After getting ready in the inn, Yang Tiesheng took a few people to scout around Nandianzi on horseback. The large group of people reorganized step by step and hit the road. After leaving Nandianzi, the caravan continued to go west along the Hunjiang River, which is where it went.
The direction of Fengtianfu.
Although not much food was purchased in the past few days, other matters were secretly prepared more properly. Lao Jintou hired a few carpenters in Nandianzi to urgently process the sled, strengthen it and plan it, and also bought
A dozen mules supplement the horse power.
According to Song Biao's instructions, the caravan bought a batch of shovels and pickaxes in Hunjiang County.
After leaving Nandianzi, the caravan walked six miles and stopped at Liudaojiang. Song Biao walked and observed all the way. In his opinion, Daling on the north side of Liudaojiang was a better resting place. The slope
Very wide.
After stopping his horse, Song Biao found a towering tree on the top of the hillside. He climbed up first and looked around with his telescope.
To his surprise, not only was the surrounding area quiet and there were no Japanese soldiers at all, but even Nandianzi was very quiet with no obvious movements.
What to do?
Keep moving forward?
After climbing down from the tree, Song Biao called Lao Jintou, Zhao Tingzhu and Zhang Yahu to his side.
Song Biao drew a map on the snow and discussed with everyone: "Whether there are Japanese troops watching us now, I'm afraid it's still hard to say, although we found out in the county that there are Japanese troops stationed in Kuandian and Huanren
news, but even in Huanren, the Japanese army is still 250 miles away from us. As for Liu Tongpao's grandson, it is difficult to say clearly whether he can steal chickens, but one thing is for sure, he is sure
It is related to the Japanese. If the Japanese army is really hiding in the Hunjiang area, as long as the Japanese army attacks us, they will definitely go into battle to make a sum of cash. If I were a Japanese general, I would generally choose to attack in the evening, or use
They completed the outflanking of us at night, but they all made a mistake in judgment, that is, they all thought that our shipment was still destined for Fengtian Mansion. This was an absolute misjudgment on their part. In other words, if there were really Japanese troops
To ambush us, they will definitely ambush us along the Hunjiang River."
Zhao Tingzhu suddenly realized and said: "Yes, no wonder our cavalry went around in a big circle for more than ten miles without finding them, so we won't go to Fengtian Mansion. Boss, we can go anywhere now, as long as we can buy
As long as we have food, we can immediately recruit hundreds of brothers to fight a big battle with Liu Tongpao and take over his lair. This calls him unkind and unjust. He dares to fight against Liu Tongpao.
If we drug him, we would dare to take his life!"
Song Biao raised his head and thought for a moment, then said: "It's not necessarily him who administered the medicine. Think about it, is it possible that Little Japan bribed someone in charge of Niujiabao to do bad things in private? But it doesn't matter whether it was him or not.
He definitely wants our batch of medicine. I guess he is actually looking at our intentions. He originally proposed a merger with me in disguise. In fact, he just wanted to test my voice. If I agree, then he
He could easily take away this batch of goods, but I haven't given any reply in the past few days, which means that he clearly disagrees. This trick didn't work, and he tried to scare me again. If there were really Japanese troops, he was deliberately leaking some of Japan's actions.
, but I didn’t care, so he had no choice but to simply tell me to get out. Then does he still want this batch of goods? Obviously he does, but the key is that he may not have the guts to keep it all for himself.”
Lao Jintou lit up his dry cigarette and took two puffs, and sighed: "The boss is right. If the Japanese army really attacks us, Liu Tongpao will come with them. He must know where the Japanese army will ambush. If there is no
The Japanese army just wanted to scare us and not have the guts to fight us head-on."
Song Biao said: "That's the truth. No matter whether there are Japanese troops or not, and where they are ambushed, we can change our direction. My suggestion is to go directly north from the mountain road, not to Fengtian Mansion, but to Liuhe County.
Half of the one hundred and forty miles is wandering through the mountains."
Old Jintou said: "It's a pity that Old Guotou is not in good health. He often walks on this road and he is the most familiar with it, but there are many bandits on this road."
Zhang Yahu said: "Tiezi and I have been running caravans with the master for four years. We have walked this road three times, so there should be no problem. Let's go north from Tuwei ditch, turn from Tuwei ditch to Gaoligouzi, and then take Hanggou behind.
Gou, over two mountains is Malu Gou, and up along the Santong River is Tuoyao Ridge. After passing Tuoyao Ridge, there are large fields. It is easy to buy food, and it is difficult to walk all the way.
, people fleeing are unlikely to take this route, and the food prices are not too outrageous. Do the math, if there is no heavy snowstorm, it will take about four days to cross over, and you can rest in several places in Tieshantun.
, we are very familiar with each other, I guess Liu Tongpao may not even know about it."
Song Biao nodded silently and concluded: "Let's just leave. Our dry food is enough to last seven or eight days. If Xiao Nippon and Liu Tongpao pursue them all the way, we still have a few days to deal with them and let the brothers go north.
Well, Yahu, you go inform Tiezi and ask him to lead the team back. You will lead the way to Liuhe later. Zhuzi and Lao Jintou will be in charge of the team. I will take Ergou and the others alone to observe the situation.
Everyone immediately agreed, and Zhang Yahu immediately went to find Yang Tiesheng. Lao Jintou and Zhao Tingzhu led the group northward into Dadonggou.
The way the Song family caravan went north was definitely surprising. After the group followed Lao Jintou and others, Song Biao took Li Ergou and Li Dahan, who were familiar with this journey, to stay behind and lurk in the highest place nearby.
Shan Lingzi silently observed the surrounding situation with a telescope.
Time passed by quietly. After about dozens of minutes, there was finally some commotion in Nandianzi. It seemed that many people ran out in a hurry. If this was not a coincidence, it meant that Liu Tongpao had a very good telescope in his hand.
, has been quietly watching the actions of the Song family's caravan.
Song Biao still didn't know where the Japanese were hiding, but he believed they must exist, but they had not shown up yet.
During the Russo-Japanese War, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties adopted an outsider-neutral strategy and classified the southern region of Fengtian Province and Dalian into the so-called war zone, allowing Japan and Russia to fight in this area. Although this did not mean that the Russians and the Japanese
If people go beyond this area, the incompetent Manchu Qing government will jump out to help the other side. However, both Japan and Russia, at least the Japanese, will be more cautious and will not send the army to hunt down the Song family horse gang.
Jilin Province and Liuhe County are basically the extreme areas of their war activities.
Fortunately, Japan did not go too far beyond the so-called war zone during the entire Russo-Japanese War. Its response was to use money to bribe bandits from all over the Northeast to harass the Russian army's supply lines. The Russian army also used the same policy to deal with Japan, and thus the emergence of
Zhang Zuolin, that weird guy, first helped Russia fight against Japan, but after being caught by the Japanese, he received a huge benefit and immediately turned around to help Japan fight against Russia.
Song Biao was not in a hurry to evacuate. He had been quietly watching the surrounding situation on the mountain. As the time gradually reached noon, he finally saw a group of Japanese soldiers wearing dark blue military uniforms appearing on the south bank of the Hunjiang River. They should have been ambushing them before.
In a mountain range north of Tiechang Town.
The number of Japanese soldiers was about 180, which was the strength of an infantry squadron. At almost the same time, the bandits from Niujiabao also ran out, with more than 200 people rushing out, dragged by horses.
Four Meiji four-pounder field guns.
The first half of Tuwei ditch is relatively flat, but the further back you go, the more bumpy and bumpy it becomes. The people in Niujiabao naturally knew this very well, so they simply left the four cannons behind. In Song Biao's view, the Japanese army seemed to be concerned about
There is no objection to this.
If Song Biao came to help them analyze, even if the Song family's caravan has been traveling north for three hours and has added more than ten horsepower, it is still dragged down by a large amount of baggage and cargo, and the speed cannot be increased at all. As long as the scouts are sent to bite
To kill the target, even if the speed is a little slower, just catch up before dark. It would be a better choice to bring two field guns, at least one should be brought.
Perhaps the Japanese squadron leader believed that the caravan only had 40 people, and he led nearly 400 troops. The best option was to immediately chase the target and resolve the battle, or even force the opponent to surrender without even fighting. So the Japanese army led
Following the bandits from Niujiapu, they directly crossed the Yangtze River and pursued them, traveling lightly and lightly.
Song Biao slowly adjusted the focus of the telescope and carefully looked at the specific equipment of the Japanese army. He actually discovered a Hotchkiss machine gun. This was a relatively rare situation.
The Japanese army did not field many machine guns in the early days of the Russo-Japanese War. The number was very small. It was not until 1905 that the number increased rapidly. By the time of the Battle of Fengtian, the Japanese army deployed more than 200 machine guns at one time, creating the largest deployment of machine guns since the advent of the machine gun.
The size of a deployment.
Sliding down the rope from the birch tree, Song Biao called to Li Ergou, who was observing the Japanese army with a Russian telescope, and ordered: "Ergou, ride your horse quickly to catch up with the large team, hurry up and beat the enemy as soon as possible.
Tell Zhu Zhu and Yang Tiesheng the news, and ask them to follow my instructions in advance to find a suitable place to build fortifications in the Gaoligouzi area to stage an ambush."
Li Ergou immediately agreed, ran down the mountain in a hurry, and chased after him on horseback.
There were only two people left on the mountain, Song Biao and Li Dahan. Li Dahan didn't have a telescope in his hand. He squatted in the snow with a Mosin Nagant rifle, his hands curled up in his sleeves, and he didn't look at it at all.
Think about anything.
Song Biao stood on the mountain ridge, looking at the Japanese army and Liu Tongpao's bandit troops from a distance, and he was also thinking about new countermeasures.
The Japanese army and bandit troops pursued along the Tuwei Valley, and also sent several small troops to conduct reconnaissance in the mountains and frontiers. Song Biao did not consider killing them because he hoped to lead the Japanese army deeper into the ravine.
There is a thirty-mile road from Tuweigou to Gaoligouzi. The widest place is only two miles, and the narrowest place is less than a few hundred meters. Mountains stretch on both sides, which happens to be the best ambush area. The deeper the Japanese troops are introduced,
The less likely they are to escape.
Although Song Biao only had the strength of 40 men, and his opponent was close to 400 men, he was very confident that the 220 men on Liu Bandit's side were not a terrible fighting force without the cannons.
It is even less worth mentioning. The Japanese army of more than 180 people is worthy of attention, but there is no need to compare the Japanese army before World War I with the Japanese army during World War II.
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