The headquarters of the Fourth Army of the Second Front Army of the Japanese Kwantung Army was not in Zhaodong County, but near Yangjiatun in the western suburbs of the county, almost more than ten kilometers away from the county seat.

The commander of the Fourth Army, Lieutenant General Kusaba Tatsumi, lived in the county town with his wife and children, and drove to the headquarters 10 kilometers away every morning to go to work, and the schedule was quite regular. In order to ensure the certainty of the information, Ren Laifeng decided to go to Zhaodong County in person.

Because of the experience of being in distress at the Kono Headquarters last time, Ren Laifeng brought enough elite soldiers and strong generals to Zhaodong as escorts this time.

Feng Wenying must be the first to bring. Huang Tian was about to go, but was stopped by Ren Laifeng. The work of the third detachment was all on his own, and if Huang Tian followed, the third detachment would be left alone. Although Huang Tian felt a little regretful, since Ren Laifeng had arranged it like this, he could only obey orders.

Xiao Qingfa came with him this time. It is enough for Li Lishan to be in charge of the fifth detachment alone, Xiao Qingfa has rich experience in the rivers and lakes, and his own martial arts are not ambiguous, this veteran is definitely a cattle man who has been hidden in the snow among the generals of Ren Laifeng! In addition, Huang Guojin, Niu Hei, Xiao Kuaishou, stunned, half of the elite of the reconnaissance brigade, and half of the guard platoon of the Flying Tiger Battalion. So many people, not to mention anything else, it is enough to protect the safety of Ren Laifeng.

He went to Kono's headquarters and opened a letter of introduction, put on a brand-new Anguo Army uniform, and Ren Laifeng led the team to ride on horseback, except for the county seat, all the way to the south, to Zhaodong County.

The north wind is howling, the weather is freezing, and this year's winter is really cold. Especially in Binjiang Province, it is dripping into ice and heavy snow is closed. The group was wearing military uniforms, cotton jackets and fur coats, still shrunk in cold on horseback.

After walking for half an hour, he couldn't stand the cold, Ren Laifeng reined in the war horse, "Huh-" He turned over and got off the horse, jumped on the spot with his feet and shook his hands. "Come down, come down and walk, warm and warm, let's ride again!"

Everyone giggled and jumped off their horses, jumped in the snow like Ren Laifeng, shook their arms and kicked their legs, and led the horses forward on foot. After entering the wax moon, there was only a light snowfall, and the snow on the road was not thick. However, due to the low temperature, the snow does not melt for a week after it falls underground, and the road is a little slippery.

The warriors led their horses for a while, and when they were warm, they got on their horses and continued on their way. From Qinggang to Zhaodong, you have to pass through a Lanxi road, which is not close, if you just lead the horse all the way over, you can't get to the place in the middle of the night. Walking is just a means of warm-up, and you have to rely on war horses to get there.

Ren Laifeng and Feng Wenying walked side by side, although it was cold and the two of them couldn't say a few words along the way, but they just walked next to each other, and it felt different. Everyone else took the initiative to make room for these two, and no one was willing to disturb the anti-Japanese couple.

The last time Ren Laifeng went to Lanxi was two months ago. That time, he slaughtered the four big teeth of the bandits who surrendered to Japan, and also knocked the big landlord Xie Chunting a huge sum of money. Of course, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that the two-gun Liu is not dead, and that guy is still alive and well in Lanxi. Ren Laifeng didn't want to have any complications on the road this time, and when he arrived in Lanxi County, he put on a low-key attitude.

There is a provincial-level highway from Qinggang to Harbin via Lanxi, and if you don't want to go from Qinggang to Zhaodong, you can only go to Lanxi first and then turn to Zhaodong in the southwest. This is not a short journey, one hundred and fifty or sixty miles, and it is not easy to get there on horseback for a day. You have to get out of the war horse and run as hard as you can.

Although I went to Zhaodong this time to find trouble with Caochang Chenji, it was not in a hurry, and there was no need to rush desperately. Ren Laifeng still feels sorry for his war horse. Just like that, I rode the horse for a while, got off the horse and led the way for a while, and ate the dry food I brought with me at noon. At four o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived in Lancy County.

It was very cold and dark in Binjiang Province, and it was dark just after four o'clock. Although it was bright in the snow, there was no need to travel in the dark. Ren Laifeng and his warriors quietly entered the county seat of Lanxi, and found a small hotel near the city gate, planning to stay overnight and leave tomorrow.

This side led the horse inside, and the shopkeeper and the four men ran out. Seeing that the group of people who came was An Guojun, the shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then beckoned to the guy, "Quick, quickly take the guests' horses, tie them up in the backyard, and feed them." ”

"Here comes the gentleman, here comes the gentleman. It's cold outside, so get inside and get warm. "The one who leads the horse, the one who makes people inside, is lively and lively, and people feel warm when they look at it.

"Shopkeeper, do you have hot water, let's wash our faces first." Xiao Kuaishou took the initiative to greet the shopkeeper. He is the only one in this group who speaks in the Northeast dialect.

"Yes, yes. Look at what you said, we are opening a store, can we have no hot water? Don't worry, when do you want it, when will we have hot water here. Even if you want to drink hot water in the middle of the night, see, we have a kettle here. Pour hot water over here, and it's still hot when you pour it out for a day! ”

The shopkeeper's speech was very shabu, Ren Laifeng was very happy to listen to it, and even Feng Wenying, who often had a cold face in front of outsiders, had a smile.

Everyone looked at the room and washed their faces with hot water, so that they had the leisure to observe the brigade. The brigade is not large, and after they came, they chartered more than half of the rooms. The rest of them didn't live in about two or three rooms. Looks like the business of this hotel is not very good.

It's not time for dinner yet, and it's idle anyway, so Ren Laifeng and Feng Wenying went to chat with the shopkeeper to understand the situation, and sent investigators to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the hotel. I'm going to stay here tonight, so what if I don't know what the campsite is like?

The shopkeeper was very happy to see the new guests chatting with him. He's also idle, except for this wave of guests, he doesn't have too many guests to take care of, isn't it a good thing to chat and relieve boredom. Ren Laifeng asked about the sale of the hotel, and the shopkeeper sighed, but there was no frustration.

"Now it's the eighteenth day of the lunar month, and in five days it will be the twenty-third sacrifice stove pass. The end of the year is coming soon, who will be running outside? I'm not talking about you, you're on business. My hotel is also the off-season for the first month of the month, and there is no business in these two months. Originally, I wanted to give the guys a holiday tomorrow and go home for the New Year. I'm going to do it for a few more days with you today. ”

"Let's do it for a few more days. We have nothing to do in Zhaodong, and we will have to come to live with you when we come back in a few days. You're going to close the door, where are we staying? ”