At this time, Lan Chengchun's biggest task was to contact Dong Fuxiang and give a detailed and thorough explanation of Luo Yang's overall combat ideas.

Knowing that the Ningxia Hui Army has strong troops and dangerous terrain, Luo Yang is determined to win, so he can only deploy troops step by step, design links, and in those few days, he almost couldn't sleep at night.

Fortunately, under the supervision of Luo Yang, according to the impressions of officials in various places, plus the spare information of the Qing Dynasty government, many military maps were drawn in Huaxia Tian**, which were equipped with high-ranking generals, as well as many Han guides and loyal Hui guides, which were also successively equipped with various armies.

The information system of unified command is too backward, and there is not even a military pigeon, and it is completely a rough way for the troops to implement.

People are not as good as heaven, during this period, there was a big loophole, the admiral Cao Kezhong who was killed by heaven actually defected,

Everyone has their own ideas, so as soon as they arrived in northern Shaanxi, Cao Kezhong felt that his breath was refreshing, and after discussing with several generals, they secretly broke away from Lan Chengchun's contact, and ran directly to the east, rushing into the eastern part of northern Shaanxi, and finally crossed the Yellow River to Shanxi Province, successfully escaping from the tiger's mouth.

However, the development of history proves General Cao's short-sightedness, when a few months later, Huaxia Tian** swept through Shanxi and Hebei, and went straight to the Manchu royal capital of Beijing, General Cao surrendered again under the city of Beijing, this time, it was still lenient, but he was reduced to a general, that is, a company commander, he regretted that his intestines were blue,

Even Cao Kezhong has a conscience, and he didn't stab Lan Chengchun directly from the back, originally, an officer suggested this, but he was scolded by Lao Cao: "People are not thin on us, and we have to be humane if we don't have a conscience. ”

Lan Chengchun is quite atmospheric, after all, he has mixed up with the old in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, even if Lao Cao rebelled, he could still calm down, while continuing to use troops, while sending people to report to the Luoyang camp, with a force of less than 5,000 people, he attracted some Han people along the way.

Lan Chengchun's troops are a key part of taking down Ningxia Ma Hualong, this side is bluffing to attack, someone has already detected the information, reported to Ningxia Ma Hualong, Dong Fuxiang over there "resisted" while asking for help,

In the Duolonga army that suppressed the Hui army and the Taiping army in Shaanxi, there was also a successor general named Mu Tushan, at this time, because of the incident, he was delayed in Tongguan and survived, so he cowered and retreated, and asked the Qing court for help.

Ma Hualong took the opportunity to send someone to Luo Yang to say that he was facing the threat of the Qing Demon and was indeed unable to send troops to the west to help.

Luo Yang did not let go, and said that the so-called Qing army attack was just a prevarication, and resolutely asked Ningxia to send 1,000 troops, or 3,000 war horses, otherwise, it would be difficult to show its sincerity.

Ma Hualong was really fooled, thinking that Luo Yang and the others were indeed ignorant, and immediately sent new people to report to Luo Yang, repeatedly emphasizing that there were indeed Qing troops approaching from the east and north, threatening Jinjibao and Lingzhou.

Luo Yang was furious, and slapped the table in front of Ma Hualong's envoy: "Little Qing Demon, it is so rampant, when this king is marching west, he sneaked up on my subjects. ”

Luo Yang said that he was willing to send 3,000 troops north to aid Ma Hualong, but after hesitating for a while, he changed it to 2,000 troops: "The Ningxia Hui army has enough food and can defend itself and be self-sufficient. ”

Ma Hualong's envoy didn't expect this situation, he was worried about the Qing army and opposed the Huaxia army, so adhering to Ma Hualong's position, he decisively refused.

"Then, this king first sent three hundred reinforcements, all of which were the original Shaanxi Hui army, to show his concern."

It is true that 300 people were mobilized from the headquarters, all of whom were originally from the Shaanxi Hui army, of course, these poor Hui officers and soldiers were completely kept in the dark, thinking that the Qing army was attacking Ningxia, and thinking that Ma Hualong sincerely followed the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, and immediately obeyed his orders generously.

At this time, Qiu Yuancai's "Qing army" had arrived in Lingzhou, and carried out an attack on the city, using several foreign cannons, first bombarding, then charging, stopping at a moment's notice, retreating several miles to the north, and camping.

To the east, Lan Chengchun's "Qing Army" also confronted Dong Fuxiang's troops, and the Blue Army was cowardly and did not move forward, and between advancing and retreating, it also retreated ten miles to the east.

Ningxia Jinjibao, Ma Hualong gathered all the leaders, discussed the situation, and felt that there was no danger for the time being, but the two Qing armies had foreign cannons and other things, and they stared at Ningxia and did not retreat, which also made people feel cold down their spines, and they were all trying to plan how to defeat the Qing army.

"Annihilate one of them first." Ma Hachijo, a think-tank figure, calmly suggested: "Just like last time, the Qing army attacked from two directions, and the momentum was violent, and our army put down the north road, attacked the south road, and severely damaged the enemy army, didn't we defeat their siege in one fell swoop." ”

Ma Batiao, who has considerable prestige, is actually the military division and chief of staff of the Ningxia Hui Army, so his words immediately resonated, and after careful deliberation, Ma Hualong decided to stick to Lingzhou on the northern front, stabilize the front, go out of the east with the main force, join Dong Fuxiang's army, and attack the Qing army on the east road,

"Will we be able to defeat the Qing army on the Eastern Road?" There are generals who doubt,

As the fifth-generation sect leader of Zhehe Renye Eunuch, Ma Hualong's prestige is unimaginable to ordinary people, he is the chief imam, the head of the sect, and the identity of "the chief general of military affairs in Xihe, Ningjun and other places", which controls Yinchuan, the capital city of Ningxia and other places, and basically controls the entire Ningxia.

"It must be possible, our army is brave, 100,000 elites, it is reported that the Qing army on the two roads is only as many as 10,000 people each, compared to the test of the road ahead, our army dispatches the elite main force, and it can be taken in one fell swoop."

"Yes, the Great Sect Master is right." Ma Hualong's son Ma Yaobang clenched his fists: "The Qing army has always been cowardly, not our army's bravery, what we saw in this reconnaissance, the artillery fire of the Qing troops is quite small, which is conducive to our army's attack, the Qing army has more infantry and less cavalry, if our army harasses it with cavalry and repeatedly attacks it, it will definitely be exhausted, and then seize the fighter, but it can be destroyed in a battle." ”

"Yes, that's right." Ma Hualong looked at his son with appreciation, and felt that his son not only had a genius for getting rich in business, but also had surprising military qualities: "Our army should take the initiative to attack, lest the men from Shaanxi look down on us." ”

For the reinforcements of the men from Shaanxi, it quickly became the focus of everyone's attention, because the three hundred Shaanxi Hui soldiers really felt that after careful interrogation, it was indeed the Shaanxi Hui army, Ma Hualong was already relieved: "It's okay, that guy who is known as the consul of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, but Huangkou Xiaoer, we don't have to take it to heart, when they attack Xining and Suzhou Hezhou, they can't hold each other, we can suddenly attack from behind to avenge the Shaanxi brothers being slaughtered by him." ”