Li Yansan was silent, the imperfection of the intelligence network was beyond the scope of his aide-de-camp.

After a pause, Qiao Youhua cheered up again and said, "Okay, let's rush to Taiyuan first." After speaking, he waved his whip and whipped the war horse under his crotch, and the war horse was in pain, and ran forward with a neigh.

Along the way, Qiao Youhua did not take military trucks and other transport vehicles, but chose to ride a horse, for a simple reason, that is, riding a horse has a wider field of vision than riding a car, and it is more conducive to controlling the troops.

Li Yansan hurriedly turned around and ran to a side three-wheeled motorcycle, and instructed the driver: "Drive quickly, keep up with the commander." ”

The motorcycle started and roared forward.

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Taiyuan, in ancient times, was called and now called Bingzhou, Jinyang, is an ancient city with a history of more than 4,600 years, in the Ming Dynasty, it was the head of the nine towns of the border pass at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Taiyuan is located in the center of Shanxi, and the Fenshui, the second largest tributary of the Yellow River, flows through the whole territory from north to south. Taiyuan is surrounded by mountains in the west, north and east, and the middle and south are river valley plains, and the whole terrain is high in the north and low in the south.

The highest point is 2,670 meters above sea level, the lowest point is 760 meters, and the average altitude is about 800 meters.

Taihang Mountain is on the left, Luliang Mountain stands on the right, the two mountains in the clouds and the boat are hugged in the back, the Taiyuan Plain is spread in front, and the Fenshui runs through the whole territory from north to south.

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At the same time, Taiyuan is also the intersection of the Zhengtai Railway and the Tongpu Railway, of which the Zhengtai Railway Line passes through the east of its urban area and intersects with the Tongpu Railway a few miles south of the city.

In addition to the troops lost in Niangzi Pass, Yangquan, and Shouyang, at this moment, the regular army strength of the devil in Taiyuan also has five infantry brigades and two artillery brigades, with a total strength of about 6,000 people, which can be said to be half a mixed brigade.

And the devil is inside and outside Taiyuan City, and the temporary city defense army recruited by the devil is more than 30,000 people. In addition, there are more than 20,000 imperial troops in Taiyuan City.

At first glance, the total strength of the Japanese puppet army in Taiyuan is nearly 20,000 more than that of the Longya Column, but the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not the same.

Taiyuan is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the terrain is dangerous, if you want to attack the city, you can only go south along the Zhengtai Railway, first capture the railway station in the south of the city, and then advance to the city.

Therefore, the devils concentrated the most important forces in the south of the city and around the railway station, as well as the east and west banks of the Fen River.

After a rapid march, Qiao Youhua and his troops finally arrived about three kilometers outside Taiyuan City.

At this time, Zhao Tiezhu had already taken the cavalry reconnaissance battalion and took the lead in chasing after him from behind, and Zhao Tiezhu even took a guard and rode a horse to catch up with Qiao Youhua in person and return to him.

After Qiao Youhua comforted and encouraged Zhao Tiezhu, he suddenly said: "It just so happens that Deputy Commander Zhao is back, just work hard, take the cavalry reconnaissance battalion, open the road in front of the head, and advance along the railway line to Taiyuan to reconnoitre, clear a small number of obstacles for my main force, if you encounter a large number of enemy troops, don't fall in love with the battle, withdraw as much as possible." ”

Zhao Tiezhu happily stepped forward and responded: "Yes!" Please rest assured, the commander will do his best. ”

After a while, Zhao Tiezhu returned to the ranks of the cavalry battalion and said to more than 1,000 subordinates: "The commander ordered us to open the way in front of the head, and they all follow me." ”

After saying that, he took the lead and rode his horse forward.

More than 1,000 dragon tooth cavalry rode their horses and galloped and followed closely.

Zhao Tiezhu led the cavalry troops, and soon overtook the main force of a large number of infantry, and along the road on the west side of the railway, he rushed towards the south of Taiyuan City.

The eastern end of the road is at least a mile or two away from the railway line, and this area, like the west side of the road, is covered with wild grass more than a person high, especially behind the weeds on the west side of the road, and there is a ditch about two meters wide and not too deep.

The dragon tooth cavalrymen who were galloping on their horses did not pay attention, and about six hundred meters in front of them, on the edge of a ditch in the weeds, there was a squad of devil scouts hidden.

These devils were scouts sent by the Japanese army in order to find out the movements of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

When these devil scouts found the dragon tooth cavalry suddenly rushing along the road, one of the leading devil soldiers, Cao, immediately turned his head and ordered a private: "You drop, go back immediately, report the information to the headquarters, and say that the cavalry of the people has arrived, so that the garrison of the city is ready." ”

"Hay!" The devil private nodded, immediately got up, and quickly disappeared along the ditch with his rifle on his back and disappeared from the sight of the other devils.

Another devil asked the devil soldier Cao Dao: "Senior, what did we leave behind?" ”

"Blocking the Chinese cavalry, we can't let them just go so smoothly to our line of defense at the station." After the devil soldier Cao finished speaking, he ordered several scouts under him: "You guys, go over there immediately, we will disperse and fire at the same time,"

Several devil soldiers led the order to leave, and soon, they scattered and hid on both sides of the ditch, poking out the muzzles of black holes from the dense barren grass, aiming at the crowd of dragontooth cavalry who were rushing wildly.

When Zhao Tiezhu led the cavalry into the effective range of the devil rifle, the devil soldier Cao took the lead in pulling the trigger, and the other devil soldiers also fired one after another.

Smack! Smack! Smack! A burst of gunfire like fried beans suddenly rang out, and several hot bullets suddenly flew out of the barren grass and whistled towards the crowd of dragontooth cavalry.

The moment the gun rang out, Zhao Tiezhu's face couldn't help but change, his heart was cold, he didn't think much about it, and immediately quickly lowered his head and lay on the back of the war horse.

A scorching bullet whistled over his head, bringing a scorching heat, which made Zhao Tiezhu's heart palpitate and break out in a cold sweat.

One of the guards beside him and the other two cavalry warriors who were at the forefront were not as lucky as him, and almost at the same time they were hit by the bullets of the devils, and they fell off their horses, trampled to death by the hooves of the dragontooth cavalry that followed them, and died a heroic death.

After Zhao Tiezhu dodged the fatal blow, he didn't care about anything else, and immediately raised the MP38 submachine gun hanging around his neck, and fired at the right front.

At the same time, he shouted at the top of his voice: "There is an ambush, give me a hard beating!" ”

The other soldiers were pulled back from shock by Zhao Tiezhu's roar, and when they came to their senses, they raised their submachine guns one after another, almost reflexively, and followed Zhao Tiezhu to fire fiercely at the grass and ditch where the devil was hiding.

Da Da Da ...... Da Da Da ...... For a while, the submachine guns rang out, and the bullets were dense like raindrops, and the dust and smoke of the barren grass that was more than one person high were bursting with smoke and countless breaks.

Several devil scouts who were hiding inside and were about to shoot a second shot were hit by a dense rain of bullets on the spot, and half of them died.