Chapter 71 Fooled Again

At this moment, Xu Guoren left Guo Hu to command more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment, using Thirty Lipu as a base to move to the southeast, pretending to be the main force to attract the enemy's attention. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He took the rest of the main forces of the independent division and quietly returned to Pingyang.

In order to facilitate communication, Xu Guoren deliberately asked Guo Shiyin to stay with the radio to act as a communication soldier of Guo Hu's department.

Xu Guoren marched at full speed with his troops, and soon returned to Pingyang, and when he was separated from Guo Shiyin from Thirty Lipu, Xu Guoren asked Guo Shiyin to send a telegram and instructed Chen Zhiyuan to order the remaining troops to blockade the entire Pingyang, so as to prevent enemy spies from entering and leaving and leaking the news.

After all, the main force of the independent division is out on the march, and it is reasonable for the defenders to impose martial law, so there is no need to worry about arousing the suspicion of Zhou Shibin and other enemy generals.

That night, Xu Guoren led his troops to the mountains and forests ten miles south of Pingyang and hid.

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Fifty miles northwest of Pingyang, Zhou Shibin quietly detoured back to a forest and sorghum field with 2,000 elite soldiers, and hid on the spot.

He was waiting for the spies sent out, after the fiasco of the last first-line sky, this time Zhou Shibin no longer dared to underestimate Xu Guoren, so even though he brought more than 2,000 elite troops, he still raised his vigilance to avoid being ambushed again.

It's just that Zhou Shibin couldn't have imagined that their actions had already been known to Xu Guoren, and they set up another trap for him in Pingyang, waiting for him to drill into it.

After waiting in place all morning, the spies sent by Zhou Shibin were late.

"Why haven't you come back until now? What's going on over there in Binh Duong? Zhou Shibin asked.

"Sir, yesterday evening, Pingyang County suddenly became martial law, and he was trapped in the city and couldn't get out of the city, and he didn't get a chance to get out of the city until today!" The sweaty spy gasped.

"Martial law? Why? Zhou Shibin was taken aback and asked.

"I don't know what I wanted, but today the defenders in the city drove away another three hundred, and now there are only more than two hundred defenders left in Pingyang." The spy said.

"What? More than 300 people were transferred? Are you sure? Zhou Shibin's face was overjoyed.

"It's true, I guess that the front line should be tight, so I transferred troops from Pingyang, and yesterday's martial law may also be related to this matter." The spy said.

"Great!" Zhou Shibin was overjoyed and said: "This is really a godsend, pass on my order, the whole army set off quickly, we went to copy Xu Guoren's old nest, shame on the snow!" ”

At that moment, more than 2,000 elites of the Northwest Army stopped resting, quickly assembled, and under the leadership of Zhou Shibin, they took a small road and rushed to Pingyang at full speed.

Fifty miles away, Zhou Shibin only took less than two hours to lead his troops to Pingyang.

At this time, the traces of Zhou Shibin's troops had already been discovered by the cavalry scouts sent by Xu Guoren, and Xu Guoren quietly transferred the three hundred people transferred out plus the main force of Guo Danian's three regiments back to the city before they arrived in Pingyang.

This brought the strength of the defenders in the city to a full regiment.

Xu Guoren led a regiment, a guard company, a reconnaissance company and an artillery battalion to hide in the south of the city, waiting for the opportunity.

At this moment, it was noon, the sun was shining, the weather was unbearably hot, and Zhou Shibin and his subordinates were sweating profusely because of the long march.

Looking at the faintly visible Pingyang City, Zhou Shibin wiped the sweat on his forehead, turned to the soldiers on standby behind him, and said loudly: "Brothers, Pingyang is right in front of you, follow me in, and take Xu Guoren, the rebel's lair!" Shame on you! ”

The Northwest Army was worried about the defeat by Xu Guoren's troops last time, although it was Zhou Shibin's men and horses that were lost, but what they lost was the face of their entire 31st Division, and now of course they have to get it back.

Besides, Shangfeng also said before he opened again, in this battle, if you can kill a rebel, you can reward five oceans.

These elite soldiers of the Northwest Army are full of energy to kill heads and earn military exploits.

Therefore, as soon as Zhou Shibin said a few words, more than 2,000 Northwest Army responded in unison: "Capture Pingyang, shame before the snow!" ”

Immediately, Zhou Shibin personally led his high-morale subordinates to flock towards Pingyang.

Under the command of Zhou Shibin, more than 2,000 troops of the Northwest Army immediately divided into two routes and quickly rushed towards the city gates, intending to blockade the entire county town and put the old nest personnel of the 88th Independent Brigade in one nest and not give them a chance to escape.

Among them, Zhou Shibin personally led more than 600 people to the north gate, the defenders had already taken precautions, Guo Danian immediately ordered to pull up the suspension bridge, close the city gate, and called on the troops hidden in the city to quickly climb the city wall to prepare to meet the enemy.

Seeing that the city gate was slowly closing, the drawbridge was also to be pulled up.

Zhou Shibin immediately pulled out his pistol, carried an iron knife in one hand, and raised his arms with a gun in the other hand and shouted: "Brothers, rush me, don't let them close the city gate!" Kill! ”

Hundreds of Northwest Army troops immediately picked up speed and rushed towards the city gate.

Soon, in order to prevent the defenders from controlling the city gate, the Northwest Army fired in the direction of the city head and the city gate hole, and rows of bullets whistled out, and suddenly sparks were scattered on the city wall, and earth chips flew sideways and fell.

"Brothers, give me a hard beating, and give these eight calves some color to see!" Guo Danian lowered his head to avoid a rain of bullets, and ordered at the top of his throat.

More than 300 officers and men of the 3rd Regiment who were hiding within the city wall got up one after another and opened fire to return fire.

Suddenly, the entire north gate of Binh Duong was filled with gunfire, and dense bullets flew back and forth like raindrops.

The Northwest Army, which was charging, had no cover outside the city, and was suddenly caught off guard, and a rain of bullets poured over, and almost in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen unlucky people fell down screaming.

Seeing that hundreds of defenders suddenly appeared on the head of the city, and shot over a large number of his own soldiers at once, Zhou Shibin couldn't help but be surprised, and the adjutant next to him was also stunned by the dense fire on the city wall, and came to him and said in horror: "Sir, why do I think something is not right, doesn't it mean that there are less than 300 defenders left in Pingyang?" How do you look at the posture, there are no less than 300 defenders at the north gate alone?

And you listen to their gunfire, not only Czech light machine guns, but also heavy machine guns, which are the firepower of a left-behind unit. ”

As soon as the adjutant said this, Zhou Shibin's uneasiness suddenly increased, and he carefully observed the city wall for a while, and sure enough, he found that the defenders were not only numerous, but also very powerful, and the equipment was even better than the elite troops he brought.

At this moment, fierce gunfire also came from the east gate and the west gate.

It wasn't long before soldiers came back to report that they had been stubbornly blocked by a large number of defenders at both the east and west gates, and that their entry into the city had been blocked.

"Not good, the information may be wrong!" Just when Zhou Shibin was about to give the order to retreat, he suddenly heard a dense shouting sound behind him.

"Rush! Kill! Surround the Northwest Army and don't let a single person go! "Thousands of officers and men of the Independent Division flocked from all directions.

"Fuck, get out! Fooled again! Seeing this, Zhou Shibin was in a hurry and immediately ordered a retreat!

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