So the next day, Du Lisan reorganized his troops and prepared to attack Jinzhou again.

Although Du Lisan's troops lost a lot in the last assault on Jinzhou, during this time, several bandit forces joined, all of which were bandit troops who could not succeed in several other assaults, so now Du Lisan's troops have surpassed the last time, and the total number has reached about 4,500 people.

However, the composition of the bandit army is still an alliance nature, all of which are roughly divided into 7 large bandit forces, Du Lisan is only the leader of the discussion, and it is also the largest of them, directly belonging to his subordinates There are about 1,800 people, and the other 6 bandits are no more than 1,000 people, which is one of the main reasons why Du Lisan can become the leader of this bandit army. But the core force of Du Li's three tribes is still the old subordinates he brought from the Qingmakan Three Realms, this part has about 7 or 800 people, and the rest are small bandits who have taken refuge, or a large group of bandits who have merged with Du Lisan, but they were killed in the previous battle, and the remaining small remnants are still many people at first glance. Coupled with the support of Japan and Russia, as well as Wang Kefu's mediation, on the whole, Du Lisan's order is still relatively useful.

In addition, there are about 400 Japanese and Russian troops, 4 75mm guns, and the commander of the Japanese army is Lieutenant Ichiro Kaguchizaki, Lieutenant Shalimov, the commander of the Russian army, and more than 2,000 Mongolian cavalry troops, led by Taoke Taohu and Baiyin Dajiao, who are responsible for covering and responding to Du Lisan's team, with a total strength of about 7,000 people.

In the heyday of the Three Realms Ditch in Qingmakan, Du Lisan's bandits were only more than 3,000 people, and the number of guns never exceeded 1,000, so he suddenly mastered a huge force of nearly 7,000 people.

However, Du Lisan Bi Jing is just a bandit leader, and he is a layman in the march and fighting, arranging troops and other things, and the last assault on Jinzhou suffered a large loss, which is also related to Du Lisan's layman command, and this time the attack has more troops, and the difficulty is greater, so it can no longer be handed over to Du Lisan's command, and the actual organization and scheduling of personnel and horses are all negotiated by the commanders of the Japanese and Russian armies, and Wang Ke comes back to handle it, and Du Lisan's name is issued. Of course, Du Lisan also knew that he had a few catties and taels, and he didn't fight for actual command, so he was honest.

The distance between Buxin and Jinzhou is about 120 kilometers, and it takes 4-5 days under normal circumstances, and in order to travel lightly and speed up the march, this sortie carries less baggage, and each soldier prepares 4-5 dry rations, in addition to the bandit leader to ride, and to drag 4 artillery pieces and shells, there are only more than 100 horses used to carry the load, mainly to pull a little other materials.

At 6 p.m., the troops were dispatched out of the city at dusk and immediately entered the night, so as to avoid the detection and interception of the whereabouts of the bandits by the Guangning and Uiju People's Armies, and at the same time, several Japanese soldiers were sent to wait for the response at every 5-6 km road node, so as to avoid taking the wrong path in the night. The Mongol cavalry and the bandit army did not go all the way, and the Bi Jing cavalry and the infantry had different speeds, so it was impossible to move together. The Mongol cavalry will march along the Daling River, which is due to the abundance of water and grass along the river, which can ensure food for the war horses and reduce the burden. Although war horses can't just eat grass, they can still do it for a short time.

After this period of training, the quality of the bandits has also improved to a certain extent, and they have just sent out troops, and their physical strength is abundant, so this night and the next day's march actually walked more than 40 kilometers in one go, and crossed Uiju and Quang Ninh, and did not encounter interception by the People's Army.

Du Lisan, Wang Kefu, Song Qinglian and others were very happy, because the successful crossing of Yizhou and Quang Ninh became half, so after resting for the night, the bandit army cheered up again and continued to march towards Jinzhou.

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Although the bandit army carefully arranged to set out at dusk in order to escape the supervision of the KPA, the bandit army was already under the close surveillance of the KPA while they were still regrouping in the new city. In order to monitor the bandit army in Jinzhou City, the People's Army sent out two warrior cars, because the warrior car can not only provide a small living space, but also equipped with a radio station, which can communicate directly with Jinzhou, and each brings a four-rotor drone, so it is divided from the east and west ends, and the bandit army in the new city of Bucheng is closely monitored, so as soon as the bandit army leaves the city, of course, it was immediately discovered by the warrior car and reported to the headquarters of Jinzhou, and then the two fierce earth cars also divided labor, one is responsible for keeping an eye on the bandit army of Du Li's three departments, and the other is following the Mongolian cavalry。

A day later, it was finally determined that the target of the bandit attack was Jinzhou, so there was also jubilation in the Jinzhou headquarters. After all, Jinzhou has done so many things these days, and the purpose is to hope that the bandit army will attack Jinzhou again. And now we have finally reached that goal.

The battle plan for the bandit army to attack Jinzhou had already been drawn up, and now it is only necessary to implement it according to the plan. Therefore, Ouyang Longxing immediately ordered the People's Army stationed in Jinzhou City to attack except for the 75-mm field artillery company, and set up positions near Qilihe Village, which is about 15 kilometers away from Jinzhou City, to prepare to meet the bandits.

Although Jinzhou has perfect city fortifications, but Ouyang Longxing does not intend to garrison in Jinzhou City, to deal with the attack of the bandits, the main reason is that his own troops are too small, now the defenders in Jinzhou City are less than 2000 people, and the length of Jinzhou's city wall has reached more than 6500 meters, so people are not even satisfied with the city wall, so although the People's Army has an absolute advantage in weapons and quality, it is obviously not the best policy to defend the city. It is the correct tactic to take the initiative to attack, make full use of and give full play to the superiority of the KPA's firepower, and attack the bandit army head-on on the way to the march, and at the same time to take the bandit army by surprise. The location of the attack on the bandit army was chosen in the Qilihe area.

However, the garrisons stationed in Uiju and Quang Ninh did not participate in the battle against the bandits, because the People's Army of Jinju was enough to deal with the bandits, and second, these two troops also had other important tasks. It is to cut off the route of the bandit army's retreat and wandering.

The two battalions stationed in Yizhou will set up positions near Liushui Fort to prevent the bandit army from escaping in the direction of Mongolia, while Zhang Zuolin's troops stationed in Quang Ninh are divided into troops, and Zhang Zuolin will lead the 2nd and 3rd battalions to take advantage of the bandit army to attack and capture Buxin, completely copying the bandits' old nest, while Tang Yulin will lead the first battalion to garrison Dasheng Fort and cut off the retreat of the bandit army.

Of course, the most difficult thing to deal with this time is still the Mongolian cavalry, because the Mongolian cavalry is not with the bandit army is all the way, and the mobility is very strong, so it is difficult to arrange the position to deal with them in advance, but now the whereabouts of the Mongolian cavalry are completely in the hands of the people's army, so there is no need to worry too much, just gather all the cavalry of the current people's army, stay in Jincheng, listen to the arrangement, once you find the fighter plane that destroys the Mongolian cavalry, you will immediately attack.

The remaining garrison battalion, the 75-mm field artillery company, and the city's ** guard are responsible for guarding Jinzhou City. The defenders of Xingcheng, Jinxi, and Suizhong were also ready to stand by and act at any time.

After assigning the tasks of each unit, Ouyang Longxing led the army to attack from Jinzhou City, rushed to the Qilihe area, arranged positions, and prepared to meet the bandit army.

Since Ouyang Longxing had already conducted a detailed survey of the Qilihe area before he advanced, he already knew how to arrange the position, so as soon as the troops arrived in the Qilihe area, they immediately dispatched troops, occupied the high point, and dug trenches.

It only took one day to set up the position and set up Ouyang Longxing's headquarters. Now everything is ready, just waiting for the arrival of the bandits.

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After crossing Yiju and Quang Ninh, the bandit army marched for another 2 days, but it was less than 60 kilometers out in these 2 days, and it was getting slower and slower day by day. However, at this time, the bandit army was only about 20 kilometers away from Jinzhou, so it was certain that they would be able to reach Jinzhou on the fourth day, and the Mongol cavalry had reached the bank of the Daling River, about 10 kilometers east of Jinzhou, a day earlier, and the distance between the two sides was about 25 kilometers.

But on the night of the third day, Wang Ke recovered the report of the Japanese scouts, and about 10 kilometers ahead, he found a position arranged by the People's Army, with a strength of about 800-1,000 people. And Wang Kefu told the news to Du Lisan and Song Qinglian.

Du Lisan was taken aback and said, "So the People's Army has discovered us?"

Wang Kefu was not in a hurry, and said: "This place is only more than 20 kilometers away from Jinzhou, and it is not surprising that the People's Army found us here, otherwise the People's Army would not be worthy of our painstaking efforts." In my opinion, the People's Army guarding Jinzhou was too weak to hold the city wall, so it had to set up a position to intercept us halfway. ”

Du Lisan said: "Then Mr. Wang, what should we do?"

Wang Kefu said with a smile: "This is a good thing, it is better to be able to fight in the field than to attack the fortified city." The defenders here are about the last garrison of the People's Army, if we can defeat this People's Army, then the forces defending Jinzhou will also be completely disintegrated, then we can take Jinzhou with our hands, so tomorrow's battle, the victory or defeat is here, and I have sent people overnight to inform the Mongolian cavalry, so that they can come to the battle early tomorrow morning, please rest assured, the big boss will recuperate tonight, just wait for tomorrow and the People's Army to fight to the death. ”

Du Lisan thought for a while, nodded his head, and said, "Okay, I will immediately inform the brothers and let them rest well tonight and prepare for tomorrow's battle." ”