Lin Yuan wanted to make a decision, but found that the amount of information he had was too small, and the commander could only make the right decision if he had a comprehensive grasp of the battlefield situation as much as possible, but now the only thing Lin Yuan knew was the news that the Seventh Brigade and the Nineteenth Regiment were surrounded, and as for how many Russian troops they were surrounded by and which Russian army they were surrounded by, Lin Yuan didn't know anything.

Lin Yuan didn't want the 20th Regiment and the 21st Regiment to rescue the 19th Regiment, he wanted to create a false impression of a hasty retreat for the Russian army, but how could any hastily retreating troops return to the rescue, so that the Russian army was very likely to see through Lin Yuan's strategy to lure the enemy deeper; If the 19th Regiment is not saved, the impact will be even worse, the morale of the entire 3rd Division will be affected, and the retreat may really turn into a rout.

After weighing it repeatedly, Lin Yuan still ordered the Third Division: rescue the 19th Regiment.

When the order was issued, Lin Yuan began to worry about the problem of command delay, every war throughout the ages has involved this problem, the commander in the rear is far away from the front line, and the commander must wait for the news from the front line if he wants to know the battle situation on the front line, and when the commander makes a decision, he must pass the order to the front line.

In order to keep secrets, the communicator is only assigned to the division level, and the commanders at this level are all members of the Beijing ship, but the division is not going down, and the entire army is retreating, so it is too late to set up a telephone line between the division and the brigade, and the division wants to command the brigade, and must rely on the herald to ride fast horses to deliver letters, during this time, the 19th regiment may have been eaten by the Russian army.

But Lin Yuan had no choice, at this time he could only hope for the 19th Regiment, they had to hold on until the friendly troops went to the rescue, Lin Yuan began to think about two possibilities, if the 19th Regiment successfully broke through, he had to find a way to make the Russian commander Grodecoko believe that he was really retreating; If the 19th Regiment is eaten by the Russian army, he will have to find a way to boost the morale of the troops.

Lin Yuan used the communicator to pass the order to Zhang Xiaoguang, and Zhang Xiaoguang immediately sent a herald to report the news, and as soon as the order was transmitted to the 20th and 21st regiments, the two regiments quickly dispatched troops.

The news was fed back to Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan suddenly thought that these two regiments did not understand the battlefield situation, and they did not have time to send reconnaissance detachments, so it was better to let them break up the large formations and use the company as a unit to fight with the Russian army, so as to give full play to the advantages of our light weapons.

Lin Yuan's order saved the 19th Regiment, the 20th Regiment and the 21st Regiment were also at a loss on the battlefield, and they didn't know how to fight it, as soon as Lin Yuan's order came, they were reminded that the two regiments were immediately dispersed into various companies, boldly interspersed into the hinterland of the Russian army, and even divided the Russian cavalry brigade into several small sections. The impact and mobility of the Russian cavalry are far better than the infantry, but in this melee, the impact and mobility cannot be exerted, on the contrary, because the target of the person riding the horse is too large, it is very conspicuous in the dark, and the Russian army sees that it is divided and surrounded, and it is not clear how many reinforcements the Chinese army has, and it is at a disadvantage for a while. The two sides fought all night, and it was not until dawn that the 19th Regiment withdrew from the encirclement, and the Russian army also retreated.

The news that the 19th Regiment had been rescued came back to Grogerko, and as Lin Yuan expected, he really became suspicious, and did not order the troops to continue the pursuit, but ordered the troops to stand by in place.

When Lin Yuan learned that the Russian army had stopped pursuing, he thought, "How can we let the Russian army continue to pursue us?" He thought for a while, but had no clue, so he walked out of the headquarters and stood in the cold wind of the early morning, at this moment, he saw two figures on crutches in the distance walking towards him, led by Shen Wanqing, behind her, followed by an old man in the distance.

Lin Yuan hurriedly greeted her, remembering the appearance of her limping out of the command headquarters, and said with a smile: "This time it's not strong, use crutches?" ”

Shen Wanqing said with a smile: "I thought about it after I went back, and the doctor said that if you don't use crutches, the wound will heal slowly, so I used crutches." ”

Shen Wanqing took out a piece of paper from her bag and said with a smile: "I have already written the manuscript and sent it to you to see." ”

Lin Yuan stretched out his hand to take it and said with a smile: "I don't need to read it, there must be no problem with your manuscript, just call someone to send it to me for such a thing, why bother to run it yourself?" ”

Shen Wanqing looked at no one around, lowered her voice and said, "I came to tell you that Japanese spies have been found near our camp." ”

Lin Yuan's face changed, and he asked in a low voice, "Is it true?" How was it discovered? ”

Shen Wanqing waved her hand into the distance, the old man walked over, and Shen Wanqing said: "It's this fellow who came to report, you let him tell you personally." ”

Then Shen Wanqing turned her head to look at the old man and said, "Old man, this is General Lin Yuan." ”

When the old man heard that the person in front of him was Lin Yuan, his eyes widened, and he trembled and was about to kneel. Lin Yuan hurriedly said, "Old man, get up quickly, just tell me if you have anything." ”

The old man said with trepidation: "The little old man said that a stranger came to our family recently, rented a room, and said that he was here to do business, but the little old man found this person very strange. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "What's so strange about him?" The old man said: "How can I say it, he speaks in a crepe, the little old man has lived for more than sixty years, he has never seen a businessman like him, and there is a strange thing, it is even indecent to say it, and I hope Lin Shuai will forgive me." ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Just say it." ”

The old man said: "Once, the little old man met him in the thatched house and found that he actually wiped his buttocks with paper, do you think it's strange?" ”

In this small remote town, the people who can use toilet paper can be called nobles, and it is indeed unusual for an ordinary merchant to have such financial resources and habits.

Lin Yuan nodded, instructed the guards to take a few pieces of silver for the old man, and then said to him: "You must not tell anyone else about this matter again, understand?" The old man nodded yes and left with a thousand thanks, Lin Yuan asked Shen Wanqing: "Can you be sure that this person is a Japanese spy?" ”

Shen Wanqing said: "I went to investigate, this person is indeed a Japanese spy, but I was afraid of alarming him, so I didn't investigate further, I came to talk to you and see if you can use him." ”

Lin Yuan said: "I'm about to make up a reason for Grogerko to withdraw his troops, so it's better to pass it on by his hand." After speaking, Lin Yuan said to himself: "What is the reason to make up for him?" ”

Shen Wanqing said: "Although I don't know much about war, I have heard a lot about the reasons why the troops want to retreat, and the lack of food and ammunition are important reasons for the retreat of the troops, can we choose one?" ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and said: "No, I started the war first, and it is obviously impossible to provoke a war without sufficient food and ammunition reserves, so Grogeco will not believe it." ”

Shen Wanqing said: "What is the way? ”

Lin Yuan said: "Yes, it is better to say that the general is out of harmony and has to withdraw his troops!" Let's just say that I have conflicts with Chen Fei and Zhang Xiaoguang, so I have to retreat. ”

Shen Wanqing said: "This method is good, Grogerko doesn't know our details, he will definitely be fooled, but how to use this spy?" ”