The scale of the old camp of Fenglin Mountain is now getting bigger and bigger, the original several dilapidated barracks have long been replaced by courtyards one by one, and the grassland where people and horses were trained at the earliest has now been changed into the parade ground of the Liutao Pavilion, in just less than two years, the entire Fenglin Mountain has become a military forbidden area with a well-defended system.

Due to the trend of the mountains, most of the military installations are built in relatively flat places halfway up the mountainside. The whole Fenglin Mountain is divided into two parts, a large area of blue brick houses in front of the mountain is the army barracks, Yan'an, Fushi two forbidden regiments of nearly 2,000 soldiers live here, on the west side of the blue brick house, there is a newly repaired winding mountain road, winding to the training ground below. On the west side of the dirt road is an adobe house, which is where the box barracks are stationed. The adobe houses housed several large masonry buildings with high chimneys on the roofs that housed the carpentry and ironwork battalions. Continue to walk up the hill along the dirt road, about less than 100 paces away, you will reach Liutao Pavilion and Fenglin, on the east side of Fenglin, a brick house side by side, which is where the wounded camp and Fenglin Medical Center are located. Behind the Fenglin Medical Center, there is a tower-type three-story structure building that is much higher than the surrounding buildings, and there is a battlement mouth on it, which is the arsenal of the Eighth Route Army.

The command offices of the Yan'an Regiment and the Fushi Regiment were both set up in the camps of the headquarters, which was for the convenience of directing and mobilizing troops.

But at this moment, Shen Chen, who was still serving as the commander of the Yan'an Regiment, did not stay in the regiment command office, but sat in the capital of the Eighth Route Army, which was at the peak. At this time, this scene of tension and slaughter in the Duyu Hou Si not long after it was formed. The soldiers who were directly subordinate to the capital were each wearing armor and holding knives, guarding the Duyu Marquis within a hundred steps. The small courtyard that was the Marquis of Duyu was a busy scene, with the officers of the Marquis of Yu who were planning Cao busily marking on a huge wooden map, while several officers of the scout Cao were coming in and out, constantly writing down the latest information collected on small slips of paper and sending them in.

Shen Chen stood motionless in front of Mu Tu in a crimson robe-style military uniform, examining the situation with a frown.

Another note was handed in, with only a few words written on it: "Xin Si, noon three, eleven." Yan'an C"

"Xinsi" refers to the location of the earth, and the map of the Eighth Route Army takes the heavenly stem and the earthly branch as the two coordinate axes. The defense zone and the war zone are divided into one hundred and twenty zones, each corresponding to a set of sexagenary coordinates.

"Noon three" refers to the time. That is, three o'clock in the afternoon.

Eleven represents the number of enemy troops.

Yan'an C is the number, indicating that this information was submitted by Yan'an Regiment C.

Taken together, the meaning of these nine words is: At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Bingdu patrol unit of the Yan'an Regiment found eleven enemy soldiers in the Xinsi area.

Shen Chen glanced at the note in his hand, and threw the note into a small ball and threw it on the ground, then he stretched out his hand and pointed to a place on the wooden map, a young officer of the Marquis Yu put a blue silk strip tied to an iron nail on the place of his finger, and the small hammer in the other hand followed. There was a few clanging sounds, and the iron nails tied with silk strips had been nailed to the wooden drawing.

Shen Chen looked silently at the blue silk strips that had been nailed everywhere on the wooden map, the corners of his mouth moved, and he gently spit out the three words "eleven".

The officer who was waiting beside him took a charcoal pen from the side of the wooden drawing and wrote it in Arabic numerals on the blue silk strip

Shen Chen's feet. A ball of paper.

Outside the door of the room, the voices of the soldiers on guard shouted the command.

Then, heavy footsteps and clanging nail pieces sounded, and Yang Li, dressed in thin scale armor, strode in from outside the door.

Shen Chen raised his head and looked at Yang Li with two eyes, but did not speak.

"I don't understand. It's not party talk. I can't hear the accent anywhere! Yang Li shook his head a little irritably.

"The hair, the eyebrows and the mustache. And the leather robe and boots, which are by no means Han Chinese. Like the previous one, there were no weapons, but no one could understand what was being said. I just kept shouting about what to report......" Yang Li ripped off his collar, picked up the jug from the side, and didn't pour it into the bowl, so he gulped it to his mouth.

When Shen Chen heard this, he lowered his head again, turned around slowly, and paced around the room.

Yang Li put down the jug, wiped his mouth, and said, "They all came from the west, some were caught on the Yanlu Highway, and some were found at the foot of the mountain. I didn't even have a single person who could speak Chinese—I couldn't understand it, so I tried to ask them questions and get them to nod and shake their heads, but it still didn't understand...... Fuck, what the hell......"

"Send more people from the two capitals to search the mountain—" Shen Chen said softly.

Yang Li glanced up at Shen Chen.

Shen Chen paused for a while, and said slowly: "Up to now, two hundred and seventy-six people have been found near the back mountain within four hours, of which one hundred and thirty-three have been caught by us. This is still where we found, and we don't know how many we didn't find. The strength of the first capital of Bingdu is too thin, so the troops of the two capitals are increased, and another capital is sent to strengthen the vigilance of the road stop. ”

Yang Li nodded, and the Marquis Yu officer on the side had already finished writing the order, Shen Chen took it and looked at it, signed his name, and then picked up the big seal of the Marquis Yu from the table behind him, and took out an arrow and handed it to the Marquis Yuhou officer.

Seeing that the Marquis of Yu had gone out, Yang Li took a breath: "There is no news from Luzi Guan Lao Ling?" ”

Shen Chen shook his head: "It's going to be night." But in the case you said, it doesn't look like a member of the Tuoba family. ”

"It's not even like a spy!" Yang Li pouted.

"These people can't speak a complete Chinese language, and if they are thrown into the pile, they will be more piercing and more dazzling, if the Tuoba family sends such a spy over, it will be a joke! Shen Chen nodded, and at this time, there was another sound of asking passwords outside.

Wei Xun took the lead. Zhou Zhengyu and Lu Xun walked in after him.

Shen Chen raised his head and looked at a few people, and blurted out: "It is necessary to mobilize troops to impose martial law throughout the territory, activate all beacon towers on the Yanlu Highway, send troops to patrol along the way, block checkpoints, and prohibit contact!" ”

Wei Xun's eyelids jumped, and his face suddenly became gloomy: "No, this is not in accordance with the rules!" ”

Shen Chen looked at him calmly: "I'm not discussing with you, I'll go into the city to meet Li Xianggong at this moment." Ask him to proclaim a state of emergency! ”

Wei Xun frowned: "This is a big fuss!" ”

Shen Chen shook his head: "These people are unarmed and cannot be feared. The frightening thing is that people have been bullied into their elbows, but we don't even know how many people there are. So slack. It's bound to be a mistake. The state of emergency was promulgated, and the state capitals and counties closed the city gates and opened the beacons, firstly, to make the enemy's situation more quickly discovered and transmitted, and secondly, to make the whole army nervous. After all, we are at war with the party......"

Wei Xun's brows were still tightly locked.

Zhou Zhengyu's face was full of worry: "Just talk about things, it is serious to quickly find out the origin of this group of people, and martial law in the whole territory seems to be too much!" It is easy to cause misunderstandings, and when adults come back, we need to explain badly! ”

For Zhou Zhengyu. Shen Chen still held a little respect, and he arched his hand lightly: "Brother Zhou, the military is changing rapidly, and you have the right to do it." Martial law was not only to deal with this group of unarmed outsiders, but also to prepare the whole army for war. Prepare for the Northern Expedition! ”

Zhou Zhengyu opened his mouth, but he didn't speak again, Lu Xun persuaded: "Brother Shen, think twice, the adults are not here, we have issued an order for the whole army to prepare for martial law without authorization." It's a taboo thing. It's easy to provoke right and wrong! ”

Shen Chen raised his chin slightly: "Don't worry, if the adults are to blame." I deserve it! ”

He turned his head, looked at Wei Xun and said, "It's still the old rule, after the public emergency declaration, all orders will be countersigned by you, if you think my orders are inappropriate, you can refuse to sign them!" ”

Wei Xun didn't answer his words, but stared at Shen Chen's eyes and said, "Li Xianggong won't mess around with you!" ”

Shen Chen was silent.

"It's not quite right, these soldiers don't look like they're here to patrol the mountains......"

Lying on his stomach tightly in the grass and killing cattle, Sima looked at the Eighth Route Army infantrymen wearing infantry armor and holding wooden guns with a wary look on their faces. One of the soldiers had already walked less than five paces from where he was hiding, and the wooden spear in his hand kept reaching forward and sweeping, and if he took another step or two forward, he would have to dodge the ox Sima, or he would be wounded by the wooden spear.

At this critical moment, there was a sudden commotion from the north, and it turned out that eight security guards hiding behind a low hill had been discovered, and the soldier who was searching for it in this direction turned and went over there, and killed the ox Sima to avoid the fate of being captured.

It was not until a detachment of infantry left with eight captives that the soldiers resumed their search of the valley. However, since this side has already been searched, no one has come here again.

From the time he crossed the gravel road in the morning to the present, he had a basic understanding of the Eighth Route Army's mountain patrol organization, and most of these infantry patrolled in units, and when they found the enemy situation, one army went forward and the other was wrong, and it was obvious that they were dividing their troops to block the enemy and retreating backwards on the other side to report the enemy situation.

However, the soldiers searching this col in front of them could see more than thirty people from the perspective of killing the cow Sima, which was obviously nearly the size of a team.

The Eighth Route Army on the mountain will not send a whole team to patrol the mountain, such a small mountain col will be thrown in a team, a huge mountainous area, even if the Eighth Route Army is dispatched by the whole army, I am afraid it will not be able to search for it.

"They were specially sent to catch our ......"

Ye Jichuan Pheasant, who was lying on his left, said in a very low and thin voice.

Originally, after the division of the army, the two men each brought some family soldiers and separated, and the ox killing Sima was originally preparing to enter the Fenglin Mountains through the mountain pass in the north. As a result, he happened to run into a mountain patrol infantry there, and after running all the way and being captured by four people, it was easy to escape from the pursuers. He had no choice but to try his luck by detouring to the mountain pass in the south, but not long after entering this mountain pass, a whole group of dozens of mountain infantry quickly drove into the mountain pass, so that he had to look for a hiding place in embarrassment, and he happened to hide in a place with Ye Jichuan Pheasant.

"You're late, and you've already had three groups of people arrested in this place. There are more than twenty people in total, and the soldiers on the mountain are wood, so you have to start paying attention to this mountain col......" Ye Jichuan Pheasant said softly.

"Then why didn't you go into the mountain while these soldiers weren't coming?" Simo, who killed the cow, said with some surprise.

"There is a secret post on the mountainside to the east, and we have been found and withdrawn to this side!" Ye Jichuan Pheasant's face was calm.

Killing the cow Simadi's face became more and more ugly: "There is a dark whistle? Wouldn't that be impossible to get over anyway? ”

Ye Jichuan Pheasant looked at him. Just as he was about to say something, there was another commotion in the distance, and three more security guards were pulled out of hiding by the patrol soldiers.

After carefully searching the area, several infantry men led the three captives to the west of the pass.

It wasn't until these soldiers who stayed behind continued to start searching that Ye Jichuan Pheasant spoke again: "There is a way to pass, and I just figured it out?" ”

"What?" Simo, the ox killer, asked.

"We've always walked into the mountains along gentle places like river valleys, streams, and mountain passes. It's a stupid move! Ye Jichuan pheasant said.

"Uh-huh——?" Killing the cow, Simo's eyes lit up, and he understood what Ye Jichuan meant.

"We should climb up the mountainside or even higher. Walking from there, there is a lot of vegetation and trees on the mountain. Dark sentinels are hard to spot. After entering the mountain, find a gentle place to go down, and you should be able to reach the meeting point by walking like this......" Ye Jichuan said without blinking his eyes at the soldiers who were still searching.

"Yes, this is a good method!" Killing the cow Simo nodded repeatedly.

"But now that these soldiers are searching for them, how can we avoid their eyes and ears? Anyway, start climbing the mountain in front of them? ”

Ye Jichuan smiled slightly: "If you can, it is naturally better to wait until it gets dark and then climb the mountain." But I'm afraid it's too late! ”

Killing the cow Sima was gloomy, and in this col slap big place, those soldiers patrolling the mountain combed back and forth like grates to search, and found that it was only a matter of time before they found out.

"Do you find it, once you find the enemy, these soldiers always rush over. Deal with the discovered enemy forces first! Ye Jichuan pheasant said.

Killing the cow Sima nodded: "They always have to maintain the superiority of the enemy's forces and ensure that they fight more with less!" ”

"Exactly, I've been watching it for a long time, this may be our only chance......" Ye Jichuan said through gritted teeth.

"Opportunity?" Killing the cow Sima was a little puzzled.

"They seem to have known that we are infiltrating from west to east......"

"Naturally, our people are all on the way to the rendezvous. Naturally, it's from west to east! ”

"What do you think a group of people would do if they suddenly moved from east to west in the direction of that gravel road?" Ye Jichuan asked with a wink. "If you are caught off guard, you will definitely chase after the whole army......" Killing the Ox Sima said with some excitement.

Ye Jichuan smiled: "That's it!" ”

Killing the cow Simo opened his mouth wide, unable to speak for a while, Ye Jichuan Pheasant patted him on the shoulder, and said softly: "I will take seven people to run out of the valley to the west." You take the remaining fifteen people and hide here and don't move. After they chased them out, they immediately went up the mountain. Don't rush east after going up the mountain, find a hidden place to hide and wait for the sunset. Even if they come back, they will be able to search the col before sunset, but they will not be able to find the mountain, and once it gets dark, it will be convenient to exercise again! ”

Killing the cow Simo froze for a while, and then whispered: "How can this be done?" ”

Ye Jichuan smiled: "You can take the eight brothers I left here to the meeting place, it is enough to feel your affection." I'm not just for you, but I can also disturb the generals who lead the troops on the mountain, we always run to the side, and they will always find out that something is wrong after a long time. There were now less than three hundred people who had crossed that road, many of whom had already been captured, and once they used all their forces to block the road, it would be difficult for those behind them to come back. I will take people to the west, so that they may be able to slow down the movement of the road blockade so that more brothers can come......"

Sima hesitated for a long time, clenched his fists tightly and said, "No, I'll take people west, and you can just take the brothers I left behind to the meeting place." ”

"Don't fight!" Ye Jichuan Pheasant's expression became serious, "There are only seven people under you, and there are fifteen under me, you leave a few more for me, the other party sees that there are not many people, it is likely that he will only divide his troops to chase, and leave a group of people to continue patrolling, we only have one chance, we can't take this risk!" ”

Kill the ox Simo.

At this time, the infantry of the Eighth Route Army had already searched the end of the eastern mountain col and began to turn around and search the valley again from east to west.

Ye Jichuan Pheasant no longer consulted with Simo, who killed the ox, turned around and lightly nodded the seven people, and then struggled to crawl west under the cover of grass and trees.

After a while, the infantry who came back from the eastern search were only ten steps away from the place where the Niu Kill Simo and the others were lurking, and the two Eighth Route Army ground infantry were using spears to stir up the grass and trees in turn.

At this moment, a shout suddenly erupted from the bushes about fifty or sixty paces to the west, and seven or eight figures jumped up from their hiding places, spread their legs and fled quickly towards the valley exit to the west.

The infantry of the Eighth Route Army, who were searching the mountain, suddenly put down the search work at hand and chased down to the west with wooden guns in their hands.

Two infantry of the Eighth Route Army strode past from a position only two or three steps away from the head of the ox-killing Simo, and buried his head deep in the grass to kill the ox Simo was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood, and his two fists were unconsciously clenched together......