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The old estuary at the end of the south branch of Funiu Mountain, a branch of the Qinling Mountains. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info is located in the Qianhan water miscellaneous "bolt curtain from northwest to southeast inclination, a number of "chicken paw" shaped hills stretch to the southeast, forming a hilly flat hill, plain river vertebral terrain, the old estuary north of Henan Nazhou, upstream to Shaanxi. The city has a history of more than 2,000 years, and the hometown of Wu Zixu, a famous general of the Warring States period, is here.

Since ancient times, Laohekou is known as the land of fish and rice in Hubei Province with its abundance of wheat, rice and various aquatic products, and is located in the transportation hub of the thoroughfare of the three provinces, the people are simple and simple, and the life is relatively rich.

Since the beginning of the warlord war, all forces have taken turns to occupy the rich township of barbaric inventory x, which has long been unrecognizable, the war destroyed farmland and houses, the channel wharf has been in disrepair for a long time, the city wall is damaged, the people's living standards have taken a sharp turn, coupled with the disaster in the northwest, the local tyrants and bullies in the city have frantically plundered grain and transferred it at a high price for profit, and the poor Northwest Army of more than 7,000 people has been stationed for half a year, only caring about forcibly expropriating and extorting to meet military needs without any achievements, torturing a good old estuary to the point that all industries are withered and desolate. Where is there a little bit of the land of fish and rice.

At dawn, the stone pai gang nine kilometers north of the city is shrouded in a white mist, and the faint morning light reflects the vague outline of the small village dwellings in the south of the distant void tank, and the trees on the hill are luxuriant. The weeds under the hill are overgrown, the hoarfrost condensed on the withered yellow grass blades has not yet melted, and in the silence, the quietly melting snow water drips down the hill, forming a line of water to converge at the foot of the mountain, forming a light stream that meanders to the Han River.

Two floating figures moved quickly from the south path, under the well-camouflaged grass hut. Forty-fourth Division 13. Brigade Colonel Wang Xulun heard the faint command from the front, and hurriedly led the adjutant and two guards to jump off the high barrier and strode out.

The sturdy captain of the special brigade, He Qiweixun, came to Wang Xulun and saluted and reported: "Brigade seat, the third team has successfully completed the task, according to the confession of the captured sentry and the infiltration and verification of our top soldiers, there are only 416 troops in the town. All of them were stationed in the compound of the Zeng family, a large local family, and there was no one standing guard at the gate, and the total number of people was not even a battalion, and it was not a regiment as mentioned in the original intelligence at all.

According to the prisoners' confessions, their regiment commander has been sick for half a month, lying in bed and unable to get up, except for the two sentry posts in the north and south of the town, there are no other sentry posts, and the reconnaissance of the fourth detachment in the south of the town is also the same situation. It's a rabble of people called Hanako! ”

"It's that simple?"

Wang Xulun asked in disbelief, and he led his 5,000 brothers to go out day and night, crossing the river and crossing the mountains. After trekking hard for three nights before going around to the north of Laohekou, according to the scheduled battle, Ge Xiao defeated a regiment of defenders in Shipaigang, and then advanced southward, and surrounded Laohekou with the 132nd Brigade and the 16th Division of the division.

"It's true, Brigade Seat, three of the four sentries we captured are nested in the low house at the intersection of the north of the town. The sentry curled up on the threshold wet with a tattered quilt, his eyes were almost frozen like a pair of stupid birds, and he was wearing straw sandals under his feet, and his feet were frozen into big steamed buns and cracked openings. It can be seen from this that the entire Temporary Seventh Division of the enemy has no combat effectiveness at all, and what kind of battle will the sentinels fight when they are frozen into that bear? Zeng Jiwei said.

Wang Xulun nodded with relief: "Let's go." It should be like this, according to the information reported by the brothers of the special brigade of the 16th Division, no batch of supplies has been sent to the Temporary Seventh Division for half a month, and it is estimated that the material supply of the Northwest Army is really enough, "Pass my order: the first regiment will take the enemy in the town as quickly as possible, the second regiment will completely block the surrounding area of the town, and the machine gun battalion will gather in the Xiao Clan Ancestral Hall in the south of the town, ready to besiege the city in the south at any time!" ”

"Yes".

At nine o'clock in the morning, the four gates of the old estuary city wall under the morning sun were completely unrecognizable after being bombarded by a fierce artillery bombardment. More than 18,000 officers and men of the two divisions and four brigades jumped out of cover and rushed to the city wall shouting, and without waiting for the desperate soldiers to rush to within 100 meters of the city gate, a white flag was erected on the gatehouses above the four city gates almost at the same time, and the officers and men of the Provisional Seventh Division on the city towers waved their flags and shouted surrender at the same time. Stop the attack, retreat 200 meters and wait.

"What? So surrendered?. Wang Xulun grabbed the phone and screamed.

The voice of the regiment commander came: "The defenders have really surrendered, and there are only a few gunshots from other siege directions, and the subordinates have never seen this situation, and they don't know what to do all of a sudden. But as Yu, brigade seat, the defenders have a team of men and horses carrying white flags out of the city, it is estimated that they are here to negotiate surrender, how to deal with it? ”

"I'll be there soon! , what a fucking evil door

Wang Xulun led the guard company and rode his horse to the north gate, and the scene in front of him was earned! The weeping man gasped, and the twelve soldiers who were badly dressed and couldn't see Yan Zhuo couldn't see clearly, except for a lieutenant colonel who was wearing a mille-feuille bottom, the rest were all straw sandals, and one by one they stuffed their hands into the torn sleeves that exposed the cotton wool, stood on the cold face and shivered, looking at Wang Xulun in horror wearing a dark green cloak and riding a tall horse.

Wang Xulun sighed, turned over and dismounted, and came to the lieutenant colonel commander: "I, Wang Xulun, the first and third of the Fifth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Brigade Colonel Brigade Commander, what do you call a brother? ”

"Contemptible Ma Zhiben, the commander of the first regiment of the Seventh Division, "Commander Wang, let's go into the city, our division has already ordered to stop all resistance an hour ago. The six thousand brothers of my division have been waiting for you An Jiajun to arrive for a long time Ma Zhisheng closed his eyes, and his emaciated face was distorted by pain.

Wang Xulun stopped being wordy, waved his big hand, ordered the two regiments to enter the city to control the barracks, maintain order, and turned to his guard company and ordered in a loud voice:

Little four, let the brothers take out the spare military shoes in their backpacks and put them on for Commander Ma and these brothers, and take out those who have short padded jackets and put them on these brothers! ”

"Yes!"

The lieutenant company commander boiled Sifang hurriedly asked the brothers to untie the marching backpack on horseback and take out the clothes and shoes inside, Han Sifang himself took out a pair of military shoes and thick socks from the backpack on horseback, and walked to the adjutant behind the commander of the horse:

"Put it on, brother, seeing that your feet are about the same size as mine, let's put on to protect you from the cold." When the snow melts, it freezes to the bones

The burly, square-faced adjutant of the major gratefully took the shoes and socks, and then sat down on the ground. Trembling and leisurely, he took off his soaked dirty straw sandals, wiped the dirt off his feet with his sleeve, revealing the cracked holes in the road, gritted his teeth and put the green thick cotton socks on his feet, quickly put on his shoes and stood up, and thanked Han Sifang gratefully: "Thank you, brother, listen to the brother's accent" It's us from Yuxi, right? ”

The younger brother Han Sifang, a native of Baoling Hanjiazhuang. Ninety percent of our brothers are from western Henan and northern Shaanxi, all of whom fled last year, and we were taken in by Commander An to get to where we are today, where is my brother? Han Sifang asked.

"The younger brother of Luonan Nie Tomb Village is surnamed Zhao, called Zhao Dongquan, and he is separated from the elder brother's house a few miles, alas, "Seeing the equipment of the elder brother and this spiritual head, the younger brother knows that this battle can't be fought, even if it is, it can't be beaten, and the Anjia army is benevolent and righteous!" Who will fight against such a righteous teacher? What's more, we fled from the illness of the Seventh Division, and the remaining more than 5,000 people had no meal, and they were so hungry that they couldn't even carry the robbery. ”

Zhao Dongquan shook his head sadly, seeing thousands of well-equipped and strong ones. The brigade soldiers flocked into the city, and their regiment commander was talking to the brigade commander Wang Xulun in a low voice, and hurriedly apologized to Han Sifang, strode over, and stood straight behind his regiment commander.

Ma Zhiben glanced at his adjutant. Continue to talk to Wang Xulun: "Our master is also sick. is swinging, the chief of staff leads the division generals. Waiting for your army to go and take it in."

"Slow! Brother Ma, how do you conclude that we will take you in? Wang Xulun asked curiously.

Ma Zhiben smiled miserably: "Brother Wang, if you don't want to take in our remaining more than 5,000 brothers. Then treat all of us as refugees, at least we know that An Jiajun has always been benevolent and righteous, and the displaced people who fled there can eat, have clothes to wear, and a place to stay. If more than 5,000 brothers are dismissed, it will be difficult to survive when they go back, and the vast majority of brothers will have ten rooms and nine empty homes, new graves, cracked land, and withered grass and trees

Wang Xulun let out a long sigh: "Although I have long known that the disaster situation in the Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu regions is getting more and more serious, I didn't expect it to be like this.

Brother Ma waited for a while, and then came to the younger brother after entering the city, the younger brother had to report the situation to the master, this battle was fought.

Two hours later, Yin Jinan and Gu Changfeng led the joint command to cross the Han River, entered Laohekou City, and came to the camp to meet the generals and colonels of the Provisional Seventh Division who had surrendered, and politely greeted Pei Jingwen, the commander of the Provisional Seventh Division, who was lying on the bed.

Yin Jinan ordered the medical team to treat all the wounded and sick brothers who surrendered to Cheng, and then called away Nie Peiyuan, the chief of staff of the Seventh Division, and after asking about the situation, he reluctantly ordered the chief of staff to report to An Yi.

Gu Changfeng was so angry that he glared at Nie Peiyuan with squinted eyes, and scolded loudly: "Old Nie, why didn't you contact us earlier if your grandson wants to surrender?" If you resist and shoot a few shots! It hurt Lao Tzu to spend four days and three nights in vain, which is really frustrating

"Tiger head, speak politely!" Yin Jinan frowned slightly, correcting Gu Changfeng's

Gu Changfeng slapped his big hand, shook his head and smiled: "Ji Nan, what do you think the boss will think in his heart?" The painstakingly formulated plan for the siege and reinforcement of the city has just come to naught, *** "Chief of Staff, let's go".