Chapter 40: Got Rich

  At Yang Junran's command, the archers began to shoot.

  Many of the bandits heard the gunfire and quickly began jumping off their warhorses.

  However, the bullets did not concentrate on anyone, but simply knocked down all the weapons in the hands of several horse bandits.

  Seeing such a result, Ma Fei knew that these troops were not joking with him, they would really open fire.

  Having learned such a lesson, they no longer dared to disobey orders and quickly threw their weapons to the ground.

  Seeing Ma Fei gathering on the ground, Yang Junran finally revealed a smile.

  "Not bad, not bad, brothers' bodies are still very good, in the future fighting devils will definitely be a good hand." Yang Junran walked over to the weapons gathered on the ground and picked one up to take a look.

  "Hmm, great stuff, all Japanese goods, you guys are quite wealthy." After checking out the weapons, he also took a look at the cavalry sword.

  Most of these bandits were equipped with Japanese Type 44 cavalry rifles, and even their sabers were made in Japan.

  "Comrade, you're overpraising us, these were all captured from the devils." A bandit responded with a flattering tone.

  Yang Junran smiled and said to Qin Litian beside him: "Transport all these war horses and weapons away, and escort all the bandits back."

  Qin Litian was excited, the guerrilla army should have organized such a cavalry unit long ago, but due to limited conditions, they had never been able to build a cavalry unit.

  Now it's all settled, not just the horse problem, but also the gun problem has been solved.

  "Officer, can we go back for a bit? After all, there are still people at home to take care of." An older bandit walked over and said to Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before saying: "Alright, I'll go back with you guys."

  Ma Fei looked at Yang Junran's expression and let out a helpless sigh.

  "Captain Qin, lead the troops to continue advancing. I'll let the tank regiment follow these bandits back home. Also, borrow the transportation carts from the villagers, it will be faster that way." Yang Junran shouted to Qin Litian beside him.

  Qin Litian quickly ran over, although he didn't understand Yang Junran's meaning, but he knew that this commander had a lot of weird ideas.

  Under the moonlight, the tank troops followed a transport team carrying more than 50 bandits on horseback along a small road.

  Qin Litian led the main force of the Second Brigade and continued to march towards the county town.

  It's not that Qin Litian didn't care about Yang Junran's safety, but with the twenty tanks and his own second battalion's main force, the fifth regiment, Yang Junran wouldn't be in any danger.

  A dilapidated village, this is where Ma Fei's gang is based.

  Just as Yang Junran and those horse bandits were entangled, some of Hei Laoba's trusted followers had already quickly escaped over here.

  They are not fools, provoking such a troop is not a joke. Since Hei Lao Ba has already died, getting practical benefits is the most important thing.

  These confidants also did not mix with Hei Lao Ba in vain, and still knew where Hei Lao Ba hid his wealth.

  These people returned to the village and immediately divided the spoils.

  As for Hei Lao Ba's woman and the relatives of Ma Fei here, they are completely ignored.

  "Dad, Dad, you're leaving, what about my mom?" A teenager shouted loudly while looking at the horses in the distance.

  But the horse's owner didn't just turn a blind eye; he even shot at the child.

  Fortunately, it didn't hit the child, but just hit the dust in front of the child.

  Hei Lao Ba's wealth was considerable, with several boxes of gold bars alone.

  These bandits knew time was pressing and didn't take all the valuables, only taking some of the most valuable ones.

  After the bandits left, the whole village was in an uproar.

  The child cries, the adult shouts, but it's all just a chaotic mess.

  It just so happened that when Ma Fei left, he ran into Yang Junran's troops.

  These bandits saw Yang Junran and did not hesitate at all, quickly dispersing in all directions to escape.

  Yang Junran originally wanted to pursue, but because the infantry behind was still far away from here, Yang Junran was afraid that these horse thieves would play tricks on him, and did not order a pursuit.

  But Ma Fei's words made Yang Junran change his mind.

  "Officer, these are all Hei Lao Ba's trusted followers. They must have taken away all of Hei Lao Ba's belongings." A bandit, with a hint of regret, pointed at the scattered and fleeing bandits, shouting loudly to Yang Jun Ran.

  Upon hearing this, Yang Junran quickly dispatched fifteen tanks to pursue the bandits, while the remaining five tanks were left to monitor them.

  An hour later, in the village.

  As the infantry arrived from behind, some quiet was finally restored here.

  For such a troop, whether it was women or children, they all showed a fearful look in their eyes.

  They all knew what their family members did and what such a result meant.

  Hei Lao Ba's several beautiful wives kept swaying in front of Yang Junran, hoping to win the favor of this young official and exempt themselves from their death penalty.

  "Commander, still no discoveries, fifteen tanks shouldn't have any problems, all around are plains, nothing should happen." A lieutenant walked over and said to Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, the tank dispatched to pursue the bandits had lost contact for an hour, which made Yang Junran somewhat angry.

  "Scram, don't loiter in front of me!" Yang Junran yelled loudly at several women.

  From the scent of rouge on their bodies, Yang Junran judged that these women were absolutely not good stuff.

  The women around saw this woman being scolded and actually showed a smile, apparently they were often bullied by these few women.

  "Commander, from the village, we found a lot of weapons and ammunition, as well as several cannons. Also, behind the village, we discovered a horse enclosure with over 200 horses that are capable of carrying troops into battle. We also captured a large amount of wealth, including gold bars and silver dollars, as well as many antique vases and several precious swords and knives, which seem to be quite old." The deputy commander of the second battalion, Yun Qiao Han, walked over and said to Yang Jun Ran.

  Yang Junran is now in no mood to care about these things, even if he was given a mountain of gold, it would not be as useful as a tank.

  Yun Qiao saw Yang Junran fall silent and placed several precious swords on the table.

  The treasure sword caught Yang Junran's attention because he knew that Zhou Yulan was good at using swords and seemed to have a very good swordsmanship.

  The three treasured swords have different postures, among which two are obviously decorative swords with dazzling jewels on them, but their practical value is definitely not high.

  But this treasure sword looks very ugly and has no decorations at all.

  "This thing is also called a treasured sword." Yang Junran put the treasured sword back on the table.

  A strange scene occurred, and the unsheathed treasure sword easily cut off a corner of the wooden table.

  Yang Junran used no great strength, yet it was enough to prove the sharpness of this treasured sword.

  "What a great thing!" Yang Junran held the treasure sword, and couldn't bear to part with it.

  "Commander, they're back." A soldier rushed in from outside and said to Yang Junran.

  Having heard this, Yang Junran quickly dropped his treasure sword and ran out towards the outside.

  The bandits and their families around were extremely surprised, some couldn't understand the thoughts of this young official.

  "Commander." An armored captain saluted Yang Junran.

  "What's going on? Are these war horses bandits?" Yang Junran looked at the war horses tied behind the tank and asked in surprise.

  The captain nodded and said, "These bandits are very skilled. If we didn't have machine guns, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to catch up with them. In addition, we seized a lot of property, mostly gold bars."

  Yang Junran smiled, this time he was likely to make a fortune.

  "Deputy battalion commander Yun, order the troops to smash all the captured goods immediately. Let these family members gather in Guangfu County, anyway they will be guerrilla fighters from now on, and we have to take care of them a bit." Yang Junran shouted a sentence towards Yun Qiao inside.

  Yun Qiao Huan quickly walked out and began to mobilize the infantrymen into action.

  These family members were very puzzled, some looked around at the bandits in confusion.

  "What's going on? Didn't they come to kill us?"

  "Dad, this time you must behave yourself."

  "Thank you, sir, for sparing our lives! We will repay your kindness even if we have to work like oxen and horses."

  All sorts of sounds rose in the village, and Yang Junran got a headache.

  The troops began their march, and on the entire transport wagon, apart from goods and captured weapons and ammunition, were women and children.

  The surroundings of the big vehicle were tank troops.

  A bandit of fifty men was arranged by Yang Junran on war horses, driving more than two hundred war horses to march.

  Many of the war horses also had packages hanging from them, which were the bandits' family possessions and the spoils of war captured by Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran: They won't be afraid of them running away, their family members are in our hands, will they dare to run?

  Thinking of these things, Yang Junran was very happy in his heart.

  Especially this precious sword on me, if it is given to Zhou Yulan, she will definitely like it very much.

  Yang Junran's mood was good, and the mood of the soldiers around him was even better. These supplies were enough to support the guerrilla army for several years.

  Especially those gold bars, they didn't think Hei Lao Ba would be so rich.

  Some people are happy and some are worried, while the horse bandit on the side has a face full of worry.

  Now not only was he himself caught by Yang Junran as a conscript, but even his wife and children were in the hands of others.

  Recalling their carefree days in the past, I'm afraid their future lives will be very difficult.

  The bandits' hearts ached even more as they looked at the wealth on the large transport carts.

  This is the family business he has been following Hei Lao Ba's struggles for over a decade, and in the blink of an eye it becomes theirs.

  The bandits sighed and scolded the dead Hei Lao Ba, saying "Who did you provoke that wasn't good enough? Why did you have to provoke such an officer?"