On the road leading west from Matou Town, the only road on the Pinghan Railway Line, to Tengcheng Town, a cavalry galloped forward. More than 2,000 temporary cavalry of the new regiment were already an elite cavalry after some maneuvering and rushing operations.

As it was already daytime, the weather improved in the process of rushing west from Matou Town. Therefore, the visibility was already very suitable for the dispatch of Japanese fighters, so Li Yunlong's command post commanded 2,000 iron horsemen galloped to Tengcheng Town, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

"Commander, Commander! Urgent information! In front of the galloping cavalry team, Li Yunlong was directing the men and horses of all departments to speed up on the side of the road, and at this time, a signal soldier with the army walked from his side, and his eyes were solemn.

Li Yunlong bowed his head and said, "What's the matter?" So urgent? At this time, seeing the solemn eyes of the communication soldiers, Li Yunlong also knew that there was an urgent telegram coming.

Sure enough, I saw that the communications soldiers accompanying the army stepped forward to salute and stand upright, and handed Li Yunlong a telegram that had just been translated: "Regiment commander, the brigade headquarters is in an emergency. Also, the political commissar also came with an urgent telegram. I translated them all together on a piece of paper. ”。

Li Yunlong nodded, only glanced at the telegram and frowned, and then waved his hand to the herald on the side: "Order all troops to temporarily stop advancing and rest for five minutes." Ordered Zhang Dabiao and other commanders and fighters to hurry up to the labor-management meeting here. ”。

"Yes, Captain!" The herald hurriedly turned over his horse to give the order, and at this time the cavalry team had been opened, and the herald must also ride a war horse to give orders to the commanders of the troops.

In less than a minute, Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, the commander of the independent battalion, Sun Desheng, the commander of the cavalry company, and other commanders and fighters of the army rushed to Li Yunlong's place one after another.

Everyone didn't know why Li Yunlong ordered the troops to stop advancing and hold an emergency combat meeting, but everyone who got the order also rushed to Li Yunlong's place one after another according to their guesses.

At this time, Li Yunlong saw everyone arriving, waved his hand to signal everyone to gather together, and then handed over an urgent telegram from Zhao Gang and the brigade headquarters in Hengshan Base, "Big guys, take a look, what do you think?" ”

"Regiment commander, according to the urgent telegram from the political commissar, Yoshio Shinozuka estimates that 20,000 Japanese troops have been mobilized to assemble at Pingxingguan and are resting. According to the top-secret information obtained by our army from the internal line of the Japanese First Army headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka was already preparing to launch another fierce attack on the Hengshan base area in a few hours. In accordance with Tada Jun's urgent telegram order, Yoshio Shinozuka also mobilized all the Japanese troops in Jin Province near Hukou Pass and Pingshun Mountain near Shigu Mountain and Fukou Mountain to march under the two mountains to suppress them, and cooperate with the Japanese troops from the north of Yucheng to Matou Town to form a complete encirclement of us. We're in a bit of trouble this time. ”

Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, first said in a condensed voice, pointing to the military map spread out by Wei Dayong, and pointing to Hukou Pass and other places in Jin Province, his expression was very solemn.

Although judging from the top-secret information sent by the brigade headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka transferred all the Japanese troops from Hukou Pass and other cities in Jin Province near Shigu Mountain and Fukou Mountain to cooperate with the Japanese troops in the occupied areas of Ji Province to attack and suppress his own troops, and only more than 2,000 troops. But it is also not to be underestimated, if it is blocked in the middle of the two mountains, it is also a very troublesome thing. Lazy people listen to books

Once entangled by Yoshio Shinozuka and the Japanese troops chasing after Matou Town from the north of the city, it will be a little difficult to get out at that time. After all, you can't underestimate the little devil, Yoshio Shinozuka is also an experienced and good command senior commander of the Japanese army.

Of course, Li Yunlong nodded, agreeing with Zhang Dabiao's analysis, and then said: "Yes, it's a bit troublesome." However, as long as we conquer Tengcheng Town, our troops will fight in the middle of the two mountains, and the complex terrain of Shigu Mountain and Fukou Mountain will be beneficial to us, and we will still have a certain advantage in dealing with the Japanese army attacking us. However, we cannot stay between the two mountains for too long. It is necessary to return to the division as soon as possible to go north to the Hengshan base area, Shinozuka Yoshio concentrated 20,000 Japanese troops to rest at Pingxingguan, according to the urgent telegram sent by Zhao Gang, it is estimated that it is possible that at about 12 o'clock to 13 o'clock at noon, Shinozuka Yoshio will once again storm the Hengshan and my new regiment base area. ”。

"Regiment commander, then there is no need to attack and advance to Tengcheng Town, we might as well give up the strategy of turning to Shigu Mountain and Fukou Mountain for rest and recuperation, change the plan, and return to the north towards the Hengshan base area. Although the political commissar has three main battalions, the second battalion, the third battalion and the fourth battalion, and some recruited recruits are stationed in the Hengshan base area, but Yoshio Shinozuka mobilized 20,000 elites to attack the base area, and it is estimated that the political commissar will resist the onslaught of Yoshio Shinozuka and the losses will be very large. ”

Zhou Hua, the commander of the independent battalion, suggested loudly that at this time, the Japanese army had already pursued and intercepted Shigu Mountain and Fukou Mountain, and it was pointless to continue to command the troops to attack and advance into the two mountains at this time, at least Zhou Hua thought so.

At this time, Zhang Dabiao suggested: "Commander, what Lao Zhou said is good. In my opinion, it is better for us to turn north and south, to Wu'an or to the south. ”。

"I think since I am going back to the north to return to the base area, I will support the political commissars. It is better to quietly rush to the north, capture Wu'an, and march from Wu'an north along the edge of the eastern foothills of Taihang Mountain, so that you can rush back to the base area as soon as possible. Sun Desheng, the commander of the cavalry company, suggested loudly and pointed to the map.

The rest of the people were also talking, at least most of them thought that it was no longer meaningful to continue the attack and advance to Shigu Mountain, Fukou Mountain. In addition, at this time, Zhao Gang received a call to explain that the 20,000 elite Japanese troops gathered in Pingxingguan were ready to move north, preparing to go north to Hengshan and launch an offensive on the "old nest" of the new regiment.

At this time, it is time to return to the division and go north to the base area. At least this time to send troops to Ji Province, the goal of almost landing on the city of Beiping is also preliminarily completed, waiting for the new regiment to be strong and strong in the future, and it is the nightmare of the little devil.

Sure enough, after Li Yunlong saw that everyone knew the content of the secret telegram sent by the brigade headquarters and Zhao Gang, they all agreed with Zhou Hua's opinion, gave up the plan to enter Shigu Mountain, and then look for fighters after resting at Fukou Mountain, and instead withdrew his troops and returned to the division to go north.

"Okay, since the big guys think it's back to the division's base, let's change the direction. Order the divisions, turn around, and march to the north! Fortunately, we found familiar with the terrain and mountain roads in the surrounding areas such as Wu'an and Handan near Handan, and it is no problem to turn north quickly! Li Yunlong ordered.

Everyone replied: "Yes, Commander!" Then they left one after another, and commanded all units to turn the direction of maneuver of the troops under Li Yunlong's order, and instead marched in the direction of Wu'an in the north.

A new cavalry regiment of more than 2,000 people turned the direction of the march to the north and marched in the direction of Wu'an. At this time, the Japanese troops from the direction of Matou Town and Yoshio Shinozuka who were close to the east and west flanks of Li Yunlong's headquarters had not yet made contact with Li Yunlong's main cavalry force.

It was not until the vicinity of Huihe Shigu Mountain that he found out that Li Yunlong's main cavalry force was not found at all. As everyone knows, Li Yunlong and others have already withdrawn their troops and returned to the Hengshan base area to reinforce Zhao Gang and other new regiments left behind in the base area.