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Chapter 335 Food shortage

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    For Gao Shibi and Lu Yonggui, who were hiding deep in the mountains, the most painful moment had come.

    Because Gao Shibi was suddenly defeated and became a bandit, he was not prepared at all.  However, he suffered several defeats one after another. Several of his close followers died, some were captured, and some escaped. Of the hundreds of guards, only a dozen or so half-injured ones were left to follow.  If it weren't for the old Lu Yonggui who took him under his wing and had no experience in banditry, he would have been discovered and dealt with by the anti-bandit army long ago.

    Thinking that he was originally a prince, but now he is reduced to a bandit leader who depends on others, I can't help but regret it.

    Lu Yonggui, who is accustomed to a life of falling grass, is suffering from the fact that there is not much food stored, and the ammunition is one round short.  As for medicines, it goes without saying. When bandits get sick, they can only resign themselves to fate. If they can't survive, they can only count on their luck.

    "After being a bandit for so long, it is necessary to dig deep holes and build wide walls in the lair. How could there be insufficient food?"  The reason is that after this round of siege and suppression by the bandit-suppressing army, most of them were defeated. Some of the desperate bandits defected to the Hu Da Gang "because of their reputation"; others simply felt that they were unable to defeat the large number of people.  The anti-bandit army teamed up with Lu Yonggui with the idea of ????making a tree a good place to enjoy the shade.

    In this way, there are several times more people who come. In the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, Lu Yonggui cannot drive them away, otherwise, who will follow him in the future?  However, in terms of food, the areas already under the control of the bandit suppression army have blocked the overt and covert routes that originally transported food to the bandits.  Countless gold and silver jewelry were stolen, but they couldn¡¯t be used as food!  I had known I would have stored more, but I had been thinking about grabbing some from people everywhere after the autumn harvest.  People depend on food, so bandits are human beings too!

    At this time, Lu Yonggui was staying in the Changbai Mountains on the border between China and North Korea and on the banks of the Yalu River. His hometown was still a hundred miles away from Linjiang County.  Transportation here is inconvenient, the population has mixed languages, and the safety factor is relatively high, but it is not a food-producing area.  In the past, small batches of daily grain came from robberies in the surrounding areas, while large-scale grain sales were secretly provided by a newly arrived wealthy businessman named Huang from Linjiang County.  Of course, being a bandit comrade is not a good reputation, but the wealthy family named Huang became one of the richest families in Linjiang County in less than two years by relying on his transactions.

    After the victory in the Tonghua battle, the guard divisions led by Zhang Hanqing successively controlled Baishan, Jiangyuan, and Fusong counties, trapping Lu Yonggui firmly in the wedge-shaped mountain land embedded in this land with a radius of 100 miles.  It is not cost-effective to go into the mountains to suppress bandits at present: there are many bandits and the location is convenient. More importantly, the mountain roads are very unsuitable for the use of artillery.  Without artillery as an offensive force, the cost of forcibly attacking the mountain is known.  The Guard Division was Zhang Hanqing's foundation, and he was reluctant to sacrifice these talents who had worked so hard to cultivate in vain.

    Without beatings, just trapping, nearly five thousand bandits will starve to death unless they cross the Yalu River to Japanese-controlled Korea.  It is true that the Japanese once funded Lu Yonggui and others, but that was to harm China. When these desperadoes enter Japan-occupied Korea, it will be possible again.

    Therefore, Zhang Hanqing issued an order, "Anyone who colludes with internal and external parties and colludes with bandits, especially food, medicine, and ammunition, will be shot directly once discovered!" The reason why he is so murderous is because the success of suppressing bandits is at your fingertips.  Lu Yonggui and his group basically no longer have large beards in Jilin. They cannot fall short at such a critical moment.

    Under heavy pressure, although the Huang family had accumulated a lot of food before, they no longer dared to risk beheading by trading with the bandits' nest.  Money is a good thing, but it must be spent with life!

    Zhang Hanqing set up checkpoints on several of the only roads to enter the bandit area, prohibiting the entry of any military supplies.  A regiment of troops was stationed not far away, with several cannons. Although the Hu bandits had many soldiers, it was impossible to break through this layer of defense without suffering huge casualties. After all, it was the difference between the regular army and the motley army.  This was confirmed by Lu Yonggui through several unsuccessful battles.  Moreover, there are many cavalry posts between the garrison and the county town, which can pass the news as quickly as possible. The reinforcements can definitely move faster than the bandit army, although the bandit army is good at horsemanship.

    With his hands free, Zhang Hanqing, in the name of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Bandit Suppression and Supreme Commander of Jilin Bandit Suppression, tightened the control over the food of the Beards at the county and township governments under the control of each province:  In the mountains and forests, we don't care about it, but we have increased publicity in administrative areas, implemented a joint guarantee system, and strengthened food control in beard-prone areas - often as soon as the food is harvested, the government |  The government compulsorily collected most of the grain in addition to ensuring food for the local population.

    Although the government is trading on a fair basis and exchanging money for food, the blow to the bearded people is severe - it is difficult to survive when the number of people is small, and when the number of people is large, the amount of food snatched cannot meet the needs.??The goal is also big.  Even if a large amount of money is robbed, exchanging food is still difficult: I heard that the food purchased by the government is now shipped to several big cities such as Harbin and Fengtian to be exchanged for foreign exchange. The control of food is very strict.

    Orders were issued one after another from the remote Linjiang County to various places across the province. The momentum of one ebb and flow made it impossible for the remaining bandits to gain a foothold.  Zhang Hanqing demanded that after the large number of bandits were eliminated, the military power should be decisively focused on settling the local situation. Each region should form a large militia team based on this, and be subordinate to the local People's Armed Forces Department; the police station should set up dispatching agencies in each township, that is,  Police station.  In order to supplement the shortcomings of these two forces focusing on people's livelihood, the idea of ????setting up paramilitary forces - armed police forces - in each county and important rural strongholds has also been brought to mind.  In this way, the main combat troops can be freed up and will not be reduced to local security forces.  In the future, these paramilitary forces can also be used to form the first barrier and serve as a buffer against the territory occupied by Japan in Northeast China.

    Zhang Hanqing, who is far away from the world and still worried about everything, will naturally not let go of the largest group of bandits under his nose.  He anxiously reviewed the bits and pieces of information and then thought about his next move.

    The effect of the siege is obvious: according to the information from the "Fengqi Bureau" intelligence personnel who have penetrated into the bandit army, the Hu bandits who are short of food have begun to kill horses to relieve hunger.  Horses are the second life of bearded people, especially on the shores of white mountains and black waters. Without horses, it is almost impossible to move on two legs.  To this point, it shows that the living conditions of the bandits have reached a critical point.

    There are many stories in history about carelessness and loss of Jingzhou, and Zhang Hanqing cannot guarantee that the Hu bandits who have been entrenched here for many years do not have a few capable helpers.  At this critical moment, there is no guarantee that someone will jump over the wall and do something to benefit the enemy for the sake of profit and righteousness. Besides, there may be several roads leading to the mountains. If someone does something by sneaking across Chencang, then he is nothing but a dog.  Biting pig urine bubbles is nothing but joy.

    He squeezed in some troops from various places that had been stabilized, and sent more than a dozen cavalry squads to patrol everywhere, just for peace of mind, but he didn't expect to find out anything.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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