At the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army, the veteran general who received the telegram said to the chiefs in a room: "The situation has been clarified, it is a regiment of the Second Column that formed a new spy company a few months ago, and this small unit did not act with the regiment headquarters, but trained alone, and now even their regiment commanders do not know why more than 20 people have become more than 400 people in a few months, and they still appear in the Qingyang area. ”

One of the leaders said: "Boss, even if this small army is quite powerful, can they wipe out two cavalry regiments with a few hundred of them?" This kind of battle can only be done by at least one main brigade, not to mention their regiment commander, I also don't believe it, is there any other situation here. ”

Another chief said, "But who else could they be?" Apart from them, there is no longer a single unit of our field army there. ”

The old general thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter who it is, it's a good thing anyway, we're worried about how to deal with these cavalry, don't we save a lot of worry with them, immediately let the headquarters reconnaissance company send a few more cavalry scouts to the Qingyang area, if it is really this small army to do it, tell them to be more careful, the enemy is unwilling to suffer, let them have a few more eyes, ask a few more whys in everything, don't fight hard with the enemy, and if it doesn't work, move closer to the main force." ”

The spy company was stationed, Li Yong said to Li Jiangguo and Ma Quanyou, the commanders of the squad that was about to leave: "The enemy in Qingyang City will definitely be eager to find us, we will eat according to the enemy's appetite, you two must learn to touch the enemy's temper, deliberately expose it, the enemy will follow and pursue, of course, whether this mission is completed well or not depends on your heart, it is best to catch a few prisoners and then deliberately let them run away, but this matter can only be done in moderation, not too much, too easy to be seen by the enemy, as the saying goes, pretend to be like something, Anyway, you can't be honest with the enemy. ”

Li Jiangguo: "Don't worry, company commander, I've been with you for so long, and my heart and eyes have grown a lot, and we won't do anything that suffers." ”

Ma Quanyou on the side said: "When you kid is not with the company commander, you have a lot of eyes. ”

The soldiers next to him all laughed, and the instructor Wang Chengde took out the telescope given by Li Yong and said to Li Jiangguo and Ma Quanyou: "Take this telescope for the two of you, maybe it can be used, and the company commander and I will wait for you to come back." ”

Li Jiangguo and Ma Quanyou saluted Li Yong and Wang Chengde and then set off with the soldiers, Li Yong, who returned to the company, asked Li Yuming to call the reconnaissance platoon commander Zhang Jinsong, looking at Zhang Jinsong who ran over, Li Yong said: "Put the guard farther away, to ensure that the sentinels are in contact with each other, the combination of open and dark sentinels, the enemy must be desperately looking for us, and if we encounter suspicious characters, we will arrest them." ”

Two more days passed, and that morning the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon reported that they had captured two spies, and Li Yong asked them to bring the captured people to the company headquarters.

As soon as he entered the company, Zhang Jinsong shouted in his voice: "Company commander, instructor, these two guys must be the enemy's spies, don't look at them wearing ordinary people's clothes, I found a shell gun from them." ”

Li Yong didn't speak, just looked at these two people seriously, only to see that these two people were not nervous at all, they were also looking at them, and looked at the gray military uniforms on Li Yong and the others curiously.

Hearing Zhang Jinsong shouting the company commander and instructor, the expressions on the faces of these two people were even more relaxed, because these two people knew very well that only the ** army had instructors, well, it seemed that they had found the right place.

Before Li Yong, Wang Chengde and the others could ask, these two people spoke first, and one of them asked, "Who are you Li Yong and Wang Chengde?" ”

Hearing this person's question, including Zhang Jinsong, who had captured them back, they were all stunned, how did they know the names of our company commander and instructor? Seeing that everyone didn't squeak, the two asked again: "Who of you is Li Yong and Wang Chengde?" ”

Li Yong saw that since everyone knew about it, don't hide it: "I'm Li Yong, who are you?" ”

One of the two people who was captured said: "Company Commander Li, we are scouts from the field army headquarters, and we were ordered to look for you in this area, but it is really not easy to finally find you. ”

Without waiting for Li Yong to say anything, Zhang Jinsong next to him shouted: "Don't bluff people, knowing the names of our company commander and instructor can mean that you are your own person?" Honestly, what do you do? Hurry up and say, otherwise you will be killed. ”

One of them said, "Otherwise, we're scouts, we can't let us carry a letter of introduction with us." ”

Looking at the two arguing with Zhang Jinsong, Li Yong asked, "How do you know the names Li Yong and Wang Chengde?" ”

The two replied: "Company Commander Li, Instructor Wang, the names of the two of you were notified to the headquarters by Brigade Commander Liu of the Ninth Brigade, otherwise how would we know." ”

Hearing them mention Brigade Commander Liu of the Ninth Brigade, including Zhang Jinsong, they all know about it, and the enemy's spies have no way to know something, it seems that these two people are really their own people.

Li Yong suddenly asked: "Who is the deputy political commissar of the field army headquarters?" Li Yong asked this for the sake of insurance, who the commander of the Northwest Field Army even knows the enemy, this is no secret, but if you want to say who the deputy political commissar is, few people know, even the grassroots cadres and soldiers of the Northwest Field Army do not know, if they even know this, it must be a scout sent by the field army headquarters.

The two of them paused for a moment, and one of them replied: "I said Company Commander Li, you are really careful, the deputy political commissar of our field army is Comrade Xi Zhongxun, this time, hurry up and loosen the tie." ”

Hearing the two of them say this, Li Yong was also happy, and quickly asked someone to untie the two, let them sit down on a chair, and poured a jar of water for each of them.

The two of them sat down and drank a few sips of water and said: "Company Commander Li, Instructor Wang, you are famous this time, the head of our field army headquarters knows your unit, I have been in the reconnaissance company of the headquarters for a long time, and I have seen the head of the headquarters be so concerned about a company-level unit, I heard that the enemy in the Qingyang area was killed two cavalry regiments, did you do it?" ”

Zhang Jinsong, who was on the side, was reluctant when he heard this: "Of course it's us, or the enemy can still kill himself by himself?" ”

The two said: "Comrades, don't be unwilling, don't say it's the two of us, even the head of the headquarters doesn't understand how you hundreds of people can destroy the enemy's two regiments, of course, it's a good thing to destroy the enemy, but we also have to understand it, otherwise how can we go back and report?" ”

Instructor Wang Chengde said: "The two comrades will rest first, and I can write it to you after the battle, what instructions does the head of the headquarters have for us?" ”

The two said: "The head of the headquarters is very concerned about you, your combat operations have helped the main force a lot, and you have effectively cooperated with the actions of the main force, the chief said that he would reward you, and finally the chief also said, let you be more careful, the enemy will not be willing to suffer losses, let you have a few more eyes, ask a few more whys in everything, don't fight hard with the enemy, and if you can't stand it, you will move closer to the main force." ”