Hu Laohu knew that his cavalry could not play any advantage in cavalry charging in the mountainous areas of Guizhou, and the disadvantage was obvious, that is, the target was large. In addition, when the cavalry battalion was formed, there were few qualified cavalry, and most of the soldiers were just able to ride horses, not to mention the level of shooting, bombing, and slashing immediately. It seems that I have to be careful and careful, I must not go to the gutter to capsize, if there is a problem with the more than one million silver dollars and ammunition escorted, I can't forgive myself even if I die!

Seeing that there was a canyon in front of him, Hu Laohu circled his horses and shouted: "Stop advancing, all dismount, and prepare for battle!" ”

Hearing the command to prepare for battle, the fighters quickly dismounted, guns in hand.

Hu Laohu ordered again: "Third platoon leader, go and arrest those people on the side of the road for me, pay attention to safety." ”

The third platoon commander said yes and walked with a squad to the few ordinary people on the side of the road. Before they could get closer, the men whistled and ran separately into the mountains and forests by the roadside.

The third platoon leader raised his hand and shot a man in the left leg who fell behind, and the guy fell to the ground with a thud.

The third platoon commander went up and picked up the guy and handed it to the soldier behind him. When I looked up, I saw that several others had already disappeared into the mountains and forests, and I couldn't catch up. The third platoon commander scolded hatefully: "Damn, run fast!" ”

The two soldiers dragged the wounded guy to Hu Laohu, searched it, and actually found a short gun from the guy, Hu Laohu took it and saw that it was a home-made pistol from Guizhou, directly removed the magazine, and threw it to the side of the road.

"What's your name?" Hu Laohu asked.

The guy didn't say a word.

"What for?" Hu Laohu asked again.

The guy still didn't say a word.

Hu Laohu smiled: "After making trouble for a long time, it turned out to be a mute." The dumb man has a pistol on his body, he must be a stuffy gourd villain, and he won't say anything bad when he does bad things. The three platoons were long, and they were pulled into the mountains and forests and cut directly with a knife. ”

The third platoon commander agreed, pulled out the saber with a "poof", made a few strokes on the guy's neck, put the knife on his neck, and walked towards the mountains and forests.

The guy couldn't hold it anymore and immediately shouted: "Chief, sir, spare!" ”

The third platoon leader smiled: "It turns out that he is not dumb." Willing to say it? ”

The guy nodded busily: "I said, I said." ”

The third platoon commander lifted the guy to Hu Laohu again, threw him to the ground, and shouted, "Say it." If there is a lie, you will be cut down anyway. ”

The guy shuddered and confessed. It turned out that they were from the Jianhe militia, there were more than 300 people, and they escaped before the Red First Army occupied the Jianhe. As soon as they fled to Huangping, the Red Army occupied Huangping, fled to Jiuzhou, and the Red Army went to Jiuzhou again. When he wanted to flee to Fuquan, he saw that the Red Army began to march towards Fuquan. I had no choice but to hide in the mountains and forests. After eating the dry food, thinking that the Red Army should also be finished, he wanted to return to the Sword River. The dozen or so people who passed in front of them just now were the vanguard squads, and they were afraid of encountering the Red Army, so they all changed the clothes of the common people. A few of them were sent out by the rear brigade to keep in touch with the spearhead squad. The brigade marched on the road about seven or eight miles behind, preparing to advance along the road towards the Sword River. I guess a few people will run back to report the news.

When Hu Laohu heard this, he ordered the messenger to order the second company to catch up with the support, and the three companies and the two companies of the baggage battalion were under the command of the commander of the baggage battalion, Cao. Then he grabbed the prisoner, put him on his horse, and shouted to the soldiers: "Comrades, there are 300 militia members in front, and I will lead you to rush up and capture the prisoners, do you have confidence?" ”

Hearing that it was 300 militia members, the soldiers naturally did not hesitate at all, and roared like thunder: "Yes! ”

"Get on the horse! The first row is in the front, and the second and third rows are in the back, forming a battle formation. Let's go! ”

The distance of eight miles is simply not a distance for cavalry. When Hu Laohu arrived with a company of cavalry, the militia had already fled, and only 11 prisoners had been captured, all of whom were skinny smokers. Hu Laohu is angry, he feels very defeated, but there is no way, the terrain of Guizhou is like that, it is difficult to find it again if he hides in the mountains and forests, and if he chases him, he may have to suffer, not to mention that they still have a task. Hu Laohu had no choice but to order the first platoon to return to meet the baggage battalion, the second platoon dismounted to occupy the hill on the left, and the third platoon dismounted to occupy the hill on the right.

By the time the platoon arrived with the second and third companies and the baggage battalion, Hu Laohu had already smoked half a pack of cigarettes. Talking about the situation with Bowen and Cao Shengli, the two of them also felt that they had to consider dealing with the problem of stragglers, so they decided to send a platoon to be the top soldiers, the first company and the second company walked together, and the baggage battalion followed closely the two companies to move, and the third company was behind the palace, and walked in a group to avoid accidents.

After the troops marched and marched in columns, they continued to advance towards Huangping.

At this time, the 1st Army, 1st Division, and 15th Division were organizing the crossing of the river at the Chashanguan Ferry.

On the morning of the 21st, when the Red First Regiment arrived at Chashan Pass, there was no one on the ferry, and the boatmen were still sleeping at home, and only a few ferries were parked by the Wujiang River in the morning of winter.

Yang Dezhi knew that time at this time was the life of a soldier, and as long as a unit crossed the river and controlled the commanding heights on the opposite bank, it could ensure that the main force crossed the river safely. So, he ordered the fighters to knock on doors from house to house, looking for boatmen.

As soon as the boatmen heard that the Red Army was going to cross the river to fight the soldiers of the Wang family and the soldiers of the waiting family, they came with positive surnames, and soon a regiment and a company were on board.

Speaking of which, the Wujiang River is not wide, sandwiched in the middle of the canyon, and the river surface is fifty or sixty meters wide. The key is that the current is too fast, the current speed is as high as 1.8 meters per second, so the locals say that if you want to cross the Wujiang River, you must meet three conditions: one is to cross the river during the day, the second is to have a large boat, and the third is to have experienced boatmen. The 100th Regiment of the Fifth Army crossed the river by boat in the evening and then built a pontoon bridge. The Red Fourth Regiment of the 2nd Division crossed the river by boat and bamboo raft at dawn, and then built a pontoon bridge. Now the conditions for the Red Regiment to cross the river are better than all of them, in broad daylight, so it is very smooth.

After the first battalion had finished crossing, Yang Dezhi ordered the second battalion to cross the river, and the third battalion seized the time to collect equipment and build a pontoon bridge. The 1st Red Regiment itself had no sappers, and Yang Dezhi did not grow up by the water like Yang Chengwu, and had no experience in building pontoon bridges, so he had to send a telegram urging the 1st Division Engineer Company to speed up. After receiving the telegram, Li Jukui, commander of the 1st Division, ordered the troops to speed up on the one hand, and on the other hand ordered the 1st Red Regiment not to be responsible for building a pontoon bridge, and the whole regiment to quickly cross the river and control the ferry on the north bank of the Wujiang River.

Yang Dezhi breathed a sigh of relief, and after the second battalion was crossed, he took the third battalion to cross the river on the boat.

When the engineer company of the 1st Division arrived, they immediately connected the ferries with ropes, bamboo, and wooden planks, and soon built a pontoon bridge. The boatmen who watched were straight-tongued and obedient, if everyone was as capable as the Red Army, this ferry work would not have to be done.

After Nie Rongzhen arrived, he ordered the engineer company to build another pontoon bridge to ensure that when the three corps arrived, they could quickly cross the river. He also ordered the 15th Division to leave a company to guard the pontoon bridge, control the ferry on the south bank of the Wujiang River, meet the three corps, and dismantle the pontoon bridge after the three corps had crossed. Then the two crossed the river with the troops.

At 9 o'clock in the morning on December 21, it was a fatal time for Lin Xiusheng, the brigade commander of the Hou Dan Department of the Qianjun Army.

Lin Xiusheng's brigade began to act at noon on the 19th and left Zunyi in the afternoon. As soon as he left Zunyi for 20 miles, he began to camp.

Lin Xiusheng thought so, obviously the red bandits went to besiege Guiyang, Chairman Wang took the main force away, and Commander Hou also let himself guard the Wujiang River, isn't this a blind command and playing the piano indiscriminately? Who doesn't know how to hide at home and enjoy happiness in this cold day, is Lao Tzu born with a bitter life? Do you deserve to go to Wujiang for you to suffer from the cold? If the red bandits really want to cross the Wujiang River to come to Qianbei, it is easy to say that they are frozen and guilty, and they can just fight. What I am afraid of is that I and my brothers ran to the Wujiang River to drink the cold wind of the month or two months, and they couldn't even see the shadow of a red bandit, wouldn't that be a unjust death? Moreover, judging from the current situation, the most elite 1st and 3rd Army Corps of the Red Bandits went to Fuquan and Kaiyang, and Chairman Wang even withdrew the headquarters of Kaiyang Racecourse, and the built defense line was abandoned. In this broken place in northern Qianbei, the mountains are high, the water is urgent, the slope is steep, and you have to rely on people to carry horses to eat salt, what are the red bandits doing here? Didn't Commander Hou also say that it was impossible for the red bandits to come to northern Qianbei, but why did they have to guard the Wujiang River by themselves? Isn't it to deal with Chairman Wang's urging? It may also be that Commander Hou is trying to find his own psychological balance, so that when others ask, he can say that Lao Tzu's troops are guarding the Wujiang border to prevent the red bandits. Fucking his eggs, it's either a mistake in judgment or just trying to make a name for himself, it's really fucking difficult to be Commander Hou's subordinates.

In this way, Lin Xiusheng naturally would not force the troops to speed up the march. On the evening of the 19th, he rested only 20 miles away from Zunyi City.

On the morning of the 20th, the troops were still grinding and grinding, and they would enter every village and rest. It wasn't until noon that Hou Zhidan called to inquire that Lin Xiusheng quickened his pace. On this day, I walked dozens of miles to the pig farm, which was the future Zhuzang Town. Seeing that it was only twenty or thirty miles away from the Jiangjie River, Lin Xiusheng ordered the troops to camp and continue their journey tomorrow.

When I talked to Hou Zhidan at night, I got a good news, that is, Wang Jialie's He Zhizhong Wan Shijiong Regiment was still in Meitan and had not withdrawn to Guiyang, and Hou Zhidan had already ordered Wan Shijiong to defend Jingkou. Lin Xiusheng knew that Wan Shijiong stayed in Meitan, and Hou Zhi was unhappy when he was worried. But I'm happy! With Wan Shijiong's troops here, there is no need to send troops to guard Jingkou, and the three regiments can guard the Jiangjiehe ferry and the Chashanguan ferry, and they can set up their own river defense headquarters in the pig farm, which is convenient for commanding the troops at the two ferries. Therefore, when he went to bed at night, Lin Xiusheng hummed the words of the Guizhou lantern opera, "Come to the first month of the first month, the main family asks me to return the lantern." If you don't sing the lamp, you don't know, and when you lift the lamp, there are roots. During the Tang Dynasty, opera was sung, and lanterns were sung during the Song Dynasty. "Sleepy.

On the morning of the 21st, Lin Xiusheng asked the orderlies to burn two cigarette bubbles, and they were addicted, so he ordered the troops to set off for the Jiangjiehe crossing on the Wujiang River. Lin Xiusheng was going to pull the troops to the Jiangjie River ferry to have a look on the spot, make arrangements for defense, and then return to the pig farm to prepare for the establishment of the Jiangfang Headquarters.

The troops were walking slowly and leisurely on the highway from Weng'an to Zunyi, and Lin Xiusheng didn't bother to urge, anyway, it was almost there, what was the hurry? The surname is in a hurry and can't eat hot tofu. It wasn't until almost 9 o'clock that there was a sudden gunshot from the Xiantou Company, which startled Lin Xiusheng.

The reports of his subordinates confirmed his suspicion that it was indeed the Red Bandits who had crossed the river, and that the Vanguard Company and the Red Bandits' vanguard had encountered.

At this time, if Lin Xiusheng ordered a retreat, he could still withdraw his troops to Zunyi and hold on to Loushan Pass, as in history.

But history has changed, and so has the fate of man. Lin Xiusheng's first thought was not to retreat, but to lose the Wujiang Danger, how would Hou Zhidan clean him up, whether to shoot or slash, you must know that Hou Zhidan's punishment of his subordinates is very cruel, and if something happens to his subordinates, they generally dare not flee back. Because if you run back, you will die, and you will die even worse.

Thinking about Hou Zhi's burden, Lin Xiusheng knew that he had no way out, and only by pressing down the red bandits and recapturing the Wujiang ferry could he have his own way of life. Besides, there are only a few boats in the Jiangjie River, and only as many people can be crossed at one time, and the red bandits who come ashore must be the vanguard, and the number must not be many. And he is a brigade with three regiments, and it is very likely that the counterattack will be successful. Fighting, not fighting is a bad seed!

Lin Xiusheng's strength in the morning had not yet subsided, he pulled out his pistol, and immediately shouted at the three regiment commanders under him: "The fifth regiment will attack along the road, and the remaining two regiments will go up the hillside, one on the left and one on the right, and rush up to Lao Tzu and drive the red bandits into the river to feed the fish." Catch a live reward for two taels of tobacco! ”

As soon as they heard that they were rewarded with two taels of tobacco, the three regiment commanders were energetic, and immediately shouted to their subordinates: "The brigade commander said, rush up and drive the red bandits into the river to feed the fish." Catch a live one and reward a tael of tobacco soil. Brothers, rush me! ”

At this moment, the soldiers who had been told by the brigade commander to say two taels of smoke turned into one or two cigarettes to the regiment commander, and rushed forward along the road and down the hillside as if they were crazy.

After the first company started, Zhu Shuiqiu, the head of the Red Sixth Regiment, and Wang Chengcheng, the political commissar, led the main force of the regiment to catch up. Zhu Shuiqiu climbed on the mountain beam and looked at it with a telescope, obediently, there are really a lot of soldiers in Qian, it seems that there are three regiments. It's gone, Lao Tzu is really sent this time! In this terrain, with the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Guizhou army, let alone three regiments, he would not be able to attack two more regiments. Damn, did these Qianjun just finish smoking opium, and rushed up in unison, I don't know if Lao Tzu's machine gun hasn't really enjoyed it for a long time.

Seeing that the Qianjun army had entered within 50 meters, Zhu Shuiqiu shouted "fight", and the guns immediately rang out on the position of the Red Sixth Regiment. The soldiers of the Qianjun army who rushed to the front fell to the ground one after another, and those behind were still rushing forward. Zhu Shuiqiu shouted while shooting: "Grenade! ”

The soldiers grabbed the grenade, pulled the string and threw it, and then the soldiers of the Qianjun army were blown up and howled wolf, and they could not support it anymore, and began to flee down the mountain. Zhu Shuiqiu jumped up and was about to give the order to blow the trumpet, but his arm was grabbed.

Zhu Shuiqiu turned his head and saw that it was Liu Bocheng, chief of the General Staff of the Red Army. was busy saluting, but was stopped by Liu Bocheng.

Liu Bocheng said: "Don't charge, that will lead to a rout." You see that the mountains here are high and densely forested, and when the enemy runs, we are not familiar with the terrain and cannot catch up. I want to completely annihilate this part of the enemy, the 4th and 5th regiments are bypassing the hill on the left, and the 13th Division is bypassing the hill on the right. By the time his next attack was repulsed, our troops on both flanks would be in place. At that time, you charge again and completely dump the enemy. ”

Zhu Shuiqiu hurriedly said: "Resolutely carry out the order!" ”

Lin Xiusheng watched his subordinates retreat as they were beaten and urinated, their faces were black and green for a while, these wretched, when they smoked big cigarettes and played with women, they were full of energy, and they were soft when they called for attack. Damn, they're all a bunch of soft eggs!

Lin Xiusheng called the three regiment commanders together, pointed a pistol at the faces of the three people one by one, and imitated the sound of gunfire "bang" and "bang" in his mouth, which frightened the three regiment commanders' faces to turn pale and their calves to turn tendons.

Seeing that it had a deterrent effect, Lin Xiusheng began to say: "Brothers, behind us is the muzzle of Commander Hou, you all know it. Only by rushing forward and defeating the red bandits in front of you can everyone survive. Organize troops to rush up for me immediately! ”

One of the regiment commanders boldly said: "Brigade seat, have we met the main force of the red bandits?" Their fire is so fierce that their guns are accurate, and the brothers can't rush forward! ”

The other two regimental commanders immediately chimed in: "Yes, brigade, let's get out quickly, don't throw the lives of our brothers here." ”

Lin Xiusheng stretched out his hand and instigated the three regiment commanders to slap each of them, and when he finished incitement, he roared angrily: "It's all fucking nonsense!" This is obviously the vanguard of the Red Bandits, and the strength is limited. If it was really the main force of the Red Bandits, you would have taken advantage of the victory to pursue when you retreated just now, and we might have been defeated by now. I ordered: In this attack, the battalion commander, company commander, and platoon commander will all lead the charge and the regiment commander will supervise the battle in the rear. Those who dare to flee are shot on the spot. ”

The three regiment commanders were scolding this guy for being crazy, but they had to organize an attack.

Zhu Shuiqiu saw that the Qianjun army had really begun to attack again, and he admired Liu Bocheng in his heart for the enemy's accuracy, but he was busy shouting the names of the battalion commanders, explaining that he would wait for the enemy to approach before fighting, concentrate firepower, concentrate bombs, and strive to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

The Qianjun army came up again, and the soldiers climbed the hillside without saying a word, with their guns and cats on their waists. The officers waved their pistols and kept shouting that they would rush to the position first and be rewarded with 20 taels of tobacco and two levels of promotion.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, Zhu Shuiqiu ordered to shoot again, and the gunfire broke out again on the Red Army position, and the grenades also whizzed down.

At this time, the soldiers of the Qianjun army could not hold it at all. Do you think, how strong will the will to fight will be for the sake of the smoke? When a person turns around and runs away, he leads a group of people and a row of people to turn around and run away; The platoon commander fled, and the company commander followed. The commanders of the warlords first killed a few deserters, but soon joined the fleeing themselves.

What was even more terrifying was that the Red Army on the hill was different from just now, sounding the trumpet of the charge and rushing down with a bright bayonet. At this moment, even Lin Xiusheng panicked, damn, I'm afraid that I really met the main force of the red bandits, so run away. He stopped riding his horse, threw away his coat, and ran along the way he came with a few guards under the coercion of the rout.

It's late, it's too late to run again. Charging trumpets sounded all around. On the left, right, and back roads, all red bandits dressed in gray clothes were holding guns, shooting while charging, and pressed towards the road.

Lin Xiusheng panicked, not knowing why he was so unlucky and met a red bandit when he went out. If I had known that this was the case, it would have been nice to retreat just now! It's late, it's late. What should I do? Thinking about what Commander Hou said that if he was caught by the red bandits, he would be skinned, Lin Xiusheng broke out in a cold sweat. Thinking about the sins he did with Hou Zhidan, I felt that my bones were soft. That's it, that's it, let's talk about it in the next life!

Finally, after glancing at the subordinates who raised their hands and surrendered, Lin Xiusheng pointed the pistol at his temple, and when he was about to shoot, he remembered the lantern words again, and hummed casually: "Come to the New Year in the first month, the main family asks me to return the lantern." If you don't sing the lamp, you don't know, and when you lift the lamp, there are roots. During the Tang Dynasty, opera was sung, and lanterns were sung during the Song Dynasty. "Hum over, no more worries, pulled the trigger of the pistol, and made Hou Zhidan's funeral offering.

When Hu Laohu and the others encountered the scattered soldiers of the Jiuzhou militia group, the main force of the Central Guard Division led by Liu Yimin had also arrived in Jianhe County.

From Liping to Jianhe County, the straight-line distance on the map is only 150 miles, and the actual distance is much farther, Liu Yimin feels that from the evening of the 20th to the noon of the 21st, they have walked at least 200 miles, and they are about to catch up with the marching speed of the Red Fourth Regiment when they rushed to cross the Dadu River in history. Therefore, as soon as they entered the county seat, the troops were exhausted. Fortunately, as soon as the main force of the Red Army left here, the masses in Jianhe County had a good impression of the Red Army, and the troops quickly arranged camping sites and began to eat and rest.

This break lasted until 9 p.m. By the time Li Chengyi called Liu Yimin up, every house in Jianhe City had turned off the lights and every household was closed.

Li Chengyi told Liu Yimin that the first regiment had already set off two hours ago, that Chief of Staff Liu led the second and fourth regiments to follow the first regiment, that political commissar Cai led the troops directly under the division also left an hour ago, and that Director Li led the third regiment and the fifth regiment to set off half an hour ago.

Liu Yimin was embarrassed. I originally wanted to criticize Li Chengyi, but after thinking about it, I was still snooze, so I washed my face, ate the meal that Li Chengyi had prepared a long time ago, and then walked out of the yard.

When he came out, he saw that the guard battalion had already finished marching, standing at the gate of the courtyard where he was staying, with torches, and the team of several hundred people was silent.

Seeing the division commander coming out, Zhang Haitao, the commander of the guard battalion, stepped forward, saluted and reported: "Report to the division commander, the guard battalion of the Central Guard Division has been assembled and is waiting for departure, please instruct!" ”

After Liu Yimin returned the salute, he ordered to set off. The team quietly left Jianhe County.

(To be continued)