After successfully breaking through from the northeast fork of Naerhong, Yang Jingyu led more than 100 troops to break through to the hardware top through Nanbozi, the Japanese puppet army had already gathered more troops, and it was difficult to get a chance to rest and recuperate. When marching in the snow, the soldiers' pants are always wet, so that when the cold wind blows, they freeze into ice armor, it is difficult to bend, and they don't know how heavy they are, and they are difficult to walk. The shoes were also rotten, so I had to cut off a few soft elm slivers, twist them from head to tail, and use them as ropes to tie them to my feet. The clothes, all the branches were torn apart, the flowers were blooming, the thick frost hung day and night, and the whole body was white and cold.

On the night of January 31, 1940, the temperature dropped to more than minus 40 degrees Celsius, and the big trees were so cold that the thick trunks were frozen and cracked, and the soldiers had to keep jumping high on the snow, for fear that they would never get up again after sitting down. There was guard platoon commander Zhang Linfeng and a soldier who couldn't bear the cold, so they sneaked to hide not far away, picked up some dead branches and started a fire.

Yang Jingyu was also ragged all over his body, and the snow wind poured into his clothes everywhere, just as he was racking his brains to think about how to get rid of the continuous pursuit of the Japanese puppet army, he suddenly found that there was a fire not far away, he immediately ran over, quickly stepped on the fire extinguishing pile with his feet, and pointed at Zhang Linfeng's nose loudly and scolded: "Zhang Linfeng, what are you bastards doing!" A lifetime of fire, the fire shines far away, the green smoke floats up the treetops, the enemy will pounce like a swarm of green-headed flies, you want to kill the soldiers! ”

When the two were brought back to the assembly place, looking at the soldiers' lips that knew how to split, curled up and hugging each other for warmth, Yang Jingyu felt very uncomfortable, and continued to avoid the pursuit of the Japanese puppet army, the soldiers' cotton clothes were torn and there was no way to change, as for the food, the soldiers had not eaten a grain of rice for several days, the snow was too thick, and there was no way to dig even the grass roots, looking at the big tree next to him, he took out the dagger, peeled off the old bark of the tree, cut off the tender skin inside piece by piece, and then put it in his mouth and chewed it, and then said to the soldiers: "Comrades, the taste is not bad, everyone do it according to the method I just did, fill the stomach first. ”

Seeing that the morale of the soldiers was low, Yang Jingyu encouraged: "The revolution is like a fire, it looks small, but when it burns, it can burn the sky red and illuminate the night." Revolution, no matter how difficult it may be, will always win! ”

The soldiers were all looking for targets to cut tender bark to eat, Zhang Linfeng walked to Yang Jingyu's side and whispered: "Commander, I'm sorry, there won't be a next time." ”

Zhang Linfeng is an orphan, due to the death of his parents and indifference, he has created a character of few words since he was a child. When he grew up, he joined the Anti-Japanese Federation and was fortunate enough to become Yang Jingyu's guard platoon commander. Yang Jingyu once said to him: "You are an orphan, you have no parents, and I have no children, you are just like my son." "He couldn't write, he couldn't even write his own name. Yang Jingyu not only let him learn to write names, but also taught him to read and write. Not only that, Yang Jingyu also taught him to sing, taught him to play the harmonica, and gave him a harmonica with his own hands. Zhang Linfeng couldn't put down this harmonica, so he took it out and played with it when he had nothing to do.

Yang Jingyu saw that Zhang Linfeng admitted his mistake, and he did not continue to scold this son whom he regarded as his own son, but said very calmly: "Lin Feng, don't be afraid of difficulties, don't be afraid of sacrifice, even if all of us are sacrificed, there will be people who inherit our cause, and the revolution will always succeed." ”

Zhang Linfeng nodded in agreement, but he struggled complicatedly in his heart, hearing Yang Jingyu talk about sacrifice, he realized that the troops were currently in a desperate situation, and even Yang Jingyu was desperate, so there was definitely no hope.

Zhang Linfeng leaned against a tree, his hands in his sleeves, his feet kept stomping, looking at Yang Jingyu pacing back and forth, tears flashed in his eyes, he had decided to go out and surrender tonight, this kind of day and night pursuit made him collapse, this kind of despair of ten deaths made him give up, and the revolutionary ideal has been replaced by survival.

Late at night, Zhang Linfeng walked out of the mountains with confidential documents, four pistols and some ammunition, as well as 9,960 yuan of funds from the Anti-Japanese Federation, and did not return.

On February 1, the whereabouts of the troops were exposed, Yang Jingyu immediately organized a breakthrough according to the established route, and when he found that Zhang Linfeng was not around, due to the urgency of the situation, he didn't care about looking carefully, he only thought that he had just dispersed in the chaos, and he didn't expect that Zhang Linfeng had taken refuge in the enemy at this time.

What puzzled Yang Jingyu was that the breakthrough route of the troops was blocked by the enemy, and several times the breakthrough was unsuccessful, and the troops were less than 100 people left, and the encirclement of the Japanese army was gradually shrinking.

Divided troops all the way to break through, and by February 2, when Yang Jingyu led his troops to temporarily get rid of the enemy, there were more than 20 people left around him.

In the next few days, Yang Jingyu faced the enemy's crazy pursuit, commanding more than 20 people to look for the enemy's weak points, but what made him desperate was that the enemy was clear about the guerrilla and breakthrough routes he had planned, and he began to realize that something was wrong, but he never understood what was wrong.

Under the incessant pursuit of the Japanese raiding team, by February 10, there were only 12 soldiers left by Yang Jingyu's side. By dusk on February 14, there were only 7 soldiers left around him, and at the same time, the crusade team shouted everywhere that Zhang Linfeng had taken refuge with the Japanese, disturbing Yang Jingyu's mind.

When he first heard the news, Yang Jingyu thought that this was a trick of the Japanese puppet army, but thinking that the Japanese puppet army knew his next move well for half a month, and even the pre-determined breakthrough route was clear, the troops not only couldn't get rid of the Japanese puppet army's pursuit, but also had to keep circling around the hardware top, and he began to waver.

When he heard Zhang Linfeng's voice of persuasion, he felt unprecedented sadness, a warrior who had been trained by himself, a child who he regarded as his own son, left when he needed him the most, and he stood on the opposite side of himself, helping the enemy who did not share the sky to pursue him.

The hero is not without tears, he just doesn't want the people who follow him to see his fragility and the enemy to see his sadness, but at this moment, this hero, who was called the "king of the mountains and forests" by the Japanese puppet army, shed tears.

Yang Jingyu knew that now was not the time to be sad, he had never given in in eight years, and this time was no exception, he was going to rush out and continue to fight against the Japanese puppet army in the northeast. He took 7 soldiers to take advantage of the night to hide in a col in the northwest direction of the hardware top, at this time, although there were weapons and ammunition, and there were thousands of oceans, but there was not a single grain of food, let alone reinforcements, and they were in a desperate situation.

On the morning of February 15, when the traitor Cui Zhiwu led the police brigade to search, he accidentally found Yang Jingyu and eight people, he was ecstatic and asked his subordinates to closely monitor, and he immediately reported to Ryuichiro Kishitani.

When Ryuichiro Kishitani learned of the discovery of Yang Jingyu's traces, he excitedly bounced up from his chair and immediately ordered the "Cheng Yubin Advance Team", "Cui Guanfeng Advance Team", and "Tang Zhendong Advance Team" to rush together to participate in the "final encirclement and suppression". After the order was issued, thinking of the outstanding military talent of his old opponent, who had escaped from the heavy encirclement he had arranged dozens of times over the years, he was a little worried that this ground encirclement and suppression would fail again, and ordered the plane to monitor Yang Jingyu's every move from the air and indicate the target to the ground troops.

There were planes in the air to guide their direction, and there were hundreds of times the enemy chasing behind him on the ground, Yang Jingyu commanded seven soldiers to fight and retreat, but until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, they still could not get rid of the enemy's encirclement and interception. Seeing that the 7 fighters were almost exhausted and still struggling to persevere, Yang Jingyu knew that it would be useless to run like this again, he looked at the surrounding terrain, and finally stopped his eyes on a small high place on the left, and he said to the 7 fighters: "Comrades, grit your teeth and hold on, we will go to that small high ground to snipe, and then find a way to escape at night." ”

Since receiving a call from Ryuichiro Kishitani, Cheng Yubin couldn't be happy, thinking about Yang Jingyu's bits and pieces of himself in the past, he even hoped that the Japanese army would never find any trace of Yang Jingyu, and now when he heard Ryuichiro Kishitani's meticulous final encirclement and suppression plan, he knew that Yang Jingyu could no longer escape this time, and his various sins over the past year or so made him unable to turn back.

Cheng Yubin took his advance team and Cui Xuanfeng's advance team to the front of that small high ground almost at the same time, hearing the gunfire from above, Cui Xuanfeng's heart settled down, and he said to Cheng Yubin: "Brother Yubin, this opportunity will be given to the little brother me, besides, Yang Jingyu was your big brother in the past, we Chinese pay attention to things and righteousness, you shouldn't fight with me, right?" ”

Cheng Yubin gritted his teeth in anger, defeating Yang Jingyu has always been his goal, but it is indeed a little uncomfortable to capture and even kill Yang Jingyu with his own hands, it is better to simply buy a favor for this Cui Guanfeng, so he said: "Then I wish Brother Cui a victory, and Yubin will take his brothers to press you in the back." ”

Seeing that the mountains and fields were full of Japanese puppet troops, Yang Jingyu was fighting while thinking about how to get out of trouble, and after ten minutes, his eyes lit up, and he asked the soldiers to stop shooting.

Cui Guanfeng saw that the gunfire on the high ground had stopped, looked at the deputy captain Ito, and asked for instructions on the next step, although he was the captain, but Ito was Japanese and his master. Ito remembered the order of the crusade headquarters, if he encountered Yang Jingyu, he was not allowed to shoot, he was to persuade him to surrender or capture him alive, and he wanted to use his talents in the construction of the "puppet Manchukuo".

Ito took a few steps forward and shouted in Chinese: "General Yang Jingyu, Ryuichiro Kishitani will respect His Excellency the army, if you can surrender to the Great Japanese Empire, the past grievances can be written off!" ”

Yang Jingyu pretended to be helpless and replied: "Now that we have run out of ammunition and food, several of my brothers are still injured and are already in a desperate situation. Well, I promised to surrender, but on the condition that you must immediately cease fire and you come up alone. ”

Ito believed that it was true, thinking that this great credit was about to fall on his own devotion, and walked towards the high ground, Cui Guanfeng chased out more than ten meters with four or five puppet soldiers, but was pushed away by Ito viciously, shouting and scolding: "Cui Guanfeng, are you trying to take credit from me?" I command you to stay where you are! ”

Cui Guanfeng watched Ito walk towards the high ground helplessly, in fact, he really didn't want to grab credit, but was worried that Ito would have no way to explain to the Japanese if something happened to him.