Under the sunset, hundreds of war horses rumbled into the north gate of Suqian City, and the veteran Chu Yupu took the lead, galloped into the camp in the south of the city surrounded by the guards, turned over and dismounted in front of the tall command department, and hurriedly saluted Han Liancheng, the commander of the 19th Army, and strode into the hall side by side.

Chu Yupu stood in front of the large map and asked in a deep voice, "Liancheng, where are your two divisions now?" ”

"Quy Nhon town, here, on the east bank of the Xuhong River, twenty-one kilometers to the south." The tall and burly Han Liancheng, whose face was full of red light, pointed to the map and replied.

Chu Yupu and the generals around him were surprised: "It's only been three hours, and he is running so fast?" ”

Han Liancheng smiled helplessly: "It's really fast, the two divisions and another brigade under the command of the little nephew chased for a long time, and the more they chased the distance, the farther and farther, and the front urgently reported that An Yi's division retreated quickly south along both sides of the Xuhong River, and successively defeated the three companies of the little nephew guarding the place, as long as they saw horses and boats along the way, they grabbed it, because it was downstream, the marching speed was greatly accelerated, and they didn't even leave a single wounded soldier, they were really outlaws." ”

"Did Zhang Zhenbei's cavalry block the retreat of the remnants of An Yi's division to the south?" Chu Yupu asked again.

"It is estimated that it was blocked, and the call back said that Brother Zhenbei led the main force to the north at a rapid pace, and with the speed and strong combat power of Brother Zhenbei's cavalry brigade, if An Yi's division wants to go south, it can only be beaten.

In addition, it happened that Brother Tianze's new editor and teacher drove from Sixian County to Sihong to take over the defense, and when he received an urgent call from his little nephew, he immediately called back, saying that he would immediately lead his troops north to encircle him. The little nephew felt that the area along the lake was full of swamps, and the ground was soft, which was not suitable for cavalry combat, so he made a decision and asked Brother Tianze's reading division to go up along the lake from the north of Sihong, and there was a cavalry brigade of Brother Zhenbei on the main road on the left, so that he could reach Zhuhu Town and the plum blossom needle line within two hours, and the remnants of An Yi's division could not fly even if they flew. ”

Han Liancheng smiled confidently.

Chu Yupu hurriedly shook his head: "Your advice to Tianze is right, but don't underestimate An Yi's cunning and fierceness, we can't imagine that he dared to land on the edge of your Su County, so that he escaped and broke out of the encirclement, in retrospect, it is really embarrassing!"

I also want to remind you, don't fight with him at night, no one can beat him at night, just tightly surround him, this time he is trapped in a narrow place, and he can't flee south and north, I have let the temporary sixth division surround him from the west of the canal, and then Tianze's reading division will outflank him along the lake, just besiege and closely monitor, and wait for tomorrow dawn, and then narrow the encirclement step by step, and completely eliminate him at the lowest price! ”

"Why does Uncle Yu think so highly of this An Yi? I heard my father say that Uncle Yu never praised anyone easily, let alone a cornered enemy general? This guy has been rumored in the army, it seems a bit excessive, is he really that good? Han Liancheng was a little puzzled.

"You just came back from graduating from Yueben, I don't know how powerful this An Yi is, this guy is probably reincarnated by a fox, hehe......"

Chu Yupu saw that a colonel behind Han Liancheng had red and swollen eyes, his face was full of resentment, and he pointed at the colonel suspiciously and asked in a low voice, "Liancheng, what's the matter with you?" Under the weather? ”

Han Liancheng glanced back and hurriedly replied: "This is the brigade commander of the Reading Force Brigade under the command of the little nephew, a classmate of the seventh phase of Baoding, named Xu Zhisheng, his younger brothers Zhiying, Zhijie, and cousin Zhiyun were all killed in the battle of Gaoyou, I heard that it was An Yishi and Gu Zhu who fought jointly with the same division at that time.

This afternoon, thanks to the report that Brother Zhisheng's cousin escaped from Shaji Town and entered the city at the risk of death, the little nephew knew that the remnants of An Yishi's division were hiding in Shaji, and the little nephew sent Brother Zhisheng to lead his soldiers to kill him, and at the same time urgently mobilized people to pursue him south, but unfortunately the enemy had fled far away, and before escaping, he killed Brother Zhisheng's entire family, and set fire to the ancestral house and Nuoda's manor.

Brother Zhisheng was sad and angry, and led his troops to catch up, but the cunning enemy destroyed all the bridges along the way, and Brother Zhisheng had no choice but to arrange a defensive line to fight the horse back, and just entered the city Your old man's house arrived. ”

The white Xu Zhisheng stepped forward and begged in a wailing voice: "Yu Shuai, the junior asks Yu Shuai to issue a will: Kill the enemy chief An Yi and reward 10,000 oceans!" This money has been prepared, please make it happen! ”

Chu Yupu nodded sadly: "Please mourn for victory!" Ben Shuai agreed, rest assured, An Yi can't run this time. Go to the front line quickly, the Provisional Sixth Division under the command of this commander is still on the way, and your unit is on the west side of the canal, so it is just right to coordinate with it, go and say hello to Lu Ling, the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, so as to facilitate coordinated operations. ”

"Thank you Yushuai!"

Xu Zhisheng saluted respectfully and turned to leave.

Chu Yupu chatted with Han Liancheng, the son of his sworn brother, for a while, cleared his throat and shouted to the generals: "Pass my order: those who capture An Yi alive will be rewarded with 50,000 yuan, and those who kill An Yi will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan!" ”

"Yes!"

The generals replied with a bang.

Han Liancheng was slightly surprised, and then realized, knowing that his uncle still wanted to catch him alive.

Chu Yupu couldn't help but smile when he saw Han Liancheng's knowing face, and patted him on the shoulder, and then the uncle and nephew walked to the backyard together to attend the reception banquet surrounded by a group of generals.

In the evening, An Yi led the remnants of the Reading Division to Jinzhen, 25 kilometers northwest of Taiping Town, where more than 3,000 brothers laid down the wounded, immediately occupied the commanding heights, selected the defensive line, and did not stop Ding Zhicheng rode back to the urgent report:

"A large number of Zhilu troops suddenly appeared in the area of four kilometers from Jieji Town to Zhuhu Town in front, the number is unknown, and it is about the strength of three brigades. They have discovered our movements, blocked the water and land transportation arteries of Taiping Town in the south, and are now arranging a thick defense line along the periphery of the town, Zhibiao led more than 600 brothers under his command to seize Zhujiagang, three kilometers north of the town, Xingzhen led his 300 brothers to ambush the rear to respond, has not yet engaged, please instruct the division. ”

An Yi, Yin Jinan, Yang Bin and others were taken aback, and before they could come up with a countermeasure, the distance to the west of the alert came in a hurry: "Division, about 1,200 cavalry two kilometers to the west and our regiment's position across the river, it seems that the enemy is discussing countermeasures, and the subordinates are very worried that this cavalry will make a detour from the Yellow Bridge five kilometers downstream to cross the river and attack us in the direction of the south." ”

An Yi had a splitting headache, and the brothers suddenly felt that the situation was worse, the two enemy divisions in the north were connecting in a line five kilometers away, slowly advancing, and the ten thousand enemy troops on the western front were in unison, approaching Hexi, and although the east was the vast Hongze Lake, but no ships were a dead end, and at this moment the enemy on three sides could not retreat, and the situation was extremely grim.

"Shizuo, time waits for no one, we might as well concentrate all our forces to break through the boundary market town and kill the Taiping directly, maybe in this way we can break out of the way." Yang Bin suggested.

An Yi shook his head painfully: "It's very difficult, there are four thousand six hundred and seventy-two of us, and there are only more than three thousand who can charge, even if we concentrate our forces to fight to the death and rush out of most of them, but what about the nearly six hundred wounded and sick brothers?"

The enemy in the south will never have a division, not to mention that there are more than 1,000 cavalry on the side, and we can follow and chase after we break through in nine deaths, and at that time we will not only not be able to escape, but also the danger of annihilation of the whole army, this strategy will not work! ”

"It is reported that the enemy in the north pressed for a kilometer and then stopped advancing, and is currently constructing fortifications about three kilometers in front of the blocking positions of our regiment and the three regiments, which is very puzzling.

After discussing with the tiger head, the subordinates were confused, and thought it would be better to report to you first. ”

Xia Jian rode a captured war horse, and before he had time to get off the horse, he said a series of words, apparently waiting for An Yi's order to leave immediately.

An Yi and Yin Jinan looked at each other a few times, pondered for a moment, An Yi suddenly understood the enemy's intentions, patted his forehead and looked up to the sky and sighed:

"Heaven will not kill me...... Ladies and gentlemen, the enemy is trying to block us in this area of five kilometers, because this area is a rare area with hills and rivers, and the enemy is afraid of us, and he is unwilling to force us to jump over the wall in a hurry when he is gaining momentum, and wants to trap us here in order to reduce losses and besiege but not attack! ”

An Yi's words were not good, but the brothers were in good spirits, and An Yi immediately assigned the task:

"The sun is about to set, Cheng Guang, I'll go over with you to see the enemy on the other side later, they must be monitoring our every move, looking for a favorable fighter.

The river was sixty or seventy meters wide, and they couldn't cross it for a while, but if they saw us retreating, their morale would be absolutely boosted, and they would make a detour to launch a pursuit.

The situation in front of us is a bit like two ruffians glaring at each other, whoever shows weakness first is unlucky.

If the overall situation remains unchanged, we will quietly retreat and assemble after dark. Lao Yang stayed to take care of the overall situation, Hu Zi and Huan Qi were in charge of the other departments, if the enemy did not move, they would return here in an hour to concentrate. Xia Jian, you go back and closely monitor the enemy on the opposite side with the tiger head, and if you have the kung fu, you will sneak up and shoot cold shots, so that the enemy will feel that we have made up our minds to resist stubbornly. ”

The brothers dispersed, Hu Jialin and Ding Zhicheng rushed to the southern front to observe the enemy situation, and Zhan Huanqi summoned the remaining 30 or so signal soldiers in the division to dredge up contact.

An Yi rode on the little black horse and rushed to the bank of the Xuhong River two kilometers to the west with Lu Guang, Yin Jinan felt uneasy and followed.

An Yi and the others dismounted behind a thirty-meter-high earthen hill, Shen Fengdao saw An Yi's little black horse restless, and seemed to always want to run wildly, so he hurriedly took An Yi's reins and pulled it tightly.

An Yi, Cheng Cheng Guang and Yin Jinan quietly climbed up the hill together, reached the top of the slope, and cautiously crawled up, picking up the weeds to observe the enemy situation on the west bank, and saw that the enemy's cavalry was scattered on a large area of gentle grass on the west bank, the horses were eating grass leisurely, and the cavalry gathered together in twos and threes to chat, as if they were dismounting and resting.

"Grandma's! The bullying is too much, and these dogs may know that we can't cross the river without artillery, so they dare to be so presumptuous...... Around 380 meters, the wind direction is also good...... Xiao Jiu, bring Lao Tzu's rifle, the pile gathered together must be the enemy commander, it seems to be looking at the map to discuss things, Lao Tzu killed one or two of him, to see who dares to be awesome. ”

An Yi took the sniper rifle handed by Lin Xudong, the chief of the guard behind him, checked the bullet and skillfully loaded the scope, loaded it lightly, gently put it on his side, took out the telescope and looked at it carefully, and silently calculated the distance and wind power. Within such shooting distances and environmental conditions, An Yi was very confident in taking out one or two generals of the enemy army.

An Yi adjusted the focus of the telescope, and saw clearly the familiar face with a stubble on his face in a group of lieutenants, pointing to the map and constantly explaining, the whole person was as stupid as an electric shock, his hand trembled a few times, and then he stabilized and raised the telescope and looked at it for nearly a minute, and then stretched out his hand, wanting to remind Yin Jinan beside him.

Yin Jinan also saw the people on the other side clearly at this time, and also stretched out his hand to stop An Yi from shooting, the hands of the two touched together and turned their heads at the same time, and each saw the surprise and excitement in each other's eyes.

Yin Jinan swallowed his saliva and said excitedly in a low voice: "It's Brother Chengzhu, and Brother Li Jinlong is by his side......"

"See, my God! Creation makes people......"

An Yi's heart fluctuated, and he raised the telescope again with great emotion, and suddenly heard a muffled snort behind him, followed by the familiar neighing of horses and the sound of hurried horse hooves, the little black horse suddenly crashed into the unprepared Shen Fengdao, rushed up the hillside, and then rushed down to the river bank, Shen Fengdao's black horse followed, rushing down the hillside like lightning, running through the gentle river bank for dozens of meters in a blink of an eye, jumping into the water without fear, and following the little black horse of the divine horse, struggling to swim to the opposite bank.

The officers and soldiers on both sides of the river were all alarmed by the roaring sound of horses, more than 2,000 pairs of eyes were all focused on the two black horses on the river, suddenly, a tall black horse rushed out of the enemy formation on the west bank, also rushed to the shore, jumped into the water and kept neighing, the three horses soon met in the river, and then swam to the west bank, the enemy generals on the west bank who were originally scattered slowly stood up and walked to the river in confusion, among which Zhang Chengzhu, who was tall and burly, with a stubble on his face, raised his binoculars and looked at the direction of the hillside where An Yi was located.

Three black horses landed on the west bank, and the heads of two of them were entangled with each other for a long time, like relatives who had been reunited after a long absence, and the other horse trotted in circles on the side, neighing incessantly, and the officers and men on both sides of the strait were extremely moved, and their hands holding guns did not let go.

Li Jinlong came to Zhang Chengzhu's side and sighed in a low voice: "Big brother, the little black horse is back, the opposite side must be An Yi's brothers' troops, it's him, it's definitely him!" I always thought it was the same name and surname, and I should have known it was him when I was in Wuhe......"

Zhang Chengzhu didn't speak, his hand holding the telescope trembled slightly, and after a while, Zhang Chengzhu whispered excitedly:

"Jin Long, look, An Yi greeted us, this kid is mature, and his face is confident...... See! Isn't that the little fellow Yin Jinan? ”

Under the last golden glow of the setting sun, An Yi carried a rifle on his back, clenched the badly wounded model battalion flag handed by Cheng Guang in his right hand, and stood high on the top of the hillside on the east bank with Yin Jinan with a smile on his face.

On the west bank, three tall black horses snuggled together, and all the officers and soldiers stared blankly at the top of the hillside on the east bank, two revolutionary soldiers dyed with golden light stood majestically, and the battle flags fluttering around them...... Zhang Chengzhu put down the binoculars, stood for a long time, silent and motionless, for a while he raised his right hand high, swung it forward, and then moved horizontally to the right side to spread his arm to his chest, and then stopped after three times, turned his voice and walked to the mother and son of the little black horse who were close together, stretched out his hand lovingly, stroked the neck of the little black horse, and whispered:

"You guy dares to throw away his master, it seems that your master dotes on you too much!"

The little black horse seemed to understand Zhang Chengzhu's words, stopped and raised his slender and toned neck, and looked up at the eastern hillside, but where was there still half a figure on the hillside?

The little black colt rushed out and spun in a circle, then jumped up with all his might, hissing his neck, and the tall man stood for a long time before he suddenly lowered his front hooves, and two strings of tears flowed from his eyes as crystal as black jewels.

Zhang Chengzhu sighed and whispered a few words to Li Jinlong, who came to his side, Li Jinlong nodded, strode to the center of the open space and roared:

"All on board! Heading north—"

In a few moments, the sound of horses' hooves shook the earth, and more than a thousand horses and brave cavalry rushed along the west bank to the north.

(To be continued)