The leading officer of the Japanese army is also Lin Fei's "old friend", he is Nogi Noshinori, who fought with Lin Fei in Taiwan, the Japanese military god of Lin Fei's era.

On Nogi Noshinori's side, there were several Qing advisors, they were all military attaches in Guangxi, and when Lin Fei liberated Guangxi, they fled to Guangdong and joined Nogi Noshinori's team.

In Nogi Noshinori's team, there are not only soldiers, but also many exploration and mapping experts, under the pretext of helping the Qing court attack Lin Fei, surveying and mapping, Japan is different from Western countries, Japan has long coveted the resources of Guangxi, has not had a chance to start, and now finally seized the opportunity.

Nogi Noshinori's troops totaled more than 10,000 people, and the number of people brought with him was already a lot, this was because Nogi Noshinori wanted to carry out the secret order of the Japanese government, and this secret order was that when Lin Fei was defeated, he would lead the troops to be stationed in Guilin.

Although the Japanese army was defeated by Lin Fei in Taiwan, Nogi Noshinori was still very confident, because this time the Japanese army's dispatch was very secretive, and basically no one knew about it, which gave Nogi Noshinori the opportunity to attack suddenly.

On August 3, Nogi Noshinori's troops arrived in a small county town outside Guilin, Lin Fei's reform has not yet been carried out here, so it is still in the hands of the gentry, Nogi Noshinori came to the county seat, found the local gentry to inquire, and learned that the Chinese army in Guilin City was only more than 1,000 people, and immediately had a plan, and instructed the gentry: "You immediately find a way to lead the Chinese army in Guilin City to the Wild Wolf Valley." ”

Wild Wolf Valley is a valley in the south of Guilin, with high mountains on both sides and flat land in the middle, because there are often wild wolves infested, so it is called Wild Wolf Valley.

Wolf Valley is an excellent place for ambushes.

The gentry knew that the Chinese army was an army that was the master of the poor people, and he must give all his fields to the people in the future, so he was willing to serve the Japanese.

After thinking about it, Hao Shen found a slave nicknamed "Mountain Monkey" and asked him to go to Guilin Mansion, so and so, and so on, and led the Chinese army in the city to the Wild Wolf Valley, and there was a lot of reward.

This mountain monkey is so clever that he has earned the nickname "Mountain Monkey", and this person is used to stealing and playing tricks, doing all kinds of evil, and the people hate him to the bone.

The mountain monkey came to Guilin City, found Zhang Jiancheng, and said: "The big thing is not good, there are Qing soldiers coming." ”

Zhang Jiancheng's heart moved, it has been almost a month since Guilin was conquered, and there were no Qing soldiers coming to crusade at all, this matter is really weird, and today it finally came to crusade.

Zhang Jiancheng then asked, "How many Qing soldiers are there?" ”

"Report to the military master, there are three or five thousand people."

Zhang Jiancheng praised the mountain monkey with a few words, and then sent a fast horse to the small county town to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, how could the scouts know that the Qing soldiers were pretended by the Japanese army, so they came back and told Zhang Jiancheng that there were indeed a lot of Qing soldiers in the Wild Wolf Valley.

Zhang Jiancheng immediately decided to take the initiative to attack, led 500 cavalry under his command, and went straight to the Wild Wolf Valley.

Nogi Noshinori has already arranged an ambush strategy, first put 3,000 Japanese troops outside the Wild Wolf Valley, and when the Huaxia army comes, these troops will resist for a while, and then immediately withdraw into the Wild Wolf Valley, tempting the Huaxia army to chase.

Zhang Jiancheng knew the combat capability of the Qing soldiers, and immediately decided to break through the Qing soldiers' tents and annihilate them in one go.

Zhang Jiancheng gave the order for the whole army to charge, and the Chinese soldiers immediately urged their horses, brandished their sabers, and rushed to the Qing soldiers' camp tents.

The front-line commander Pegasus came back to report to Zhang Jiancheng: "Captain, should we pursue?" ”

Zhang Jiancheng waved his hand to call the mountain monkey closer, and pointed to the valley with a horsewhip, "What is the terrain in the valley?" ”

The mountain monkey hurriedly replied: "Report to the military master, the slopes in the valley are gentle, the grass and trees are sparse, and there is absolutely no way to hide the ambush soldiers, and the military master can attack quickly." ”

Zhang Jiancheng is a very smart officer, listening to the mountain monkey say this, I immediately noticed that something is wrong, I asked the mountain monkey what is the terrain in the valley, how did he tell me that there is absolutely no ambush in the valley, why does he want me to enter the valley so much?

Zhang Jiancheng thought about it before and after, and suddenly became suspicious in his heart, and hurriedly ordered: "All troops are on standby and must not chase after them." ”

The mountain monkey was shocked, if Zhang Jiancheng didn't chase after him, his reward would be wasted, and the mountain monkey hurriedly begged: "Master Jun, this group of Qing soldiers is very bad, and they often bully the people, please ask the master to avenge the people." ”

The mountain monkey thought he was proud, but he didn't expect to be heard by Zhang Jiancheng to have some clues, these days, I haven't heard that there are Qing soldiers bullying the people nearby, the mountain monkey said this, is it deliberately coaxing me to let me enter the valley?

Zhang Jiancheng didn't say anything, but just smiled: "Don't worry about revenge first, it's getting late today, and there is a lot of inconvenience in marching. ”

The mountain monkey was very regretful, but he didn't dare to say more, so he had to retreat by Zhang Jiancheng, Zhang Jiancheng set up camp outside the Wild Wolf Valley, in the Wild Wolf Valley, Nogi Xidian wondered, why didn't the Chinese army attack, could it be that they found something wrong?

Nogi Noshinori was speculating wildly, when one of his subordinates said: "Captain, we might as well try to attack the Huaxia army, if the Huaxia army is vulnerable, we will annihilate them in one fell swoop, if their combat effectiveness is not weak, we will retreat, lead them into the Wild Wolf Valley, and then ambush them." ”

Nogi Noshinori nodded in agreement, and that night, the Japanese army took advantage of the dark night to launch an attack on Zhang Jiancheng's Huaxia army.

In order not to let the Chinese army see the flaws, this group of Japanese troops wore a fake braid, and the guns in their hands were also rifles of the Qing soldiers, and the guns used by the Qing soldiers were all Mauser guns purchased from Germany, and their performance was even much better than the Murata rifles used by the Japanese army.

Although Zhang Jiancheng's troops were small in number, they constituted a circular defensive position, the defense was extremely tight, the Japanese charge was useless, and they fled after killing more than a dozen people, and in order to prevent the Chinese army from seeing the flaws in the corpse, they also snatched the corpse.

The Huaxia army was supposed to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but Zhang Jiancheng decisively stopped it, so the Huaxia army stood still and waited all night.

During the day the next day, the mountain monkey came to Zhang Jiancheng and urged Zhang Jiancheng to attack as soon as possible, the mountain monkey had already thought of a whole set of rhetoric, and was confident that he could move Zhang Jiancheng, but he didn't expect Zhang Jiancheng to put his face down as soon as he saw him, and said angrily: "What a damn mountain monkey, you did a good thing, think I don't know?" ”

The mountain monkey's legs were frightened, and he knelt in front of Zhang Jiancheng with a "plop" and cried: "Master Jun, what did I do?" ”

Zhang Jiancheng said angrily: "You are usually a disaster in the township, bullying men and women, the crime is unforgivable, and what is even more hateful is that you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and you dare to coax me." ”

The mountain monkey hurriedly kowtowed, "The military master misunderstood, how could I deceive you." ”

"You told me yesterday that this group of Qing soldiers has bullied the people a lot, but I sent someone to check among the people and learned that these Qing soldiers not only do not bully the people, but even have no contact with the people, why are you lying to me?"

The mountain monkey was so frightened that he was drenched in a cold sweat and hurriedly defended: "Yes...... That's the case, I have a relative who was bullied by the Qing soldiers, so I hated the Qing soldiers when I saw them, so I wanted the military master to avenge me, and made up some random things, hoping that the military master would forgive me. ”

Zhang Jiancheng sneered, "You said that your relative was bullied, well, let me ask you, who is that relative, what is his name, and where does he live?" ”

The mountain monkey's mind was racing, if he didn't make up this nonsense and angered this Zhang Jiancheng, his little life would be gone, so the mountain monkey hurriedly said: "That relative of mine is a relative of my hometown." "After saying smug, you can't go to my hometown to investigate.

"Are you a relative from your hometown, where is your hometown?"

"In ...... ...... in Henan"

"Fart!" Zhang Jiancheng roared angrily and interrupted the mountain monkey's words, "Mountain monkey, I have already investigated your life history, you are a local at all, how can you have any hometown, today you and I are talking nonsense, I will not punish you heavily, it is really intolerable, come on, drag this mountain monkey down, and beat a hundred military sticks first." ”

The mountain monkey was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly wailed "spare his life", Zhang Jiancheng waved his hand to stop his subordinates, and said angrily: "Mountain monkey, tell me everything you know, I will spare you from death." ”

Seeing that the mountain monkey could no longer hide the matter, he told the conspiracy and tricks of Nogi Noshinori, Zhang Jiancheng was taken aback after hearing it, and asked: "You said that the Qing soldiers in front of you are pretending to be Japanese?" ”

"Yes, that's right, they are all pretended to be Japanese, if there is half a lie, let me thunder five times in the sky."

Zhang Jiancheng nodded lightly, ordered someone to bring the mountain monkey down, and then ordered someone to report the news of the Japanese army's dispatch to Lin Fei, and then gathered his subordinates to discuss the way to clean up the Japanese in the Wild Wolf Valley.

A staff officer said: "The Japanese don't want to die in a war, we have all seen it, if we insist on rushing inside, I am afraid that there will be a lot of casualties, I think it is better to invite the super artillery regiment and let them use artillery to bombard the mountains for a while, maybe they can bomb all those Japanese troops to death." ”

Zhang Jiancheng shook his head lightly, "If you want to bomb all the Japanese to death, I'm afraid it's impossible." ”

Another staff officer said: "I suggest that the Super Artillery Regiment shoot incendiary bombs into the Wild Wolf Valley, then the Japanese are probably doomed." ”

"Why do you want to use incendiary bombs, can there be a mountain fire in Wolf Valley?"

"That's right, I asked the villagers, and they said that the Wild Wolf Valley is very dry, and if there is an open fire, it will definitely burn into a mountain fire, and then the Japanese in it will have to be turned into barbecue Japanese chickens."