Chibi Jiangbei, Lao Xiaogou. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The moon hung in the air on the opposite side of the Chibi River, quietly illuminating this narrow and hidden jungle valley.

The 263 remnants of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army were all squatting in the jungle of this valley cold and hungry at this time, and they were in mourning.

Because they were afraid of being discovered by the scouts of the Qing army and the local mountain people, the Japanese troops of the 4th Squadron and the headquarters of the brigade who fled here the night before did not dare to raise fire for a day today, but only used mountain spring water with the only cold nest head to satisfy their hunger.

"Nozawa-kun, the last bit of military rations have been eaten today, if we don't retreat in the direction of the Zaining River, in case the valley is blocked by the Qing army, we will be a dead end."

The leader of the fourth squadron, Yoshida Shokachi, hurriedly walked over, sat on the grass with his ass, and said panting.

"Yoshida, what about the courage of Cheng Huan and the first line of Tianbei Gorge to charge? If there is no food, our Yamato nation is a herbivorous nation, and this mountain is not full of grass, so you can't eat it! ”

The deputy captain of the 1st Brigade of the 11th Wing of the Japanese Army, Nozawa Eisaku Shosaku, coldly reprimanded Captain Yoshida Shoitchi: "Now Major General Oshima is in Fengshan County and is rushing here day and night, if these Qing troops continue to stay in Sheren Valley without knowing whether they are alive or dead, isn't it just giving us a chance to take revenge?" Attack from the north to the south, and stir these cunning pigs into powder! ”

Nozawa slashed the saber in his hand at a North Korean pine tree beside him, his eyes full of blood-devouring fierceness.

"Warriors of the Empire, yesterday I suffered great losses because of the mistakes of this stupid coward and sinner of the Empire; However, at the mouth of the North Gorge, because of your bravery, let us defeat the Qing army, which was more than twice the strength of our army, and the empire is proud of you. ”

In a small flat land camp in Laoxiaogou, Nozawa Eisaku Shaozo gathered all the surviving Japanese troops and encouraged loudly: "In Chenghuan, at the mouth of the North Gorge, the princes have also seen the incompetence of the Qing army, and now General Oshima is rushing here day and night, tomorrow morning we will intercept the retreat of these Qing pigs with a mortal mentality and completely annihilate them; For the emperor! ”

"For the emperor!"

The eyes of all the Japanese soldiers flashed with a frenzy and roared.

Fengshan County, at the foot of Dongxian Ling, Jiuling Village, the camp of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

In the hall of the village chief of Jiuling Village, who was temporarily recruited, Major General Yoshimasa Oshima, commander of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army, was looking at the map on the table with a grim face.

The most feared, the most unbelievable thing, finally happened, the Qing army actually set up an ambush in Dongxian Ridge.

Even the advance team of a single household guard may have been wiped out!

Yesterday, the headquarters of the 9th Brigade arrived at Shaliyuan City, and Cao, a soldier on duty from a household guard Shaozuo, reported that the 1st Brigade had gone to Dongxian Ridge and would send someone back to report it after arriving at Huangzhou City.

But until noon today, Yoshimasa Oshima did not get any news from the First Brigade.

At that time, Oshima Yoshimasa had a very bad premonition, but in his opinion, Ichito was always cautious, and it was possible to contact and engage the Qing army, but it was absolutely impossible to bring the army to death.

Therefore, Oshima Yoshimasa still ordered the whole army to pull out the camp, march unhurriedly in the direction of Dongxian Ling, and arrive at Jiuling Village at the foot of Dongxian Ling Mountain this afternoon.

However, at this time, there was still no news from the First Brigade.

Oshima Yoshimasa, who knew that something was wrong, hurriedly sent two squads of Japanese troops north to Dongxian Ridge to find out the situation, but just got the information, and found that there was a Qing army defending at the top of Sheren Pass, and there was no trace of battle on the southern slope of Sheren Pass.

Yoshimasa Oshima, who got the information, almost fainted at that time.

Since there is a Qing army on Sheren Pass, the first brigade will not disappear out of thin air, it can only mean that it was lured into the north of Sheren Pass and surrounded and annihilated.

"These Qing troops are really very cunning!"

Oshima Yoshimasa's eyes flashed with blood, his fist slammed on the table, and he ordered loudly: "Convey the order, the whole army will attack Sheren Pass tomorrow morning!" ”

"Hey!"

All the Japanese generals in the room shouted in reply.

At night, by the Chibi River.

He Changying, Yang Jiansheng, Liu Guangyan, and the generals of the Korean reinforcement army gathered in a big tent built near the river, their faces full of excitement.

Nearly this evening, a hunter from Huangzhou City came to report that he had unintentionally found traces of Japanese military activities near a hidden valley by the Chibi River.

When Yang Jiansheng heard this, his eyes were red at that time, and he had to lead his troops over overnight to fight hard.

He Changying dissuaded Yang Jiansheng, and ordered that except for Liu Guangyan's troops to fortify all the way from Sherenguan to the mouth of the Tianbei Gorge on the first line, the rest of the army immediately moved to camp, withdrew from Dongxian Ridge overnight, arrived at the mouth of Laoxiaogou, and camped by the Chibi River, which must pass through the mountain.

Prepare to raid Lao Xiaogou early the next morning and annihilate the remnants of the Japanese army that slipped through the net in one fell swoop.

"The first company of Lin Yunyu's department, the second company of Hao Tiansheng's department, will make a feint from Lao Xiao at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning;"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Lin Yunyu and Hao Tiansheng stood straight and saluted.

"The third company of Li Zhenhua's division and the fourth company of Mao Chao's division, led by the guide tonight, will make a detour to the left flank of Laoxiaogou Mountain, and launch an attack at 5:30 tomorrow morning."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Li Zhenhua and Mao Chao both stood up straight and saluted.

"Yang Shoubei, you are responsible for launching the final surprise attack from the right flank of Lao Xiaogou Mountain, and the time is set at six o'clock."

"He guarded, or we attacked at the same time as the left flank, otherwise I won't be able to hold time."

Yang Jiansheng, who didn't have a pocket watch to watch the sky and eat, looked embarrassed.

He Changying shook his head secretly in his heart, the Qing army did not have no silver, but the silver was deducted and embezzled by their battalion officers, assistants, and deputy generals.

He Changying handed his pocket watch to Yang Jiansheng, Yang Jiansheng happily took this silver Western pocket watch and asked, "He Shoubei is righteous, this is a lot of silver, right?" ”

"It's just a thing."

He Changying responded with a sentence and continued to order the generals in a deep voice: "The rest of the reconnaissance platoon, the sniper platoon, set up a sniper front upwind of Lao Xiao Gou, and never let go of a Japanese soldier who escaped from Lao Xiao Gou; I repeat, in this battle, I don't want to take prisoners! ”

"Yes!"

Inside the big tent, all the generals shouted.

"Battalion commander, Deputy Sentinel Zhang of the cavalry sentry asked to see him, saying that there are 100,000 urgent military situations to report."

Lu Tie said with his head stuck in outside the door.

Everyone was shocked in their hearts, now there are 100,000 urgent things on the side of Dongxian Ridge, what else can there be besides the ninth brigade of the Japanese army!

"Let him in."

He Changying also had a heartbeat, more than 200 Japanese prisoners, as well as the lightly and seriously injured wounded soldiers of the Korean reinforcement army, all need to travel slowly when they are sent to North Korea, and it will take a lot of time to eat the remnants of the first brigade of Japanese soldiers tomorrow.

"My lord, I had a firefight with a small group of Japanese soldiers at Sheren Pass before dark, and then this group of Japanese troops retreated from the southern slope of Sheren Pass."

Zhang Jingjing, the deputy sentinel of the cavalry sentry, came in with a sweaty face and a face full of sweat.

The Ninth Brigade is really here!

How can this battle be fought?

For a while, the officers who filled the tent were all discolored.