While the Japanese army was testing the density of firepower and the defense of the Hushan position, the Japanese troops stationed at the Anping Ferry also made abnormal movements under the command of Limi Shangwen.

The temptation for Hushan had just begun, and immediately saw that Shangwen began to move his army forward, and the military strength of the two divisions only left one wing of troops at the ferry to defend.

The rest of the troops began to move in the direction of Jiulian City.

As soon as the change in Shangwen was noticed by the spies scattered outside the Nine Cities of Jiulian City, the news that the Japanese army was pouring out was naturally a very important information for these spies.

Seeing Shangwen's abnormal movement was enough to alarm Duan Qirui, and Duan Qirui's first reaction after getting the news of the spies was that Shangwen was about to start an attack on Jiulian City.

Immediately, Duan Qirui ordered to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese army, and at the same time began to mobilize the military strength of Jiulian City.

Duan Qirui originally had a certain degree of confidence about whether he could hold Jiulian City, and defending Jiulian City was based on Duan Qirui's continuous attrition of the Japanese army.

But now it is different, originally according to Duan Qirui's original plan, he continued to invest troops and consume the Japanese at Anping Ferry, and did his best to consume the strength of the Japanese.

Now, since Duan Qirui knew Wang Bin's combat methods, it was naturally Wang Bin's combat thinking that was implemented, and gradually attrition of the Japanese army instead of fighting a stalemate war of attrition with the Japanese army.

According to the initial judgment, when Lijian Shangwen did not take Hushan, he would never attack Jiulian City, but now the situation is completely chaotic, and Lijian Shangwen marched towards Jiulian City when the battle of Hushan had just begun, so Duan Qirui had to prepare for the Battle of Jiulian City in advance.

To tell the truth, if the Japanese army of nearly 60,000 people attacked Jiulian City with all its might, although Duan Qirui had the ability to block it with mortars and grenades and a large number of light and heavy machine guns, Duan Qirui himself did not dare to guarantee how long it could be blocked.

After Duan Qirui's mobilization order was issued, the entire Jiulian City was instantly busy, a large number of munitions were moved from the warehouse to the front of the position, and the mortars on the city wall also began to visit in an orderly manner, and boxes of shells and munitions began to be replenished continuously.

The commanders of the battalions above the position began to inspect the position to see if there were any loopholes and whether the number of cat ear piercings was enough to hide, and if the number was not enough, they were added temporarily.

After an hour of preparation, the army of more than 23,000 people in the two towns of Jiulian City plus the reserve troops was completely ready for battle, just waiting for the Japanese to come from afar.

Not many spies also sent information, and immediately saw that Shang Wen led his Japanese army to the outskirts of Jiulian City, and suddenly the clouds of war began to cover Jiulian City.

And Lijian Shangwen's side did not have any desire to launch an attack on Jiulian City, but simply wanted to cut off the retreat of the defenders of Tiger Mountain, and had no intention of starting a war with Duan Qirui.

So after Limi Shangwen led the Japanese army to the outskirts of Jiulian City, he stopped, as for why it was only to the suburbs, the reason was also very simple, if it went further, the heavy artillery on Hushan could directly hit his own army, causing unnecessary panic.

After he stopped, he began to order the whole army to be stationed.

And Duan Qirui in Jiulian City didn't quite understand why Lijian Shangwen stopped and camped after learning about Lijian Shangwen's actions, but after a little thought, Duan Qirui reacted.

Seeing that Shangwen's move was completely because he didn't want Hushan's army to retreat in the direction of Jiulian City after withdrawing, lest all Hushan's troops withdraw into Jiulian City and strengthen Jiuliancheng's defensive strength.

Rather than doing this, it is better to take the lead and directly block the retreat of Hushan's army to Jiuliancheng, and the army retreating from Hushan will strengthen the defensive strength of Jiuliancheng, so that his soldiers have to pay a greater price to take Jiuliancheng.

After Duan Qirui guessed, he was also relieved, at least for now, he didn't have to worry about the Japanese army attacking the city, but he still had to let the soldiers on the position strengthen their security and closely watch the movements of the Japanese army, besides, who said that the army in Hushan would retreat in the direction of Jiulian City after withdrawing?

Duan Qirui's guess was exactly what Lijian Shangwen was thinking in his heart, and Lijian Shangwen was only cutting wood and setting up camps everywhere after arriving at the outskirts of Jiulian City, and he didn't do anything else.

After the clouds of war in Jiulian City dissipated, the direction of Hushan naturally saw the actions of the Japanese army, at first Xu Dajun thought that the Japanese army was going to officially launch an attack on Jiulian City, but the Japanese army did not do so, so Xu Dajun was a little curious.

Immediately, Xu Dajun sent a telegram to Duan Qirui to ask what was going on, and then Xu Dajun got Duan Qirui's guess, and after getting Duan Qirui's guess, Xu Dajun was relieved, and he thought that the Japanese were going to start attacking Jiulian City.

In the morning, the Japanese army launched only two attacks on the Hushan position, all of which were tentative attacks, and there was no big loss at all, and in the afternoon, the Japanese troops attacking Hushan were still changing the soup and not changing the medicine, and attacked unhurriedly, so to speak, this was the case throughout the afternoon, and it was not until the evening that the Japanese stopped attacking.

After the Japanese attack stopped, Xu Dajun did nothing after the Japanese army sneaked up on a certain number of troops in the position at night.

On the Japanese side, after a day of tentative attack, they also came to a certain conclusion about the garrison situation in the Hushan position according to their tentative test.

At this moment, the two captains who were in charge of the attack reported in front of Tachimi Shangwen.

"Your Excellency General, we also have a rough record of the tentative attack on the Hushan position today, and the defensive situation of Hushan."

After listening to the words of the two captains, he didn't say anything, but took what they had recorded.

The content on the paper is simple, but it is important for the wing that will be responsible for attacking Tiger Mountain.

Immediately Shang Wen looked at the paper, and it was written: The middle firepower of the Hushan defenders' defense line is the strongest, with about twenty heavy machine guns, and the defense on the left flank is relatively weak, with only about five or six heavy machine guns, but the number of light machine guns is relatively large.

When attacking Tiger Mountain, it is best to pass through the middle area quickly to prevent artillery strikes.

The positions of the defenders of Hushan were built in a circular trench, which was especially suitable for support in wartime. (To be continued.) )