At noon, the sun finally emerged from the thick clouds, shining through the forks of the trees overhead, and suddenly falling dappled light and shadows on the woodland covered with dead leaves.

This is the north out of Mei Town, a pass at the foot of the West Mountain, the West Mountain is suddenly broken here, leaving a vacancy, there is a ditch in the east, called Xiaoqing River, the river bank to the west, is a mixed forest, the edge of the forest is full of low shrubs, thorns, several streams flow across the northwest to the southeast, at the foot of the mountain into the Xiaoqing River.

And the mountain in front of it rises again, stretches for several miles to the north, until the small Chenzhuang at the foot of the mountain, this section of the mountain, the locals call it Tiger Mountain, there are also rumors that it was not called Tiger Mountain at first, but called Arc Mountain, because this broken and rising mountain, the shape is like the right bracket, for a long time, to spread falsehood, plus there are occasional tigers on the mountain, the arc mountain becomes Tiger Mountain.

This gap between the West Mountain and the Tiger Mountain, facing the direction of the East China Sea, the terrain is dangerous, in order to resist the attack of the Japanese Invaders, Huai'anwei has built a fort on the slope of the two mountains, many years ago, the officers and troops withdrew, the two forts were abandoned, and now only the ruins are left.

At the edge of the woods, a withered yellow shrub suddenly moved, and quickly moved towards an old catalpa tree, under which stood several people, also dressed in camouflage, until they were close at hand, they could not be distinguished, these people, from head to toe, were covered with camouflage made of dead leaves, revealing only a pair of sloppy eyes, and the gun in their hands was the same, wrapped in dead leaves, looking like a dry branch.

The person who came was called Wang Changsheng, one of He Qifeng's two generals, and another named Liu Shuisheng, who was also sent out, Liu Shuisheng went to the west of Hushan, which was another passage to Xiaochenzhuang, and the situation there was unknown for the time being, because Liu Shuisheng had not come back yet.

When He Qifeng saw Wang Changsheng coming to his side, he immediately asked urgently, "What did you find?" ”

"There must be someone in the fort, I seem to see the fire, and maybe the smoke."

"Like? Possible? He Qifeng glared, a little annoyed, he himself used this kind of word in the past, and he had been taught by Yang Bo many times.

"They were burning something behind the wall with a fire, anyway there was movement, we couldn't get too close, the smoke wasn't clear, but we could smell it, so.." Wang Changsheng hurriedly explained.

Strange, the light of the fire is easy to say, it may be lighting the fire rope, what the hell is the smoke?

Under careful questioning, Wang Changsheng couldn't say clearly, He Qifeng suddenly became impatient, and said to Yang Bo: "Brother, I have to go in person." ”

He Qifeng is the commander, the commander must grasp the overall situation, not everything has to be done personally, the other reconnaissance team sent out now has not yet returned, in case there is a major military situation, He Qifeng is not at the agreed place, wouldn't it be a major delay?

Yang Bo couldn't interfere with He Qifeng's command, but he frowned, obviously, Yang Bo did not approve of He Qifeng going to the front line in person, He Qifeng had no choice but to beckon Wang Changsheng to the side, muttered for a while, and asked Wang Changsheng to prepare the rope and iron hook, and prepare to go up the mountain with ten people.

He Qifeng looked at Yang Bo and wanted to say something, but seeing that Yang Bo didn't have a good face, he had to swallow the words that came to his mouth, Yang Bo waved his hand and said, "I'll go over and take a look." After speaking, following Wang Changsheng, the team immediately set off.

Under the cover of the jungle, climbing up the hillside, there are not many places where you need to use iron hooks and ropes, the broken fort is in front, only a section of the fort is still intact, hidden in the dense forest, it doesn't seem to have anything abnormal, there are two chasing squirrels in a pine tree nearby, aware of the movement, one of them immediately became alert, stood up, looked around for a while, and it didn't take long for the two little things to start fighting again.

What does this mean? Yang Bo and others are in good disguise? They crept over and the enemy didn't notice it at all?

It is also possible that these are all appearances, behind the huge rocks, in the mottled shadows of the trees, in the bushes, there may be many pairs of eyes staring at this side, and at the right time, suddenly jump out and shoot Wang Changsheng's ten-person team to death.

Wang Changsheng was very alert, and quickly found a place where he could hide and be easy to observe, Yang Bo followed Wang Changsheng, and the rest of the personnel were divided into two groups, one group served as a guard on the periphery, and the other group followed Wang Changsheng's actions, scattered nearby, and each hidden.

Wang Changsheng took out the binoculars, observed them, called the telescope Yang Bo, and said: "Childe, even if there are people in the fort, there will not be many of them, I am confident that the six people here will rush over, there is no problem to take it, the time is urgent, I can't wait any longer." ”

Wang Changsheng looked at Yang Bo, but Yang Bo was holding the telescope and observing, there was no squeak, Wang Changsheng was helpless, he made a gesture, and the five people around him immediately surrounded him, muttering for a while, and a group of six people touched the waist in the direction of the fort.

Yang Bo saw very clearly in the field of vision of the telescope, Wang Changsheng and the others quickly approached the dangerous section of the fortress and were about to attack, but someone tripped over something and made a clanging sound, as if they were striking a gong.

Bang bang bang ...

Suddenly the gunfire was loud, Yang Bo saw someone rushing out of the fort, firing outward, after firing a gun, he turned around and ran, there were only two passages in and out of the fort, Wang Changsheng's raid was obviously unsuccessful, but the enemy quickly withdrew, and the fort was easily occupied by him.

When Yang Bo arrived, Wang Changsheng was interrogating the prisoners, they only caught one alive, and the other two were talking to Wang Changsheng's subordinates, hee-hee-ha, according to the regulations of the exercise, these two are considered dead people and cannot be interrogated.

The living mouth* confessed that there were indeed not many defenders of the fort, only twelve people, two were killed by Wang Changsheng, one was captured alive, and the other nine people all ran to the back along the exit of the fort, and the leader was a squad leader, surnamed Xu, called Xu Erjiang.

Wang Changsheng wanted to ask about the whereabouts of Fang Lichun's main force, but this was beyond the regulations of the exercise, Fang Lichun only arranged for the class to act, and the prisoners could only confess the whereabouts of the class personnel, even if he knew about the rest, he couldn't say.

He Qifeng at the foot of the mountain finally waited for Liu Shuisheng's news, and Fang Lichun also arranged twelve people over there, but they were all secret whistles, and they were very open, Liu Shuisheng only caught a tongue, and when he got the news that the fort was taken, He Qifeng brought people over.

This is an exercise arranged by Yang Bo, the opponent is He Qifeng's 50-member personal army, using a new type of rear-loading firing gun, and the other side is Fang Lichun's musket battalion, using a new type of bird gun with a changed barrel, and the cavalry of the musket battalion of 300 people is all dispatched, and the exercise requires He Qifeng to break through Fang Lichun's encirclement and rush to Xiaochenzhuang before dusk, and the casualties cannot exceed one-third, otherwise it will be considered a loss.

There are two roads in front of He Qifeng, one is to take the west side of Hushan, where there is a flat river, which is more convenient for Fang Lichun's three hundred cavalry to move. The other is the east side of the Tiger Mountain, the west bank of the Xiaoqing River, this side of the mountain is high and densely forested, convenient for ambush, but the road is rugged, and the cavalry is unfavorable.

Fang Lichun has not shown any flaws so far, which side will he put the main force on? He Qifeng has no clue now.

"This Fang Lichun is really slippery." He Qifeng looked very frustrated, scratched his head, and said.

"Soldiers don't get tired of cheating, Fang Lichun did a good job."

Yang Bo has a lot of time, he is a judge, and he can't take sides, even though He Qifeng is the captain of his own soldiers.

He Qifeng was a little annoyed that Wang Changsheng let go of the nine Fang Lichun people, thinking that if he went out in person, it would definitely not be this ending, looked at Wang Changsheng, and said coldly: "Wang Changsheng, you said to go over there?" “

"Fang Lichun is a cavalryman, and it stands to reason that the men and horses should be arranged to the west of Tiger Mountain. However, Fang Lichun is very cunning, and it cannot be ruled out that he gave up riding a horse and found a forest to set up an ambush east of Tiger Mountain. ”

Wang Changsheng himself thought that he had messed things up, and he felt guilty in his heart, so he spoke more carefully.

"Hmph.." He Qifeng glared and said, "Aren't you like you didn't say anything?" ”

Liu Shuisheng came back from the Western Front and did not speak, but then he stood up and said, "I think we should take the Eastern Front." ”

"Oh.." Yang Bo suddenly became interested and asked, "Tell me about it." ”

"Childe, Fang Lichun is thoughtful, but I heard you talk about the fort, I feel that he is putting on a posture of luring the enemy in the fort, seemingly tempting us to take the eastern front, but in fact he hopes that we will take the western front, the art of war is cloudy, the real is false, the virtual is real, on the western front, they have 300 cavalry, come and go freely, run away with a shot, and keep entangled, we have no way to take him. The Eastern Front is different, even if he arranges the main force on the Eastern Front, they have no horses and lose their speed advantage, while we have the advantage of muskets, which can ensure that the casualty rate is less than 30%, and we can win in the end, which Fang Lichun is so shrewd that he can't see it, so..."

He Qifeng waved his hand and asked Yang Bo impatiently: "Brother, look.."

Yang Bo was silent, his eyes looked at Liu Shuisheng, and there was a hint of appreciation between his eyebrows, He Qifeng smiled, and immediately said, "Let's take the eastern route." ”

Yang Bo shouldn't actually express his position, this is tantamount to cheating, but He Qifeng is his pro-soldier captain after all, and he lost to his opponent in the first round, and his face is gloomy, not to mention that he doesn't have any words to express, and it's not easy to say anything when others ask.

Once the decision was made, He Qifeng acted very quickly, and the ten forward team members immediately ran and pulled out, along the west bank of the Xiaoqing River, and pushed forward, but unexpectedly, before entering less than a mile of road, they encountered Xu Erjiang's stubborn resistance, but Xu Erjiang only had nine people, compared with He Qifeng's rifle, the performance gap was too big, and they were quickly defeated by He Qifeng's forward, and most of them were judged dead, including Xu Erjiang, counting the casualties, but there were only eight people, and there was a fish that slipped through the net.

He Qifeng didn't care, and ordered everyone to speed up, but at this time, he heard someone exclaim, "Signal flare." ”

He Qifeng followed the prestige, and sure enough, he saw a signal flare exploding in the air above Tiger Mountain. Even though it was just after noon during the day, it was still unusually bright.

Obviously, Fang Lichun also had a plan for He Qifeng to take the eastern line, Xu Erjiang's people couldn't stop him, so he sent people to climb to the top of the mountain and send a signal, the next step, it is conceivable that Fang Lichun must be in front of He Qifeng, set up another blocking position, trying to delay time, just after dusk, He Qifeng failed to reach Xiaochenzhuang, he won.

The abacus is good enough, and now it is finally clear that Fang Lichun has no last resort, and the worst result of his plan is that both sides still have to fight face to face in order to determine the winner or loser.

He Qifeng gave the order to march quickly, except for muskets and ammunition, discarded all loads, and accelerated forward, but in the end he failed to reach Xiaochenzhuang before Fang Lichun's cavalry arrived, and the two teams encountered a kiln near Xiaochenzhuang.

He Qifeng relied on the kiln factory to occupy favorable terrain, but after Fang Lichun arrived, he ordered everyone to dismount to meet the enemy, using horses as cover, and the two sides launched a confrontation.

It should be noted that this is an exercise, whether it is a bird gun or a musket, it is only loaded with gunpowder, not projectiles, and whether it is shot or not, it is completely up to the judges on the scene to judge.

Yang Bo, Ji Shun, Lu Yinshi, and Sun Jinyi were all judges of this exercise, and now that several people have converged, looking at the scene in front of them, they are not well judged.

Ji Shun, Lu Yinshi and Sun Jinyi finally saw the power of the firing gun, just the rate of fire, it is more than ten times faster than the bird gun, standing, kneeling, lying can be, on the other hand, the bird gun can only use the standing position, not to mention the laborious and time-consuming not to mention, the key can not be hidden, it is very easy to be hit by the musket.

Seeing this scene, in fact, everyone already understood that if it was a real knife and a real gun, Fang Lichun's side would have no chance of winning, and if it really fought, where would those horses be able to stop it?

"In my opinion, no matter how much you shoot, you can't tell the reason, so it's better to draw." Ji Shun said with a smile.

"In that case, He Qifeng will be unhappy."

"He Qifeng doesn't have to be unhappy, if he brings someone to block it with a bird's gun, he is not easy to win, hahaha."

"Fang Lichun's tactics are the best choice for those who are not as well equipped as others, and it is remarkable that he can persist until now."

"Let's draw, shoot down, the war horse should be frightened."