Gao Quan was still analyzing, and as soon as the door rang, two people walked in from outside, Red Peony and Huiqin. Huiqin's eyes were red, as if she had just cried. Alas, blame yourself! Gao Quan hated himself more and more in his heart.

Huiqin kept her head down, her eyes staring at her toes. After Hong Yingying pulled her in, she moved a bench and sat on the side, looking at Gao Quan with her two eyes for a while, and Huiqin for a while, but she didn't speak.

"Ahem," Gao Quan is a man, and he made a mistake in this matter, of course he wants to explain, and by the way, he also wants to persuade Huiqin. It sounds ridiculous, a rapist trying to persuade a woman he raped, but he can't help but keep his mouth shut. "Huiqin, this matter is my fault, I hope you don't take it to heart." How awkward to say this. "As for me, I just want you to live well. In the future, if you have any requirements, you can ask me, and I will never say a word. Aside from this dry assurance, Gao Quan really didn't know what to say.

"Do you have to marry me off?"

Unexpectedly, the first thing Hui Qin said turned out to be this. Gao Quan glanced at Huiqin in surprise, and saw that Huiqin's head was raised at some point, staring at him with blazing eyes, waiting for his answer.

"This doesn't have to be. Didn't I say it, if you have any requests, you can mention them to me, and I will agree to you. ”

I want to marry you, can you promise me? Hui Qin really wanted to give up everything and say this sentence, but she saw Hong Yingying, who was also staring at her without blinking, and swallowed the words in her mouth. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly asked, "Then I don't want to get married, I just want to stay in the military department and stay by your side, is it okay?" This is actually a change of the sentence just now.

Hong Yingying's eyes widened, and there seemed to be a fine light shooting out of her eyes, she stared at Huiqin fiercely, and then turned her face to look at Gao Quan again. Seeing Gao Junzao sitting on the chair, he seemed to think for a moment, and then nodded reluctantly, "Of course, no matter what you want to do, I agree." If you are willing to stay in the military department, the military department will be your home in the future, and you can stay here forever as long as you want. ”

"Sister Qin, I'm going to change my name in the future." Hong Yingying said such a sentence inexplicably.

Huiqin really understood, and when she picked it up, she really changed her title: "Sister Yingying, Happy New Year." As he spoke, he bowed to Hong Yingying.

Gao Quan looked at these two people, it was inexplicable! "Alright, you sisters are here to chat, I'm going to see the warriors." During the Chinese New Year, there are still soldiers standing guard on duty outside, and since Gao Quan has sobered up, he has to go outside to comfort those soldiers on duty at night.

The days passed like this, plain and warm. In the past New Year, the 500 Army still recruited troops in the Tongbai Mountains. Due to the increasing population in the Tongbai Mountains, Gao Quan sent his troops to help the people in the mountainous areas do what they can as much as possible, help everyone stabilize their lives, and ensure food and clothing as much as possible.

For example, those who are new from other places will send troops to help people build houses and repair houses, so that the family can have a fixed place to live as soon as possible. Local households, on the other hand, are looking for people in the army who can plant fruit trees, how to organize, how to breed, or who can master various crafts, and teach them to everyone, so that the masses can improve their lives as much as possible.

Along with the immigration, there are also many foreign traders in the mountainous areas. These merchants brought the special products from the mountainous areas to the outside of the mountains to sell, and brought the grain and daily necessities from the mountainous areas back to the mountainous areas, so that the labor of the people in the mountainous areas could be exchanged for the food and money they needed.

The people who had settled down felt the goodwill of the army, and the number of people who signed up to join the army continued to increase, and the 500 army continued to grow.

If it can really continue to develop like this, Tongbai Mountain may really be able to become a prosperous place in wartime under the governance of Gao Quan. However, the evil invaders will not give Commander Gao this time, nor will they give the people of Tongbai Mountain this rare opportunity for development.

In February 1940, Okamura Ninji, commander of the 11 th Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Wuhan, formulated the "Battle Outline," planning to launch a large-scale battle against our Fifth Theater around the rainy season of that year. On 7 April, Kazuichiro Sonobe took over as commander of the 11th Army and once again made specific arrangements for this plan. On 10 April, the Japanese army headquarters approved this plan and prepared to launch a large-scale war of aggression against South China in May and June.

The Japanese army decided to mobilize all seven divisions and four brigades under the 11th Army to attack Yichang. In order to break the encirclement of nearly 50 divisions of the Fifth Theater of Operations, and seek an opportunity to annihilate the main force of China's Fifth Theater.

The Chongqing authorities were of course able to detect the large-scale transfer of all the forces of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army. After judging the Japanese army's intention to launch another large-scale battle, the Military Commission immediately warned the neighboring Fifth and Ninth Theaters to prepare for battle.

In order to deal with the possible attack of the Japanese invaders, the Commander's Department of the Fifth Theater ordered Tang Enbo to lead the 31st Group Army under his command to rush to the area east of Zaoyang to stand by.

Commander Tang hurriedly led his troops and started out, and even his subordinate troops of 500 troops above the name forgot to inform him. Maybe Commander Tang also knew that even if he notified Gao Quan, Gao Quan might not necessarily follow the order to go with him, maybe if he followed, it would be trouble! Then simply set off without him! It's a bit like a parent facing a naughty child and saying: If you don't obey again, I don't want you anymore!

Fortunately, Commander Li of the theater did not regard the 500 Army as Commander Tang's subordinates, and as soon as the battlefield was laid out, the theater directly assigned the 500 Army to the command of Sun Lianzhong of the Second Group Army.

Commander-in-Chief Sun and his Second Army received a battle order: Together with the Eastern Hubei guerrillas, launch a diversion attack on the Japanese army in the Xinyang area! Gao Quan's 500 Army was stationed in the Tongbai Mountains, not too far from Xinyang, and Chief Li glanced at the map a little, and directly assigned the 500 Army to this battle group.

The troops are going to fight again, and the Battle of Zaoyi is about to begin! This battle will be a catastrophe for Zhang Zizhong's life. According to the history of the war, Commander-in-Chief Zhang died heroically in the pumpkin shop in this battle. Gao Quan couldn't bear the eagerness in his heart, and sent two telegrams to Zhang Zizhong, asking him not to be too far ahead, and to be with the large army in the battle.

General Zhang replied that the soldiers should move forward bravely in the battle, everything is decided according to the battlefield situation, and he cannot guarantee that he can stay with the large army all the time! On the other hand, Zhang Zizhong even advised Gao Quan not to lead a small army to carry out a sneak attack when he was fighting, which was very dangerous and not for the generals.

Gao Quan couldn't help but sigh: The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change! Zhang Zizhong is the soul of China's army, and his spirit of forging ahead bravely is worthy of eternal learning from all Chinese soldiers. I hope that in this battle, Brother Xun Chen can be safe and sound!