Update time:2013-01-02

The midsummer night sky is cloudless, and the black screen is covered with stars. [ ] The south wind blows by, and a few wisps of fire are faintly visible in the distance.

Yuan Su rode on a tall horse and led 300 fully armed soldiers to bypass the place where refugees gathered, crossed the Salt River and quietly came to the southwest of Yangzi Fort. Yangzi Fort is east of Fenghuang Mountain, about 20 years away from Shanhaiguan.

A journey of two miles. It took six hours from setting off at nine o'clock in the night to arriving at the wilderness southwest of Yangzi Castle.

Fortunately, all the soldiers were equipped with horses, and these horses were naturally borrowed from the Shanhaiguan garrison.

For this operation, Wu Chenglu also worked hard, not only lending the best 300 war horses in the army, but also dispatching three confidants to accompany him. Whether it was to gain credit or to supervise these war horses.

, this is the first time in the past five years that Wu Chenglu has "dispatched troops and generals." Nothing else deserves such attention as this kidnapping case.

Yuan Su gradually slowed down, and the team behind him also stopped.

Under the moonlight in the sky, he took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. It was almost three o'clock in the morning.

Chen Wennian rode up from behind and came to Yuan Su. He looked northeast of Yangzi Fort for a while, and then said: "Sir, after passing Yangzi Fort and walking five miles northeast, the kidnappers are hiding.

Behind the hills."

Just yesterday evening, Chen Wennian and Zhao Shanhe finally came up with some new clues during torture in the county jail. Based on this new clue, they then spent an hour catching several members of the refugee gang near Chengguan, and then

They also found out from the mouths of these refugee groups where the kidnappers were hiding.

All this happened in a very short time, and there was only one refugee who could directly contact the kidnappers. There was no way to verify whether what this person said was true or false. But considering that we don't have much time, we have to try tonight. If

If you cannot take the initiative against the kidnappers, the next actions will be very troublesome.

Yuan Su nodded, suddenly turned over and jumped off the war horse, and said: "The terrain ahead is too open. If we ride on horseback, our whereabouts will be easily exposed. Leave one person in the queue here to watch the war horse, and the rest will advance on foot."

Chen Wenian responded, then found Zhao Shanhe and handed over Yuan Su's order.

After spending a quarter of an hour arranging the horses, Yuan Su led the soldiers on foot toward the northeast of Yangzibao. Yangzibao is a small town that has been occupied by refugees. In order not to disturb the people in the town,

The team could only go around for a while and trot forward in the designated direction.

After driving for a while, there was a faint flash of fire behind the hills ahead.

Yuan Su immediately cheered up and ordered his troops to be divided into three groups. Chen Wennian led a group of people to detour from the west, Zhao Shanhe led another group to detour from the east, and he led the remaining people to advance from the front.

Although it is still not certain whether the kidnappers are hiding in the front, after passing Yangzibao, it is almost a wilderness. Not only is it sparsely populated, but even refugees rarely gather here. And there is a fire ahead, which is obviously

There are signs of human presence. Under the mobilization of officers at all levels, the soldiers were on alert one by one, with weapons removed from their shoulders and ready.[]

After the troops were divided into three groups, Yuan Su waited in place for a while to offset the detour time of Chen Wennian and Zhao Shanhe and achieve the effect of advancing simultaneously. Then, he sent scouts to explore the road ahead, and he led the follow-up troops

Move forward slowly.

As the troops got closer and closer to the hills, the fire they saw before became more and more obvious. With a little better eyesight, they could even see some figures moving around through the backs illuminated by the fire.

A scout who was scouting the road in front quickly returned to the back. After seeing Yuan Su, he immediately said: "Sir, there is indeed a situation ahead. We found that there were people on guard around the hills, and we could vaguely see that these people had guns in their hands."

Yuan Su suddenly became serious. It was obvious that the clues obtained during the temporary torture seemed to be true. He turned around and ordered a junior officer: "Let the brothers spread out and advance quietly. Everyone remains on guard.

Highest alert, ready to fight at any time."

The soldiers quickly received the order and began to check their weapons and equipment one by one, and loaded their firearms.

The team continued to move forward in a fan shape. As they got closer and closer to the hills ahead, everyone became more and more nervous. Although they had been soldiers for many years, they had never experienced a real actual battle, even if there had been suppression campaigns before.

The experience of gangsters is basically to use hidden rules to cope with the past.

Everyone knows that these kidnappers who dare to attack foreigners are a group of desperadoes in ten cases. The enemy that soldiers are most afraid of encountering is people who don’t care about their lives, especially bandits who don’t care about their lives. Often the fighting power of ruthless bandits is

Far more than the army, no matter how hard the soldiers are, they don't dare to fight to the death.

As time passed, the forward scouts had reached the bottom of the hills, and were less than 200 meters away from the kidnappers who were on sentry duty. Everyone began to act extremely cautiously, for fear of inadvertently alerting the enemy.

Yuan Su rushed to the front with a platoon of people, and after waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive at the fighting position, he was preparing to order a sneak attack on the hills. According to the intelligence currently available, although these kidnappers have guns and horses,

The total number of people is only forty, and it cannot exceed fifty at most. Now three hundred fully armed soldiers are surrounding them. No matter how good the geographical advantage these kidnappers are, they are definitely no match for several times the number of soldiers.

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However, before Yuan Su could briefly explain the direction of the battle to several junior officers, a scream suddenly came from the ramp to the east, followed by another gunshot. And this gunshot was like a starting gun, right before

In just a short moment, there was a series of shouts and gunshots.

"What's going on?" Yuan Su couldn't help but look up to the east.

"Sir, it seems that Captain Zhao was discovered by someone, and both sides started fighting." A platoon leader looked eastward for a while, and then said speculatively.

"We can't control that much anymore. Let the brothers attack immediately." Yuan Su gave the order decisively.

"yes."

The soldiers who were already prepared quickly launched an offensive after receiving the order. At this moment, the kidnappers behind the hills were focusing all their attention on the east side, and they did not expect that the government troops had already formed an encirclement. [ ] This

It provided an excellent cover for Yuan Su's team. It was only when the team was about fifty meters away from the hills that a small group of kidnappers noticed the movement here, but it was too late.

The sound of gunfire gradually dispersed, and the firelight jumped in the darkness. If you look down from the sky at this time, you can see that the three groups of soldiers have reduced the encirclement to the minimum, and surging figures can be seen everywhere on the slopes around the hill.

There was only a bonfire on the hill, and this flame was being swallowed up by the approaching black shadow.

The kidnappers' counterattack was very fierce. Although their number was small, the gunfire was more intensive than that of the army. On the one hand, the kidnappers had already occupied the combat position, and on the other hand, the soldiers below the hills continued to advance upward.

, it is naturally inconvenient to shoot while moving.

As the encirclement became smaller and smaller, the soldiers gradually began to organize effective firepower.

The sound of gunfire around the entire hill suddenly became fierce, bullets shuttled back and forth in the darkness, and the screams of those who were shot could be heard intermittently. Whether it was above the hill or below the hill, people could be heard hissing everywhere.

Shouting, directing firepower, boosting morale, or scolding as if to vent.

"Brothers, push up, push up for me."

"Hurry up and get some people to carry the wounded down. Hurry up, move fast!"

"You fucking granny, you are just cowering here and doing nothing. A few bandits have scared you silly? Damn you, granny, get out of here. Hurry up and charge forward."

Just as the momentum of the army was getting stronger and stronger, and the three groups of troops were getting closer and closer to the hills, a violent explosion suddenly came from the west, and then a burst of fire passed by. After the explosion, the gunfire from the west was obviously weaker.

It fell down, followed by several sharp screams.

"Damn it, the bandits have bombs!"

"Maybe it's a grenade!"

"Hit me hard, hurry up and charge forward."

The previous explosions had a more or less deterrent effect, but after a while, the soldiers below discovered that the gangsters on the hills did not seem to throw any more explosives, so they resumed their offensive momentum in the blink of an eye.

As the supreme commander, Yuan Su naturally did not launch a charge with the soldiers, but his position was less than a hundred meters away from the battle area, and a stray bullet could still hit here. He watched as he was transferred from the hilly slope

Among the wounded who came down, in less than twenty minutes of the entire battle, there were already nine wounded on our side. One of the wounded was hit in the neck and the injury was very serious.

Looking at the slow progress of the battle ahead, Yuan Su suddenly felt a strong anger in his heart. Three hundred people surrounded fifty people. The hilly terrain was not very steep, but it was fought like this. It is conceivable that the combat effectiveness of these soldiers was weakened.

To what extent? He secretly made up his mind that after all the matters at Shanhaiguan were settled, the training of the whole army must be implemented as soon as possible. His subordinates must not be of such quality.

About a quarter of an hour later, the gunshots on the hills gradually became weaker.

Yuan Su looked at the top intently, guessing that the three groups of people should have already attacked. This group of gangsters was obviously at the end of their rope.

Soon, a platoon leader and two communication soldiers hurried down the ramp, asking around to find Yuan Su.

After meeting, the platoon leader saluted and reported: "Sir, Mr. Chen has captured the top of the mountain. Most of the kidnappers have surrendered, but there are still some who are holding hostages and are confronting Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen asked the younger ones to come and ask.

How to deal with it?”

Yuan Su really wanted to scold the platoon leader. It was ridiculous that a hill with an altitude of less than fifty meters could be called a mountain. However, he had no intention of thinking about it now and immediately asked: "The mountain

Has the fighting stopped? How many bandits are still refusing to surrender?"

The platoon leader quickly said: "Except for a few kidnappers who took advantage of the chaos and fled, and the brothers are pursuing them with all their strength, the others have ceased fire. There are about seven or eight kidnappers, and they have bombs in their hands and hostages.

Standing in front, Mr. Chen will not dare to take rash action for a while."

Yuan Su nodded and immediately said: "I'll go up right away." After he finished speaking, he walked towards the top of the hill.

Other soldiers quickly followed, and a few guards walked ahead.

In this way, surrounded by a group of soldiers, Yuan Su followed the platoon leader around to the west, and then came to the top of the hill. The entire hill was still a little large, and there were soldiers detaining kidnappers on the east and west sides. Not far away

There are still several figures lying on the ground, and it is not known whether they are dead or alive. The previous pile of bonfires was scattered on the ground in the chaos. Against the background of the dots of fire, you can see blood stains everywhere.

All.

At a place near the downhill slope in the northeast, more than a hundred soldiers were forming a circle. Most of these soldiers were from Chen Wennian's team, and some were from the team led by Zhao Shanhe. The soldiers surrounded by these soldiers

, naturally they are the remaining kidnappers who are holding hostages.

The platoon leader leading the way quickly asked one of his men to inform Chen Wennian. Before Yuan Su could walk over, Chen Wennian had already walked over to greet him. Chen Wennian explained the situation. The kidnapper was very excited and might light a bomb at any time. Father Dou

He and several other hostages were in the hands of the kidnappers. Two foreigners were injured in the battle just now, and the rest were scared to death.

"What are they going to do?" Yuan Su asked calmly.

"The kidnappers must let us release all the prisoners and retreat twenty miles, otherwise we will all be destroyed." Chen Wennian said with a somewhat worried tone. The current situation is really unfavorable. The kidnappers have bombs and hostages. If a forced attack occurs,

In an accident, not only could the hostages not be rescued, but the lives of the brothers would most likely have been lost.

Yuan Su said nothing more and walked forward.
To be continued...