Chapter 48: Nothing is enough, there is more than failure
"Your Excellency, Commander of the Reporting Division! About ten miles northwest of this place is Hamyang County, North Korea. The staff officer of the Fifth Division, Yasumasa Fukushima, ran to Nozu Michikani and reported loudly.
"Yo Xi!" A smug smile appeared on the corner of Nozu Michikan's mouth, "At this time, the main forces of the Qing army and the Korean army are pinned down in Shanqing County, as long as we can take Xianyang County in one fell swoop and cut off the enemy's rear route, the enemy army will collapse without a fight!" ”
"Your Excellency the Division Commander is wise!" Fukushima Yasumasa said respectfully.
"Order the troops to rest in place, pay attention to vigilance, do not let the enemy find the traces of the locusts, and after an hour, immediately go north to Xianyang, and take Xianyang County with lightning speed!" Nozu Michikan ordered with a stern face.
"Hay!" Fukushima Yasumasa bowed down to receive the order.
Nozu Michikani nodded in satisfaction, then sat down on a large rock on the side of the road, and began to close his eyes with his knife on the ground. Now in his fifties, Nozu Michikan was exhausted after a night of rapid marching, and he was barely supported by his strong willpower, but now as soon as he relaxed, he suddenly felt a wave of tiredness hit him, and he fell asleep unconsciously.
"Smack!" A sudden gunshot woke up Nozu Michikan, "Yaga! How to do it, where to drop a gun! Nozu Michikani asked loudly with a pair of scarlet dog eyes.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander! Just now, the vigilance of the Locust Army found a North Korean scout, and the North Korean scout also found the Locust Army, but Your Excellency, the division commander, don't worry, that scout has already been killed! Yasumasa Fukushima ran to Nozu Michikani and reported loudly.
"Baga Ya Road! You drop stupid big drops! How could the Koreans send only one scout, there must be their accomplices nearby, wouldn't the sound of gunfire expose the traces of the locust army! Nozu Michikani was furious, grabbed Fukushima Yasumasa by the collar, and reprimanded loudly.
"Hay! It's a lowly negligence, please punish the division commander! Fukushima Yasumasa couldn't help but change his face when he heard this, and immediately realized the nature of the matter, and quickly bowed his head to admit the guilt.
"Baga Ya Road! Punish you for having a fart, immediately gather troops, immediately go north, and go straight to Xianyang County! Nozu Michikani said angrily.
"Hay!" Fukushima Yasumasa bowed down to receive the order.
"It's all a bunch of idiots!" Nozu said hatefully. He took out his pocket watch and glanced at the time, the time had just passed half an hour, and Nozu Michikan knew that the locust army was exhausted at this time, but it was urgent, and he could only rely on his tenacious will to take Xianyang City in one fell swoop, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Get out of the way! Hurry up and drop! Nozu Michikan turned over and rode on horseback, urging anxiously.
Although the little devils were exhausted one by one, seeing that His Excellency the division commander was angry, he could only endure a stomach of complaints, dragged his tired body, and hurried towards Xianyang.
"Hurry up and keep up!" Nozu Michikani raised the horsewhip in his hand and whipped it on the head of a little devil who ran slower.
The little devil couldn't help but let out a miserable scream, picked up the military hat that was pumped away, casually buckled it on his head, and then gritted his teeth and ran forward, for fear that the whip of the division commander would fall on his head again, but he couldn't help but scold the eighteenth generation of Nozu Dao's ancestors over and over again.
"The Wako are coming! The Woko are coming! A North Korean scout on horseback shouted south of Xianyang.
At this time, at the south gate of Xianyang City, there was a long convoy of mules and horses slowly leaving the city, and this convoy was escorting grain and grass for the army on the front line. As soon as the Korean men in the escort convoy heard that the Japanese were coming, they looked up and saw a cloud of dust rising in the distance, and their faces were as frightened as dirt, and they could no longer care about the grain and grass they were escorting, and turned around as if they were running in the city. The soldiers of the Dongxue Army who escorted them, although they tried their best to restrain them, but where they were restrained, some even joined the team that escaped. The already congested road suddenly became a mess.
"Close the gates!" The commander of the first company of the second battalion of the Tiger Ben Army at the head of the city also found the approaching little devil at this time, and shouted loudly at the city.
"Company commander, the city gate is blocked, and it can't be closed at all!" A Tiger Soldier shouted as he pointed to the crowded gate.
When the company commander looked down at the city, tears of anxiety were about to flow out. I saw a few ox carts under the city to block the hole in the city gate, and the most annoying thing was that some people outside the city and soldiers of the Dongxue Army were scrambling to climb over the ox carts and run towards the city, the scene was completely out of control, and the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army who wanted to close the city gate could not even enter the city gate hole, how could they close the city gate.
"Pull the ox cart away for Lao Tzu first!" The commander of a company shouted loudly.
"Do you want to send someone to inform the battalion commander!" At this time, a soldier next to him hurriedly reminded.
When the company commander heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, "Where is there still the kung fu to send someone to inform and shoot a warning!" As he spoke, the company commander took out his pistol and fired three shots into the air.
The North Koreans outside the city suddenly heard the gunshots, and thought that it was a little devil who killed them, and they didn't dare to look back at all.
The beads of sweat of the bean soon disagreed with the forehead of the company commander, and the company was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and the back of the head was about to be scratched bald, but it was still at a loss, and there was nothing to be done! "Order the troops to prepare for battle, and fight with the little devils!" The company commander roared loudly with a pair of bull's eyes.
Nozu Michi, who was riding a horse in the distance, looked at the scene outside Xianyang City, and danced excitedly, "Yo Xi! Big drop good! God bless the Locust Army! Attack now and take Xianyang City in one fell swoop! ”
"Hay!" Fukushima Yasumasa couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene, pointed forward with his command knife and shouted loudly, "Kill it!" ”
The little devils, who were already tired like dead dogs, after seeing this scene, also burst out with their last strength one by one, and swept towards Xianyang City in a burst of ghosts crying wolf howls.
Zhao Bin, the commander of the second battalion, who was patrolling the city, heard the gunshots of the warning in the south of the city, and immediately ran towards the south gate with the soldiers of a squad on patrol.
Approaching the city gate, Zhao Bin had already seen a long line of convoys parked on the street, these convoys carrying grain and grass for the army had not yet had time to leave the city, but at this time, neither the coachman nor the escorted North Korean soldiers had already run away. Looking in the direction of the city gate from a distance, you can see the wolves and beholden Koreans squeezing in from the city gate, and then scattering and fleeing for their lives.
"This group of Korean barbarians who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures!" Zhao Bin couldn't help but scolded hatefully, "Immediately notify the troops to prepare for battle, and immediately send a squad of soldiers out of the city from the West Gate and go to Shanqing County to report to Lord Ren, saying that the Japanese invaded Xianyang, Xianyang is in danger, please send reinforcements to rescue Lord Ren immediately." Just go! ”
"Yes!" The herald who followed Zhao Bin responded respectfully, then turned around and walked away quickly.