Jin Zhao thought hard for a long time, had no clue, and was distraught, so he disguised himself to go out for a walk. Jin Zhao wandered around the street and casually walked into a teahouse on the side of the road. I found a secluded corner and sat down, and there was a storyteller in the teahouse.

While drinking tea, Jin Zhao listened to a storyteller on the stage who was spitting and commenting on the story, and the storyteller's voice was full of emotion, which caused bursts of applause from time to time. Jin Zhao, who came from later generations, naturally rarely came into contact with the ancient literature and art of storytelling, and coupled with his recent upset, it was rare to relax, but he listened to it with relish.

Although Jin Zhao has never heard of the commentary, Jin Zhao knows the intention of this time. Because today's storyteller is talking about the very popular "Water Margin", as one of the four famous novels, Jin Zhao has read this novel no less than ten times, and he has participated in the filming of the TV series version of Water Margin. Although I am familiar with the story of the Water Margin, I can't help but feel a burst of blood boiling every time I watch it.

Jin Zhao was rising when he heard this, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he remembered something in his heart, and couldn't help but smile, stood up and left the teahouse in a hurry, and naturally someone behind him helped to settle the bill.

A few days later, in the Wuyi Mountains of northwest Fujian, a group of bandits suddenly appeared. This group of bandits was well-armed and eliminated more than a dozen bandits and bandits in the vicinity in just a few days. Gather thousands of people, and occupy Wuyi Palace as a big village, erect the banner of "walking for the sky", rob the rich and help the poor, and fight against bandits and bullies. Due to the serious banditry problem, Liu Heding once sent troops to clean up, but in the end failed, and the troops of the next security regiment under his command were completely wiped out, so Liu Heding could only turn a blind eye to this gang of bandits. According to rumors, this gang of bandits has a total of 108 leaders, and they are causing chaos in the name of 100 single and 8 generals in the Water Margin, and claim that they and others are the reincarnation of the heroes of the Water Margin, specially to punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, rob the rich and help the poor, and save the people with slogans to deceive people.

One night, Xu Wenqiang came to Jin Zhao's door alone, knocked on the door, and after getting Jin Zhao's permission, Xu Wenqiang slowly walked into the house.

Jin Zhao beckoned Xu Wenqiang to sit down, and asked with a smile, "How is the situation on Wuyi Mountain?" ”

Xu Wenqiang replied in a low voice, "Our people have already gained a firm foothold there. ”

Jin Zhao nodded with satisfaction, the bandits of Wuyi Mountain are naturally Jin Zhao's masterpieces, when listening to the commentary that day, Jin Zhao suddenly thought that he could organize a group of bandits and develop them secretly, so as to achieve the purpose of hiding troops from bandits, so that he could secretly develop a force without worrying about arousing the suspicion of others. On the same day, Jin Zhao summoned one hundred and eight officers and hundreds of elite soldiers, and then sent them to the Wuyi Mountain area.

Jin Zhao said casually, "We must remind them that when developing the team, we must follow the principle of preferring shortage to abundance, and we must not attract those scum who do a lot of evil into our troops." In addition, for outsiders, confidentiality measures must be strengthened. The outsiders Jin Zhao refers to are, of course, those ordinary people.

Xu Wenqiang nodded and said, "Our people have set up two halls, the inner hall is our own people, and those ordinary people are arranged in the outer hall. They won't be exposed to some confidential things. ”

Jin Zhao nodded with satisfaction, "This is very good, but we must also pay attention to internal unity." And after that, I will continue to send people to strengthen their strength, and the task I gave them is to develop 10,000 elite soldiers for me within a year, remember that I want elite soldiers, not a group of rabble. ”

Xu Wenqiang said respectfully, "I will inform them of your instructions, the training of the troops is in charge of our professional instructors, and it is decided that the troops will not really be brought into bandits." ”

Jin Zhao continued, "What's more, the army has grown stronger and stronger, and it can't be too ostentatious. As for the nearby officers and troops of Liu Heding and Zhou Zhixiong, we should not easily provoke them, let alone take the initiative to attack the county seat, and only develop in the rural and mountainous areas. But if they take the initiative to encircle us, they will beat me hard until they are afraid. ”

Xu Wenqiang nodded and said, "I understand, please rest assured, I will inform them of your instructions." ”

Jin Zhao sighed helplessly and said, "The affairs of Wuyi Mountain will be handed over to you for the time being, and the little devils in the north have provoked a war again, so I can't take care of them for the time being." ”

"Little devil?" Xu Wenqiang asked in surprise, "Where did the little devil stir up trouble again this time?" ”

Jin Zhao pointed at the map casually, Xu Wenqiang looked down, and the word Shanhaiguan was written on the place of Jin Zhao's finger.

On December 8, 1932, the first column of the Eighth Division of Jinzhou was driven to the gap in the Great Wall at the east end of Shanhaiguan Station in the name of pursuing the volunteers, and suddenly fired 38 rounds of artillery into the city. The whole city was terrified by the roar of cannons. At 6 o'clock in the morning of the 9th, two planes circled at low altitude in the city, and the ironclad car was still parked at the station to demonstrate. It is said that 1 mothership and 2 destroyers arrived at Qinhuangdao. At about 7 o'clock in the evening, 3,000 soldiers entered the position of the cemetery and opened fire on our troops. On the morning of the 10th, the army was still building fortifications on the Weiyuan City Line outside Dongluo City. He Zhuguo, the general of the Shanhaiguan garrison, rushed to Beiping to report. Zhang Xueliang presided over a secret military meeting and made military arrangements in the name of deputy commander-in-chief of the navy, army, and air force.

The branch of the Beiping Army, presided over by Zhang Xueliang, put forward an operational policy to the Yuguan front line and the Luandong garrison: "The Luandong garrison, for the purpose of covering the concentration in North China, should strive to maintain the Luandong region in order to delay the enemy's westward invasion."

He Zhuguo ordered the defenders to resist resolutely, and issued a "Letter to the Soldiers" to the whole army: "I am willing to spill this last drop of blood with my loyal and brave soldiers, in the Bohai Bay, in the caves of the Great Wall, for the justice of mankind, for the survival of the nation, for the shame of the country, for the soldiers to build personality, to comfort the spirit of my ancestors in the sky, and to save the people of my northeast from the misery." And put forward the battle slogan: "With the last drop of blood, fight for the survival of the nation; With the last drop of blood, fight for the country's reading power; With the last drop of blood, fight for the personality of the soldiers! ”

At that time, there was a huge disparity between the two sides in terms of strength and weaponry, and the army mobilized more than 3,000 infantry of the elite 8th Division of the Kwantung Army to attack Shanhaiguan, dispatching 8 aircraft, 2 warships, 3 ironclad vehicles, 20 tanks, and 40 field artillery to attack Shanhaiguan from land, sea and air. At that time, there were only 1,346 people from the 626th Regiment of the Ninth Brigade of the Northeast Army stationed in Shanhaiguan, without any heavy weapons, the most advanced weapons were machine guns, and the soldiers used grenades, rifles and even large blades to confront the enemy. However, the Yue army did not expect that they would encounter such stubborn and fierce resistance at Shanhaiguan under such a disparity in strength and equipment. (To be continued.) )