After receiving an urgent report from the other two soldiers of the cavalry company, Guo Songling's main force quickly stepped up and arrived at Tulie Maodu Town in the middle of the night and joined forces with Tan Hai. The soldiers of the Yi Army, who were harassed and alarmed, thought at first that the bandits had attacked the camp overnight, and they were very flustered. But when they learned that it was the main force of the Feng army coming, everyone quickly fell asleep. During the day, these two small-scale troops are so able to fight, and the main force is coming, so don't worry about sleeping!

At this time, the 1st Regiment led by Zhang Hanqing had already approached the south bank of the Huolin River. With his strength and the threat of the 27th Division of the Feng Army sharpening their knives in Mukden, the traitors will not move his camp unless they have their brains pumped---- which is also a kind move by Zhang Zuoxiang, Guo Songling, and Han Linchun in order to protect the young marshal and make him make great contributions without using troops and horses.

After a battle in the evening, the rebels estimated that they had broken their courage, and the main force of the Guards Brigade had arrived, and the rebels stepped over from Guo Songling's position, but they were afraid that it would be psychologically difficult to bear. In addition to surrendering, they will flee north to the nest or go east deep into Jilin Province.

Fleeing to the east was what Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Hanqing and others were willing to do, and under the banner of suppressing bandits, they could openly lead their troops into Ji Province and let Lao Zhang's strength expand to the east. Whether or not this can be done depends on Han Linchun. As long as he firmly blocks the passage of the bandit army to the north, he will inevitably force the bandit army to be driven into the auspicious realm. This is also where the operational strategy of the General Staff of the Bandit Suppression Headquarters was to encircle and eliminate one of the three.

So far, there has been no news of Han Linchun.

While Guo Songling reported the news to Zhang Hanqing overnight, he was also pondering: "Our Third Route Army is marching rapidly at the same time, no matter what, Han Linchun will not be able to bypass the enemy's rear until now." For this occasion, only I will slow down the attack, so that the bandit army will feel that they have the strength to fight and not make a quick retreat plan to buy time for Lao Han. I need to keep an eye on the enemy, but I can't go overboard, it's hard to master. ”

Early the next morning, Zhang Hanqing's password also came: "If the enemy retreats, I will advance, and if the enemy leaves, I will disturb him, and it is not appropriate to fight too fiercely. "He has seen the evil consequences of Lao Jiang meddling in a battle and losing a battle in history, unlike **, let the front-line commanders let go and think about it. If everything can be done behind the scenes, what do you want front-line commanders to do? Do you think you are Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen? Isn't Zhuge Liang tired to death in history? Liu Bowen doesn't seem to have much credit on the battlefield, right?

Not only did the hero see the same thing, but he also gave the power to Guo Songling with confidence, so that Guo Songling added a sense of grace and responsibility: how to fight this battle beautifully, in order to be worthy of the trust of the young marshal. On the one hand, he sent a large number of scouts to search for the movements of Han Linchun's army in the area of the Taoer River; On the one hand, he opened the defense center with an attacking frame, and wanted to kill the rebels on the banks of the Huolin River.

Early the next morning, the rebels were woken up by the fire and set up to prevent the opposing Guards Brigade from storming the camp. But until the third pole of the day, Guo Songling's team was still lazily reorganizing, and the whole town was full of peaceful atmosphere.

The confrontation lasted until noon, and Babu Zab became impatient: "The enemy must have come from afar and is tired, and while they are resting, we will kill them first." Thinking of yesterday's bloody battle, he felt a little weak: "But the enemy's firepower is too fierce, and our charge is not good." The enemy's machine guns are our nemesis for defense, are they waiting for us to attack first? Forget it, it's better to arm, forgive them and they can't kill them with machine guns. ”

The cunning Qing Yu Shengmin began to calculate: "The enemy's strength is not trivial, and it is not that he can't compete with me, but he has always dragged on and not fighting, is he waiting for reinforcements?" As soon as he thought of this, he was clever: "It must be, the news from our army's intelligence department in Mukden before that the enemy wants to encircle our army on three sides with the intention of annihilating it, and this powerful force must be ready to drag us down." ”

As soon as he exchanged his thoughts with Babu Zabu, Lao Ba's complexion changed. In fact, last night's bloody battle in the meat field had made him completely dead to the combat effectiveness of the Guards Brigade, and the reason why he did not retreat on all fronts was because he was afraid that his retreat would not only bring down the originally high morale, but also very likely to cause a rout on the whole front. Babu Zabu, who is good at fighting, has a very good study of leading bandit soldiers: when fighting with the wind, he is invincible and courageous, and when he is really about to lose, it is difficult to guarantee that he is afraid that his father and mother will have two fewer feet.

Qing Yu Shengmin's estimate was right, but when he decided to retreat---- he encountered difficulties after the baptism of blood and fire, the bandit army under his command was not refined, but scared, and no one wanted to basically become cannon fodder for the palace troops, which gave Lao Ba a headache.

At the critical moment, it is still Qing Yu Shengmin who is enough buddy. He looked at the backbone of the rebels who were scrambling to grab things and flee with some disgust, and said sharply: "I will lead a force to the rear, and Commander Babu will lead the troops to take the lead." However, for fear of the enemy's pursuit, Commander Báb's troops must not go too far, and we have tentatively set a ten-mile cycle, and you need to set up a defense at the next station in case the enemy surprises. ”

This is well arranged, everyone ferries the first line. When Babu Zabu divided a part of the bandit army and retreated, Li Desheng, the commander of the cavalry company who had recovered his vitality, wanted to ask for battle, he said: "Commander Guo, give me a cavalry, I promise to defeat the bandit army!" ”

Guo Songling thought for a moment, and suddenly said loudly: "Don't, let them go!" ”

Everyone was puzzled, and Guo Gunling said: "The enemy's retreat is very orderly, and there must be a careful arrangement." If we rush forward at this time, it will be another scuffle. Although the final victory must be ours, it is different from the original plan of the command. He smiled slyly: "We are not suppressing bandits, but biting bandits, and we will drive the bandit army to Jilin." ”

None of these strategic considerations were understood by the middle and lower ranks, but the military orders were strictly enforced. Babu Zabuan then retreated ten miles and resettled on the west bank of the Holin River. When Qing Yu Shengmin slowly retreated with the bandits, the Guards Brigade also sent a cavalry to follow slowly, and the two sides maintained a certain degree of isolation, but they were heavily guarded.

Qing Yu Shengmin tried to speed up, and the Guards Brigade on the opposite side was ready to assemble a team to charge and pursue, and immediately set up defensive measures, and the Guards Brigade slowed down again when it saw it, but at the same time, the speed of the bandit army also slowed down. If so, three.

Babu Zabu had nothing to do, and he did not dare to retreat. As soon as he shows his intention to retreat, his military spirit will immediately be in chaos, he believes. Now there is only one step at a time, and when all the men and horses have crossed the Khorin River, they will find a chance to escape back to Mongolia. Fengtian has Zhang Zuolin's troops, and he has no chance to win favors.

But when half of the men and horses retreated across the Huolin River and approached Tuquan, a banner suddenly surged behind him, and an army appeared behind him!