"Huh? How many people were there in the Ming army? Who is the Commander? ”

Kong Youde is full of suspicions, Yangqiao Town is a small place, and it is not a dangerous place, how can the Ming army still have any heavy troops to guard? How could it be possible to stop thousands of cavalrymen alive?

"It is said that there are thousands of people, there are firearms, and it is not clear who the commander is." The lieutenant officer cautiously replied.

"The order went down, and the whole army accelerated and went straight to Yangqiao."

Kong Youde lifted the curtain, looked up at the sky, and frowned.

"Huh!" The pro-general took the order and left.

……

It turned out that early that morning, Lin Xiao rushed to Li Yuanyin's tent and talked to him about his battle plan, Li Yuanyin agreed very much, and volunteered to lead the cavalry forward to lure the enemy, Lin Xiao brought Zhang Chenfeng and Duan Zhenghong over, and asked Zhang Chenfeng to go with a reconnaissance company to reinforce Duan Zhenghong's machine gun platoon.

Then Lin Xiao took Zhu Yujia, Duan Zhenghong, and He Shouxin to the valley to check the terrain, and the atmosphere was very relaxed along the way.

Today's sunshine is very good, although the temperature is not high, but the world after the rain and sunny days always give people a bright color, as if the sun is shining on people's hearts, so that the flowers and plants that were trampled by the wind and rain a few days ago can regain the care of love and regain the vitality of life.

This is a long gourd-shaped valley from north to south, about ten miles long, the north and south ends are narrow and the middle is relatively empty, the widest part has three or four miles, after entering from the north end, the black and vast mountains on both sides of the road are borderless and not along, the cliff head like a knife and axe is cut and the sky is on the ground, except for a few mountain passes, you can't find the way up the mountain at all.

After walking for seven or eight miles, we came to the emptiest place in the middle of the valley, where there were several small villages and about dozens of families.

When Lin Xiao and the others arrived, Ding Shuai and several of his company commanders also arrived, and their first battalion was stationed in Gantang Town, which was separated from Litang Town by Daming Mountain, and was located at the north and south ends of the canyon.

Lin Xiao asked Ding Shuai about what they had observed all the way, and learned that there was a rapid river more than ten meters wide blocking the way in front of them, and they wanted to get out of the valley or cross the river by bridge, go out of the canyon and go south through Mutang to Wanchun, and then drive west to Nanning; Either you have to turn the road in advance and go west through a narrower canyon about five miles long, after going out of this canyon, you can walk three or four miles to Luwei Town, and from Luwei Pass to the west for more than ten miles is Gantang Town, and it is closer to Nanning from here.

"In other words, this gourd belly is the best place to ambush?" Lin Xiao put down the binoculars and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, captain, this is really an excellent ambush place, as long as the canyon is blocked in front, and then a blocking position is built on the other side of the rapid water river, Kong Youde will not be able to rush through no matter what, and then the third battalion will block his buttocks, then he will be unable to fly." Ding Shuai said with a relaxed face.

"Okay, you send a main company to strengthen the machine gun platoon on the other side of the rapid water river to block the attack, kill and wound as many enemies as possible, and not let any of them slip through...... The rest of the forces occupied the pass on this side of the mountain, and the enemy was not allowed to seize a commanding height. ”

Lin Xiao pointed to the endless hills behind him, and Zhengse said, "The main force of Duan Zhenghong's machine gun company is to build a firepower point at the mouth of this canyon in the west to block this only way of life, and the mortars should choose a good horizon and bombard the artillery of the Qing army as much as possible." ”

"Understood!" Duan Zhenghong replied loudly.

Lin Xiao turned his head to Ding Shuai again and said, "By the way, let your baggage company first transfer all the villagers here to Luwei Town for temporary refuge, and then use it as a reserve to reinforce everywhere at any time." ”

"Yes, understood." Ding Shuai immediately straightened his chest and responded.

"I'm not finished yet," Lin Xiao glanced at him, pointed to a small forest in the north of the village, and said, "Do you see the forest at the foot of the mountain outside the village?" Can you set up a few blasting points? …… Once the fight starts, there will be no fewer people hiding in it, so how about using all the explosives you brought, getting more dead branches into it, and making a small fire attack? ”

"Okay, I'll let the baggage company prepare immediately, and I can get a few big carts or something to do some camouflage, if I can use fire to attack, I can save a lot of bullets." Ding Shuai said with a smile.

"Captain, what about those mountain passes on the east side?" Zhu Yujia put down the binoculars and asked, The mountain peak on that side is steep and abrupt, and there are fewer and narrower mountain passes that can escape into the mountain, but someone must be sent to block it.

"I'm going to let Li Yuanyin's 2,000 infantry hold these mountain passes and capture prisoners, how about you divide a company to help? All the stragglers who escaped in will be taken down by me. Lin Xiao turned to Zhu Yujia and said.

"Yes."

"Your main force must hide and ambush outside the valley at night, and quickly cut off its retreat after the main force of the Qing army enters...... Hold their baggage team out of the valley, and your baggage company will take charge of the perimeter, and take prisoner of all their carts, taking care not to injure the people by mistake. ”

"Yes! Got it! ”

……

Back at the Litang camp, Qu Shiyun and the others also arrived with the infantry team, and the gang leader was preparing lunch.

Lin Xiao found Qu Shiyun and Zhang Tongchang, and suggested that they set off immediately after dinner and go to Nanning to meet the driver.

"Two adults, the big war is coming, let's say goodbye, wait for Kong Youde to be destroyed, I will look for you when I go again." Lin Xiao said with a warm face.

"General Shuangmu, I still caught the hole thief, I'll go to Beijing together, right? This hole thief, the old man can't wait to sleep on his skin and eat his flesh! "Qu Shiyun hated the way of hatred.

"The Governor is an important minister in the court, so it's better to go to Beijing as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in the court, I heard that Sun Kewang has ill intentions and has been forcing the palace to move the capital."

Lin Xiao's eyes were dark, and he said slowly, "As for cleaning up the hole thieves, it's better for me and other young people to come, besides, Master Zhang has not yet recovered, and it is not appropriate to live in the wild for a long time." ”

"Even so, that's fine."

Qu Shiyun's eyes were slightly pale, and he arched his hand and said: "Then there will be a lot of General Lao in this war, if Guilin can be recovered as soon as possible, the old man will die without regrets." ”

"Don't worry, that day will come soon, and we will do our best." Lin Xiao smiled slightly, his eyes were full of calm.

……

"Brother, I'm not leaving, I'm not going to Xingdu, I'm going to stay here and fight."

When Feng Suqin heard that Lin Xiao asked her to escort Qu Shiqian to Nanning, she pouted and said angrily, "Didn't you say okay, before you fight Guilin, you want to go to the cottage to bring my escort team out?" Who will take them with me when I'm gone? ”

"Uh...... Okay, okay, but you and Ah Huang must follow me this time, and you can't run around! Lin Xiao squatted beside Ah Huang and watched with interest as he gnawed on a piece of jerky.

"Okay, I'll follow you......" Feng Suqin smiled and said, "Brother, when will you send me a spear?" ”

"Spears? That will have to wait until you pass the training," Lin Xiao teased, "If you can't pass it then, even the short gun will have to be withdrawn." ”

"Huh? No way! This is what you gave me personally, you don't want to take it away," Feng Suqin raised her eyebrows and said coquettishly, "Ignore you, hum!" Ah Huang, let's go, ignore him! ”

Lin Xiao held back a smile, watched the two of them get out of the tent, and immediately asked people to find He Shouxin and Lu Hua, and instructed him to lead the guard platoon to escort them all the way, and ensure the safety of the two adults.

At the same time, he wanted to send Lu Hua away, but Lu Hua resolutely refused to leave, saying that he was learning battlefield nursing with Yu Jifan along the way, and Yu Jifan also praised her bandaging level.

"Even if you don't need me to guard the radio, I can still help treat the wounded." Lu Hua looked tired, but said happily.

Belch...... Are you the material? Don't see blood and can't eat?

Lin Xiao was full of slander in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, so he quickly slipped away with Yu Cheng.