"It's hard!" Zhao Jinglin shook his head and said: "Now that Hengshui is surrounded by little devils, even if the martial arts team wants to enter the city, I'm afraid they won't be able to get in." ”

"And ......" Zhao Jinglin frowned, and said with a worried face: "And after they attacked the artillery position, the little devils sent a large number of troops back to help, and then they heard the gunfire gradually moving away, they should have retreated." ”

Zhu Yaohui frowned and said: "The martial arts team is being pursued by devils, let's not say whether they can escape, even if they are lucky enough to escape, I'm afraid they won't have the strength to help us anymore, it seems that we can only rely on ourselves next." ”

Zhao Jinglin nodded and said: "Today, they have done us a great favor, they can take the risk of doing this, it is already considered benevolent and righteous, what else can we hope for?" Now I only hope that they can get out of danger safely, as long as they escape, they can somewhat restrain the energy of some Japanese troops. ”

Zhu Yaohui frowned and thought about it, lowered his head and looked at the sand table on the table, and said thoughtfully: "According to this trend, the position outside the city cannot be defended, and when the time comes, we can only retreat to the city and rely on the city wall fortifications to defend, but the artillery fire of the little devil is too fierce, once the city wall is broken, we will be finished." ”

Zhao Jinglin said with a serious face: "No! Even if the city is broken, we can still fight with the little devils in the city, and we must not give up until the last moment. ”

Zhu Yaohui nodded and said, "That's right, the matter has come to this, and we have nothing to fear!" Fight with the little devil to the end, even if he is dead, he is worthy of his ancestors. ”

……

Outside the city, inside the Japanese headquarters, the embarrassed and angry Yamazaki Yusuke scolded several of his devil officers with blood, and the little devils present were so frightened that they obediently lowered their heads, and no one dared to speak, for fear of becoming the object of Yamazaki Yusuke's anger.

"A bunch of rice buckets! Rubbish! After fighting for so long, I can't even take a small Hengshui City, what use do I want you to waste? Yamazaki scolded angrily, then fell into a dull state, frowning and looking at the map on the table, as if thinking about something.

Tanaka Nakasa, who was next to him, raised his head and secretly observed Yamazaki Yusuke's expression, and said cautiously: "Your Excellency the General is angry, if it weren't for the abominable martial arts team to make trouble, the imperial army would definitely be able to take Hengshui City today." ”

"What's the use of talking about that now? This Liu Hong is even more hateful, and this scourge must be eradicated, otherwise the entire central Hebei region will never have peace. Yusuke Yamazaki yelled angrily.

"Hello! Your Excellency the General is very true. Tanaka Nakazo lowered his head and said: "It's just that Liu Hong is too cunning to confront the imperial army head-on at all, and every time he launches a sneak attack when the imperial army is unprepared, and runs away after the fight, making the imperial army helpless." ”

"Humph!" Yamazaki Yusuke snorted coldly, and said with a dissatisfied expression: "According to what you say, can't the imperial army deal with the martial arts team?" ”

"That's not what it means." Tanaka Nakasa hurriedly explained: "The humble position means that the Wugong team is taking advantage of the imperial army's attack on Hengshui to attack us, and the main task of the imperial army at present is also to eliminate the rebels in Hengshui. Therefore, I thought that we could concentrate our forces to destroy the rebels in Hengshui first, and then we would be able to free up our hands to deal with the Wugong team. ”

Yamazaki Ryosuke looked at the map, nodded and said, "That's what I planned, so I didn't order the troops to continue to pursue the martial arts team." However, the tenacity of the Hengshui rebels really exceeded my expectations. ”

Tanaka Nakasa sneered and said: "These rebels are just a rabble, they can't be the opponents of the imperial army at all, I think they are now at the end of their crossbows, and it won't be long before the imperial army can wipe them all out and reoccupy Hengshui." ”

"Yo Xi!" Yamazaki Yusuke nodded and said: "But we must hurry up, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the imperial army, especially the political influence, which is very bad, so we must eliminate this rebel army as soon as possible in order to eliminate this adverse influence." ”

"Hello! Your Excellency the General is wise. Tanaka Nakasa replied respectfully.

Yusuke Yamazaki's gaze gradually became firm at this time, and he seemed to have made up his mind.

Finally, the old devil slowly raised his head, and his sharp gaze swept over the devil officers on the scene one by one, these devil officers seemed to be very afraid of Yamazaki Yusuke, and they didn't dare to look at him at all, and lowered their heads one by one.

Yamazaki Yusuke finally spoke, his tone cold and decisive, "Tonight, the rebel position will be attacked at night, if you can't take the position outside the city, you will wait to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

"Hello!" The little devils responded in unison.

……

A soldier hurriedly ran to Liu Hong and said loudly: "Report to the captain, the little devil has indeed retreated, and there is no trace of the devil nearby." ”

"Good!" Liu Hong smiled and nodded and said, "But we can't be careless, order the reconnaissance team to intensively monitor every grass and tree in the surrounding area, and if you find any abnormalities, report to me immediately." ”

"Yes!" The warrior hurriedly answered, got up and ran away.

At this time, Bai Ling asked, "Then what should we do now?" ”

"Rest!" Liu Hong said casually.

"Rest?" Bai Ling asked with a frown.

"That's right! Rest! Go to bed! Do you still need me to teach you? Liu Hong said with a smile.

"You're still sleeping!" Bai Ling said angrily.

Liu Hong smiled and said: "Why can't I sleep, it's getting cooler now, sleeping under the tree, it's very comfortable!" ”

Bai Ling couldn't help but roll her eyes, completely lost her patience, and said with some annoyance: "Shall I tell you the right thing?" ”

Liu Hong smiled and said, "I'm not joking with you!" Now our task is to rest and sleep! After you have enough energy, wait for it to get dark and act. ”

"Sneak attack at night?" Bai Ling's eyes lit up, and she suddenly came to her senses.

Liu Hong smiled and said: "Night is our home field, and when the time comes, we will go to find trouble with the little devils." The enemy is too strong, and it is a dream to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, so what we can do now is to constantly harass the enemy, exhaust the enemy, and consume the enemy. ”

"Tired enemy?" Bai Ling asked with a frown.

Liu Hong explained with a smile: "It's just that they can't eat well and sleep well!" I'll see what kind of spirit they have to fight when the time comes. ”

Bai Ling seemed to understand, nodded lightly and said, "But what if Hengshui is lost?" ”

"That's the end of it, so now Hengshui is the key! If they hold on, this battle will still be fought, and if they can't hold on, then we will be completely defeated. Liu Hong sighed softly at the end.

(End of chapter)