When the four battalions of the C Brigade set out from Changsong County, they had to make full use of their momentum and withdraw to Liangzhou from the official road, while when the three brigades set out from Liangzhou in the early morning of the first day of November and made a large-scale detour to Changsong, they had to keep a low profile, not make noise, not raise fires at night, and take all pedestrians they encountered, and then release them after the battle was over.

After hearing that the bandits were attacking the county seat of Changsong, the troops immediately closed the encirclement and launched a general attack on the bandits with the limit of waiting for less than half an hour, and at the same time deployed 500 soldiers to defend the city to set fire to the city at the beginning of the general attack.

After Liu Fan finished speaking, he saw that most of the brigade commanders were contemplative, and understood that they must have some doubts in their hearts, and just wanted to open their mouths to explain, Zhang Ting, the commander of the B brigade, first stood up and said, "Fanzi, I don't understand a little, how can you be sure that Qiu Mazi will definitely come to attack Changsong County on the night of the first day of November?" ”

Liu Fan saw that everyone nodded slightly in agreement after Zhang Ting finished speaking, knowing that everyone's doubts were mainly here, he immediately spoke, "I am not very sure about this, I can be sure that Qiu Mazi will definitely come, but Qiu Mazi's team of nearly 2,000 people can hardly make a living for a long time by robbing a merchant and looting a few small villages. ”

"And the two closest to him "big villages and towns" are Guangwu County and Changsong County, Guangwu County was just ransacked by Qiu Mazi at the end of last month, and now the idea of fighting Guangwu County is definitely not much oil and water, and Changsong County has been stationed with heavy troops for a long time, and has never been through bandits, so Qiu Mazi must know that Changsong County is a piece of fat, and once the robbery is successful, it will bring him rich returns. ”

"Secondly, I bet that another reason why he dared to come to rob Changsong County is because many people know that Changsong County is close to Liangzhou, and the cavalry can arrive in three or two hours, and everyone will think that the bandits have absolutely no courage to come to Changsong County, and since everyone thinks that the bandits dare not come, Qiu Mazi will follow the psychology of others and go the opposite way, calmly arranged, and he will definitely be able to take it by surprise, and the main force of the C Brigade went to Liangzhou to watch the martial arts also gave him an excellent opportunity, he knew, This kind of opportunity is unlikely to be encountered again even in a few years, and it is impossible for him not to be tempted, so I think the chances of Qiu Mazi coming to Changsong County are very high. ”

"Also, in Qiu Mazi's opinion, the only opportunity to rob Changsong County is on the first night of November, because it doesn't take much time to go to Liangzhou to observe the forbidden military exercises, and by the second night of November, maybe the C Brigade of the Shence Army responsible for defending Changsong County has returned."

"Then what if Qiu Mazi can really control his desires and can't come on the night of the first day of November?"

"I predict that the best time for Qiu Mazi to sneak attack Changsong County should be the period from midnight on the first day of November to the time before Maozheng, if Qiu Mazi has not come to capture Changsong County after this time, it means that our plan to lure the snake out of the hole has been difficult to succeed, at this time, we must immediately switch to the implementation of the second set of preparatory plans, that is, the ambush troops of the three brigades of Yibingding immediately drive from the official road to Hongchiling, and cooperate with the three brigades that have been drawn in advance to launch a strong attack on Qiu Mazi's bandit troops from the southeast."

"Captain Liu, why did you have to wait for a quarter of an hour before attacking after getting the information that Qiu Mazi was attacking the county seat, why didn't you launch a general attack immediately?"

"This point is also to prevent Qiu Mazi from having a back hand, so let's do it! In addition, Brigade Marshal Xie also had to tell the captain guarding the city that they must hold on for a quarter of an hour, I think it is Qiu Mazi's whole army to attack, and it should be no problem to hold on for a quarter of an hour, right? ”

Xie Hao immediately replied, "Lord Duwei, this point can be guaranteed, even if Duwei Liu lets them hold on for half an hour, I don't think there will be much of a problem." ”

Liu Fan saw that no one asked any questions after the group of brigade commanders finished speaking, and after a slight pause, he asked in a low voice, "Is there anything you don't know about your task?" ”

Xie Hao said again, "Captain Liu, if Qiu Mazi doesn't come, the 3rd Brigade of B, C and D will go to Hongchiling to launch a strong attack on Qiu Mazi, I think that one of the soldiers of the six battalions must be in the center to command. ”

"Brigade Xie is right, I remember that the Shence Army has rarely had a single military operation in recent years, although the enemy facing this time is less than 2,000 people, but we can't underestimate this matter because of this, once the mission fails, not only will it lose the face of the Northwest Battalion, but the Shence Army may be difficult to raise its head in front of the brother troops for a long time."

"Therefore, it is necessary to go to a person to command in the center, since this matter was mentioned by Lvshuai Xie, then bother you to go, if Qiu Mazi is not there for some reason, then Lv Xie will command a full-scale attack on Hongchiling."

Although Liu Fan could almost guess that in this case, if the battle on Hongchiling went well, by the time Xie Hao led the three brigades to Hongchiling, it was estimated that the other three brigades would have basically annihilated Qiu Mazi's troops.

Xie Hao immediately stood up and bowed down and said, "Your Excellency will obey your lord's orders. ”

Although the weather has been relatively warm since October, the season has not been a few days away from the winter solstice, and the northwest land is full of a winter scene, and the housewives of every household have already turned out the winter clothes that have been put in the summer, and put them on their men and children one by one after washing and drying.

In fact, for Hongchiling, the time that belongs to summer in the four seasons of the year is only three or four months, and most of the rest of the time belongs to the winter covered by ice and snow.

In the place where the main peak of Hongchi Ridge is a few hundred steps to the northwest, there is a slightly low valley, surrounded by peaks, a few miles away to the south is a majestic mountain range, and under it is a steep cliff.

Leigong Mountain, Niutou Mountain, the main peak of Hongchi Ridge and the high mountain ridge in the south effectively block the wind blowing in the mountains, so that this valley is less of a cold wind raging, and Qiu Mazi's base camp is located in this relatively warm area in the cold of the high mountains, although Qiu Mazi's camp also has hundreds of houses made of earth and stone, but alone scattered in this white vast world seems extremely small.

At the door of the largest stone house in the center, two bandits wrapped in thick leather jackets stood with guns in the cold wind, and there were only four people sitting in the middle of the fire, the first one was about forty years old, and a wrinkled face was the boss Liu Fan met in the small inn on the side of the official road when he came to Hongchiling to reconnoiter last time, and the sturdy young man sitting at the bottom was the guy in the small inn, the man on the left was about thirty years old, and he was as muscular as the young man at the bottom. It's just that when I was a child, I may have contracted smallpox, and after I recovered, my face was covered with small holes, but on the right sat a slender woman with a thick veil on her face, making it difficult to accurately estimate her age.

I only heard the woman whisper to the middle-aged man at the top, "Big brother, have you decided to fight Changsong County?" ”

The middle-aged man didn't answer immediately, he lowered his head and didn't know what to think, and after a long time, he shook his head lightly and said faintly, "It's just that your second brother and younger brother want to fight ......."

The pockmarked man next to him continued, "Big brother, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it should definitely not be ......."

Before he finished speaking, he was glanced at by the middle-aged man with a frown, and immediately opened his mouth and swallowed half a sentence into his stomach, and touched his head awkwardly.

The middle-aged man whispered again, "Now is an extraordinary time, you didn't pass a word in advance, and you hurriedly went up to the mountain, once the suspicion of the people in the government was aroused on the road, and then there was something, how can you let me, the eldest brother, explain to my deceased father?" ”

"Big ...... Brother, it's been many years since my father and mother passed away, and my brother is already so old, and I'm no longer the girl who doesn't do anything more, you can rest assured that there are many things, I'll be fine! Besides, when my brother came to Liangzhou half a year ago, I met him, and I haven't seen you for more than a year. ”