During the Spring Festival of the Xin Chou year, the people in the "base area" spent it in an atmosphere of panic and anxiety. The panic came from the calf holding the horse that had hit a wall in Teng County, and went north. It is said that there are four or five thousand people, and the momentum is huge, and the target is Zhengjiazhuang.

Ordinary people always have limited information, and as the top administrative head of the "base area" that is not recognized by the government, Chen Chao is qualified to obtain the most accurate military information.

Before the Spring Festival, the once disappeared calf-hugging people suddenly attacked Yi County, and the inside and outside joined forces to defeat the county seat of Yi County. This news did not arouse the vigilance of Zhou Yi, Feng Guozhu and others at first, from Yixian County to Zhengjiazhuang, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, and the distance in a straight line is more than 100 miles. Moreover, since the Mengshan army occupied Zhengjiazhuang, the two sides were at peace and had no grudges. Now that the people are going south to Yi County, the headache should be the officers and soldiers, not the troops left behind by the Mengshan Army. But then there was news that the men and horses holding the calf did not return to the mountains after capturing Yi County, but went north. This poses a threat to the base areas.

Zhou Yi immediately gathered his men and horses, and ordered Feng Guozhu to lead a battalion (the main force of the original left-behind battalion) out of the south of Zhaojialou to guard the base area. The cavalry scouts went out of their way to closely monitor the movements of this "prestigious" ringing horse in Lunan. Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Xiang Ma had entered Teng County, but then he got the news that Xiang Ma had a little contact with Cao Kun's troops on the outskirts of Teng County, and then retreated. On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Zhou Yi received a letter from the horse, which bluntly proposed that the Mengshan army should hand over 50,000 taels of silver and 10,000 quintals of grain. If you are not satisfied, you will step on Zhengjiazhuang. The letter warned Zhou Yi. We have even opened Yixian, with your hundreds of guns, don't try to resist. The reason why the salute first and then the soldiers is to look at the green forest. As long as you hand over the money and food, we will immediately return to the cottage and never disturb each other.

The bandits obviously knew the details of the Mengshan army.

Of course, Zhou Yi would not agree to the other party's blackmail.

"This is a plan to move the trouble to Jiangdong! Bastard! Ma Jianxun is such a bastard! Chief of Staff Deng Qinghua scolded.

Ma Jianxun's department, which was stationed in Teng County, was suspected of deliberately letting the calf go north.

"How many of them are there? What about weapons? Chen Chao, who participated in the military conference, asked Deng Qinghua.

"It is said that there are several thousand, and I think there are at least two thousand." Deng Qinghua replied.

"If you don't say it, just hit it." Feng Guozhu knocked the ash in the cigarette pouch to the ground, "Hug the calf on the dog day." The idea is on us! Deputy Commander Zhou. I think so, the hard top is not the way, put it in and hit. You deal with the front, and I'll go and copy the back of the dog's day. A shot rang off in the back. Tao Laosan is sparse. ”

Reputedly. The big leader of the calf is surnamed Tao, and his nickname is Kuaima Taosan.

"How many people are you going to bring?" Zhou Yi asked Feng Guozhu. As soon as this sentence was said, it obviously recognized Feng Guozhu's style of play.

"One company is enough."

"You take two of them with you. I am on the front line of Zhaojialou. Zhou Yi made a decision.

"Slow! If you put it in and hit. Zhaojialou is shallower, and it is best to go to Chenjiaya. Deng Qinghua pointed to the map, "If the top, it is best to be south of Zhaojialou, this ditch is enough to be used, and a small force is used to resist. It's a pity that we have only two battalions, and the weapons are not enough. ”

Sheng Guang, who became the acting commander of the second battalion, said, "Tao San can open Yi County, not a stupid person." The terrain was not in his favor, so why did he take this route? It is completely possible to turn to the east and break in from Qiucun to Baiwei. In addition, he could also divide his troops and occupy Shuangji Village in the west first. ”

"So what do you say you should do?" Zhou Yi asked Sheng Guang rhetorically.

"I feel that we should not divide the troops first, but according to what the commander's tactics class said, a weak enemy against a strong enemy, we should concentrate our forces and break through each of them."

Sheng Guang's words make a lot of sense. Indeed, if there are many people and horses holding calves, and they know the details of the remaining troops of the Mengshan Army, why bother to go all the way?

Song Jinguo said, "Deputy Commander Zhou, I feel that Hug the calf must know that our main force is not there, and there are few people who bully us." It's better to send someone to contact the calf first. Our Mengshan army is different from Cao Kun, everyone is from the Green Forest Road, if we think of the green forest lineage, just stop, we can give him a batch of silver and food, but not according to his quantity. Commander Long defeated the official army several times, and the bottle and jar also have an ear, I don't believe they haven't heard of it! Isn't he afraid that the commander will come back to settle accounts with him? ”

"That's a good idea. Salute first, then soldiers. Chen Chao interjected.

"Don't open this hole! We are nominally already officers and soldiers, what is this called? Rivals? Let Cao Kun or Li Chun grab the handle, you have to trouble us! No way! Zhou Yi rejected Song Jinguo's suggestion, "Sheng Guang's opinion is reasonable. Let's not divide the troops first, keep an eye on the dog's day, if they divide the troops, we will concentrate our forces to fight him all the way! If you don't divide the troops, attack them directly, let's fight according to Lao Feng's opinion. Old Song, Master Chen, you two are ready to retreat, take away the silver, and hide the grain. Just do it, and do it now. ”

"Since it's an official soldier, why don't we ask for help from him?" Chen Chao was unwilling.

"Will Cao Kun send troops to rescue us? Stop dreaming! I think, it's better to give Zhengjiazhuang to Xiangma, didn't the commander say it? If people lose land, people and land will survive. Deng Qinghua suggested, "When the main force returns, there will be no good fruit for him to eat." ”

He was clearly reluctant to fight hard.

"The calf is notorious, we can go, what should the villagers do? Let it be a curse? No way. Must fight. Feng Guozhu said, "Don't look down on them, it's not a big deal." ”

As a result, it was another time of chickens and dogs, just like a year ago in response to the three-way siege of the official army, the family members of the Mengshan army, and the hospital were all ready to be transferred.

Chen Shu, who got the news, returned home from the infirmary to help her aunt and siblings clean up, the Chen family had to go, including Chen San's family, they all had to go, and they didn't dare to stay and take risks. You Shi was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, complaining that Chen Chao didn't even care about his family, Chen Shu explained, his uncle has a lot of things, where can he take care of his family? If it's useless, don't bring it, maybe the ringing horse won't be able to get in at all.

What kind of world is this? You Shi was terrified, and wiped his tears while cleaning up. The first time was a few years ago, when the men and horses holding the calf attacked Zhengjiazhuang in the north of Chenjiaya. Corpses were slaughtered all over the field. Fortunately, Zheng Jing's Zhuang Ding team was able to defend Zhuangzi. The second time was when the Mengshan army attacked Zhengjiazhuang, and Chen Jiaya was forced to give in. Then he evaded the invasion of the officers and soldiers and ran to the mountains to hide. Now facing another disaster, "God, when will we have a peaceful life?" ”

"It's good to wait for Commander Long to come back, the last time." Chen Shu helped Chen San's family pack up a few burdens, brought dry food, set up a car by herself, and let her aunt. Chen San's wife, daughter, and Chen Xian sat down. Xiao Zhi and Chen San's son followed behind the car, drove the cart out of the north gate of Chenjiaya, and met the whole team of running troops, so they had to strangle the livestock. Watch the team run across the wooden bridge. entered Chenjiaya. Chen Shu looked at the team. "It's the battalion commander's soldiers, could it be that the person holding the calf has already called?" She saw the pillar of the country riding on the horse urging the soldiers to go quickly, and shouted twice. But Feng Guozhu didn't hear it.

When the team walked away, Chen Shu drove the carriage across the wooden bridge and entered the gate of Zhengjiazhuang, where the streets were full of people who were ready to flee, calling for children and daughters, and it was noisy.

Zhang Hongcao and the two soldiers of the guard platoon chased after them out of breath, and finally saw Chen Shu standing in front of the cart in the crowd, "Oh, you really can, you came by yourself?" Section Chief Song sent us to Chenjiaya to look for you, you can take these dry foods, and this," Zhang Hongcao threw the two cotton jackets into the cart, "Wait here first, and then go with the car from the medical center." With that, Zhang Hongcao ran back to the Zheng family's compound, and the two soldiers with sweaty faces followed in.

"Xiao Zhi, you wait here, don't move." Chen Shu felt that as a soldier of the Mengshan Army, it was a little selfish to only care about her family, so she handed the horse whip to her cousin. He followed Zhang Hongcao into the Zheng family compound.

"Sister, where are you going? I'm not going to do that. Fifteen-year-old Chen Zhi is about to catch up with Chen Shu, but he has a shy personality and is completely different from Chen Shu, who is in a hurry.

Two horses rushed in from the south gate of Zhengjiazhuang, the people on the street got out of the way, and the rider with a rifle on his back reined in his horse at the gate of the Zheng family's compound, jumped off his horse, and ran into the courtyard, "Commander Zhou, Commander Zhou," the scout shouted while running towards the conference room of the headquarters, "The main force is back, the commander is back." ”

Chen Shu, who heard the shout, rushed out of the infirmary, "Hey, hey, you stand for me, what did you say just now?" ”

"The commander is back with the main force__" The cavalry scout knew Chen Shu, hurriedly dropped a sentence, and rushed into the courtyard next door.

Chen Shu's tears rushed out at once, "He's back, he's back!" Although she shed tears, her chest was filled with great joy in an instant, and she almost exploded, and she ran out of the yard in a hurry, "Auntie, auntie, don't hide, Commander Long is back!" Holding on to the peeling paint of the door frame, Chen Shu shouted at You Shi.

The streets immediately became chaotic, "What, Commander Long is back?" Where are they? ”

When Chen Chao came out of the conference room, the excited crowd had poured into the courtyard under the leadership of Chen Daniu, and Cheng Daniu said in a loud voice, "Master Chen, I heard that our team is back?" Where are they? Where are they? ”

"Old Cheng, calm down. The commander has already returned with the main force, Commander Zhou decided not to hide, and the people of Chenjiaya have entered Zhengjiazhuang, you immediately gather all the young and middle-aged people, and cooperate with the guard platoon to guard the wall, just in case. The weather is cold, so let the old and young and their female dependents enter each house. You are responsible for this. ”

"Hey, that's great." Cheng Daniu turned around and said, "I heard it, I all went out, I went out, come with me, hey, it's really good to be back." ”

Chen Shu took all the family into the Zheng family's compound and went into Wang Yuechan's house to rest. The news that Long Qian brought the main force back in time immediately stabilized the hearts of the people, because the people and horses holding the calf suddenly appeared outside the Zhao family building, Feng Guozhu had already led people to go up, Zhou Yi and Deng Qinghua discussed, on the one hand, he sent cavalry to contact the main force still in the west of Shuangji Village, and told Long Qian his intentions, and on the other hand, he sent people to tell the first battalion of Feng Guozhu who had set off. Because of the timely return of the main force, Deng Qinghua's plan to lure the enemy into depth became possible. Zhou Yi decided to abandon Zhaojialou, let Tao San's men and horses in, and the remaining troops blocked them at Chenjiaya, and then the main force copied his back road, striving to fight a war of annihilation.

Chen Shu, who came to her senses, came to Zheng Chan's house next door, teasing Zhou Yi's daughter, a two-month-old little Maomao, Zheng Chan had already learned the news, and threw the hurriedly packed baggage back on the kang, and the two chatted casually until the gunshots rang out, Chen Shu rushed to the door, yes, it was in the south, very far away.

"Far away. Now it's okay, the commander is back, they will never be pleased. Poor Maomao, now you don't have to go out to suffer. Chen Shu clumsily picked up Maomao.

"Hey, you can't hug like that." Zheng Chan smiled and took over her crying daughter, "Look at you, it's time to learn." When the commander comes back, it's time to eat your wine, right? ”

Chen Shu immediately blushed, "What are you talking about......"

"Hey, his father has been preparing to give you a happy event for a long time." Zheng Chan hugged her daughter and shook it gently, her eyes were attracted by the increasingly dense gunshots, "You say, they can't beat it, right?" ”

"Don't worry. Our team is back. As soon as they appeared, the bandits were left to flee for their lives. ”

When it was dark, the gunshots were already very close, and Fang Buddha was right in front of him. Chen Shu, who returned to the infirmary, began to pick up the wounded number that came down, and when he heard the light injury number, a large number of bandits began to attack Chenjiaya, and the battalion commander Feng took the old battalion to the top of Chenjiaya, and had already repelled the bandits' two attacks.

Dinner was not eaten at all, there were constantly cavalry signal soldiers coming in and out, and the headquarters next door was brightly lit, and standing in front of the infirmary, you could hear the screams from there. Chen Shu really wanted to go over and ask, didn't the main force come back, why was she still so nervous? But she didn't dare to go, for fear of disturbing the commanders of the Mengshan army.

The gunfire and explosions in the direction of Chenjiaya rang out so loudly that it was impossible to distinguish the point, and more and more wounded people were being sent. Under Sun Juan's command, Chen Shu devoted herself to the rescue work. As soon as people get busy, they are afraid, and their worries are weakened.

I don't know what time it is, there were cheers from the courtyard next door, Chen Shu ran over and saw his uncle with a smile on his face, "Shu'er, you won, the horse has retreated, retreated!" ”

"Where's our brigade?" Chen Shu wanted to ask Long Qian's whereabouts, but was too embarrassed to ask.

"Commander Long led the brigade to insert into the rear of the bandits, and the bandits found out that they were surrounded, and they didn't run?" Chen Chao said with a smile.

After dawn, a large number of captives were escorted into the gate of Zhengjiazhuang, and these bandits, dressed in various clothes, drooped their heads one by one, and hung their heads. On either side were Mengshan soldiers with guns in their hands, scolding the captives from time to time.

Chen Shu and Sun Juan stood on the steps of the Zheng family's gate, watching the endless captives being escorted to the open space in front of the Zheng family ancestral hall. Sun Juan took Chen Shu's hand and walked over, and saw the bandits squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, like black nests. The clearing soon became overcrowded, and the Mengshan soldiers began to take the captives to the north of the village.

"Camp Commander Ye, Camp Commander Ye, you're back."

Hearing the shout, Chen Shu ran over and saw Ye Yanbing riding on a big white horse, with an open neckline and a muddy face, covering his handsome face. Ye Yanbing saw Chen Shu at a glance, "Ah, isn't this Miss Chen?" Hello? How about this greeting gift that the commander brought to the villagers? ”

"What about the commander? Where is he? Chen Shu couldn't be reserved.

"Hey, don't worry. The commander led people to chase down, and he wanted to fight the calves in one go and completely solve this gang of ringing horses. (To be continued......)

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