After the Shandong Division was stationed, the main force of the 2nd Division, which was stationed in the southwest, advanced to the vicinity of Xiong'er Mountain. To the south is Zaozhuang, and now Zaozhuang is really just a few villages, but since the Ming Dynasty, there has been a history of coal mining here, so the purpose of the second division of Shandong stationed here is also to obtain coal here.

Although Shandong is not as rich in coal and iron as Li Qingyuan's, there are still a lot of mining sites, and after Li Qingyuan released the manufacturing technology of the foreign trade version of the musket, Shandong allowed each division to set up its own weapon workshop.

In order to prevent the Qing court from adopting the tactics of division and encirclement, the development of each division was affected by the lack of weapons.

Moreover, it is only a few hundred miles away from Xuzhou, so it can monitor the movements of Xuzhou nearby, and many other disaster victims hide in the mountains and forests, and the second division can also absorb and recruit a part.

Although it is not as exaggerated as Fanwei, the number of the second division has also exceeded 8,000, but it is indeed less than 5,000 with muskets.

Therefore, after the imperial court expected that the main force of the Tianli Society was in Shandong, the troops transferred from Xuzhou sent 5,000 troops to be stationed in Zaozhuang as soon as possible, with the purpose of cutting off the connection between the Tianli Society and the Qingshui Sect.

In this way, the second division will be in pain, the coal is gone, and this workshop will be shut down every minute, and the coal will be snatched back!

From the day after the Qing army was stationed, the Second Division sent people to harass the Qing army around the camp, attracting the Qing army with cold guns and artillery.

The Qing army led a general army, originally stationed in Dengzhou, and this time he was transferred to clean up the chaos of the Qingshui Sect, but he was sent to cut off the connection between the Qingshui Sect and the Tianli Society just after arriving in Xuzhou.

The chief soldier Zahelahan is named Wang Gui, but since his father, no one is allowed to call, and now he is a banner man, and he can call himself a slave in front of the Manchurians, and it is an honor for his family to shout a master!

Zahela chose to choose to go here, only Zaozhuang is the only place from Shandong to Xuzhou, to the west is Weishan Lake, to the east is a large plain, guarding here The two parties want to contact each other to delay for two more days.

In ancient times, the so-called necessary road was nothing more than that, not that there was only one road, but that there was a detour in all other places except here, and more than 100 miles was more than two days away.

Another reason is that Zaozhuang is also a big town, the scale is a little bit like it, so it won't be too hard, so it simply occupies here, and the next day Zahela was still in bed and the two new concubines who were newly accepted last night met frankly and heard the sound of knocking on the door.

Angry and saw that it was his own guards who had half of the fire extinguished, and the guards hurriedly reported: "General, there are bandits harassing ...... outside the camp this morning."

Zahra said impatiently, "Do you need to report this to me?" Just send someone to catch it and kill it! ”

The guard hesitated for a moment and said, "Your warrant, no one is allowed to leave the city without your permission......

Zahela patted his head and remembered that he had contacted the local squire last night, and the squire gave him a silver ticket and two concubines, and as soon as he was happy, he agreed to the squire's request to restrain his subordinates, and gave an order by the way when he came back from drinking last night.

Naturally, Zahra would not admit his mistake, glared for a moment and said, "I have ordered someone to be sent to pursue and drive away the harassing bandits. ”

After saying that, Zahela went back to sleep, and when he saw the two goblins in the house, his eyes lit up and he shot again into battle.

At the beginning, the general soldier Zahela only sent a sentry, but even sent five or six waves only to see and not return, and there were people outside the camp who continued to harass him, his subordinates felt that something was wrong and hurriedly went to find Zahora, Zahra was in the middle of the battle at this time, and when he heard it knocking on the door again, he asked impatiently: "What's the matter!" ”

"General, the pursuers have been dispatched, but the harassment in front of the camp is still ......"

Zahra scolded: "Rubbish! And send people! Ask me about this! ”

The guards wiped their sweat at the door: "More than 300 people have been sent out in six waves, and none of them have returned......"

There was suddenly no movement in the room, and then there was a clang, and then the sound of dressing, and the sound of women talking, and the guards were listening to the door open again, and Zahela said, "You mean that you have gone to six waves of people, and none of them have returned?" ”

"Yes!"

Although Zahra is not talented, he also reacted at this time, this is definitely not ordinary harassment, he can kill hundreds of people who can kill him silently, and the number of this group is estimated to be at least more than five hundred.

In desperation, Zahela simply ordered a battalion of 500 men to pursue together, and Zahela waited for news in the camp, but a battalion went out for half a day and still did not return.

In the face of the bandits who continued to harass, Zahela hesitated a little, whether this person was still sent or not? No matter how many people are sent out, these five hundred people can't stop them, then the other party has at least more than a thousand people, or even more, so how many people should be sent by yourself?

Thousand? Not necessarily! Two thousand? The problem is that he only has more than 4,000 people now, and he sent out 2,000, and there are only 2,000 left in the camp, so if he can't handle it, his last 2,000 people don't seem to have much effect.

Zahela thought for a moment and said, "You go to beat the drums, and this time I will personally lead people to pursue!" Zahela hurriedly put on his armor and arrived at the temporary school grounds, and when the soldiers here saw that the general soldier was coming, he quickly stopped talking, and Zahela came to the stage and shouted: "Lead my horse here!" ”

At this time, the guards on the side of the school field hurriedly led the prepared horses, and then another guard hurriedly knelt under the saddle and knelt on the ground, serving Zahala as a horse stone, it seems that this guy is not the first time to do this, the action and calmness of the horse, not unaccustomed at all, shy and nervous or something.

Boasting on the horse, Zahela opened his mouth and shouted: "Except for the Qingzi camp to stay in the camp." Everyone else comes with me! ”

The army came out of the camp, and the sentries of the second division guarding outside the camp hurriedly reported. The division commander hurriedly sent a battalion to contain Zahera's main force and lead them to the Bears Ears Mountain, and the other main force continued to stay near the camp, intending to overthrow his camp after Zahla was far away.

On the other side, Zahla pursued to the Bears Ears Mountain, the mountains in the Bears Ears Mountain are stacked on top of each other, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, there are more than 40 large and small mountains, and the mountain system is generally north-east direction, and it is arranged in the form of wild geese. Relying on the Bear's Ears Mountain and the Baoqinggu, it integrates the Shuanglong Rift Valley, the karst cave group, the Longjiao Cliff, the mountain spring and the most typical Gu-shaped landform as a whole, and the Baoqianggu is the first peak, since ancient times, it is known for its unique "male", "strange", "dangerous" and "show" in the head of the 72 Gu in Lunan City, and is known as the "Little Taishan Mountain in Lunan", which is a unique natural wonder of karst geology and landform unique in Shandong and rare in North China.

Such terrain may not be able to accommodate large-scale operations, but a few thousand people in Zahra are nothing.