Chapter 270 How to Conquer Ping'an County Murakuchi Saburo, who was drinking, seemed unaware that Ding Wei had already decided to kill him. Or it could be said that Murakuchi Saburo knew that what he said was likely to make Ding Wei want to kill him, but Murakuchi Saburo didn't care about it. Now the Eighth Route Army needs Ping'an County and their help. At least, before the Eighth Route Army successfully captures Ping'an County, it must find ways to ensure its safety. Murakuchi Saburo was drinking while observing Qin Yangming on the other side. A large part of what he just said to Murakuchi Saburo was actually spoken to Qin Yangming. Murakuchi Saburo said so much, in fact, he just wanted to show himself as a greedy officer who had no hostility towards them and just wanted to make money. Saburo Murakuchi knew that they were about to lose the war, and even if they occupied Southeast Asia, it would only be a last-ditch struggle. So Murakuchi Saburo also wanted to leave a way out for himself. He demonstrated his abilities in front of Qin Yangming and Ding Wei, two officers of the Eighth Route Army, and made them notice how strong his abilities were.
One day their affairs were discovered by the higher-ups. At that time, he will be able to rely on Qin Yangming's help to leave their troops and directly join the Eighth Route Army. Or if he became a prisoner during a battle somewhere, he could return to his homeland by relying on his relationship with the Eighth Route Army. "Report! A telegram came from headquarters!" Just as a few people were drinking, Duan Peng entered the artillery tower with a telegram. Hearing Duan Peng's cry, everyone turned their eyes to Duan Peng. Although Qingquan Muyi did not understand what Duan Peng was shouting, he recognized the telegram in Duan Peng's hand and guessed that it must be a telegram from the Eighth Route Army. The telegram sent at this time was most likely that the matter in Chiyang Town was over. Qingquan Muyi looked at the telegram with some excitement, while Murakuchi Saburo was looking at Duan Peng and the equipment on Duan Peng. “Humph, that idiot Yamamoto, what kind of special forces team is this? I think it’s just a transport team. A small special forces team consumes more resources than an entire squadron. If all those resources were given to me, I don't know how many gold bars I could sell them for... Let me see... bulletproof vests... German-made submachine guns... Mauser pistols... This should be the special forces team trained by Qin Yangming." Unlike Qingquan Muyi whose attention was focused on the telegram in Duan Peng's hand, Murakuchi Saburo's attention was all on Duan Peng. It seems that he wants to see who is stronger between Duan Peng and Yamamoto Ikki. "If Qin Yangming's special forces can also reach that level, then the plan might really succeed..." Looking at Duan Peng who was standing straight, Murakuchi Saburo thought of his own crazy plan and began to wonder how high the success rate would be if he asked Qin Yangming to bring the special forces to help him complete the plan, and whether he could complete his plan. "We still need to find a time to see how strong Qin Yangming's special forces are. If they are strong enough, we will hand over the plan to Qin Yangming to complete... If not, we will need Qingquan Mu to help..." Qin Yangming didn't know at the moment that Murakuchi Saburo was planning to do something against him. After hearing Duan Peng's call, Qin Yangming stood up and took the telegram. "Mr. Qingquan, these are two telegrams sent from Chiyang Town. One is a summary telegram sent by our Eighth Route Army, and the other one looks like it was sent by your people. Take a look."
Qin Yangming directly handed the two telegrams to Qingquan Muyi. When Qingquan Muyi took a look at one of the telegrams and read some of the coded words on it, the big stone that had been hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground. “Murakou-kun, the matter in Chiyang Town has been resolved. The entire Chiyang Town Mine was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and all our people have withdrawn from the Chiyang Town Mine. Mr. Murakuchi, please take a look at these two telegrams first." After reading the telegram, Qingquan Muyi handed the two copies to Murakuchi Saburo. Murakuchi Saburo took the telegram, looked at it, and put it on the table. After Qin Yangming drank the last glass of wine in the cup along with Qingquan Muyi, he put the cup on the table. When Ding Wei saw the telegram coming, he put down his chopsticks, stopped eating, and looked at Qingquan Muyi and Murakuchi Saburo. The issue in Chiyang Town has been resolved, so the next thing to deal with is the issue in Ping'an County. Seeing that Qin Yangming and Ding Wei both put down their chopsticks, Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi also knew what Qin Yangming and Ding Wei were waiting for. Murakuchi Saburo and Kiyozumi Muichi looked at each other and spoke with a smile on their faces. "Mr. Qin, and Captain Ding, let's discuss the affairs of Ping'an County. What do you think?" Murakuchi Saburo didn't waste any time and went straight to the point. "I think that's great... So, Murakuchi-kun, and Qingquan-kun, how are you going to hand over Ping'an County to us?" When he saw Murakuchi Saburo, he didn't delay and directly started talking about the affairs of Ping'an County. Qin Yangming was not polite either and asked Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi what their plans were. "Mr. Qin, here's what we're thinking. When the time comes, you'll lead a troop and disguise them as our escort troops and follow us into Ping'an County. Then your main force will ambush outside the city. At that time, Qingquan Jun will first take over the city defense forces of Ping'an County, and let you be responsible for the defense of the city gates at night. Then you can secretly open the city gates and let the large troops in. Qingquan-kun and I retreated with our troops... To put it simply, we disguised ourselves as the commander of Heian County, Kurosan Kumamoto, and found out that we were being investigated, not transferred. In order to avoid being investigated, Heishan Xiongben, out of fear, contacted the Eighth Route Army directly, secretly opened the city gate in the middle of the night and led the Eighth Route Army into Ping'an County. And in exchange for the safety of Ping'an County, they demanded that the Eighth Route Army grant them asylum. Mr. Qin, what do you think of this plan? " After listening to the plan mentioned by Murakuchi Saburo, Qin Yangming thought for a moment and spoke. "Muraguchi-kun, your plan is great... The good thing is... I feel like I'm dreaming..." Listening to the plan mentioned by Murakuchi Saburo, Qin Yangming spoke bluntly. “First of all, you can’t guarantee whether Kumamoto is aware that he has been reported and is under investigation. If Kumamoto knew about this, or even really planned to rise up in resistance, what should we do then? Your guards only number seventy people at most.
But what about Ping'an County? Three thousand people! Among them, more than a thousand are your own troops. Qingquan-kun, Murakuchi-kun, you don't think that the seventy of us can defeat the three thousand men of Kuroyama Kumamoto, do you? " “And the reason why your headquarters did not capture Kuroyama Kumamoto directly, but adopted the method of handing over defense areas and transferring positions to transfer Kuroyama Kumamoto and then capture him. I'm afraid a big factor is that your headquarters believes that Montenegro Kumamoto can perfectly control his troops? The reason why he didn't issue the arrest order himself was probably because he was worried that Montenegro Kumamoto would lead his troops to directly resist. After all, a 3,000-man army, plus Zhangzhuang, Xiaocaozhuang, and the Dongzhanghe artillery tower... add up to more than 4,000 people, which is equivalent to one of your regiments. Besides, the walls of Ping'an County are very thick, and the Zhangzhuang stronghold is made of cement... If the Black Mountain Kumamoto really rises up in resistance, it will be a huge headache for your headquarters, especially at this stage, if things go wrong, something big will happen. That's why we chose to let Qingquan-kun hand over the work to Kuroidzuma Kumamoto, and after taking over Ping'an County, we will arrest Kuroidzuma Kumamoto. Murakuchi-kun, am I right?" Listening to Qin Yangming's words, even though Cunkou Sanlang wanted to refute, that was the way things were and it was useless for him to refute. The most urgent task is not to refute, but to work out a suitable way to capture the county seat of Ping'an County. Murakuchi Saburo nodded helplessly. “Almost. It’s because Kuroyama Kumamoto has too many troops under his control, so the higher-ups plan to slowly replace Kuroyama Kumamoto’s troops. First transfer the Black Mountain Kumamoto away, and then slowly replace the troops in Ping'an County. Only in this way can we prevent any unrest from occurring in Ping'an County. We all know that it won't be long before a major war breaks out between us and your army. The higher-ups don't want any accidents to happen at this time. That's why I made this plan. Mr. Qin, do you have any ideas?" Murakuchi Saburo told the situation truthfully and then looked at Qin Yangming. With Qin Yangming's translation, Ding Wei also understood what was going on. "My goodness, the Japanese headquarters is worried that if Heishan Kumamoto continues to guard Ping'an County, something unexpected will happen, so they plan to replace Heishan Kumamoto. Unexpectedly, the two guys, Kiyozumi Muichi and Murakuchi Saburo, who were replaced, wanted to sell Ping'an County directly... The vision of the Japanese headquarters... is really good. " The Japanese headquarters probably didn't expect that they originally just wanted to replace Montenegro Kumamoto who might cause an accident. Unexpectedly, the person who came over was even braver than Kumamoto. Originally, if Kumamoto Kumamoto continued to garrison Ping'an County, there might be a possibility that an unexpected situation might occur in Ping'an County, but there might also be no problem.
But now let's swap the two guys, Kiyozumi Muichi and Murakuchi Saburo. Then it is not a possibility that an accident will happen, but an accident will definitely happen. And judging from the expressions of Kiyozumi Kiichi and Murakuchi Saburo, it is obvious that they intend to put the blame for the accident in Heian County directly on Kurosan Kumamoto. Not only did they sell Ping'an County, but the Japanese headquarters might even have to praise Kiyozumi Muichi and Murakuchi Saburo. The two of them might even be able to make some meritorious service. Kiyozumi Muichi and Murakuchi Saburo were both given credit, and the Eighth Route Army gained Ping'an County. Win-win! As for Kuroyama Kumamoto, who cares whether he lives or dies. Thinking of these situations, Ding Wei looked at Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi with strange eyes. Especially the look he gave Murakuchi Saburo was the strangest. "What's wrong with this guy's brain? He was able to come up with such a solution so quickly... If it weren't for the problem raised by Xiao Qin, then this solution of Murakuchi Saburo would definitely work." As a regiment leader, Ding Wei could naturally see how feasible Murakuchi Saburo's method was. If Kuroyama Kumamoto is not aware of the situation, then Murakuchi Saburo's method is indeed a good one. Isn’t the reason why it is difficult to attack Ping’an County because the city defenses of Ping’an County are too strong? If they had troops entering Ping'an County, they would secretly open the city gates and let the large troops into the county. What would it matter if the fortifications of Ping'an County were strong by then? Especially since the commanders of Ping'an County are all their people, how can the troops in the county fight against them? But the only surprise was Kurozan Kumamoto. If Kurozan Kumamoto knew the essence of the matter, he would really intend to mobilize troops to resist. That would be big trouble. Thinking of this, Ding Wei recalled what Murakuchi Saburo had said at the beginning, that the commander of Ping'an County was being investigated for corruption and reselling supplies. "Captain Qin, why don't you ask Murakuchi Saburo and the others if they can also bring Black Mountain Kumamoto into this transaction?" Listening to Ding Wei's words, Qin Yangming nodded. "I thought so too. If we can get Kumamoto from Heishan involved, it will be much easier to capture the county seat of Ping'an County. We can even easily capture the Zhangzhuang stronghold." Qin Yangming also had the idea of bringing Heishan Kumamoto into the gang. According to what Saburo Murakuchi said, Kuroyama Kumamoto will definitely die in the end. People who are greedy for money are often afraid of death. If we can clarify the matter to Kurosan Kumamoto, maybe we can win him over. If Kumamoto is willing to cooperate with them, then taking over Ping'an County would be a piece of cake. "Muraguchi-kun, Kiyozumi-kun, have you tried to contact Kurozan Kumamoto?" Murakuchi Saburo listened to Qin Yangming's question and waved his hand. “No, the Black Mountain Bear is not one of ours.
He was just reselling military supplies by himself. It was just reselling, selling weapons to the intelligence agencies. That's why I was investigated. I took this opportunity and recommended Lieutenant Colonel Qingquan Muyi to the higher-ups to let Qingquan take over as the commander of Ping'an County." "Mr. Qin, do you mean to contact Black Mountain Kumamoto?" Murakuchi Saburo listened to Qin Yangming's words and continued speaking. “Well, if we can get in touch with Kuroshian Kumamoto, with his cooperation, it would be easier to capture Ping’an County. If Kumamoto can cooperate, you will all get more credit. Don’t you think this is the truth?” After listening to Qin Yangming's words, Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi looked at each other again. Qingquan Muyi said. "Mr. Qin, we understand what you mean, but we have never contacted Black Mountain Kumamoto. If we contact him rashly, what if we really alert the enemy?" (End of this chapter)
