After seeing Huang Zhongyuan and his party of more than 200 people disappear into the night in the distance, Huang Zhongting turned to look at Li Desheng, Li Shaoyang and others beside him and nodded slightly: "Let's leave early tomorrow morning, let's go and prepare." ”

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and in a dense forest southeast of Hekou County, the 240 revolutionary rebel troops who were preparing to attack the county seat had also arrived in advance and were hidden in this dense forest.

Huang Zhongyuan looked up at the sun above the dense forest, and then looked at the watch on his wrist, eleven o'clock and twenty minutes.

"Half a day earlier than planned, you can't go any further, the front is too close to Hekou County, and there is no dense forest, our more than 200 people are too big to be discovered, let your subordinates rest in hiding, eat some dry food, recover their strength, and act after dark."

Then he called Liao Zhongyi and Xu Guichuan to find an open space and sit on the ground.

Huang Zhongyuan held a wooden stick in his hand, drew a sketch of Hekou County on the ground, pointed to the sketch and said: "The county seat has two city gates in the north and south, and the Qing army is stationed in this open space in the northeast of the city, which is relatively close to the north gate. I have just let people reconnoitre, there are more than 50 people stationed on the south gate and the city gate, and there are twenty or thirty people on the north gate, plus these people are not the regular army of the Qing army, the defense is lax, and the combat effectiveness is poor, so it is very good to fight the city gate, the key is how to enter the city and rescue the brothers in the city, to prevent the enemy from breaking the jar and falling. ”

Huang Zhongyuan turned his head to look at Xu Guichuan and asked, "Company Commander Xu, is there a way for you to bring your people in?" ”

Xu Guichuan stared at Huang Zhongyuan with a confused and aggrieved look.

"Don't look at me, it's useless to look at me, I can't help it, this is the task given to you by the young commander, and it has nothing to do with me if you mess it up." Rao is Huang Zhongyuan, who has always been calm, was stared at by Xu Guichuan with a confused and aggrieved look and was a little hairy, he really had no choice, it was okay to mix in one or two people from the guarded city gate, but it was impossible to mix in the hundred and ten people with weapons, unless the Qing army guarding the city gate was blind.

Xu Guichuan looked at Huang Zhongyuan, who was a little hairy, and immediately changed his hip-hop face with a confused and aggrieved look, and said with a smile: "It turns out that there is something you can't do, don't worry, the mountain people have their own clever plans, I guarantee that a lot of them will be mixed in with weapons, but I won't tell you for the time being, haha." ”

With a "snap", Liao Zhongyi slapped Xu Guichuan on the back of the head.

"You're still selling the pass, things are messed up, and the young commander can't get around you."

Xu Guichuan restrained a little, but continued to laugh and rubbed the back of his head that had been slapped.

There is no way, this slap can only be taken in vain, Liao Zhongyi's age is there, he is considered a big brother, and he will not be really angry if he gives a slap.

Huang Zhongyuan looked at Xu Guichuan, who had been hip-hop, with a helpless face, the people who fought and led the troops in other places were very serious, but when they came to him, they looked like Ma Daha.

It's also thanks to being more familiar with each other, and I always know what kind of character Xu Guichuan is, and Huang Zhongyuan, who is not familiar with him, thinks that the person who works with him is a fool.

"Okay, okay, you continue to sell your pass, as long as you can get in, since that's the case, let's decide, we hit the south gate in a row, fire the first shot, attract the garrison in the city, Uncle Liao's three companies hit the north gate, and then converge the second company that has completed the rescue mission to flank them in front and back, and block them in the city to encircle and annihilate, do you have any other opinions?" Huang Zhongyuan slowed down and said seriously.

"Agreed" Liao Zhongyi and Xu Guichuan sat upright and became serious.

"Okay, let's go after dark."

The sun was setting, and the silver-gray twilight was gradually shrouded in the mountains and forests.

At this time, Huang Zhongting was marching towards Hekou County with the remaining personnel and materials, looked up at the darkening sky, and asked the two staff officers Li Desheng and Li Kan who were following him, there were still about eighty miles away from Hekou County, and he felt that it would start in Hekou County in a few hours, but he was still a little uneasy, after all, this was the first battle he had entered in this turbulent era, and he didn't want to be famous in the world, he just wanted to make sure that nothing went wrong.

Li Shaoyang was immediately called, and another 100 people were drawn from the recruit company, and he personally led the team to quickly march to Hekou County to support.

By night, the three companies involved in the attack on the county seat had traveled less than five miles away from Hekou County, and began to divide their troops according to the original attack plan, the first company attacked the south gate for a while, Xu Guichuan took the second company to the east to prepare to sneak into the county seat, and Liao Zhongyi took the third company to bypass the attack on the north gate from the west.

Xu Guichuan, who was leading people around to the east side, looked at the faintly not-so-high city wall by the faint moonlight, and was secretly proud in his heart, this battle won the county seat and rescued the arrested brother, if it succeeds, then I will be the first credit, hehe. Thinking about it, my mouth cracked.

The first squad leader of the second company, who was following Xu Guichuan, saw that his company commander was grinning, and couldn't help asking: "Company commander, why did you get mixed up in the county seat, there is not even a city gate in the east." ”

Xu Guichuan, who was interrupted and full of obscenity, immediately turned dark, turned around and looked at his squad leader is slap on the head. "You are a king and a son, stupid bastard, let you usually follow Lao Tzu to learn more, but if you don't listen, how can you become a company commander."

The first squad leader's surname is Wang, and he is called Wang Er Mazi because his face is full of pockmarks. At this moment, Wang Ermazi, who had been slapped in the face, was looking at Xu Guichuan with a face full of grievances: "Company commander, how dare the little one dare to think about being the company commander, the little one only thinks that he can always be by your side and get a little bit of your domineering talent, so that he can help you and win more battles." ”

Xu Guichuan nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Remember the last time we retreated to the estuary, when I took you on patrol, I found that there was a very small drainage ditch in the east of the county, this drainage ditch usually looks inconspicuous, but it has a great effect at this time, so, understand?" Let you be more careful, but you don't listen."

Wang Er Mazi suddenly realized: "It's still a company chief cow." ”

Xu Guichuan has already said this, even a fool understands what to do next.

Xu Guichuan shook his head a little helplessly, and kicked Wang Ermazi, "Go, let the brothers speed up and enter the city as soon as possible." ”

After a while, this group found a small stream in the east of the county, the stream is not deep, the water flow is not large, it extends from under the city wall to the outside of the city, in order not to disturb the people nearby, Xu Guichuan ordered everyone to go down to the stream, and the cat waist down to the city wall.

Walking under the city wall, he was blocked by a broken iron fence, but due to disrepair, the iron fence was rusty and broke when he touched it, so he naturally couldn't stop Xu Guichuan, a few dozen people.

Xu Guichuan was the first to drill into the hole, leading a group of people to slowly walk through the city wall, into the city, Xu Guichuan was also the first to cross the city wall, carefully climbed to the side, there was a row of inhabited houses on the side, lit candles, not far away is a big road, the other side of the road is a small forest, Xu Guichuan made a simple judgment and decided to go to the small forest over there, otherwise the longer you stay here, it will be easy to cause movement and startle the snake.

Then he turned and gave the order, one by one, crawling forward, and then quickly crossed the road into the grove.