Now it's time to talk about Cai Chengxun. The two attacks failed to break the blockade, and the decision to make a detour was reluctantly made, and under the leadership of Zheng Cheng's patrol battalion brothers, who were familiar with the terrain, they fled south and fled out of the treacherous Autumn Village. And this action actually concealed the fifth company of the Mengshan Army squatting on the slope of the village entrance.

Chae Sung-hoon's original intention was not to escape from the battlefield that was fundamentally out of control, but to join the rear team in a roundabout way. The situation is so chaotic that the rear team is at war, and they can't please themselves in the dark and unfamiliar village. The enemy was obviously prepared, and Cai Chengxun didn't care about how the enemy had mastered his whereabouts, and what he had to do now was to rendezvous with the rear team and make himself invincible first.

What I didn't expect was that as soon as the troops withdrew, the morale of the army was scattered, as if they had lost the battle, and they had to run away. This scene made Cai Chengxun furious, and he was involuntarily surrounded by troops and stumbled on the dark mountain road, barely able to stop the reality of the retreat. Even if he shouted and scolded, it would not help. Everyone has only one thought, escape!

Cai Chengxun was protected by the guards and bypassed Zhao's house, fled all the way south for more than ten miles, and finally gathered the team. Counting the battalion he carried, he lost more than 40 people, which was nothing, but the ammunition was seriously damaged, and all the dozens of boxes of bullets he carried were lost in Qiucun. The bullets were all handed over to the recruits to carry, but they were all lost on the way back. And half of Zheng Cheng's patrol battalion disappeared in Autumn Village and on the way to escape!

This is good, even if the team is reorganized, there is no capital to fight! How can you fight without bullets? Just a little bullet left in the soldiers' cartridge belts? Cai Chengxun remembered the two attacks at the east entrance of the village last night, and the bandits had excellent weapons and training, and now they had the ammunition they had discarded, which was even more powerful.

Chae Sung-hoon regretted leaving Choo Village. Even if it is withdrawn, it cannot be in such a hurry. He stopped in a relatively flat clearing, and after sorting out the number of troops, he called for the patrol battalion soldiers who led the way, and this person did not appear where he was. He made a torch and squatted on the ground to draw a simple map, according to the introduction of Zheng Cheng and his soldiers, Cai Chengxun judged that his current location was in the southeast of Qiu Village, no more than ten miles away from Qiu Village, and it might be closer to the rear team led by Zhang Yingguan. But this generation is mountainous, and the map does not represent the actual situation, according to the soldiers of the patrol battalion, if you go directly to the road, you must turn back! It is not possible to go directly to the north, and even during the day, the mountain in front of you is not easy to climb.

It's just fucking! Chae Sung-hoon now believes that the main force of the bandits is in Choo Village, and the battle that took place in the rear team is nothing more than harassment by a few enemies in order to prevent the rear team from joining him. Therefore, he was not worried about the rear team just now, but now he began to worry, if the bandits who were ambushed in Qiu Village turned around and attacked the rear team regardless of themselves, who knows if there would be a problem with Zhang Yingguan? The advantage of the bandits lies in the familiarity of the terrain and the darkness of the night, and it is difficult to carry forward their firepower superiority. What should be done now is to immediately rendezvous with the rear team, hold it until dawn, or attack and advance to Zhengjiazhuang, or withdraw to Fei County to discuss the long-term plan.

Thinking of this, Cai Yingguan called Zheng Cheng and asked him to bring someone to be a guide and assist a team of Shen team officers to contact the rear team immediately. The officers and men of the 1st Battalion and the Patrol Battalion rested in place and waited for the results of the reconnaissance. Anyway, let's find Zhang Yingguan's troops first. In addition, it was the artillery team that made Cai Chengxun very worried, no matter what, no accident could happen, that was Li Chun's top heart. It is said that those Western fast cannons were obtained by Lord Yuan from Lord Zhangzhidong in Hubei, and Lord Zhang Zhidong was urgently purchased after the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War. Jinan's troops already have the Krupp seven-and-a-half cannons, and Cao Kun has got them, but the Yizhou garrison is not qualified to match, and these small-caliber fast guns are the most powerful weapons of the Yizhou troops.

Zheng Cheng was reluctant in his heart, but he was helpless, he didn't dare to resist Cai Yingguan's military order, so he had to go north with Shen Gongguan. At this time, Cai Chengxun still thought that the rear team was just being harassed.

After fighting in a daze for most of the night, the troops were tired and hungry, and they were looking for a place to rest. Cai Chengxun's guards brought him some mountain spring water, and he also brought a little dry food with him, Cai Chengxun ate a little bit of cold water, and felt a lot more refreshed. Leaning against a big tree to pretend to sleep.

It is estimated that only half an hour later, Team Officer Shen and Zheng Cheng came back, and as soon as he saw Officer Shen's expression, Zheng Cheng knew that things were not good. Sure enough, the officer of the Shen team said that the rear team was finished, and across the mountain beam, they saw the officers and soldiers on the mountain road who were escorted to the direction of Qiucun, the battle there was over, and many of the bandits were searching on the hillside and the bottom of the ditch, and the resistance of the officers and soldiers was completely over. They did not dare to get too close, but observed from a distance that the bandits were cleaning up the battlefield and escorting the captured brother in the direction of Akimura.

Like a scoop of cold water poured over, Cai Chengxun was full of excitement, "What? Did you read that right? ”

Officer Shen said in frustration, "You can't be mistaken. I'm not alone, five or six pairs of eyes have seen it. Now what? ”

The second battalion is finished? The artillery team is also finished? Cai Chengxun grabbed Zheng Cheng's neckline, you did a good job! Three hundred! It's just nonsense! Let's see what you do with the town guard.

He figured it out immediately! The gunshots on the road last night were bandits attacking the rear team! And not what harassment! The bandits have already mastered the information of the official army's advance, and the first thing they are targeting is the rear team! Thinking of this, Cai Chengxun scolded Zheng Cheng.

Zheng Cheng felt deeply wronged. It was your own decision that Xindao withdrew from Autumn Village, and if you can't open the block, it's also your soldiers, but now you are complaining about yourself! Half of the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion I brought were lost, and I can't explain to Lu Shangfeng. However, the number of bandits must be mistaken, there are quite a few ambushes in Akimura, but there are still a large number of bandits to attack the rear team! How many of them are there? Three hundred is obviously more than that, but the news brought by the old father and younger brother will not be wrong? Now he sent people under the fence, and he didn't dare to argue with Cai Yingguan, so let's talk about it when he returns to Yizhou. Zheng Cheng thought to himself, what an elite! It's all fucking bullshit, and you can't even deal with a few bandits. As for how to lose this battle, he didn't think much about it. Anyway, it's defeated, don't think about going back to Zhengjiazhuang now to settle accounts with those mud legs.

By now, Cai Chengxun has basically reacted to last night's battle: the bandits have long mastered their own actions, and this is a powerful armed force, with a large number of people, well-armed and well-trained, from Li Chun to himself, he is too fucking light on the enemy! No wonder Cao Kun was defeated by Mengshan, this enemy is definitely a great enemy that cannot be underestimated!

"Is it a counteroffensive now or a retreat to Yizhou?" Officer Shen asked softly. Team Officer Shao also came over, and he had heard the conversation just now.

Officer Shao was a little unconvinced, "Last night was too wretched, the enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, and it is dark night, and I can't see anything clearly in the black rumbling." Now they are definitely unprepared, and our army can take advantage of this and kill him with a horse pistol! Get the back team out."

Cai Chengxun's eyes lit up, and instantly dimmed again. Officer Shen seemed to have guessed the battalion officer's thoughts, "Lack of food and ammunition, morale has declined, plus the disadvantage of troops, let's withdraw." If this seed is gone, Master Li will be finished, and Yizhou will be finished. ”

"But, if we go back like this, how can you explain to Master Li?" Team Officer Shao looked at Officer Cai Ying.

Cai Chengxun was shocked, this is a very intimate word, after all, it is his old subordinate, "But, what if you lose?" Don't you see? The thieves are not two or three hundred at all...... Fuck it, damn it, what intel is provided? Thinking of last night's unexplained failure, Cai Chengxun was deeply ashamed.

"The three teams are complete enough to fight a battle. If the situation is not right, we will withdraw. Officer Shao insisted on fighting.

"Fuck, fuck it!" Cai Chengxun made up his mind and stomped his foot fiercely, "Hurry up and gather and kill him!" ”

At a time of incense, the officers and soldiers gathered again, ready to follow the route discovered by the Shen team officer, and first deal with the enemy who attacked the victorious team after attacking. The situation has been explained to the troops, and the soldiers are still fighting spirit, although they are all very hungry. Now, not only Cai Chengxun feels aggrieved, but the officers and men of the first battalion feel very guilty, the new army is known as the first elite in the sea, and the first major battle after arriving in Shandong has been made so passive! Therefore, the whole battalion held their breath and was bent on finding the field.

Less than a mile away, gunshots rang out in the rear, and they immediately joined together!

"The enemy is coming!" Officer Shao, who was delayed, immediately turned around to deal with the enemy who appeared behind him, and in an instant, several members of his infantry team had been shot.

Of course, it was Wang Mingyuan's second battalion that caught up. They actually took the wrong path in the pursuit last night, but they didn't expect that the official army did not reach Zhaojialou at all, but turned to the southeast from a fork in the northeast of Zhaojialou. Wang Mingyuan's movement was a beat slower, and it was night, although the moonlight appeared from time to time, but the second battalion did not find that the officers and soldiers turned the road and left. When he entered Zhao's house and asked, he didn't see the shadow of the official army at all, and Wang Mingyuan knew that he had lost it! After discussing with Cheng Erhu and Zhang Yulin, he decided to turn around and chase after him, he must catch this official army, and he must not let them run away!

The judgment of the three people was the same, this group of officers and troops was not ready to withdraw to Yizhou, but to make a detour to kill the way back to rescue the ambushed rear team.

The two sides fired at each other in an open field, and the encounter was short and fierce, although the enemy opened fire first, the officers and soldiers reacted extremely quickly, and in a very short time they lay down on the spot to resist. After firing at each other for several minutes, the two sides chose to retreat at the same time, each found favorable terrain, and a confrontation began.