It was not the Mengshan army that rushed in, but the official army. It was the soldiers of the intelligence department who were the first to notice that something was wrong, "It's the official army!" Hide! "Raise your gun and shoot it.

After the formation of the intelligence section, seven people were selected, all of whom were veterans of the Mengshan Army and had excellent quality, and the highest position was originally the platoon commander. The companies were reluctant to let go, because of Long Qian's order, they were transferred to the more mysterious intelligence department and became Jiang Yun's first batch of subordinates.

Playing the role of the Akimura Village Office, the reception is a person from the Intelligence Division.

This man's accurate shooting knocked down the two officers and soldiers who were running in front, but he was also knocked down by the rain of bullets that came in a dense manner. His death bought time for the two female soldiers, Sun Juan dragged Lin Xiumei into the nearest house, and the moment after stepping into the threshold of the door, Lin Xiumei let out an "ah" and fell on Sun Juan.

Sun Juan's hand felt warm blood gushing from her companion's back.

"Ahh

Lin Xiumei was speechless, looked at Sun Juan with wide eyes, and died in Sun Juan's arms. She was one of the seven female soldiers who survived Mengshan Village, because she did not bind her feet, she was selected by Jiang Yun to take on the task of luring the enemy, thinking that the task had been completed, but she was killed by the enemy who suddenly appeared!

"Xiumei," Sun Juan whimpered, "You just had a comfortable life, why did you die__"

The officers and troops who entered Zhuangzi had no time to search for the enemy, because the gunshots had already sounded on their back road, and Lu Shan and the ten companies pressed up tightly, and the officers and soldiers who had no intention of fighting panicked and fled west along the only street in Qiucun, heading in the direction of Zhengjiazhuang.

Sun Juan, who was holding the body of Lin Xiumei, who was gradually getting colder, saw her own people through the crack in the door, and she began to cry.

No one noticed Sun Juan until dawn.

Another scuffle. Leaving the task of cleaning up the battlefield to Zhou Yi and Ye Yanbing's first battalion, Long Qian rushed to Qiucun with the third battalion and the cavalry company as quickly as possible. The sky was already faintly bright, and I saw the people from the intelligence department and a few female soldiers, and comprehensively judged the situation, and the current situation was that the remnants of the enemy were divided into two groups, one went in the direction of Zhengjiazhuang in the west, and Lu Shan and the four battalions had already chased up. This group of enemies had escaped from the encirclement, and their number should be less than a hundred, and Long Qian thought that Lushan's four battalions were enough to deal with it. Another group of the enemy, the battalion that had been placed in Akimura, fled southward, while the second battalion had already pursued it.

The south side is more dangerous. Preliminary calculations, combined with the estimates of the personnel of the Intelligence Section and the wounded number left by the second battalion in Qiucun, this force of officers and soldiers is no less than 500 people! The strength of the second battalion is only more than 200, and the guns are less than 200!

After thinking about it for a while, Long Qian decided to take the third battalion and the cavalry company to reinforce the second battalion, and he ordered Chi Chun to send cavalry first to inform Zhou Yi of his decision, and immediately chose the road to chase south.

Chen Chao learned the news of the official army's attack, and hurriedly ran to Zhengjiazhuang to see Long Qian. But Long Qian had already led people to survey the battlefield on horseback, and he didn't see him. The Zhuangzi was full of soldiers who had gathered and were preparing to set off, all of them wearing freshly issued gray cloth jackets, and among them were many of Chen Jiaya's children. In less than two months, these peasant children have been reborn, including their cronies, the former captain of Zhuang Ding, and the current squad leader of the Mengshan Army, Wang Sanhe. Standing in the queue with his chest held high and listening to an officer standing at the front of the queue speak, the team turned and drove in the direction of Akimura.

Why did he come to see Long Qian, but he didn't think about it himself when he came. Now that he has figured it out, he is worried that he will not be able to win the official army! On the way back to Chenjiaya from Zhengjiazhuang, Chen Chao was horrified to find that he actually hoped that the Mengshan army could defeat the official army that came to "regain the lost land"! What's going on? Could it be that he has followed Long Qian on the road of rebellion? This discovery frightened Chen Chao.

When he returned to Chenjiaya, he happened to see Xiao Guanyu coming out of his house, followed by his niece Chen Shu.

"Oh, I'm going to Zhengjiazhuang to find you."

"Well, let's go back to the house." Chen Chao also wanted to talk to someone, Xiao Guanyu was the best object.

"Yue Zhi (Chen Chaozi), is the news true?" Xiao Guanyu had horror written on his face.

"Long Qian's soldiers are driving towards Qiu Village in groups, it must be true."

"You say, will you find bad luck with the two of us?"

"Who?"

"Zheng Jing. The officers and soldiers must have been recruited by him. Zheng Cheng is an official in Yizhou Green Camp. They divided his land, his house and his money, and with his temperament, he was not angry with us? As soon as Meng Shanjun leaves, what can we do? ”

"How do you know that the Mengshan army will definitely lose the battle?"

"This time it's not Zheng Jing's village soldiers! It's a regular officer! Lord Yuan Shikai's new army! Long Qian can't win and can run, where are we going? ”

"Why run? To run, you run. I don't run. ”

"Uncle Xiao, I think the Mengshan army will defeat the official army." Chen Shu, who made tea for Xiao Guanyu and his uncle, interjected.

"Big niece, you don't know how powerful the new army is__" Xiao Guanyu shook his head.

Chen Chao glared at his niece again. This niece has become more and more out of character since the Mengshan Army was stationed, and she always likes to participate in the affairs of adults. More than once I found an excuse to run to Zhengjiazhuang, and when I came back, I brought back a bunch of news, and even Chen Xian, who has always been virtuous and quiet, was also affected by her, and a lot of fresh words came out of her mouth, not to mention Chen Zhi! There was no way, Chen Chao had no choice but to place a grounding order for the three children, and without his consent, he was never allowed to take a step out of the courtyard!

"Even Chen San is looking forward to the victory of the Mengshan army, you say, will the official army win?" Chen Shu didn't care about her uncle's attitude.

Chen San is Chen Chao's long-term worker, and he is also Chen Chao's old family, why is he also looking forward to the victory of the Mengshan army? Chen Chao paused.

As usual, Chen Chao angrily drove away his niece and talked with Xiao Guanyu, the topic revolved around the invasion of the official army, but he was reluctant to talk deeply. At dinner, he left Xiao Guanyu, and the two chatted while drinking white dry old wine. Xiao Guanyu, who drank a lot of alcohol, actually got on his face, which was something that had never happened before. It seems that the pressure in the dude's heart is enough. He comforted Xiao, even if Zheng Jing came back, the account would not be on our heads. What are we doing? You Xiao Guanyu lowered the land rent, you were forced by Mengshan Army to do it, and it was your own rent that was lowered, and it had something to do with him Zheng Jing?

That being said. He hoped in his bones that the news of the arrival of the official army was nothing more than a false alarm. In fact, there is nothing for the Mengshan army to stay here, they do all the things that the people welcome, just like the canal that is being dug intensely, I have never seen anyone organize the people to do this. But when the first explosion came from the east, the two of them actually stood up at the same time, and they still fought!

Chen and Xiao sat in Chen Chao's study all night, listening to intermittent sounds. At one point, the gunshots were very close, and it seemed to be near Zhuangzi. Xiao Guanyu wanted to go to the room to observe, but was stopped by Chen Chao. It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, let it be fate!

At dawn, Chen San, who had gone out to listen to the news, finally brought the news: the Mengshan army had actually won!

"Could it be a fake?" Xiao Guanyu asked.

"How so? The prisoners of the official army have been sent to Zhengjiazhuang, and Chen Gouyu has seen it with his own eyes, a long list. ”

"Oh my God!" The two spoke in unison.

The battle was undoubtedly won. Chen Chao dragged Xiao Guanyu to Zhengjiazhuang, the ditch was repairing a wooden bridge, the bridge piles had been laid, and the bridge deck was being perfected, and it was soon completed. This bridge undoubtedly facilitates the transportation between the two villages of Chenjiaya and Zhengjiazhuang, and it is not known whether the filling of water in the future will affect the life of this wooden bridge that has not yet been born. Chen Chao is looking forward to the appearance of this bridge, it is repaired, and the travel between the two villages will be much more convenient.

Three steps and two steps, the two owners came to Zhengjiazhuang, which was already very lively. As soon as Ning Shijun, who stayed at the headquarters, inquired, just before dawn, the guard platoon left behind in Zhengjiazhuang and the Mengshan Army who caught up with him jointly annihilated about 100 officers and soldiers who had fled outside Zhengjiazhuang Village and captured a large number of prisoners. And the battle is not over yet, Lu Shan is gathering troops and preparing to go to reinforcements. From Ning Shijun's mouth, they learned that the battle they were worried about was definitely won! Just east of Qiucun, the Mengshan army, which was ambushed on the mountain road, defeated the officers and troops! Hundreds of captives were captured!

Long Qian had not yet returned, and led his troops to pursue the fleeing officers and soldiers. Chief of Staff Ning and the old Song Zheng in charge of logistics took a stretcher to Qiucun. The two of them didn't care about greeting Chen Chao, and they were so busy in the cold wind of early winter that they were sweating.

Seeing that Ning and Song were busy with their feet not touching the ground, Chen Chao and Xiao Guanyu took their leave. Coming out of the headquarters in Zhengfu, I noticed more Mengshan officers and soldiers appearing on the street, they seemed to have just come down from the battlefield, many of them were disheveled, and some of them were stained with black blood. Lu Shan, who was newly promoted to deputy commander, held his hat in his hand, flashed his big bald head, and was forming a team with a loud voice.

met Jiang Yun, who hurried back. Now, Chen Chao no longer sees Jiang Yun as Long Qian's "scholar".

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Xiao, how are you. Presumably inquiring about last night's battle, right? Won! A group of officers and soldiers fled from the direction of Zhaojialou, and the commander and his troops had already chased after them. ”

"How many of them have been caught?" Xiao Guanyu asked eagerly.

"Hundreds, right? What Lu Shan said is still unclear. The battle is not over yet, so let's come back in the afternoon. ”

"Hundreds? Doesn't that mean that there are thousands of officers and soldiers who came? Are they really Yuan Shikai's new army? ”

"It's the New Army! There must have been thousands of people. It was preliminarily judged that there were two infantry battalions, and there were many soldiers from the Yizhou patrol battalion. By the way, Zheng Jing's eldest son is called Zheng Cheng, right? This time he led the way back, but unfortunately he escaped__However, the commander won't let the dog run away! ”

"I see that Lushan is assembling the team__"

"It's okay to tell you, about one battalion of officers and soldiers has fled, the details are not clear, Lu Shan wants to bring four battalions to reinforce the past."

Chen and Xiao saw that Jiang Yun was also in a hurry, so they no longer bothered this young man who was quite valued by Long Qian. What they wanted was already there. The Mengshan army really defeated Lord Yuan's new army! This news is enough to shock Chen Chao and Xiao Guanyu! As for how many officers and soldiers escaped, Chen and Xiao didn't care much anymore. A thought came out of Chen Chao's heart: after this battle, the area around Zhengjiazhuang will lose its peace, and the previous peaceful pastoral life will be completely broken. He heard the cries of a certain house, and immediately concluded that it must be his son who had died!

"Alas," Chen Chao sighed, and stood on the street with Xiao Guanyu watching Lu Shan's team run away from Zhuangzi with loaded guns, while Jiang Yun and Song Jinguo came out to organize the stretcher team.

The two said goodbye, and Chen Chao went back to Chenjiaya. Along the way, I saw the villagers of Chenjiaya come to Zhengjiazhuang to inquire about the news, no need to ask, these are all children who are soldiers in the Mengshan Army!

He was only now fully aware that everything Mengshan Jun had done in the past few months had completely linked several Zhuangzi to them.