In the evening, when the night fell, the empty dam in Dongqiao Village was still full of sea tables, and torches were planted all around, and the officers and men of the entire column took their seats in order to hold a celebration and welcome party, and the political commissar and the captain first commended and affirmed the outstanding achievements and lofty intentions of the independent column in rescuing prisoners of war, and then welcomed the brothers of the Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army who were willing to participate in the independent column on behalf of all the officers and men of the independent column. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The banquet was held in a pleasant and cheerful atmosphere, and the prisoners of war of the Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army also toasted the leaders of the column in an orderly manner, and the atmosphere became more solemn and warm, and it did not end until noon passed in the evening.

After the banquet at the party, Lu Caiting didn't seem to be full of alcohol, he came to the room of Chief of Staff Ning Chenlong alone with a small jar of wine, the guards Qin Wuhammer, Qin Liuhammer and the two were busy putting empty bowls on the table for the two of them, Qin Wuhammer was also ready to go to the kitchen to get them some dishes to drink, Lu Caiting waved his hand again and again to stop him; "Brother Five Hammers, this is just off the wine table, where can I still eat? I'm just chatting with the chief of staff casually, and I think this wine is tea. ”

Ning Chenlong opened his mouth and complained again and again; "I said Ah Ting, you see my mouth is full of wine, where can I still drink? I just got rid of the entanglement of the wine bureau, and I was lucky not to get drunk, and you are good, and you are chasing me here to get drunk? ”

Lu Caiting laughed while pouring wine into the empty bowl; "I said old classmate, I didn't stipulate that you should drink a lot, you just wet your tongue and count, I am happy in my heart, this rescue operation is simply beyond my expectations, I didn't expect such a big victory?"

Ning Chenlong had no choice but to sit at the table to accompany him, and casually picked up the wine bowl to salute him; "Okay, what you said, I just mean it, it seems that you won't be able to sleep tonight if you don't talk for a while."

Lu Caiting picked up the wine bowl with a smile and collided with it; "I said that the four-eyed Zhuge is the four-eyed Zhuge is! This time, the action was vigorous and clean, and it made those devils dizzy, and they didn't know how they died! In fact, I was scared throughout the battle, I had never been so nervous, for fear that there would be a mistake in any link, and when I thought about it, I really didn't believe in this operation, in the hinterland where the devil Yokohama Brigade was stationed, destroying its concentration camp, and rescuing so many prisoners of war, which was a lot of cumbersome and cumbersome things in the eyes of others, and with my more than 80 special combat members, I also had to face more than 100 fierce and fierce Japanese soldiers with excellent sentry box bunker fortifications with light and heavy weapons and superior quality. I really can't imagine it? ”

Hearing him say this, Ning Chenlong also came to the spirit, and still drank half a bowl of wine; "It is precisely that people dare not imagine, and the devil naturally can't think of it, I dare to boldly set up this risky plan, which seems to be cumbersome and cumbersome, I have actually broken it down in detail, and every level of action in the whole action is completed at the same time, so the seemingly cumbersome and cumbersome things are compact and simple, just like in the high-level life and death teaching of your martial arts, the slightest bit will judge life and death, and you must accurately judge the opponent's move in that slightest, and boldly risk in the gap, Cause the opponent to be defeated by his own moves. ”

Lu Caiting drank the wine in the bowl, poured the wine in his bowl again, and praised the bowl happily; "Aaron, to be honest, you have pushed the marching array to the highest level of interpretation, and the brutal war has almost formed a perfect work of art in your hands."

Ning Chenlong glanced at him and said with a smile; "You are the same, the attainment of martial arts has reached the top of a hundred poles, killing people is like chanting poems and words, waving and painting, so that people can not see the traces of blood, only the exquisite art."

The two looked at each other and smiled, touched the bowl again, and then finished drinking and laughed arrogantly, the young scholar's recklessness in the body.

Lu Caiting poured wine into Ning Chenlong's bowl with himself, Ning Chenlong stretched out his hand to hold down the wine bowl, and said seriously; "I see the two of us are touting each other here, okay, don't drink the wine! Call it a day. ”

Lu Caiting said with a smile; "Life needs to be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon! I remember when I was studying, I and you, as well as Qin Sizhu, Su Bei, Yin Ying, Xia Yunzhu, a few of us often went out to drink secretly, every time before getting drunk, you loved to chant this poem, so when you drank later, as long as you heard you chanting this poem, you knew that you were almost, and today you have not chanted this poem, which means that you are not in place. ”

Ning Chenlong was about to refute, but he heard a voice outside the door, only to hear Qin Wuhammer asking; "Brother Mantun, it's so late, why don't you sleep yet?"

Mantun replied; "I can't sleep, I want to talk to the chief of staff for a few words, and I don't feel happy if I don't talk."

Qin Liuhammer persuaded beside him; "Come tomorrow, Brother Mantun, it's too late."

Mantun replied stubbornly; "No, if you don't let me in, I'm going to make a big fuss here!"

Lu Caiting looked puzzled, and couldn't help but ask Ning Chenlongdao; "When did the chief of staff offend our little buddies in the Northeast, listening to his tone, he was quite aggrieved?"

Ning Chenlong was stunned for a moment, Fang Buddha came back to his senses, and said with a wry smile; "I see—" then shouted out the door; "Five hammers, six hammers, let him in!"

Qin Wuhammer led Man Tun into the room, Qin Wuhammer took an empty bowl from the wall cabinet and put it on the table, then walked out of the room and brought the door.

The person who came in was really Mantun, staring at the big round eyes, curling his mouth, looking angry, the young man was young, naturally he couldn't hold back his anger, he saw that Lu Caiting was also here, and lowered his head embarrassedly; "The captain is here too?"

Lu Caiting lifted the wine jar and poured wine for the empty bowl, put it on the table and said; "Brother Mantun, if you have anything to say, sit down and say."

Man Tun sat shyly on the empty seat at the table, glanced at Ning Chenlong, quite aggrieved; "Chief of Staff, I can't figure it out, why didn't I participate in this operation to rescue prisoners of war?"

Ning Chenlong explained; "Naturally, I have my reasons, it's not that I won't let you participate, this rescue operation is too risky, in fact, I don't have any certainty in my heart."

Mantun's big round eyes were clear and bright, but there was a clear disbelief in his eyes.

Ning Chenlong smiled, picked up the bowl and said to Man Tun again; "Brother Mantun, you bring the bowl up, let's follow the rules of the rivers and lakes, take a sip first and then listen to my explanation."

Man Tun really picked up the wine bowl, raised his neck and drank the wine in the bowl in one go, this child of white mountains and black water is not only arrogant and upright by nature, but also has a certain amount of alcohol.

Ning Chenlong had no choice but to drink half a bowl of wine, put down the wine bowl, looked at Man Tun and explained; "Brother Mantun, I said before, our independent column is going to set up a cavalry battalion, you are my cavalry battalion commander, my cavalry battalion is about to deal with the tanks and armored vehicles of the devil Yokohama brigade, all this is up to you, how can I let you take risks casually?"

When Man Tun heard this, his eyes widened, and the fog on his face dispersed in an instant, and he suddenly smiled and asked in surprise; "Does the chief of staff really want to set up a cavalry battalion and appoint me as the battalion commander?"

Ning Chenlong slapped the table and replied solemnly; "There is no joke in the army, I will issue a letter of appointment to you tomorrow, and the personnel will be selected by you in several battalions, except for the special combat team, the number is about fifty to sixty people, first set up, and then find a way to get horses, you have to train me well."

Man Tun immediately stood up, reached out and took the wine jar to fill Ning Chenlong's bowl with wine, he also poured the wine in the bowl, and once again picked up the wine bowl and apologized to Ning Chenlong. "Chief of Staff, it's the subordinates who misunderstood the Chief of Staff, I'm here to accompany you, I hope you have a lot of adults, don't remember that your subordinates are ignorant." After speaking, he raised his neck and drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp.

Ning Chenlong also drank half a bowl of wine, put down the wine bowl and said; "Sit down, you are my favorite general with the captain, we can't like it too late, how can I be angry with you?"

After Man Tun sat down, his eyes kept moving, as if he was thinking about something, so that Lu Caiting poured his bowl full of wine, but he didn't come back to his senses.

Seeing his appearance, Ning Chenlong couldn't help but tease; "You kid, when it comes to wind is rain, I'm thinking about the personnel now, tell you, the Northeast Army that was incorporated today and the Northeast Army of the original Tiger Roaring Peak Cottage are the best candidates you consider, the Northeast is a vast plain, and the people there are naturally related to horses, and they all have a certain foundation in horsemanship, and there are also cavalry in the Sichuan Army, and you have to inquire about the rest of the people yourself, and give me a detailed list as soon as possible."

Man Tun kept nodding his head, smiling stupidly, thinking that he was a child after all, and now the leader of the column suddenly entrusted him with a heavy task to form a cavalry battalion, he was pleasantly surprised, and naturally felt a lot of pressure, and he didn't know where to start.

Ning Chenlong smiled and said again in a serious tone; "Like the third battalion, there are people from Qinglongtang in Shuangji Town, they have run through the horse gang and have certain riding skills, you have to inquire patiently, don't worry, in addition, the most important thing is to form a good leadership team of your cavalry battalion, which is very important."

Lu Caiting also recommended it to Mantun; "I can recommend you a person with superb riding skills, a red scarf and a red horse, galloping like a fire, she can be your deputy battalion commander."

Mantun asked impatiently; "Who is he? I need people like that. ”

Lu Caiting smiled lightly and replied; "Li Nanfeng's sister Li Nanzhu in the Second Battalion Sichuan Army, known as 'Fire Pepper' in the rivers and lakes, is also a generation of women and heroines in Shuchuan." He suddenly remembered that when he and Ning Chenlong, Chang Yuling, and Gu Tao of Yanzimen sent the Jasper Guanyin statue back to Qingyuan Temple in Mengshan on the way, he saw several knights with red scarves and red horses in red clothes, led by Li Nanzhu girl, she also once passed by the carriage they were riding, because she couldn't see through the clothes and top hats of the Yanzimen people who drove the carriage, and mistakenly thought they were traitors, and took off the hat of the carriage driver with a whip, and the impression has always been deep in his heart.

"Yes, yes," as soon as he said this, Ning Chenlong naturally remembered it, and praised it; "That girl's horse is indeed like a blazing fire, faster than lightning, people also have a character, 'fire pepper', listening to this nickname makes people a little awe-inspiring, it is too good for her to be the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion." He has never forgotten the experience at that time, and he is always concerned about it.

Man Tun couldn't help but stretch out his hand and scratch the back of his head, a little surprised; "What, it's a woman?"

Ning Chenlong immediately corrected his words; "Brother Mantun, after all, you are also a disciple of Shen Shenjun, a master of Longmen, and you should also have some knowledge, first, our New Fourth Army pays attention to equality between men and women, and secondly, there is no prejudice against women in the rivers and lakes.

Man Tun replied immediately; "Political Commissar Lin doesn't need to say, who is not convinced? The brother is a hundred hearts from the heart to obey her. ”

"That's right," Ning Chenlong patiently instructed him; "Don't be biased when looking at things, whether it's a man or a woman, as long as you have the ability, just say that you are a Mantun brother, if you are announced as the commander of the cavalry battalion tomorrow, just look at your age, there must be many people who are not convinced, but once they have seen your superb riding, they will naturally obey, this is the surface of things, that is, prejudice, the ancients also said well, 'Wisdom is not old, no plan is a hundred years old.'" This is the same for men and women, in addition, you hairy child, if you want someone to be your subordinate, I'm afraid people are still willing? I think I have to do some work tomorrow, and in three days, the cavalry battalion must be formed, now let's talk about the horses, those Oriental horses in the cavalry battalion of the Yokohama Brigade are really eye-catching, let's discuss a plan, see how we can get some into our hands? ”

Man Tun picked up the wine bowl and said to Lu Caiting and Ning Chenlong; "Two elder brothers, drink this bowl of wine, and listen to the younger brother say a plan, the younger brother once had a competition agreement with Takihito Eitaro of the devil cavalry battalion, the younger brother wants to use this competition agreement to set up a plan to get some horses for us to come back, and the captain and the chief of staff need to give an order, let the masters of the firearms group make some tripping nets, and I will slowly explain the details to the two of them."

The three of them drank the wine in the bowl boldly, and Ning Chenlong heard that there was a plan to make the devil Dongyangma, and he also drank the wine in the bowl in one go, but fortunately, he was excited and excited, and he was not half drunk.

Man Tun said a plan that was equally bold and careful, full of adventure, and after hearing this, Lu Caiting and Ning Chenlong also pondered it repeatedly, constantly supplementing and perfecting, and a plan to outwit the horses of the Japanese cavalry battalion was formed.