Liu Jintang led the cavalry of the second battalion of the Hunan army from the front line Guojiaqiao back to Yan'an, encountered a little resistance along the way, and used the inspiration Huairou brotherhood to let the rebels surrender along the way, the fortress and beacon tower surrendered, and the soldiers entered Yan'an City without blood, Li Guolou just entered Yan'an at this time, and the two of them met under the city of Yan'an, Cheng Kun led the men and horses to rush into Yan'an City to fight the fire, and roughly rescued more than 100,000 catties of grain, Mu San brought three warehouses outside the city, the list of goods, a few people gathered together, and roughly calculated the loss of more than half of the Qing army's grain and grass, other firearms, weapons, ammunition, The loss of military uniforms and other materials is innumerable

Liu Jintang held a list of supplies and wanted to cry without tears, these materials were the supply of the front-line war, such a big loss caused unimaginable consequences, the summer offensive will be delayed, it is very likely that the Qing army's attack on Jinjibao will be delayed until next spring

Li Guolou was also a little depressed, bowed his head and was silent, although he couldn't blame Battle and Cheng Kun, but the rebels broke through the defense line from Li Ziying's successful breakthrough, which made him difficult to shirk the blame no matter what, not to mention the credit, the guilt has already been taken

Cheng Kun didn't say a word, peeping at Li Guolou's expression, the cause and effect of the war, he had quietly made it clear that Li Guolou's battle had become Li Ziying's battalion, and he couldn't wipe away the stain and take the initiative to give way to the rebels

Although Mu San made great contributions to save the Qing army from danger, and kept more than 800,000 catties of grain and grass and a large number of strategic materials, he and Yang Dawazi would also be criticized by the imperial court for breaking into the enemy's camp, so he was also knowledgeable, low-key, and low-key, as silent as an invisible person

The government office in Yan'an City has long been reduced to ashes, and they are now sitting in a merchant's courtyard, the atmosphere is a little dull, and under the gray oil lamp, several people have their own thoughts, and they don't know what to do next

Fan Dahui entered the room and said solemnly: "Lord Li, Gao Liansheng's body has been found, and I have sent someone to reassemble the coffin and send it back to my homeland in the next day."

"Well, I know, when Zuo Dashuai comes, we will go to worship Gao Garrison," Li Guolou waved his hand slightly, but he had no good impression of Gao Liansheng, and the civil strife in the Qing Dynasty could be completely avoided, but the person was already dead, so he would use Gao Liansheng's signboard to inspire those who were still fleeing from the rebels

This battle was a great victory, and it was effortless, but in fact, the rebel army seemed to be vulnerable, but this was the only way for the rebel army, this rebel army had not yet formed combat effectiveness, and the rebel army would learn lessons in the battle, learn guerrilla warfare, learn to encircle and send reinforcements, learn to raid warfare, and deal with terrorist hand-to-hand combat, and deal with field activities, the rebel army only relied on pursuit warfare to drag itself to death, and only by encirclement and narrowing the encirclement, otherwise the spark could set the prairie on fire, and there would be chaos in the northwest

The strategic layout was planned by Zuo Zongtang, and there were countless elders' associations hidden in the vast area south of Yan'an, and some county towns had already announced the uprising, and it was impossible to argue whether the news was true or false, so that several people in the audience were frightened

Li Guolou got up and looked at the map, sighed, he couldn't succeed in encircling and annihilating the rebels, so that he could be defeated, if it was at the cost of annihilating the rebels, so that Li Ziying could be disabled, whether this price could be beared, Li Guolou considered it clearly, he was a friendly army, not the main force, the Chu army had no reason to cause a disaster, and he was on the front line of Yan'an City, he would also let go of a way, and he would not be able to win the battle in a battle

Next, where to test him, the time has come, the three battalions of cavalry in Huangding will arrive tomorrow, Zuo Zongtang will lead the army to Yan'an the day after tomorrow, the Qing army is about to launch an encirclement and fleeing rebels, Zuo Zongtang will never let the elder Lei Heng have a chance to sit on the big Lei Heng is a Han people, put forward the proposition is to "drive out the Tartars, restore China", give Lei Heng a soar into the sky, the entire Qing Dynasty will suffer a catastrophe

Is there still room for maneuver in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo region, Li Guolou looked at the map and thought about where the rebel Lei Heng would develop, if Lei Heng was just a bandit, he would attack the city for a while, and lead his thousands of soldiers and horses to fight a few county towns, Ganquan County, Fu County, and Luochuan County will definitely be ravaged by the rebels, but Lei Heng is a generation of heroes

Li Guolou looked at the map and was silent for a long time, and the others also stood on the side of the map and thought about it, although Liu Jintang had contact with Li Guolou for the first time, he already knew that Li Guolou was quite scheming, and the city government was very deep, otherwise it would not be so coincidental, Li Ziying's two groups of people launched an attack on the rebels, and also arranged three hidden grain points near Yan'an, and Yang Dawazi and Mu San looked at Li Guolou and looked like they were completely obedient to Li Guolou

Liu Jintang is an ambitious young man, he wants to make a contribution, he will not miss any opportunity, he will prepare to leave Yan'an tomorrow, lead the second battalion of cavalry to continue to pursue the fleeing rebels, but his cultivation is not as good as Li Guolou, so he still asked: "Lord Li, where are you going to pursue the rebels tomorrow, or stay in the city and wait for the zodiac?"

"I still pursue Lei Heng, prepare to march to Diebe County, block the rebels' road into Sichuan with a rapid marching speed, I am afraid that Lei Heng's troops will flee back to Sichuan, then there will be endless trouble," Li Guolou pointed to the southwest direction of the map, and said that he was afraid in his heart

"Well, there is a reinforced battalion of our army in Lazikou, with more than 600 soldiers, there should be no problem," Liu Jintang smiled slightly, feeling a lot more relaxed

Li Guolou looked solemn and waved his hand: "Liu Zhoutong, you can't think so, Lei Heng has no fear of rebellion in Yan'an, it is very likely that there are internal responses in the garrisons everywhere, will the Lazikou Army be invaded by the Elders' Association, we can't pack the ticket, or be prepared, rotten, the Yan'an region must not rot, Sichuan is now Xu Zhanbiao, the main force of the Guoyong battalion is pressed on the front line of Jinjibao, if we hear that our hometown has been copied, the entire army is ineffective, we can't afford this responsibility."

Mu San, Liu Jintang, Cheng Kun, Fan Dahui and others' faces changed in vain, and they all followed the direction of Li Guolou's finger to look at the map, and in a moment, Liu Jintang figured out that the key point in this is the Qing army's lifeline, where it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it just so happens that the main force of the Sichuan army, Jinjibao, if the rebels kill into Sichuan, the entire Sichuan-Shaanxi region will be eroded, and Sichuan will become a rebel base and hurriedly said: "Lord Li, it is not appropriate, or I will rush to Lazikou overnight to attack thousands of miles, or our old Hunan army."

Fan Dahui's face was extremely ugly, and she almost wanted to scold her mother, isn't this a credit grab

Cheng Kun blurted out: "If it doesn't work, I can also go immediately"

Mu San is not good at clearly objecting and dragging a long voice: "Lord Li"

Li Guolou smiled slightly and said: "Okay, I believe that you can defend Lazikou, you have to solve the unstable factors in the defenders, I think there is at least one sentry there, and it will be difficult to say if there are more people joining the Elders' Association."

Everyone's eyes involuntarily swept towards one person, and Mu San said with a smile: "Why are you looking at me, I didn't rebel, I don't know the people of Lazikou."

Liu Jintang didn't expect Li Guolou to be so generous, brazenly hugged his fists and said: "Then thank you Lord Li for asking Lord Li to lend me 200 horses for the time being, and pay them back twice in the future."

Li Guolou glanced at it and said: "Don't tell me what Liu Jintang is talking about, write me an IOU, and my brother will settle the account."

"Okay, I'll write" Liu Jintang also glanced at him, younger than him, Li Guolou has no friendship now, Li Guolou is cheaper, 200 horses become 400 horses, and the cowhide was exposed on the spot, I heard that Xu Zhanbiao, Huang Ding, Guo Baochang, and Li Guolou have made good friends and reaped a lot of benefits, and the opportunity is the first contact, I feel that this person is still quite generous, not a person with a small belly

Fan Dahui and Cheng Kun received the military order to prepare 200 war horses for Liu Jintang, thinking about why Li Guolou gave up a great achievement, and felt a little incredible, Li Guolou is the kind of person who wants to intervene everywhere, how could he suddenly change his temperament

Cheng Kun muttered and said bad things about Li Guolou, Fan Dahui said in a deep voice: "Cheng Kun, don't be discouraged, I think Lord Li doesn't want to take the credit alone, Liu Jintang can't hang up on his face for nothing, sell it to the Xiang army, and see each other in the future, I can only guess Lord Li's thoughts like this, we will compress the rebels' territory and catch some small fish, and Zuo Dashuai will share the credit in front of everyone, we Lord Li is still young and not in a hurry."

"Hey, I can only think like this, Lord Li has no last resort, Lei Heng led a large group of rebels to advance to the south, and he will definitely turn west, this time it is cheap, Liu Jintang is coming, Zuo Zongtang is coming, we can't get cheap, we have to be a man with our tail between our legs," Cheng Kun did not dare to come to Hu this time, the Qing army was strict with military discipline, treated the people of Yan'an well, and gave preferential treatment to the prisoners

"Hey, the god is like this, there is no room for sand in his eyes, how can this kind of person know the suffering at the bottom, or our Lord Li is open-minded, and the appearance is not the same, and he is good at using tricks" Fan Dahui admired Li Guolou so much that he threw himself into the ground, and this time the occupation of Yan'an City belonged to the Li Ziying Battalion, and the great contribution saved Guojiaqiao, tens of thousands of Qing troops, if all the grain and grass in the Yan'an area were destroyed, the back road was cut off, and the front line was cut off, and tens of thousands of Qing troops wanted to kill horses to fill hunger, and the Qing army would retreat on the whole line

Cheng Kun said with a smile: "It's not a good word for Master Rice, you used the wrong word."

Fan Dahui said with a smile: "It's okay that our Lord Li likes someone to hurt him, he won't mind if I give him an evaluation."

Cheng Kun and Fan Dahui talked and laughed, so they prepared the two hundred war horses, and Fan Dahui handed over the two hundred war horses to Liu Jintang, looking at the more than 500 cavalry of the old Hunan army, one person and two horses, and even pack horses, and more than 200 long men in the team to carry weapons and ammunition

Fan Dahui said quite seriously: "Liu Zhoutong, please see clearly that these two hundred war horses are all first-class and first-class horses, and don't give me bad horses and pack horses when the time comes."

Liu Jintang hugged his fists and saluted, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Rice, I will definitely return a lot of horses to you."

In the laughter, the old Hunan army team went away, Fan Dahui shook his head, turned around and went back to reason with Qiu Ba, it didn't make sense, fortunately, Li Guolou's official hat was powerful, and Liu Jintang didn't dare to hack Li Guolou's two hundred war horse IOUs were used to fart, and there were several IOUs in his hands, Xu Zhanbiao and Guo Baochang became Li Guolou's friends, and the IOUs could only be used as butt paper