At five o'clock in the morning of September 27, Han Zheng led a large army to Shitai Town overnight, and after learning of Lin Xiangjun's movements, he set off at six o'clock and rushed straight to the area of Zhouxing Village.

At the same time, Xiang Jie also led the follow-up troops, and thousands of troops rushed to the border of Huaibei and Xuzhou.

Han Zheng not only led the army to follow, but also followed several reporters from the local Anhui Daily, these people have been following behind the army since the army started, protected by Han Zhengjun, along the way, recording what they saw and heard all the time.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the sky was already bright, and the tired soldiers finally rushed to the boundary of Zhouxing Village, and at the same time were sent by Lin Xiangbu, who had already learned the news, to send troops to respond.

However, when everyone was taken by Lin Xiang to a dirt ditch in the east of the village, everyone was shocked by what they saw, and then they vomited!

The entire Zhouxing Village position has already made these reporters feel frightened, and the sea of corpses and blood along the way made them, the war correspondents who had just joined in, very uncomfortable, their faces turned white for a while, and even two of them couldn't stand the smell of blood and vomited!

But only then did they know what hell it was!

I saw that in this ditch, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, and corpses that had not yet had time to be disposed of, even the soil under their feet seemed to be able to step on blood and water!

Soon, Lin Xiang informed these reporters that these were the people who were slaughtered in the Zhouxing Village tragedy!

When Han Zheng wanted to arrange someone to send them down, he was rejected by these reporters who learned the news, and they didn't care about the discomfort in their stomachs, and still insisted on taking photos of these as evidence of Zhang Xun's atrocities!

Han Zheng had no choice but to agree and let people protect the reporters, and then Han Zheng stood with these reporters for a while, and began to arrange for the soldiers to collect the remains, so as not to be dragged by wild dogs after death, and at the same time, arrange to find the relatives of these victims to see if they can find survivors.

Lin Xiang was counting the number of casualties at this time, and when he saw Han Zhengtie's blue face, he felt uncomfortable, and when he saw the corpses of those civilians, Lin Xiang almost couldn't help but chop up all the braided army prisoners!

After a deep groan, Lin Xiang waved his hand to let the soldiers who were reporting to retreat, and then took the report in his hand, walked over with some heaviness, and saluted Han Zheng: "Report to the commander, our department launched a general attack in the early morning of yesterday night, and the task has been completed, please reprimand the commander!" ”

The health soldiers in the back rushed up, and carried down the people who were still alive on the battlefield on stretchers and put them in the back for processing, after Han Zheng gave the road to these health soldiers, he saluted Lin Xiang back, and then said: "The second brigade and the second regiment have completed the task excellently, let your soldiers go down and rest, and then I don't know if there is any change, let the first regiment take over the defense, and the food in the back has been prepared, so that the soldiers can have a good meal." ”

Han Zheng hurriedly adjusted, and then made arrangements, and next, it was very likely that the Whip Army's hungry retaliation would take action.

"Yes!" Lin Xiang answered, and then gave the order, and the soldiers of the second regiment put down their work one after another, and returned to the temporary camp set up behind them in silence under the leadership of their respective instructors.

And after Lin Xiang arranged things, he knew that Han Zheng still had questions to ask himself, so he didn't go down and came to Han Zheng's side again.

Han Zheng learned about some things and asked about some casualties, and both of them were a little heavy.

At this time, the reporters who were taking pictures finally came over and saw Han Zheng and Lin Xiang here, and Lin Xiang was the commander of last night's battle, so they hurriedly rushed over collectively to ask about what happened yesterday, and wanted to know more information about the villagers who were slaughtered.

It was the first time for Lin Xiang to encounter this kind of thing, and when he came to deal with all kinds of tricky problems from these reporters, he seemed a little in a hurry, especially when he was photographed, he was even more panicked, and looked at Han Zheng from time to time, wanting to ask for help, but Han Zheng could only pretend not to see it.

Han Zheng smiled reluctantly, but did not speak.

But soon, these reporters finally asked that sensitive question, and a young female reporter finally spoke up after others asked: "May I ask Commander Lin, it is said that it was Guijun who first discovered the tragedy in Zhouxing Village, I don't know if this matter is true?" ”

Lin Xiang was still a little nervous when he was asked about other things, but when he was asked this question, he saw that the blush and uneasiness on Lin Xiang's original face disappeared, and his face was instantly covered with frost and said: "There are more than 100 corpses of villagers lying in that ditch, and our people are also dealing with it, I don't need to say more about this problem!" ”

However, the female reporter was obviously not frightened by the coldness on Lin Xiang's face, and asked even more tricky questions: "Then since the head of the regiment found out, why didn't he rescue these innocent villagers in time at that time?" ”

This sentence has already been asked quite politely, and after this question, other reporters also looked at Lin Xiang nervously, waiting for an answer.

Lin Xiang's face had become ugly, if he knew how to do it at the time, he would have done nothing, but when he found out about it, it was already too late!

"I'd like to ask this reporter to take a look at the casualties of my soldiers, and you'll know if we're doing something!"

Lin Xiang's originally gloomy mood at this time was even more cold now, and he did not directly answer the reporter's question, but instead pointed to the wounded who were lying behind and waiting for first aid and the corpses of the dead soldiers who had gathered up.

Seeing that where Lin Xiang was pointing, many wounded soldiers were being dragged and receiving simple treatment, and there were painful moans from time to time, the reporter's face turned red and he didn't continue to ask.

"Okay, everyone must be tired of following someone Han along the way, we still have military affairs to deal with, let's go down and rest for a while, and soon we will go to find survivors, the murderer has been captured, and there will definitely be an explanation at that time!"

Hearing this, the reporters walked on.

Looking at the reporters who went down under the leadership of the soldiers, it wasn't until those people disappeared that Lin Xiang said with some complaints: "Commander, why did you bring these people here for what?" ”

Han Zheng shook his head and said, "In order to make our soldiers and villagers sacrifice less. ”

Lin Xiang obviously didn't know the meaning of this sentence, scratched his head, but didn't ask again.

How did Lin Xiang know that the reason why Han Zheng took these reporters was to use their mouths to tell this matter as it was, so that Zhang Xun was isolated, so that the other party had some scruples, and also set an example for those warlords who hurt innocent people in the future!

Others may not know the power and influence of these reporters, but Han Zheng, who came from later generations, is clear about the importance of public opinion in dominating the people and opening up the wisdom of the people, otherwise he would not have presided over the establishment of a Northern Anhui Daily by himself, which is not just a reason for Li Ying to have something to do.

This matter decided by Han Zheng soon had a good result.

Later, after the war, when Han Zheng returned to Wuyang, when he once again received a large number of intellectuals and patriotic youths, Han Zheng was even more satisfied with his foresight about the matter of reporters!

"Let's talk about it, what is the specific number of casualties this time?" Han Zheng changed the topic and said.

Hearing this, Lin Xiang's face darkened, and he said with a somewhat unsightly face: "After review and counting, of the 1,236 officers and soldiers in the regiment, 34 were killed and 115 were wounded. A company of Zhang Xun's division was completely annihilated by our unit, killing more than 70 enemies, all the rest were captured, and more than 20 were wounded. ”

Speaking of which, Lin Xiang can be regarded as personally participating in several battles, this time it is not big, the other party only has a company of more than 100 people, and it did not cause too many casualties, but due to the stubbornness of the other party, the number of casualties also exceeded expectations.

When Han Zheng heard these figures, even if he had been prepared in his heart, he was still inevitably a little distressed, every soldier in his hands now was an important resource for himself, and the soldiers of Zhang Xun's department were all soldiers who had just survived from the confrontation with the Southern Army, these soldiers had participated in a big war, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they came out of the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses, and in the next battle, I don't know how many people died.

Moreover, this casualty ratio is still in the case of one's own side taking the lead in a surprise attack and having an advantage in artillery fire, then in the future, many of its objective advantages will be reduced.

He even wondered if the order he gave yesterday was a bit reckless, but then he quickly shook his head and expelled this ridiculous idea, not that he would not admit his mistake, but that he knew that if he didn't have this order, once he let the other party calmly arrange, he didn't know how many casualties there would be.

"Prepare well for those warriors, if their families are in difficulty, our army should take more care of them, try to help their families deal with this matter, and don't let our warriors shed blood and tears"

Lin Xiang has already gone down, and during this time, Xiang Jie also came over to ask for instructions once, and restarted the construction of defensive positions here, and Han Zheng is ready to fight a self-defense counterattack here!

Han Zheng looked at this battlefield that still had the smoke of gunpowder, and sighed in his heart, he suddenly found that he had reached this point, his every move now, even every decision, every order, I don't know how many people's fate will be affected.

At the same time, Han Zheng didn't know when he began to slowly get used to this kind of high position, and got used to the feeling of being in power when he gave orders.

After this battle after battle, the death of one soldier after another, all of these things made his heart more and more calm, and now hearing so many casualty figures, he is no longer as sad and sad as the first time.

He is working hard to change this country, and this country is also changing everything in Han Zheng little by little!

He has completely integrated into this turbulent era, all in order to get more power and greater territory, and then for his own ideals, he will dedicate himself without hesitation!

Let the wind of this era blow more violently! (To be continued.) )