The spy rushed in. When he saw Hirata Ichiro, he kowtowed heavily and said anxiously,"Sir, I have urgent information! Qian Bojun's troops had been ambushed by a powerful enemy force and had been forced to surrender! At present, there were at least 1,500 soldiers of the Jinsui Army who had voluntarily retreated with the attacking enemy!”。
"Nani?"
"That's not right! We've contacted Qian Bojun secretly. I've already reported it to the higher-ups! The higher-ups can't possibly avoid me and carry out a military operation to raid Li Town!”
The adjutant standing beside Hirata Ichiro shook his head and said,"There are no more Central Army troops in the northwestern region of Shanxi. If there were any, it would be the prisoners of war from the 27th division of the Central Army who were imprisoned in Pinglu County!”。
"Sir, it seems to be those prisoners of war! There were about 300 enemies attacking Qian Bojun's troops. They suddenly launched a fierce attack from the north of Li Family Town. They used mortars to take out the artillery positions in Qian Bojun's camp! After that, the enemy charged into the town from the north and went straight for Qian Bojun's camp!”
After catching his breath, the Japanese spy continued,"Very soon, Qian Bojun and the others didn't have time to react and were captured by the enemy. Then, the leading enemy commander took Qian Bojun and the others and forced the Jinsui Army to surrender!”。
"Hiss!"
Upon hearing this, Ichiro Hirata and his adjutant gasped!
Taking down the Li Family Town so quickly, his actions were bold, and his attacks were fast. Even the ordinary imperial army could not compare to him!
"What's the situation now?" Ichiro Hirata continued to ask. He waved his hand and signaled the adjutant beside him to get a glass of water for the spy who had rushed back from afar. He took a breath and continued.
The spy finished drinking the water and calmed down before continuing to report,"Sir, there are less than 400 soldiers left in Li Jia Town. They are unwilling to follow the enemy. However, more than 1,500 soldiers of the Jinsui Army retreated with the attacking enemy!”。
"In addition, Qian Bojun seems to have sent a message to Chu Yunfei asking for reinforcements. Chu Yunfei had probably sent troops to Li Town by now!”
Ichiro Hirata thought for a moment and asked the adjutant to spread out the map around Pinglu County. The old devil looked at the map and frowned in deep thought!
"Sir, what's wrong?" Ichiro Hirata's adjutant, Tanaki Jiro, asked in a low voice, carefully.
"Now!"
"Sir, what you mean is that the people who attacked Qian Bojun's troops were the captives of the Central Army!”Taki Jiro was a little surprised.
Ichiro pointed at the map and said,"Based on the map, it is impossible for there to be any organized troops of the Central Army around Pinglu. According to what the spy had seen, only the group of prisoners who had escaped from Pinglu County had strong combat strength and could take down Qian Bojun's battalion when he was unprepared! In Death Valley, the Kuntian Company that had been wiped out had more than 200 elites of the Imperial Army killed by those captives.”。
Taki Jiro carefully looked at the map, looking for the hiding place of Li Congjing and the others. He immediately said,"According to the spy's report, that group of people should be hiding in the mountains. However, there are many mountainous areas around Pinglu. There are many mountain ranges and bandit nests. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to find them!”。
Ichiro Hirata also nodded. Qian Bojun's troops were finished, and the operation of instigating Qian Bojun to join the Imperial Army was basically over. However, as for Li Congjing and the others who had wiped out more than 200 elite imperial troops from Pinglu County's Kuntian Squadron, Hirata Ichiro had been sending people into the city to scout ever since he entered Pinglu County!
However, until now, after learning about the Li Family Town, Ichiro Hirata still could not confirm the location of Li Congjing and the others.
"There is a 50% chance that the ones who attacked Qian Bojun's troops are the Central Army prisoners of war in the prisoner of war camp! Tian Qisang passed the order to Lei She, the Imperial Association Army. He was a local tyrant and was familiar with the situation around the county. He had to send out the Imperial Association Army to find the hiding place of the captives. They raided Li Family Town and took away so much weapons, equipment, rations, and ammunition. There must be a bigger place that can be used to deal with our Imperial Army for a long time.”
"Ha Yi, sir, I will immediately pass the order to Lei She!”Taki Jiro stood up straight and bowed before walking out.
At this moment, Tanaki Jiro had just left for less than ten minutes before he turned around and came back with a happy expression!
"Sir, what a pleasant surprise! The third squad of the military police patrolling outside the city encountered the bandits of the Black Cloud Stronghold more than ten miles south of the city. The third team defeated and captured the Black Cloud Stronghold bandit leader Xie Baoqing and the others!”Taki Jiro excitedly reported to Ichiro Hirata.
"Bandits from the Black Cloud Stronghold?"
When Hirata Ichiro heard this, he thought that it was a pleasant surprise. He waved his hand and said,"A group of bandits who stole the military supplies of the imperial army were all killed!”。
"Sir, the Black Cloud Stronghold of this group of bandits has been attacked by a group of Central Army troops who are heading north! I made it at three in the morning this morning!" Taki Jiro laughed.
Ichiro Hirata was stunned for a moment, then he immediately came back to his senses." Those captives attacked Xie Baoqing's Black Cloud Stronghold?”
"Not bad!" Tian Qi Jiro kowtowed and said.
Ichiro Hirata immediately opened the map and looked at it with a serious expression. A few minutes later, he laughed out loud." So they're here. No wonder we couldn't find them! They took over Xie Baoqing's Black Cloud Stronghold. No wonder we didn't think of this!”
"Sir, isn't it too rushed?"
Ichiro shook his head and said," We should take advantage of the fact that those people have just retreated to the Black Cloud Stronghold after attacking the Li Family Town. They will definitely be unprepared at night. If we attack them at night while they are resting, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!" Gather the troops! By the way, Lei She's Imperial Association Army was also dispatched. They only needed to leave a dozen Imperial Army soldiers and a hundred Imperial Association Army soldiers to defend the city!”。
"Sir, what about Xie Baoqing and the other bandits?”Tanaki Jiro asked.
Ichiro Hirata waved his hand nonchalantly and said,"Kill all of them. What's the point of keeping the military supplies that we stole from the imperial army? He didn't even need to be cannon fodder! How dare you steal from the imperial army?”。
Since Ichiro Hirata had given such an order, then he would just kill him!
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