Rumble! In the continuous shelling, an armor-piercing shell finally hit the city gate, which instantly shattered the city gate in all parts.

The head of the devil who shot Qiao Youhua just now on the head of the city was also blown up by a cannonball, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and he flew upside down and fell into the city, killing him on the spot.

After a few rounds of shelling, Qiao Youhua rode on a war horse, swung his saber vigorously, and took the lead in rushing towards the city gate.

"Drive! Come on! Kill! Hundreds of dragon tooth cavalry urged their horses, brandished their swords, and rushed into the city.

After the artillery bombardment just now, the devils on the head of the city were already dead, and after the dragon tooth cavalry swarmed into the city, they fired a submachine gun and basically killed all of them.

The remaining puppet army was already frightened by the artillery fire of the Dragon Tooth Column, and after the Dragon Tooth Cavalry entered the city, they followed Qiao Youhua and shouted in unison: "The puppet army will not kill if you surrender your guns!" ”

When the puppet soldiers who were about to surrender heard this, they directly threw away their guns, raised their hands, knelt on the ground, and said: "The Eighth Route Army spares their lives, spare their lives, we are willing to surrender!" ”

Qiao Youhua then divided a part of his troops to guard them, and Liu Jianhua and they divided their troops to other places in the city, and soon used powerful firepower to kill the devils and some hardcore traitors in other directions in the city, and forced the landing of most of the puppet army.

In this way, Shun Lì captured the county seat of Wuqiang.

In this battle, the Dragontooth Cavalry Battalion only consumed a few dozen shells and some submachine gun shells, and some cavalry did not even fire their guns, and the battle was declared over.

Some mortar shells were captured in the warehouses of the devils in the city, just enough to replenish the consumption of the cavalry battalion.

Before the four or five hundred puppet army prisoners were collected, the scattered cavalry guard posts brought bad news, a large number of Japanese troops came from the direction of Hengshui, with at least thousands of troops.

After listening to this, Liu Jianhua said to Qiao Youhua: "Commander, what should we do?" ”

Qiao Youhua thought for a while and said, "Withdraw, go to Raoyang!" ”

"What about these puppet captives?" Liu Jianhua asked again.

"Let's let them go, but the weapons and ammunition must be destroyed, and they can't be used by the Japanese anymore." Qiao Youhua said.

"Understood!" Liu Jianhua immediately took the order, commanded his subordinates to collect and destroy the weapons and ammunition of the puppet army captives, and then evacuated here with Qiao Youhua.

More than 500 puppet army captives looked at the dragon's tooth cavalry who had gone away, and had an unreal sense of escaping death, and finally they didn't know who shouted to flee for their lives, and they suddenly woke up and fled in all directions.

By the time the Japanese army in Hengshui arrived in Wuqiang County, it was already empty, and only the bodies of some dead Japanese soldiers were still scattered in and around the city wall.

A Japanese second lieutenant took the lead in entering the city with a small group of troops, and after some investigation, he turned back and reported to the devil Dazuo who led the team: "Your Excellency Dazuo, all the imperial troops left behind were killed in battle, and the imperial army only had a small number of corpses, and more people were missing, so they should all be deserters."

The warehouses of the Imperial Army in the city were also destroyed, and the supplies were lost. ”

Two consecutive swoops in the air caused the Japanese soldier to be furious, gritted his teeth and said: "Baga Yalu, damn it!" Order the troops to continue the pursuit! They must not be allowed to sabotage like this! ”

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While Qiao Youhua led the cavalry battalion all the way to Raoyang, he also secretly left some reconnaissance cavalry to monitor the movements of the Japanese army.

Soon, Qiao Youhua learned about the specific strength of the Japanese army that was chasing, more than 7,000 people, because the devil left 1,000 people in Hengshui City to defend the city.

With so many troops, it was obviously not something that the cavalry battalion could defeat now, so Qiao Youhua gave up the idea of ambushing them and continued to march towards Raoyang.

Qiao Youhua's tactics are very simple, using the mobility of the cavalry, attacking the towns and towns on the logistics of the Japanese puppet army all the way, and by the way, leading the nose of the main force of the devil infantry, dragging them down and making them exhausted.

Divide the troops in four and eventually dilute the opponent's forces and create a chance for each to defeat them.

Qiao Youhua is following the morning glory tactics of Chen Geng, the famous founding general of the republic, as long as he eats the main force of the thousands of Japanese troops and the remaining puppet army, it will be easy to clean up.

Soon, the cavalry battalion rushed to the outside of Raoyang City, the Japanese puppet army in Raoyang County was much stronger than Wu, and it was obviously notified, the city was crowded with people, and the defense was very tight.

Liu Jianhua observed it with a telescope and said to Qiao Youhua: "Commander, it seems that there are more defenders in Raoyang than we expected, what should we do, can we fight or not?" ”

"How long is the devil's pursuit force from us?" Qiao Youhua asked with a frown.

"If the devil infantry marched at full speed, they should be able to arrive in an hour at most." Liu Jianhua said.

"An hour!" Qiao Youhua's face was a little solemn, in such a short period of time, it was obviously not easy to storm Raoyang County, which was at least defended by the puppet army the day before, after all, the defenders in the city were already prepared.

In case it can't be attacked, when the main infantry of the devil catches up again, the cavalry battalion will be exposed to the enemy on its back and fall into an extremely passive situation.

Weighing the pros and cons, Qiao Youhua decided not to take risks for the time being, because this is an extraordinary time, and the troops in his hands are precious, and if there is any mistake, it may lead to the disastrous consequences of the entire campaign.

He said to Liu Jianhua: "Leave a platoon of cavalry, roaming around outside the city, firing a few shots at the city wall from time to time to attract the attention of the Japanese puppet army, and when the main force of the devils catches up, they will quickly evacuate and rush to Anping County to meet us." ”

"Anping County? Commander, do you mean we're going to fight Anping? Liu Jianhua said in surprise.

Qiao Youhua nodded and said: "That's right, rush to Anping County as fast as possible, just imagine, once the devils know that we have captured Anping, what will happen to them?" ”

"They will definitely be eager to rush to Anping and pursue us." Liu Jianhua said.

"That's right, what we want is an effect, we are cavalry, relying on the four legs of war horses, they are two legs, just tired of running, tired can drag them down!" Qiao Youhua said: "When the devils are exhausted, we will go back and beat them." In a word, the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, and the enemy is tired and I fight! ”

Liu Jianhua nodded in admiration and said, "The commander's tactics are really clever, so it won't be a problem to defeat them." ”

"No matter what time in history you want to win more with less, the root of it lies in the proper use of tactics! We're no exception this time! Qiao Youhua said.

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At the moment, the cavalry battalion was divided into two, and about sixty-seven cavalrymen, led by a second lieutenant platoon commander, stayed, and the other main forces followed Qiao Youhua to the northwest.

The sixty or seventy cavalrymen were divided into three groups, and according to Qiao Youhua's orders, they ran back and forth outside the city, firing at Raoyang City from time to time, so that the Japanese puppet army in the city did not dare to slack off for a moment, and they were extremely nervous.