Chapter 13: Changing Guards (12)

In the evening, the baggage team from Chaohu Lake arrived at the mud river, the mud river, as if hanging a safe signboard, the market is quiet and serene. After eating the little red head, Mo Di and Shi Zhong were still sitting in the small shop, but they just changed into a set of clothes, a mud-colored poplin Tang suit, which covered the national army uniform inside. In order to cover the soldier's size, Shi Zhong wore a small melon skin hat, and the top hat that Mo Di got was a bit too big, and he wore it on his head, so he couldn't see the way, so he could only put it on the side of the table. On the table, a pot of wine has been drunk for half of it, and two small stir-fried vegetables have also been eaten.

When Mo Di watched from the window as the brothers of the reconnaissance company nodded and brought the baggage convoy from Chaoxian County into the Five Buddha Temple in the center of the street, he knew that this batch of baggage had fallen into his pocket.

According to Huang Yingyi's plan, next, Zhang Shenghu, who should pretend to be the chief of the mud river, should lead a group of leaders to send a sumptuous dinner to the baggage team.

Sure enough, Zhang Shenghu, the security chief, was very dog-legged and close to the company commander of the National People's Republic of China who was escorting the baggage: "The commander has worked hard!" We, the county magistrate of Ling, knew that there were distinguished guests coming from afar, so we specially sent someone to inform them so that the people of Nihe could receive them properly. ”

The company commander of the National People's Republic of China was very satisfied with Zhang Shenghu's attitude, and after praising a few words, he asked the question he was most concerned about: "Does Zhang Baochang know where the troops from the south have arrived?" ”

"Know, know." Zhang Shenghu replied: "I have already crossed the Luo River, and now it is estimated that I will soon reach the foot of Hujia Mountain." ”

"At the foot of Hujia Mountain?" The company commander of the founding army is not a local, so he doesn't know what place this is: "How far is it from the mud river?" ”

"Seven miles." Zhang Shenghu said: "You can walk fast for an hour. As he spoke, he took out a pocket watch from his bosom, lifted the lid, looked at it, and said, "It's a quarter past five o'clock, and we should be able to arrive at about six o'clock at the latest." I've already asked people to prepare food, but there are too many people from the south, and we don't have enough manpower to cook it, so we can only provide the ingredients and let them handle it themselves. The implication is that those who come from Chaoxian County can mix a cooked meal, which is very preferential.

The company commander of the founding army relieved himself, raised the wine glass in front of him and touched it with Zhang Shenghu, and said: "Thank you" and drank it all.

Li Shigui's troops from the south had indeed crossed the Luo River, and Zhou Mengxiong's position had also been abandoned, because he did not dare to alarm these frightened birds again, for fear that they would flee back as soon as the wind and grass were blowing, causing the baggage transport team from Chaohu Lake to also run back, disrupting Modi's money-hungry plan. However, Mo Di and Zhou Mengxiong did not intend to let Li Shigui go, they had already rearranged their positions at the foot of Hujia Mountain, Mo Di estimated that when Li Shigui arrived at the foot of Hujia Mountain, Shi Chongbu had already taken down the baggage transport team from Chao County, and that was the time to do it to Li Shigui.

Li Rengui's march was not unpleasant, he left the wounded in Fushan, and left a platoon of guards, and the rest of the men and horses, and hurried to the mud river as fast as possible. However, after all, the distance was there, and he was harassed three times in a row in the morning and delayed a lot of time, and after crossing the Luo River, the sky was already dark. Li Shigui received an order that he must enter the mud river tonight, and he did not dare to slack off, so he could only whip the old cow and speed up his pace.

Twice in one day, the sappers of the 528th Regiment were so tired that they couldn't straighten their waists, and Zhou Mengxiong was also very depressed. The terrain at the foot of Hujia Mountain can not be compared with the Luo River, in the Luo River, Zhou Mengxiong used three small forks of the river to lay out a killing formation, as long as Li Shigui enters this killing formation, only the share of beating, he is sure, with his own regiment, even if he can't take all Li Shigui, it is still possible to eliminate three-fifths. The foot of Hujia Mountain is much worse, it is called the foot of the mountain, there is actually no decent mountain, slightly undulating hills, and you can't find too much geographical advantage.

The only thing that can be relied on is the time of day, because it is almost evening. According to the feedback of the reconnaissance troops, it will take another half an hour for the enemy troops to arrive, and once the two sides engage, it will take half an hour at most, and the sky will be completely dark. The Japanese are not good at night battles, and the founding army is also a layman in night battles, I don't know what the level of night battles of Li Shigui's rabble is. Zhou Mengxiong threw this question to Mo Di in the mud river, and after a while, he received a call back from Mo Di, who told him that Li Shigui was short-sighted, let alone fighting at night, except for drinking flower wine, he didn't even go out at night. Zhou Mengxiong thought about it, if Li Shigui was a master of night fighting, his brother Li Shouwei would not fall into a small water trap and drown in the night battle.

Zhou Mengxiong looked at the unsafe location, so he could only dig two trenches on the side of the road, ready to give Li Shigui a head-on attack. At the same time, Luo Wei led the second and third battalions of the field supplement regiment to prepare on the periphery, waiting for an opportunity to kill, and give Li Shigui a move to start a fire in the backyard.

However, he was disappointed again, and Li Shigui's team walked less than a kilometer away from the position at the foot of Hujia Mountain. It was completely dark, and among the hills, a small river meandered out, and beside the river was a flat flat, with many wild trees growing with teeth and claws. If there is a river and trees, it means that there is water and firewood, and the rice can be cooked, and you will not go hungry. Li Shigui immediately ordered a battalion to be sent to the mud river to join the brothers from Chao County, and the others camped here.

This battalion walked a kilometer and plunged into the position laid by Zhou Mengxiong.

Prepared a meal for 4,000 people, only more than 300 people came, Zhou Mengxiong was a little disappointed, but a little is also meat, not surprising. When the 300-strong National Construction Army entered the ambush position, only to hear the soldiers in the trenches on both sides rush up, and before the National Construction Army could react, all of them became prisoners. Zhou Mengxiong looked at the southwest direction unsatisfactorily, knowing that there was such a big market today. The interrogation of the prisoners confirmed that Li Shigui's large army had set up camp not far from the front, and did not plan to reach the mud river tonight.

Zhou Mengxiong telegraphed to ask Mo Di, whether he went to attack the camp at night, Mo Di called back, hard work today, don't toss at night, Chao County's baggage team has transported a lot of good things, there are a few carts of dried fish in Chaohu Lake alone, and now the brothers of the guard battalion are killing chickens and dogs, frying, steaming, and frying, and the brothers of the 528 Regiment and the Yebu Regiment will open the banquet as soon as they arrive, so that Zhou Mengxiong and Luo Wei will not fall in love with each other, and they will talk about it when they come back.

Zhou Mengxiong laughed and said to Mo Zhongqing, the deputy of the regiment, that he had known that Mo Tianzong would fight as he pleased, and that was indeed the case.

After cleaning the battlefield, from the foot of Hujia Mountain to the mud river, just over an hour, Mo Di was waiting at the intersection, and when he saw Zhou Mengxiong and Luo Wei coming, he hurriedly greeted him.

After a few words, Mo Di asked very seriously: "Did you alarm Li Shigui's camp when you cleaned up the camp just now?" ”

"Probably not." Mo Zhongqing, deputy of the 528th regiment, replied: "We didn't let go of our guns, and a few of them were injured and trampled on." ”

"Are there any officers among the captives?" Mo Di asked again.

"Yes, the battalion commander is alive, and I asked him before." Mo Zhongqing asked rhetorically, "What are the new plans of Head Mo?" ”

"Nothing new." Mo Di replied: "Let's go to dinner first, I'll let someone interrogate it, and I'll let the captured baggage team operator send a telegram to my old classmate Li Shigui to report his safety." ”

Zhou Mengxiong was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and laughed: "Mo Tianzong is really Mo Tianzong, calculating opponents all the time, this move is ruthless enough, Li Shigui has a good night's sleep tonight, and tomorrow, he will rest assured and boldly walk into our ambush circle." ”

Mo Zhongqing also understood what Mo Di meant, and whispered to Luo Wei: "You are sinister and vicious enough!" Luo Wei replied with a smile: "It's normal!" Against the enemy, do everything you can, and in modern warfare, fighting wits is better than fighting bravery. ”

Mo Di turned sideways and asked Luo Wei behind him: "Where is Ouyang Jinbu?" ”

"Rest and stand by in Luohe." Luo Wei replied.

"Good." Mo Di said: "Tomorrow, Li Shigui's ministry will definitely collapse, let Ouyang Jin act in Luohe and make a little cheap." ”

Zhou Mengxiong shook his head, this Mo Tianzhong, layout ability, far above himself.

Walking to Mud River Street, it is already a sea of lights. Shi Zhong took the assault company, the heavy fire company, and the special service company of Panlong to Yefu Mountain, where only the reconnaissance company and the artillery company equipped with a color hand cannon were left. Huang Yingyi ran up and down, and was busy arranging for everyone to be in place and sit down for dinner. Huang Yingyi is a talent, and his overall planning ability is not bad, and there are nearly 2,000 more people at once, but he is not in a mess and is well arranged. On both sides of the muddy river, the brothers of the 528th Regiment and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Yebu Regiment sat in a circle and sat on the ground in a circle. Two people from each shift were sent to receive food. The gun holder was good, the backpack was neatly stacked, and everyone took out their lunch box and chopsticks from the backpack and waited for the squad leader to come back. After a while, with the strong fragrance, a team holding a basin appeared, two pots per class, one pot of rice and one pot of vegetables, the dishes were rationed, and the rice was not enough to add.

When I looked at the basin with vegetables, I immediately saw an exclamation: "Meat, big pieces of meat, and fish, chicken, this is duck ......"

Mo Di Luo Wei accompanied Zhou Mengxiong, Mo Zhongqing and other members of the 528 Regiment to sit at a table, their table was arranged in the Five Buddha Temple, and the dishes they ate were exactly the same as those of the soldiers, the only preferential treatment was that there were tables and chairs, and there was no need to sit on the ground, if there was any difference, it was that there was an extra basin, full of local soju.

Mo Zhongqing was insightful, and when he saw the vegetable pot in front of him, he blurted out: "This is poon choi, Cantonese poon choi, my God, this is too exquisite." ”

Zhou Mengxiong didn't know what poon choi was, so he asked Mo Zhongqing where he was particular? Mo Zhongqing pointed to the vegetable basin and said: "These dishes are not ordinary big pot dishes, mixed with sesame sugar in one pot, not to mention messy stacking, every dish is done before, and then it is very particular about placing it, what to put first, what to put later, but pay attention to what is on top, what is below, what juice is soaked on what dish, what taste complements what taste, but the university asked." He turned his head to Mo Di and said, "Mo Tuanza is treating us as honored guests!" ”

"Of course, it has to be a distinguished guest." Mo Di smiled: "Most of these things are purchased locally, because of time problems, the production is not exquisite enough, the poon choi has its shape and is not amazing, if it is an authentic Cantonese diner here, there will definitely be a lot of opinions, we will settle for it!" ”

"It's not a compromise, it's quite exquisite." Zhou Mengxiong said with a smile: "I don't know what poon choi is, I only know that a class eats such a big pot of meat, and our 528 regiment hasn't enjoyed it for a few days." Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you ”

"Thank you for the baggage transport team from Chao County!" Mo Di smiled and said: "If they hadn't sent it from afar, even if we wanted to, it would be difficult for the clever woman to cook without rice." ”

Zhou Mengxiong laughed, no wonder Mo Di let Li Shigui go, and didn't let himself attack the camp at night, it turned out that there was such a delicious food waiting for him, to be honest, there are many opportunities to fight devils and traitors, and there are not many opportunities to eat big pot vegetables.