Chapter 62: Linked Strategy (1)

  The two of them almost simultaneously said: "It's you!"

  It's really a narrow road for sworn enemies, and Wang Changhu had anticipated none other than Iron Lady.

  Wang Changhu scratched the back of his head and said, "How was your night?"

  The iron girl's face turned red and she said in a huff: "It's terrible, there are several dogs barking all the time, it's driving me crazy!"

  After finishing speaking, his face turned red all the way to the base of his neck; Wang Changhu awkwardly said: "That thing, doesn't sound good when called out loud, don't mind it!"

  "Poof" Iron Girl laughed out loud, Wang Changhu looked at her and immediately pulled up one of Iron Girl's hands, stroking it as he said: "Not angry anymore?"

  The Iron Girl was about to shake him off, but she couldn't shake him off, so she had to let him be reckless, thinking in her heart: scoundrel, stinky scoundrel, dead scoundrel...

  Wang Changhu said in a low voice: "It was my fault earlier. I had an attitude towards you that was somewhat rough, and I apologize to you. Don't mind it!"

  Iron Girl's eyes turned red as soon as she heard it, and she sobbed: "It's all like this now, what's the use of saying these things?"

  Wang Changhu muttered: "I just want to apologize, no big deal."

  "Is an apology enough?" said Iron Girl with a raised eyebrow.

  Wang Changhu said with a twisted expression: "What else do you want, are you asking me to surrender my body? Let me tell you, I have dignity!"

  Iron Girl heard this and kicked him, Wang Changhu dodged and hugged Iron Girl's legs, shouting: "Murdering one's husband!"

  Iron Girl quickly pulled her legs back, leaned in close to Wang Changhu and covered his mouth, whispering: "If you shout again, I won't care about you anymore."

  Wang Changhu said shamelessly: "As long as you agree to return the pot of meat, I won't shout!"

  The Iron Girl blushed and replied: "I promise you, but not today, I need to rest for two days!"

  Wang Changhu wrapped his arms around Tie Niangzi and was about to kiss her, scaring Tie Niangzi into hiding, shouting: "No way, no way! Someone's coming!"

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, a team of soldiers came running from afar, and many of them nodded and greeted: "Officer, good officer..."

  Wang Changhu had no choice but to pull Iron Girl's hand and start wandering around. Wang Changhu asked, "Why did you come to Beidaying alone?"

  The iron girl hummed and said: "It's not you, my dad said you detained him, asked me to see you, I thought you were a scoundrel at that time, as a result, when I saw you, you were even more shameless than a scoundrel!" Her face turned red before she finished speaking.

  "That was an accident, it was an accident; I really didn't mean to, you have to believe me!"

  Iron Girl said: "Believing you is no better than believing a sow can climb a tree!"

  Wang Changhu made a gesture as if he was going to kiss her again, and Tie Niangzi hastily said: "I believe you, okay!"

  Wang Changhu asked again: "What about Tie Xiong and the others?"

  "I left them in the village to help me keep house. In these few days, Zhang Huamin has been active everywhere, eliminating many small bandit forces that have expanded rapidly, with more than 2,000 people; just last night, he assassinated another team leader Deng Shouhua and merged his village and troops, greatly increasing his strength. I think he will soon devour us!"

  Wang Changhu stopped and asked: "Are all you said true?"

  The Iron Lady nodded and said, "Absolutely true."

  Wang Changhu stroked his chin and said, "That's strange, why isn't there any news at all?"

  Iron Girl said, "In the past few days, there have been many devils on the roads of Qinglong Mountain, and it's not easy to get in or out. I had a hard time getting out too. By the way, there are also many devils around your Beidaying camp, at least over 2,000, I don't know what they want to do."

  Wang Changhu thought for a moment and said: "Nothing is out of the ordinary, there are only two purposes: either surveillance or reception."

  Wang Changhu suddenly thought of the fact that he had sent a spy from Zhang Sanpang today, and this spy would directly expose everything once he returned!

  He pulled up Iron Girl and ran back, Iron Girl said: "What are you going to do?"

  "Return to Beidaying Camp."

  Wang Changhu felt that Tie Niangzi was running too slowly, so he carried her to speed up and ran back to the Liu family's courtyard. He walked to the phone, calmed down, picked it up and said: "Get me Beidaying, hello, I'm Wang Changhu, ask for Vice Chief of Staff Chang San."

  "Hello, this is Chang San. What can I do for you, Commander?"

  "Has the spy been sent out?" asked Wang Changhu.

  "Not yet."

  Wang Changhu said, "No need to send anyone, I'll go back right away. Let's talk when I get back. Also, tell the several regimental commanders that we will have a meeting in my office in half an hour." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone.

  Wang Changhu ordered someone to find Xiao Qi and said: "You go and gather the 16-year-old kids from the new recruits; also, each of your two battalions will leave one hundred people at Liu's mansion, the remaining eight hundred people and the 16-year-old kids will follow me back to Beida Camp. Hurry up, I'll give you ten minutes."

  Xiao Qi hurriedly ran out, and soon everyone was fully armed and assembled; Wang Changhu looked around and saw that there were about three thousand people, saying: "Advance at a run, enter Beida Camp in half an hour."

  Wang Changhu and Tie Niu rode two horses in front, like arrows, galloping towards the North University Camp.

  Half an hour later, several senior officials were seated in Wang Changhu's office, and almost all of those who could come had arrived.

  Wang Changhu pointed at Tie Niu and said: "This is our new cavalry regiment commander, Iron Maiden. Let's give her a warm welcome."

  Several people applauded and said: "Miss Tie's joining is a great addition to our strength, welcome, welcome!"

  The Iron Lady was taken aback at first, then expressed her willingness to share weal and woe with everyone, and jointly defend the Northern Camp.

  Wang Changhu waved his hand and the applause stopped. Wang Changhu said, "Commander Tie has brought the latest intelligence from Qinglong Mountain. Please let Commander Tie brief us."

  "I arrived here yesterday afternoon, just the night before last, Comrade Deng Shouhua was assassinated, and all the local troops have surrendered to Zhang Huamin. Moreover, a large number of devils were found near Baiqingzhai, blocking the way..."

  "What! General Deng is dead?" Ma Chao, Zhao Yunfei and Chang San exclaimed in unison;

  Wang Changhu waved his hand and said, "Let her continue speaking."

  The Iron Girl came to the military map of Beidaying and said: "Around you, except for the Shenyang direction, there are devils' troops deployed in all other directions, with a total number of about 2,000 people.

  Hu Jingzhong walked to the front of the map, took a look at it and said, "Baiqing Stronghold is only more than 20 kilometers away from Shenyang. It seems that the devils want to drive a wedge in here, how meticulous!"

  Ma Shuai came to the map and said: "If Shenyang, Fushun, and Benxi form a triangle, then Qinglong Mountain in Baiqingzhai is the midpoint of the entire triangle. If this point can hold back the Japanese, it would be a great achievement for them. Although this point is surrounded by enemies on three sides, it can also threaten all three sides, and more importantly, it will tie up part of Shenyang's forces, creating favorable conditions for Japan to launch a surprise attack on Shenyang. The Japanese only spent a small amount of money but achieved a great thing! To let such a strategic location fall into the hands of the Japanese, I'd say Zhang Huamin must have been kicked in the head by a donkey!"

  Wang Changhu said: "A Wang Debiao left, and a Zhang Huamin came; it seems that Qinglong Mountain is a good place, where one can get promoted and rich, what a wonderful land!"

  Everyone was stunned, looking at Wang Changhu with a strange gaze. Zhao Yunfei asked: "Tiger, do you have any way to deal with this?" Wang Changhu smiled and said: "The conditions required are too many, we need to solve them one by one."

  "Get me General Shao, General Shao, it's Tiger, sorry to bother you again. Yes, that's right, I need two regiments from the 7th Corps to return to Beida Camp early tomorrow morning. What else? Just don't bring any weapons, we'll provide them. Also, help us escort some prisoners, yes, I'll lead the team myself. And leave their weapons for our captives, we have use for them. Goodbye."

  Wang Changhu let out a long sigh of relief after finishing the phone call. The most difficult problem had been solved, and now it all depended on his luck.

  Wang Changhu asked Tie Niangzi: "Tie Lü Zhang, where did you come from yesterday morning?"

  Iron Girl drew a big circle on the map, starting from Baiqingzhai in the south of Shenyang City, circling around Beidaying for half a lap, and entering Beidaying from this side of Shenyang.

  Wang Changhu measured it with his hand and said, "It's about thirty kilometers or more." He asked Tie Niangzi, "Infantry fully armed, how long will it take to run to Qinglong Mountain?"

  The Iron Lady looked at General Ma and said: "For our troops, it will take eight or nine hours!"

  Wang Changhu was taken aback, thinking to himself: "Such a long time?"

  He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It's really hard to do something, the conditions are too restrictive; even the simplest military march problem makes you headache!"

  Ma Shuai said: "Boss, if it's one of General Guo's old soldiers, I'm confident we can make it to Qinglong Mountain in six hours!"

  "General Wang Changhu said: "There is no joking in the military!"

  Ma Shuai said: "I am willing to make a military order!"

  Wang Changhu was overjoyed and said: "Bring me that brush and ink, have him write a military order."

  The military officer brought a stack of military orders and put them in front of General Ma. General Ma took a look: So many?

  "Just sign one!" said Wang Changhu.

  The quartermaster found a document from inside and handed it to General Ma, who took one look and "plop" sat down on the ground. The quartermaster viciously stuffed a pen into General Ma's hand and said: "Sign quickly!"

  Ma Shuai's face turned pale after signing; Chang San asked: "What's wrong with you?"

  Ma Shuai pointed at the quartermaster with a trembling finger: "On the march, one man falls behind and is fined 1,000 taels of silver; one man takes a short break to relieve himself and is fined 300 taels of silver. He's a devil..."

  Huang Yifei said: "You're stupid! You won't grab it first and then talk!"

  Ma Shuai's eyes lit up, and he clasped his fists together in respect, saying: "Brother Ren's insight is profound." Zhao Yun secretly lamented: Another bandit leader!

  Wang Changhu asked Tie Niu: "Is this road safe?"

  Iron Girl shook her head, indicating that she was unclear; Wang Changhu furrowed his brow: It seems we have to resort to a clever trick!

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