At this time, Ishida Torotaro commanded more than 6,000 cavalry brigades of two devil cavalry brigades to ride south in the starry night, and quickly moved south along the road between Chenliu and Huaiyang.

I have to say that Ishida Tomataro is still an elite cavalry general who is a member of the devil, but he did not question the urgent order of the commander of the 35th Division, Genguchi Isshin.

You must know that more than 10,000 cavalry under the command of Li Yunlong rode across the eastern and southern Henan regions, greatly threatening the Longhai line.

This is the main force of the enemy's cavalry that must be eliminated for the devils who want to protect the Longhai line as much as possible.

Otherwise, the rest of the matter will be a lot of trouble.

At this time, the Japanese cavalry under the command post of Ishida Kotaro galloped south, and the visibility was low at night, so that Ishida Kotaro had to order the cavalry of the post to get closer, so as not to break away from the cavalry units of the station.

After all, it is still very difficult to gallop south at night.

"Report to General Ishida, General Genguchi, commander of the 35th Division, urgently telegraphed us to speed up and go south. I am afraid that Luyi is about to be lost, and the main force of the enemy's cavalry may attack and advance westward after learning that the Bozhou garrison is advancing west to pursue them, and attack Huaiyang! Ordered us to hurry south, speed up, and be sure to reach Huaiyang to block the main force of the enemy's cavalry. After stopping on the side of the road, Ishida Torotaro was quickly reported by the devil signal corps who accompanied the army.

Ishida Torotaro nodded when he heard this, waved his hand and said, "Call General Genguchi back, just say that we are hurrying south, please rest assured General Genguchi." ”。

"Hai, General!" The devil's messenger departed.

At this time, Ishida Torotaro was parked on the side of the road, watching the cavalry army under his command galloping south.

More than 6,000 cavalry galloped southward on the road, and the momentum was incomparable.

"General, according to the call from the commander of the Yuankou Division, it is possible that Li Yunlong is among the main cavalry forces in his south? Is it? At this time, the chief of staff next to Torataro Ishida, Kato Karo Shaosa, spoke up.

Torataro Ishida said in a condensed voice: "Maybe it's very possible!" Kato-kun, do you know Li Yunlong? ”。

"Why don't you know?"

Kato Kato Karo Shaozo said helplessly: "At the beginning, the 12th Army was disturbed by the troops commanded by Li Yunlong in Ludi, and the 12th Army suffered a lot of casualties!" Moreover, Li Yunlong's command ability was very strong, and the 12th Army suffered many casualties in the hands of Li Yunlong. What's more, Li Yunlong has already ambushed many princes of the empire, and several elite divisions have been annihilated by them one after another. It is conceivable that Li Yunlong is very difficult and cunning. ”。

"Not bad!"

Ishida Torotaro looked at the cavalry team under his command galloping south, and then said in a condensed voice: "I have studied Li Yunlong's combat techniques and found that this person is mainly a living force to annihilate our imperial army, and does not occupy a city or a place. Don't care about the gains and losses of one city or one place, but give full play to their advantages in the concentration of troops and firepower, fight more and fight less, and eat our living forces as much as possible! We suffered heavy casualties, we began to run low on troops, and the Empire's recruits from home were far less effective than they were before the war. If it continues, the empire will be in a very worrying situation. ”。

"General, this is a bit unfounded, isn't it?"

Torotaro Ishida shook his head and said, "It's not groundless! It is a fact, so if the enemy cavalry going south is commanded by Li Yunlong. It shows that this person's goal is actually to annihilate our living force! You see, they don't stay for more than an hour or two after breaching the city, but they set off quickly after resting. If Luyi has been completely lost at this time, it is possible that the other party will at least rest for more than ten minutes after learning that we are heading south, or withdraw from Luyi and march west after half an hour to attack Huaiyang. Although the Huaiyang garrison has assembled more than 3,000 imperial army garrisons, the seven or eight thousand imperial alliance troops have a total strength of more than 10,000 people. But the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Allied Army is almost negligible! In this case, the rest of the situation is not good! ”。

"Then I hope that Li Yunlong is not among the cavalry of his troops going south!" Kato said with a wry smile.

"Of course I hope so, but it's hard to say. Forget it, don't talk about it, order the troops to speed up and rush to Huaiyang as soon as possible. If Huaiyang can still hold on before we arrive, then even if Li Yunlong is in the main force of his cavalry heading south, he will not be able to escape at that time. Hum! ”。

"Yes, General!" Kato Karo nodded, Ishida Torotaro's cavalry command ability is first-class, and facing Li Yunlong's cavalry, he should have the strength to face it head-on.

…….

And just when Ishida Torotaro was guessing whether Li Yunlong was in the cavalry army heading south, Li Yunlong had already commanded the troops to evacuate Luyi and march north to the south bank of the Vortex River, and after arriving at the south bank of the Vortex River, he commanded the troops to rush north along the south bank of the Vortex River and attack Taikang.

Taikang is the only way for the cavalry of Ishida Torataro's cavalry to go south to Huaiyang, and it is a traffic artery.

At this moment, Li Yunlong ordered the army to march north along the riverbank, because the terrain was flat. Li Yunlong sent people to find some ordinary people living on the banks of the Vortex River, and found a few ordinary people who were familiar with the local situation as the lead to direct the army to advance towards Taikang.

These ordinary people were very happy to learn that it was Li Yunlong's cavalry team of the Eighth Route Army.

After the eastern and southern Henan were occupied by the devils, the devils burned, killed, looted and did all kinds of evil, and the common people were very poor. In addition, the two devils who took refuge in the devil were also aiding and abusing, so when they learned that the cavalry army commanded by Li Yunlong and others was going to attack Taikang, several ordinary people who were very familiar with the local situation were happy to not be afraid of the war and guide the army north to Taikang.

Due to the guidance of the common people, Li Yunlong and others took a shortcut at least half an hour in advance to arrive at the foot of Taikang City.

Taikang is located in the north of Huaiyang, east of Fugou, west of Tuocheng and south of Qixian, which is an important transportation point.

Capture Taikang, which can deter the two cavalry brigades of the devils going south, as a dismount.

Sure enough, after arriving at Taikang City in advance, I found that all the gates of Taikang City had been closed. The devil defenders of the city have arrived at the head of the city to defend to the death, but there do not seem to be many defenders of the city.

Still according to the old routine of attacking the city, Li Yunlong immediately sent Duan Peng's elite special forces to besiege and reconnoitre.

Taikang's devils were well defended, and some patrol squads were also deployed outside the city to patrol. However, most of the patrol troops outside the city are Imperial Army, and a small part are ghost soldiers.

After waiting for about eight minutes, Duan Pengcai and the special forces returned to the people hiding in the forest.

The hidden place of the cavalry army is actually a kilometer away from Taikang, otherwise the sound of horses' hooves will attract the attention of the enemy troops in Taikang City.

"Commander, there are a lot of devils in Taikang. And it's heavily guarded, I'm afraid it's unlikely that a surprise attack will enter the city! Duan Peng briefly drew a sketch of Taikang City on the ground, pointed and said.