On the side of the avenue 2.5 kilometers east of the mountain cliff, Yu Jishi and Chen Shi were far away when they saw five regiments of men and horses coming in a steady line, and hurriedly stepped forward to meet each other.

Yu Jishi shouted at the crowd: "Where is Wu Ming?" ”

Wu Ming, who was walking in front of the team, led five regimental and battalion-level officers to trot, and soon came to Yu Jishi's horse, and saluted uprightly: "Report to the division, report to the chief of staff, the fifth regiment has successfully broken through by luck under the wise command of the division seat and the chief of staff, and with the strong assistance of the brother troops......

"The whole regiment should have 1,086 officers and soldiers, but it is 1,086 people, including 6 seriously wounded and 27 lightly wounded, all equipment is intact, but most of the ammunition is consumed, and the materials are exhausted.

Yu Jishi turned over and dismounted excitedly, stepped forward and punched Wu Ming in the chest: "Good job!" Well done! However, you can't play these officialdom rhetoric in front of me in the future, I don't like it very much! ”

"Yes! Subordinates remember! ”

Wu Ming grinned rarely, and smiled brightly.

Chen Shizheng stepped forward to shake hands with Wu Ming, and as soon as he made contact, he reacted, grabbed Wu Ming's palm and looked at it again: "Why is it injured?" ”

Wu Ming replied: "When the enemy was sliding, the enemy's firepower was too fierce, and he didn't have time to choose the rope, so he grabbed a hemp rope that he got from the Maopailing villagers' house, and the sliding speed was a little faster, and the handle was worn out, but it was nothing, it would be fine in a few days." ”

"Tsk! Your whole regiment grabbed the rope and slid down like you? ”

Chen Shizheng quickly asked the substantive question.

Wu Ming replied truthfully: "Nearly 100 people were tied with ropes around their waists and hung down, among these brothers were wounded, more were sick with fever and cold, and there were seven medical soldiers who usually did not participate in special training. In addition, we all slipped down on our own, and we often practiced this subject during the recruit training, and after becoming an army, the training of this subject was even more difficult, and now we are finally seeing results. ”

Chen Shizheng was in awe: "Good, very good!" The division promoted you to the deputy chief of staff of my division, I fully support it, and we will work together with each other in the future. ”

Everyone laughed, and the laughter was full of joy and pride.

Wu Ming also smiled: "Chief of Staff Xie encouraged, Wu Ming will definitely go all out!" ”

Yu Jishi shouted happily: "Okay, although there are guards after the camp is broken, we should go back as soon as possible to be safer, look at the clothes on your bodies, except for the decent hats, the clothes and pants are like called flowers, and then look at the brothers of your five regiments, all of them are in rags...... No, no, come with me to get the costume as soon as I get back, and I can't let my troops be looked down upon! ”

"Master, do we have a costume with you?" Wu Ming asked in surprise.

Yu Jishi didn't bother to talk nonsense with Wu Ming, glared at him and turned around and got on the horse.

Chen Shizheng saw that Wu Ming really didn't know what to do, so he explained with a smile:

"There are a lot of spare materials for the main division of the Central Army in the Nancheng Military Station, and with the relationship between our divisions, it is very simple to receive thousands of sets of military uniforms...... Let's go, it's time for you and your officers to change into decent uniforms, always dressed like ordinary soldiers, and people who don't know the inside story still think that we are abusing you, haluha! ”

The brothers behind Wu Ming cheered, as if no one could remember the incident of just escaping death, and it seemed that they were as relaxed and joyful as returning from training, which made Yu Jishi on the horse secretly frightened.

……

At 10:40 p.m., Nancheng, the former enemy's headquarters.

"What? Breaking through from the direction of the East Pass? You repeat? ”

Wu Qiwei almost jumped up, staring at his chief of staff incredulously, and the surrounding generals were also stunned, no one guessed the direction of Wu Ming's breakthrough, if they knew that Wu Ming not only retreated, but also didn't even drop a bullet, I don't know what kind of expression it should be.

The chief of staff was full of admiration: "That's true, it is estimated that they have entered the north gate at this time." ”

Wu Qiwei grabbed his military hat: "Adjutant Chen, immediately call Chief Chen Cheng and the Fuzhou headquarters to report the good news, go!" Let's go and see together, lose his mother, this Wu Ming, a wicked person! ”

……

At eleven o'clock in the evening, five kilometers south of the southern city, Maojiaping.

In the front-line headquarters, after the communications staff officer finished reporting, there was no sound heard from inside.

After a long time, I heard a muffled snort, followed by a loud "bang", and a smashed enamel tea jar rolled out of the door, and stopped at the tip of the guard standing at the door.

The guard just glanced at it and immediately raised his head, straightened his waist and looked ahead, and he didn't dare to gasp, and he had a name deep in his mind - Wu Ming!

……

Early the next morning, the news of the withdrawal of all the Red First Army Corps besieging Nancheng on three sides spread throughout the city, and the rich gentry of the whole city beat gongs and drums to comfort the garrison, and the 20,000 Kuomintang officers and soldiers, including the local security forces, were relieved, but only Wu Qiwei and Yu Jishi and other generals were embarrassed, because no one knew where the Red Army had withdrawn.

At noon, Nanfeng in the south sent a telegram that the main forces of the Red Army had withdrawn one after another, and Chen Cheng and other generals had temporarily abandoned Nanfeng City in accordance with the latest instructions of the General Commander, and the divisions had withdrawn in an orderly manner under alternate cover, hoping that Wu Qiwei, the acting commander-in-chief, would send troops to respond.

However, these things have nothing to do with Wu Mingtuan.

More than 1,000 brothers who had eaten and drunk enough and had taken a good bath were still asleep, and even the officers and men of the special service company, who were always responsible for the safety of the whole regiment, rarely slept in bed, and the patrol and guard duties were already in charge of a company of brothers in the guard battalion under the command of division commander Yu Jishi.

When Wu Ming woke up, it was already one o'clock at noon, and he saw Zhang Dongning and Lu Kuiyuan sitting in their rooms talking in a low voice, wearing the same yellow-green clicker cloth officer uniform as the main division of the Central Army, wearing the same new-style military hat, and the captain's collar badge on the collar was extremely conspicuous, and he couldn't help but joke happily:

"Dongning, you have to work hard, look at Kui Yuan, he has been promoted to captain."

Lu Kuiyuan smiled embarrassedly, but Zhang Dongning didn't care: "He is a reckless man, it is rare to be promoted to the first level desperately, as long as those of us use our brains with a little effort, we can instantly surpass him by two or three levels." ”

Wu Mingha smiled and got up to find the newly received military uniform.

At this time, the weather is still very cold, only about ten degrees outside, although it is better indoors, but this place is the original old military camp, which is in disrepair and leaks everywhere, and the temperature is not high.

The careful Zhang Dongning hurriedly went to the coat rack to take off the new military uniform for Wu Ming, and saw that Wu Ming only had a round-neck short-sleeved underwear, so he grabbed a set of dark green velvet long underwear from the low table on the side for Wu Ming to wear, and introduced: "This is only distributed above the captain's officer, and I heard the head of the military station say that it was produced in the United Kingdom, and I don't know if it is true, but it is very warm and convenient to wear, and it is not cumbersome at all." ”

Wu Ming took it and opened it, nodded and said it was a British product, then put it on, stood on the bed and looked down for a moment, and nodded again:

"Well, it's very soft and comfortable, very warm, and when you touch it, you can see that it's quite sturdy, and if you ask the military station supervisor where you bought it, we'll also buy thousands of sets back, and all the brothers, regardless of officers and soldiers, will be issued two sets each."

Zhang Dongning agreed, and Lu Kuiyuan gently put a pair of shiny high-waisted riding boots in front of Wu Ming's bed.