According to An Ruizhi's plan of action for the Western Front, our Excalibur Commando was divided into two action groups, An Ruizhi led a group, composed of Wu Fenbin, Da Jiang and Li Mingyi, and Lao Yang as their guide.

Li Tianxiao was in a group with Ye Zhanpeng, Lao Lu, and Qu Yigong, and A Yan was the guide of this group. Because of the needs of the later operation, before leaving, An Ruizhi asked Commander Kang to send us several sets of government army uniforms to carry with us, so that we could disguise ourselves as government soldiers.

Commander Kang's adjutant Xin Yan personally took two soldiers and drove an off-road vehicle to deliver the military uniform to the commando's station.

After the soldiers who came with him handed over their uniforms to the team members, An Ruizhi accompanied Adjutant Xin into his command room. He beckoned Adjutant Xin to sit down and rest, and personally poured him a glass of water.

Adjutant Xin sat down and said to An Ruizhi: "When I came, Commander Kang suddenly remembered something and asked me to tell Mr. An, I don't know if it is useful." ”

"What's the matter?" An Ruizhi asked casually.

"Do you remember Dong Wencai who you went to the old city to arrest not long ago? is Lang Hongxian's chief of staff. ”

"Remember, what's wrong?"

This guy was afraid that Commander Kang would kill him and wanted to make meritorious service to atone for his crimes, and told Commander Kang at that time that he knew some inside information about Lang Hongxian's bribery of those high-ranking officials in the government army. Because this matter is an open secret, everyone knows about it, so Commander Kang didn't ask much. ”

An Ruizhi seemed to be very interested in this news, and immediately asked, "Has this Dong Wencai been killed?" ”

"No, Commander Kang is kind-hearted, and Dong Wencai has followed him for more than ten years, so he can't bear to get rid of him."

"So where is Dong Wencai now?" An Ruizhi hurriedly asked.

"Imprisoned in the town of Muangla."

"Great." An Ruizhi looked very excited, he pondered for a while, and then said to Adjutant Xin: "Please Adjutant Xin help me do two things, one is to investigate the details of the commander of this government army who crossed the Salween River, and the other is to escort Dong Wencai here as soon as possible, I want to interrogate him personally." ”

"No problem, I'll arrange for someone to do these two things as soon as I get back." Adjutant Xin said briskly.

"The sooner the better, thank you Adjutant Xin." An Ruizhi said sincerely.

"I should be the one who says thank you, you are helping us, and doing these things is within my part." Adjutant Xin stood up and said goodbye to An Ruizhi as he spoke, "Okay, don't say kind words, I have to rush back as soon as possible to arrange these two things." ”

"Then I won't keep you, and we'll have a good chat after the old city is recovered." An Ruizhi said and sent Adjutant Xin outside.

After watching the off-road vehicle leave, An Ruizhi turned around and shouted to a wooden house next to him, "Old eunuch, come to my house." ”

Li Tianxiao was checking the equipment in the room, preparing to start acting at night, when he suddenly heard An Ruizhi's shout, and thought that something was wrong, but listening to his voice, he seemed to be very excited, not like a bad thing, put down the weapon in his hand and turned around and walked out of the room.

"What's the matter?" Li Tianxiao said to An Ruizhi with a smile, to be honest, it is rare to hear him shouting like this.

"Hold back the action until it's in my house." An Ruizhi said as he walked towards his cabin.

"Postponement of action?" I followed him into the house with great suspicion, sat down and asked him, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"When Adjutant Xin came to deliver the military uniform just now, I told me a piece of information, the Dong Wen you arrested only knew some inside information about Lang Hongxian's bribery of government officers, I think there may be something to do here."

"Do you already have an idea?" I hurriedly asked him.

An Ruizhi shook his head, "Not for the time being, I just have this intuition." You think, the stagnation of the troops crossing the Salween shows that the commander of this unit must have a tacit understanding with Lang Hongxian, and if we can get evidence of their collusion, it will be very beneficial to us. ”

"Then are we still carrying out the plan for the Western Front?"

"The general direction remains the same, cutting off the back road of the government army and forcing them to fight Lang Hongxian is our ultimate goal, but how to do it will be determined after seeing what happens."

That night, Commander Kang ordered someone to send the information of the commander-in-chief of the government army's operation to An Ruizhi, and the commander of the government army to participate in the battle was an army division commander named Anggongga, whose division had been stationed on the west bank of the Salween River for a long time, and had been facing the army in the old city across the river.

The next night, Dong Wencai was secretly escorted to the commando station, and An Ruizhi interrogated him overnight.

After being imprisoned for several months, Dong Wencai no longer had the arrogance and arrogance he had when he was chief of staff, his hair and beard were long, his clothes were dirty like a beggar, and he sat there dejectedly, looking up from time to time, with a look of fear in his eyes.

An Ruizhi said straight to the point: "Dong Wencai, we don't need to talk nonsense, I heard that you know the inside story of Lang Hongxian's bribery of some people in the government army, I hope you will honestly tell everything you know." ”

"I only know some of the officers he bought, and only Lang Hongxian has the senior officers in the army headquarters."

"Do you know about him bribing Commander Angonga?"

"I know that Lang Hongxian gave Master Ang a lot of money, but the details are too unclear, because Master Ang has always been in contact with Lang Kun and him. Lang Hongxian regarded this nephew as a son, so he valued Lang Kun very much, and many important things were entrusted to him, and most of the money given to those senior officers in the government army came from Lang Kun. ”

"Did they leave any evidence of bribing these officers?" An Ruizhi then asked.

"Of course there is, otherwise how would these officers listen to them, the evidence of buying officers is in the hands of Lang Kun, and no one else can see this." Dong Wencai said affirmatively.

An Ruizhi asked here and thought for a while, obviously he couldn't get anything valuable from Dong Wencai's mouth, he waved his hand and asked the team members to take Dong Wencai out.

Li Tianxiao has been sitting next to him listening to An Ruizhi's interrogation, and after Dong Wencai was escorted out, An Ruizhi turned to Li Tianxiao and said, "I have an idea, do you think it's okay?" Then An Ruizhi explained his plan.

After listening to this, Li Tianxiao nodded, and said thoughtfully: "The plan is very good, and it is feasible, but it is too dangerous, and if you enter the enemy's hinterland, you can imagine the consequences if you can't rush out." ”

"As long as we plan carefully and are still very sure of success, your group's action will be pushed back a step forward, and we will be responsible for receiving us first, and then cutting off the rear route of the government forces after we come out, what do you think?" An Ruizhi said to Li Tianxiao in a consultative tone.

"Or I'll take someone to deal with Lang Kun, and you will be responsible for answering it." Li Tianxiao hurriedly said.

An Ruizhi smiled and said, "Don't earn it, listen to me in action." ”

"You are using your power to oppress people, be careful that I report to the chief." Li Tianxiao said jokingly.

"Haha...... No wonder everyone calls you Eunuch. ”

Li Tianxiaozhi has the nickname of the old eunuch, because he is a person from the headquarters, and he feels a bit like the prison of the ancient army, so everyone jokingly calls him the old eunuch.

Then immediately gathered the team members, An Ruizhi rearranged the adjusted action plan, and the team members immediately began to prepare, and soon the commandos set off separately in two ways.

An Ruizhi, Wu Fenbin and Lao Yang, the three of them drove a Toyota off-road vehicle and left the station overnight, and they will go from the west of the old city to reconnoiter a cottage called Mangta in advance.

Located 50 kilometers southwest of the old city, Mangta Cottage is inhabited mostly by the Heba people, an ethnic group that still maintains a slash-and-burn lifestyle.

Mangta Cottage is located in a mountain forest at an altitude of 1,000 meters, and in the Golden Triangle, the distribution of ethnic minorities is divided by altitude. Different ethnic groups occupy different heights in the mountains and form their own villages at this altitude, while the Heba people live in the highest mountains and live mainly by hunting.

Lang Kun retreated from the east bank of the Salween River and placed his temporary headquarters in Mangta Village. The reason why Lang Kun chose this place as his lair is mainly because the mountains around Mangta Village are dense and the terrain is dangerous, and the troops stationed here are easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, Mangta is also located on a traffic artery, and the caravans and merchants heading west generally have to pass through here, otherwise they have to take a long detour.

In order to ensure his own safety, Lang Kun stationed a reinforced company of troops in the mountain passes on both sides of the front and back of the Mangta Village. Although he knew that the government army would not attack Manta, he could not be unguarded, and he was suspicious by nature and never trusted anyone.

Luculent is the eldest son of Lang Hongxian's eldest brother Lang Hongjian, he has been stronger than ordinary children since he was a child, when he celebrated his eighth birthday, the second uncle Lang Hongxian asked him what gift he wanted, he pointed to Lang Hongxian's twenty rings on the belt, and asked for this.

Because twenty rings were too heavy, Lang Kun couldn't hold it, so Lang Hongxian gave him a Bai Langning pistol as a gift, and Lang Kun never left the gun from then on. Lang Hongxian also fell in love with this nephew for this reason, and tried his best to cultivate him, wanting Lang Kun to become the successor of their Lang family.

Lang Kun is not only cunning but also has a lot of ghost ideas, burly body, big shoulders and round waist, born to be a soldier, he has followed the second uncle since he was a teenager, he is now actually the second-in-command of the old city army, and Lang Hongxian handed over important things in the army to Lang Kun to handle.

Lang Hongxian knew that as long as the government troops on the Western Front were pacified, the old city would be able to sit back and relax, so he arranged Lang Kun on the Western Front and was fully responsible for the relationship with the government army.