At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, on the Great Plains, the ancient city of Ningjin was bathed in the afterglow of the warm spring sun. From www.biquge.info a distance, the old city wall is mottled and has the charm of Western oil painting.

Xiao Siming rode on the jade lion horse of Zhaoye, led the cavalry company to gallop wildly, and when he arrived at the east gate of Ningjin City about two miles, he pulled the reins of the horse violently, and the jade lion horse of Zhaoye neighed, and the two front hooves rose into the air, almost standing upright, and stopped the pace of galloping.

Liu Zhaoming, the commander of the cavalry company who arrived later, glanced at Xiao Siming's majestic posture of standing upright, and couldn't help but turn his head to the instructor Ma Ming and said: "Changshan Zhao Zilong in the play, it's just like that!" ”

Ma Ming glanced at Xiao Siming's back and replied, "Definitely!" ”

After Xiao Siming reined in his horse, he raised his binoculars and looked at Ningjin City for a while, and saw that Ningjin City had not suffered much damage, indicating that there had been no fierce battles such as siege battles here.

After looking at it for a while, Xiao Siming turned his head and asked, "Did the first battalion and the third battalion follow?" ”

The cavalry company and the armored battalion deliberately slowed down during the march, and the troops of the 1st and 3rd battalions and the reinforced artillery battalion and heavy machine gun battalion could not keep up.

Hearing Liu Zhaoming's reply that he hadn't arrived yet, Xiao Siming frowned, and ordered directly to Liu Zhaoming: "After occupying Ningjin, the cavalry company will be expanded on the spot, and people will be selected from the battalions and recruits to expand into a cavalry battalion. The existing cavalry company was renamed the first cavalry company, and the second cavalry company and the third cavalry company were formed. Wu Peng led the first cavalry company to carry out combat missions, and Liu Zhaoming and Ma Ming stayed here to train the second and third cavalry companies. The training standard is to encounter a cavalry squadron of the Japanese army, and the cavalry battalion can be annihilated in formation! ”

Liu Zhaoming, Ma Ming, and Wu Peng suddenly came to their senses, and everyone had their eyes shining, and they roared in unison on their horses: "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

There were war horses, mounted rifles, and sabers, and the expansion of the cavalry battalion was a matter of course. When we arrived at the Jilu border, there were 21 counties and a population of 6 million, and there was no problem with the expansion of the troops!

Listening to Liu Zhaoming, Ma Ming, and Wu Peng's loud and powerful answers, Xiao Siming nodded, and then ordered: "Follow me into the city!" ”

After shouting, Xiao Siming clamped the horse's belly between his legs, shouted "drive", and rode his horse towards the east gate of Ningjin City!

At the time of the capture of Lianzhen, the cavalry company and the three battalions were all dressed in Japanese uniforms, with plaster flags on their bayonets. At this time, I haven't had time to change my military uniform, but I just wore an armband of "Eighth Route Army" on my arm when I was in Lianzhen, and now I want to enter Ningjin City, remove the armband of "Eighth Route Army", and then I will become a complete Japanese cavalry, and I can enter Ningjin City guarded by the puppet county brigade openly.

It is really sad to say, when the northern section of Jinpu Road was fighting, the Japanese army went all the way south and captured Dexian County, just sending planes to bomb Ningjin City, Zhang Xiqing, the magistrate of Ningjin County in the city, and Ma Mingyue, the deputy of the brigade, stole public funds and fled, but they did not run away, and were intercepted by the militia in Zhangjiazhuang in the southeast of the city, and Ningjin suddenly became anarchy. The militia groups, the Huidaomen, the bandits, and the county brigade that had escaped from the city were all in the east and west, and a force occupied an area.

Zhang Borong, the puppet county magistrate in the city, was sent by Liu Fangting, a puppet Manchurian autonomous army stationed in Cangxian County, in January, and brought 500 puppet soldiers wearing yellow uniforms, named the Ningjin County Brigade, and the common people called them yellow dogs.

Not only Ningjin, but also the entire Jilu border area The situation is similar, the county government of the national government has run away, bandits, local stubborns, and puppet armies have swarmed up, and they have also sent plainclothes teams to grab land and erect recruitment flags.

Xiao Siming led the cavalry company in front, and the armored battalion led by Yuan Gang followed, with the sound of horses' hooves and the roar of motors, and pounced on the north gate of Ningjin City.

The puppet army standing guard had already found that the road was dusty, and by the time Xiao Siming reined in the horse to observe, the puppet army sentry had clearly seen a group of imperial cavalry coming, followed by tanks and armored vehicles, and hurriedly sent someone to run back to report to the captain Zhang Lizhi.

Zhang Borong, the puppet Ningjin county magistrate, was actually not rightly named, but was only appointed by the puppet army Liu Fangting privately, and was not a county magistrate officially appointed by the puppet Hebei Provincial Government or the puppet Shandong Provincial Government. Therefore, Zhang Borong has a ghost in his heart, and he ******** want to send people to Tianjin to carry out activities, find a way to give gifts, and see if he can get a formal letter of appointment from the pseudo Hebei Provincial Government.

That afternoon, Zhang Borong invited Zhang Lizhen, president of the pseudo-Ningjin County Chamber of Commerce, to the county government, made a pot of good tea, opened a bottle of wine, prepared a few plates of cold dishes, and chatted while drinking.

Zhang Borong's intention was to ask the Chamber of Commerce to raise 20,000 yuan for him and let him send people to Tianjin for activities.

Zhang Lizhen is an old and cunning guy, being a traitor is just to maintain his business, he only hates to put less in his pocket, where would he be willing to get 20,000 yuan of ocean to give to this unjustified county magistrate!

But he didn't dare to offend Zhang Borong, because Zhang Borong had the 500 yellow dogs sent to him by Liu Fangting in his hands, and those guys may not be good at fighting, they are definitely good at robbing and looting!

20,000 yuan in the ocean, it's not a 20,000 yuan banknote, can Zhang Lizhen not feel distressed?

As for Zhang Borong, he also didn't dare to offend Zhang Borong too much. After all, Zhang Borong is a powerful faction on the ground in Ningjin, so it is not easy to mess with. Unless Zhang Borong Hull completely turns his face, strike first and get rid of him completely! Otherwise, it will do no good to offend him!

The two of them were drinking, chatting, and playing tricks!

While drinking, the puppet public security chief Zhan Zijiu and the section chief Wang Baoxuan hurriedly came, and he didn't see that there was no one or no, so he opened his mouth and shouted: "County magistrate, what's going on?" Why did the imperial army enter the city without a sound? ”

Zhang Borong was stunned when he heard this, and it took a long time to react: "What did you say?" Taijun is here? ”

Without waiting for Zhan Zijiu to answer, Zhang Borong had already stood up, and he didn't care about Zhang Lizhen, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, talking about getting money, and shouted loudly to bring people and change clothes, saying that he was going to meet the imperial army!

Zhang Lizhen couldn't sit still, so he quickly stood up and hurriedly went out to meet the imperial army.

Zhan Zijiu didn't get the news of the arrival of the Japanese army through the puppet army, he knew it from the mouths of the policemen under him, and it was not later than the puppet army knew.

By the time Zhang Borong, Zhang Lizhen, Zhan Zijiu, Wang Baoxuan and others walked outside the gate of the county government, the sound of horses' hooves and the rumbling of motors were already heard on the street. After a while, I saw a group of Japanese cavalry galloping from the direction of the east gate, followed by a group of tanks and armored vehicles.

Zhang Borong's eyes shook when he saw it, and he said excitedly: "It is worthy of being the powerful army of His Majesty the Emperor of the Japanese Empire, and the military is mighty, and it is really invincible in the world!" ”

Zhan Zijiu, the director of the public security bureau, followed and said: "I think that after the imperial army captures Xuzhou, it will soon capture Henan and Hubei, and Jiang *Jie*Shi will not be able to hold on, it is time to surrender!" ”

Zhang Lizhen, president of the Chamber of Commerce, immediately clasped his hands together, lowered his eyebrows and closed his eyes, and said, "Amitabha, the imperial army quickly captured Xuzhou, Kaifeng, and Wuhan. ”

When the three traitors were talking in a whisper, the cavalry of the imperial army ran over, Zhang Borong quickly took off the top hat on his head, ran up quickly, and shouted as he ran: "Taijun is hard, great hardship!" The contemptible person is Zhang Borong, the magistrate of Ningjin County, welcome Taijun to the small county, welcome the late, please forgive Taijun! ”

Xiao Siming rode on the big white horse, and when he saw Zhang Borong's servile appearance, he felt disgusted, but he still reined in the reins of the horse, and asked in a half-incomprehensible and stiff language on the horse: "Yours, what does the county magistrate of Ningjin do?" ”

Zhang Borong hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "Mine, the work of the county magistrate of Ningjin!" Taijun works very hard! Please dismount, go to the county government, prepare tea and wine, and entertain the imperial army to work! ”

Xiao Siming teased him with all his heart, grinned, and said: "Yours, a friend of Great Japan, with a conscience, is very good!" ”

This statement not only stimulated Zhang Borong, but also stimulated Zhang Lizhen and Zhan Zijiu.

Zhang Lizhen came over, looked like a servile, and said: "Taijun Qing dismounted!" Our Ningjin Chamber of Commerce comforts Taijun to work! Good wine, good food, and flower girl's! ”

Xiao Siming glanced at Zhang Lizhen, with a smile on his face, and said "Yo Xi" three times in a row, and then sighed: "Wine and food, beautiful women singing and dancing, it's really a life like heaven!" ”

A few traitors wanted to laugh, but they didn't dare to laugh, they knew that in the eyes of the Japanese army, they were also lackeys, traitors, worthless! In case one accidentally annoys this Imperial Army officer, maybe the next moment, the Imperial Army's saber will split itself in half!

After sighing, Xiao Siming's face turned pale and roared: "Catch it!" ”

Wu Peng, deputy company commander of the cavalry company, replied "yes", patted his horse and rushed over, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he picked up the thin county magistrate Zhang Borong and put him on his horse.

A few soldiers ran behind, and the saber in his hand was raised high, which frightened Zhang Lizhen, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, with a wail, "Mom", and squatted on the ground, and the smell of urine floated away.

Zhan Zijiu, the head of the public security bureau, and Wang Baoxuan, the section chief, were both carrying pistols, but they did not dare to move. In this case, as long as they dare to make a slight move, they will immediately split in half!

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Borong, the magistrate of the puppet Ningjin County, Zhan Zijiu, the director of the Public Security Bureau, Wang Baoxuan, the section chief, and Zhang Lizhen, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, all became prisoners of the Eighth Route Army!

Leaving a squad to guard and search the puppet county government, Xiao Ming led the team to pounce on the puppet county brigade barracks and the puppet public security bureau.

Zhang Lizhi, the captain of the puppet county brigade, had just received the report of the sentry who ran back at this time, and was busy blowing the assembly horn, gathering the team, and preparing to meet the imperial army, Xiao Siming led the cavalry company to rush over.

It is really the same as the liberation of Ningjin County by the five detachments in history, the 500-person pseudo-county brigade chose to surrender, and it was after Xiao Mingming's identity was revealed, he consciously and voluntarily chose to surrender!

Not to mention the puppet public security bureau, those puppet policemen were actually police officers from the time of the Kuomintang * Kuomintang county government, and the Japanese devils chose to surrender before they arrived in Ningjin City. Now, the cavalry and armored battalion of the Eighth Route Army have driven to the city, and they naturally want to raise their hands and surrender!

Ningjin City became the first county town liberated by the eastward advance brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army to advance to the Hebei and Shandong borders! (To be continued.) )