The anti-Japanese army designed a total of five kinds of fireworks, and the number of fireworks and the order of arrangement formed their own different numerical numbers.

When the independent battalion left the North Wing City, He Changying specially wrote a few dense letters and handed them to Luo Minglei, with different numbers and different orders.

The order for this firework was to ask five Austro-Hungarian officers to return to the northern flank.

In the case that the front of Shanhaiguan is blocked layer by layer, the Great Wall of Jiumen in the upper reaches of the Jiujiang River is the only safe passage to return to the customs.

It's late at night.

The scout of the independent battalion was trotting north on the dark ice, carrying the number code.

Three fast horses are galloping all the way to Lulong, Fengrun, Yutian, Sanhe, and reach Yanjing.

And Prince Gong's sedan chair has only arrived in Tongzhou City, and it is expected that there will be more than seventy or eighty days of travel from Shanhaiguan.

The main force of the First Army in Youpeng County, because of the cold weather, a large number of soldiers fell ill and died, and because there were Western officers following all the way, there was no way to force the Qing Dynasty strong men to push the cart to death, and the progress was slow.

The team had just arrived in Huludao tonight and had to compromise for a three-day break.

The original plan was to arrive at Shanhaiguan on the 23rd of the solar calendar, but now it seems that it is completely impossible.

At this time, Chen's sampan to the north had already rowed to the ice zone on the coast of Liaodong, climbed the ice, and continued to advance northward.

The moon is gradually setting, and the dawn is approaching little by little.

Lonely Mountain Town.

Captain Kanji Nagaoka, commander of the 21st Squadron of the 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Wing of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army, woke up before dawn and walked out of the house.

Yesterday a fast horse came from Andong to report the news that a Qing cavalry had broken through from Lushun.

Nagaoka Kanji read the letter at that time, and was first shocked, and then saw that the Qing army actually broke through seven days ago, and walked on Fuzhou Road.

My heart was immediately relieved.

In his opinion, it was a group of Qing soldiers who did not want to stay in the dead place of Lushun, relied on the cavalry to escape from the encirclement, and then walked all the way along Fuzhou Avenue to Pulandian, Wafangdian, Gaizhou, and Yingkou.

I just want to take a detour and escape back to Zhili.

Although the town of Gushan is quiet, Kanji Nagaoka, who has always been an early riser, still got up on time, walked around the small Gushan Town, and unconsciously stood on the four-meter-high east city wall, wanting to see the sunrise of the Qing Dynasty.

There was silence on the castle wall, and the soldiers who were supposed to be on guard didn't know where to run to sleep, and Nagaoka Kanji was angry, but then he became calm.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, it has been two months since the guardianship of this lonely mountain town, and it has always been cold and uninhabited, and it is not incomprehensible that the soldiers can't bear the cold and are lazy before dawn.

"It's just right, just a person quietly enjoying the beautiful scenery."

Kanji Nagaoka no longer thought about this trivial matter, and turned his eyes to the east.

At this time, at the junction of the sky and water in the eastern sky, a line of fish white has been exposed, and near below the continuous coastline, the snow-white ice belt is endless.

"Baga, it's really a good place, in the future, it's all my Great Oriental Empire!"

Nagaoka Kanji's face was full of complacency, and he thought that when the war was over and the weather was warm, he would definitely bring his wife and children to visit here.

By the way, tell them about their man, father, great exploits.

"Hehe, morning, idiot!"

In Nagaoka's ears, a Mandarin voice suddenly sounded that he couldn't understand.

He was suddenly frightened, suddenly turned his head to look at the source of the sound, and at the same time held the saber at his waist with his right hand, and with a soft sound of the 'bell', he was about to pull the saber outward.

Lu Tie's tall body slammed into Nagaoka Kanji's arms, holding Nagaoka Kanji's head with both hands and twisting it fiercely.

"Click!"

Only a crack of bones was heard, and Kanji Nagaoka fell to the ground with fear in his eyes.

"What a fool, didn't you see that there wasn't even a single soldier on duty on the city walls? Also look at the sun, idiot! ”

Lu Tieleg pulled out the saber on Nagaoka Kanji's waist, made a few 'whoosh' gestures in the wind, shook his head dissatisfied, and inserted the saber into Nagaoka Kanji's body.

Then Chen Xiaoliu Nunu, who had just climbed up to the side and looked at him with blank eyes, said: "I've sent you!" ”

"Thank you, Brother Lu!"

Chen Xiaoliu's face was excited, he pulled out his saber and faced the first golden sunrise in the distance, and looked at it vigorously.

"Squeak—"

The east gate of Gushan Town was easily opened by the soldiers who turned in.

"Attack quickly, and defeat them in one fell swoop with a lightning attack!"

Qu Desheng led the cavalry of the third battalion of cavalry, lined up in a neat cavalry phalanx, stood in front of the city gate, and shouted in a low voice: "Out of the sword!" ”

"Brush!"

Suddenly, more than 300 big knives were drawn out in unison, flashing in the early sun, like a forest of knives.

"Attack!"

With Qu Desheng's order, he took the lead in rushing into Gushan Town.

"Click-"

The horse's hooves quickly knocked on the blue brick street, and immediately startled the Japanese soldiers who were already getting up, yawning and wearing military uniforms, wondering, didn't the imperial cavalry follow the general of Shan County on an expedition?

"It's the Qing army!"

At this time, a few bright-minded Japanese soldiers reacted, and their faces changed so much that they didn't care about wearing pants, so they rushed out of the house with their rifles and came to the street.

They were greeted by a snowy broadsword that fell head-on.

"Bang!"

Before he could reload his bullets, he was swept by a fast horse like the wind, and the knight on the horse raised his sword, leaving only a standing, headless corpse spurting high with blood spurting.

"Kill!"

Seeing that it had been exposed, the cavalrymen of the third battalion roared and waved the big knives in their hands, crisscrossed the streets and alleys, kicked the door of the house with horses' hooves, and completely strangled the Japanese troops in Gushan Town.

Ocean River.

At this time, Chen Xiangbei and his group of eight people had already gone to the coast and were marching along the surface of the Dayang River.

The sun showed a golden ray of sunlight in the east, although it did not bring warmth, but the hearts of the eight people were suddenly warm.

Five miles ahead, a small city was built on the mountainside of Dagu Mountain on the west bank of the Dayang River, and it was silent in the morning light.

There was only the sound of the footsteps of eight people 'creaking' and 'creaking'.

Swapping boats for the night, the eight were tired, hungry, and exhausted.

Although the hands of the oars that had been rowing all night were wearing sheepskin gloves, the chilblains inside had already cracked, and the pain and itching were maddening.

However, none of the soldiers complained, but hurried away in a muffled voice.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from the north, and Chen Xiangbei and several people were slightly shocked, and their faces were full of surprise.

Lonely Mountain Town.

"Clean up carefully, don't let go of any corner, and never let a single Japanese soldier escape."

Qu Desheng stood in the center of Gushan Town, and shouted on an earthen platform: "After the clean-up, the three battalions and one company will be temporarily stationed in Dagushan, and the rest of the troops will go to Andong with me!" ”

"Report, eight people dressed as civilians are outside the east gate, they say it is the anti-Japanese army, and the leader is called Chen Xiangbei."

A soldier strode up to give a message.

"Chen Xiangbei is back, great!"

Seinfeld, who was standing on the side, shouted happily, his heart full of joy.