On the west bank of the pontoon bridge, the sound of guns rumbled, and more than a dozen Qing soldiers who crossed the bridge were killed, and their bodies fell on the pontoon bridge, and some fell into the river and washed away along the current.

Liu Heizi pressed the handle of the knife, turned his head and said to Gao Yihuan: "Brother Gao, it seems that we have really angered the Tartars."

After Gao Yihuan retreated to the west bank of the Yellow River, he did not return to Runing immediately, but joined forces with Liu Heizi and stationed in the camp to guard against the Qing army on the east bank.

Gao Yihuan looked at the retreating Qing army and said with a smile: "We robbed them of 8,000 healthy horses and killed more than 1,600 Tartars, can they not be angry?"

Saying that, Gao Yihuan looked at Liu Heizi, "Brother Liu, I guess Tartar has to kill you and me!" ”

"What's that going on?" Liu Heizi was a little worried in his heart, the Qing army on the other side had 6,000 horsemen, which was a great threat to Guide, in case of killing, Liu Heizi could not resist at all, and Guidee would immediately have a sea of corpses and blood.

Gao Yihuan saw Liu Heizi's expression and patted his chest, "Brother Liu, don't worry, don't you have a brother here?" ”

Liu Heizi glanced at him, Gao Yihuan didn't pat his buttocks, and went back to Runing, which made him a little moved.

"With Brother Gao here, I'm relieved, but if this tartar doesn't leave, it's not the same thing!" Liu Heizi was still worried: "This Tartar forcibly crossed the Yellow River, although it has lost several times, but if it comes from elsewhere, what can we do?"

In order to attract the attention of the Qing army, Gao Yihuan and Liu Heizi left the pontoon bridge, and when the Qing army crossed the bridge to attack, they deliberately showed weakness, let some Qing troops cross the river, and then used the semicircular low wall built at the bridgehead to block the Qing army, and used the artillery erected on the river embankment to drive the Qing army back to the east bank.

Now that Bolo's three strong attacks have failed, when the aftertaste comes, it will indeed be a big trouble if he finds another way to cross the river.

The Yellow River is so long, the cavalry of the Qing army is maneuvering, and it is not difficult to find another crossing point.

If these Qing troops do not leave, Liu Heizi will not be at ease.

Gao Yihuan groaned: "Brother Liu, don't worry, I expect that as soon as the officials and troops in Xuzhou move, the Tartars should roll back to the outside of the customs."

The Qing army ate and drank in Shandong for more than half a year, and because of the war in Shandong, a large area of land was abandoned, and it was difficult for the Qing army to obtain supplies.

At this time, as long as the official army pressed north, the Qing army could only retreat.

"What if the Xuzhou officials and troops don't move?" Liu Heizi was a little suspicious, "That group of birds hasn't been out of the nest for half a year." ”

"Then we can only consume the Qing army like this." Gao Yihuan squinted his eyes and said, and then comforted: "Brother Liu, you can rest assured, I have sent someone to Luoyang to inform Li Jiedu that the Qing army appeared on the east bank of the Yellow River, and it has the intention of plundering Henan across the river." In case the Qing army crosses the river from elsewhere, we will nest in the city and wait for Li Jiedu to come to the rescue. ”

After returning to the west bank, Gao Yihuan quickly informed Li Yan, the Henan Jiedu envoy in Luoyang, hoping that if the Qing army killed the Yellow River, Henan's Dashun army could wipe his buttocks.

Now that Li Zicheng is known as the emperor, the basic system and military and political framework of the Great Shun State have been determined.

Li Yan did not enter the Dashun court in Xi'an, but served as the envoy of Henan Jiedu, focusing on Henan's military and political affairs.

Gao Yihuan and Liu Heizi were both controlled by Li Yan, they were equivalent to the state capital level, and if something happened, they needed to report to the province first, and then the province would report to Xi'an.

Of course, Gao Yihuan naturally did not mention that he and Liu Heizi went to Shandong to seize horses in the report, but only said that the Tartars of Shandong, appearing on the east bank of the Yellow River, may plunder Henan, let Li Yan know, and at the same time allow the Qing army to enter the field of vision of the Shun army as soon as possible.

"Brother Gao didn't say anything about horses, did he?" Liu Heizi frowned.

Gao Yihuan smiled at him, "Brother Liu, what do you say?" ”

Liu Heizi also smiled wickedly, "Then I'll rest assured." ”

While the two were talking, the Tartars who stormed the pontoon bridge, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses, had already retreated to the east bank.

The difficulty of the defense of the three pontoon bridges was not very great, the pontoon bridges limited the strength of the Qing army to cross the river, and the Qing army had limited space to exert its combat power.

Gao Yihuan built a semicircular low wall at the head of the three pontoon bridges, equipped with firearms and hard bows, and several attacks by Bolo ended in failure.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Gao Yihuan waved his hand and said, "After this attack, I guess Bolo should also be sober." Let's go back to camp. ”

After speaking, Gao Yihuan turned around and went down the embankment, where there was a large camp.

While preparing for the Qing army to cross the river, Gao Yihuan and Liu Heizi had already completed the distribution of the capture, and divided the 8,000 war horses, Liu Heizi received 1,600 horses, and Gao Yihuan received 6,400 horses.

In addition, most of the seized silver and supplies have been discarded, and only some of the armor of the Qing army has been brought back.

According to the proportion, Gao Yihuan gave Liu Heizi two percent, plus five hundred more sets, and finally the second brother Gao had seven hundred sets left, which had already let Xinghao return to Runing, and most of the war horses were also taken away, leaving less than 3,000 horses, so that the people and horses left in Guide were one for each person.

These more than 6,000 war horses are enough for Gao Yihuan to form a horse army of 3,000 people, but during the training period, one horse per person is enough.

At this time, in the wilderness outside the camp, a group of soldiers were trying to ride their assigned mounts.

On the way back from Nanwang Lake, people and horses blocked the road, riding a horse and killing themselves is small, hitting and killing people is big, so the soldiers can only lead the horses on foot, now the field is open, and there are cavalry guidance, the soldiers have begun to practice riding.

Gao Yihuan also doesn't require them to be able to ride and fight, as long as they don't fall off their horses, they can dare to go.

At this time, Gao Yihuan returned to the camp tent, and just sat down, a cavalryman galloped from the west.

Not long after, Gao Yihuan's tent curtain was opened by Zhao Zhuzi, "Second brother, Zhao Daxian sent someone over, there is an urgent military situation to report to the second brother!" ”

Gao Yihuan was shocked when he heard this, could it be that something happened to Runing?

"What about people? Bring it to me! Gao Yihuan hurriedly stood up and walked to the middle of the big tent.

Not long after, a thirty-year-old strong man lifted the curtain and came in, clasped his fists and saluted, "Second uncle!" ”

Gao Yihuan saw that it was one of his nephews, named Li Hu, in his thirties, with a face of vicissitudes, but because of his seniority, he had to be called Uncle Gao Yihuan.

Since Gao Yihuan guarded Runing, coupled with the influence of Li Zicheng's proclamation as emperor, relatives and friends who were originally afraid of being implicated in the identity of the Gao family's father and son as thieves and thieves all came out at once, and came to take refuge one after another.

Chinese society is a small circle, and finally forms a large circle of civilization.

In this era, if you want to do things, you still have to rely on blood relatives and the township party, and Cao Cao can do things, but also rely on a group of relatives of the Xiahou family and the Cao family.

Gao Yihuan naturally did not refuse relatives and friends who came to vote, but he did not give much preferential treatment.

"Li Hu, Zhao Daxian has any urgent military intelligence report, tell me quickly!" Runing was Gao Yihuan's lair, and he didn't have time to talk about his uncle and nephew, so he asked urgently.

Li Hu hurriedly clenched his fists, "Second uncle, Zhao Duwei asked me to tell the second uncle that Zhang Xianzhong is about to defeat Wuchang." ”

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