Chapter 1613 Pig and the Red Guards
Two men in red clothes came to the town, and they began to distribute leaflets to the residents of the town. Each leaflet had a red seal as the border and a white eagle as a sign. , is a flyer advertising recruitment of Red Guard members.
"Red Guards?" The residents of the town held the leaflets and asked inexplicably: "Are you recruiting soldiers to fight?"
The man in red clothes who distributed the leaflets said to the residents: "You According to what is written on the flyer, only men aged 16 to 55 years old, or 16 to 45 years old Women, regardless of their ability, can join our Red Guards. If you have special skills, there is no age limit.”
The townspeople looked at the leaflets and were not interested in fighting, but the leaflets continued. The content changed the minds of the town residents, especially the young and strong.
"You said here that people who sign up to join the Red Guards can immediately receive fifty gold coins?"
The man in red clothes said with a smile: "As long as you sign up to join the Red Guards, you can pay immediately. The reward of fifty gold coins per head will be paid to us when we are in the army, and we will be paid every month in the future."
Poor people are not afraid of death, they are only afraid of poverty, as long as they can get rid of poverty. Tortured, they will seize the opportunity at all costs. And these two people in red clothes, or the people who wrote this leaflet, seem to know very well what these poor people want most.
The man in red clothes said: "The country is destroyed. Those pirates have occupied our land. We will take back what belongs to us from them and restore the empire. By then, each of you will He is a hero of the restoration of the country and a high-ranking official and general. It's at your fingertips..."
The man in red clothes said while looking at the expressions of everyone. He could clearly see that the originally dull expressions on the faces of the residents of the town gradually became less dull. More and more people are listening to his preaching. The man in red clothes spoke more impassionedly and energetically, so much so that the eyes of every resident in the town shone brightly and they were eager to give it a try.
Finally, another man in red clothes said: "You didn't have a chance before. Now is the only time to change your destiny. Is it to stay poor forever and live like a beggar in this poor mountain and bad land? It's better to seize the opportunity." The opportunity given to you by fate will soon Will you be a great person in the future? You can choose for yourself.”
As said before, poor people are not afraid of death, they are only afraid of poverty. Poverty is often more terrible than death. People who are really afraid of poverty would rather. It is better to fight in the battle of life and death than to live in poverty for the rest of your life. This is why the people who have truly rebelled and rebelled and become robbers and bandits throughout the ages have always been poor. Every word spoken by the man in red struck a chord with the residents of the town and spoke to their hearts.
In the evening, two men in red clothes left, taking most of the young and strong laborers in the town with them. When fifty gold coins were handed out to them door to door, they thought that the change The chance to shape your own destiny has arrived.
Pige was holding several such recruitment leaflets for the Red Guards. These leaflets were obtained when he passed through some villages and towns while looking for clues. Although the contents were somewhat different, the overall content was The meaning is exactly the same.
"The Red Guards... It seems that someone is ready to move. Are they people in red clothes?" Pige folded the flyer and put it in his pocket. He asked the local residents for some information and thought to himself: "These Judging from the places where the sky passed by, the places where the Red Guards distributed leaflets were more Their leaflets have not yet been found in poor villages and towns, and in cities with better living conditions. To recruit people to form an army, it is true that poor people are easier to mobilize and are easier to recruit, and these places are less likely to attract attention. Hmm...poor villages and towns.”
Two days later, in a small village in the same mountainous area, two Red Guard members in red clothes came here to distribute leaflets. One of the two was originally from the village. After some kind words and persuasion, he There were many people in the village, men, women and children, who responded. More than fifty young and strong men immediately decided to join the Red Guards. The two Red Guards in red clothes were very happy and went to the restaurant to comfort themselves, but they didn't know that they had been secretly targeted by Pige.
After eating the food and wine, the two Red Guards also treated more than fifty of their future companions to a good meal and took them back to resume their duties, while Pige followed quietly. Pig used to be a scout and did field work in the intelligence system. These reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance matters were easy for him.
Halfway through the journey, two Red Guards with more than fifty new recruits suddenly stopped. Pige looked back and saw that they had met their fellow Red Guards on the way. They sat down and talked.
This area was deserted and overgrown with vines. Pige could not hear what they were saying, so he approached quietly. He only heard the mustachioed Red Guard among them laugh and say: "...Hahaha, these two We were wreaking havoc everywhere this week, making the pirates panic and move around. Deploy defenses, but if they can defend one place, can they defend every place?"
Another Red Guard with a white eagle on his chest said: "Pirates are just pirates, even if they are said to be amazing. In fact, they are just a group of bandits on the sea. Now we are recruiting soldiers. Well, the scale is expanding rapidly. Our White Eagle Red Guard branch alone has more than 10,000 people, and the several destruction of the pirates' intercity teleportation array has greatly strengthened our momentum. I heard from the above, The intention to move the recruitment area away from villages and towns caused people's hearts in the city to change. Even if those pirates use various means to threaten and win over former officials, who knows if one day the pirates will fail and we will regain our country? "There is also a Red Guard who also has a white eagle on his chest, but on his forehead. The top of his head is bald, and the remaining hair is braided with red and green ropes. The bald Red Guard said to the two lower-status men: "Now there is a new task for you. If you meet other companions, tell it to them."
"What mission?"
The bald Red Guard said: "When you went to recruit soldiers, you spread some rumors, such as..." Just when he said this, he suddenly heard There was a strange noise in the grass nearby. He immediately stood up and looked around for the sound.
It turned out that Pige was lurking in the grass and eavesdropped on their conversation. Unfortunately, the breath on his body attracted two wild dogs that were resting in the grass. Although Pige knocked the wild dogs unconscious with a hidden weapon with stones, he was still injured. There was a noise. Knowing that he could no longer eavesdrop, he did not show his head and quickly ran away along the tall grass. When the Red Guards found the place where he had been hiding, he saw only two fainted wild dogs and no one. .
The Red Guards knew that the conversation just now might have been overheard, but they didn’t know how much the other party heard. Fortunately, they didn’t say much, but they couldn’t stay here anymore, so they had to continue talking while walking. Go down. After the chat, the two parties dispersed. The two lower-status people went back to resume their duties with the more than fifty recruits they had recruited, while the two people with white eagles painted on their chests seemed to be going to the nearest building. small town.
Before entering the city, the two young Red Guard leaders had already changed out of their conspicuous clothes and entered the city like ordinary people. They wandered around and finally disappeared near a drug store.
Pige caught up with him at this time. It turned out that he had not gone far after being discovered before and was still following them. It was not until they dispersed that he decided to follow these two higher-status people here. look. The higher the status, the greater the benefits. Although it is also important to find out where the people recruited by the Red Guards gather, but listening to the previous words, this is just one of their Red Guards. I don’t know if it is their group. A branch within a branch, or just a temporary settlement. In comparison, knowing the Red Guard's next move is more important.
He chased him to the pharmacy, but did not see the two people. He looked around carefully and noticed that there was a very narrow and dark alley behind the pharmacy. He was about to get in and take a look, but suddenly he felt that someone seemed to be staring at him around the store. He quickly bent down and pretended to tie his shoes, but he looked around and saw that there were people in front of several nearby shops and stalls. Someone looked at him casually. He knew that this must be an informant arranged by the Red Guards, and secretly thought that the back of the drugstore should be a stronghold of the Red Guards. However, he could not go in to check at this time, so he had to pretend to pat the plaster on his trouser legs and leave.
In the evening, Pig came to the pharmacy again. In fact, he never left. Instead, he found a room nearby and kept observing the situation in the pharmacy opposite through the window.
The operation of the drugstore was normal. All the customers who came and went bought medicines and left without staying for a long time. No one went in or out of the alley behind the drugstore until late at night. People on the streets After everyone dispersed, Pige came down from the rented room.
He did not approach the drugstore rashly. Even if he could not see anyone on the street, there must be eyes in the dark watching what was going on near the drugstore. He leaned quietly in the shadow of a streetlight at the intersection. He was far away, so far away that ordinary observers would not believe that someone could observe the pharmacy here, but he could. Here he can clearly see all the situations near the pharmacy. Even if a mouse passes by, he can clearly distinguish it, but people from a distance cannot see him. The shadow, sheltered by light, is the safest corner, because light is sometimes a good visual barrier.
One minute, two minutes, and an hour passed. Pige waited patiently and did not move at all. He had always been very confident in his observations. He knew that after the two people went in, they still had not come out. Unless there was another secret way out of the pharmacy, it would be impossible to escape from his eyes.
Patience, sometimes reaping results does not depend on who is more capable, but on who is more patient.
Finally, the fruits of his patience were waiting for him. At the time when a person was already too sleepy, in the dark narrow passage, two Red Guards who had entered during the day came out, and Pige could see clearly. , he recognized the two-color braid on the bald man's head. In addition to these two people, three other people also came out. One of them was the owner of the pharmacy that he had noticed, and the other two were unfamiliar faces.
The five people came out one after another. First the drugstore owner came out and looked around, and then came out in twos and twos. There was no conversation between the five of them after they came out, but even if they did, they were too far apart to hear each other. arrive. After the four people came out, they separated and left. Pige was a little embarrassed. He was alone and didn't know which side to follow. But seeing that the bald man was walking in a hurry, while the two people on the other side were walking more calmly, he thought about it and decided that it would be better to follow the bald man. First of all, he had a rough idea of the abilities of these two people. After following them into the city without being discovered, he knew that they were not very capable, and they were walking in a hurry. They must have something to do. On the other hand, the other side walked easily and happily. There was nothing to do next. It was time to find a place to sleep and rest. Moreover, when the two people left, Pige obviously felt that there were a lot less eyeliners around him. Although he He didn't see the position of every eyeliner with his own eyes, but the atmosphere of observing and being observed was an intuition for him. He clearly knows which place and location is suitable for observation, and he can immediately notice when the people in that place leave.
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(End of this chapter)