Yongnian City is the north gate of Handan, not far from Handan, and the strategic location is still very important.

The loss of Yongnian County is enough to open the north gate of Handan, and Handan City is vulnerable to the threat of the army that goes south along the Fuyang River from the direction of Yongnian County.

At this time, in Yongnian City after the fierce battle, Li Yunlong had already rushed to the place where everyone gathered, that is, the Japanese army headquarters in Yongnian County.

"Regiment commander, recovering Yongnian County, this battle killed 237 people of a Japanese squadron, more than 300 people of the Imperial Allied Army, and captured more than 180 soldiers of the Imperial Allied Army. More than 300 Type 38 rifles, seven light and heavy machine guns, and countless other military supplies were captured! When Li Yunlong arrived, soon a statistical staff officer with the army reported to Li Yunlong the results of the battle to conquer Yongnian County.

Li Yunlong nodded when he heard this, motioned for everyone to gather together, pointed to the map of the military Hebei Province that was laid out by Monk Wei Dayong Wei from the briefcase, and then quickly said in a condensed voice: "Da Biao, Lao Zhou is doing well. Replenish the loss of ammunition, and the rest of the grain, grass, ammunition, weapons and equipment that can't be taken away will all be blown up, and don't leave it to the little devils! Now that we have conquered Yongnian, it is estimated that Yuichiro Hatta, the commander of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, would not have thought that we would take Yongnian County so quickly. Brothers, tell me where to attack next? ”。

As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, everyone pointed to the map and discussed.

And the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao, had been a part-time staff officer of the new regiment, and soon said with a solemn face: "Regiment commander, judging from the map, after we recovered Yongnian County, there were three directions of attack. One is to go north along the Fuyang River to attack Quzhou, Jize and Pingxiang, and the second is to go south along the Fuyang River to force Handan City. The third is to continue north and march towards Shahe City! ”。

"Lao Zhang, why don't you go south?" Zhou Hua, the commander of the independent battalion, said with a smile.

Zhang Dabiao shook his head and said: "According to the latest information, a wing of the Japanese army in Handan City to reinforce the county seat of Daimyo has turned from Cheng'an to Guangping halfway. At this time, the Japanese army wing is estimated to have arrived in Quang Binh. At this time, when we go back to the south, won't we be asking for our own death? Hey, hey, hey! ”。

Li Yunlong nodded when he heard this, and agreed with Zhang Dabiao's analysis, "Judging from these three routes that can be attacked, the big guys will talk about it, choose one of them to fight!" ”

At this time, Duan Peng, the captain of the special combat team, interjected and said, "Regiment leader, it's better to fight Handan City!" Isn't the division headquarters of the 33rd Division of the little devil in Handan City? If we fight Handan City, it is estimated that we will be able to scare to death and severely humiliate the commander of the 33rd Division of the devil! ”。

Hearing this, Li Yunlong's eyes lit up, the new regiment has always fought a hard battle, and it has become commonplace to face the division and regimental level of little devils. If you want to fight, you will fight the elite troops of the Japanese army, and if you want to fight, you will fight the little devil stationed in the city of Beiping, the commander of the North China Front Army, Tada Jun, this old devil will be severely embarrassed.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Yunlong clapped his hands and said: "Made, the elite of the little devils who will fight if you want to fight." If we can conquer Handan, end up the division headquarters of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, and capture or kill the commander of the 33rd Division of the little devil, Yuichiro Hatta, it will be enough to make the old devil Tada Jun, who has mastered them, painful! ”。

After a pause, Li Yunlong directly ordered: "Pass my order, all the troops will immediately go directly and directly along the south of Fuyang River and attack Handan City, hurry up!" ”。

Everyone was very excited when they heard the words, Handan is an ancient city, located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, west of the Taihang Mountains, east of the North China Plain, and Jin, Shandong, Henan provinces border. Especially on the Pinghan Railway, the transportation is convenient, if Handan is attacked and captured by the new regiment of 2,000 men and horses, it is estimated that Tada Jun's post as commander of the North China Front Army will really be removed by the Japanese Emperor.

Soon, after everyone discussed the details for a few minutes, they gathered at the south gate of Yongnian County according to Li Yunlong's order, and an elite cavalry withdrew from Yongnian County and secretly went to Handan City south along the Fuyang River.

Handan City is only more than 20 kilometers away from Yongnian County, although the weather is cold at this time, the snow on the ground is relatively deep. But for a cavalry, in broad daylight it was already of little impact. What's more, Li Yunlong found a local common man in Yongnian County as a guide, and directly followed the small road a few miles south of the south bank of the Fuyang River to Handan City.

Therefore, Yuichiro Hatta in Handan City had sent an infantry brigade north along the Fuyang River to reinforce the Japanese army in Yongnian County, but did not meet Li Yunlong's main cavalry force along the Fuyang River. The two sides passed by, after all, there were miles away from each other's men and horses.

Before evacuating Yongnian County, Li Yunlong ordered Sun Desheng's cavalry company to send a part of its men and horses to the north along the Fuyang River and attack in the direction of Quzhou. To make a big noise, in order to induce Hatta Yuichiro to think that Li Yunlong's main cavalry force was heading north in the direction of Quzhou.

Sure enough, just as the decoy troops sent by Li Yunlong were approaching Quzhou, the defenders of Quzhou soon closed the gates of Quzhou as if they were facing a great enemy, and then urgently sent a report to the headquarters of the Japanese 33rd Division in Handan City through the only radio in the city for help.

Handan City, after receiving an urgent report from the staff officer of the communications office of the division headquarters, and the chief of staff of the division, Tomoki Onodera, who received an urgent telegram from the Japanese army in Quzhou City asking for help, hurried to Hatta Yuichiro and made an urgent report, "Your Excellency the division commander, a cavalry of the Eighth Route Army was found outside Quzhou City, although there is only one company in number, but the momentum is huge, I am afraid that the county seat of Yongnian has been lost. Li Yunlong's command post headquarters went north along the Fuyang River and had already entered Quzhou City. It is estimated that the enemy cavalry seen by the defenders of Quzhou should be the vanguard! ”

"Nani?" Yuichiro Hatta had just relaxed his spirit at this time, and when he heard this, he immediately tensed his body, took the telegram handed by Tomoki Onodera and looked at it, and quickly frowned.

Judging from the telegram of the Quzhou defenders asking for help, Li Yunlong estimated that he did not dare to go south to the Fuyang River to attack Handan, but to attack the Quzhou, Jize, and Pingxiang areas along the north of the Fuyang River. The number of garrisons of the Japanese army in each city in this area is not much, although each city has the Imperial Allied Army to assist in the defense of the city, but the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Allied Army, when it meets the new regiment of Li Yunlong, who is good at fighting hard battles and siege warfare, it can be regarded as Amitabha Buddha for half an hour.

"Ono-kun, do you think that after the loss of Yongnian County, Li Yunlong's troops will definitely attack north along the Fuyang River to Quzhou and Jize?" Yuichiro Hatta thought about it, a little uncertain in his heart, and then asked Major General Tomoki Onodera, the chief of staff of the division.

Although Tomoki Onodera received an urgent call for help from the defenders of Quzhou, he also had the same doubts in his heart as Yuichiro Hatta, after all, if he went north to Quzhou and the area of Jize, even if the Japanese army took out these cities, the results would not be too great.

Therefore, Onodera Tomoki quickly realized a little, and immediately said in a condensed voice: "Your Excellency the division commander, you mean that a cavalry company of the new regiment that appeared outside Quzhou City is likely to be a decoy force?" ’。