Guo Lian led the men and horses to a hill and stopped. Guo Lian said to Yuan Longbiao: "Brother, where should we chase?" Did your 'Nightingale' brother leave any clues? Yuan Longbiao shook his head.

"Rest in place!" Guo Lian gave the order, and the soldiers immediately collapsed to the ground and lay staggered in a large area.

"Damn, this road is really not walked by people."

"I walked for so long, and I didn't even catch a bird's feather, let alone the shadow of the guerrillas."

"Ouch hey! I'm exhausted. ”

The soldiers grumbled while resting.

Guo Lian took the binoculars and looked forward, and suddenly, grabbed Yuan Longbiao: "Brother, look!" "Hand the binoculars to Yuan Longbiao. Yuan Longbiao took the telescope and looked at it, and in the lens, a thick smoke was rising into the sky from a mountain in the distance.

"That's right! It must have been made by the guerrillas cooking on a fire. Yuan Longbiao was very excited.

"Damn, get it all up for me." Guo Lian kicked the soldier lying on the ground with his foot, shouting. The soldiers had no choice but to slowly get up from the ground and continue to chase forward weakly. After chasing a few hills, when Guo Lian looked through the telescope again, the smoke was gone.

"Stop the pursuit!" Guo Lian said to Yuan Longbiao: "The target is gone, where to chase it?" Yuan Longbiao said regretfully: "If you lose your target, you can't chase it indiscriminately, the vast mountains and forests, if you don't get it right, it's counterproductive, it's better to let the troops take a break, and wait for my men to go to reconnoiter and reconnoitre, to see if they can find some clues." ”

"Well, that's all there is to it." Guo Lian shouted to the troops: "Rest on the spot!" Yuan Longbiao beckoned to his subordinates behind him and said, "You guys come here!" When a few people came forward, they pointed to the path ahead and instructed: "Follow this road, go and check to see if the 'Nightingale' has left any mark, pay attention!" Especially the forks in the road and some important and conspicuous parts, you must give me a careful search, understand? ”

"Yes! Captain. A few people searched along the path.

After a while, several plainclothes men returned. Yuan Longbiao asked eagerly: "How is it, did you find anything?" With a smug smile on his plainclothes face, the leader replied, "Captain, we have found the code left by the 'Nightingale'." When Yuan Longbiao heard this, he came to his senses, patted the shoulder of the leader in plainclothes, looked at the other plainclothes, and praised: "Not bad, good job!" The party-state has not cultivated you in vain, and when you go back, I will definitely report to the stationmaster and reward you well. ”

"Xie Lu Xie Captain Cultivation!"

Yuan Longbiao, Guo Lian and the soldiers of the security regiment pursued all the way to the three-way intersection. The plainclothes leader took Yuan Longbiao and Guo Lian to a more conspicuous wild grapefruit tree next to the path on the right, pointed to the trunk and said: "Captain, look at ......" Yuan Longbiao took a closer look, only to see a circle made of rattan, hanging on the small broken branch of the trunk, facing the direction they came from, there was a branch with leaves inserted on the circle, the end with the leaves was fixed on the broken branch of the other trunk, the target pointed directly to the front of the right path, and at a glance, this rattan circle was easy to identify.

"That's right, it's him (the nightingale). He instructed us to follow the path to the right. Guo Lian waved his hand, and the soldiers chased down the path on the right.

After chasing for a distance, Yuan Longbiao had no bottom in his heart, and there seemed to be no traces of plants being trampled on the way, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop advancing!" Guo Lian waved his hand, called the troops, and asked puzzledly: "Brother Yuan, isn't this road?" You don't even suspect 'Nightingale', do you? Yuan Longbiao did not answer Guo Lian's question, but said: "Let's go, go back to the three-way intersection just now." "They returned to the three-way intersection, Yuan Longbiao ordered his subordinates to search carefully, he believed that the 'Nightingale' at this critical intersection, there must be other important clues, this is the minimum quality of a veteran agent. As expected, after a while, plainclothes came to report: "Captain, the road on the left has found the situation." ”

"Take us to see it." Yuan Longbiao, Guo Lian, and a few of his men walked a short distance along the path on the left, and saw a sleeping smooth stone in the distance. The stone, facing them, showed a black arrow, and the direction of the arrow pointed directly in the direction where the guerrillas were going. The black arrows, on the back of the shiny stone, looked so conspicuous, grandiose and unscrupulous, as if they were afraid that no one in the world would know what to do. This, a blatant move, is too exaggerated! It's really contrary to the common sense of the agent, and it has to make people doubt its existence, not to mention, it is almost impossible to leave this big and black mark in front of everyone. Just as they were stunned, a plainclothes man beckoned to them, and a group of people approached and couldn't help but be stunned by the scene in front of them. This black arrow turned out to be composed of countless black mountain ants. These mountain ants, constantly wriggling their bodies, seem to be stuck by something, and seem unwilling to leave the liquid that sticks to them. There is a thin line at the end of the arrow that leads to the ground. The line is made up of a steady stream of ants coming in. Yuan Longbiao squatted down, approached the ant, observed it carefully, dipped his hand in some liquid sticking to the ant, and sniffed it close to his nose, "Oh! It's honey. "When you hear that it's honey, it's not difficult for people to understand the origin of this arrowhead, as long as you paint it with honey in the shape of an arrow, ants will crawl all over the honey, and it will form a black arrowhead. What's more, honey is not a rare thing, and beekeepers can be found everywhere in this area.

"Brother Yuan, there are marks on the left and right roads, what's going on? Who should I believe? ”

"Head Guo, think about it, one of these two paths must be fake, right?"

"Needless to say?"

"Since one of them is false, someone must have manipulated us and deliberately led us astray. This man, who was either from the guerrilla army, found the marker and moved to the right side of the road; Either it was to cover the retreating troops, and when they found it when they passed by, they moved to the right. ”

"How can you see that the right side is fake?"

"You see, this arrow can't move."

"That's right."

"Since it can't be moved, only the mark made of rattan can be moved, which means that the road on the right is fake."

"Hmmm! Reasonable. But there is one thing, I still don't quite understand, why is this arrow so conspicuous, the people in front of it don't find it, even if the people passing by behind will definitely find it, why don't they remove this arrow? ”

That's a good question! There is only one answer. Yuan Longbiao paused and deliberately sold a pass.

"Say what's the answer?" Guo Lian was teased and asked eagerly.

"The answer is that the person who made this mark did not want to be seen by the guerrillas, including those who withdrew later, and he showed it to us."

"What a god! Only we can see it, and the guerrillas can't see it, so will this mark not be able to recognize people? ”

Actually, the reason is very simple, the person who made the mark, considering that there would be guerrillas who would be withdrawn from the back, used this excellent method to avoid the sign being seen. This person took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention, and painted an arrow with honey, which was not easy to be found at first because of its almost colorless color, but as time passed, the surrounding mountain ants found and rushed in, and those who went in were stuck inside, and the ones behind were still in a steady stream, swarming. When the partisans who had withdrawn from behind passed by, they could not see anything because of the short time and the shape had not yet taken shape. By the time we arrived, the ants were all crawling on top of the honey and gathering more and more, and we saw what it was like now. Therefore, the guerrillas could not see and did not have the opportunity to move it. ”

"Admire! Admire! What a master! It is admirable to be able to use this method to the point of being superb. Guo Lian said with a sigh.

In fact, as Yuan Longbiao speculated, Qin Gang, the political commissar of the Tanliang Guerrilla Brigade, took Lin Yi and others to retreat to the fork in the mountain after completing the blocking task. Qin Gang stopped and asked Xiao Chen, a local soldier beside him: "Which way to go to Liangyou and Dadeng?" Xiao Chen pointed to the road on the left and replied, "This one on the left." ”

"Comrades! Go this way. Qin Gang has kept an eye on it, and has been engaged in underground work for many years, which has made him highly alert and sensitive to the things around him, and has a strong sense of perception. Especially in this critical period, in this critical section, it is even more important to pay attention. He carefully observed the situation on both sides of the road, and finally found a marker made of rattan on the small tree by the roadside. The person who left the marker may have been hung on it by the guerrillas, but for the safety of the guerrillas as a whole, he was more willing to think about the worst and believe that it was left by an undercover agent of the enemy hiding inside the guerrillas. If so, it will cause great harm to the guerrillas, and he must prevent this from happening. In order not to cause unnecessary misunderstanding and suspicion, he did not make a noise, but said to his comrades: "You go first, I will make it convenient." "Alone and quietly moved the marker to the wild grapefruit tree on the side of the other road, and then caught up with the team and continued to chase the large army.

Guo Lian looked at the road in front of him and was worried. Just now, I took the wrong road and wasted a lot of time, you must know that the communist guerrillas, fuck, run faster than rabbits, and they are always chasing behind their butts, and it is very difficult to catch up. He called the guide and asked, "Where does this road lead?" ”

"Report sir! This road can lead directly to the area of Liangyou and Dadeng. ”

"Liangyou, Daden?"

"Yes! Sir. ”

As soon as Guo Lian heard about Liangyou and Dadeng, he came to the spirit. He thought that Chen Bing, the chief captain of the Nanliang Self-Defense Corps, didn't he happen to be in the area of Liangyou and Dadeng to suppress bandits? What a godsend!

"Immediately send a report to Chen Bing, the head of the Nanliang County Self-Defense Corps." After the dispatcher was ready, Guo Lian said: "Chen Bing, chief of the Nanliang County Self-Defense Corps: The remnants of Hou Liang of the Tanliang Brigade of the Communist Party, after being defeated by the security regiment of our bandit army in Mawei Village, the old nest, fled from the Jieyang Mountains to the Liangyou and Dadeng areas where your troops are located. I hope that your troops will make every effort to intercept and form a flanking attack with our troops, and be sure to annihilate Hou Liang's troops in the vicinity of Liangyou and Dadeng, so as to realize the great cause of our suppression of bandits. Complete! After the sender repeated the message, Guo Lian said: "Good! I send it out. "Electric sounds ticked in the mountains, and radio waves spread through the mountains...... After the telegram was transmitted, Guo Lian rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "Brothers! '**'I've run to the area of Liangyou and Dadeng, and the brothers of the Self-Defense Corps are taking prisoners, we can't work in vain, so chase me quickly! This voice has made the soldiers anxious, and after chasing for so long, good things have to be given to others, so how can it be done? Screaming and scrambling to chase down......

According to the plan to suppress the bandits, Chen Bing led more than 200 members of the Self-Defense Corps to kill in the area of Dadeng. "Stop!" The team stopped, "Stay put!" Chen Bing was not in a hurry to attack the 5th Squadron of the Tanliang Guerrilla Brigade, although the 5th Squadron of the Communist Party Guerrillas had only 30 troops, while the strength of the Self-Defense Corps far exceeded that of the guerrillas. The captain of the county self-defense force asked puzzledly: "Captain, we have so many soldiers, are we afraid that he is a bird, so let's kill him directly." Yu Ning, the captain of the special service squadron, was on the side, nodded with a smile: "Yes!" Right! Right! Chen Bing glared at them fiercely with his eyes and scolded: "You know a fart, these '**' are all fucking diehards, have you forgotten the lesson of Longzhai Village last time?" It's so good that the scar is forgotten about the pain. When the two of them heard this, they immediately did not dare to make a sound, thinking that when they were in Longzhai Village, there were so many dead and injured people, and they could not eliminate a few communists. Chen Bing continued: "Let's wait for the head of the security regiment Guo to attack Mawei Village, and we will talk about it when there is news." If they succeed in attacking Mawei Village, we will attack immediately; If the offensive does not go well, we will stand still, wait and see what happens, and make a decision according to the development of the war. ”

"Captain, what a wise decision you made! Judging the situation and being good at using soldiers, he is worthy of being Sima Yi of "Three Kingdoms" alive. Captain Fan took out a cigarette and put it in Chen Bing's mouth and held it, and Captain Yu took a match to help him light it. Chen Bing took two puffs hard, turned his head, and spewed a long puff of smoke into the faces of the two, and joked: "Look at you two crazy boys, you can't shoot on the back, isn't Zhuge Liang good?" What Sima Yi? The two swept the smoke in front of them with their hands, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, the magic is very good." Chen Bing lit the two of them with his hand holding the cigarette, turned his head, and walked in the direction of the fifth squadron of the guerrillas.

In Mawei Village, news came that Mawei Village, where the leader of the Tanliang Guerrilla Brigade of the Communist Party was located, had been breached, and Chen Bing decided to immediately launch an attack on the No. 5 Squadron of the Guerrillas. Suddenly, the sound of guns and cannons rang out, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. The 5th Squadron of the Guerrillas put up a desperate resistance, and the casualties on both sides continued to increase. Gong Jinchu, the leader of the fifth squadron, was standing on the position with a machine gun, desperately strafing the enemy, shouting: "Comrades! Hit me hard. "The enemy is falling in rows, the guerrillas are constantly being shot and killed, the battle is becoming more and more brutal, and it is not possible to fight like this! Instructor Deng Ande felt that it was time to withdraw the troops, he touched Gong Jinchu's side, and was about to speak, but he heard a "whoosh" sound, and a mortar shell hit him, and Gong Jinchu, who was red-eyed, could still notice that danger was coming. Say that the time is near, and that time is fast. Deng Ande used his body to throw Gong Jinchu into the trench at once. With a loud "boom", the mortar shell exploded not far behind them, and the dust and rubble that were kicked up smashed into their heads. When Gong Jin first saw that Deng Ande who was pressing on his body did not move, his heart suddenly panicked, and he hurriedly pushed Deng Ande away, and saw that Deng Ande's head was bleeding.

"Instructor, wake up, you can't scare me!" Gong Jinchu kept patting Deng Ande's face with his hand, Deng Ande finally woke up, and said, "Hey! It's good for you to lighten it, people were not killed, but you killed them, really. He got up, rubbed his face, and said, "I said, this battle can't be fought any longer, so let's get out of here." ”

"Alright! You're not in trouble, are you? ”

"Can I talk to you if there's something? I'm fine. Gong Jinchu shouted: "The hygienist quickly bandages the instructor's wound." The hygienist quickly approached the instructor and bandaged the wound. After Gong Jinchu picked up the machine gun and swept wildly, he shouted: "Comrades! Fight and retreat. "After a while, all the troops withdrew from their positions.

When Chen Bing heard that the gunfire was thinning out in the direction of the guerrilla position, he hurriedly picked up the binoculars and took a closer look, feeling that the situation was a little wrong. He was about to give the order to pursue with all his might, "Report! The herald ran up and saluted and handed over a telegram, Chen Bing took the telegram, and the herald saluted again and stepped aside. After reading the telegram, Chen Bing said with a smile: "Look! Our commander-in-chief, Regiment Commander Guo, the momentum of the crepe has come up again. Well, this time it's good news. Captain Fan stretched out his head to see what the telegram was, Chen Bing received the telegram behind him, put his hands behind his back and said, "Look at what, go quickly, and order the troops to stop attacking." ”

"Yes!"

After the soldiers were assembled, Chen Bing ordered the team to move in the direction of the Jieyang Mountains. Fan, Yu two captains, look at me, I look at you, I don't understand in my heart, this battle is fought well, ** is a complete defeat, why stop the pursuit. Captain Yu pushed the top captain with his shoulder, motioning him to ask the captain, who approached Chen Bing and said with a smile: "Captain, we brothers don't understand very much, ** Seeing that we are about to be wiped out, why should we stop the pursuit?" Chen Bing stiffened his face and said, "Go, go!" Don't ask what you shouldn't, just execute the order. Captain Fan returned to Captain Yu and shook his head. In fact, Chen Bing didn't want to tell him about these two capable cadres, but today's Communist Party is pervasive and invincible, and the important decision just made may be passed to the Communist Party later. Therefore, keeping his mouth shut was his only option.

The soldiers of the Self-Defense Corps marched from Liangyou and Dadeng to the Jieyang Mountains, and did not go far until they came to a place called Biandanling. The terrain of the flat dan ridge is long and narrow, just like a flat dan, the south end of the flat dan head is a pass, out of this pass, the road becomes flat, and then you can reach the area of Liangyou and Dadeng. The area around Biandan Ridge is really a good place for ambushes. Chen Bing stopped, looked around with a telescope, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "God help me, the guerrillas should be rested!" Captain Fan, Captain Yu, look at ......" Chen Bing pointed to both sides of the mountain and the pass he had just walked through, and said proudly: "As long as we send some people to guard the southern pass, and the others are ambushed on both sides of the mountain, and then do this, how about it?" Captain Yu said courteously: "The one who is ambushed will surely die!" Captain Fan took over: "Not necessarily, right?" There was no way, and he could have run back. Chen Bing said, "What if there are pursuers behind?" When Captain Fan heard this, he shook his head and said, "Tut-tut, there is no way, even if the divine soldiers are here, they will not escape the fate of being completely annihilated." After hearing this, Chen Bing looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing so much that the two of them were confused, looking at each other, and they were at a loss.

"Now I can be honest with you. Hou Liang, the leader of the communist guerrillas, and others had been beaten and fled by our 'wise and martial' commander-in-chief, Guo, and came to us. Do you think it's a great thing? When I heard this, I came to the ground and excitedly shouted: "Wow! Wow! Mom's, this time I can finally avenge Longzhai Village's 'revenge with one arrow'. ”

"When I catch the bandit leader Hou Liang, Lao Tzu will kill him with his own hands to relieve the hatred in my heart."

"Fan, Yu two captains!" Chen Bing neatly clasped his collar and hat, put his hands behind his back, and looked ahead, like a general.

"Yes!" The two of them were straight, their heads held high.

"Captain Yu! Take your two platoons, quickly occupy the southern pass, block the enemy, and never let one of the guerrillas run away. ”

"Yes!"

"Captain Fan! Take all the rest of the men, deploy along the sides of the ridge, prepare for an ambush, and follow my orders. ”

"Yes!"

Everything was ready, just waiting for the guerrillas to enter the ambush range.