Huang Sanxing returned earlier than Yang Tianbo expected, and the situation in the town was worse than expected.

When the second company of the 10th battalion passed through the town, many soldiers saw with their own eyes such a series of tragic scenes:

Three naked women were hung upside down from a locust tree in the town, their breasts dug out to the chest, leaving two bloody holes; The flesh on the thighs and calves was gone, and only the bare soles of the bare feet wrapped in hemp rope attached to the bones of Bai Sensen. There was gray-white brains left on the stone mill in the town, and the body of a child was thrown on the ground next to the stone mill, and the head was cracked. In the over-the-fire ruins to the west of the town, several charred corpses remained, their heads burned to the size of grapefruit.

"The three women were eaten by the thugs. But this local throttle is not short of food! ”

In the middle of the marching procession, Yao Chengguo covered his mouth and nose and calmly introduced his analysis to Yang Tianbo. "I have seen some materials in the military headquarters of the superintendent, and I have also interrogated some local thugs with Director Liu. said that the year before last, there was a great drought, and many local rioters were so hungry that they began to eat people. Eat women and children first, then old people. Over time, some local thugs became addicted to eating people, and they became itchy after not eating people for a long time. The flesh on these women was not shaved and only the best pieces were taken, indicating that the local tyrants were just eating people to satisfy their hunger. ”

"Heaven and earth are destroyed!"

Yang Tianbo's eyes were red with hatred, but he still remembered his duty: "Go to the future: all wear masks, keep going, don't stay!" Everything in the town is not allowed to be touched, let alone drunk! ”

The order was passed down, and there was an immediate buzz. Yao Chengguo hurriedly left the head of the team and stood on the side of the road and explained loudly to the soldiers:

"We have a mission, we can't delay! When the local rioters are defeated, we will come to collect the corpses of the people here and bury them! Military hospitals reported that corpses were the most susceptible to spreading the plague. If you don't have protection, stay in the epidemic area for too long, and you will catch the plague! ”

The tragic situation of Xiexi is the best mobilization order.

On the evening of the 27th, when Yuan Keyi, the tiger who broke into the sky, was frustrated outside the city of Xinzheng Dam, the murderous second company of the 10th Battalion had already hidden in the miscellaneous trees south of Xiaodong Mountain, and Yuan Keyi's base camp Jinyu Mountain was separated by a one-mile-wide mountain passage.

Yuan Keyi, the thief chief who robbed the periphery of Pengzhou and Yingshan, probably never dreamed that in the context of Wang Chaoyang's mutiny and occupation of Baoning Mansion, the counterattack of the Protector Army would still come so quickly.

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On the night of the 27th day of the first lunar month, the local rioters who had been fighting fiercely for a day under the Xinzheng Dam City were all exhausted, and they fell asleep around the bonfire in groups of three and five piles. For these local thugs who lick blood on the knife every day, one more day of survival is a great victory. They don't think about where to fight tomorrow, they just have a stutter tomorrow.

At the foot of Goldfish Mountain, the narrow passage between the small East Mountains is the most sporadic area for bonfires. The road leading from Xinzheng Dam to Jinchengzhai, Changping Mountain and Yingshan County passes through this pass and heads east. How many defenders there are in the New Deal Dam, the local rioters have a clear view in the daytime battle. Even the women have gone to the city, and there will be no hidden royal army in the city, so the local tyrants who have the advantage of their own strength did not set up a strong camp, but only concentrated their large troops on Goldfish Mountain, and left a sparse cordon under the mountain. This cordon monitored the royal army in the city on the one hand, and blocked the mountain road of the defenders of Dadong Mountain on the other hand.

On the night of Bashan in early spring, the mountain wind carried a fishy smell across the pass between the low mountains and shallow hills, blowing the bonfire on the ground to the ground. A thin teenager was blown by the cold wind and couldn't help but wake up. He got up in a daze, and pulled over his neck and arms to the fire. His body was warm, and he looked up. The sentry was long gone, and there was a huge piece of ground, just sitting on him, reflecting a black shadow swaying from side to side. The boy sat for a moment, then lay down and continued to sleep, but the urge of urine from his lower abdomen made him stand up again. He stumbled and stumbled out, trying to find an open place to put water, but after not taking a few steps, he ran head-on into several men with knives. A man grabbed the young man's shirt and asked him why he was running around late at night. When the young man saw the black scar on the man's face, he knew that he had bumped into an old bandit, and quickly explained that he wanted to pee.

"Pee? According to Lao Tzu, you want to slip away! The black-scarred man took a sharp knife from his bosom and shook it on the boy's chest.

The flickering sparks on the tip of the knife made the boy suddenly sleepless. "Uncle, I don't dare!" The boy pleaded, "My father and my brother are in the crowd ahead. The man who was in charge of the plate said, "One man ran away and killed the whole family." I won't lose my family and run away on my own! ”

"According to what you mean, the relationship is to run with the whole family?" The black-scarred man slid the tip of his knife across the boy's neck with a sinister smile. The cold blade made the boy tremble and fall to his knees.

"Where's the occupancy? What did you do before? How did you get naked? A voice behind the black-scarred man asked.

"Zhaojia Village, Xiexi Town, Pengzhou. My family used to farm, and the farmer helped the owner to make wine! At the end of last year, as soon as the rebels came, our whole family joined the gang! The palm of the plate said that he would burn the scar again when he was free in the future......"

"Have you ever eaten someone?" The voice asked again.

"I'm cowardly......"

"Old Niu, he is still young, spare his life. We have a business on our minds! The voice rang out again.

"Hmmm! Spare your dog's life today! The black-scarred man took the knife and asked the young man where he lived. As soon as the young man heard that his life was promising, he hurriedly turned around and pointed to the top of the hill behind him: "The one who holds the plate lives in the tent on the top of the mountain!" Uncle, you don't know, the two brothers in our gang have tents! ”

After listening to the young man's words, the old bandit didn't say much, just pushed him away with a muffled snort, and gestured at his face with the tip of the knife. The young man was agitated, and he slammed his head on the ground with his hands in his hands. Unexpectedly, the old bandit ignored him, turned around and left, and there seemed to be many feet behind him. By the time the young man had the courage to turn his head and peep, the group had already gone far away. He quickly got up and ran back to his pile.

"Daddy!" He woke up a farmer from a deep sleep.

As soon as the farmer heard the thrilling story, he immediately whispered, "They really don't know the tent in charge of the plate?" ”

"Really, Daddy!"

"Then how can there be a burn scar on his face? Why do other people only talk and don't show their faces? Wrong! "The young man's father has lived by the side of Bashan for decades, after all, he is well-informed. He sensed the danger keenly, "That burn scar is not ours!" He either voted for the official army, or brought other teams to fire us! Serious business, what kind of business to come to find the palm plate in the middle of the night? Fast! Fast! Wake them all up, don't fucking sleep! ”

"Dad, you want to ......," the boy hesitated.

"Don't make a sound! Find a place to take shelter first! Hurry up! Big baby! Second baby! Liuwa, wake up! The young man's father moved as he spoke, and woke up several young people around him with his hands and feet.

Dad's impending disaster finally made the boy anxious. He hurried to another campfire and woke up a few sleeping teenagers.

"Water baby! Stone! Embolus! Sticks! My dad told you to stay away, hurry, hurry, wake up the rest of the village! ”

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The boy's dad felt right. Just as the people who had been coerced by the thugs began to instinctively take refuge, a killing ground was about to begin.

When the 2nd Company of the 10th Battalion arrived near the Xinzheng Dam, the first thing that jumped into the eyes of the officers and soldiers was the bonfire on the top of Dadong Mountain and the big banner of the word "Shu" fluttering high in the light. Yang Tianbo and Yao Chengguo quickly made a decision: leave the official road and rush to Dadong Mountain. When night fell, the commanders of the two troops on and below the mountain met at the foot of Xiaodong Mountain. Soon, however, a fierce dispute broke out between the two commanders who had just met because of their different operational ideas.

The captain of the 4th Squadron of the Southern County Brigade suggested that the 2nd Company had come from a long distance and was tired from the march, so it was better to rest in seclusion at the foot of Xiaodong Mountain for a night. When he gets in touch with the city, he will counterattack on all fronts at dawn tomorrow, and strive to annihilate the enemy under the city of Xinzheng Dam in one fell swoop.

The foothold of this suggestion is safe, because there are at least 2,000 local tyrants outside the city, and even if the three and a half companies of Xinzheng Dam and Dadongshan and the second company of the 10th battalion are combined, they are only in the early 800s, and the strength ratio is two to five. If you take into account that there are still some defenders left in the city, the disparity in strength between the two sides will be even greater. Attacking at dawn, the enemy wakes up from a big dream, his spirit is low, and his combat effectiveness decreases. And the power of our firearms can be fully utilized. Once the engagement is won, our troops can pursue it during the day, preventing the enemy from escaping by taking advantage of the darkness of the night.

Waiting until dawn on the second day, Yang Tianbo instinctively objected.

His reason was that because of the huge disparity in strength, he could not fight in a dignified position. The prince advocated that the soldiers should be fast, that is, they should fight slowly with the fast, and they should be prepared to fight the unprepared. Now the enemy is ignorant of the arrival of reinforcements, and it is full of loopholes in terms of troop deployment. They thought that by blocking the mountain road at the foot of Dadong Mountain, they could block the defenders on the mountain. As everyone knows, there are mountain beams connecting the big and small east mountains, and the defenders are in and out without hindrance.

Therefore, Yang Tianbo's plan was a midnight surprise attack: the 2nd Company of the 10th Battalion began to counterattack at the foot of the western foot of Xiaodong Mountain towards the south gate of Xinzheng Dam. After hitting the south gate and making contact with the defenders of the Xinzheng Dam, one turned right and continued to attack and advance towards the Goldfish Mountain to the east of the Xinzheng Dam; The 4th Squadron of the Southern County Brigade, which defended Dadong Mountain, secretly moved along the mountain beam to Xiaodong Mountain, and then passed through the mountain road, and went straight to Goldfish Mountain with the strength of three squads.

Finally, the 2nd Company, the 4th Squadron and the Xinzheng Dam Sortie Force converged at the top of Goldfish Mountain. In the night, the three armies attacked in one direction, which inevitably caused the enemy to panic and make it impossible to figure out the true strength of the Protector Army. In this way, victory is assured.

The commander of the No. 4 Squadron of the Southern County Brigade admitted that Yang Tianbo's analysis was thorough. However, he believed that although such a victory was certain, it was impossible to completely annihilate the enemy. A defeated enemy is likely to take advantage of the darkness to escape, making it more difficult to destroy them later. In this way, not only will the results of the battle be much smaller, but the thief chief Yuan Keyi, the Heavenly Tiger, may also run away.

Yang Tianbo quickly retorted that the focus of the current battle situation in Bashan is Jincheng Walled and Bazhou, not Xinzheng Dam. Yuan Keyi in front of him is not a great thief chief. Therefore, it is enough to defeat the enemy in front of you, and don't waste time trying to take the head.

Both sides have their own opinions, and neither can convince the other.

Yao Chengguo, as a supervising army, had no say in military command, but he watched coldly and found that things were not so simple.

The old foundation of the Southern County Huzhuang Brigade is the fourth company of Xu Shoucai's first battalion and part of Hejiazhuang, who participated in the Battle of Changping Mountain. They used to be the absolute main force in the Protector Army, and they are still the number one main force in the Protector Army. Therefore, when the squadron leader spoke, he was completely like a coaxing main force, and he had no consciousness of being a village soldier at all;

Although the 10th Battalion is the official name of the National Protector Army, it is adapted from the old background of the Left Guard and the officers and soldiers of the guards in Chengdu. After the defeat in the battle of Guangmenpu, the General Staff Department and the General Headquarters issued a special briefing to all units on this issue. The General Staff summarized the problems in military deployment and training; The superintendent severely criticized individual officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion for being greedy for life and fearing death, pointing out that the reason why they fled from the battlefield and abandoned their comrades was because they did not have the spirit of fighting for the country and dying for the people in their hearts, and did not have the infinite loyalty of swearing allegiance to the prince. Therefore, when the Southern County Brigade was with the two divisions of the 10th Battalion, the officers of the Southern County Brigade probably subconsciously took it for granted that they should be led and commanded by them.

We can't continue to argue like this, otherwise it will affect the unity among the troops. And the son of the world has repeatedly emphasized the great alliance and great unity. Yao Chengguo, the young prisoner, made a decision in his heart. He stepped forward with a smile and handed his water hyacinth to Yang Tianbo. While Yang Tianbo was drinking water, he persuaded the captain of the fourth squadron in a few words.

"The tiger in front of him is the most slippery in the war. At the end of last year, he attacked Pengzhou and Yingshan, and the two regiment commanders, Chen Youfu and He Qiukou, wanted to wipe him out, but as soon as he turned around, he ran into Bashan and disappeared. Now that he's in front of us, what if we don't hurry up and attack and let him run away in the middle of the night? ”

Yang Tianbo's proposal was adopted. But the plan was added: send a small detachment to attack Yuan Keyi's Chinese army in makeup. This time, the suggestion came from Yao Chengguo, the prison guard.