Not far from Yangjia City, it is the Seven Star Temple. Liu Yimin told Tang Xingying that it was the place where Yang Jiye and She Saihua fell in love, and the famous She Lao Taijun in dramas and novels was in this small temple and Yang Jiye made a lifelong agreement.

As soon as Tang Xingying heard this, she asked Jingjing to take a picture of her and Liu Yimin in the Seven Star Temple.

Liu Yimin laughed at Tang Xingying, did she want to touch the blessings of Yang Lao Linggong and She Lao Taijun, and also give birth to Qilang and Eight Tigers?

Tang Xingying whispered: "If you really have that blessing, let them protect you when they grow up, I can rest assured." ”

Liu Yimin was moved in his heart, and without saying more, he took Tang Xingying and took a group photo at the Seven Stars Temple.

I heard that this is the place where Yang Jiye and She Saihua fell in love, and Cai Zhonghe and Ren Ying, who was still a little shy to answer, also took a group photo.

Jingjing took a solo photo of Zhao Xiaoman, Zeng Zhongsheng and Hu Laohu. In the end, Zhao Xiaoman took a portrait of Jingjing, and Jingjing said that she wanted to take a photo with the corps commander, and she didn't know if the corps commander could appreciate the light.

Liu Yimin thought about it, so he shook Tang Xingying's hand and took a group photo with Jingjing generously.

After taking the photo, Jingjing whispered: "Fool! ”

Before Liu Yimin could react, Jingjing giggled and ran away.

Liu Yimin didn't expect that this was the only group photo left by Jingjing.

Further north, the scenery changes, there are barren grassy flats everywhere, occasionally shepherds grazing, except for the occasional larger villages and towns, the scattered houses you see are mostly low thatched houses, reminiscent of whether these houses would be destroyed if the wind came in winter.

Liu Yimin walked for a while, and he had to stop and lead Shen Qianyi and the group of students to check around, and the marching speed slowed down. The journey of 120 miles to the Great Willow Pagoda turned out to be a day's walk.

At this time, there were only a few scattered small villages within a radius of about 10 kilometers of Daliuta, and the population was very small, which made it impossible to connect with the star town in later generations because of its abundance of high-quality coal.

Liu Yimin knew that in his time, the Daliuta Coal Mine was the earliest coal mine put into operation in the Shenfu Coalfield, and the Shenfu Coalfield Command Center was stationed here. The geological structure of the well field here is simple, the coal seam dip angle is gentle, the occurrence is stable, and it has the advantages of shallow burial and easy mining. Coal varieties are medium and high calorific non-stick coal and long-flame coal, the main coal seam coal quality is excellent, with the characteristics of ultra-low ash, ultra-low sulfur and low phosphorus chemical reaction, good thermal stability, that is, often said low ash, low sulfur, low phosphorus, high calorific value and other "three high and one low", is a good power, gasification, chemical and civil coal. In later generations, there were 49 mines with an annual output of 18 million tons.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet dark, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to camp, and he and Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Hu Laohu, and Shen Qian rode horses to take a look at the terrain of the Great Willow Tower.

This look, Liu Yimin has a number in his heart, the east of this big willow tower is the Boniu River, the west is the Ulan Mulun River, forming the Ulan Mulun River and the Boniu River, in the middle is a big beam, a typical north and south narrow two rivers sandwich a beam terrain.

After looking at the terrain, Liu Yimin said to Zeng Zhongsheng: "Chief of Staff, think about it, is it difficult to defend here?" ”

Zeng Zhongsheng thought for a while and said: "This is the place of four wars, and there is no danger to defend. In particular, if you say that the military planes have a high level of tactics and accurate bombing, then they will not be able to hold this place at all. If you want to hold this place, you must concentrate the main force to fight a war of annihilation like you eliminated Hu Zongnan and Ma Jiajun. Relying on division-level or regiment-sized troops to fight to the death is to let the troops die. ”

Liu Yimin nodded, stopped talking, and returned to the camp with a few people.

At this time, the town of Daliuta was in ruins, and there were houses for troops to station. Fortunately, the weather was hot and there was a cool breeze at night, and the camping itself was pleasant.

The regiment brought by Hu Laohu was expanded from the first battalion of the original cavalry regiment, and the regiment commander was Song Xing, a 27-year-old black-faced man, and the political commissar was called Kangwei, who was the same age as Song Xing, and was also a black-faced man. Both of them were cavalry cadres sent to the 18th Regiment by the central government at the time of the passage, and they witnessed the change of the troops from the cavalry company to the cavalry division, and they respected Liu Yimin as if they were heavens, and they were able to replace the first battalion of guards to escort the commander of the regiment to the north, and they felt that this was the greatest glory of the first cavalry regiment, so whether it was guarding or camping along the way, the arrangements were very detailed.

After receiving the order to camp in the Great Willow Tower, Song Xing and Kangwei commanded the troops to deploy a guard, set up a tent for the female comrades to rest, and then lived in the company to cook and feed the war horses.

When Liu Yimin returned to the camp, he saw that the troops had already arranged camping, so he stopped asking questions, asked the radio station to set up antennas, and contacted the corps headquarters to ask if there was any situation.

After being contacted, Qian Zhuangfei reported that there was no situation. Liu Yimin thought that the 29th Army's secrecy work in Pingjin had been done so well, and the outside world still didn't know about it. But soon, it's two days around, and there will definitely be intelligence. No hurry, just wait and see.

After dinner, Liu Yimin, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Hu Laohu walked together for a while, and when they returned to the camp, they saw a bonfire lit in the middle of the camp, and Zhao Xiaoman led Jingjing, Tang Xingying, and Ren Ying to sing to the soldiers in the open space by the campfire.

Liu Yimin felt strange, everyone knew that Zhao Xiaoman sang well, but he never thought that Tang Xingying and Jingjing could also sing, and this Ren Ying actually joined in the fun, which was really strange.

After listening to it for a while, I knew that it was mainly Zhao Xiaoman who sang, and the other three people sang along. I laughed and was about to go to rest, when I saw that the singing stopped and Jingjing began to recite.

When Liu Yimin heard Jingjing reciting Zhu Ziqing's "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond", he didn't expect that this girl could speak Mandarin well, and the words she read were correct and round, which was very beautiful.

"On the zigzag lotus pond, you can see the leaves of the fields. The leaves come out of the water very high, like the skirt of a dancing girl. Among the layers of leaves, there are scattered white flowers, some blooming gracefully, some shyly blooming; Just like a pearl, like a star in the blue sky, and like a beauty who has just come out of the bath. ”

Listening to it, Liu Yimin felt as if a breeze was blowing on his face, with a faint hint of lotus fragrance, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, this is the edge of the Outer Mongolia Plateau, where can there be a ten-mile lotus pond!

Turning her head and glancing at Jingjing again, she felt that this girl seemed to be a much more lively person since she said she was a fool when she took the photo today, and she was smiling no matter how she looked at her eyebrows.

Shaking his head, Liu Yimin pulled Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng to lie down on a piece of grass, and soon fell asleep.

Early the next morning, the troops set off, aiming for Erlintu.

Erlin Rabbit and Inner Mongolia border, Erlin Rabbit grassland water and grass are abundant, Erlin Rabbit five kilometers west of the desert is said to be the pearl of the desert red alkali Nao, is the largest desert freshwater lake in Shaanxi. There are deserts on both sides of the north and south, Erlintu grassland in the east, and a large grassland with abundant water and grass in the west.

Liu Yimin only came here because he wanted to meet the border with the Maowusu Desert to see if he could open a mine in Erlintu.

It was about 60 miles from Daliuta to Erlintu, and at 10 o'clock in the morning, the troops arrived at Erlintu.

After letting the team rest, Liu Yimin led Shen Qianyi and began to check the terrain.

After a little look, Liu Yimin gave up in his heart, because this is a grassland, as far as the eye can see, and it is impossible to guard it at all. This is a war year, there is no natural danger, and it is so far away from the main force, mining here is purely high cost and small return.

When he returned to the camp of the troops, seeing that it was soon noon, and the sun was hot, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to continue to rest, and when the weather was a little cooler in the afternoon, they would march overnight and return to Dabaodang Town.

Hu Laohu reported that the villager said that Haizi is not far from the west, whether to let the soldiers go there to wash a little, this Yulin is good, but there is a lack of water, there is no place to swim, and finally came, and let the sister-in-law see what the desert is, what is Haizi, and taste the carp and whitebait of Hongyanao.

Before Liu Yimin could answer, Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng said that these two southern men had long wanted to swim.

So, the team drove to Hongyanao.

Liu Yimin ordered Hu Laohu to go into the water with battalions as units, one battalion to go into the water and two battalions to be on guard, and each battalion to take one hour. Then set up a guard and let the lesbians wash it too.

After the order was given, the fighters cheered. Liu Yimin, Cai Zhong, and Zeng Zhongsheng took the lead in jumping into the water, swam for a while, and found out the deep and shallow water areas before letting the soldiers enter the water. Those who can swim swim, and those who can't swim bathe in shallow water.

Three hours later, the battalions finished washing one after another, set up guards, and began to cook fish and make fish soup.

Tang Ying, Zhao Xiaoman, Jingjing, and Ren Ying saw that the soldiers had all turned their backs in the distance and set up a guard, and a few people took off their clothes and went into the water.

Although Tang Xingying is married, she is only 17 years old, and the three of them are still girls. It's all young hearts, this time, I was still shy at first, and after a while, you will tease me, I will splash you, and play open.

When the time came, the troops had sounded the assembly call, and the four of them went ashore to get dressed.

In the afternoon, the troops began to turn around, planning to cross the sandy land, along Gongbogou to Yaozhen and then to Jinjie, and from Jinjie back to Dabaodang Town. Liu Yimin has already decided in his heart to open a coal mine in Dabaodang Town.

It is only a hundred and ten miles from Erlin Rabbit to Jinjie, and if you walk fast, you can reach it at about seven o'clock in the evening.

Hu Laohu ordered Song Xing to lead the first battalion to open the way in front, he led the second battalion to act with the corps commander, and Kang Wei led the third battalion to the rear.

The cavalry marched fast, and at about six o'clock, they arrived at Yao Town.

Liu Yimin ordered Hu Laohu to speed up the advance of the troops, rush to Jinjie as soon as possible, and get on the main road.

After giving the order to Hu Laohu, the troops accelerated their advance, and after walking for about half an hour, gunfire came from the direction of Jinjie Town.

Liu Yimin was taken aback, this place is an area controlled by our army, and it is a communication artery, where did the enemy come from?

Just as he was thinking, Hu Laohu rushed over, saluted and reported on the horse, saying that there was a gunshot from Jinjie Town, the situation was unknown, it was likely that the grassland horse bandits were looting, and a battalion was reinforcing Jinjie.

Liu Yimin immediately ordered Hu Laohu to lead the second battalion to reinforce and resolutely eliminate the horse bandits, and the third battalion caught up and followed him.

Hu Laohu shook his head, turned around and ordered the messenger to order the third battalion to move forward quickly and reinforce the first battalion. The second battalion was on standby, and soon the third battalion caught up and galloped towards Jinjie Town. Only then did Hu Laohu order the commander of the second battalion to follow the third battalion.

At this time, Jinjie Town has become a purgatory on earth.

It is said that it is a town, but in fact there are only a few dozen households, but because it is the main transportation route from Yulin to Shenmu and to Mongolia, there are more merchants coming and going from the south to the north in the town, and there are some small restaurants and mule and horse shops for merchants to rest.

At this time, in the open field in the middle of the town, there was a group of men on horseback, and one in the middle was the leader of the horse bandits, with a black and red face, a big beard, and a scar on his cheek that was extremely hideous.

Watching the looting of the horse bandits one by one, carrying the goods of the merchants and the grain of the residents out, listening to the scattered gunshots, cries, and scolding, one of the leaders next to him said flatteringly: "Big brother, this operation is really high, and by the time the Red Army arrives, we will have already withdrawn to the depths of the desert." If we do it a few more times, not only will the food of the brothers be guaranteed, but our reputation as a desert hero will also be played. When the time comes, the Red Army will have to avoid three points when it comes to the name of our brothers! ”

The leader snorted and said: "Second brother, don't underestimate the Red Army, it was killed under Chiang Kai-shek's aircraft and artillery, and our brothers did this because they didn't want to starve to death. There is no way, we can't afford to provoke the big tribes in Mongolia, and the small tribes have been robbed by us, so we have to come here to attack. ”

At this time, a small minion came running to report that several of the Red Army workers who resisted in the town had been killed.

A hint of murder flashed on the leader's brow: "Since you have killed the people of the Red Army and formed a great feud, second brother, you go and urge the brothers to hurry up, and those who resist will be cut down." We are about to move to prevent the Red Army from coming for reinforcements. ”

The two leaders patted their horses and walked away, saying, "Big brother is too careful, we have so many brothers, are we still afraid of the Red Army?" Come one to kill one, come two to kill a pair. ”

The leader glared, and the second leader hurriedly rode away.

It turned out that this horse bandit was Han Sanjie's bandit who had been robbing in Inner Mongolia for a long time, and at this time the bandit was in its heyday, with more than 1,000 people wandering to the border area of Shaanxi and Mongolia. When they saw that the Red Army had occupied Shaanxi and encouraged commercial trade, they wanted to loot it. The original plan was to sack the county seat of Shenmu or the market town north of the county seat, but reconnaissance found that a cavalry regiment of the Red Army had entered Shenmu and advanced north of Shenmu.

After thinking about it, Han Sanjie gave up the plan to sack Shenmu County and the market town north of the county seat, and led the horse bandit team south to sack Jinjie Town. In his mind, the Red Army in Yulin could not catch up, and the Red Army north of Shenmu was too late to return for reinforcements, and after he ransacked it, he could retreat to the Maowusu Desert without stopping. Once in the desert, you can sit back and relax.

Song Xing led a battalion to open the way, and when he was about to arrive at Jinjie Town, he heard gunshots, and knew that there was a situation, so he immediately sent someone to report to Hu Laohu, and he led a battalion to speed up and gallop towards Jinjie Town.

(To be continued)