Seeing Song Gaoju and the others sit down, Zhang Huang said: "Pingyuhou, now that the Qing army is pressing, we can't win in one battle, why not give up some places and retreat to Baoning to preserve our strength, so that our forces will be concentrated." Hong Yuao is also looking at Zhu Dashan, I don't know how he will decide, if Zhu Dashan can resolve the crisis this time, then Kuidong and Baoning will become one, and they will no longer be able to distinguish each other, if there is a slight mistake, everything in front of him will come to naught.

Zhu Dashan also knew that this matter was very important, and he looked up at the people in Kuidong again, and found that everyone had the intention of retreating. Yes, at the beginning of this year, Kuidong's 100,000 troops attacked Chongqing and did not defeat it, and now Li Guoying's 80,000 troops are not out to travel, but to set up a position to fight, they have this confidence?

Zhu Dashan suddenly made up his mind, he must break the image of the Qing army in the hearts of everyone in Kuidong in the past, otherwise don't say that the east is out of Huguang. The next time the Qing troops come again, it is difficult to say whether they can hold the current territory. Zhu Dashan made up his mind, stood up and slapped his palm on the table fiercely and said, "Fight, you must fight, you can't retreat." If we don't fight this time, some wavering people will also surrender to the Qing army, and then we will face not 80,000 people, but very likely two 80,000, three 80,000, or even more. Only if we win this time and defeat Li Guoying completely, those who waver will weigh again. ”

At this time, Wen Anzhi said: "Do you want to think about it again, if you are a little careless, it will really be a catastrophe." Zhu Dashan said: "No matter how much we think about it, Li Guoying's department will not return by itself, even if it returns, it will still come back, as long as we don't defeat him for a day, as long as we don't kill him for a day, Li Guoying will still keep attacking us, maybe next time it will not only be Li Guoying, but also the main force of the Qing army that came back from Yungui." ”

Song Gaoju listened to it for a long time and couldn't help but say: "That's it, what Hou Ye said is right, we don't dare to fight now, when the main force of the Qing army in Yungui comes back, what should we do?" That's not about stretching your neck for someone to cut off. Wen Anzhi blushed when he heard this: "How can this be a neck stretch for people to be cut, we have to think of other ways." ”

Liu Tichun was also aroused at this time and said with pride: "What Ping Yuhou said is reasonable, let's not fight, isn't Li Guoying coming, now it's him Li Guoying has come to the door to fight." Zhu Dashan looked at Liu Tichun unexpectedly, but he didn't expect Liu Tichun to suddenly change his mind.

Zhu Dashan saw that Liu Tichun also supported him now, and said happily: "Yes, it's not a question of whether we can fight or not, since Li Guoying has hit the door, there is no point in discussing this." If there is no good way to do it, I will announce my battle plan. "The others didn't think about the problem of fighting, where did they get the plan, so they just waited for this Zhu Dashan to arrange.

Zhu Dashan saw that everyone didn't speak, so he said to the guards at the door: "Immediately beat the drum and gather the tent, gather the officers of more than 1,000 households to come, and we will make pre-war arrangements." When the guards at the door heard this, they immediately went to beat the drums, and for the first time after the reorganization, everyone came quickly. In fact, thousands of households are in Dachang, and all those who go out to attack the county seat are garrisons.

After a while, everyone arrived, and then Zhu Dashan briefly explained the situation. The six thousand households who came from Baoning can say that the nine thousand households on the side of Kuidong have blown up their nests, and they have said that they can't go to war, and the idea of returning to Kuidong if they can't do it has been said. Kuidong Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi and the others who were sitting instantly had gloomy faces, because none of the thousands of households who came from Baoning were in a hurry to shirk, and they were all quietly waiting for Zhu Dashan to arrange, and only their own people shirked for various reasons. Only Wang Guangxing was better, because his army had not yet been reorganized, so his officers did not come. But Wang Guangxing watched the performance of the generals of Baoning and Kuidong, and found that if his subordinates were down, they might not be better than these people in Kuidong.

Finally, Qianhu from Kuidong noticed that the princes sitting next to him had a bad face and slowly quieted down. Seeing that everyone was quiet, Zhu Dashan stood up, walked to the middle of the lobby and said: "The Qing army is not terrible, the terrible thing is that we have no determination to fight against it, it seems that we have not done enough before." ”

Saying that, Zhu Dashan suddenly shouted loudly: "Zhang Yongquan, Wei Du, Luo Daniu, Li Tingming" As soon as the four of them heard Zhu Dashan's roll call, although they didn't know what to do, they immediately stood up and said loudly: "The last general", Zhu Dashan said: "From now on, Zhang Yongquan will be transferred to Jingyu Weijia Zi Qianhu Qianhu, and the original Qianhu Yang Xun will be transferred to your position. Zhang Yongquan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The last general will obey the order", Zhu Dashan continued: "Wei Du and the original Jing Wei Yi Zi Qianhu Zhao Yun reversed, Luo Daniu and the original Wei Jia Zi Qianhu Wang Zhili reversed, Li Tingming and the original Ding Wei Yi Zi Qianhu He Daoning reversed" The three of them all said in unison when they heard Zhu Dashan's arrangement: "The last general will obey the order"

The Jingyuwei and Dingyuwei who were transferred were the two guards of Yuan Zongdi and Hao Yongzhong, and Zhu Dashan's arrangement simply turned the two people's troops into Zhu Dashan's team on the spot, because Zhu Dashan had been arranged into a large number of deputy positions before. Both of them suddenly felt a little unnatural on their faces, but now that the enemy is present, it is difficult to say anything, which can be regarded as acquiescence. But it was a thousand households who were replaced, and they were a little reluctant, and they forgot to agree for a while.

At this time, Zhu Dashan turned his head to look at Yang Xun and the others, and the four of them saw that Yuan Zongdi and Hao Yongzhong had not expressed their position, so they had to stand up and reply weakly: "The last general will obey the order." Seeing that several people looked weak, Hao Yongzhong shouted: "You haven't eaten, can you go to fight the Qing soldiers like this?" When the four of them saw this, they hurriedly said loudly: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Zhu Dashan first ignored Yuan Zongdi and Hao Yongzhong, who were a little unhappy, and said to Zhang Yongquan, Yang Xun and others: "You eight, when you go back, you will seize the time to familiarize yourself with the situation of Ren Qianhu, and the four guards of Zhenyu, Pingyu, Jingju, and Dingju must immediately prepare to go on the expedition." The guards stayed in Kuidong to help Jing Guogong reorganize the army, but he also had to be ready to go out at any time. ”

Everyone present agreed in unison, and then Zhu Dashan said: "The four guards who go out on the expedition must each prepare a set of grass rings and cloaks for concealed marches" This grass ring and cloaks were made by Zhu Dashan by borrowing from the revolutionary martyrs in later TV, that is, wearing a thatched hat on his head, and then using leaves and rattan on his body to make a camouflage. Zhu Dashan continued: "These things must be prepared this afternoon, and the whole army will be drawn early tomorrow morning, and the Zhenyu guards will go to Yunyang to attack Wanxian, so as to make the illusion that Kuidong will send troops to attack Chongqing, and play the banner of Yasukuni. After conquering Wanxian, the whole army marched quickly to raid Liangping, and then entered Shunqing Mansion from Dazhu, bypassing Linshui, and directly seized Hezhou. Cut off Li Guoying's return route and grain route. Song Gao, the chief soldier of the Zhenyu guard, and Ma Yuanjie, the deputy chief soldier, stood up and clenched his fists and replied: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Zhang Huangyan saw that Zhu Dashan directly sent a lone army to the back of the enemy, which was simply a lone army in depth. Hurriedly said: "Pingyuhou, your idea is good, but isn't it too risky to send a lone army like this, if there is any accident, this army will have no way out." ”

Song Gao said: "We don't need any way out, we just go to cut off the enemy's way out, what do we want to do." Yang Xun and Zhao Yun, who had just been transferred to the town guard, both turned pale and said: "Isn't this a way to advance and retreat, isn't this a self-defeating road?" Jiang Chao, the first-character Qianhu of Zhenyuwei, said: "Only by putting death in the place and then revitalizing can you give up your life and forget about death." ”

Yuan Zongdi couldn't care about his previous unhappiness at this time, and said: "Pingyu, it's indeed a bit risky to do this." Zhu Dashan said to Song Gao: "Risky? Are you determined to finish? Song Gaoju stood up and said in a sonorous voice: "There is nothing to risk or not to take risks, there is just death and no life, as long as there is still one person in the town guard, he will be nailed to death in Hezhou." Zhu Dashan said happily: "Okay, if we can reunite in Boryeong again this time, we should be drunk for three days." Otherwise, we would have gone to the Lord Chenghuang to beg for wine. ”

When everyone heard this, Zhu Dashan even counted himself in the dead and lifeless. Then I thought about it, if Li Guoying attacked Boryeong, how could everyone live. As soon as Baoning is broken, the main force of Kuidong will be gone, so where can Kuidong still be able to hold it? Thinking about it in this way, the people of Kuidong also broke off other thoughts and prepared to fight this battle wholeheartedly.

Zhu Dashan saw that everyone was not discussing the matter of cutting off Li Guoying's back road with Song Gaoju and others, so he continued: "Jing Yuwei and Dingluwei followed me to Dazhou, captured Yingshan and returned to Nanchong County from Pengzhou, and faced Li Guoying in Nanchong County. Pingyuwei quickly returned to Baoning, and then sent a thousand households to Qinglinkou to assist in the defense. The Baoning Guards went to the south to assist in the defense, and the Capture Guards and the Broken Guards went south to Nanchong to join me. ”

Zhu Dashan looked at Li Laiheng and said, "Does Linguo Gong have anything to add?" Li Laiheng said: "It's good to arrange it like this, and I don't have anything else to add." Zhu Dashan saw that Li Laiheng didn't say anything, and then said to everyone: "Okay, let's go and prepare quickly, reiterate the situation of the military law of the Restoration Army, and set off for the whole army early tomorrow morning." And they all got up and agreed, and then they went and got ready.

After everyone left, Hong Yuao said to Zhu Dashan: "Isn't Pingyuhou a little too hasty, now that the war is imminent, I took the liberty of dismantling the armies of Jing Guogong and Nananhou and collecting their troops, I am afraid that it will affect the war against the Qing soldiers." ”

Zhu Dashan sighed and said: "I want to collect their army, you just saw it, and now the generals in Kuidong are afraid of the Qing soldiers." If you don't let the people of Boryeong go to bear it, I'm afraid that it will affect the war against the Qing soldiers at that time, if they have any ideas to do now, I can still deal with it, if there is really an accident on the battlefield, can we come back alive? ”

Hong Yuao listened to Zhu Dashan's words, and was silent, and after a while, Hong Yuao said: "Then Ping Yuhou wants to explain to Jingguo Gong and Nan Anhou, if he has an idea in his heart, he will really not be able to say it at that time." Zhu Dashan thought for a while and said: "I will explain the Jingguo Gong and Nan'an Hou, but Liusheng must help the Wanguo Gong to reorganize the Jingguo Gong Department as soon as possible in Kuidong, and if the time is ripe, I still want to go east to Huguang." ”

Hong Yuao didn't know why Zhu Dashan was bent on going out of Huguang, and said: "Is Ping Yuhou thinking about going east out of Huguang, after all, our strength is not enough to occupy Huguang now." Zhu Dashan said helplessly: "I don't want to go to Huguang so quickly, it's better for us to concentrate our forces now, once we disperse and be broken by the Qing troops, the risk is very great, if we fail to go east to Huguang, we will face an even more difficult situation." ”

Hong Yuao said: "Since the Hou Ye knows, why do you still want to go east to Huguang?" Zhu Dashan said: "This is also no way, if the Qing troops of Yungui are withdrawn and the defense of Huguang is strengthened, then can we still have such an opportunity to capture Huguang?" When the time comes, Shaanxi, Huguang, Guizhou, and Yunnan will be approaching Sichuan, will we still be able to hold on? After speaking, Zhu Dashan said: "It's still a bit too early to think about this, why wait until we defeat Li Guoying, in case we are defeated by Li Guoying, there is no need to think about this." ”

Hong Yuao saw that Zhu Dashan said it thoroughly, so he said: "Okay, I will definitely complete the reorganization of the Jingguo Ministry as soon as possible in Kuidong, and if there is any accident, I can go to meet the Hou Ye." Zhu Dashan thought about Hong Yuao and said: "Then there will be Lao Liusheng." ”

Hong Yuao smiled and said: "What's so tiring about this, Hou Ye and the others still have to fight, and the uncertainty of life and death is hard work." Zhu Dashan said: "Okay, I'll go and talk to the Duke of Jingguo and Nan'anhou." After speaking, he left Hong Yuao to deal with official documents in the county office, and came all the way to Jing Guogong's residence.