Jin Daohan fired the light machine gun in his hand and knocked down the Japanese who were charging to the ground one by one.
"Onboard!"
All the soldiers around Iijima Riki were dead. He was holding a command sword and shouting to kill Xu Rui.
Xu Rui pulled out a pistol from his waist and fired a shot, hitting Iijima Riki's head. Iijima Riki fell to the ground, and red blood mixed with white brains flowed all over the floor.
Just when the Japanese brigade left Yilan and pursued forward, Niu Laohei led two independent battalions to the front of Yilan City. Niu Laohei immediately launched an attack on Yilan.
However, to Niu Laohei's surprise, the gate of Yilan City was completely open. From the beginning to the end, he did not encounter any resistance. Niu Laohei was overjoyed and immediately led his troops to seize Yilan City, waiting for Xu Rui's arrival.
arrival.
Ten miles outside Yilan City, Cheng Qiguang rode forward on a horse.
"County Magistrate Cheng, take a rest, brothers, we all have no strength." A voice said.
Cheng Qiguang stopped his horse and saw that he was far away from Yilan City, so he said: "It seems that the anti-Japanese army has not caught up. Let's all rest."
Cheng Qiguang got off his horse, and a man with parted hair came running over, bending down, and said: "My lord, county magistrate, why are we running away? If Major Rei Iijima comes back, we won't be able to walk around without food."
Cheng Qiguang said: "I'm afraid Iijima won't be able to come back."
"Why do you say that?" the man asked.
Cheng Qiguang said: "Xu Rui has been against the imperial army for so many years and has never lost a battle, which shows that he is a very powerful person. If we defend Yilan, there is still a glimmer of hope to defend the city, but now Iijima has taken the initiative to attack
, and his opponent is Xu Rui. The outcome of this battle has already been determined. Iijima Riki probably can’t even save his head, and Yilan can’t hold it anymore. Let’s go to Harbin immediately to join the imperial army. Maybe there will be
Hope of a comeback.”
"County magistrate, you are so tall, you can see so accurately."
"Well, staying in Yilan can only lead to death. Although we eat the food of the Japanese, we can't risk our lives for the Japanese." Cheng Qiguang said.
Seeing that everyone was almost rested, Cheng Qiguang gave an order, and everyone once again headed towards Harbin from the path...
After annihilating the Yilan City Defense Brigade of Iijima Force, Xu Rui entered Yilan City. After asking Niu Laohei about the process of capturing Yilan, Xu Rui keenly felt that the county magistrate of Yilan named Cheng Qiguang was actually
He is a scheming figure, but now he can no longer take care of Cheng Qiguang. The troops have traveled hundreds of miles from Jiamusi. Now that they have occupied Yilan, they should rest for a while.
Xu Rui decided to stop in Yilan so that the troops could take a rest, have a good meal and then sleep.
Xu Rui decided to visit Yilan City to see what this ancient city looked like.
The group of people came to a nunnery. This nunnery is very famous in the neighborhood. It houses Guanyin Bodhisattva, which is said to be extremely efficacious.
Xu Rui brought two guards, Zhuo Ligetu and Jin Daohan, to the nunnery. The nuns fled in fear and did not dare to meet Xu Rui again. Xu Rui knew that these people were afraid that if they had anything to do with him, the Japanese would
They were going to be punished when they came back, so they didn't want to embarrass these nuns and walked around by themselves.
Zhuoligetu went to worship Guanyin and paid for incense. Xu Rui knew that the Mongolians believed in Buddhism, so they naturally had great faith in this Buddhist thing. As for Jin Daohan, he did not worship Guanyin.
Zhuo Ligetu said: "Old Jin, pay homage to the Bodhisattva. I heard that the Bodhisattva here is very efficacious and responds to all requests."
Jin Daohan shook his head and said: "If the Bodhisattva really has a spirit, why does it make my life so miserable? I don't believe in any gods or ghosts, I only believe in myself!"
When Jin Daohan said this, his voice was trembling and he seemed very excited.
Jin Daohan's life experience was miserable, and everyone knew it. Xu Rui winked at Zhuo Li Getu, and Zhuo Li Getu didn't say anything.
Just as the three of them were about to leave, a nun came over and said, "My abbot felt something in his heart today. He raised his head and saw purple energy coming from the east. He knew that a noble person must be visiting. He asked for a lot in front of the Bodhisattva and placed it here.
In the brocade bag, I was ordered to hand the brocade bag to the person who came. I saw that the three noble men must be the noble people mentioned by the abbot. After the nun finished speaking, she handed a brocade bag to Xu Rui's hand.
Xu Rui opened the brocade bag and saw the eight-character motto inside the brocade bag: Follow the trend and be lucky in adversity.
Xu Rui just smiled and said: "It seems that the abbot of Gui'an is a person with great supernatural powers. Thank you for this eight-character motto, I will accept it now."
Xu Rui and the others said goodbye to the nun. They passed by a dry well in the nunnery and wrote the words "Sit in the well and look at the sky".
Jin Daohan said: "Is this the place where the two emperors sat in the well and looked at the sky?"
Zhuoligetu asked: "What does it mean to sit in a well and look at the sky?"
Jin Daohan said: "Back then, the Jin people captured the two Huiqin sects of the Song Dynasty and imprisoned them in Yilan City. In order to prevent the Song people from rescuing them, they imprisoned the Huiqin sects in a dry well. The two emperors could only sit down every day.
The well looks at the narrow sky at the mouth of the well, so it is called sitting in a well and looking at the sky."
"It's really tragic that the two emperors ended up like this." Zhuoligetu said.
Xu Rui said: "This is history. If you are dissolute and unrestrained, you will be abandoned by history. Even the emperor will not be immune. In the future, if the Eighth Route Army wins the country, it must always use this well to alert itself and always think about serving the people."
Serve instead of just caring about your own enjoyment, otherwise, you will definitely be cast aside by history.”
Jin Daohan was born in a declining aristocracy and had received a good education since he was a child. He could understand Xu Rui's words, but Zhuo Ligetu was confused by what he said. He didn't understand why and simply closed his mouth...
Just when Xu Rui captured Yilan, the Japanese 37th Division and 32nd Division had already joined forces in Tangyuan.
Since Xu Rui's troops blew up almost all the warehouses when they withdrew from Jiamusi, almost all the materials the Japanese had hoarded in Jiamusi were destroyed. Hitoshi Yagyu was so angry that he flew into a rage and fought with Taro Aso of the 37th Division.
After the encounter, the two divisions established a joint command headquarters, with Taro Aso and Hitoshi Yagyu commanding all the troops pursuing Xu Rui's troops.
At this time, various Japanese troops had gathered in Tangyuan, with a total number of 50,000. Together with nearly 30,000 puppet troops, the total number of troops chasing Xu Rui reached 80,000.
Hitoshi Yagyu said to Taro Aso: "Xu Rui is very cunning. We must be very careful and not let Xu Rui take advantage of him.
Taro Aso said: "Now Xu Rui is advancing towards Harbin. Harbin's military strength is very empty at this time. After our division was transferred, there was only one regiment, plus the gendarmerie and part of the Manchukuo army. The total number of people did not exceed
There are five thousand people, and Xu Rui's troops now have ten thousand people. If we cannot catch up with Xu Rui in the shortest time, Harbin will be in extreme danger."
"Two generals don't have to worry. Major Rei Iijima of our army stationed in Yilan is brave and loyal. Cheng Qiguang, the magistrate of Yilan County, is a resourceful man. With the two of them in Yilan, Yilan City will be safe." Taro Aso's words
Chief of Staff Colonel Ikeda said.
"Report, County Magistrate Cheng Qiguang reported on the radio that Major Rei Iijima was ambushed while pursuing Xu Rui's troops. The entire army was wiped out. County Magistrate Cheng Qiguang led the remaining troops to withdraw to the direction of Harbin."
"Nani?"
After hearing the news, everyone was shocked. Hitoshi Yagyu and Taro Aso quickly came to the battle map and looked at the map. They saw that Yilan was not too far from Harbin. Obviously, Xu Rui was there.
After capturing Yilan, they will definitely advance towards Harbin.
"We must stop Xu Rui!" Hitoshi Yagyu said.
"Why don't we immediately dispatch the Fukuhara regiment from Harbin, then assemble all the imperial and Manchukuo troops near Harbin, set up ambushes in strategic places, and completely annihilate Xu Rui's troops," Taro Aso said.
Hitoshi Yagyu fought Xu Rui for several rounds, and he had already experienced Xu Rui's power, and immediately said: "General Aso, don't try to defeat Xu Rui with an ambush, otherwise we will definitely fail in the end.
Xu Rui is an expert in mobile warfare and ambush warfare. In a field battle, no imperial army can be Xu Rui's opponent."
"Then what should we do?" Taro Aso asked.
Hitoshi Yagyu said: "What we can do now is to abandon all the strongholds around Harbin, withdraw all our forces to Harbin, rely on Harbin's city defense and carry out offensive and street battles with Xu Rui's troops, and do not expect them to destroy Xu Rui's troops.
We only hope to delay Xu Rui’s attack and buy time and conditions for the main force of our army to return to defend Harbin."
Taro Aso said: "General Yagyu, are you too pessimistic? The battle report shows that although Xu Rui's troops completely wiped out Yilan's Iijima brigade, he paid more than three times the price. Now Xu Rui's troops are attacking Harbin.
There should be less than 6,000 people. Compared with the army stationed in Harbin, they are not numerically superior. Xu Rui's soldiers are all new soldiers. It is impossible to capture Harbin. As long as the defenders are constantly fortified, they must be able to drag our army to
The main force has arrived."
However, Yanage Hitoshi said: "Don't underestimate Xu Rui. He is a man who is good at creating miracles. If our army is dispersed in various strongholds, Xu Rui will easily capture Harbin before the main force of our army arrives. Now we
The only way is to concentrate our forces to defend Harbin. Believe me, this is our only hope, otherwise Harbin will inevitably fall."
Taro Aso frowned and said, "General Yagyu, do you know Xu Rui very well? Are you a little too worried?"
Hitoshi Yagyu smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know Xu Rui very well, but General Inoue knows Xu Rui. Just now, I received an order from General Inoue to abandon all strongholds and concentrate our forces to defend Harbin."
"Oh? It turned out to be the order from Chief of Staff Inoue. General Inoue is a China expert, and he is the person who knows Xu Rui best in the empire. Since he has issued the order, let's execute it..."
