"General, Miss Kawashima and Miss Nanzo have arrived." About an hour later, a devil adjutant walked into the headquarters of the 20th Division and reported to Ushijima Minoru Tsune.

"Yo Xi, invite them in immediately." Ushijima, who had been waiting impatiently, nodded happily and waved his hand.

"Hay!" The devil's adjutant bowed his head suddenly, and then turned around and walked away quickly, and after a while, he turned back and returned, followed by three women, Ushijima Minoru and Kimura Hisazo naturally knew these two honorary spies in the military world.

Immediately got up to greet him excitedly, Kawashima Yoshiko, Nanzo Yunzi and Sakurako were flattered and hurriedly stepped forward, suddenly closed their feet and saluted: "General Ushijima!" ”

Ushijima often returned the salute and looked at the three of them with a smile on his face: "It's really exciting that Miss Fangzi and Miss Yunzi can return safely!" ”

The three of Kawashima Yoshiko didn't talk too much nonsense with Ushijima, but said directly to the point: "General, about the specific information of the Tiger Army, Beizhi and Yunzi have already reported to you in the previous telegram, this is a God-given opportunity, the opportunity cannot be lost, and it will not come again, please General quickly order the troops to attack Pheasant and Ji, and will be able to destroy the command hub of the Tiger Army, as long as the command hub of the Tiger Army is destroyed, the battle of Northern Anhui will be held, and the Imperial Army will win!" The general's will also be indispensable! ”

"Hmm!" Ushijima Shitsune looked at the three of Kawashima Yoshiko, and immediately turned his head to the chief of staff Kimura Hisazo on the side and said: "Kimura-kun, immediately send a telegram to the 40th Brigade, and ask them to immediately go south along the road from Xiangcheng to Pheasant and Ji, and attack Pheasant and Ji!" "For Yoshiko Kawashima and the others, Ushijima Minoru would not have doubted at all whether they had betrayed the Imperial Army, because they were His Majesty's most loyal people, and they would never dare to betray Amoto and the Emperor if nothing else, just for their families.

"General, what about the 39th Brigade? They are still confronting the Harajuku Prefecture defenders, the Tiger Army. Kimura Kuzo asked.

"Order the 77th and 78th Infantry Wings and the troops directly under the 39th Brigade Headquarters to withdraw to Suxian, leaving an infantry wing to stay in Suxian to protect the rear road of the imperial army, and I personally lead the 20th and 28th artillery wings directly under the division to march towards Pheasant and Ji, this time, I will personally climb to the head of the city of Pheasant and Ji, and use this sword given by His Majesty the Emperor in my hand to cut off Qiao Anbang's head, and avenge the hundreds of thousands of imperial warriors! Shame on the entire Yamato nation! Ushijima muttered for a while, pulled out the sword on his waist and said coldly.

"Hay!" Kimura Kuzo suddenly bowed his head in response, and then strode away with his saber on his shoulder.

Seeing Kimura Kuzo leaving, Ushijima Minoru turned to Kawashima Yoshiko and the other three again: "Miss Yoshiko, Miss Yunzi, the three of you have been to the lair of the Tiger Army, and you should be very familiar with the situation and terrain there, so I want to ask you to go with the army, and if necessary, you can serve as a guide for our division." ”

"Hay!" Yoshiko Kawashima glanced at Yunko Nanzo and Sakurako, and suddenly bowed their heads in response, although they really didn't want to go to that place that they would never forget for a lifetime, but they also wanted to see with their own eyes that the Tiger Army was wiped out and had obtained the pleasure of revenge.

Another point is that all three of them are spies, and if they can't get away with it, it's easy for Ushijima to wonder if they have committed treason, so they have to go with the army anyway.

Seeing that the three of them readily agreed, the only trace of worry in Ushijima's heart suddenly disappeared, and he said with a smile: "If this battle can wipe out the Chinese Tiger Army and capture the commander-in-chief of the enemy army, Qiao Anbang, Miss Yunzi, you are also indispensable, I will definitely report to the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"Thank you, General!" Once again, the three of them bowed their heads at the same time.

………………………………………… In the morning, the sun was blazing, the whole pheasant and set were already ten rooms and nine empty, most of the people had already left the city, and with the large retreating crowd retreating westward, but there was an accident in the Qiao family compound located in the center of the city.

In the hall of the compound, Qiao Siyuan sat on the front of the hall with a cane and a blue face, the housekeeper Qiao Wu stood beside him expressionlessly, and a colonel officer of the Reading Force Garrison Brigade was persuading him bitterly: "Old man, please leave with your humble post first, it is no longer safe here." "This person is Ji Xiuwu, the commander of the first regiment of the Tiger Ben Army's Reading Force Garrison Brigade!

"I won't withdraw, but what about your military seats? He has tens of thousands of troops, why can't he even keep his hometown? What does he eat? Call him to me right away! Qiao Siyuan said coldly with a blushing face.

"Old man, our military seat is busy with military affairs now, and we may not be able to come for the time being. The deputy military seat is here to pick you up and retreat, please forgive me and forgive me! Ji Xiuwu said with a bitter face.

"Hmph, a dignified seven-foot man, with 100,000 male soldiers in his hands, how can he escape without a fight? Now that the national crisis is at hand, the nation is in danger, as a soldier, you should fight for every inch of land, bloody battle to the end, how can you abandon the country, causing millions of hometown fathers and elders to be displaced, miserable, let me ask, you who wear military uniforms, are you worthy of this military uniform? How can you meet your hometown fathers? You go back immediately, tell me Anbang, I'd rather be a broken jade than a complete tile, my Qiao family boy stands up to the sky, never be a sinner of the nation, don't insult the prestige of the Tiger Army! 100,000 soldiers would rather die in battle and die than retreat! The more Old Man Qiao spoke, the more excited he became, and when he saw that the colonel officer still wanted to persuade him again, his face turned blue with anger, and he raised his peach wood cane to make a gesture to fight, and shouted: "Go quickly!" ”

Ji Xiuwu was so frightened that he nodded hurriedly: "Yes, let's go, let's go." Before the words fell, the person had already staggered out, and as soon as he left the courtyard, Ji Xiuwu said to an adjutant: "Immediately send a telegram to the deputy military seat and invite him to come." ”

"Yes!" The adjutant hurriedly answered, and then turned to leave.

After ordering his subordinates, Ji Xiuwu couldn't help but stretch out his head and take a look at the Qiao family's compound again, he had long heard that Old Man Qiao was a righteous and awe-inspiring patriotic man with a heart for the country.

Thinking that Old Man Qiao looked polite and polite, and his temper was so hot, looking at the posture just now, if he didn't agree, his cane would definitely be knocked down, Ji Xiuwu couldn't help but be afraid for a while, who is Old Man Qiao? The biological son of the military seat and the deputy military seat, if he offends him? Wouldn't that be worse than a violation of military law?

Just when Ji Xiuwu was pacing back and forth with great ambition, the previous adjutant had already turned back, and when he saw him with a sad face, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Tuanzao, it's really not good, I humbly called a few brothers to carry Old Man Qiao into the car and pull him away, so that the task was completed and the safety of the old man was ensured, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?!" ”

"Smack!" Ji Xiuwu was furious when he heard this, slapped the back of the adjutant's head, and pointed at him angrily: "Damn, what kind of bad idea do you have?" The old man's temper, you kid didn't see it, if we come hard, the old man has something long and two short in a fit of anger, you and I will wait to die to apologize! ”

The adjutant scratched his head when he heard this, and wanted to pat himself on the horse's ass, but he slapped the horse's hooves, so he naturally didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

Ji Xiuwu waited outside the Qiao family compound for about ten minutes, a military jeep roared from the distant street, Ji Xiuwu and the adjutant hurriedly refreshed themselves, stood solemnly by the side of the street, and waited respectfully.

Soon, the military jeep roared towards the sky, and as soon as the jeep stopped, Qiao Anguo, who looked anxious, jumped out of the car, and waved his hand to interrupt them without waiting for Ji Xiuwu and the others to salute and asked, "Commander Ji, how is the situation?" What's going on with my dad? ”

"Deputy seat, old man, he is unwilling to retreat, so he has to let the lowly position find the military seat." Ji Xiuwu replied with an embarrassed expression.

"Oh!" Qiao Anguo nodded when he heard this, then turned around and took the lead in walking towards the courtyard, in order to prevent the leakage of the battle plan, the real purpose of the Tiger Army's retreat this time, only Qiao Anbang and a few other high-ranking members of the Tiger Army knew, and regimental officers like Ji Xiuwu didn't know at all, so Qiao Anguo didn't blame Ji Xiuwu.

As soon as Qiao Anguo entered with his front foot, Ji Xiuwu was about to follow, but he saw Qiao Anguo suddenly turn his head and say to him: "You don't have to go in, just wait for me here." ”

"Yes!" Ji Xiuwu hurriedly stepped forward and responded, he was already very in awe of Qiao Siyuan, if he could not go in, it was naturally better not to go in.

Qiao Anguo walked into the courtyard and went straight to the hall, and when he saw Qiao Siyuan sitting in the right position, Qiao Anguo hurriedly stepped forward and said in a respectful tone: "Dad, why don't you withdraw?" ”

Seeing Qiao Anguo, Qiao Siyuan's face suddenly became extremely cold, and he snorted coldly: "Are you two brothers going to be angry with your father?" What exactly do you want to do? At the beginning, you turned the tide on the battlefield in Nanjing with thousands of men and horses, not only saved 700,000 villagers and elders in Nanjing, but also won a series of brilliant victories one after another. Now that you have 100,000 armoured soldiers under your command, why is it not as good as it was at the beginning? ”

"Dad, the situation today is different from the beginning, at the beginning we were behind the enemy, without any burden, and we could fight a sports war with the devil, and now although our overall strength has increased, we have to defend the entire northern Anhui, and the troops are forced to disperse, so naturally we are not as handy as we were behind the enemy line. In addition, the army of the northern and southern routes this time has a total of 300,000 or 400,000 troops, and the strength is several times that of us, so for the sake of the overall situation, we can only choose to retreat for the time being. ”

"Shit! The victory of the war does not lie in the number of troops, but in the commander of a force. With your excellent equipment, as long as the tactics are used properly, it is not impossible to defeat these 300,000 troops! Qiao Siyuan said, a little regretful said: "Your foundation in northern Anhui has been quite fruitful, if you give up easily, then everything will be ruined, an army without a foundation is impossible to last, just imagine your 100,000 army, where will it go?" On the contrary, although this battle is hard, it is not an opportunity, if you win, then it can be regarded as a real foothold in northern Anhui, and after the baptism and tempering of this battle, your troops' combat strength will be multiplied geometrically, and the future is bright! It's a pity that you have to take the initiative to retreat......"

Before Qiao Siyuan's words were finished, Qiao Anguo interrupted: "Dad, let me tell you the truth, this retreat is not a real retreat, but to lure the enemy deeper, and then gather and annihilate him!" This is the victory of this battle! ”

"Huh?!" Qiao Siyuan was shocked when he heard this, his cloudy eyes revealed a ray of fine light staring at Qiao Anguo's eyes, as if he could see through his heart, and finally asked in a deep voice: "Is this true?" ”

"Dad, how dare my son lie to you! Anbang has already deployed everything, and our tens of thousands of troops are already in place, just waiting for the army to take the initiative to come in, and then we can close the door and fight the dogs and wipe them out. Qiao Anguo replied with a serious face.

"Hmm!" Qiao Siyuan nodded with a slight expression, and said, "This is worthy of being the boy of my Qiao family, but, An Guo, this time let my father fight side by side with you!" And all the people of the city were withdrawn, and I was not alone. ”

Qiao Anguo was suddenly anxious, and just wanted to persuade again, but Qiao Siyuan waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Since your second brother sacrificed, I have only you and Anbang left as my father, I don't want to and can't drive to you, so this battle is my father and you advance and retreat together, and live and die together!" You go and tell Anbang, for my father, I won't go anywhere, just stay in Pheasant and Ji, if this battle is won, our father and son will live together, if this battle is lost, our father and son will die together, the men of the Qiao family will never be a bad seed and steal life, we can't keep the pheasant and Ji, we have no shame to face millions of fathers and elders in northern Anhui, and we have no shame to live in the world! ”

After Qiao Anguo listened, his heart trembled, and he knelt on his knees at the moment, and said with a firm expression: "Dad, my son understands!" In this battle, our army will win!! ”

"Hmm!" Qiao Siyuan nodded with great satisfaction, with a long-lost smile on his face, the reason why he chose to stay was not impulsive, but to gamble his life and death into this battle, with him, he can strengthen the determination of the two Qiao Anbang brothers, and the determination of the two of them is related to the morale and military spirit of the 100,000 soldiers of the Tiger Army, which can be said to be very important!

……………………………………………… Yongsan Airport, Temporary General Headquarters of the Tiger Army.

After listening to Qiao Anguo's narration, Qiao Anbang was stunned for a while, and only came back to his senses after a while and said: "Big brother, Dad, this is to give our brothers a reason and determination to win!" ”

"Well, Dad is right, our Qiao family boys must not be bad seeds! Not to mention the pheasant and set. Qiao Anguo nodded with a heavy face.

"Therefore, this battle can only be won and not defeated, it must be won!" Qiao Anbang seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to answer. In fact, at this moment, he has all kinds of flavors in his heart, Old Man Qiao is forcing him to fight to the death, you must know that the battlefield is changing rapidly, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents? But right now, as soon as Old Man Qiao is inserted, Qiao Anbang has no choice but to win, and he has no choice.

(To be continued)