When the person sent back by Heizi to report the news found Tang Cheng, the latter was sitting in Huang Hanju's recliner in the courtyard basking in the sun and dozing off. Tang Cheng, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up, and he was about to express his extreme dissatisfaction when he habitually raised his watch to look at the time, but suddenly found that it was one of the three people who followed the sunspot to reconnoitre. "How did you get back? What about Kuroko and the others? Tang Cheng, who got up from the recliner, hadn't fully woken up yet, and asked the guy who woke him up in a bit of a daze.

The guy who was sent back by Heizi to report the news was in a hurry, and after waking Tang Cheng up, he only cared about panting, and Tang Cheng, who didn't know what was going on, also motioned for him to speak slowly. shouted and shouted to Tang Cheng well, and Tang Cheng understood what this guy who went out to scout with the sunspot was doing when he came back. "How many of them are there? How far is it from Macheng? Is there an artillery corps? A series of questions made the guy sent back by Kuroko dumbfounded, and he knew this.

"Call all those who can still move and hold guns to the courtyard and assemble, there will be a tough battle to be fought." Patiently listened to the guy who ran back to report the whole thing repeat the whole thing, Tang Cheng, who habitually went to his pocket to touch the cigarette, realized that he was only wearing a shirt now, and this was in the Huang family compound, and the second company had now withdrawn to the city to rest, and the guards of Macheng had already been handed over to Sun Liansheng's garrison.

In the courtyard of the Huang family, there were dozens of soldiers of the second company, Niu Laogui led people to escort those boxes to Wuhan and did not come back, except for the injured and unhealed, there were less than 60 people standing in front of Tang Cheng. "The Japanese army is coming" Tang Cheng's brainless words frightened the soldiers of the second company who hurried to gather, "Heizi took two people to intercept the Japanese army in the dry grass ditch, I counted it just now, there are only 57 people in our second company who can still fight with guns, and the defense of Macheng has been handed over to the garrison regiment, but we are still in Macheng, I want to ask you, do we want to go out of the city to fight." ”

Tang Cheng didn't say that the Japanese army they intercepted was a squadron, and there were hundreds of traitors in plainclothes to help, he was afraid that if he told the truth, the soldiers under his command who had only experienced fierce battles would be resistant. The soldiers of the second company gathered in the courtyard said everything, some said that they wanted to go out of the city to fight, and some said that there was a garrison regiment on top of it, and they couldn't go up to paste Sun Liansheng's donkey face, Tang Cheng ignored their discussions, but called Lao Northeast to let him prepare weapons and ammunition first.

Heizi followed Tang Cheng all the way from Mengcheng, and as far as the Kuroko and the others had good marksmanship, Tang Cheng couldn't let Tang Cheng ignore the three of them who were alone. Regardless of whether the guys in the second company are willing to go out of the city to fight, Tang Cheng has to pick up the sunspots and them back to the city, and Tang Cheng also needs to learn the specific situation of the Japanese army from the sunspots. After some arguments, just when Tang Cheng was still worried, the soldiers who had blown up the nest in the courtyard also came to a conclusion, and most of the soldiers were willing to fight with Tang Cheng out of the city.

Without further ado, Tang Cheng, who was worried about the sunspots, immediately ordered the troops to go out of the city, although the second company now has less than 60 people who can still fight with guns, but after the bloody battle, the second company already has some momentum of iron-blooded soldiers, and the second company running in the whole team ran on the stone street of the county seat, and the momentum made the people in the county applaud. "What are Tang Cheng doing here? Didn't you say to rest in the Huang family compound? "Received a report from his cronies, Sun Liansheng, who was pushing pai gow at the head of the city, was a little embarrassed, and even the good hand he had just caught did not look carefully.

Tang Cheng didn't know that Lu Dao Sun Liansheng was playing pai gow at the head of the city, and he was standing with Tian Guang and talking in a low voice. "Company Commander Tian, it's not that I'm lying to you, my people have already done it with the Japanese army in Dry Grass Valley, the Japanese army is the size of a squadron this time, and the person who came back to report the news said that the Japanese army brought about 200 traitors in plainclothes, and the scale of 400 people is outside." Seeing that Tian Guang didn't seem to believe his words, Tang Cheng, who was anxious, reached out and grabbed Tian Guang's front placket and shouted loudly.

"Company Commander Tian, you are also a veteran of battles, if you think about what I just said, do you really think I'm lying to you? If you don't prepare in advance, if the Japanese army really comes to attack Macheng, do you really think that you can hold Macheng by relying on the garrison regiment and the company of soldiers under you? If you really think so, then Tang will not waste all this saliva and time in vain. "It's good to say that it's good to disperse, Tang Cheng said goodbye to Tian Guang, who had a pale face, and took the people of the second company out of the city gate and ran north.

was told a lot by Tang Cheng without a head, Tian Guang's face couldn't hold back for a long time, but he didn't forget what Tang Cheng just said. "Commander Sun, Tang Cheng just said that his people found Japanese troops outside the city, and the squadron-sized Japanese soldiers also brought about 200 traitors in plainclothes, this will have already arrived at the dry grass ditch, should we also make some preparations in advance?" Sun Liansheng, who had just drawn a good hand, looked at Tian Guang who was running to disturb the scenery with some impatience.

"I said Lao Tian, can't you listen to Tang Cheng's nonsense there, the Japanese army is now burning and fighting Fujin Mountain, and there is still a defense line of the 312 Division on the Huoshan side, where can the Japanese army bring its troops back to Macheng? Ha Luha, look at my Supreme Treasure. Sun Liansheng, who was squinting and rubbing cards while talking to Tian Guang, shouted, slapped the pai gow in his hand on the table, and then smiled and asked several officers who pushed pai gow with him to give money, but Sun Liansheng, who was busy collecting money, completely forgot that Tian Guang was still waiting for his reply.

I thought that Tang Cheng would give up the defense of Macheng, and Sun Liansheng would seize this opportunity to do something to show his face, but he didn't expect that this troublemaker only cared about pushing Pai Gow, but he ignored what he just said. Tian Guang, who sighed secretly, silently got off the city, Sun Shoucheng repeatedly said that Sun Liansheng's temperament is not bad, indeed, Sun Liansheng's nature is not bad, but Sun Liansheng is not a capable person, compared with Tang Cheng, Sun Liansheng is eight streets behind.

"Tell the brothers to enter the position, the second company said that the Japanese army is coming, let's not care if the Japanese army is coming or not, we will take precautions first." Tian Guang called all the squad and platoon leaders under his command together, and roughly repeated what Tang Cheng had just told him. Tian Guang's company is a regular army unit of the 36th Division, and these people under him have not fought against the Japanese army, and the 36th Division is a descendant of the national army, so the military discipline is very strict.

The situation is already very urgent, it has been half an hour since the guy who returned to the city to report the news left Heizi, Tang Cheng, who led the troops out of the city, handed over those soldiers to Lao Dongbei to take them, and after a few words, Tang Cheng himself hurried to the dry grass ditch with a few horsebacks. One more person means more strength, not to mention that Tang Cheng also brought two machine gunners and a Czech light machine gun, Tang Cheng knew the skills of the Japanese army, but he also knew the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and Tang Cheng was really anxious because he had not seen the return of the sunspot for a long time.

Rushing out of the road in one breath can look like three or four miles, Tang Cheng, who was riding his horse and rushing to the front, finally saw the three horses galloping from a distance, and the riders on the horses were the three of them. "Why did you bring someone here? Didn't I send someone back to report to you? "First showed Tang Cheng the light machine gun he snatched from the Japanese army for a while, and the triumphant sunspot actually asked Tang Cheng why he would go out of the city and appear here on horseback.

Rolling his eyes at Heizi, Tang Cheng on horseback was a little helpless, and said in his heart that people who grew up in the bandits' den were different, and they had just escaped from the pursuit of the Japanese army, and in a blink of an eye, they were like people who had nothing to do. "Let's go, go to the Land Temple, let's give a big gift to the Japanese army in the Land Temple." The three of them are already unhindered, Tang Cheng, who knows that the time of the road is not waiting for anyone, turned his horse's head and ran towards the road, the Japanese army is menacing, if he waits for them to attack Macheng, just relying on the two annular trenches outside the city, may not be able to block the attack of the Japanese army, the best way is to block the Japanese army in sections, and consume as many of their troops as possible before the Japanese army arrives at Macheng.

Tang Cheng said that the land temple is in the northern suburbs of Macheng City, since the new county magistrate of Macheng has been changed, the incense of the land temple is gradually declining, and now it has already become a place for some beggars and homeless people. From here to Macheng, you will inevitably pass through the open land where the Land Temple is located, and Tang Cheng is ready to use the terrain of the Land Temple to ambush the Japanese army. It didn't take a quarter of an hour to gallop to the Land Temple, and after Tang Cheng had calculated all the arrangements, the sweaty old Northeast also hurried to the Land Temple with the rest of the Second Company.

"In this way, Lao Dongbei, give you 20 people to go east, go to dig a single bunker in the field over there, you and all your men are hiding in the bunker, and you must not expose the target without hearing the gunshot, and you must pay attention to the camouflage of the bunker." Without giving Lao Dongbei a chance to breathe, Tang Cheng allocated a light machine gun to Lao Dongbei, and directly drove Lao Dongbei and 20 soldiers of the second company to the open field east of the Land Temple.

"Kuroko, I'll give you 20 people too, you go to the north to hide in the direction where the Japanese army came, and if you can't hear the gunshots, you will hide honestly for me." Old Northeast and Heizi didn't understand why Tang Cheng wanted to arrange them in an open field with no concealment. The layer of turf in the field can't even cover the steel helmet, so are they really going to squat in the dirt pit? "Nonsense, I specially brought a sapper shovel to ask you to dig a pit, the Japanese army is still far away, there is enough time for you to dig a pit, as long as you hide it well, it will not be discovered by the Japanese army."

Tang Cheng's answer dispelled the doubts of Lao Dongbei and Heizi, they believed that Tang Cheng would not push himself into the fire pit, Lao Dongbei and Heizi didn't know that Tang Cheng himself had no bottom in his heart, he was gambling with the Japanese army on luck. It is a bet that the Japanese army will focus all their attention on the Land Temple after seeing the Land Temple on the side of the road, as long as the Japanese army ignores the open land behind and on their flanks, the purpose of Tang City's arrangement will be achieved.