After suppressing Tengyun Mountain, Qin Lieping persuaded him to make persistent efforts and directly destroy the two bandits in Sheephorn Mountain and Phoenix Mountain. Xu Ming thought for a moment and didn't agree. He felt that the soldiers had just traveled more than 400 miles back and forth from Siming Mountain, and the soldiers were too tired.

Qin Lieping didn't insist anymore. A lot of things have to be done before you know, otherwise it's useless to just talk about it, Xu Ming is now an officer with his own ideas, so let him deal with the problem at his own pace. After all, his opponents were just a few unsuccessful bandits.

Sheephorn Mountain and Phoenix Mountain are located in the southernmost part of Qiyang, and the two mountains are not far apart. According to the head of Baiguo Township, the leader of the bandits in Yangjiao Mountain is Nan Muwen (Xu Ming couldn't help but want to laugh when he heard this name), and the total number may be more than 100 people. There are more than 50 people in Phoenix Mountain, but there are 7 bandit leaders.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Xu Ming had just finished briefing on the bandits' situation and specific battle plan at the operational meeting.

Zhao Ren stood up and put forward his opinion: "Wouldn't it be better to fight Phoenix Mountain first, after all, there are 7 bandit leaders there." ”

Xu Ming disagreed, the more bosses, the more powerful? Could it be that Shuibo Liangshan is powerful because there are 108 leaders? The team needs to have a leader to order unity! Peng Cong looked at Xu Ming's face and touched Zhao Ren. He also stood up and said, "It doesn't matter which one you hit first, as long as the team is careful." ”

Early the next morning, Xu Ming led the men and horses to kill Baiguo. This time he walked with great fanfare, not because Xu Ming showed off, but now that the night is already in the second half of the moon, there is no light, and it is better to march during the day than to carry torches.

The smooth advance to the top of Sheephorn Mountain made Xu Ming feel that something was wrong. Because there was no resistance, sure enough, there were already people in the village who went to the village. There was also a letter on the table in the center of the wall.

This is a letter written by the bandit leader himself to Xu Ming. This old man named Nan Muwen writes worse than Xu Ming. Take it and take a look, it is written crookedly: "Brother Qianli (who calls you brother and brother), Lao Tzu, I will go to Lingling." The hospitality is not good, brother, please don't be surprised. There is 5,000 oceans in the box next to it, which is a gift for your brother. (That's pretty much it)"

Xu Ming was about to open the box. Qin Lieping hurriedly stopped him, but let the "imperial army" go up first, and everyone retreated. Sure enough, there was a loud bang, and the box was not an ocean at all, but a thunderstorm! The "Imperial Army" became the first "fierce dog" of the security regiment.

Xu Mingqi's face was pale, and he couldn't wait to bring someone to Lingling now to arrest that Nan Muwen. Just like the bandit leaders in Siming Mountain, more than 50 people were sentenced to death. Among them, the worst death was Niu Heizi, the bandit leader who had killed 80 people, and finally begged for a happy one. was sawed alive by the people of Qin Shangling.

It's not nice to be teased, but the bandits have to go on. Xu Ming decided to change the original plan of attacking simultaneously from all sides, and let a company of Qi Qiming's infantry platoon advance as the vanguard. Be sure to succeed in capturing the bandits in Phoenix Mountain.

Early the next morning, on the twisting and steep mountain path, Qi Qiming led his vanguard to advance in a column.

"Stop moving forward", Qi Qiming made a posture of spreading out on the spot after shouting. When the soldiers heard the order, they all lay down, and the first squad slowly searched and advanced forward.

In this dangerous mountain pass called the first line of heaven, Qi Tianbao looked at the group of soldiers with his eyes unmoving, feeling a little vibration on his shoulder, knowing that it was the small stone thrown by his brother. According to the convention, if he wants to attack, he will do a right hand up and then press down. He raised his right hand and shook it three times from side to side, which was a signal to quietly evacuate.

"The third child, the dog is so prickly?" , Old Fifth Qi Tianxiong saw his third brother slowly retreat and asked in a low voice.

Qi Tianbao made a silent motion. It wasn't until he retreated into the distance that he whispered, "Damn*, I underestimated them." ”

"They are more powerful than sheep to death", Qi Tianxiong asked Yang Shiyi, who is still the so-called captain of the Qiyang County Security Brigade.

"It's much worse than a sheep dying." Qi Tianbao began to make gestures while talking: "The dogs are lying down in such a position, they must have practiced, just rush this one and throw that sheep to death." ”

Qi Tianlong, Qi Tianhu, Qi Tianbao, Qi Tianshi, Qi Tianxiong, Qi Tianqi, Qi Tianlin. These seven are the terrifying Seven Tigers of the Qi family in Qiyang. Their parents were originally named "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, and Huimin", but unfortunately these seven people did not behave in the slightest worthy of their names, and they did not do serious things, and picked quarrels and provoked troubles all day long. Eventually, their parents were. The seven of them simply didn't do anything, and went up the mountain to form a pole to rob the house.

If it is said that according to the number of bandits in Qiyang, they can only rank third. But in terms of brutality, they can definitely hold the top spot. In their own opinion, Tengyunzhai is just a tobacco dealer, most of Nan Muwen set up cards to collect money, and their Qiyang Seven Tigers are a happy life of licking blood on their heads.

They consciously have this capital and this confidence. Xu Ming ignored that although there were not many of them, they each had a gun, and the Qiyang Seven Tigers each had a horse card. At this time, Qi Tianxiong, the only "moderate faction" among the seven brothers, said: "There is only the last Mingtianjian left to set up an ambush." Either let's hide for a few days first, or how can the surnamed Nan run so fast. ”

"What did you say, how many times have you said it, this time we retreated, it will be difficult to regain momentum in the future. Dogs are the most bullying and afraid of hard. The tigers rebuked.

"But how do these dogs fight so carefully?" Qi Tianxiong was not convinced.

Qi Tianlin is the youngest, but he has the most ideas. He rolled his eyes and let out a gloomy laugh, finally coming up with a plan for him.

Qi Qiming looked at this place, which was even more dangerous than the terrain just now: the path halfway up the mountain was winding, and there was a steep mountain wall on it, if there was an ambush on it. You can stone someone to death. A soldier next to him saw that Qi Qiming was about to give the order to search and move forward again, and reminded in a low voice: "Qi Pai, no matter how slow we move, the people behind will catch up." ”

Qi Qiming hesitated a little, the person next to him was right, he was an infantryman, if even the heavy machine gunners and mortars were caught up, it was really not true, and the regiment commander asked to move forward quickly. At this juncture, I suddenly found a raging fire burning on the top of a mountain not far away.

"It's not good, the bandits are going to run away from burning the village." Qi Qiming immediately flashed such a thought. Hurriedly ordered: "All platoon - run forward." ”

He hadn't gone far before he felt a little unusual, because it was too quiet in front of him, and just as he was about to revise his orders, gunshots rang out from the top of the hill.

The neat formation was immediately disrupted, and it was not easy to find a place to lie down due to the sudden attack of the soldiers, and there were constant screams. Seeing that his side had become a state of chaos, Qi Qiming shouted: "Brothers, don't panic, call me." With that, he grabbed his Mauser pistol and started shooting.

A soldier was knocked down, and Huang Zhengyi picked up his light machine gun and fired fiercely at it. The soldiers who were initially stunned saw that the officers took the lead, and they also opened the bolt safety and started fire one after another in accordance with the drill code.

"Mom ***", the boss of the Qi family saw that he was gradually in a stalemate, and his heart was horizontal, so he simply stood on the top of the mountain, picked up a picker and shot below. Suddenly, a circle of blood flowers burst out of Qi Tianlong's head. A bullet from a Czech light machine gun entered through the front of his face, and because the distance was too close, they swept out of the back of his head one after another, and Qi Dahu's head immediately looked like a broken egg.

The rest of the tigers were stunned. Concentrate all your firepower on Huang Zhengyi and shoot wildly. At a distance of less than 100 meters, extremely bloody battles were fought between the two sides.

The security regiment was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of terrain, and the advantage of the range of weapons could not be brought into play, and grenades and bullets could not be thrown. But the usual rigorous training helped them, and they gradually began to fight back in an organized way with such heavy casualties. There were even several infantrymen under the command of the squad leader who tried to climb up the hill from the right side, preparing to flank the enemy.

"Da-da-da-da..." Reinforcements arrived just in time, and with the roar of heavy machine guns, several outcropping bandits flew flesh and blood. At the same time, shells began to explode on the hills, and the bandits finally collapsed, threw down their weapons and fled. That's when they realized that they had provoked an enemy they couldn't afford to provoke.

If you want to run, it's not so easy, and the bandits who escaped were knocked down one by one. Soon, except for those who knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and those who were injured and couldn't move, there were no more running creatures in front of them.

By the time Xu Ming arrived, the battle had ended, and the battle statistics had come out.

"Six were killed and 23 wounded. The bandits were killed 28 people and captured 27. ”

Xu Ming nodded indifferently, his heart was extremely remorseful. I made a big mistake and was punished severely. Six people have died now, more than 100 miles from Phoenix Mountain to Qiyang Hospital, and some people will die of injuries.

If he listened to others and came here directly after returning from Siming Mountain, it would be impossible for the bandits to have time to prepare; If he had inquired clearly, the firepower of the bandits in Phoenix Mountain was so strong, and he would never let a platoon advance alone. It was the previous ones that went too well that caused him to let his guard down. He claims that these are his soldiers, but he is not responsible! His situation was not thoroughly investigated, and his battle plan was old-fashioned. Xu Ming fell into deep self-blame.

"Commander, what to do with these bandits."

Hearing this, the anger of revenge immediately dizzed Xu Ming's reason.

"Execute them all!" He commanded viciously.

I don't know if it was a scream or the cool evening breeze that made his head sober again. He stopped the soldiers' actions. The other party is a bandit, but he is not.

The three major bandits in Qiyang, which were once rampant, have disappeared, and the heads of the bandits are hanging high on the city wall. The people of Qiyang spontaneously sent plaques to the security group; The squires also prepared a rich sacrifice; Even the province sent a telegram praising Xu Ming for "commanding properly and sweeping away the stubborn bandits." But it was difficult for Xu Ming's heart to be happy, and he often involuntarily recalled the eleven dead brothers in his mind.

In Xu Ming's office, Qin Lieping walked in. comforted: "Chisato, it's not your fault. ”

"Is it to cover up my incompetence in command, or to maintain my prestige as a leader?" Xu Ming looked at Qin Lieping. He still couldn't forgive himself.

"Chisato, you're too self-reproachful. Nothing is perfect, you can't always know how many enemies there are, how many guns. The situation in Simingshan is not normal......"

After Qin Lieping left, Xu Ming was still recalling his words: "War is always a matter of creating trouble for each other, and the commander is to solve this kind of trouble." There is no such thing as a perfect commander, only a commander who is tenacious, indomitable, and brave enough to face reality! ”

"It's not terrible to make mistakes, as long as you don't make the same mistakes next time; It's not terrible to die in battle, as long as you don't make a mistake in command next time. ”

……

A beautiful Qiyang countryside, surrounded by fields, Qishui flows not far away. After crossing a small bridge, Xu Ming and his party walked directly into Xiaowangzhuang, which is the home of squad leader Huang Zhengyi.

The Huang family built a new house, and the dilapidated old house next to it made the new house even brighter. If it weren't for the plain couplet in front of the gate, there is no doubt that this is a good family in Hunan Province.

Huang Zhengyi's parents rarely saw "officials" above the village head, and they were at a loss when they saw the county magistrate, the township magistrate, and Xu Ming in military uniform, and they hurriedly poured tea and added water for a while.

In fact, it was Xu Ming who was really at a loss, he looked at the county magistrate Liu who was talking dry words, and Huang Zhengyi's parents with a forced smile on their faces, and he didn't know what to say. He took another closer look at the family, where there was a chicken coop with a dustpan in the corner, black soles, gray whetstones, and half a sack of rice noodles beside it. A pile of pitcher plants was piled up against the wall, with nail rakes and hoes hanging aside. On the front of the wall are full-body portraits of Sun Yat-sen, the founding fathers of the country, and the awards of Huang Zhengyi's outstanding soldiers.

Xu Ming saw a little girl timidly hiding behind a pillar and walked over.

"Are you with Yaya (father)?" The little girl asked, her eyes wide open.

Her grandfather was just about to say something, but Xu Ming stopped him and smiled at the little girl: "I am the comrade-in-arms of squad leader Huang." ”

"Did the girl go to heaven?" The little girl had no sadness, only curiosity.

"Yes, your maid is a heavenly soldier sent by the Jade Emperor, and now the Jade Emperor has something to ask him to go back to heaven." Xu Ming smiled as much as he could.

The little girl suddenly ran out, brought out a bowl of water after a while, brought it to Xu Ming, and said happily: "This is what I entertained my best friend, and there is a lot of sugar in it!" ”

Xu Ming couldn't bear it anymore, and tears flowed down his face.