Although he had expected this result, when he heard it, the corners of Yumuling's mouth could not help but twitch.
They could only describe this battle as a disastrous defeat. They could not save supplies and supplies, and even the Tubal Road they were besieging slipped out of the encirclement.
Tamaki Ling didn't know how to report this incident for a while.
Because of this battle, almost all the troops that could be mobilized in the surrounding area began to mobilize. A battle with central fire was not fought, but instead the troops were mobilized in vain.
But now is not the time to be sad. He must convey the news here as soon as possible to prevent the surrounding people from coming back to their senses and causing more bad effects.
You must know that they are all troops mobilized from the surrounding areas, which will leave the surrounding strongholds with no military strength.
Fourth Brigade Headquarters.
Hirakata Yongfu is looking at the military map, preparing to wait for the reinforcements to officially arrive in Dingyang County before formulating a new round of military operations.
He has already deduced it in his mind. If everything goes well this time, then the imperial army will be able to control Jinzhou a little more.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, urgent call from Sunsetpo!" A Japanese lieutenant walked in quickly.
"Read it!" Hirakata Yongfu said in a deep voice without turning his head.
"Hai!" the Japanese lieutenant paused and then began to read: "The Eighth Route Army troops at Sunripo successfully broke through... The materials transported by the imperial army were destroyed in the fierce battle... The specific losses and troop casualties are being further calculated..."
"Xinxi, you did a good job." Hirakata Yongfu subconsciously praised him.
The Japanese lieutenant's expression instantly became a little surprised, but he did not dare to take a breath and thought to himself.
Can this kind of performance be good?
It’s okay for me to go up to you.
But the next second, Hiragaku Yufu suddenly reacted, and the calm expression on his face disappeared instantly, and was replaced by surprise.
"What did you say?" Hiragaku Yufu asked: "Tamaki Rei and the others were defeated. They did not hold back the enemy?"
"Hai!" The Japanese lieutenant paused, observed Hiragakuo's expression, and said cautiously: "Your Excellency Tamaki Rei suggested that we retreat immediately.
In addition, in order to avoid further losses to the Imperial Army, Colonel Tamaki suggested that all our supporting troops return to their original bases..."
"Baga!" Hiragakuo Yongfu was furious and cursed: "What on earth are these idiots doing? Didn't I tell them already? They just need to grasp the rhythm of the battle.
Just let those Chinese soldiers have hope of victory, why would they fail? These two idiots, they ruined all my plans!"
The Japanese lieutenant stood up straight, but he did not dare to say a word, for fear that he would be used as a punching bag for Isamu Hiragakuo.
Hiragakuo Yufu then asked: "What did you just say? What happened to the transportation team's supplies?"
The Japanese lieutenant took a deep breath: "Reporting to Your Excellency Major General, Colonel Tamaki said that the enemy suddenly launched an artillery bombardment on them, causing the ammunition on the vehicle to explode.
Because the enemy's artillery fire was so intensive, they had no time to save the supplies, and all the supplies in the transport team were burned down."
Hearing this, Hiragaku Yongfu only felt that the world was spinning for a while, his eyes went dark and he almost fell to the ground. This failure was far beyond his expectation.
Not only did the surrounding troops run around in vain, but all the supplies were gone. As the commander of this transportation of supplies and the initiator of the flowering strategy.
For the moment, he didn't know how to bear the consequences of such a defeat.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander!" Seeing that Lu Yongfu's expression was not right, the lieutenant stepped forward quickly and supported him.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me!" Isamu Hiragaku shook off the lieutenant's arm a little irritably, sat on the chair, and kept rubbing his forehead.
This news was hard for Hiraboku Isamu to accept for a while.
He suddenly realized something, stood up suddenly, and shouted to the lieutenant: "Dingyang County, what about Dingyang County? Have they mentioned anything about Dingyang County?"
Reminiscent of Arai Toyoyoshi's previous call for help, Isamu Hiragaku eagerly wanted to know the news about Dingyang County.
"There is no news from Dingyang County yet!" said the lieutenant.
Hearing this, Hirakata Yongfu breathed a sigh of relief at first. As long as there were no problems in Dingyang County, a traffic hub, everything else would not be a problem.
But after thinking about it, Isamu Hiragaku decided that it would be better for him to make a phone call.
But no matter how many calls Pinglu Yongfu made to Dingyang County, no one answered.
Gradually, Hiragaku Yufu suddenly noticed something was wrong.
"Quick, call those two idiots back immediately and ask them to return to Dingyang County as soon as possible to check the situation in Dingyang County!" Yongfu Hirglu roared.
There was no movement in Dingyang County, most likely because the county seat had been captured by the Eighth Route Army.
Otherwise, why would the troops outside Dingyang County suddenly give up their supplies and choose to retreat?
Since the strategic goal has been achieved, they naturally do not need to waste too much time here.
How can supplies compare to the importance of a county town!
Seeing the expression on Hiragakuo's face that he was so excited that he was about to eat someone, the Japanese lieutenant did not hesitate and ran out quickly.
Hiragakuo Yufu had a gloomy face, almost dripping with gloom.
After thinking for a while, Hirakata Yongfu decided to go to the vicinity of Dingyang County himself to see what happened there.
If it is really occupied by the Eighth Route Army, then I must take back Dingyang County as soon as possible!
When Higashinojima sent a message about the defeat to the brigade commander, he received a scolding reply from Isao Hirakaku.
Even through a piece of paper, both of them could feel Hiragakuo's anger.
Because they were defeated and scolded, they naturally knew what was going on, but what happened to Dingyang County?
Why did the brigade leader ask them to return to Dingyang County as soon as possible to check the situation in Dingyang County?
"Mr. Dongye, what happened in Dingyang County?" Yumuling asked in confusion.
Higashinojima thought about it carefully and said: "It seems that Mr. Arai said that the county town was attacked by the Chinese.
The war situation was urgent at that time, and my phone line was cut off by the enemy. When I repaired the line and called back, no one answered the call."
Yumuling's expression suddenly changed, and she suddenly noticed something was wrong.
He knew Arai Toyoyoshi's temperament very well. He could be said to be a man who was greedy for life and afraid of death.
Since the brigade leader was so angry, it must be because the Eighth Route Army really attacked the county seat.
And with Arai Toyoyoshi's temper, even if he had already asked for help, he might simply choose to surrender if he saw that he could not defeat him, so that the siege troops could choose to spare his life.
"Higashino-kun, let's not waste any more time. Let's go back to the city right away. Hurry!" Tamaki Ling said urgently.
"Your Excellency, Captain, it's okay. I already communicated with the brigade commander during the previous battle and the reinforcements have been..." Higashinojima said nonchalantly.
But before Higashinojima could finish his words, Tamaki Rei interrupted him rudely.
"Quick, gather the troops!"
Yumuling almost yelled these words, and then she pulled her neck and shouted: "Everyone who can move, march to the county town with me, quickly!"
Then, Tamaki Ling said to Higashinoshima: "The Dingyang County magistrate has lost contact, there must be something wrong here.
Your Excellency, the brigade leader, will not let us go back to the county to check the situation for no reason. This is most likely because Dingyang County..."
Yumuling never dared to say that Dingyang County had been occupied by the Eighth Route Army.
Upon seeing this, Higashino Island realized the seriousness of the problem. He did not dare to neglect anything and quickly gathered his troops and headed towards Dingyang County.
Along the way, the two Japanese officers remained silent.
Tamaki Ling was shot in the butt and the wound had just been bandaged. He was worried about pulling the wound, so he walked with a limp, which looked very funny.
The remaining troops of Higashinojima and Tamaki Ling arrived in Dingyang County almost one after another with the infantry brigade that came to support them.
There are scorch marks everywhere on the walls of Dingyang County. You can tell at a glance that they have experienced shelling.
Then he looked at the four bloody heads hanging on the main city gate of Dingyang County.
Yumuling's heart suddenly sank. Naturally, he was very familiar with these four heads. They were the same four landlords he had blackmailed before.
These four landowners have been beheaded, and Dingyang County is definitely not safe.
But what surprised Yumuling was that since the Eighth Route Army had occupied Dingyang County, why did they not garrison the city wall?
When they were heading towards Dingyang County, they didn't encounter any obstruction?
Yumuling felt deeply that there was an explosion in the county town, so she did not dare to go in at the moment. She just ordered a small team to go in to investigate the situation.
The Japanese squad that was named immediately took up their weapons, got into battle formation, and slowly entered Dingyang County with a cautious look on their faces.
Yumuling looked at the heads of the four landlords.
Their faces were full of fear and their mouths were slightly open.
I don’t know what terrible things happened to them during their lifetime that made these four landowners show such frightened expressions.
"Your Excellency, Captain...they..." Higashi Yejima started to speak but stopped.
Yumuling clenched her fists, stared at the city with evil eyes, and raised her ears high, listening to the movements in the city.
"Your Excellency Damu, in order to be on guard against the enemy within the city, you immediately lead your troops to the remaining three city gates to surround Dingyang County and not let any enemy go!" Yumuling ordered.
Ogi Ryōzai, the captain of the 22nd Regiment and the 1st Infantry Battalion that came to support.
Although Tamaki Rei is not their co-captain.
But Tamaki Rei is the person with the highest military rank here, so no matter how unwilling he is, Ogi Liangcai can only hold his nose and obey his orders.
Soon, a superior soldier ran out of the city.
He quickly ran to Yumuling and reported: "Your Excellency, Captain, there is no trace of Tubal Road in the city."
"Nani?"
Now it was Tamaki Ling's turn to be surprised.
Higashinojima never expected this outcome.
The two old devils looked at each other and quickly walked into the city.
Sure enough, just as they said, there were no ambush troops in the city.
Where did the people who attacked the county go?
Tamaki Ling's face was full of doubts.
How could such a large county be conquered and then left alone?
Higashinojima was also confused.
Before taking two steps, Yumuling saw the squad leader running towards her with a sad face.
"Your Excellency, Captain Arai," the second lieutenant choked up and was speechless.
Hearing Arai Toyoshi's name, Tamaki Rei said anxiously: "What's wrong? What's wrong with Arai!"
"Major Arai was beheaded, his body was placed at the door of the warehouse, and his head was hung on the door of the warehouse!" The second lieutenant sounded sad as if he had lost his own father.
"Nani, what did you say!" Tamaki Ling could no longer remain calm and almost ran to the warehouse.
Everyone present thought that he was sad because of Arai Toyoshi's death, but no one could have expected that Tamaki Rei was sad because of the four boxes of gold that he hid in the warehouse!
Toyoyoshi Arai ran to the warehouse instead of staying at the military headquarters. There must be something wrong with this.
Maybe Arai Toyoyoshi wanted to survive and told him about the gold in the warehouse.
At this moment, Tamaki Ling's mind was very bright.
When he ran to the door of the warehouse, he saw a body lying on the ground, and not far from his body, there were four other bodies.
Judging from the clothes on the corpses, if nothing else happened, these four headless corpses should belong to the four landlords.
There was also a soldier holding Arai Toyoyoshi's head, his head lowered with sadness on his face.
Tamaki Rei glanced at Arai Toyoshi's head, then quickly walked into the warehouse and found a big pit where the gold was originally hidden.
He was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Sure enough, the gold he had collected was gone.
In order to survive, his brother-in-law revealed the golden position he had hidden, but even so, he did not survive.
Those are four boxes of gold. Even if his team returns home now, the gold will be enough for him to live happily for the rest of his life.
Tamaki Rei regretted very much that she should not have told Toyoshi Arai about this matter. He never expected that the county seat would be breached.
now.
Tamaki Rei's face was filled with distress. When everyone saw this, they all thought he was sad because of Arai Toyoyoshi's death.
For a time, their favorable impression of Tamaki Ling increased even more.
But they didn't know that Yumuling cared about her gold. If she had gold, she would want any brother-in-law. She could change his wife at will, but Yumuling couldn't say this easily.
"Your Excellency, Captain, don't be too sad, there is no resurrection after death!" Higashinojima comforted him as he came in.
Tamaki Ling could only nod, thinking about how she could make up for her losses if she was fine this time.
"Hey, why is there a big pit here?" Higashinojima asked curiously.
Tamaki Rei's expression became a little unnatural, and she said casually: "Perhaps this was the place where Arai-kun was originally intended to be buried alive, but for some unknown reason, Tubal Road was changed to beheading."
"Arai-kun is indeed a warrior!" Higashinoshima said, "Even at the last moment, he was still protecting the dignity of the imperial army."
Tamaki Rei could only hold back his anger, but in his heart he wanted to eat Arai Toyoshi alive, but in order to protect his own face, he could not say anything.
Just when Tamaki Ling was sad about losing the gold, a soldier quickly ran up to him, paused and said: "Your Excellency, Captain, General Hiragakuo is here. He is at the garrison headquarters and wants to see you by name!"
Tamaki Ling was startled when she heard the name of Hirakata Yongfu, and hurriedly ran towards the Dingyang County garrison headquarters, regardless of the loss of gold.
When Higashinojima saw this, he hurriedly followed Tamaki Ling.