佔著毛坑！
開戰的消息像有耳報神報著一般的靈通，不到一會功夫，從縣城裏來的收買舊貨的，高價換金飾的，粗眉大眼脂粉搽有一分厚的土窯姐兒，兜售吃食的，賣花荷包和吉祥符的，全來了，全來了。小街上滿擠著人，滿擠著兵，這是老例子，北洋防軍在開戰前總讓兵勇們花花胡胡醉一番，連鴨蛋頭也相信兵勇們喝了酒才壯得心膽，才敢睜著眼放槍他當年初上戰場，喝了半斤高粱，等醒酒時，一覺睡成了班長。
儘管督戰隊業已在東西兩面河堆上布了機槍崗，還有些兵勇逃了，鴨蛋頭團長嚷著要斃逃勇，督戰隊長沒辦法，抓了兩個單幫客來斃一斃應個景兒，不過後來他主動又斃了兩個因為他覺得多斃幾個可以多落幾包純白的細紗和麻葛布，夏天來時能賣得極好的價錢好替自己多準備半缸煙土。
賣吉祥符的地攤上人頭亂滾著，兵勇們不論價錢，搶著抓；吉祥符裝在絲繡的小小的荷包袋裏，傳說能避子彈的。那個馬瘦毛長猥瑣不堪的小個兒贏了一衣兜錢，忽然不甘心輕易拿腦袋去碰子彈了，就轉身擠過來，想買個吉祥符佩佩，總覺不佩個吉利東西安不下這顆心。
開差罷，你這傻鳥！大腦袋套著他耳朵吹氣說：你又不是升官發財的命，何不開差，拿這筆錢回鄉做個小買賣去？ !甭說做買賣了，光是睡倒身吃，也夠你吃上三年的！
你想當逃勇？小個兒說：街口躺著四個，一個拖著腸子，那三個腦瓜全叫打炸了
傻鳥不傻鳥？ !大腦袋說：你不論朝東朝西，祗要跟布崗的塞一把錢，誰都不會追你，王二麻子走了好半晌，如今怕在十里開外了！
小個兒突然淒瞇著眼，扯開領口來。
就因我不是傻鳥我才不開差，你看看這兒，你傷疤，上下兩個洞，正在琵琶骨兩邊，是他娘抓兵的替我穿的洞，姆指粗的鐵鍊兒穿在鎖洞裏，血疤釘在鐵環上，我他媽還有這精神開差回鄉去，讓他們使攮子挑老疤？ !買個吉祥符佩佩算了，這場火打不死，我他媽進窯子換它一百個女人。
好容易買到一隻小荷包，醉眼朦朧的捏在手裏看著，不知是那個巧手的閨女刺繡的，蘋果綠的軟緞面兒，四面鑲著一圈狗牙花，底下還貼著一排短短的黃流蘇，飄漾飄漾的刮著蘋果綠綠得透明的，拿什麼能比呢？怕祗有春來時剛抽芽的嫩葉兒能比它，老家就在楊柳河的河岸邊，老家的春來時，滿眼祗見蘋果綠，蘋果綠的垂楊軟而亮，軟得使人想著就覺心酸。荷包面上繡著一對小布人兒，男的穿著長袍馬褂，紅頂的瓜皮小帽，女的梳著大扁髻，白臉紅唇，穿著綠襖兒，襖下繫著百褶大紅裙那世界原是自己的，但如今比雲還遠。
想什麼來？小個兒。贏了錢不請客，死了照樣睡不了大棺材！
小個兒縮縮肩膀，那世界在醉眼裏波蕩著，綠襖紅裙的新媳婦是楊柳河最美的，夜晚摟著她，又軟又熱又香甜，可惜祗有三個月的時光，他被鐵鍊鎖著琵琶骨拖離那塊綠土時，她還沒脫下她的紅裙她的白臉在荷包上笑著，就像掀開她頭蓋時，她斜睨著自己笑著一樣，她黑眼亮亮的，又羞澀又明媚，跑遍各地的娼戶，十張臉上的笑合起來都捏不成那種模式來，也沒有什麼樣的紅唇像那樣，開口吐話都聞得著輕輕淡淡的薄荷香
他想著，鼻尖酸酸的流著眼淚
吉祥符，吉祥符，保佑我。她臉上沒有一絲寡婦相，讓她穿著那領紅裙唱小寡婦上墳嗎？她愛唱各種俚俗的小曲兒；楊柳青青，千里尋夫，五更天，可就不愛唱小寡婦上墳，她最忌諱這個我若死在這兒，她連哭全找不著墳苞兒啦！不能想，不能想，想起來心就涼了半截兒，抬起袖子抹抹眼，才發現荷包面上濕了一大片。
咱們為啥要跟鹽市開火呢？Who said that over there.
why? !愛抬槓的總有槓子抬：開火就是要開火，不開火就是不開火，吃糧的還配問這個？ !難道每回開火全他媽有道理？真是？ !你算是黃河心的沙子淤到底兒了。
Step aside!Step aside!有人一路喊過來：營長的大煙鋪要抬上河堆去了！
幾個掛盒子炮的馬弁在前頭喝著道兒，八個兵勇像螞蟻扛米粒兒似的抬著那張黑漆的煙榻，歪歪晃晃的一路抬了過去，煙鋪後面，一匹瘦馬上駝著蝦米似的營長，兩眼睏得水汪汪的勉強睜著，嘴裏還裹著一顆提神的煙泡兒。馬後的督戰隊也出發了，橫背槍的，豎背槍的，倒吊著槍的，寬沿硬帽扯得很低，一路上嘰哩呱啦的談笑著，顯得很開心，那全是因為督戰隊不須上火線頂槍子兒的關係。
集合號還沒有響，鴨蛋頭團長親自護送著他的情婦小菊花回縣城荷花池巷的小公館裏去還沒有回來，他雇的那輛黑色蓬車裏，除了小菊花之外，還裝足了三大箱銀洋。全團裏，也祗有一個自願率人進鹽市說降的第三營營長精神最足，他領著全營七十幾桿槍，舉著白旗兒，大明大白的從南邊的洋橋口開進鹽市去了。昨夜晚，方勝就差人來跟他談過槍火買賣，他這是進去送貨，貨款到手後，他去鄂北，一個朋友把他介紹給吳大帥，新差事是沒有兵的上校團長。
等鴨蛋頭團長回來，等集合號吹響，業已到黃昏時分了。
號音在隔著一道黃河的鹽市上人們的耳朵裏，聽起來就沒有那般雄壯了。然而，鹽市上還是在準備著，兵來將擋，水來土掩，頭場火併打贏了壯壯聲威不可。壩上雖說形勢孤，可卻佔著地利，儘管嚴冬時分老黃河水淺灘多，防軍能蹚水過河，但他們必得在槍口下面仰攻那座高堆，所以窩心腿方勝把壩東棚戶上所有的槍支都集到高堆來，交給鐵扇子湯六刮統著。
甭看粗壯黧黑的湯六刮是個蠻漢，蠻漢卻有蠻主意，他交代領著棚戶槍隊的齊二叔，把槍墩兒全堆在堆頂上，無論有人沒人，堆得愈多愈密愈好。
防軍的官兒全是膽小鬼，他笑出一口白牙說：讓他們隔河先數數槍垛兒，他們的小腿就會轉筋啦！
他讓齊二叔督工挖槍垛兒，又吩咐人到鹽市的鬧街去扯布做旗兒，不論那些布疋是什麼顏色，祗要質料輕軟，能隨風舞動就成。人多好辦事，不到晌午時，幾百面長桿挑著的長旗就做妥了，湯六刮親自督促著把它們一面面埋在堆頂上，每隔三五座槍垛就立著一桿長旗，從東到西一道長長的高堆，在不到半天的功夫就變了樣兒，槍垛兒密連著槍垛，長旗飄接著長旗，太陽照耀在旗上，幻化成一道接連七里的繽紛灼亮的彩雲，北風拍動旗面，刷刷的橫飛橫舞著，那響聲震人心膽。
人說程咬金有快三斧，我湯六刮也有快三刀！湯六刮拎著酒瓶跟大夥兒說：這祗是頭一刀，讓他們抬頭就瞧得見咱們的氣勢！咱們也算是七里聯營。
湯爺，你那第二刀也該亮一亮，咱們先瞧瞧如何？一個棚戶說，他戴著黑羊皮帽子，穿著灰藍布的襖兒，腰裏緊裹著絲絛，看樣子，就好像並不是來開火的，卻像冬閒季結夥出獵一樣的輕鬆。
這第二刀麼？嗯，我要組個大刀隊！湯六刮說：你們全該曉得北洋防軍是塊豆腐，跟他動槍沒有動刀爽快，如今槍火價錢昂貴，來處不易，有了大刀隊，壓根用不著開槍了，老虎攆綿羊，潑風跳出去猛撲它，包管不用費事就嚇得那些膽小鬼交槍了！
爽快！那漢子說：有那位兄弟接我的槍，我跟湯爺組大刀隊，砍那些龜孫去。
good!湯六刮喊說：那身強力壯不怕死的，願意掄刀的，就請過來這邊。衣裳豁掉，我教你們砍劈攔，讓防軍嘗嘗快三刀的滋味。
禁不得湯六刮登高一呼，大刀隊很快就組成了，一百來條大漢，一百多隻式樣不一的單刀聚結在一起，湯六刮把他們分成十組，每人都豁掉上身的襖子，光著胸背，就在堆頂的鐵道兩邊練刀，那種刀法很原始，很簡單，真個就是那麼三招兒豎砍、斜劈、橫攔；湯六刮祗教他們朝前跨一步，砍一刀，緊跟著來一個老虎跳，並配合著每一有力的動作，要大伙祗當砍著北洋兵一樣喊殺一聲。天氣是那麼寒法，堆頂地勢高，北風又尖又猛，雖說祗是練刀，也不由大夥兒不賣命了！
豎砍！湯六刮像打雷般的吼著。
刀手們依令朝前跨一大步，雙手抱著刀把兒，刀背朝著鼻梁，猛力砍將下去，一面齊聲吼叫：嘿！
托地一個老虎跳過後，湯六刮又吼著：斜劈！
那些刀手們把單刀偏右揚起，閃一道亮森森的光弧，急速劈砍過來，由於發力太猛，使身子微微斜旋著，仍然齊聲吼著：嘿！湯六刮說了一聲好，使手心抹抹酒瓶口，喝了口酒，再喊說：橫攔！
這一回，刀手不再僅僅呼出一個短而有力的嘿字，卻咧開喉嚨，像吐火般的吐出一聲驚天動地的殺字來，百來條嗓子綰結在一起，百十顆受苦受難的憤怒的心靈綰結在一起，匯成一股洪濤，洶湧著，迴蕩著，像要吞食什麼，衝破什麼似的撞向遠方去。
湯六刮開初吼得慢，刀手們也動得慢；慢慢的，湯六刮越吼越快，刀手們揮刀的動作也跟著快將起來。
豎砍！斜劈！橫攔！湯六刮連聲叫著。刀手們就皺著眉，圓睜著眼，舞起一片刀光，吼出：嘿嘿殺！嘿嘿殺！當防軍大營前的小街上鬧著斃逃勇的時候，湯六刮業已領著這幫新組的刀隊，足足操練了一個時辰，直到每人渾身潑汗為止。
刀隊打火，無須用什麼妙法兒，衝得快，撲得猛，殺聲震天就行了，湯六刮告訴大夥兒說：對著北洋軍這幫飯桶，諸位祗消做到我說的這三點，壓根兒不用刀頭滴血，單憑氣勢就會把他們嚇得拔腿扔槍啦！
這祗是第二刀，戴黑羊皮帽子的漢子說：咱們湯爺還有第三宗法寶還沒祭呢！
湯六刮把粘滿煤屑的破大襖拾起來掉掉土，胡亂披在肩上，吐了口吐沫，望望斜西的日頭說：祭第三宗法寶，時辰還早呢，我業已著人預備去了，防軍不來攻，咱們且不忙亮它。防軍開火我最清楚，雷聲大，雨點小，灑幾滴兒就雲消雨散，也許還用不著我那最後一宗寶物呢！
儘管一條高堆在湯六刮布置下，變成鹽市外環的一道鐵箍，但在鹽市各處，仍都顯得異常忙碌；由緝私營為主改編成的保鄉團主力分布在市街周邊的沼澤、棱阜、荒冢各處，挖戰道、壘沙包、像一群新遷的忙於營巢的螞蟻，壩西的棚戶們被編成兩隊有槍銃的編成一隊，由原先的領隊統著，沒槍銃的交給張二花鞋帶去練棍，張二花鞋要他們砍了大堆的樹桿，去掉雜亂的枝葉，削成兩頭尖，杯口粗，六尺長的木棒，在灌木林中的空地上，教他們怎樣使棒。
諸位可甭小看了這根木棒，張二花鞋說：在早先的各種兵刃裏面，棒是最輕靈，最便捷的兵刃，一般圓頭木棒，專拿來擊人，殺傷力較小，而這種兩頭削尖的木棒，除了當棍使，又能當槍矛使，發力直戳過去，一樣的穿胸洞腹，平素那些叉把掃帚，揚場的木掀，當作械鬥用還差不多，到底是經不得陣仗的。
在保鄉團的團部裏，新任的團統更夠忙的，也得調動槍隊把防軍可能進撲的地方扼住，他得不斷差人出去刺探河南防軍和河北土匪的動靜，他得跟士紳們聚議籌餉籌戰費，他得接見由各處來的槍火販子。擔任副統的窩心腿方勝更沒有閒空兒了，他走東到西的察看守地挖壕，接著防軍營長，收買他帶過來的槍械，一面留神聽著南邊的號音。
儘管他知道留守的防軍實力不強，但他是個穩沉的人，從不瞎打如意算盤，他一面查看收買過來的槍支，一面想著，萬一高堆上湯六刮他們吃緊，該怎樣去應援？留守防軍第三營帶過來的槍支，全都是上等貨色，可見孫傳芳一般部隊裝備夠精良的，可就是中看不中吃以經不得硬火出了名的。
我真不懂，兄台。方勝跟那位售槍的營長說：你為什麼肯把槍械賣給鹽市呢？
這個，兄弟可早就計算過了。那位售槍的第三營長說：咱們那位鴨蛋頭團長，是個臉慈心辣的毒傢伙，打了勝仗，功是他的，打了敗仗，過是咱們的。那兩個營長上面有靠山，鴨蛋頭不敢胡亂整他們，兄弟可不成。這回大帥電令攻鹽市，打不下來要拎鴨蛋頭的腦袋，兄弟早料準了要吃敗仗，這些槍，與其讓你們白繳掉，還不如多少拿幾文，我底下這批人想開差回老家，兄弟也明白，發些遣散費給他們做盤川也好。至於兄弟我，不瞞您說，我這就打算到鄂北，改投吳佩孚去了！
窩心腿方勝困惑的瞇著眼，防軍這位營長年紀很輕，頂多也不過卅來歲的樣子，長得白淨斯文，非但談吐不俗，對待部下也滿夠愛護的，真想不到他竟會臨陣畏縮，把幾十條槍支整賣給對方？真是不可以貌相人了
當窩心腿方勝打量著這位防軍營長時，這位防軍營長卻也雙目炯炯的打量著方勝。
我說，方爺，我猜透了你的心事了？他微笑說：你是不齒我的為人是不是？
correct!方勝說：不過我還是有些兒弄不懂。
嘿嘿嘿，要懂很容易。對方還是微笑著，從口袋裏掏出個黑皮夾兒來，又從皮夾裏掏出一張黃票來，輕輕放到方勝面前：這您總該懂了罷？在日本學陸軍，我就入了會了，我在這兒當一回送槍的營長，到吳佩孚那邊，一樣的招兵買馬，再當一回送槍的團長，既革命，就不必居功，我這夥弟兄，大半也都是領了票的。
Well!wonderful!wonderful!窩心腿方勝拍著巴掌說：這簡直是妙透了！
話經這麼一說，再沒有什麼疑慮把人隔著，兩人就談得分外投契起來，這位具有革命黨身分的北洋防軍營長，把鹽市處境分析得極為清楚，也道出了他對在野豪客關八爺的傾慕。
可惜兄弟沒有這份機緣，拜謁這位俠士，不過，兄弟臨行有兩宗事要向方爺您直告的，他說：依兄弟的看來，目前單憑鴨蛋頭加上土匪，當然是撼不動鹽市。不過，孫傳芳到底是統有大軍，拿它對付革命軍不足，調三兩師人吃掉鹽市卻遊刃有餘鹽市是否能免劫，全在革命軍北伐的快慢，若湊不上機會，就算有大湖澤裏的民軍鼓應，也難免總之方爺你們多保重就是了！
我並沒朝好處打算過。方勝嘆息說：義之所至，雖死不辭，咱們順民意拚著挑這付擔子，走到什麼地步就是什麼地步罷了。
還有一宗提醒方爺的，他說：如今北洋軍裏，領票的很多，萬一有投來的，或是戰陣上，切忌亂殺，這也許對鹽市有很大的好處。
方勝點頭說：這個兄弟知道。
我不想再耽誤您，方爺。那位營長說：您聽，河南岸的集合號響了！鴨蛋頭的老法門兒不打凌晨打黃昏，因為他團裏人槍太少的關係。除掉兄弟帶來的七十多桿槍之外，他手裏攢著的槍支，一共還有三百桿不到。他以黃昏天黯，對方摸不清他的底細。
我實在也無法久陪你，窩心腿方勝說：我得趕到高堆上去，看看湯六刮怎樣剃那鴨蛋頭？
等窩心腿方勝趕至高堆時，雙方業已開起火來了
老黃河兩岸的黃昏替雙方揭開了戰幕。
老鴨蛋頭跟鴉片鬼營長躺在煙鋪上，那樣的指揮防軍開戰。鴉片鬼營長替他的上司燒了兩個煙泡兒，鴨蛋頭吸起精神來，端著茶壺一抬頭，幾乎連茶壺把兒全捏不住，把濃濃的熱茶全抖索得溢將出來。在他眼前，那道平素看熟了的高堆全變了樣兒了，那條平頂的堆頭中間鋪有一條運鹽至楊莊碼頭口的輕便鐵道，在往常，除了一天有幾班突突吐煙的火車，或是人撐的裝鹽車經過外，就是有人，最多也不過是三五個肩著鐵鍬鐵鏟的路工，唱著小曲兒走過，或是有些放牧牛羊的孩子晚歸時蕩著鞭的人影兒，夾在牲口中間走著。
若說鴨蛋頭不知兵，那就錯了。他比誰都清楚，若想踹開鹽市，必先一鼓作氣控住這道高堆不可，能把高堆控制住，真個是居高臨下，鹽市的一舉一動全瞞不過自己兩眼，控住高堆，也就等於把鹽市拿下一半了。
鴨蛋頭原以為一條高堆這樣長，壩上決無法處處設防，祗消把隊伍散開，趁薄暮涉水渡河，就可把堆上防守的人給輕易切斷，然後，憑防軍的槍械和火力，把他們擠下堆去，一夜之間，就能把高堆給佔穩了。誰知眼前的高堆竟變成這樣，一座槍垛兒連著一座槍垛兒，一面飄響的長旗接一面飄響的長旗，就彷彿這條堆上布得有千軍萬馬一般。
不不會是他們故布疑陣罷？
是真是假，咱們一衝，他們非亮底牌不可。鴉片鬼慫恿說：咱們何不差個連去試試看？ !
對，他奶奶的，諸葛亮空城嚇退司馬懿，它可嚇不退我，那個副官，著第三營派個連去試試看。
副官兩腿一夾，是字倒叫得滿響，不過，步兒還沒邁開，忽又兩腿一夾報告說：報告團長，那個第三營，全營開拔到鹽市裏說降，業已去了半老天，還沒見回來。
嗯，三營不在換二營，鴨蛋頭團長說：說降的既去了半老天，他們白旗不舉，原就是吃罰酒的料兒！二營派個連去試試，找那連長來，我跟他說話。
不一會兒，被抓了公差的那個連長來了，人站在煙榻前面，渾身抖索得像發了瘧疾，那張臉那還像是個官？簡直像是要拉上法場行刑的死囚。
鴨蛋頭一陣火上來，原想發作，繼而又舉眼望望那座高堆，想到自己若是那位連長的話，怕也是所以就心平氣和起來，反替那位連長撐勁說：你儘管聽號音，率著弟兄放手去攻，我他媽特個巴子調兩挺機關炮當你的後台老闆，攻下高堆來，賞你大洋五百，外加肥豬一口，順帶老酒兩罈。
為了替攻撲高堆的那個連（實則是為鴨蛋頭團長自己。）壯膽，全團的號兵排成隊，五六支銅號輪替著，不歇氣的狂吹，多時不用的兩面軍鼓，也叫搬到台口來，咚咚不歇的擂上了。臉色蒼白的連長有些撐持不住，彷彿那串鼓不是擂在鼓面上，而是