Yan Lisan was still waiting for the battle report coming from the front.

"Report to the Chief of Staff, our vanguard troops are about to circumnavigate behind the enemy. According to your order, the first and second companies of the Third Battalion, which set out in advance, have arrived at the rear of the enemy first."

"Okay, we can't wait any longer. When Zeng Shanbao's people wait, they will definitely attack the first and third battalions on the flanks."

"Order the Second Battalion to use all its firepower to strike Zeng Shanbao's garrison. The Fifth Artillery Battalion quickly transfers its positions and supports the First and Third Battalions. Be sure to push Zeng Shanbao's troops to the flanks to block the area between them and the First and Third Battalions, and do not allow them to easily rush into the positions of the two battalions.

"yes!"

Yan Lisan estimated that the time was almost over. Zeng Shanbao initially wanted to use all his troops to attack him. At this time, he found that the First Battalion and the Third Battalion wanted to go around from its flank to the rear, and would inevitably send troops to intercept him.

"fire!"

The artillery fire of the Second Artillery Battalion immediately started, and dozens of cannons shot towards Zeng Shanbao's garrison area. The Fifth Artillery Battalion also moved about five kilometers at this time, rushed to the destination, and began to shell Zeng Shanbao's left wing, preventing them from breaking out from the left wing.

"Boom! Boom! Boom...!" The dense sound of artillery fire sounded again, and dense shells rushed towards Zeng Shanbao's garrison like rain.

"Commander, the barracks ahead of us are full of shells." A soldier ran in panic to report.

"I heard the sound of cannons. Yan Lisan really had a deep hidden strength. What the hell is Li Tian Cheng who wants Yan Lisan to attack me and let me be this sucker. I am really unlucky!"

Zeng Shanbao's guess was fulfilled. At this time, they fully understood Yan Lisan's strategic intention. The other party really wanted to surround them and annihilate them. Yan Lisan had not fired artillery just now because he had four battalions behind him, with a total of 2,000 troops just outside their cannon range. Once he fired the artillery, the two battalions would turn around and run away. Then the goal of annihilation could not be achieved. At this time, he had seen through Yan Lisan's entire plan, but it was too late.

"His grandma, Yan Lisan is a little too poisonous. He actually wants to wipe out all my six thousand men."

"Everyone picked up my guns and broke through to the rear. Our flanks were covered by artillery fire. We could only break out from this direction."

"There are four battalions ahead of us who are being attacked by enemy artillery fire. Should we go to rescue?"

"It's time now, I'm not going to save my life. What else can I do to save them? If we don't leave, the remaining two thousand people will be killed by their cannons."

Zeng Shanbao heard the shells fall to the front position one after another. Fortunately, he was just twenty kilometers away from Yan Lisan's Second Artillery Battalion, so the artillery fire had not yet been covered. If the Forward Battalion had not been in front and the opponent's artillery battalion had already advanced near him, then all his 4,000 people would be within the range of the opponent's artillery fire.

Such fierce gunfire was the first time Zeng Shanbao heard it in his military career. It was terrifying. The shells seemed to fall into his heart, and it was heartbreaking.

"How many people were they blocking our way?" Zeng Shanbao quickly asked about the situation behind.

"There are not many now, there are probably less than three hundred people, but there are still a large number of troops from the flanks to advance to the northwest."

"Okay, the remaining four battalions, two thousand people, all broke through the back, and only three hundred people should not stop our way."

"Yes!" At this time, the generals under Zeng Shanbao realized that although Zeng Shanbao was a little too cautious and even timid, his caution seemed to be correct at this time. He immediately dispersed to execute the order of breaking through. The situation was urgent, and they did not dare to neglect the slightest.

Yan Lisan was still in his command post, paying close attention to the battle ahead, and was thinking about where his troops should go next.

"How effective is the artillery strike?"

"In just ten minutes, the enemy's position had turned into a sea of ​​fire, the soldiers fled everywhere, and were completely out of control. Our position was also hit by enemy artillery fire, but the losses were not large. Only dozens of soldiers were killed, and the enemy's artillery fire was almost completely destroyed."

"Okay, order the Second Battalion and the Fifth Battalion to stop the artillery attack. The Fourth Battalion immediately launched a charge, rushed through their positions, and chased the remnants of Zeng Shanbao. The Third Battalion penetrated diagonally from Zeng Shanbao's tail to seal the retreat on their flanks. The two vanguard companies of the First Battalion were looking for favorable terrain and blocked Zeng Shanbao's troops, and be sure to block their two thousand troops."

"The two vanguard companies try to use smoke bombs. The grenades delay time and bluff. They must persevere until the follow-up troops of the First Battalion arrive!" Yan Lisan began to issue further combat orders.

At this time, he was still a little uncertain about whether the two pioneer companies could intercept the other party, because it was late at night, and the scope of the Type 81 rifle was not very effective only by relying on the moonlight. There was no support from the night vision device yet, so their advantage over the enemy was that they had a large number of grenades, grenades and smoke bombs that could support combat.

"Where have we escaped?"

Zeng Shanbao hurriedly fled to the northwest with two thousand men. The terrain here was full of hills and there was no flat terrain. The two thousand people quickly crossed mountains and ridges for more than one kilometer, and they seemed a little tired, but in order to escape, no one showed any slackness.

"This is Fanjia Mountain, a small hill, only a few dozen meters high, so it is easy for us to climb over." A sentry officer reminded next to him.

"And the fucking mountain, our brothers will be exhausted if they turn over."

"How far is the pursuers behind us?"

"A quarter of an hour ago showed that the enemy was less than five kilometers closest to us, and their vanguard was only about three kilometers away from us. It is estimated that there were a large number of troops catching up behind him, but the distance might be ten kilometers away." The sentry officer continued to respond.

"Those guys ran very fast. Yan Lisan is really amazing. He wants to swallow two thousand of my people. Fortunately, I run fast, otherwise..." Zeng Shanbao rode on a tall horse, rubbing the sweat beads on his forehead with his sleeves, and said with gratitude.

"Reporting to the commander! I found someone intercepting me in front of me." A soldier suddenly hurried over to report.

"What, how many of them are there?" Zeng Shanbao knew that someone from the other side came to intercept him, but he didn't expect their people to be so fast, nor did he know that the two Pioneer companies set out to travel in advance. However, the two Pioneer companies had just gone around one mile ahead and found two low hills and ambushed them, blocking the path they had to pass by.

"Commander, we don't have to walk along Fanjia Mountain in front. We can go around from the left or right." The sentry officer reminded again.

"Run farther on the left, it is the waters of Chenghu Lake. It is easy to be forced to the shore of the lake by the other party. On the right is our flank direction. The other party's pursuers just chased him from this direction. I wonder where they were?" Zeng Shanbao frowned and began to analyze the rationality of the escape route.

"Commander, then should we go to the right or the left?" the whistleman asked anxiously.

"Damn, what should I do?" Zeng Shanbao grabbed the reins of the tall brown horse, and the horse neighed and stopped in place. At this time, he was also anxious and analyzed the pros and cons with his thoughts.

"Does the other party have cavalry?" Zeng Shanbao suddenly thought of something and asked.

"The people and horses blocking the hills ahead are not cavalry, they are infantry, with unknown numbers, but they seem to be only a few hundred people. The opponent's cavalry troops are in the rear, and we can clearly hear the sounds of cavalry and horses at the tail."

Yan Lisan considered that the cavalry could easily create too loud horse hooves and noise, so the two vanguard companies rushed over, and the cavalry followed after the cannon sounded. However, although the cavalry set off slowly, their speed was several times faster than the infantry and had already rushed to the tail of Zeng Shanbao's men.

Yan Lisan's war horse was only enough for two cavalry companies. These two cavalry companies have now surpassed the First Battalion and the Third Battalion, and are chasing Zeng Shanbao's tail.

"They have cavalry, and we only have one hundred war horses. If we escape in the direction of Chenghu, the soldiers riding horses can escape, but these two thousand people will be difficult to escape. Once they are caught by their cavalry, they will definitely go around us and block our way in the north. Once the pursuers behind them arrive and form an encirclement, these two thousand people will probably not be able to save them." Zeng Shanbao continued to analyze anxiously.

"I can't care about that much. I'll rush out from the right, and there are still a few kilometers wide gaps to pass through on the right. As long as we run fast, their pursuers won't have time to block the way to the right." Zeng Shanbao slapped his thighs and finally decided.

"All the men and women, ordering them to cross the hills on the right, and bypassing the men and horses that were blocked in front of them, to be fast and slow-running soldiers, and they had to let themselves die in the back."

"Helping!" Zeng Shanbao made up his mind and immediately whipped the horse, clamped his legs tightly on the horse's belly, turned his head and ran to the right.

On a hillside five kilometers ahead of Zeng Shanbao, there was a platoon of more than fifty soldiers lying in a dark low hill. These more than fifty people were one of the two pioneer companies. They stayed in this direction according to the company commander's order, with the purpose of worrying that Zeng Shanbao would escape from this direction.

But their number was too small, so they could only delay time. The two pioneer companies wanted to block the other party's escape route, but there were still too few people. However, Yan Lisan's instructions to them were bluffing, trying to fire grenades with grenade guns to shock the other party, so that the other party did not know their background and dared not attack rashly.
Chapter completed!