On September 27, the Son of Heaven and the Ministry of War arrived at Fanjiazhuang in an urgent manner for 300 miles: the Qing army entered the Sai military situation urgently, and Li Zhibu was urgently dispatched to Yizhou, listening to the book of the military department, the governor of the world to help the troops, and Lu Xiangsheng, who gave Shang Fang the sword, was dispatched to resist the Qing army entering the Sai. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Qing army pressed the border, Li Zhi did not dare to slack off, and immediately took action to mobilize troops and horses, preparing to go to Yizhou.

In the early morning of September 28, when Li Zhi was busy packing his luggage, Cui He sat on the side with his son Li Huan in his arms and watched, and cried when he watched it.

Li Zhi hurriedly hugged Cui He and said with a smile: "Don't cry, Cui He doesn't cry!" ”

Cui He sobbed and said, "Why do you want to transfer you to fight in other places?" What should I do if I lose? ”

Li Zhi smiled: "You won't lose, what a powerful person your husband is, how can he lose?" ”

Cui He wiped a handful of tears and said, "What if? There are so many Qing troops, you only have 10,000 people. And the Qing soldiers are so fierce, if they rush into your military formation, many people will die! After thinking about it, Cui He cried more and more and said: "I fought Tartars the year before last, I went to fight thieves last year, and I will fight Tartars again this year!" If you have to fight every year, you can't live a peaceful life for a year! ”

"Under the nest, how can there be eggs?" Li Zhi helped Cui He wipe his tears and said: "Don't be afraid, I will accept it when I see it, if I can't beat it, I will lead the troops to flee back to Fanjiazhuang, okay!" ”

Cui He's eyes lit up and said, "Okay, if the situation is not right, I will flee back!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Don't worry, your husband will save the country and won't die on the battlefield." ”

Cui He stopped crying and watched Li Zhi pack his luggage blankly.

Li Zhi simply packed his luggage, and the family members walked in and helped Li Zhi carry his luggage to the carriage outside the official hall. Cui He hugged his son and followed behind Li Zhi, and also followed him to the door of the official hall step by step, full of grievances.

At the entrance of the official hall, the mother Zheng was already standing there with the maid, saw Li Zhi, and said: "My son, be careful on the battlefield, don't be injured by the sword!" ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Mother rest assured! I'll be careful. ”

The news of the military department's recruitment of Li Zhi has spread, and the entrance of the official hall is full of onlookers at this time. Seeing Li Zhi turn over and get on the horse, the crowd erupted in cheers.

"Kill the Tartars!"

"The general is Dongnu's nemesis!"

"The general will definitely kill the Tartars this time!"

Li Xing, who was arranged by Li Zhi to stay in Fanjiazhuang, came up and said, "Big brother, what if the Tartars attack Fanjiazhuang?" ”

Li Zhi brought out 10,000 soldiers and horses this time, and left more than 2,000 soldiers to stay in Fanjiazhuang, commanded by Li Xing. The soldiers who stayed in Fanjiazhuang were veterans drawn from the other three regiments other than the Xuanfeng Regiment, plus more than 200 auxiliaries and more than 100 artillerymen, Fanjiazhuang had 2,400 guards. There are traps everywhere outside Fanjiazhuang, even if the Qing army leads a large army to attack, these soldiers and horses should have no problem holding Fanjiazhuang for ten days.

Li Zhi said: "Remember, if more than 5,000 Tartars attack the city, report it to me quickly, and I will definitely lead my troops back to help." ”

Li Xing said: "Okay, I know! ”

Li Zhi bowed to the crowd of onlookers and rode towards the south of the city. Halfway through the ride, Shen Yuji, a surgeon waiting on the road, rode over with more than 20 apprentices. Shen Yuji went out with the army to work as a military doctor this time, but he was obviously not used to riding a horse, and he looked very nervous about holding the reins on his horse.

Li Zhi arched his hand to Shen Yuji and said, "This expedition will trouble Mr. Shen and all the disciples!" ”

Shen Yuji said: "During the three months in Tianjin, Shen learned too much knowledge from the general, and it was really enlightening. Relying on the general's guidance, Shen can be regarded as a beginner in medical skills. Thinking about it, the former Shen was really a country boy! The general can be said to be Shen's reinvention mentor, what's the trouble? ”

Li Zhi smiled and led the group to the south of the military camp in Fanjiazhuang.

Walking to the south of the city, the soldiers in the barracks and the temporarily hired baggage men had already lined up, and as soon as they saw Li Zhilai, they marched in line and merged into Li Zhi's team. 10,000 soldiers, carrying bags and rifles, followed behind Li Zhi majestically. They took 3,000 heavy men, 3,000 heavy wagons and 140 artillery wagons, and followed Li Zhi to the south gate.

When I arrived at the south gate, I found that the inside and outside of the city gate were already crowded with people who were seeing Li Zhi off. The people held rice wine and well water to see Li Zhi off.

"General, kill a few more Tartars for us and other people this time!"

"Get the Tartars out of the plug!"

"Let the Tartars have no return!"

The people who saw off their brothers or sons were crowded outside the city gates, and the relatives of the soldiers were either in high spirits, full of anticipation, or worried. They couldn't walk into the ranks of soldiers, they just kept waving their hands and watched their brothers and sons go to battle from afar.

Shen Yuji looked at the people who saw them off, took a breath, and suddenly sang the military song of the Red Turban Army: "Looking at Shenzhou, the people are bitter, and the fertile land for thousands of miles is barren." Look at the world, as much as you want, and make up for the defects of heaven. Good boy, don't be a parent, just for the common people, not for the lord. Holding a steel knife of ninety-nine, kill all Hu Erfang and stop. ”

Li Zhi laughed and said, "Good song, sing well, kill all Hu Erfang!" ”

Li Zhi waved his hand and shouted, "Go on the expedition!" ”

The horn of the Chinese army sounded, and 10,000 soldiers and horses released scouts and marched towards Yizhou in a neat formation.

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After walking for six days, the envoy sent by Li Zhi to Yizhou came with the news: Lu Xiangsheng had led Xuanda and Shanxi soldiers and horses into the defense of Beijing, and asked Li Zhi to go directly to the capital. Li Zhi abandoned Yizhou and went to the capital.

When I got close to the capital, I felt a solemn atmosphere of imminent war. The Qing army had apparently reached the outskirts of the capital. Many villages were plundered by the Qing army, and people and animals were plundered, and there was no one left. Some barns and houses were set on fire by the Qing army, leaving only a ruined wall.

The suburbs of Beijing were plundered twice by Tartars in two years and were in dilapidation.

Li Zhi released a thousand scouts to carefully investigate the military situation of the Qing army nearby, hoping to insert it from an area where there was no Qing army and join Lu Xiangsheng's army.

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Hua Zhang, the commander of the first platoon of the fourth company of the third battalion of the Election Regiment, took a platoon of thirty soldiers to hide on a hill, hiding in the bushes at the top of the hill, and observing the surrounding enemy situation with binoculars.

This time, Hua Zhang led his troops deep into the west of the Tongzhou River, and entered the Qing army's camp fifty miles away to spy on the Qing army's soldiers and horses. The area around the hill was already under the control of the Qing army, and from time to time small groups of Qing troops galloped back and forth. Those Qing troops were all one or two hundred people, and a platoon of thirty people in Huazhang couldn't defeat them, so they could only hide on the top of the mountain and peep.

Hua Zhang looked at it with a telescope for a while, and scolded: "The thief is dead, so many people are here in the Tartars!" ”

A squad leader said next to him: "I'm afraid that 50,000 people will come from the Tartars? ”

Another squad leader said: "50,000 people have this momentum? I see a hundred thousand Tartars! (To be continued.) )