Land Rover was desperate, he understood that it was time to pay for his complacency, and he shouted: "Third battalion commander! ”

Fu Bing, the commander of the third battalion, hurriedly ran over and said, "Commander Hu, what are your orders?" ”

Land Rover said: "The third battalion is a new recruit, you quickly lead them to retreat, I will lead the first battalion and the second battalion to cover!" ”

The commander of the third battalion said: "Although we are captive soldiers, we are also soldiers of Liangshanbo, and we will not leave our brothers to escape alone!" ”

Land Rover howled: "Pay the soldiers, so leave some seeds for the 008th Regiment!" If you don't leave, you can't go now! Don't mother-in-law, mother-in-law, withdraw quickly! Otherwise, Lao Tzu will cut you! ”

Fu Bing said with tears in his eyes: "Three battalions, withdraw!" ”

Land Rover said tragically: "Fu Bing, go back and tell the commander that I, Land Rover, have failed his teachings!" I just beg him to bury the corpses of our entire regiment in a tomb, and our 008th regiment will always be a family! After saying this, he shouted to the soldiers on the battlefield: "Brothers! Are you afraid? ”

"Commander, we're not afraid!"

"Good! It is worthy of being a warrior of Liangshanbo! When we die, we will also jump off a few teeth of officers and soldiers! Now, following my orders, they rushed forward one company after another, grenading the officers and men's chain of horses with grenades. The wounded brothers lined up in a long line, waiting for the officers and soldiers to rush up, pull the grenade and die with them! ”

He looked at the soldiers who looked at death as if they were at home and said, "Brothers! You ready? ”

"Captain Tiger! We're ready! ”

"Good! Brothers of a battalion and a company, rush ahead with Lao Tzu! Come on! ”

The soldiers of one company followed behind the Land Rover, holding a grenade and rushing towards the chain of armored horses, and the other company behind did the same, shouting without hesitation.

When he heard the fierce artillery fire, Hu Cheng hurriedly watched with a clairvoyant mirror, and when he saw the scene of the 008th Regiment, he said angrily: "What is Land Rover doing?" Why do you choose open ground to meet the enemy in formation? Don't you know that two legs can't run four legs? No, we have to save him! ”

He put down the clairvoyant mirror and said, "Order!" With the company as a unit, the nine companies scattered and approached the right flank of the officers and soldiers, increasing the pressure on the right flank of the officers and men, making them dare not chase the 008th Regiment with all their strength, and indirectly support their retreat! But we can't get too close to the officers and soldiers, and stop at a distance that the officers and soldiers can perceive, and if the officers and soldiers pursue, they will be greeted with grenades, and then immediately retreat! ”

Gao Feiyu, the deputy head of the regiment, said: "Commander Hu, why don't we contact the other two cavalry regiments, charge one guy on three sides, disrupt the layout of officers and soldiers, and cover the retreat of the tiger commander!" ”

"Nonsense! Just three regiments, no matter how many ways they charged, into the army, like a few drops of water sprinkled into the sea! ”

Hu Cheng yelled at Gao Feiyu: "Commander Gao, you have to keep in mind that you can't fight battles that you are not sure of, and even more so if you throw meat into the wolf's mouth. The lives of more than a thousand brothers are included in your commands, so why do you want to send them to death in vain? For the sake of the generals, they should cherish the lives of their soldiers more than their own lives! Remember, a temporary show of weakness is not a sign of weakness, but a more promising form of strength! Brother Song said that it is necessary to strive for the greatest victory with the smallest sacrifice, which is the truth! ”

Gao Feiyu said: "The last general understands!" I'm going to give the order! ”

After sending the team out in batches, Hu Cheng anxiously picked up the clairvoyant mirror to watch the battle.

Hu Yanzhuo was about to send a chain of horses to rush to kill, but he heard someone report: "I found that nine bands of thief cavalry peeped on the right flank, about 100 people per share, please General Huyan decide!" ”

Hu Yanzhuo pondered for a moment and said: "This is a suspicious soldier of the thief, trying to disrupt the deployment of our army!" General Han Tao, you lead your headquarters to protect the right flank, and you are not allowed to fight, and those who violate the order will be engaged in military law! If the thief cavalry rushes over, loosen the opening and let him in, and then close the door and beat the dog! "Fat cat

"Order!"

Han Tao led the army away. Hu Yanzhuo ordered: "Each team of chain armored horses is thirty paces apart, rush over and eliminate the thieves!" Kill! ”

So the shouts rang out, and the chain of armored horses rushed towards the position of the 008th Regiment like an iron wall.

Watch as on the dusty battlefield, one by one, comrades fell in the sound of explosions, and then were trampled by horses. Hu Cheng's heart continued to pour out sorrow, he couldn't suppress the knife-like emotion, his nose was sour, and tears came out of his eyes.

What a lovely comrade-in-arms, in an instant, he closed his eyes as bright as a morning star forever, leaving the world with only bleak memories.

Looking at the position that was slowly engulfed in dust and gunsmoke, Hu Cheng understood that the soldiers of the 008th Regiment covering the retreat of his comrades had all been killed, and now rushing over by himself could only increase Liang Shanbo's losses. He closed his eyes helplessly, prayed to them in his heart, and swore that he would never bring his regiment to such a desperate situation.

He said to the herald in a painful voice: "Herald! The whole regiment immediately retreated! ”

Liang Shanbo was shocked.

This was the most serious loss in the history of Liangshanbo, the 008th Regiment was crippled, almost lost, although the three battalions escaped the iron hooves of the chain horses, but returned more than 100 people. Not a single soldier of the 008th Regiment was captured, and all of them perished with the enemy.

When the mutilated corpses on the battlefield were transported to Liangshanbo, tears welled up in the eyes of all those who witnessed it, anger filled the nerves of the whole body, and the blood was filled with the belief of revenge, and the soldiers asked to go to war to destroy Hu Yanzhuo's army.

Song Jiang did not go to battle according to the requirements of the soldiers, although he was very sad in his heart and the shock was also great, he still suppressed the anger in his heart and looked for a fighter plane that was more favorable to Liang Shanbo.

At the meeting of the four, Song Jiang, Gongsun Sheng, Wu Yong, and Lin Chong decided on several things that must be done at this stage.

The first is the burial, according to Land Rover's requirements, all the 008 regiments were buried together, and posthumously recognized as martyrs. At the same time, let the Fu soldiers and other fighters of the third battalion spread among the captives, and Liang Shanbo regarded them as his brothers and never gave up on them. Through such propaganda, a part of the captive soldiers was transformed into Liangshanbo soldiers as soon as possible.

The second thing is the summary meeting of this encounter, which is a very important meeting, and it must be held well, and the reasons for the failure must be highly recognized. Because there is a sense of complacency among the soldiers of Liangshanbo, they believe that the army of Liangshanbo is advanced in weapons, strict discipline, and invincible in the world, and to fight the enemy is to cut melons and vegetables. Through the meeting, the officers and men must understand the seriousness of this mistake and a devastating ideological mistake, and take the defeat of the 008 Regiment as an example to profoundly sum up.

The third is to carry out the necessary military operations against Huyanzhuo's army. At the meeting, it was pointed out that the officers and men were powerful in artillery and chain horses, and if the officers and men had not destroyed the heavy crossbow with artillery in this encounter, even if they had won, it would have been a tragic victory, and Hu Yanzhuo's chain armor and horses would have suffered a heavy blow.

Therefore, the meeting decided to attack at night first, destroy the artillery of the officers and soldiers, and then design and destroy the chain of armored horses, and finally fight a decisive battle with Hu Yanzhuo.

If you want to destroy the artillery at night, you have to paralyze the enemy. Song Jiang withdrew all the soldiers cruising on the periphery, leaving only the scouts, pretending to be afraid of death, not daring to fight, secretly looking for opportunities, and hit them with one hit.

Hu Yanzhuo won a complete victory, returned to the village, rewarded the three armies on the one hand, shouted to use a chain of armored horses to step on Liangshanbo, and sent people to Beijing to report the victory. But he was not carried away by the small victory, he understood that this was just the beginning, and the battlefield behind would be even bloodier and more tragic, and he must not take it lightly, so that the thieves have a chance to take advantage of it. He strictly ordered that all camps must be distracted, concentrate on the defense of the camp, prevent sudden attacks from the enemy, and keep their eyes open even when they sleep. If any battalion neglects its duties, the leading generals will be punished by military law.

For several days, the Liangshan thieves hid in the puddle as a turtle with a shrunken head, and even the team that had attacked a few days ago was nowhere to be seen. The officers and soldiers were idle, and they scolded and scolded the thieves in Liangshanbo for calling themselves heroes, and did not dare to come out for a decisive battle. But if you don't see the thief, you have to be up to 12 points, and the boss ordered the thief to be good at sneak attacks, and he must do his best to protect the camp.

Seeing that the thieves could not shrink out, but they were driving the boat freely in the water to observe the camp of the officers and soldiers on the shore, Hu Yanzhuo had a plan, and he asked the artillerymen to set up artillery at the water's edge and salvo the boats and the small village in the water. For a while, the cannon roared, the ships coming and going were blown up, the thieves on board jumped into the water to flee for their lives, and the fence in the water was destroyed.

The artillery was so cheerful that after three days, there was no longer half a village on the water, and the thieves' boats were far away from the range of the artillery. Occasionally, shells flew at flocks of mallards, and the artillerymen looked like they had come to hunt.

Hu Yanzhuo is also anxious, it seems that there are no ships, and he talks about clearing Liangshan, sweeping away puddles, capturing thieves and destroying nests, and being ashamed of the snow, just empty talk.