In the dead of night, Liu Yizhang and Deng Jiaju marched to the position with three companies, the winter fog in the evening had already dissipated, the bright moonlight, mercury poured to the earth, the eagle ridge in the distance was snowy, mysterious, Liu Yizhang looked back at the cavalry three companies, in the biting cold wind, the soldiers were high-spirited, the swords, the swarthy spears, the sturdy war horses, meandering in the mountains and forests, sounding the crisp sound of horses' hooves.

Liu Yizhang looked forward to the arrival of dawn, looking forward to the second battle after entering the dynasty, life is really a lot of unexpected, more than half a month ago he was still an ordinary cavalry, after an accidental resistance battle, he actually became the company commander of nearly 100 cavalry, he looked at Deng Jiaju beside him, his heart was full of gratitude, since he dug up to the cavalry company, from the northeast all the way, he opened a small stove for himself, as big as the history of our army's cavalry, the characteristics of cavalry operations, as small as the origin of the saber, the cost of military horses, and so onI have benefited a lot from it, so I have such amazing performance and rapid growth today.

The troops walked less than three kilometers away from the position, Liu Yizhang asked the soldiers to dismount, and before setting off, they had already put a horse rank on the horse, they led the horse to drive the distance and walked alone, when approaching the position, the military correspondent Liu Yan came to meet him, and he was ordered to come to pick up Yizhang to the front line headquarters.

The key to commanding a battle is to be able to judge the situation and dare to take risks, these are exactly what Yoshizhang is good at, and he is looking forward to the early arrival of the battle. The front-line command is located in a natural cave on Shuangniu Ridge, only 800 meters away from Eagle Ridge in a straight line, it is the closest forward position of our army to Eagle Ridge, the position of the independent regiment is one kilometer away from Eagle Ridge, the artillery and cavalry company positions are about two kilometers away from Eagle Ridge, there are four soldiers at the entrance of the cave, Liu Yan picked up the quilt at the entrance of the cave, and Yizhang walked into the cave, Xu Weiguo, the head of the independent regiment, Miao Qing, the head of the artillery regiment, and Shi Mingming, the staff officer of the military department, stood in front of the map and whispered, there were two war horses in the depths of the cave, The hooves of the war horse were wrapped in a thick cloth, and the head was covered with a horse rank, Miao Qing introduced Xu Weiguo and Shi Mingliang to Yizhang, Yizhang gave a military salute to Xu Weiguo, Xu Weiguo happily pulled Liu Yizhang's hand and looked it up and down, and said enviously to Miao Qing, "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger of the Artillery Regiment, you're really majestic with this 'little steel cannon'!" "Xu Weiguo and Miao Qing are old partners and old friends, and they love to joke when they get together. Shi Mingliang said to Yizhang with a smile, "Company Commander Liu has just turned eighteen years old, and he participated in commanding such an important battle, which is really gratifying, and the future life is terrifying!" ”

"Old Shi, how old are you to dare to call yourself a senior?" Miao Qing smiled and teased Shi Mingming, "Why aren't you old, don't you Miao Regiment Leader call me Lao Shi?" ”

Liu Yizhang said to Shi Mingliang sincerely, "Staff Officer Shi has followed Commander Wu since the fourth peace, of course he is an old revolutionary, I hope Staff Officer Shi will give more advice in the future!" After finishing speaking, he was about to give Shi Mingliang a military salute, Shi Mingliang hurriedly pressed Yizhang's arm, smiled and said, "Company Commander Liu, a few of our old guys are joking, don't be careful, I'm not a few years older than you, you don't have to be polite." Correspondent Liu Yan stood aside, quietly observing Liu Yizhang's greetings with Xu Weiguo and others, and secretly admired Yizhang in his heart, only he knew that on the way to take Liu Yizhang to the headquarters, the two talked very happily, and they felt like they were old at first sight, and they felt like they hated each other.

Liu Yizhang asked Liu Yan about the command style of Xu Weiguo and others, Liu Yan told each other one by one, Liu Yan liked Liu Yizhang from the bottom of his heart, this was the second time he saw Liu Yizhang, the first time he followed Wu Xiangsen to participate in the battle in the ancient capital, Liu Yan has always been by Wu Xiangsen's side, Wu Xiangsen's interaction with Yizhang, Liu Yan can see clearly from beginning to end, especially Wu Xiangsen's parting gift to Yizhang, Liu Yan was deeply shocked, the Browning pistol is Wu Xiangsen's favorite thing, many of Wu Xiangsen's colleagues have asked him, he is not willing to give, But it was given to Liu Yizhang who had only one side, which shows how much Wu Xiangsen loves and appreciates Liu Yizhang, this time in the Eagle Ridge battle, Wu Xiangsen made an exception to transfer Liu Yizhang to the command headquarters to participate in the command, and it is a good intention, deliberately cultivated, and now I see Liu Yizhang's conversation with everyone, a few words, both modest and polite, and not lost sight.

After the greetings, everyone quickly put into the pre-war preparations for the battle of Eagle Ridge, Liu Yizhang stood in front of the military map, staring at the map motionlessly and carefully figuring it out, Xu Weiguo paced back and forth in the command headquarters, about every half an hour, scouts came in to report to him the movements of Eagle Ridge, Shi Mingliang answered the call from the military department from time to time, everyone's expression was nervous and busy, the most idle person was Miao Qing, he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and smoked a cigarette when he was sleepy.

The dawn broke, the time of the general attack was getting closer and closer, the cave was gradually filled with the atmosphere of the war, Yizhang looked at his pocket watch, there were still ten minutes away from the general attack, at this time Shi Mingliang took a few soldiers to carry the tent and walked out, Yizhang also walked out, the soldiers soon set up a tent on a flat land in front of the cave, as a temporary command shed for the battle, Xu Weiguo came to the command shed to look at Eagle Ridge through the telescope, Liu Yizhang stood next to him, Liu Yan handed Yizhang a telescope.

Eagle Ridge in the telescope is close in front of you, and even a circle of barbed wire is faintly visible, at seven o'clock and five o'clock, Wu Xiangsen gave the order for a general attack on the phone, Xu Weiguo waved his hand, three purple signal bombs screamed and flew in the direction of the second battalion of the artillery regiment, our army's field artillery, howitzers, rocket artillery and other more than 20 artillery pieces on the position of Eagle Ridge is a burst of wild bombardment, in an instant, Eagle Ridge turned into a sea of fire, the loud sound of landslides and ground cracks was deafening, Yizhang felt that the entire Eagle Ridge, including the Shuangniu Ridge under his feet, was trembling, The tent shook violently, the rocks and soil blown up on Eagle Ridge flew everywhere, and after more than 20 minutes of continuous bombardment, Eagle Ridge completely turned into 'Condor Ridge', the top of the mountain was bombarded flat, and the sound of artillery stopped.

Xu Weiguo held the telescope in one hand and waved the other, three orange signal flares rose into the air and flew in the direction of the independent regiment, the loud charge horn sounded immediately, "rush", "kill" The shouts of killing suddenly resounded through the valley, the soldiers of the independent regiment who had been hidden all night rushed to the Eagle Ridge like a tiger out of the cage, and the soldiers who took the lead in rushing to the top of the mountain started a white-knuckle battle with the enemy, because the enemy set up five barbed wire fences around the Eagle Ridge, which greatly slowed down the offensive speed of our army, Xu Weiguo's combat goal was to capture the Eagle Ridge, Controlling the throat leading from Muluyuan to Seoul, as for whether the enemy can be completely annihilated is secondary, the second question that Liu Yizhang was worried about really appeared, Liu Yizhang found through the telescope that a small group of enemies had begun to flee in the direction of the back mountain, and he hurriedly reported to Xu Weiguo, "Commander Xu, I have a request. ”

"If you have any requests, say them quickly!" Xu Weiguo did not take off the binoculars, and from the moment he stood under the command shed, his eyes never left Eagle Ridge.

Liu Yizhang said loudly, "Commander Xu, I want to intercept the fleeing enemy!" ”

"What? You repeat. Xu Weiguo put down the binoculars and turned his head, as if he didn't hear clearly, in fact, he heard it clearly, and everyone around him also heard it clearly, he was shocked by Liu Yizhang's courage.

Liu Yizhang said loudly again, "I ask to ride the war horse in the cave around the foot of the mountain to intercept the enemy fleeing in the direction of Seoul!" ”

"You're alone?"

"Yes, Commander Xu, I'll intercept it alone, and you let Liu Yan ride another war horse to inform the Third Cavalry Company and let them go to the direction of Seoul to meet me."

Xu Weiguo secretly thought to himself, this is too risky, Liu Yizhang may have to face hundreds of well-armed enemies alone, but Wu Xiangsen also confessed that he could adopt Liu Yizhang's suggestion in wartime, but he didn't expect Liu Yizhang to really dare to stand up at a critical juncture, but this is also too risky, the main force of the independent regiment cannot cooperate with him to pursue the fleeing enemy, seeing that Xu Weiguo is still hesitating, Liu Yizhang said categorically, "Commander Xu, don't hesitate, the fighter plane is fleeting, please rest assured, I will come back alive, you give the order quickly!" Xu Weiguo put down the binoculars in his hand, put his hands around Yizhang's shoulders, stared at his eyes and said loudly, "Liu Yizhang, I agree that you will pursue and intercept the fleeing enemy single-handedly, but you must give me back alive!" Then he turned around and ordered Liu Yan to follow what Yizhang said, and quickly inform Deng Jiaju to lead three cavalry companies to quickly meet Liu Yizhang.