In the lonely mountain city south of Fengzhen after crossing the victory pass of the Outer Great Wall, a Japanese army that rushed south and retreated gathered in the city for a short rest.

The more than 6,000 people in the city's Itagaki Seishiro command post were all temporarily rested after meeting at Gushan Castle.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the latest situation of the troops commanded by Li Yunlong is already clear. Li Yunlong's troops are now storming Pinglu after capturing Weiyuan Fort. The defenders of the imperial army in Pinglu plus the strength of a regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army of Qian Bojun's Department who were secretly stationed in the city. We're holding on to it now, but Captain Nozomi Sakaguchi asked us for reinforcements. In the temporary garrison of Seishiro Itagaki, Ueno, the chief of staff of his division, was holding an urgent telegram, and Risaki immediately reported to Seishiro Itagaki.

After Seishiro Itagaki asked the Japanese staff officer next to him to take out the map and spread it out, his eyes shifted to it, his fingers moved, and his face was incomprehensible.

"Li Yunlong is really good at maneuvering, and his speed is too fast. We have just withdrawn south to Gushan, and Li Yunlong has already commanded his troops to move to the Pinglu area. It is worthy of being the great enemy of the empire, although the number of troops is small, but it is very elite and good at war. Although Itagaki Seishiro was very itchy with Li Yunlong's teeth, he also had to admire the combat effectiveness and mobility of the new regiment under Li Yunlong.

This is unattainable even if it is a front-line field mobile unit of the Japanese army!

Ueno reminded: "Your Excellency the division commander, how do you think you will reply to the urgent telegram from the commander of the Pinglu garrison squadron Nozomi Sakaguchi asking for reinforcements?" ”。

Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand and said disapprerovitically: "Right now, even if we retreat south and rush back to the area east of Pinglu by train, it will take time." Let them fortify the city and entangle Li Yunlong's troops. Once Li Yunlong's siege of the city was unfavorable, he would inevitably withdraw the siege and move to other areas to attack the other garrisons of the imperial army. On my orders, the troops immediately assembled and continued to retreat south. In addition, let the more than 1,000 people who went south from the direction of Liangcheng must recover the mouth of the tiger, the right jade city, and leave troops to garrison. Block the possibility of Li Yunlong's troops turning back to the north and sending a report. ”。

"Understood, Your Excellency Division Commander!" Ueno thought about it and nodded, that's all it can be for now.

In less than a few seconds, a Japanese staff officer rushed from the communications office on the side of the temporary headquarters to Itagaki Seishiro's side.

"Your Excellency the division commander, Pinglu urgent telegram: Bankou Wangyu urgent telegram, Pinglu City is lost, Qian Bojun troops gather the remnants of the Imperial Association Army to break through and retreat south." The Japanese staff officer anxiously reported to Seishiro Itagaki.

Itagaki Seishiro was waving his hand at this time to order Ueno to call back, when he heard the report of the Japanese staff officer who rushed to him, and his expression was stunned.

"Nani?" Seishiro Itagaki was shocked and angry: "How is it possible? It's only been less than twenty minutes, isn't Pinglu guarded by more than 2,000 people in the Imperial Association Army and the Imperial Army, and it has actually been lost? ”。

"Hayi, now the leader of the Pinglu defender squadron, Captain Sakaguchi Wang, has led part of the imperial army and the remnants of the imperial alliance army to break through the city and retreat to the area east of the city. Now, Li Yunlong's troops have completely captured Pinglu City. The Japanese staff officer who came to report the situation said with a wry smile, he did not expect that Pinglu City, which had more than 2,000 horses guarding the city, would be captured by the troops commanded by Li Yunlong so quickly, which was simply amazingly fast.

Ueno was rushing to take the telegram and look at it, and it was very expressive to Itagaki Seishiro.

And Itagaki Seishiro's face suddenly sank, and when he took the urgent telegram sent by Sakaguchi Wang, he was immediately angry.

"Yaga Ya Road, Sakaguchi Wangzhen is really a waste. Why did you put nearly half of Qian Bojun's troops outside Beicheng as cannon fodder? Wouldn't it be good if they all shrank into the city and held on, so as to hold Li Yunlong's troops and wait for the surrounding imperial troops to encircle? Baga, a bunch of waste. Itagaki Seishiro burst the telegram and said angrily speechlessly.

Ueno, the chief of staff of the division on the side, said urgently: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Pinglu has been lost and is irretrievable. At present, it is necessary to send troops to chase the traces of Li Yunlong's troops. Otherwise, Li Yunlong would inevitably lead the army to hide in Hongtao Mountain. At present, Shanxi is in the cold winter season, and the rain and snow are quite heavy. There is no way for the Imperial Air Force fighters at the airport in Datong to be dispatched, and if Li Yunlong's troops are allowed to hide in the Hongtao Mountain, it will probably be even more difficult to encircle and suppress them. ”。

"Okay, directly send a telegram to Sakaguchi Wang, and ask him to command the headquarters and order Qian Bojun's troops to regroup to attack Li Yunlong's troops, and be sure to entangle them." Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand and said speechlessly.

Ueno Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hayi, Your Excellency the division commander, let's do it!" ”。

Itagaki Seishiro nodded, just looked at the map with his eyes, and immediately ordered most of the Japanese troops of the 41st and 42nd Brigades of the Japanese Army assembled in Toyojin to continue to retreat south, preparing to advance by rail to the area east of Pingru.

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Just when Itagaki Seishiro was annoyed and angry and led his army south, Li Yunlong had already commanded the troops, and less than ten minutes after capturing Pinglu, he quickly withdrew from the city and attacked Hongtao Mountain in the south.

Along the way, he did not encounter the remnants of the Japanese army at Sakaguchi Wang, so Li Yunlong sent Duan Peng's special combat team to enter Hongtao Mountain to reconnoiter first, so as not to have an enemy ambush in the mountain.

At this time, the wind and snow were blowing, so that the troops led by Li Yunlong marched on the road without worrying about the air raids of the Japanese fighters.

On the mountain road from Pinglu to Hongtao Mountain, the snow on both sides of the mountain road is deep, and the snow on the ground of the mountain road is also very thick, but for most of the soldiers of the new regiment in Jin Province, this is not a big problem at all.

"Commander, in the battle against Pinglu, we only lost less than twenty brothers, and there were not many wounded soldiers. In addition, in the battle outside the northern city of Pinglu, there were more than 300 soldiers of the Jin Sui Army who turned against him anyway, according to statistics. On the contrary, our strength has increased, and now we have more than 1,300 men in our hands, which is almost the strength of a regiment. On the side of the mountain road where the team was marching, Zhang Dabiao, who had stopped, reported to Li Yunlong with a smile.

Li Yunlong nodded and said: "Yes, it seems that most of the rebel soldiers in the 1st Battalion of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army under the control of Qian Bojun actually passively followed Qian Bojun to join the Japanese army. This is an opportunity for us. ”。。

"Captain, what do you mean?" Zhang Dabiao seemed to understand something, and said with a smile.

Li Yunlong also smiled deeply, asked Wei Dayong beside him to take out the map and spread it out, pointed to Lijiazhen, where the 1st Battalion of the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army was stationed on it, and said: "Labor and management mean that taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of Qian Bojun's rout to Lijia Town, the remnants of the army are in a big mood, and send troops to attack Lijia Town. ”。