Hanyang Town is an ancient town on Jiange Road.

Seventeen or eight miles to the north from Hanyang Town is Jianmenguan Town, and seventeen or eight miles to the south is Pu'an Town, the county seat of Jiange.

Liu Yimin only chose this place as an ambush point, mainly considering people's psychological factors. Since ancient times, the Sword Pavilion is a natural hazard, whether it is the army or business travelers, scholars, tourists, all the way to trek, climb the difficult Sword Pavilion Road, when boarding the Sword Gate Pass, there will be a sense of satisfaction after conquering the danger. Compared with the natural danger of the apes not crossing and the birds flying away in front of Jianmen Pass, the southern slope of Jianmen Pass is much more soothing, and people's psychology will be extremely relaxed, producing a beautiful idea that the country of abundance is in front of you and under your feet. Then go all the way to the south, through the beautiful Cuiyun Corridor, no matter if you are a peerless hero, you will also become comfortable, and a heart of conquest will turn into poetry. At this time, that is, when people's hearts are most fragile, a thunderous blow will have miraculous results.

Because it is the only way from Jianmen Pass to Jiange County, and it is also a node on the Shu Road, the northbound business travelers should rest here, replenish their physical strength, and climb Xiongguan; Guests heading south often stop here to rest after crossing the Xiongguan Pass and reminisce about the hardships and legends of the journey. Therefore, the ancient town of Hanyang is still relatively lively.

When Liu Yimin arrived with the cavalry battalion, the two shops on the street were still open, looking forward to a passing merchant here to rest, drink tea, and eat.

Liu Yimin was determined to settle the cavalry regiment of Huzong's southern vanguard here. Therefore, Hu Laohu was ordered to lead the cavalry battalion to impose martial law in the town, disarm a company of Deng Xihou's troops living in the town, disguise the garrison of the Sichuan army, and introduce Hu Zongnan's cavalry regiment into the town to take prisoners.

Liu Yimin said very clearly to Hu Laohu: "Let the soldiers sharpen their knives, this cavalry regiment is from the northwest and has a wild surname." After cleaning up Hu Zongnan's cavalry regiment, our cavalry regiment of the Red Seventh Army was born! ”

Hu Laohu's eyes lit up, and he stood up excitedly: "Please rest assured, the commander, the soldiers are already screaming, just waiting to be upgraded to a cavalry regiment." We promise to get the job done! ”

Luo Yan, the commander of the reconnaissance company who arrived early, briefly briefed Liu Yimin on the terrain here. Liu Yimin asked Luo Yan and a few scouts to accompany him along the Shu Road for about 5 kilometers and took a general look at the terrain.

After looking at the terrain, Liu Yimin decided to revise the battle plan he had envisioned in his heart. Originally, he planned to eliminate Hu Zongnan's troops on the mountain road between Hanyang Town and Jianmenguan Town, but now it seems that he can't do it. The main reason is that the troops came up too late, and they couldn't fire torches to alarm the enemy at night, and the canyon north of the Cuiyun Corridor couldn't climb in the dark. It is necessary to start the position at the northern end of the Cuiyun Corridor and annihilate the enemy in the hilly area 5 kilometers south of the Cuiyun Corridor to the south of Hanyang Town.

Liu Yimin ordered Luo Yan to send reconnaissance in the direction of Jianmen Town, and sent two squads to guide the troops in the direction of the coming road. One of the squads was going to rush to the hand-copying shop and wait for the 13th division.

At 9 o'clock, Zhang Haitao rushed to Hanyang Town with the guard battalion, communications company, and intelligence and information department.

Liu Yimin ordered Qian Zhuangfei and He Xinghua to immediately set up radio stations, and several radio stations were turned on at the same time, and the special detachment was contacted to monitor Hu Zong's southern signal. He also called Hu Laohu and Zhang Haitao together, carefully arranged the plan to solve the enemy's cavalry regiment, and used the guard battalion and the cavalry battalion to join forces to resolutely take down Hu Zong's southern cavalry regiment.

After the radio was turned on, he quickly contacted the headquarters of the Red Army, and Liu Yimin reported that he had led the cavalry battalion and the guard battalion to the preset ambush point, and now the enemy's vanguard had passed the Jianmen Pass and was rushing towards Hanyang Town, where he was determined to defeat the enemy's vanguard cavalry regiment. After the main force comes up, it will be deployed on the spot and completely annihilate the southern part of Huzong here.

After receiving Liu Yimin's telegram, [***] finally put his mind at ease and ordered Liu Yimin to make serious arrangements, plan carefully, and win this battle. At the same time, he reported the occupation of Jiangyou by the 1st Army and the defeat of Li Jiayu's division by the 3rd Army Corps, and told Liu Yimin that the 2nd Division of the 1st Army was in Zitong and could rush to the aid at any time, so as to order the 1st and 3rd Divisions of the 1st Army to advance to Zitong and prepare to support the Hanyang battlefield. When Liu Yimin thinks that he needs the support of the First Army, he can send a report to [***] and Nie Rongzhen at any time.

Liu Yimin's reply was very simple: "The Seventh Army has the determination, confidence, and ability to completely annihilate the Hu Division. ”

After receiving the callback, [***] immediately ordered the headquarters of the Red Army and the central column to set off immediately and advance towards Mianyang.

The special detachment was contacted. Li Lingfeng and Wang Dahu reported that they had been lurking on the slopes on both sides of Jianmen Pass for two days and were ready to attack at any time. The situation has also been figured out, and the defenders of Jianmen Pass are a battalion of Deng Xihou's department. At 8 o'clock in the evening, Hu Zongnan's cavalry regiment arrived at Jianmen Pass, and the enemy regiment commander defended Jianmen Pass under their noses. At 8:40, the enemy cavalry regiment left Jianmen Pass and rushed to the direction of Hanyang Town with torches.

Liu Yimin ordered Li Lingfeng and Wang Dahu to secretly seize Jianmen Pass immediately after Hu Zongnan's rearguard troops passed through Jianmen Pass.

Considering that the troops were extremely tired and had no time to hold a pre-war meeting, Liu Yimin directly ordered Gao Yuan and Huang Su to command the Red 11th Division to speed up the progress, advance to Hanyang Town, and arrange positions at the north end of the Cuiyun Corridor. Assault in the direction of Hanyang Town. ordered Liu Jianli and Zhang Hongtao to command the Red 12th Division, advance to Hanyang Town, ambush along both sides of the Shu Road south of Hanyang Town, and connect the position with the troops directly under the corps commanded by Feng Dafei in the north and the 13th Division in the south, and undertake the task of assaulting the enemy's heavy army group; After ordering the Red 13th Division to rush to the shop, guided by the corps scouts, the main force was ambushed on both sides of the Shu Road, and the task of blocking the head and eliminating the enemy's first echelon was taught, and the position was connected to the position of the 12th Division in the north, and there could be no interruptions, and at the same time, attention was paid to monitoring the movements of the defenders in Jiange County, and preparing to send reinforcements; Feng Dafei, chief of staff, was ordered to lead the infantry battalions of the engineer regiment, the baggage regiment, and the artillery regiment to quickly rush to Hanyang Town, where he set up an ambush, and the position was connected with the 11th Division in the north and the 12th Division in the south.

Considering that Liu Jianjian, commander of the 12th Division, had performed well in commanding heavy firepower in the battle at Qingxi Town, Liu Yimin ordered Liu to establish a unified command of the corps artillery regiment and heavy machine gun battalion, establish positions near the positions of the 13th and 12th Divisions, concentrate firepower, and focus on striking at the enemy's heavy force clusters.

Cai Zhong was ordered to command the field hospital of the regiment to set up a field ambulance station near the position of the 13th Division and arrange the treatment of the wounded in a unified manner.

The communications company was ordered to quickly pull the telephone lines from north to south to ensure smooth communication with the divisions.

The order of firing of the whole corps was that the 13th Division fired first, then the 11th Division blocked the tail, and then the heavy fire and the 12th Division and the troops directly under the corps opened fire and assault.

As soon as Liu Yimin finished deploying, Luo Yan reported that the enemy cavalry regiment had arrived.

Xu Liangyu, commander of the cavalry regiment of the First Division, was a native of Tonglu, Zhejiang, and graduated from the fourth phase of the Huangpu Political Department. When Hu Zongnan established the cavalry regiment, the first candidate who came to mind was Xu Liangyu, because he was both humane and military, and had high loyalty. Xu Liangyu himself was not very enthusiastic about the position of cavalry commander, and the unit he hoped to go to was an infantry unit, because he was not good at cavalry and horse combat. However, he could understand the painstaking efforts of the division, if this cavalry regiment was properly trained, it was indeed a strong force, and it could only be firmly in the hands of a Zhejiang Huangpu officer who was loyal to the principal.

After accepting the task of being the vanguard of the whole division, Xu Liangyu fully mobilized the troops. He told those northwestern men that there were silver dollars with white flowers, pearl-like rice, and mellow Wuliang wine on the Chengdu Plain. Even the skin of the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law is as delicate as a baby's face. As long as we rush into Mianyang and eliminate the red bandits, the Chengdu Plain will be ours. When the time comes, you want money and money, women and women, eat white rice, and drink Jiannanchun. However, we are revolutionary soldiers, we must abide by discipline, and if you like a girl, you will come and tell the head of the regiment, and the head of the regiment will give you a guarantee. However, it is absolutely forbidden to rob and annihilate. If anyone violates it, the master will shoot you. Stimulate those rough men on the horse to burn the fire, and I can't wait to show off my might on the Chengdu Plain now.

At 8 o'clock, Xu Liangyu led the cavalry regiment to finally ascend the Jianmen Pass and made a report to the division. The battalion commander of the Deng Xihou Department of the Sichuan Army defending Jianmen Pass was very interesting, knowing that they were going to rescue their commanders, and they seemed very cooperative, leading Xu Liangyu to carefully inspect the front and back of the pass and the peaks on both sides, tossing for more than half an hour, confirming that there was no problem, and then leading the troops to get off Jianmen Pass and rush to Jiange County.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Xu Liangyu led the cavalry regiment to Hanyang Town.

A simple fortification was erected at the entrance of the town, and two torches were planted there, which made the road shine brightly. Several Sichuan soldiers guarded a light machine gun and stared at these cavalrymen who had arrived from afar.

A small company commander of the Sichuan army carried a shell gun, wore a hat crookedly, and shouted loudly: "Where did the turtle son come from, which part is it, I said it, Lao Tzu let you go." It's not good to say, the guy in Lao Tzu's hand is dedicated to hitting your turtle son's braincase. ”

No matter how the cavalry explained, the Sichuan army just wouldn't let them go. The little company commander was particularly rampant, picked up the whistle hanging around his neck and blew it, and the No. 100 Sichuan army poured out of the town, and set up two more machine guns. The angry cavalrymen jumped to their feet and cursed.

After receiving the report that the Sichuan army was blocking the advance, Xu Liangyu, who was in the middle of the team, rushed to the front, and when he saw the virtue of the small company commander of the Sichuan army, Xu Liangyu was so angry that he just wanted to whip him.

Holding back the anger in his heart, Xu Liangyu beat his horse and walked to the front, first made a standard salute on the horse, and said patiently: "I am Xu Liangyu, the cavalry commander of the First Division of the National Revolutionary Army. Our department was ordered to reinforce Mianyang and rescue General Deng Xihou, please let him go. ”

As soon as he heard that it was the regiment commander, the small company commander immediately became respectful, also saluted, and shouted loudly: "Report to Xu Tuanzuo, Li Chuan, the captain and company commander of the 28th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, report to you that our company has been ordered to guard Hanyang Town." Excuse me, is Xu Tuanzuo really going to rescue our boss Deng? ”

Xu Liangyu nodded.

The company commander immediately turned around and shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, the water has washed the Dragon King Temple, it's really the rescue force of the Central Army is coming." ”

After shouting, the small company commander came up and led Xu Liangyu's war horse diligently, and walked to the middle of the town first, saying as he walked: "Xu Tuanzuo, you don't remember the villain, don't blame the brothers for not letting them go." It's really that our Mr. Deng is surrounded in Mianyang, and the brothers look at everyone like red bandits, which really makes the turtle son red bandit afraid. ”

Xu Liangyu smiled silently: "Have you ever seen a red bandit?" ”

The company commander said: "Who can see them, they come and go without a trace, these gang of sticks are really underbeaten." ”

When we arrived in the middle of the town, the little company commander said, "Xu Tuanzuo, we have a task that has not been completed, and we ask Xu Tuanzuo to help with Kai'en." ”

Xu Liangyu was a little impatient, feeling that this guy was very verbose, and said with a blank face: "The military situation is urgent, we have to hurry up, and the army is still behind." ”

The company commander stalked and staggered: "Xu Tuanzuo, this favor is very helpful, in fact, it is to bring someone to Mianyang." Our little cousin of Mr. Deng, who went to college in Beiping, is about to celebrate the New Year, came back to visit relatives during the holidays, went to Guangyuan yesterday, and just arrived here today, I heard that Mianyang was surrounded, and I didn't dare to let go to the front. Originally, we were ordered to escort her, but because of the war, Mr. Deng asked us to be stationed here to prevent the red bandits from sneaking up, and delayed this girl here. ”

Xu Liangyu heard that he was Deng Xihou's little cousin, and he went to college in Beiping, so he felt that he could bring it, maybe he met Deng Xihou, and the local warlord would thank the master. He said, "Call her, and we are in a hurry." ”

The little company commander said: "Thank you Xu Tuanzuo, Miss Cousin is like a fairy, but she can be well-behaved." Please come to my company headquarters for a cup of tea, and I'll go and ask Miss Table. ”

As he spoke, he led Xu Liangyu's war horse to the gate of a courtyard in the middle of the street.

Xu Liangyu saw that the shops on the street were still lit and the doors were open, and his cavalry regiment followed him neatly, and he was relieved to be relieved when he slipped a torch to illuminate the street, and said to the small company commander: "We are waiting here, you go and call someone." ”

The little company commander saw that Xu Liangyu didn't get off the horse, so he turned around and ran in to call someone. After a while, a female voice came: "Xu Tuanzao is such a big shelf!" ”

As soon as Xu Liangyu raised his head, two Sichuan soldiers standing guard at the door were holding torches, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl was standing there, tall, with curved eyebrows, goose egg face, green onion tube nose, Danfeng's eyes were full of playfulness, the dimples at the corners of his mouth were very deep, his face was full of smiles, and a black braid was put on a mink coat, indescribably fresh, indescribably beautiful, and indescribably gentle.

Xu Liangyu chuckled in her heart, this girl is really a celestial person! Involuntarily, he rolled off the saddle and said, "Please hurry up, Miss Watch, we still have a task." ”

The girl's eyes fluttered, and she said in a commanding tone: "You come in and have a cup of tea, wait for me for a while, I'll pack my luggage, and I'll leave immediately." After saying that, he didn't look at him, turned around and walked towards the courtyard.

Xu Liangyu thought, this girl is really polite, and she actually used this tone to talk to herself. Thinking about it, he smiled, although he was a protégé of the Son of Heaven and looked down on those warlords, Deng Xihou had dozens of regiments in his hands after all, what was it for his cousin to see the little regiment commander and issue a small order? Think about it again, after graduating from Huangpu, he followed the principal to fight in the south and the north, have you ever met such an excellent girl there! Although this Deng Xihou is a warlord, he is also a famous house in Sichuan, and this girl can be called a standard lady. I can't be ignorant of good and bad, make people laugh at my lack of cultivation, no bearing, no politeness to ladies, and lose the name of Whampoa soldiers. Thinking of this, Xu Liangyu involuntarily dismounted and shouted to the cavalry behind: "Rest for ten minutes and take a sip of tea." Ten minutes later, assemble and depart. After shouting, he walked to the courtyard with a few guards.

The small company commander of the Sichuan army ran out of the courtyard, shouting "Brothers have worked hard all the way", and ordered his soldiers to lead the cavalry to the company headquarters, teahouses, and restaurants. After a while, the streets were empty, and more than 1,000 people from the cavalry regiment of the 1st Division were led by the Sichuan army to different places to drink tea.

Xu Liangyu entered the main room of the Sichuan Army Company Headquarters and sat down, picked up the teacup on the table and just took a sip, when he felt a cold, hard guy on his head, and he knew that it was the muzzle of a gun without thinking about it.

When I looked up, I saw that the fairy-like girl just now was standing in front of me with a smile. Xu Liangyu sighed, covered the tea bowl, and muttered to himself: "You are a beautiful woman, why should you be a thief." I can't imagine that the red bandit will also make a beauty trick. ”

The girl was still smiling: "To correct it, we are the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army led by [***], not bandits." Again, what we use is not a beauty trick, but psychological warfare, and what we are grasping is the psychology of you, the self-righteous pillars of the country and the national elite, who pretend to be elegant, flattering and bullying. ”

"Psychological warfare?" Xu Liangyu was puzzled, when did this method of warfare exist? I couldn't help asking: "May I ask the girl, who came up with the psychological warfare?" ”

The girl looked proud: "I'll tell you, you remember, this is the invention of Comrade Liu Yimin, the commander of our Red Seventh Army!" After speaking, he ordered several soldiers to escort Xu Liangyu up.

When Liu Yimin walked in, Xu Liangyu had already been escorted and locked up with the captured officers. Look at Tang Xingying in a beautiful dress, Liu Yimin's heart is really a training person, a delicate rich lady who escaped from marriage, can grow into a female soldier of the Red Army who has made miraculous achievements. nodded to Tang Xingying: "Good job, amazing, worthy of being our heroine!" ”

Tang Xingying's pretty face was as bright as a peach blossom under the reflection of the torch.

Liu Yimin hurriedly turned his face away and asked, "What about Wang Pengju?" ”

The company commander of the Xiaochuan Army drilled out: "Report to the corps commander, I'm here." ”

Liu Yimin patted him on the shoulder: "Good job, I've seen it all, I just joined the army and made a great contribution." Very good! But you can't rest, immediately mobilize the villagers to give our troops to defend Hanyang Town to give houses, and the troops must hide in the courtyards on both sides of the street. The main forces of the enemy are approaching, and they must move quickly. ”

Wang Pengju shouted "yes", turned around and ran away.

Looking at Wang Pengju's back, Liu Yimin's face was full of appreciation. It turned out that the last time Liu Yimin led Li Chengyi, Tang Xingying, and Zhao Xiaoman to tea in Chengdu, Wang Pengju paid for the tea for them. This young man is from Langzhong, and Wang Mingzhang, the commander of the Sichuan Army, is his clan uncle, who likes to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child, graduated from the Chinese Department of Sichuan University, takes care of several shops in the family in Chengdu, does business well, and has many connections with the robe brothers. When the Seventh Army recruited intellectuals in Chengdu, he signed up to join the army, but he was unwilling to move with the baggage regiment and had to be a cavalryman. Hu Laohu tried it, and his marksmanship and riding skills were okay, so he left him in the cavalry battalion. On the march, he recognized Liu Yimin, and as soon as the two talked, Liu Yimin found that this recruit was bold and careful, and he was an authentic Sichuanese, and when he was designing how to capture the enemy cavalry regiment, he remembered him and asked him to disguise himself as the commander of the Sichuan army. It's really good, I tried my skills, and I caught it, and I left Hu Zongnan's cavalry regiment in Hanyang Town.

As soon as the Hu Zongnan Cavalry Regiment was cleaned up here, the Red 11th Division came up.

Liu Yimin briefly explained his deployment to Gao Yuan and Huang Su, and ordered them to immediately occupy positions on both sides of the Cuiyun Corridor north of Hanyang Town.

Gao Yuan asked, what if the enemy's follow-up troops have not finished before the front?

Liu Yimin thought for a while and said: "There should be no problem, the position is more than ten kilometers long, it is so late now, the enemy is in a hurry, the formation must be relatively dense, and the enemy rear guard should be able to enter the encirclement." Besides, it was too dark to light torches, and it was too difficult to climb in the deep mountains and canyons. It's all because the enemy came too fast, and we couldn't make it to Jianmen Pass. If the enemy's follow-up troops did not enter the ambush circle, but fled towards the Jianmen Pass, where there was our special detachment, they would not have been able to pass. You leave a regiment to monitor the enemy on the spot, and the main force will assault in the direction of Hanyang Town, solve the enemy in the net first, and then pursue it back to the division. ”

After Gao Yuan and Huang Su led their troops away, Liu Yimin urgently ordered two platoons of the communications company to mount war horses, put on torches, disguise the rear guard of the enemy cavalry regiment, and advance towards the county seat of Jiange to further confuse the enemy.

When Feng Dafei arrived with the engineer regiment, the baggage regiment, and the infantry battalion of the artillery regiment, it was already 11 o'clock, and Liu Yimin ordered Feng Dafei to deploy the engineer regiment at the north end of the town, and the position was connected to the 11th division; The baggage regiment was deployed at the southern end of the town, and the position was connected to the 12th Division; Infantry and cavalry battalions of the artillery regiment were ambushed in the town, and concealed machine-gun positions were set up in advance. Leave the guard battalion, reconnaissance company, and communication company, led by himself and Luo Ronghuan, as the reserve of the whole legion.

Qian Zhuangfei and He Xinghua have made great progress in their work. After the radio operator of the enemy cavalry regiment was captured, the code book was searched, and with Qian Zhuangfei's ability, he naturally quickly got in touch with Hu Zongnan. Qian Zhuangfei reported to Hu Zongnan that the vanguard of the cavalry regiment had entered the county seat of Jiange, and the rear guard had also left Hanyang Town and was advancing towards the county seat.

Liu Yimin was overjoyed, this is equivalent to holding the bull's nose, and Hu Zongnan is going to follow his baton.

In fact, when Liu Yimin dispatched troops and cast the iron net, Hu Zongnan had already left Jianmen Pass and led the second brigade as the third echelon to Hanyang Town. Its first echelon, the first brigade, and the second echelon, the reading brigade and the supplementary brigade, have already crossed the town of Jianmenguan and are only more than 20 miles away from Hanyang Town.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, after receiving a report from the cavalry regiment to enter Jianmen Pass, Hu Zongnan ordered the whole division to rush to the county town of Jiange County to camp before 12 o'clock. Unexpectedly, the distance on the map is not very far from the Jiange Road, it is so difficult to walk, it is like an ant moving, not to mention the tired back pain and leg cramps, and you can't walk a few miles in an hour. It wasn't until half past ten in the evening that Hu Zongnan climbed the Jianmen Pass.

(To be continued)