At this time, the left army did not dare to attack rashly, and soon after Zuo Liangyu's order was issued, they scattered into several large armies, and attacked the key points of the military police battalion from all directions with the strategy of dividing and summarizing, and no matter how tenacious the soldiers of the military police battalion were, no matter how sharp the muskets in their hands were, it was impossible to block the attack of the left army in multiple directions at the same time, so after killing a certain number of left troops, the soldiers of the military police battalion decisively withdrew from the first line of positions on the periphery.

The Left Army eventually captured the first line of positions on the periphery at the cost of thousands of men, but neither side took any further action as the sky gradually darkened. However, both sides took advantage of the rare quiet time of the night to start actively summing up the feelings of today's battle.

The difference is that the Han army from the general Chen Gui to the soldiers almost all sit on the ground, at most light a bonfire in the middle, and then eat roast lamb leg while talking about how to kill the left army and other things, while the left army even spent half a day camping, the commander Zuo Liangyu's tent was set up for nearly two hours, and more than a dozen cooks with the army took an hour to make delicious food, and the soldiers of the left army only gathered around the fire and looked at the smell of meat wafting from the camp of the Chinese army with envy.

The Han army has always paid attention to the equality of officers and soldiers, especially on the battlefield, officers and soldiers generally eat and sleep together, which can not only enhance the cohesion of officers and soldiers but also make soldiers more desperate for you, you can also know your soldiers better, so as to avoid mutiny caused by the pressure of war. Even the coach Yang Ming has to share the weal and woe with the frontline soldiers, although he does not need to be on the front line to command now.

Today's contact battle between the gendarmerie battalion and Zuo Liangyu's army is just the beginning, Yang Ming can't stay here all the time, he must go back immediately and make the next decision according to the current situation, now the fate of the entire Han army is on him, if he is not careful, he will fall short, so even in the middle of the night, he has to rush back to Dongxiang County overnight and convene civil and military officials at all levels to understand the latest situation of the battle situation and announce the next arrangement.

"Now the left army is attacking my Dongxiang County in two main directions, one is the Jin Shenghuan Department from the direction of Qingxi Town to Dongxiang County, this department has more than 20,000 people, including nearly 6,000 iron cavalry, almost all the iron cavalry of the left army, but it does not play much role in the mountains, and the other is the main army led by Zuo Liangyu personally from Kaixian County, but the first attack point is Hanjia Village, but you must be clear, this is only the current strategic situation, if my expectations are good, Zuo Liangyu will inevitably adopt the strategy of dividing the troops after breaking through the first line of defense, and we will be attacked from multiple directions at that time, and at that time, it will be impossible to block it by relying only on the soldiers of the 5,000 gendarmerie battalions, so it is necessary for us to take the measure of concentrating superior forces to annihilate one part of it and blocking it from multiple directions at the same time. ”

The first to speak was Chen Gui, a staff general of the gendarmerie battalion, who came back with Yang Ming, and now that Lan Guanwei and Bai Qian were not there, he had no time to rest, so he could only temporarily assume the duties of chief of staff, first made a rough analysis of the current battle situation, and then briefly expounded on the situation of the first battle between the gendarmerie battalion and the left army today.

Yang Ming nodded, and as soon as Chen Gui finished speaking, he took over and said: "Now the second and third standards are responsible for blocking Jin Shenghuan all the way, and the general Chen Gui personally takes the first, fourth and fifth standards to block Zuo Liangyu all the way; However, starting tomorrow, the distribution of troops will have to be adjusted, and among the three strategic points of Hanjia Village, Zhangjiachang, and Dongxiang County, each strategic point will leave a regular unit of the Han Army, but it is the local militia that will take on the main task of blocking it, among them, the cabinet bachelor Shang Daoxing and the capital division stationed in the place will be fully responsible for the military command and mass mobilization work in Hanjia Village, and Ge Qizuo and the capital division stationed in the place will be fully responsible for the military command and mass mobilization work in Zhangjiachang. In addition, the news communication and propaganda work in various places will be fully responsible for Lu Lang in the matter, I will hand over the five hundred cavalry to you, but you must ensure that the latest battle situation at every strategic point can be conveyed to the officials and the people within the same day, and General Chen Gui will personally lead the remaining soldiers of the gendarmerie battalion with me to take on the task of annihilating the left army! ”

Yang Ming gave this order, and everyone immediately took action, among them, the general Chen Gui didn't even care about resting, and immediately rushed back to the forward position without stopping, except for leaving a capital of troops to stay in the area of the small walled city, he immediately led the rest of the troops to return to Dongxiang County, and at the same time, Shang Daoxing, Ge Qizuo, and Luo Fengjie also didn't care about resting and immediately rushed to the three strategic points with the militia composed of the garrison regiment, patrol soldiers, and ordinary people, and Lu Lang overnight What Children's Group, Jiaxiang Poetry Club, Kuizhou Daily, The heads of various organizations such as the Zitong Jing School were summoned, and some woodcutters, hunters, and fishermen were also found by him, and even some ruffians and hooligans were invited to his home.

On the side of the left army, Zuo Liangyu did not concentrate his forces to attack Dongxiang County, he also sent several large armies to attack Beacon Mountain in the direction of Hanjia Village, Zhangjiachang, and Dongxiang County, and at the same time, he also asked Jin Shenghuan to attack from Qingxi Town to the northwest to cut off Yang Ming and others' westward escape route, and he himself was personally responsible for attacking the direction of Hanjia Village, he already knew that this Hanjia Village was the wealth concentration of the Han army, so if he was given the choice, he would naturally choose to take this place first, only to capture this place, he can give an explanation to all the soldiers, after all, money is the foundation of his cohesion of the army.

Yang Ming directly let Shang Daoxing, Ge Qizuo, and Luo Fengjie participate in military operations this time, and did not appoint more trustworthy old people such as Zhang Youcai, Lan Liangshan, and Gui Chongchun, not that Yang Ming wanted to abandon the old and deliberately promote new people, but that civilian officials with certain military command and coordination capabilities must be appointed at wartime times, and Ge Qizuo showed outstanding military talent as early as in the Kuizhou offensive and defensive battle, and Shang Daoxing also perfectly executed a military coordination operation, and Luo Fengjie had made meritorious contributions in the battle to exterminate the thieves, since this is the case, Yang Ming must be meritocracy, and this is also an important opportunity to test the ability and loyalty of these people, Yang Ming not only wants to obtain external tranquility but also internal stability through this decisive battle.