bookrandom Chapter 113: Outsmarting Huangmaoya and Deterring the Nine Dragon Heads
Chapter 113: Outsmarting Huangmaoya and Deterring the Nine Dragon Heads
Huangmaoya relied on the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack pass and wall to put up a tenacious resistance and gain a commanding position. Du's army organized two exploratory attacks, but both were ineffective and they also resulted in the loss of more than 20 people.
"Brother Hu, let's retreat. Even if we break through the pass with such a small amount of manpower, we will suffer huge losses. Once we clean up the surrounding areas and establish actual management, the pass will be in our pocket." He Chaowu rode to the 1st Squadron and reported to Hu Laosi in person.
"Okay, then we will retreat under the cover of night, and continue to clean up the surrounding areas tomorrow, attack the enemy's manpower, reform the land, and exchange for manpower." Hu Laosi followed the advice and stopped the attack.
Until the day before yesterday, they still hadn't captured Huangmaoya Pass again, but they had almost defeated the surrounding resistance forces. Seeing them growing rapidly, the surrounding "Nine-headed Dragon" and "Forest Monkey" actually issued warning documents at the same time, "The land is boundless, the sea is boundless, but the heart is big." It means that they should restrain themselves and not continue to expand. The threat is very strong.
"Damn it", the quintessence of Chinese culture was uttered, but instead of attracting threat from the garrison troops, he was threatened by bandits.
"Order, transfer Chen Jinhu's 4th Squadron to Gaocheng, and two squads of the guard team to secretly go through Nanyang Mountain and enter the Huangmao area. Hu Haisheng will be in charge of military and civil affairs, and Zhou Kui will be in charge of the garrison in the 4th Squadron's jurisdiction." After a year of stable development, the Yangjiaba area has almost established a garrison, which is fully capable of dealing with ordinary bandits, so it is handed over to Zhou Kui for management. It will take at least 4 days for the 4th Squadron to get from Yangjiaba to Gaocheng and then to the Huangmao area, which is plenty of time.
Finally, there was a more intense battle. After Peng Huiyu stabilized the Maoheba area, Du Chenyu was transferred from the 8th Squadron and the reconnaissance team to encircle and suppress the so-called "Nine-headed Dragon" to see if he had nine heads and whether they were enough for me, Du Chenyu, to chop off. It actually threatened his head.
At the end of August, with the assistance of the 8th Squadron and the Guard, Hu Laosi and his men launched the second attack on the Huangmaoya Pass. At 4 o'clock in the morning, the special forces team first quietly climbed to the base of the city wall, found a weak position and placed explosives and gunpowder packs on it. With a "boom...", a gap appeared in the two-meter-high wall. The machine gunners lying in ambush nearby immediately began to suppress the fire, and the others rushed to the gap.
"Brothers, charge!" Hu Laosi has been feeling a bit upset since the failure of the last blocking battle. He has always been holding back a breath in his heart and needs to vent. This time, he personally led the team to break through the Huangmao Pass. The morale of the team can only be accumulated in victory. Although the 1st Squadron is supplemented with half of the new recruits, this half is also selected from excellent prisoners and garrison members. One old and one new recruit, the combat effectiveness is still the highest in the squadron. The two special service members lurking in the pass also jumped out immediately and called out the names from behind with pistols. With this pincer attack from the front and back, a safe passage appeared on the wall in an instant. The 1st Squadron successfully entered the guard and began to clear the guards along the wall. The people surrounded by them immediately climbed up with the help of eagle claws, and finally compressed more than 1 guards in the guard office. Finally, they had to lay down their weapons and surrender.
There was only one wealthy family in the Huangmaoya Pass, the Huang family. They had been supporting hundreds of guards all year round, and their wealth had been basically exhausted. They only had more than 10 catties of grain. In August, the second smallest lean period of the year, they took out 8 to 10 catties of the 3 catties of grain and distributed them to the common people, and also distributed the land to the tenants. In this way, a new base was successfully built, and no one was unwilling to fight to the death to protect the food and land.
Peng Huiyu escorted all the prisoners to the Sanxikou forest cave base for detention, and the others all evacuated the Huangmaoya Pass with the spoils, leaving only a small number of guards. At present, they dare not occupy the stronghold for a long time. If they are surrounded by all parties, they will have no place to cry.
On the third day after retreating back to the mountains from Huangmaoya, the guard and special service team led by He Chaowu, as well as the newly recruited bandit team, totaling more than 200 people, were stationed at Sanxikou. To the south, Hu Laosi and the 4th Squadron were stationed in the area of Laoyingyan. The defense zone radiated to several guard posts around the Huangmaoya Pass, with a population of 4000.
He Chaowu and guards Liu Heng and Song Qingmei were studying the next action plan when a special forces member came running in to report, "Report, a group of people came from the west last night, dressed in bandit outfits, with more than 400 people."
"If they come from the west, it is very likely a group of Linhou bandits. If they are a joint defense brigade, there is no need for them to wear tattered clothes. They will pay attention to their military appearance," said He Chaowu.
"If enemies come, we will fight them with soldiers; if water comes, we will block it with earth. This is also part of the plan. There is no problem for us to escape, but it will be a bit difficult to wipe them out. Captain He, should we report to Captain Hu immediately and ask for support?" Liu Heng said.
"We must report this to Captain He immediately. We also have a preliminary agreement. If we are surrounded by bandits, we will pick on the weak ones first and then gnaw on the strong ones. After all, the nine dragons in the south are much more powerful. A forest monkey has less than two hundred broken guns. We can easily lure them in and wipe them out completely," He Chaowu analyzed.
"Captain He, please give the order. None of the guns in our firepower are vegetarian," said Song Qingmei.
"Okay, you two will each lead our team and Xinbian Teams 1 and 2 to block the enemy along Maoping and Zhongxing areas and lead the enemy to the "Yinjia Bay" area. Our men will set up a tight net to ensure that they are all caught in one fell swoop. Immediately send a fast horse to notify Captain Chen stationed in the Huangmao area to send at least two teams to block the gap in the south to ensure that there is no risk of error," He Chaowu ordered.
"Yes, we will complete the task," the two men withdrew.
Yinjia Bay has a natural trumpet-shaped terrain. The further east you go, the smaller the canyon becomes, and finally it merges into a mountain range, which is an excellent terrain for ambush. "I wonder if you, the 'monkey in the forest', can get through the rain of bullets on both sides this time. A group of bandits think of themselves as a joint defense brigade and come to take care of government affairs in a swaggering manner. You are overestimating your own abilities. Gather all the teams immediately and let those guys learn some lessons." He Chaowu walked out of the cave, demanded to end the training immediately, and rushed to the ambush point.
After two months of training, most of these newly recruited bandits and nearby young and middle-aged men who volunteered to join the bandits had completed their recruit training, and were able to stand in neat rows and carry out prohibition.
"Let's go...March in step"
We have been operating in this area for the past two months, and we are familiar with the terrain. We will disperse and finally gather in Yinjiawan. This will reduce the bandits' vigilance. There must be spies planted by the bandits to tip off the common people in this area.
Liu Heng was the first to set out with 20 people. According to the intelligence he received, the bandits were moving very fast and the two sides were expected to meet in the Buriedui area. Liu Heng marched for three hours and finally arrived three kilometers ahead of the bandits. The bandits had already crossed the Buriedui and were rushing towards the Chenjiaba area. This was a hillside area and not very suitable for ambush. Liu Heng found a ravine and arranged firepower points on both sides, preparing for the first exchange of fire with the bandits.