On September 7, the Second Battle of Changsha began.

The commander of the Japanese army, Anami Yuji, mobilized a total of about 120,000 troops from 45 infantry brigades and 26 artillery brigades under the jurisdiction of the 11th Army with a total of 45 infantry brigades and 26 artillery brigades. According to the battle plan of the Japanese dispatch force, the purpose of Anan Yuji was not to "occupy places" and "seize materials", but to destroy the living forces of Xue Yue's division in the Ninth Theater.

On the Chinese side, in addition to using considerable forces to attack and harass the rear of the Japanese army in northern Jiangxi, southern Hunan, and northern Hunan, the 9th Theater was commanded by Xue Yue, commander of the theater, to concentrate 33 divisions of 12 armies, one of which was deployed at the Xinqiang River, the Miluo River, and the Laodao River, and the other was mobile in the Zhuzhou area, and the Japanese army was enticed to annihilate them south of the Miluo River and on both sides of the Laodao River.

The Second Battle of Changsha lasted 33 days, and the 9th Theater claimed to have killed more than 48,000 Japanese soldiers, shot down 3 planes, and sank 7 motorboats, thus shattering the Japanese army's plan to capture Changsha.

However, Xu Yongchang, the head of the Military Command Department, wrote in his diary on October 14: "Xue Boling talked to foreign reporters and military attachés, published the battle of northern Hunan and the corpses of more than 41,000 enemies, which made it very difficult for the war news release team of the headquarters. ”

Later, Mr. Qing received a secret report: "First, the prelude to the Northern Hunan War, when the enemy swept the Daxue Mountain, the war zone reported how our army turned out to counter-encircle the enemy, etc., was completely empty, and our Fourth Army suffered great losses. 2. After the enemy crossed the Miluo River, our army no longer had a division with combat effectiveness. 3. Less than 10 enemies were reported to have been captured, and there were a few guns. ”

According to Japanese records, "the Japanese side lost 1,670 killed and 5,184 wounded, 14 unaccounted for, 1,168 horses killed and 1,092 wounded." ”。

In fact, there are problems with the numbers on both sides. During the battle, the main force of the 13th Division stationed in Yichang was about 18,000 people, and after more than 10 days of fierce fighting, the division was close to collapse, and the division commander Uchiyama Eitaro ordered to burn the military flags and confidential documents sent back by the first line wing and prepared to commit suicide with the chiefs of staff, but because of the timely support of friendly forces, the actual casualties of the Japanese army far exceeded the public battle report figures.

Regarding the success or failure of the Second Battle of Changsha, because Changsha fell for a time, Mr. Qing was very dissatisfied with the Ninth Theater led by Xue Yue: "In this Battle of Changsha, we have such a strong force and such a good posture, we will certainly be able to defeat the enemy, we will certainly be able to capture a large number of the enemy's officers and men, and we will certainly be able to capture the enemy's innumerable ordnance! Even if there are no 10,000 prisoners, there should always be 1,000! 1,000 will not have 100! 100 will not, to put it mildly, there should be 10 people" and "lose the face of the party-state soldiers"!

As far as Qin Di is concerned, he is not so pessimistic, he feels that as long as the Chinese soldiers are still fighting, it will be good! It is much better than Wang David's direct treason to the enemy!

On October 3, Gu Rumei suddenly came, with a melancholy face, and brought a piece of news: "Gu Ruhu was seriously injured in the Battle of Changsha and was hit by a machine gun with more than a dozen bullets, three of which went deep into the chest and abdomen, and almost lost his life!"

Qin Di was a little angry: "What about people, where are the others?"

Gu Rumei replied: "It's in the Third Ci'an Hospital in Chongqing!"

Qin Di threw him a bottle of elixir and said, "Take one a day, and when he recovers, bring him to see me!"

"Thank you, sir!"

About ten days later, Gu Ruhu came staggeringly, two meters tall and skinny!

With a shameful face, he bowed to Qin Di: "Sir, I'm sorry for the trouble I caused you." ”

Qin Di asked, "Why did you become such a ghost?"

"Ahem, I don't know, after the injury, I became weaker and weaker. ”

"Do you still want to get back to health?"

"Yes, of course I do! ”

"You go and call two guards, get into the jeep, and follow me. ”

"Yes!"

Afterwards, the crowd got into two off-road jeeps.

In the front car sat Yan Xue, Gu Rumei and Qin Di, plus a driver, and in the back sat Gu Ruhu and three guards, one of whom was a female soldier!

Qin Di asked, "What is the origin of that female soldier?"

Gu Rumei replied: "Her name is 'Han Bing', she is the granddaughter of the martial arts master Han Muxia, Han Muxia is a martial arts instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy, and her granddaughter has also joined the army, similar to Du Rong and Du Lan." ”

"Does she like Ah Hu?"

"It should be, my brother is a talent, and he is still a lieutenant general in the national army......"

Qin Di remembered: "This Han Muxia is still the master of Mr. Zhou of the Great Red Party! Mr. Zhou has an elegant appearance, in fact, he has practiced martial arts, and his martial arts are extraordinary......

In the car behind, Han Bing couldn't help but ask, "General, where are we going?"

Gu Ruhu said: "I don't know, follow Mr. Qin." Did you bring the telegraph?"

"Well, bring improvised equipment. ”

"All of you should remember to me that from now on, no matter what happens, you must not tell the outside world! All contact with the outside world must be approved by me. ”

"Yes, General. ”

All the way along the dirt road, turn around, walk for three days, come to a place with beautiful scenery, at a glance, there are mountains and rivers, trees are green, flowers are in full bloom, green water is soft, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, like a fairyland.

In the end, the jeep finally stopped, and several people gathered together, looked at each other, and kept sighing!

"This place is so beautiful! It's like a paradise, where is this?"

"This place is sparsely populated, and when I drove all the way, I only saw a few Tibetan villages......"

"Where the hell is this, sir?"

Qin Di said: "This is Jiuzhaigou. ”

When he came here to investigate before, he found that there were two small spiritual veins here, one of which was an earth-based spiritual vein, and the other was a wood-based spiritual vein, which is why the flowers and trees here grew so lushly.

Except for Yan Xue, everyone was surprised and didn't understand why they came here, and the name Jiuzhaigou was not known to the world at this time.

Qin Di pointed to a mound in front of him and said to Gu Ruhu: "This hill can help you recover your strength." You go to the mountains and dig a pit, bury your body in it, and continue to meditate and cultivate according to the previous practice, and stay here for at least half a year......"

Then he pointed to the Tibetan village in the distance and said to a few guards: "You go to Haosheng and ask if you can find a house to borrow, or find a way to build a small cabin nearby!"

So a few people went to the village to contact. The people in the village were very scared when they saw that they were carrying guns, and they didn't dare to ask for it when they saw Han Bing take out the banknotes.

In the end, it was Gu Rumei who came forward and took out some silver coins, and those people accepted it.