march to victory

"Why aren't you here yet?"

This question is the question in everyone's mind, no, when the light rain began to fall, Zhou Baoyu, who was guarding the horses not far behind, kept in mind Xiang Xueqin's instructions, and hurried to Zhang Qingshan, and gave Zhang Qingshan Wrapped his left calf with a piece of cowhide to prevent the wound from being contaminated by rain again, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, do you think the enemy will come again? We won't spend a night here in the rain, right?"

At this time, it was early in the morning, and the men and horses of the Red [-]th Division had already ambushed at Yanzikou according to the prior deployment.But waiting left and right and waiting for the enemy to come to the door, everyone was inevitably a little anxious, and now it started to rain again, everyone felt guilty, and the mood became more and more bad.

However, it is also true, since everyone left Ganzi, it was not bad at the beginning, whether it was reactionaries or bandits and other stragglers, they were in a wait-and-see situation and did not dare to try it lightly.But within three days of the Red Army's advance, some people couldn't hold back, and there were bandits or small groups of reactionaries, who took advantage of the speed of the horses to harass them at night.At the beginning, the Red Army didn't pay attention to these small forces because they were eager to hurry. They just chased them away, but they never expected that when they saw the Red Army, they just chased them away but didn't dare to pursue them. got up, so they harassed the Red Army more and more frequently.

At this time, the Red Army naturally paid attention to this matter.When the chiefs hold a meeting, they feel that this kind of nuisance is like flies. If one is killed, there will be a group next to it, which makes you tire of it.In this case, then simply play a big game, too!Let's bear with it first, and after all the enemy forces have emerged, we will wipe them out once and for all.

Just a few days ago, a cavalry regiment came, and I don't know if they thought the Red Army was easy to bully when they saw the Red Army's forbearance. The anticipation of the Red Army—no one expected that just one cavalry regiment would dare to attack tens of thousands of horses.Although they were beaten away in the end, in terms of casualties, the Red Army did suffer a bit.As for the consequences of this, not to mention the red eyes of all the Red Army soldiers, even the chiefs were also very angry.In addition to the previous plan to wait for them to gather together and then encircle and wipe out the plan at once, so this encirclement and annihilation battle... According to the reconnaissance, although this cavalry regiment is called a regiment, it actually only has 700 people. He took advantage of this unexpected sneak attack, but also lost a third of his troops.However, because of their sneak attack and fame, they gathered together the bandits and bandits who harassed the Red Army. In this way, their number grew to nearly a thousand.

In the following two or three days, the Red Army raised its vigilance, and this cavalry regiment also knew that it was impossible to take advantage of the last sneak attack, or they were also planning a bigger plan, so in the past two or three days, they They didn't bother the Red Army at all, but followed closely more than 20 miles away-on the grassland, more than 20 miles is really not a long distance for cavalry.

Perhaps it was because both sides were preparing for a big outbreak, so although the main force did not move, the scout cavalry from both sides could be said to have been exhausted. On the contrary, the grassland was always filled with the sound of gunshots and screams of fierce scout soldiers fighting.

The Seventeenth Division ambushed at Yanzikou, while the main force camped four or five miles away.This point is beyond the comprehension of many middle and grassroots commanders and fighters with rich combat experience: Since you want to lure the enemy into the bait, you should run far away, otherwise, the enemy is not stupid, how could they come out to attack you on a large scale?Besides, there is a natural moat like Yanzikou next to you, and you camped here, it is clear that you have set a trap at Yanzikou.

Zhang Qingshan was naturally very puzzled about this point, curiosity and the commander's sense of responsibility made him have to ask this question.It was just that his legs and feet were inconvenient, so he instigated Hu Yingze to go to the regiment headquarters to ask. As a result, Hu Yingze went fast and came back faster, but what he got was a sentence: Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, this is discipline.

Zhang Qingshan understood the words: You are the only one who knows that this arrangement is very weird, so others can't see it?Let me tell you, this is the intentional arrangement of the above, it's just that your level is too low.

Therefore, for Zhou Baoyu's question, Zhang Qingshan naturally replied with a confident smile: "Baoyu, I don't know when they will come, just wait."

as predicted!

As soon as Zhang Qingshan's voice fell, there was a resounding sound in the place where the large army camped.

What's interesting is that this kind of noise makes people feel that someone is covering up something, but it just made some noise accidentally: there are torches lighting up outside the camp, and there are people patrolling, but there is no light in the camp. Some voices came faintly.

Soon, after a few times of shouting, there was no sound at all, giving people the feeling that no one dared to speak out after the previous voices were reprimanded.In this way, it gives people a feeling that they want to hide something, and they are afraid that they will be discovered.

In the end, under the cover of the quiet night, everything was peaceful, but, if you listen carefully, you can vaguely hear the sound of someone stamping on the ground.If you put your ears on the ground, you can definitely hear a lot of messy footsteps.In addition, the light rain had begun to turn into moderate rain, and the torch was extinguished, leaving only the gray luster of the half moon, but it blurred the vision more and more, and made people more suspicious.

And from start to finish, it took more than half an hour.Give the enemy the feeling that this is an organized and premeditated retreat.

Zhang Qingshan covered his forehead with his hands in puzzlement, opened his eyes wide, and looked back at Daying - although he couldn't see anything, he was curious!

But at this moment, a bright spot appeared in front of the swallow's mouth. Soon, as the bright spot approached, everyone saw a small string of torches.

Zhang Qingshan took a look, and relying on his rich experience in combat command, he immediately guessed what this small string of torches meant, and quickly ordered in a low voice to Wang Wu who was lying beside him: "Send orders one by one, this must be the enemy's scouts, No one is allowed to shoot without my order."

Facts have proved that Zhang Qingshan's vision is worthy of his order: the enemy openly held the torch and ran directly to the entrance of Yanzikou, and then, the torch was extinguished almost at the same time.Afterwards, we moved forward in a dark valley—the rain was a bit heavy, and the other party was in the valley, so we couldn’t see the other party at all, that is, occasionally in places with stagnant water, the moonlight was reflected by the water surface, and the other party came from The moment he passed through here, he could vaguely see the blurred figure of the other party.

Obviously, this must be because the enemy has received the change of our camp and sent scouts over to scout.More precisely, it should be a test.

Soon, three black shadows were seen returning from the mouth of the swallow.Apparently it was a report back.

But Zhang Qingshan frowned slightly and turned around to watch. This time, he was not looking at Daying, but was worried about Qi Zixuan and the others, because the enemy's response was already expected by his superiors, so the three platoons led by Qi Zixuan got it. One order: cut off the rear - no matter how many scout cavalry the enemy sends, it doesn't matter, but if the enemy wants to observe or guard around Yanzikou, they must catch them all or kill them all without making any gunshots. In short, it must be ensured that the ambush of the [-]th Division cannot be exposed.

But the problem was that the moonlight was not bright at all, and it was raining again, so the line of sight could be imagined, and you had to be close to see each other, which made the task of capturing the prisoners silently more difficult.And once there are gunshots, I am afraid that it will scare the snake, and the whole plan will fall short.

Fortunately, after waiting for more than ten minutes, there was no sound behind the gray area, which relieved Zhang Qingshan a little, and continued to pray for Qi Zixuan and the others to complete the task smoothly-in fact, the enemy's scouts didn't have time at all. Going to check Yanzikou, they focused all their attention on the direction of Daying.Even, not long after, they were so courageous that they groped towards the Red Army camp quietly... Then, an interesting scene appeared: the main force of the Red Army completely withdrew from the camp and rushed forward in the rainy night.Naturally, the enemy's scouts were eager to report this huge new situation to the rear.The most depressing one was the Red Seventeenth Division, just watching the enemy's scouts running back and forth under his nose, and always worrying that they would come up to scout.

In the end, the enemy was also anxious by this huge change, or rather relieved of Yanzikou, when the scouts shuttled back and forth, they actually openly lit torches.The soldiers of the Red [-]th Division really couldn't laugh or cry, but they could only watch helplessly, and tried their best not to laugh out loud.

This kind of busyness lasted until more than four o'clock in the morning, that is, the dark hour before dawn, and finally there was a new change.

In order to make the enemy believe that this is the main force of the Red Army retreating rapidly, they took advantage of the darkness to turn over three big mountains. After running for more than 20 miles, a small torchlight finally appeared at the front of the army, which made the entire army advance faster. It's getting faster and faster.The cavalry in charge of the rear of the Red Army lined up in a zigzag pattern, holding torches, obviously guarding against the enemy's chasing cavalry attack-after the large troops advanced for a certain distance, they could also use the speed of the horses to catch up, so, It can relatively throw off a large part of the enemy.Of course, what's more important is that they are so eye-catching that they even shot out the torches to remind the enemy: You see, we even gathered the cavalry to come to the rear, so you can pass through the swallow's mouth with peace of mind. Don't worry, there is no ambush there. .

But the entire Red Army unit gave people a feeling that they wanted to shake off the enemies behind at night-at least, in the flickering of the fire, the horses of the Red Army cavalry could be faintly visible a mile away.

As soon as the enemy received this information, the situation can be imagined: Hey!You guys want to move forward in the dark, and when you know that the speed of the cavalry is greatly reduced in the rainy night, you will get rid of us, so how can you do it?Today I have to tell you: cavalry is cavalry, whether it is rainy night or scorching sun, four legs are always better than your two legs.What's more, we have to hold you far away, otherwise, when the cavalry division arrives, you will disappear on the vast prairie. How can you let me take this responsibility-in fact, the Red Army has already deciphered the enemy's radio station The password, I have long known from the enemy's frequent telegram exchanges, that the enemy cavalry division will join up with the enemy cavalry regiment at seven o'clock this morning, no later than ten o'clock in the morning.This is the key point: if they want to bite the Red Army who is advancing suddenly and rapidly, they are doomed to have little time to scout, not to mention God help, rainy night!

However, since the enemy dared to attack the headquarters of the Red Army at night, it meant that their commander was not only a daring person, but also very useful, with vicious vision and rich command experience.

Therefore, even though they set out to chase after him immediately, they were still quite cautious, especially when they reached Yanzi's mouth, they even used a little trick...