When Luo Yang received the report of defeat, it had already been an hour after the battle, and at the same time, another report of defeat came almost at the same time, and the troops with Hu Zhonghe as the main general were attacked in almost the same way.

The losses of the troops were quite heavy, Tao Maolin was killed more than 2,500 people, wounded more than 200 people, close to one-third of this formed division, if it were not for the timely reinforcement of Lei Zhengxuan's army, the battle against the water, even if the cavalry charge of the Hui army was stopped, a chaotic army, although more than 8,500 people, the whole army was destroyed, it is not impossible,

The number of casualties of the Hui army is unknown, when Lei Zhengwan's army counterattacked and barely gained a foothold, it was found that the Hui army rescued all the wounded, that is, the corpses were taken away.

The situation of Hu Zhonghe's army is better, this old Hunan army is still cunning, and as a result, a complete battalion was eaten, and when pursuing, the cavalry came and went like the wind, and fled without a trace.

The third way to advance the troops, Lan Chengchun's army, was surrounded by the Hui army, the Hui army adopted guerrilla tactics, has been entangled hard, besieged but not attacked, repeatedly harassed, as soon as the Huaxia army hit, people retreated, as soon as you moved, people surrounded again, like a pack of hungry wolves, snooping on you from afar, giving you really invisible pressure,

A general like Lan Chengchun, who had experienced countless bloody battles, felt very tricky, so he had to set up his troops in the camp, deep ditches and high bases, thinking that he would protect himself.

The tactics of the Hui army are cunning and abnormal, when Lan Chengchun saw that the problem was serious and sent a hundred and ten riflemen to shoot and hunt, the Hui army retreated very far, and as soon as they turned around, these ghostly guys came back again, the cavalry brigade of the Hui army was hidden in the distance, and those flying dusts did not know the truth and reality.

Luo Yang finally understood that Ma Zhanao in Hezhou was indeed not a vegetarian.

In history, Ma Zhanao counterattacked on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army being celebrating and having fun, sent troops, made a surprise attack, inserted into the camp of the Qing army, established a strong camp, and disrupted the entire system of the Qing army, and then, the center blossomed, and the internal and external attacks were carried out, and the Qing army was defeated, and the regular main force of the Qing army was elite, forty battalions, more than 20,000 people, several generals with the rank of commander, the whole army was destroyed, and then, Ma Zhanao of Hezhou chased for hundreds of miles, and the Qing army of Zuo Zongtang suffered heavy casualties, and even defeated and retreated, unable to hold the camp, at this time, Ma Zhanao showed his body and surrendered to the Zuo military camp, so Zuo Zongtang, who was in shock, accepted Ma Zhanao's surrender happily and even pleasantly, and also covered up his defeat at the Manchu court.

Ma Zhanao is not only shrewd and capable, but also very rational and sober.

Luo Yang immediately dispatched cavalry troops and quickly conveyed the news to all troops, prohibiting reckless marching into the troops, and waiting everywhere for the time being.

Luo Yang himself led a division of 8,000 people to advance to Hezhou, and at the same time, with Luo Bingzhang as the strategy, he was responsible for coordinating the troops of the original Qing army on the two routes.

In Luoyang's rear flank, there are more 30,000 troops for the Austrian reinforcements, after confirming the strength of Ma Zhanao, Luoyang will gather the main forces gathered near Lanzhou, have been mobilized,

The Luoyang army has nearly 80,000 troops, advancing in four directions, and the distance is extremely close, in order to be safe.

The Huaxia army gave a death order, and in the battle, any people who approached were ruthlessly driven away, or even killed,

It took five days for the Chinese army to advance day by day, and with a slow but firm pace, it advanced to Dongxiang Town, where it was desperately resisted by the Hui army, and countless ravines were dug inside and outside the town, and there were no roads.

On the flat field, there are countless villages, but there is no trace of human population, when the soldiers of the Huaxia Army went to fetch water, they found that the well was filled with many corpses, judging from the clothes, it should be the Han people, and the well water without corpses also made the cautious soldiers find out the strange, and finally after a little experiment, poisoned an old horse,

The Hui army has used the practice of avoiding the wilderness to the extreme, and the national cohesion has made it have a strong implementation power.

In the face of this difficulty, the Huaxia army marched step by step, digging its own wells to get water, and every day the accommodation camp was extremely firm, and only during the day, did it advance forward, and when it advanced, it lined up into a battle queue, and was extremely cautious.

The caution of the Huaxia army really gave Ma Zhanao a headache, and they could no longer find a suitable space to attack.

When the news came, Ma Zhanao personally went out to inspect and led a cavalry to carry out a sneak attack on Lan Chengchun's troops in the easternmost part of the Chinese Army at night.

"Commander, the thieves are very cunning, we sneak attack at night, will we suffer." There are bosses worried,

"If you don't fight, how do you know you're going to suffer." Ma Zhanao sneered,

The Hui army was very cunning, first with a force of more than 500 people sneak attack, killed to the barracks, and then, the rest of the troops, in the surrounding night, spread their nets and waited,

Lan Chengchun sternly ordered the troops, blocked the enemy's breakthrough point, and annihilated the Hui troops who swarmed into the village one by one, because the terrain did not come out, the Hui army suffered a big loss, and in the complex military camp like a secret palace, one hundred and ten were captured alive, and the rest were killed,

The remnants of the Hui army retreated, and the blue army did not chase after them, so that Ma Zhanao lost more than 400 people in vain.

After a plan failed, Ma Zhanao had another plan, sent several leaders, led more than 100 Hui troops, Lan Chengchun's army surrendered, lied that it was the Hui army of Shaanxi, and was bullied by the Hui people in Hezhou, and was determined to do it anyway.

In fact, this is Ma Zhanao's most ruthless move, he wants to use these people as death squads to assassinate the generals of the Huaxia Army.

According to Luo Yang's order, Lan Chengchun put these people in a separate row, tied them one by one, and finally connected them into a large string, a group of ten people, tied them with trees, and turned them into grasshoppers worn by sticks, and guarded them closely, as a result, these people really became prisoners of war, and there was no chance to succeed in the conspiracy.

During the five days of the advance, Luo Yang and the commanders of various units exchanged views from time to time, analyzed intelligence, and urged all parties to be cautious.

Dongxiang Town can be said to be close to Hezhou, and no matter how fierce the Hui army is, it has lost room for maneuver.

Luo Yang put an artillery regiment in his own troops, a rifle battalion, closely coordinated, such a density of equipment, is the best in the entire Huaxia Army, the Royal Forest Army,

The Luoyang army smashed the stubborn resistance of the Hui army with fierce artillery bombardment, and stationed in Dongxiang Township, and the troops pointed directly at Hezhou.

The battle in Dongxiang Township was quite tragic, Ma Zhanao dispatched more than 30,000 Hui troops, in the dense gully area, with concealment, sniping, counter-charge, and other methods, resisting step by step, and instilling in the Hui soldiers that without Dongxiang, there would be no awareness of Hezhou, and the Hui soldiers fought very bravely.

A mixed brigade of more than 2,000 people, as a vanguard, used 500 foreign guns and more than a dozen foreign cannons to shoot fiercely at the Hui army, killing and wounding the Hui army everywhere, as for the hidden ravines of the Hui army, the Huaxia army also found an effective way, whether you have one or not, Lao Tzu will throw a few grenades first.

In the first battle of Dongxiang, the Hui army lost more than 5,000 people, and was finally defeated back to Hezhou.