Matsui Ishine didn't realize what Kage Satsuaki was thinking at this time, "Okay! Order the troops, speed up and advance. ”

Shadow Zhenzhao nodded, waved his hand and beckoned the devil herald on the side to give the order.

Although he ordered the devil infantry of the rest of the 3rd Division to speed up, he took a step forward and hurried north. But Matsui Shigen also knew that when he arrived at the city seat of Linxi County, he was afraid that it was already midnight.

The sullen Matsui Ishine commanded the troops to continue to move forward until it was already dark, and Matsui Ishine watched the devil soldiers continue to go north with torches, and his eyes flickered a little in the night.

"Click!!

The sound of hurried footsteps came from behind, and Matsui Shigen didn't have to turn his head to know that it should be a signal soldier walking briskly, and there was an emergency report.

Sure enough, I saw a devil communication soldier hurrying to Matsui Shigen and said with a heavy pause: "Report to Your Excellency the General, Lin Xi is in a hurry." In addition, there is a copy sent directly from the locals! ”。

In the confusion of Kagesa Zhenzhao, Matsui Ishone, who was also a little puzzled, took the two telegrams handed by the communication soldier and read them one after another.

Two minutes later, after reading the two telegrams, Matsui Ishine silently handed the telegrams to the chief of staff, Major General Kagesa, who was on the side.

Kagesa Zhenzhao read it at a very fast speed, and sighed secretly in his heart, one of the telegrams was sent from the Japanese Native War Department, but it was a rebuke to Matsui Ishine in the name of the imperial family.

This seems to be the first few rebukes against Matsui Ishone, and Kagesa Zhenzhao can't remember it clearly. Anyway, the Japanese Emperor was not only unsuccessful in pursuing the new regiment under the command of Li Yunlong by Matsui Shigen for so long, but was already seriously dissatisfied with the fact that the other side ate half of the 3rd Division's troops in a maneuver.

The meaning of the telegram was already very clear, once Matsui Ishine was not competent, Matsui Ishine would be dismissed, and another devil general who could lead the Japanese army to encircle and suppress Li Yunlong would be sent to command the rest of the 3rd Division.

After reading the two telegrams, Kagesa Zhenaki secretly glanced at the silent Matsui Ishone under the light of the torches of the Japanese soldiers going north. Seeing that Matsui Ishone's face was actually ugly, Kagesa Zhenzhao knew that Matsui Ishone's heart was full of anger and shame at this time.

After less than three minutes, Matsui Shigen, who was silent, smiled bitterly, and then said to Ying Zuozhen: "It seems that I need to deal with Li Yunlong's troops as soon as possible." Otherwise, I, who was finally able to command the Imperial Army, might have to return to my homeland and become a reserve. ”。

"Your Excellency, General!"

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao also smiled bitterly: "I have also read Your Majesty's rebuke, and the wording is harsh. He also agreed to annihilate the troops commanded by Li Yunlong at all costs. Otherwise, it is really endless trouble! ”。

Pointing to another telegram in the hand of Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao, it was an urgent telegram pretended to be sent by the new regiment after seizing Linxi's devil code book, "The Linxi defenders are now suffering heavy casualties, less than a thousand. But for now, I'm afraid it's hard to hold on! ”

"Your Excellency the General has sent a telegram to Hattori Musashi, ordering them to break out of the castle according to the situation. Today, Hattori Musashi is still holding out in a corner of the county town and waiting for reinforcements, and if he can wait for more than 2,000 cavalry to arrive, there may be a chance. Shadow Zuo Zhen Zhao said in a condensed voice.

"It's a pity! Now that it is already dark, even if the fighters of the air force are dispatched, the bombing at night may not have much effect. In addition, the wind is a bit strong in the night at the moment, and for the bombers, the bombing effect at night is almost none. ”

Matsui Shigen is a bit of a pity, if the devil's air force fighters can be dispatched, they may be able to effectively continue to cooperate with Linxi's devils to defend Linxi County.

But looking at the situation now, there is no hope. together

After thinking about it, Matsui Shigen still instructed Kagesa Zhenzhao: "Kagesa-kun, send a report to the commander of the two thousand cavalry who went north to reinforce him, and order him to speed up and be sure to rush to the city before the loss of Linxi City." ”。

"Yes, Your Excellency, I understand!" Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao's face was also not good, but he could only pause heavily.

Then, with an urgent telegram from Matsui Ishone, the commander of the 2,000 Japanese cavalry who had set off earlier, Kotaro Taketo, soon received an urgent telegram from Matsui Ishone.

"Eight Tooth Road!"

Kotaro Taketo scolded in his heart, among the 2,000 cavalry he commanded, only more than 300 cavalry were considered his original troops. The rest were Japanese cavalry drawn and assembled from Jianping, Xindian, Fuxin and other places near Chifeng.

And some of them are still some communications soldiers, not professional cavalry at all.

With such a mixed temporary cavalry, although it looks like there are more than 2,000 horsemen, its combat effectiveness is very worrying. At this time, it was not easy for Kotaro Taketo to march north with this mixed cavalry force.

As soon as Matsui Ishine came with an urgent call, Kotaro Taketo was very dissatisfied.

But on the surface, he didn't dare to scold Matsui Shigen, after all, there were a few devil cavalry around, if he made a small report to Matsui Shigen, with Matsui Shigen's sometimes cautious virtue, it would be easy to clean up his Taketo Kotaro.

"Herald!"

Kotaro Taketo beckoned a devil cavalry herald and ordered: "Order all departments, speed up, Linxi's defenders can't hold on." For the sake of the Empire, for the sake of Your Majesty, speed me up, hurry up! ”。

"Hai, sir!" The devil cavalry herald ordered the soldiers to leave.

After a while, the Japanese cavalry who were already galloping north on a rapid march were scolding one by one, but after Kotaro Taketo personally killed the two devil cavalry with a southern-style pistol, the other devil cavalry still provoked dissatisfaction and slapped their horses north.

At this time, according to Li Yunlong's deployment, the first battalion of Zhang Dabiao's department, the third battalion of Ma Wenhai's department, the cavalry battalion and most of the artillery carried by Wang Chengzhu had already entered the ambush position.

Among them, Zhang Dabiao's first battalion was deployed in the woods on the left side of the valley where the ambush position was located and at the intersection of the north side of the valley, and Ma Wenhai's third battalion was deployed in the woods on the right side of the valley where the ambush position was located and at the intersection of the south side of the valley.

Sun Desheng's cavalry battalion was ambushed in the woods on both wings of the road south of the junction that entered the valley north, and the horses were covered with something specially designed to cover the horse's mouth to prevent being discovered by the Japanese cavalry heading north.

Everything was ready, just waiting for Kotaro Taketo's cavalry troops to enter the valley where the ambush position was located.

On the night of the moon and the dark wind and the murderous night, the soldiers of the new regiment deployed around the valley held their breath one by one and looked down the valley.

"Dada!!"

The ground shook quickly, and the sound of horses' hooves came from the south side of the valley. Less than a few minutes later, in the starlit night of the valley, a cavalry of devils killed less than a few hundred meters south of the junction of the small valley where they were located.