At dawn, Liu Jing found that the enemy flag on the opposite side had disappeared, Liu Jing felt a little strange, sent a few soldiers out to reconnoitre, and came back to say that the position was empty, Liu Jing immediately reported the situation to Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua also couldn't figure out Zheng Junyan's intentions, and didn't know what he wanted to do, so he had to let Liu Jing be careful to prevent Yang Genghe from sneaking up.

is abnormal, just when Zhuang Jihua guessed Zheng Junyan's thoughts, Song Xiongfu came to report that a messenger was sent from the other side to meet Zhuang Jihua. Of course, Zhuang Jihua wants to see it, at least to see what tricks Zheng Junyan is playing.

Soon the envoy was blindfolded and brought to Zhuang Jihua, this envoy was also a young officer, he was a little surprised when he saw Zhuang Jihua, he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to be so young.

"Tell me, what did Commander Zheng send you to do?" Zhuang Jihua asked gently, with a smile on his face.

"Our commander wants you to lay down your arms and surrender." The messenger replied.

"Surrender?" Zhuang Jihua patiently waited for the other party to continue, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see the other party speak, he frowned and was a little puzzled: "It's over?" ”

"It's over." The messenger said.

"No other conditions?" Zhuang Jihua was a little surprised, since ancient times, persuasion has been conditional, not to mention the promotion of officials to three levels, at least to say something to protect the surname and ensure property, Zheng Junyan is good but gone.

"Then I ask you, what will I do after I surrender? What about my subordinates? What about my troops? Can their lives and property be guaranteed? Faced with Zhuang Jihua's series of questions, the envoy could not answer.

"Is this good, you go back, bring these questions of mine back, and ask Commander Zheng, if you are really sincere, we can talk again, otherwise, please send troops to fight." In the end, Zhuang Jihua is welcome, Zheng Junyan wants to make fun of me, and I will also take you, anyway, I will stay here for twelve days.

After the envoy was sent away, Xiong Shouyun looked at Zhuang Jihua and asked, "Cultural Revolution, what are you going to do?" It's not really going to surrender. ”

"Zheng Junyan, obviously, we surrendered, and I have to defend it for twelve days, so I will talk to you, and if you can talk for a few days, it is best to talk for twenty days." Zhuang Jihua said happily.

Xiong Shouyun understood, this was delaying time: "I hope Zheng Junyan will be fooled, at least it can be delayed today." ”

Unexpectedly, Zhuang Jihua said: "Don't say that, I am sincere in negotiating with him." Actually, you don't know me, I'm a pacifist, I like peace, if there are any problems, you can sit down and talk, why do you have to use knives and guns, you can't talk about it today, and you will talk about it tomorrow, do you say it? ”

"What the hell are you talking about?" Xiong Shouyun was a little confused again.

"What I talked to him about was asking him to surrender to me, but the current conditions are not very mature, so I have to start with my surrender to him, this circle is a bit big, of course, as time goes by, various conditions change, he will eventually accept my proposal, after all, my sincerity is greater." Zhuang Jihua said seriously, the more Xiong Shouyun listened, the amier he became, and finally couldn't help laughing out loud, and the officers in the command headquarters also laughed.

"Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution, no wonder Shoushan and Meng Guo said that under your hands, they were either trained to death by you or euthanized by you, I can be regarded as a teacher." Xiong Shouyun was so happy that he couldn't straighten his waist.

After the envoy went back, he reported to Zheng Junyan what Zhuang Jihua meant, Zheng Junyan was very interested, the reason why he sent this envoy was mainly from Liang Hongen and Peng Dequan's request, especially Liang Hongen, Peng Dequan had more or less 5,000 people, even if he lost a thousand people in this battle, there were still more than 4,000 people, but he wanted to lose a thousand people, and this brigade would be broken, so he proposed to see if he could turn the war into a jade silk and persuade the defenders to surrender, after all, they have no way to escape now.

Zheng Junyan didn't want to agree at first, but then he thought about it, Peng Dequan lost more than 300 people in one day, and if he really wants to gnaw this bone off, it is estimated that the three brigades will be injured, the Jiangxi War has just begun, and the battle will become more fierce later, and the more troops there are, the more sure it is.

Now that he heard the envoy's reply, Zheng Junyan had some confidence, and after consulting with Liang Hongen and Yang Genghe, he sent the envoy back, proposing to ensure the safety of Zhuang Jihua's life, and that all officers could go to Shanghai, and that after the war was over, they could choose their own way out.

Zhuang Jihua was struggling, under the pretext of convening a meeting of the officers to discuss, delaying it until the afternoon, and then sending the envoy back, and the condition for bringing it back was that the troops were reorganized into three divisions under the jurisdiction of one army, and each division had three brigades, and then he put forward any requirements for military expenses, stationing, and so on.

After receiving the note brought back by the messenger, Zheng Junyan was a little angry, since he killed Shi Congbin, it was already a great discount to be able to give the prisoners of war a way to live, how could this Zhuang Jihua want to attack when he was angry, but Yang Genghe dissuaded him.

"Commander, it seems that he really wants to surrender, otherwise he would not have mentioned such conditions, he is asking for a sky-high price, we can pay back the money on the ground."

So the envoy sent back, and the reply was that the troops were reorganized into a division, with two brigades under its jurisdiction, under the direct jurisdiction of the Second Front Command, and the military expenses were provided by Zhejiang, and the garrison was temporarily in Jiangxi.

But this time the envoy came a little late, Zhuang Jihua left him for dinner, not only invited him to dinner, but also invited a few officers to accompany him to drink, Zhuang Jihua did not drink much, and soon got drunk, of course, the envoy was also drunk in the end, and did not wake up until he said three strokes.

When it was almost noon, the envoy returned with a letter, and Zhuang Jihua proposed that he could accept the establishment of one division, but he asked for three brigades, and the garrison could not be in Jiangxi, so as not to fight with the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The envoy went back and reported the encounter last night to Zheng Junyan, Zheng Junyan scolded him, and then Zheng Junyan received a report from Deng Ruzhuo that he was going to take troops to Fuzhou on the southern front, and Ganzhong was handed over to him; But Zheng Junyan could only mobilize the 10th Division, that is, to defend Fengcheng and hold Xishan, the troops were insufficient, and he was anxious to withdraw from Niuhang Station, so he changed a messenger to send a letter to Zhuang Jihua saying that he accepted Zhuang Jihua's conditions.

Zhuang Jihua saw that it had only dragged on for a day and a half, and he was unwilling, so he made a last move and asked Sun Chuanfang to agree in person, but the reason was high-sounding, the dignified general Shi Congbin was killed, a few of us nameless boys, if Sun Xinshuai turned his face and didn't admit it, then didn't we throw ourselves into the net.

Zheng Junyan finally broke out, he began to realize that he had been fooled, but he was still very sure in his heart and decided that Zhuang Jihua could not escape from his palm.

So his envoy walked into Zhuang Jihua's headquarters again, and ordered Zhuang Jihua to decide whether to accept the conditions before dawn, but Zhuang Jihua thought that this was enough, and it was already the best result to delay for two days.

After the envoy left, Zhuang Jihua ordered the whole line to be on guard and prepare for a night battle.

Sure enough, at two o'clock in the morning, fierce gunfire rang out on the positions of Chang Jianshi and Cai Yue almost at the same time, Peng Dequan and Liang Hongen each put in a company to carry out a sneak attack, but the enemy obviously lacked night combat training, and was soon discovered by the vigilant forward troops, and after a short and fierce battle, they left a group of corpses and ran away.

"This Zheng Junyan is cunning enough, obviously saying that it is dawn, a guy who does not keep his promises; However, the Cultural Revolution, how do you know that the enemy is coming back to attack at night? Listening to the fierce gunfire from the front, Xiong Shouyun was half annoyed and half admired.

"Simple, their envoys don't want to spend the night here, and they have to go back so late, I don't know if they want to attack at night tonight." Zhuang Jihua said calmly.

Xiong Shouyun nodded, this detail seems to be a big flaw now, maybe it is not easy to think that the enemy will attack at night from this.

"Tonight will be calm, but tomorrow will be difficult to say." Zhuang Jihua also stretched: "Hurry up and take a rest, tomorrow is going to be a big fight." ”

Zheng Junyan was disappointed by the failure of the night attack, and he deployed the attack plan after dawn overnight, and in the past two days, Fengcheng and Xishan were a little tight, and the 10th Division had just started to ask for help as soon as it went up, and he could not delay at Niuhang Station any longer. These three brigades must withdraw from Niuhang Station as soon as possible and go to the front line to resist the offensive of the Northern Expeditionary Army, so as to cooperate with Sun Chuanfang to encircle and annihilate the Seventh Army in northern Jiangxi.

"....All departments must go all out, those who advance will be rewarded, those who retreat will die, and Brigade Commander Peng and Brigade Commander Liang must be at the front to supervise the battle; Yang Geng and his brigade are in reserve, and will be responsible for the pursuit when the enemy flees to the east. When two-thirds of the battalion is engaged in the attack, the battalion commander must personally lead the team, and when two-thirds of the regiment is in battle, the regimental commander must lead the team; Those who violate the order, kill! Zheng Junyan's order was full of murderous energy, and he wanted to annihilate Zhuang Jihua in one fell swoop.

The tranquility of the middle of the night did not let the soldiers relax, and both sides knew that the dawn of the day was a fierce battle. The sky was gradually turning white, and a thin mist was thick between the positions, and in the mist were the vigilant eyes of the soldiers, and the air was filled with tension.

At eight o'clock, a short, shrill whistle pierced the quiet of the morning, and the attack began.

Zheng Junyan concentrated the artillery of two brigades to fiercely bombard Chang Jianshi's first-line position, and unlike the last attack, this shelling was completely concentrated on the first line, and almost not a few shells fell in the station.

The position was full of flashes of fire and explosions, and several anti-artillery holes and anti-artillery pits were blown up in succession, and the soldiers inside were either buried or sacrificed.

The shelling lasted for more than ten minutes, and as soon as it stopped, Chang Jianshi crawled out of the mud, and his body was already covered with a thick layer of floating soil. Before he had time to pat the dirt on his body, he shouted: "Enter the position!" Get into position! ”

A company of soldiers ran out of the hiding point one after another, and several soldiers desperately dug out the surviving comrades from the collapsed anti-artillery holes.

"Get ready to fight! Get ready for battle! Chang Jianshi lay on the trench and looked outward, and a large group of black and oppressive enemies poured out on the opposite side, and he estimated that there were as many as three or four hundred people.

The enemy's attack today is clearly not the same as it was two days ago, this time they moved quickly and soon entered an area of more than three hundred meters.

"Sniper, free fire."

The area beyond 300 meters is the area where snipers fire, and other soldiers are not allowed to fire, nor are machine guns allowed to fire. Chang Jianshi changed his position, and he ran to the machine gunner again, ready to take over the work of the machine gunner at any time.

Slap, slap, the gunfire was steady and powerful, and with the gunshot, several officers who were walking in front fell. The enemy's momentum fell, and the pace of progress began to slow down.

"Stop shooting and let them come! Watch out for enemy machine guns! Chang Jianshi was worried about scaring the enemy away, and planned to put the enemy closer before fighting.

The gunfire stopped, encouraging the enemy, and suddenly let out a shout and swooped down on the company.

Look at the enemy when he reached about 100 meters, Chang Jianshi shouted and hit, a rain of bullets poured out from the position, and two machine guns spewed out two fire dragons, strafing back and forth in the enemy group, harvesting lives.

Soon the enemy's counterattack began, and machine-gun bullets puffed into the position, splashing clouds of dust. "Rush over! Rush over! Rush over to enjoy the ocean hundred! "The battalion commander who commanded the attack loudly encouraged the soldiers to charge in the rear.

The battle became more intense, and the enemy, relying on superior forces, gradually approached the position of a company.

"Hit the grenade! Hand grenade! Chang Jianshi shouted.

With the shouting, dozens of grenades flew out of the position one after another and exploded in the enemy group, and the enemy's attack momentum was slightly suppressed.

However, the enemy was not repulsed, and they retreated a little and charged again.

The battle has become more intense.

"During the Cultural Revolution, the enemy's momentum was very strong." Xiong Shouyun said with some concern.

"The dog said, drink chicken blood, how does this Liang Hongen seem to have changed as a person." Zhuang Jihua put down the binoculars and said to himself, if you want to change the usual enemy attack, it will usually be over, but today it is not the case at all, their performance is very tenacious.

Zhuang Jihua didn't know that this was Liang Hongen's killer move, attacking on multiple fronts, the last line was personally led by the commander of the attacking force, and all the soldiers who retreated, the last line could be shot and killed, and the officers and soldiers of the Liang Department knew that once such an attack formation was laid out, it would be a nidal attack, and no one dared to retreat.

(To be continued)