It was early in the morning, and the Fengtian City should be quiet at this time, and the people in the city were in a deep sleep, but today, the silence of the past was completely broken by the artillery fire and gunfire of the army.

The people of every household in the city were in chaos, and people with their children and daughters were everywhere ready to flee out of the city.

In the dark night, the people dragged their families with their mouths, carrying boxes and trailers crowded and trampled on each other, because the military police and the city defense troops were resisting with all their might, and no one was guiding them, so the whole Fengtian City was in chaos.

Therefore, from the beginning of the battle, General Wang Yizhe, the commander of the 7th Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army Army, and his daughter Wang Ruoying, as well as several guards accompanying him, took more than two hours to rush from the center of the city to the Zhangjia Mansion in the east of the city.

After entering the house, Wang Ruoying hurriedly grabbed Liu Liping's hand and urged: "Auntie, hurry, hurry up and pack up your things and go with us." ”

didn't notice that Liu Liping still had tear stains on her cheeks, and her expression was a little gloomy.

Wang Yizhe directly called Zhang Yuxi, who came up, and said: "Brother Xizi, you and your sister-in-law should take the soft and hurry up with me out of the city, saying that I will attack Beidaying and Fengtian City, and our defenders have been ordered to retreat, and this Fengtian City cannot stay any longer." ”

Zhang Yuxi looked at his best friend, smiled bitterly, and was indifferent.

"What's wrong? Elder brother? Wang Yizhe realized that something was wrong, and looked at Zhang Yuxi and Liu Liping on the side suspiciously.

Wang Ruoying also noticed the abnormality, because she found that Liu Liping's hand seemed to be trembling slightly, and in shock, she hurriedly asked, "Auntie, what's wrong with you?" What's wrong? ”

"Brother Ding Fang, Ruoying, you all come in." Zhang Yuxi greeted Wang Yizhe's father and daughter into the hall with a bitter face, and after speaking, he turned around and walked towards the hall first.

Wang's father and daughter glanced at each other suspiciously, and immediately, Wang Yizhe followed Zhang Yuxi towards the hall, and Wang Ruoying also pulled Liu Liping and followed into the hall while comforting softly.

After entering the hall and sitting down, Wang Yizhe couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Xizi, what's wrong?" ”

"Ding Fang, this is related to Ruoying." Zhang Yuxi said this, glanced at Wang Ruoying who was standing next to Liu Liping, and continued: "At the beginning of the army's attack on Beidaying, Xinghan sent people back two family letters, one for me and his mother, and one for Ruoying. ”

"Xinghan? The defenders of my Beida battalion have all been ordered to retreat, shouldn't he withdraw to Dongshanzuizi now? Wang Yizhe asked inexplicably.

Zhang Yuxi smiled bitterly and shook his head, but did not speak.

"Uncle, where is the letter that Xinghan gave me?" Although Wang Ruoying had an ominous premonition in her heart, she immediately asked.

Zhang Yuxi picked up an open family letter from the table next to him and said to Wang Ruoying: "Ruoying, originally, this book was given to you by Xinghan, and it stands to reason that we shouldn't read it, but ...... Hey, anyway, my uncle hopes you can be considerate of me as a father. ”

After Zhang Yuxi finished speaking, tears flashed in his cloudy eyes, and his tone was choked.

Wang Yizhe and Wang Ruoying found out that the eyes of the Zhang couple were red, obviously caused by excessive sadness, and they may have cried just now.

Wang Ruoying hurriedly stepped forward, took the letter from Zhang Yuxi's hand, and comforted: "Uncle, Ruoying will never blame you. ”

"Good boy, it's Xinghan, he is not blessed." Zhang Yuxi choked up with a look of regret.

Wang Ruoying's heart trembled, and she carefully opened the family letter, and the familiar handwriting caught Wang Ruoying's eyes, but the content made Wang Ruoying Wan be struck by lightning and stand on the spot.

"My wife Ruoying enlightened, you and I have known each other since childhood, can be described as a pro-plum sweetheart, my father and Uncle Wang are friends for eight worships, since childhood for the two of us to make a marriage contract, if there is no accident, will inevitably become husband and wife, hand in hand to spend this life, this is also my dream of what I want.

If Yingmei is like a fairy, the surname is cheerful, well-known and reasonable, Xinghan has been in the heart for a long time, and sighs to himself, if I can marry you as a wife, I have no regrets in this life.

However, the world makes people, and now it is said that Kou has brazenly provoked an incident and launched a surprise attack on the Beida camp where our department is stationed.

However, the sword soldiers have no eyes, the end of the battle together, life and death are unpredictable, in order to avoid the unexpected, I hereby tell you, if I unfortunately die in battle, if Ying must not think of me, you can find another good fate, do not make mistakes.

If I can survive by luck, to be expelled, I will carry a sedan chair to marry you, and join hands with you for life, never abandon.

Fu Xinghan, September 17 evening of the 20th year of the Republic of China.

After reading Zhang Xinghan's family letter, which was like the last words of a divorce, Wang Ruoying almost couldn't cry, and her delicate body couldn't help trembling.

Zhang Yuxi said with a sad face: "Ruoying, you are a good girl, if Xinghan can marry you as his wife, it will be his three lives of luck, but now that the national disaster is at hand, Xinghan, as a soldier, can't sit idly by, he does this, and he doesn't want to affect you." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Wang Yizhe on the side saw that his daughter suddenly couldn't cry, so he hurriedly got up, snatched the family letter, looked at it hurriedly, and was stunned on the spot, Zhang Xinghan He didn't retreat?

Wang Ruoying took a few deep breaths, held back her tears and didn't let her tears flow, raised her head and looked at Zhang Yuxi, who was sitting in the first place, and said: "Uncle, although Ruoying is a woman, she also knows loyalty, since ancient times, the country is greater than the family, if Xinghan is really unfortunate to sacrifice his life for the country, Ruoying is willing to be widowed for him for life, because, in this life, I Wang Ruoying was born a member of the Zhang family, and died as a ghost of the Zhang family. ”

Wang Yizhe looked up at his daughter in surprise, wanting to say something, but finally didn't say anything.

However, Zhang's mother Liu Liping stood up with a touched face and took Wang Ruoying into her arms: "Good girl, Xinghan is fortunate to have a fiancée like you." ”

"Auntie!" Leaning on her mother-in-law's arms, Wang Ruoying couldn't hold back any longer, her suppressed sadness broke out instantly, and she cried bitterly.

Liu Liping was also very sad, and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hugged their heads and cried, and the scene was heartbreaking.

After crying for a while, Wang Ruoying suddenly raised her head and turned to Wang Yizhe and said: "Dad, if we don't leave, we won't go anywhere, we are in Fengtian City, Xinghan is still fighting bloody battles on the front line, we can't just abandon him, we can't let him fight alone." ”

Wang Yizhe nodded and did not speak.

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Dongshan Zuizi, the temporary station of the 7th Brigade, the headquarters of the 620th Regiment.

Wang Tiehan was anxiously pacing back and forth in the regiment headquarters, and at this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the regiment headquarters.

Wang Tiehan hurriedly turned around and saw that Zhao Zhenfan, the chief of staff of the brigade, hurriedly walked in.

"Seats!" Wang Tiehan hurriedly saluted and greeted.

After Zhao Zhenfan returned the salute, he asked, "How is it, hasn't your 3rd battalion come back yet?" ”

Wang Tiehan shook his head sadly.

"The reconnaissance company directly under the brigade headquarters reported that half an hour ago, there were violent explosions and shelling in the direction of Beidaying, and it seems that the 3rd battalion may be ......" Zhao Zhenfan's words were not finished, but the meaning was already clear.

"At the beginning of the war, Zhang Xinghan, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, went to the regiment headquarters to find me and asked for several Krupp mountain guns directly under my regiment headquarters. Wang Tiehan said with a sad face.

"Zhang Xinghan? Is it Zhang Yuxi, the son of Zhang Gong? Zhang Xinghan, the fiancé of our daughter? Zhao Zhenfan was slightly surprised: "You gave him all the mountain artillery?" ”

Wang Tiehan nodded and said, "That's him." ”

Zhao Zhenfan was immediately relieved, with this relationship, Wang Tiehan just didn't want to give it, so he had to give him the mountain cannon.

"Otherwise, I will send the cavalry company directly under the brigade headquarters to visit the Beida camp to see if I can pick them up." Thinking that Zhang Xinghan was the future son-in-law of the brigade commander Wang Yizhe, Zhao Zhenfandao.

"That's great, thank you for participating." Wang Tiehan hugged his fists and thanked, although he knew that Zhang Xinghan's 3rd battalion might have all died and died for the country, after all, the gunfire in the Beida battalion had stopped for almost half an hour, but there was a glimmer of hope and he still didn't want to give up.

Not only because Zhang Xinghan is the future son-in-law of brigade commander Wang Yizhe, but also because Zhang Xinghan is his subordinate, the friendship between comrades-in-arms over the years has long made their relationship more than just a commander and a subordinate.

"Hey, they're all brothers, what's polite, I just don't know how the situation is now." After Zhao Zhenfan waved his hand, he said with a worried face.

"The brigade seat is in Fengtian City, and now Fengtian City is guarded by the provincial police commissioner Huang Xiansheng, and the brigade seat should have plenty of time to evacuate." Wang Tiehan said.

"Damn, when I think about it, I feel like a bag, our dignified regular army, we have become deserters, and a huge Fengtian city can only be guarded by thousands of military police, we are ashamed of the people of Fengtian, and we are ashamed of the 30 million fathers and villagers in the northeast." Zhao Zhenfan said with a look of annoyance.

"Hey! The young marshal didn't know what to think, did he just give up Shenyang and the three eastern provinces? Can that handsome man be clear under the nine springs? Wang Tiehan also sighed in annoyance.

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The Beida Battalion was less than six kilometers away from Fengtian City, and after Zhang Xinghan handed over six Krupp 75 mountain guns and captured guns and ammunition to Liu Jianguo, deputy battalion commander, to lead the team to slow down, he personally led the main force of the 3rd Battalion to march all the way, and it took less than half an hour to rush to the north of Shenyang.

In view of this, after Zhang Xinghan led his troops to the north of the city, he did not enter the city, but took advantage of the cover of night to detour towards the south of the city.