Under the rising sun, Zhang Hongluan, the commander of the second division of the direct lineage, rode a jujube red horse, his face was very anxious, and he urged his officers and soldiers to speed up with all his might.

"Division, we found a group of more than 20 cavalry in the north direction, keeping a distance of 300 meters from us moving in the same direction, it is estimated that it is Tang Shengzhi's pursuers, they must be monitoring, waiting for the large army to catch up with us." A lieutenant rode a horse and ran to Zhang Hongluan's side to report.

Zhang Hongluan was anxious: "Fourth, you lead your brothers to rush over and kill them!" One regiment immediately seized the dirt slope in front of them, covered the retreat of the brothers and was responsible for breaking the rear, and the rest of the troops ran for Lao Tzu! ”

"Yes!"

The commander of the cavalry company known as the fourth man shouted loudly about his remnants, and more than forty horsemen quickly gathered around the fourth, and after listening to the order, he picked up his horse pistol, and rode his horse behind the fourth man and rushed to the north quickly, and the sound of rapid and dense horse hooves shook the ground with dust and smoke.

When the distance of more than 200 meters, the fourth was surprised to find that the more than 20 Tang Shengzhi cavalry who were monitoring him had all dismounted, and the fourth roared when he saw this good opportunity, pulled out his saber and swung his division to attack, intending to teach this group of Wang Balamb who did not know what the cavalry was a profound lesson, and his brothers were all in high spirits, thinking that only one impact could wipe out the stupid hat opponent.

Just as the fourth and his subordinates rushed to a distance of 100 meters at high speed, the cavalry who dismounted on the other side suddenly picked up the five machine guns on the ground and opened fire in unison, and the dense bullets hit more than 40 horsemen on their backs, and half of them were lost in a blink of an eye, and there were only five survivors who rushed to within 50 meters.

Knowing that he was going to die, the fourth brother threw away the carbine, held the knife in his right hand, and rushed in with the leader of the other party standing on the dirt bag without fear of death, determined to fight and never escape.

The distance is getting shorter and shorter, the fourth raises the saber high, just about to shout and prepare to launch a thunderous blow, the officer on the dirt bag has knocked on the trigger, the "snap" gun sound The fourth has a red bullet hole in his forehead, but because the distance is close to the horse momentum is rapid, the rushing war horse rushed to the dirt bag like lightning, the officer on the dirt bag was so frightened that he threw the gun and lay down, which was able to avoid the four hooves of the war horse that blew a gust of wind, and when he got up in embarrassment, he saw that the body of the fourth child had fallen off the horse, and one right foot hung on the stirrup, and was pulled out dozens of meters by the rushing war horse before stopping.

He got up from the ground, didn't care about looking for his hat and rifle, loudly ordered a team to be left to clean up the battlefield and keep a watch, jumped on his horse and led his beard and the sixteen brothers in the fifth platoon to start a non-stop harassment of the enemy, one moment he rode his horse and rushed up, killed a dozen defeated soldiers with light machine guns, and fled with one blow, and then rushed to the front, using accurate shooting to force the enemy to scatter and counterattack.

Zhang Hongluan, the commander of the enemy division, and a group of officers hated it bitterly, and did not dare to leave the headquarters to give it a go, and after repeating this several times, Zhang Hongluan finally despaired: a group of rapidly approaching pursuers appeared on the flanks of his troops, and seven or eight trucks full of revolutionary officers and soldiers loaded with heavy machine guns rushed across the uneven grass and went all out to seize the advantageous position in front.

Thousands of routed soldiers finally understood their situation, and they all stopped, looking in horror at their commander and the enemy who surrounded them on all sides.

Zhang Hongluan jumped off the war horse in a rage, and was accustomed to raising his left hand to give the order to fight to the death, the adjutant next to him quickly stepped forward to press his left hand, pointed to the big flag due south and said loudly This is not Tang Shengzhi's troops, Zhang Hongluan was stunned for a moment and took a closer look, and finally knew that this army was the first army of Commander-in-Chief Jiang, and the adjutant continued to point to the officers and soldiers of the Second Division who had seized the favorable terrain on all sides and were waiting patiently to dissuade them, Zhang Hongluan sighed and finally compromised, He gave the order to his more than 3,800 brothers to surrender: all lay down their arms and assemble in companies.

Liu Xiao, Hu Shusen, and Xu Tingyao, surrounded by a group of lieutenants and dozens of guards, rode through a series of officers and soldiers who had laid down their arms, came to Zhang Hongluan and others, jumped off their horses and stepped forward to meet each other in a friendly manner:

"I, Liu Xiao, the commander of the Second Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army, welcome the officers and men of your army to lay down their arms and surrender to sincerity to avoid the recurrence of fearless bloodshed and death."

Zhang Hongluan, who was tall and square-faced, returned a salute: "I, Zhang Hongluan, the commander of the Second Division of the Hunan Army, broke through Tang Shengzhi's defense line in the east of Yueyang City and fled here in the early morning of this day. I am willing to lead my 3,800 brothers to surrender to your headquarters, and I beg that the officers and men of this department be given the dignity they deserve. ”

Liu Shu nodded: "We all know that General Zhang's Second Division is a strong force, and once as the main vanguard of the Hunan Army, General Tang Shengzhi's headquarters was beaten out of Hengyang, and this combat power is admirable!" General Zhang, we are all cheerful people, I don't want to say anything superfluous, presumably General Zhang also knows that our friendly army has occupied the area south of Tingsi Bridge, and the road for your troops to retreat to Wuhan and Xianning has been controlled by me, and it is estimated that General Tang Shengzhi's troops are also waiting for you on the Wuli Pai line twelve kilometers ahead, therefore, I suggest that you lead your troops to join the First Army of our Revolutionary Army, and our Commander-in-Chief Chiang will never treat General Zhang and his brothers who surrendered to Cheng badly. ”

Zhang Hongluan sighed: "There is no choice now, my brothers fought fiercely all night and then rushed here, and the people were hungry and starved...... General Liu, I have a request and ask the general to fulfill it. ”

"General, please!" Liu Xiao replied politely.

Zhang Hongluan, who looked lonely, pointed to the brothers on all sides: "These brothers are veterans who have followed me for many years, please treat them well." I have decided to disarm and return to the field to enjoy my family, and I will never step into the army again in this life, and I ask the general to be sympathetic to my hardships. ”

Liu Xiao and Hu Shusen looked at each other for a while, their faces showed regret, and finally solemnly agreed to Zhang Hongluan's request and allowed him to lead one of his squad of guards and two school officers who swore to accompany him to leave.

Who knew that Zhang Hongluan took a few steps and turned back again, and made another request to Liu Xiao: "General Liu, I want to see the officer who first caught up with our army and carried out non-stop harassment. ”

Liu Xiao smiled slightly and ordered the guard company commander to call An Yi over.

An Yi, who had already returned to the first blocking point to count the captured horses and guns, did not know why he called himself, so he could only ride on his horse and follow Liu Xiao's guard company commander to ride among thousands of people, and report to Liu Xiao as usual.

Liu Xiao took An Yi's arm and walked in front of Zhang Hongluan: "General Zhang, this is the person you want to meet, An Yi, the third company of the engineer battalion of our department." ”

"Engineer battalion?"

Zhang Hongluan looked at Liu Xiao in surprise, and saw Liu Xiao nodding proudly, so he believed that it was true.

Zhang Hongluan turned to An Yi and looked at it for a long time, and sighed deeply: "To be able to choose the most favorable terrain in such a short period of time, repeatedly carry out harassing strikes on the front of our army, and quickly retreat with one blow, such a tactic comes from the hands of such a young engineer company commander, which is emotional!" Young man, do a good job, I'm optimistic about you, haha! Goodbye guys, I'll see you later! ”

Thousands of people watched Zhang Hongluan and his party go south, all of them were reluctant, An Yi sighed softly, and pleaded in a low voice to Liu Xiao: "Division, can you add the soldiers of one company of the captives to our engineer battalion?" In this way, our engineer battalion does not need to be guarded by the division. ”

Liu Xiao squinted at An Yi: "Go aside!" This matter is not up to you or me, but must be reported to the military department first. ”

"Master, why are you so honest, you ......"

An Yi stomped his feet uncomfortably, saluted listlessly and turned to leave, thinking that since Lao Tzu's abacus could not be played, how could he save the thirty or so horses that the brothers had exchanged for their lives.

An Yi rode his horse back to the first blocking point one kilometer to the north, and the brethren who were led by the bearded man had gathered their horses and hung more than thirty carbines, six shell guns, and sabers on each of them.

An Yi praised this and that with satisfaction, and then asked Hu Zi to immediately lead the brothers and run back. When the beard heard this, he dared to slacken off, and after a few shouts, he led the brothers who were on the tall horses, and each of them led a few horses around the country.

An Yi breathed a sigh of relief, rode on his horse to find his second and fourth platoon brothers, led everyone to the first blocking point, and ordered the six killed horses to be brought back to the cooking class. Dozens of brothers had not eaten meat for two days, and when they heard the order, they immediately drew their knives and pounced on them like flies.

An Yi rode his horse and ran to the small dirt bag in the south, and saw that the commanders and battalion commanders of the regiments under the hillside were dividing up the prisoners in a chaotic manner, Liu Xiao and Xu Tingyao rode their horses to the southern hill, and pointed out the country with great ambition, An Yi could only shake his head painfully and beat the horse back to the camp, thinking that if he didn't capture more than 30 war horses, Lao Tzu had the heart to hang himself.

In the evening, the camp of the Third Company was full of joy, the horse meat was fragrant, and the old Han Tou happily preached everywhere that nearly a thousand catties of meat had been half pickled, and the carefully concocted half was for the brothers to eat with their stomachs open.

An Yike didn't have such a good mood, he sat under the willow tree with Hu Zi and Yin Jinan and lamented repeatedly, saying that our dream of a combat company was shattered, not to mention the promotion, but to say that according to our original plan, the goal of "gradually transforming from an engineer to a combat unit with engineer ability" seems to be getting farther and farther away.

Hu Zi and Yin Jinan didn't feel good in their hearts, how could they not feel distressed when they saw such a good opportunity slipping under their noses?

The three of them were silent, munching on the fragrant horse meat, as if they had a grudge against horse meat.

"Chief of Staff to—"

The sentry outside the camp shouted loudly.

An Yi was very surprised, hurriedly threw down the bowl, and led Hu Zi and Yin Jinan to trot forward to greet him, Hu Shusen, Xu Tingyao, Jiang Dingwen and seven or eight familiar battalion commanders and regimental deputies rushed in together, happily praising the good food of the third company.

Where does An Yi not know the meaning of these words? At the sound of an order, Dong Yanzi hurriedly brought stones and wooden planks, and soon set up a stable large dining table, and Lao Han led his firehead army to immediately send four pots of yellow, orange, orange and oily sauce boiled horse meat.

Hu Shusen and the others ate unceremoniously with chopsticks, and only after eating five or six pieces did they praise loudly, so happy that the old Han left in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, he brought two large pots of horse meat porridge sprinkled with green coriander and green onions.

A group of chiefs ate and drank enough, and then they remembered to wipe their hands and mouths and restore their usual solemn treasures.

Hu Shusen laughed and turned to An Yi: "Captain An Yi, don't you know the military orders that all captures need to be handed over?" Even if you have merit in capturing, you must be approved by the upper peak before you can obtain the right to distribute captured materials, you have received a dignified military academy education, and you are a model company commander of the whole army, don't you understand this minimum military order? ”

An Yi and the three of them secretly complained in their hearts, thinking that it would be okay for your grandsons to eat and drink enough, and it would be okay not to give Lao Tzu people and horses, and even came to seek dozens of horses that the brothers exchanged for their lives, what is the reason?

But in the current situation, if you don't give it, you can't do it, these top bosses must have come prepared, and they also raised the banner of military law in a grand manner, you can't help but bow your head......

(To be continued)