Zheng Weiguo saw that a few soldiers were falling behind while walking, so he went over and shouted: "It's been a few days of practicing in vain!" See? People are so old that they can go faster than you! ”

Li Youcai smiled innocently and said, "Sir, don't scold them. I'm different from you, I walk this mountain road every day, and it's nothing to walk a hundred miles a day! Besides, I'm only thirty-five, and I'm not old! "The poor people of the old society looked much older than their peers in the modern society because of their hard life and malnutrition.

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly asked: "You walk this road every day, so do you know how long it takes for the road to get from here to Qiliba?" ”

Li Youcai said: "It depends on how you go." Sir, if you are in a hurry, I know that there is a mountain road. It's just not easy to walk, and generally only hunting people are in a hurry to catch wild animals to take that road. ”

Zheng Weiguo said happily: "Take us quickly!" As long as you can take us to Qiliba before dark, I will reward you with a hundred oceans. ”

When Li Youcai heard that he had so much money, he was so excited that his legs were trembling, and walking on the mountain road made people worry about his safety. This made Zheng Weiguo regret a little, he didn't say so much if he knew that Lu Dao, if he lost a guide because of this, it would be too worthless.

Under the leadership of Li Youcai, the living map, the troops soon found the legendary shortcut. It's just that it's hard to say whether this is all the way or not. Because this road is actually a fault in the cliff, narrow and overhanging, it makes you dizzy when you look at it.

Li Fugui has been following his uncle, and when he walked to the intersection, he was startled, and complained: "Uncle, what kind of road are you taking here!" Don't kill anyone! ”

Li Youcai was embarrassed: "Qiliba is far away from here, if you want to arrive before dark, you have to go from here!" ”

Zheng Weiguo came over to take a look and said, "I don't think it's a problem, there is a rope that can't kill people." I'll come first, and you'll follow. ”

Li Youcai hurriedly said: "Sir, let me go first!" I'm ripe! ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Okay! You take a loop of rope and put it as you go! Later, the warriors can come by holding on to the rope. He and Li Youcai walked in front and used ropes to make a simple protective device in several difficult places. As long as the fighters are careful, nothing will happen.

Everyone walked over the cliff with trepidation, and there was another steep slope in front of them. It's not easy to walk, but it's much better than the cliff just now. In this way, they walked through a lot of dangerous places in a row, and when there was a touch of red glow in the west, Zheng Weiguo and the others finally appeared on a hill next to Qiliba. This hill is not in charge, so there is no one to defend it.

Li Youcai pointed to the front and said happily: "Sir, the front is Qiliba." You said you arrived before dark, no, it's not dark yet! "The implication is, sir, shouldn't you give me the ocean?

Zheng Weiguo didn't care at first, he happily patted Li Youcai's shoulder and said, "Thank you so much." Uh, Li Youcai, you are really a living map! Come to our security corps, and I'll pay you a company commander's salary!" ”

Li Youcai hesitated, but did not say anything. He thought to himself that the ocean you said earlier has not been fulfilled, and he can't eat enough if he always draws a flatbread out of thin air.

Zheng Weiguo guessed his mind and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the one hundred and ten oceans promised before will also give you a lot of money!" But now we don't have any money, and you'll have to wait until we're done. ”

Li Youcai hurriedly said: "I can trust the sir, I'm waiting here." Having said that, Li Youcai was still very worried in his heart, for fear that Chief Zheng would regret it again. He wanted to tell the chief that only half of it would do, but he was a little reluctant.

Zheng Weiguo didn't want to repay the debt, but he really didn't have any money. However, when the Qili Dam is laid, there will be money. He told the warriors to rest first, recover their strength as soon as possible, and then fight a bad battle. He himself began to discuss the attack plan with Zhang Changgui and others, and their troops were a little small, so they had to be careful in their calculations.

The topography of Qiliba is rare in the north, and there are only a few places in the whole of northern China. It is surrounded by several mountains into a small mountain basin, which is very similar to the topography of Shanxi Wutai, so it is also called Xiaowutai. If it follows the normal historical trajectory, it will become the station of a certain army division of the Eighth Route Army.

The guard platoon did not attack Qiliba directly after resting, because Zheng Weiguo found a white gown hanging on a house on the east side of the town. This is a signal from the inside, which means that Hu San is not there, and he has come in vain. There was no way, so the troops had to stay overnight on the mountain and wait for Hu San to come back and clean him up. Fortunately, at seven o'clock the next morning, Zheng Weiguo found that the white coat had been changed to a black one, which meant that Hu San'er had returned to Qiliba.

At this time, the soldiers had just finished eating the field dry food, that is, fried noodles. In order to prevent the soldiers from getting appendicitis, Zheng Weiguo decided to simply wait, anyway, at this point in time, it is impossible for the enemy to lie in the bed and wait to be caught.

Zhang Changgui took a pair of binoculars and looked at it from east to west, and exclaimed: "What a good place to raise and hide soldiers!" ”

Zheng Weiguo took the binoculars and said with a smile: "The hero sees the same!" When we capture here, we will transfer the supplies to this side, and the county seat of Ping'an is too close to the Pinghan line, which is not suitable for cooperative logistics bases. ”

Zhang Changgui was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Tuanzao, do you want to give up Ping'an County?" It was not easy for us to get the approval of the elders of Ping'an County, and if we gave up the county, we were afraid that we would lose all our efforts. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Yes! The county town can't give up, but it can't put all the altars and jars there. If the devil has to rob it, I don't plan to defend it. Don't look at the little devils' attack strength now, because they are busy going south, and after they take Wuhan, they will have to turn back to deal with our forces behind enemy lines. ”

Zhang Changgui was a little surprised and said, "Do you think Wuhan must not be able to hold it?" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled bitterly and said, "Well, let's not talk about Wuhan for now." What else do you think about this operation? ”

Zhang Changgui thought for a moment and said, "No, I just feel a little risky." ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "How can there be no risk in a war? Oh, the time is almost up. Assemble your troops and get ready to go! ”

Qiliba is not a military fortress, but a large market town. Hu San has been operating here for nearly two years, and if you include his time in District 8, it will be even longer. From a defensive point of view alone, Hu San'er did a good job, using a lot of skills he learned when he was a bandit. One of the most obvious points is that the main force of his forces is not stationed in the town, but on the nearby hills, choking almost all the junctions.

Zheng Weiguo's plan is to go straight to the town and capture Hu San alive, if this plan is successful, the war can be directly ended, but if something goes wrong and Hu San escapes, he will be attacked by his crazy counterattack.

According to the previous information, Zheng Weiguo has found out where Hu San lives. According to the deployment, Zhang Changgui took two squads to block the street entrance, and Zheng Weiguo personally led a small team to attack the market town directly. Most of the people in the town have gotten up, but there are not many pedestrians on the streets, and most of them are cats in their yards.

Zheng Weiguo and his entourage were fully armed and appeared on the street with murderous spirit. Pistols, rifles, and light machine gun fuses have been opened and are ready to fire. Some soldiers also carried grenades with ripping off the pull ring in their hands, which reminded Zheng Weiguo of the half-life he had played when he was a student. It's still morning, there are very few pedestrians on the streets, and occasionally a few passers-by are also scared by them. Zheng Weiguo didn't care about the relationship between the military and the people at this time, and catching Hu San'er was the top priority.

Soon arrived at Hu San'er's mansion, which is a set of three in and three out compounds. In terms of style, it is far inferior to Wei Huairen's house, but from a military point of view, it is more solid, and there are turrets at the four corners of the courtyard. If there was a platoon of regular troops to defend, Zheng Weiguo would not dare to act rashly like this. However, according to reliable information, Hu San's house did not have any force, and he was too superstitious about the defense of several nearby hills.

A soldier stepped forward and knocked on the door, and a man who looked like a butler walked out. When the housekeeper saw that it was a soldier of the security regiment and thought it was Hu San'er's subordinate, he was furious and said, "Do you know the rules and regulations?" The commander (Hu San already calls himself the commander) just happened to have a good night's sleep, and he had to set up a banquet at night, what are you doing at this time? ”

Although tomorrow is Hu San'er's fiftieth birthday, according to the custom here, it is celebrated the night before. Zheng Weiguo also considered this point and decisively launched this operation.

The soldier did not back down and insisted: "I have important military information to report to the commander, and you can't afford to be a housekeeper if you delay the military plane!" ”

The housekeeper was really stunned, and he didn't dare to stop him for a while, so he had to say: "You just wait at the door, I'll report to the commander first!" ”

The butler did not close the door when he entered, and the warrior followed. The more he didn't have a "regular distance", the less arrogant the butler became, and he didn't dare to reprimand him anymore.

A fat man with a pockmarked face scolded angrily in the house: "What kind of people are making noise outside! His grandma's bear! I can't even sleep well! ”

The soldier shouted, "Commander, I have an urgent military situation!" The county security corps has already called! He also said that he would capture you alive, Commander! ”

The fattened man was furious when he heard this, and immediately jumped out of bed, dragged his shoes, and scolded as he walked: "Those Northeast Yankees are still turning against the sky, and they still want to capture Commander Ben alive!" Lao Tzu saw how they captured the company alive......" As he spoke, Hu San had already walked out of the door angrily. As soon as he saw the visitor, he knew that something was wrong, and the reason was very simple, his subordinates would not send a person he had not met to report the emergency military situation.

Hu San is a bandit who has been accumulating years of life, what danger has he not seen? He was in danger, one hand touched his waist, but his body fell down. However, in recent years, he has been pampered, and although his sense of fighting is still there, his skills are not as good as before. Before Hu San could pull out the gun, he was grabbed by the warrior Wang Da Sledgehammer and kicked under the gear. Hu San'er trembled in pain, and his eyes rolled white.