Suddenly, the Jurchen Tartar, who was being tortured to extract a confession, let out an extremely terrible wail, far exceeding all the previous sounds, and struggled violently.

However, his hands and feet were tied behind his back, and there was a soldier from a unit directly under the headquarters of the reconnaissance battalion on the left and right who was firmly pressed, and no matter how much he struggled, it was useless, and he couldn't move at all.

The torture warrior felt that something was not right, and subconsciously pulled out the bayonet inserted into the opponent's body.

Suddenly, blood shot out from the blade like a fountain, spraying the face of the warrior who drew the knife.

By the way, it also splashed on the bodies of the soldiers on both sides, and the two of them were also surprised, and couldn't help but let go of their hands to dodge.

Then, with convulsions, the captives slowly slipped off the wall at the edge of the trench against which they were leaning, and fell onto the muddy ground stained with blood.

The officer who was chatting with Zhao Qingyu just now immediately stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The torturer let go of the hand holding the bayonet, the bayonet fell to the ground and plunged into the dirt, he lowered his head aggrievedly, "Report, I missed, it seems that I didn't find the right position, and I pierced this guy's main artery." ”

The officer squatted down with an ugly face, touched the prisoner's neck, sighed, shook his head at Zhao Qingyu and said, "It's dead." ”

Zhao Qingyu didn't care about the life and death of the prisoner, and asked directly to the torturer, "How far has the confession been verified?" ”

The soldier's face under the cover of blood is also very unsightly, "I have just verified the identity of the other party, and I am interspersed with a second interrogation of some details. There are no official results yet. ”

The officer immediately stood up and apologized, "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, I made a mistake in my work, and I will ask my superiors for punishment." I'll take someone with me and go grab a few more tongues and come back. ”

Zhao Qingyu waved his hand, "Geothermal has already been prepared, and if you go again, it will be unlikely to catch this kind of key role, forget it, don't bother with that effort." There are other ways to corroborate the captive's confession. ”

With that, Zhao Qingyu turned around again and walked halfway up the mountain.

There, there was also an observation point that had just been established, and Zhao Qingyu ordered them to carefully count the losses caused to the enemy's logistics by the previous three companies' counter-assault operations.

If we can get evidence from there that the Houjin army has suffered heavy losses in grain and grass, it means that the words of the prisoners have a certain credibility, and the enemy has begun to arrange personnel to go over the mountains to ask for help.

On the contrary, if it cannot be corroborated from the observation point, it means that what the Houjin prisoners said is false and does not need to be ignored.

This is crucial.

If the Houjin army in the mountains is really allowed to escape for help at this point in time, it is very likely to have a very big impact on the defenders of Tashan, and the battle situation will slide in an unfavorable direction.

Therefore, once this matter is really confirmed, Zhao Qingyu must divide his troops to intercept it.

Of course, if Zhao Qingyu had enough troops in his hands, he would send troops to intercept it, regardless of whether the news was confirmed or not.

However, the reality is that the number of defenders of Tower Hill is very scarce, and even the number of active defenders does not seem to be enough.

If the enemy does not divide his troops, but instead sends his own personnel, it will be a great waste of manpower.

In the past, he didn't feel it, but when he felt that his troops were clumsy again, Zhao Qingyu could only lament, "In war, intelligence comes first, and it's really true." ”

Just as Zhao Qingyu was walking towards the mountain, in the sky near the first trench in the distance, the smoke had already begun to disperse.

As soon as the line of sight was unobstructed, the soldiers in the second trench immediately launched another counter-charge under the leadership of the officers, and drove out the group of Houjin troops who were in the first trench and had not yet gained a firm foothold.

This kind of low-intensity counter-charge is only a part of the elastic defense tactics, and the Huaxia Army, which has been rehearsed many times, does not need the orders of an officer of Zhao Qingyu's level, and the company commander at the forefront can complete the tactical command.

Zhao Qingyu looked at the first trench that had been recaptured, and finally showed a relaxed smile.

As long as his own side can always occupy the initiative on the battlefield and fight as much as he wants and withdraw as soon as he wants within the predetermined battlefield, then he will be very confident in completing the blocking task assigned by his superiors.

It's a pity that if the encirclement can't be completed as soon as possible, this situation may be broken at any time by the Houjin army, which has merged one after another and joined forces in one place.

After a while, he saw an observation point set up in a hidden pit halfway up the mountainside.

"Old money, you're here too."

"The head of the regiment is here too? I had just come from logistics, and the order came from the General Command, starting at 1 p.m., to prepare to receive the first supplies of ammunition. ”

"That's good news. How did the ammunition get here? Is it for the 103 cavalry battalion to bring? ”

"No, the order says it's sent by falcon."

As soon as he heard the words of the chief of staff, Zhao Qingyu lost interest, Eagle Falcon? The falcon that can't fly with more than a pound of supplies, how much can it transport?

Ignoring this matter no longer, Zhao Qingyu turned his head to the officer at the observation point and asked, "How is it, how are the observations about the losses in the fire of the enemy's logistics camp?" ”

"We have not yet been able to fully count the enemy's losses."

Zhao Qingyu's highly-anticipated observation point failed to play a role, which made him quite puzzled, so he asked suspiciously, "What's going on?" ”

"It's a bit far away, and the observation position is not ideal.

Moreover, in order to put out the fire, the Houjin Tartars also poured water on their grain and grass carts.

Today, there was almost no wind, and the smoke was filled, and it did not recede for half a day, which greatly hindered our observation of the view. ”

Turning around and looking at the Houjin Army's logistics grain and grass storage point in the distance opposite, looking at the smoke-filled place, Zhao Qingyu touched his head in distress, "Is there any other way, can you observe the situation there?" ”

"No, if you raise the observation altitude, it might help.

However, you have to wait until the smoke on the opposite side clears a little.

With the current smoke concentration, even the most advanced equipment is useless.

However, there is no wind at all today, and the smoke, I'm afraid some are waiting. ”

"Why is it so bad?"

"Commander, are you in such a hurry, is something wrong?"

"Pierced my tongue, accidentally caught a high-level Jurchen Tartar, and got a news that I don't know if it's true or false, but the captive is still dead, and I can't verify the authenticity of the news, I still want to get some corroboration from you."

"That's really no way, regiment commander, we observe the troops, the constraints imposed by the natural conditions are too serious, these are force majeure, and we can't do anything about it."

Zhao Qingyu shook his head depressedly, "Forget it, don't wait." Heralds. ”

"Here."

"Order the reconnaissance battalion to draw a platoon of troops to search the mountains on both flanks of our army."

"Yes." The herald was about to run to deliver the order. But he was stopped.

Chief of Staff Qian raised an objection: "Regiment commander, the establishment of the reconnaissance battalion is different from ours, their number is small, and a platoon only has two squads, so many people may not be able to search such a large area of mountainous areas on both wings." ”

Zhao Qingyu thought for a moment and then said, "Assign one-third of the military dogs in our battalion and strengthen them, their task is not to clear out, but to search and guard." ”

"Yes."