Hua Ruohan agreed to this matter very happily, and the words went on, and soon someone prepared a horse for Dong Haichuan.

Dong Haichuan hurriedly stepped on the war horse, returned to the temporary post house, and called Shi Dakai's subordinate officer, who was Shi Dakai's cronies, and two assistants.

"Lord Liu, the matter of the Western arms trade can't be done, I have a letter here, please bring it to the Wing King, and return to Tianjing quickly!"

Dong Haichuan said in a deep voice.

Qiu Guan**** was shocked, and asked: "Mr. Dong, what are you ......?"

"Don't ask, I have written everything in the letter, and the Winged King will know it at a glance, and tell the Winged King, whether it is successful or not, at least ten days, at most twenty days, I will definitely go to see him, go quickly, I will also leave Tianjing!"

As he spoke, Dong Haichuan waved his horsewhip and rushed towards the outside of Tianjing City with one of his entourages.

Not to mention Dong Haichuan, just talking about the Lu army in northern Anhui, Gao Qi led his first brigade and took Ruzhou, without stopping, and then broke into the northern Anhui area, first of all, Yingzhou in the north!

Yingzhou as the northernmost town of the Taiping Army, here stay in the Beida Battalion 7,000 troops, Yingzhou's general Huo Qingteng is also an old man who has followed Shi Dakai for more than ten years, he is extremely brave, he personally sat in Yingchuan, guarding against the Qing army from the north.

The news of the Qing army's entry into northern Anhui has spread in northern Anhui, and naturally it has also spread to Yingzhou.

The General's Mansion, Huo Qingteng's face was full of solemnity, the Qing army that came over this time was obviously not a good stubble, in just over two months, it swept most of Henan, and beat hundreds of thousands of twisted troops and the Taiping army, Zhang Luoxing, Zhang Zongyu, Lai Wenguang, which one is not a fierce general who has experienced a hundred battles? Just withered away one by one, how strong can you be? is similar to Zhang Zongyu, compared with Lai Wenguang, he is not afraid of fighting in battle, but when it is his turn to be resourceful, he is really not his opponent, and these people are not solved by the Qing Demon one by one!

Can this Yingzhou still be able to hold on? Although the combat strength of his Beida Battalion is better than that of the Twist Army and the Northern Taiping Army, the strength of the army is too small, only seven or eight thousand people, how can it be compared with the original Twist Army?

Qiu Qingfei, the major general brigade commander on the side, said in a dark voice: "General, I don't think their Qing Demon is so terrible, what's the big deal, let's follow the Wing King, what famous general hasn't returned?" Zeng Guoquan? Bao Chao? Li? Including the most famous Jiang Zhongyuan back then, we have never been afraid, just one Guo Ye, we are on defense, with so many cannons and foreign guns, and our combat power has improved a lot compared to back then, I don't believe it, they are now a clear demon with one shoulder and two heads! ”

Huo Qingteng shook his head and replied, "Qingfei, where is it as easy as you think?" The Twist Army and the Northern Taiping Army together are more than 100,000 people, all of them have been wiped out by this Qing demon, I also heard that this Guo Ye will beat the foreign devils and can't raise their heads, we must not underestimate the enemy, although Yingzhou is a palace city, but it still can't catch up with the high walls of Kaifeng Mansion in Henan, if we are light on the enemy, we will definitely suffer a big loss, and if we don't do it, the whole army will be wiped out! ”

Qiu Qingfei pursed his lips and replied: "General, it is true that the Twist Army and the Northern Taiping Army have strong troops, but first, their combat strength is too poor, and they are not gathered together, when Lai Wenguang and Zhang Zongyu have the most troops, that is, they have gathered fifty or sixty thousand people, and they have no foreign guns and cannons, just relying on big swords and spears, Henan is mostly plains, there is no danger to defend, failure is expected, but we are different, Yingzhou is mountainous, especially in the northeast, where Longshan and Huishan are surrounded by mountains, Just blocked the path of the Qing Demon, as long as we deploy properly, we may not be sure of winning! ”

Huo Qingteng's eyes lit up, what Qiu Qingfei said was not unreasonable, according to the danger, with the help of guns, to block the Qing Demon, even if he couldn't win, it was no problem to temporarily block the Qing Demon and wait for the main force of the Beida Battalion to come to help.

However, after all, it is a bit risky, what if the war is unfavorable? Yingzhou is the north gate of the entire Anhui, once it falls, then the entire gateway of Anhui will be wide open, and he will be the sinner of the entire Taiping Army!

Huo Qingteng was a little hesitant, Qiu Qingfei said: "General, now we have no choice, we are defending Yingzhou, the city wall of Yingzhou City is not tall, and we can't stand the repeated attacks of artillery, not only is it difficult to hold Yingzhou for a long time, but the people of the connected city will be unlucky." If we press the front line to the area of Huishan Longshan and take the initiative to fight, maybe, after the danger of the mountains and rivers, it is possible to hold the ......"

Huo Qingteng said in a deep voice: "Okay, what you said also makes sense, but we'd better send someone to ask the general's opinion and see what the general has to say." ”

The general refers to the general of the Beida Battalion, Long Kaisheng, Shi Dakai's henchman, and now the Beida Battalion is located in Huainan, responsible for the military defense of the entire northern Anhui, and Long is the highest general.

Qiu Qingfei smiled bitterly: "General, from Fuyang to Huainan, it is five hundred miles away, even if we send fast horses, one back and forth, it will take more than three days, three days, we are sending troops to Huishan, there are still more than a hundred miles away, enough for us to march for three days, we need one to two days to arrange the defense, this is eight days, general, the current Qing demons have already crossed Bozhou, less than two hundred miles away from the meeting, if you march quickly, at most seven days, you can reach Huishan, Where do we have so much time? By the time we arrived at Huishan, the Qing demons had even crossed Huishan! And that's a fart? ”

Huo Qingteng was also full of helplessness, specially, I heard that what kind of telegraph has been laid from Shandong to Shanghai now, thousands of miles away, it will come in an instant, what is it, when will we be able to lay such a telegraph line? It's okay now, if you want to ask for advice from Beidaying, it's too late!

"Okay, Qingfei, then according to your opinion, send troops to Huishan, and fight the Qing Demon in Huishan, in addition, immediately send fast horses, report to General Long, and ask the Beida Battalion to send troops to help!"

"Yes!"

Huo Qingteng looked at the generals present and shouted: "The third town left three battalions of troops to stay in Yingzhou to prevent the Qing Demon from sneaking attack, and the rest of the troops, together with the artillery battalion, will open tomorrow and rush to the junction of Huishan and Longshan, let's have a decisive battle with the Qing Demon in Huishan!" ”

"Yes!"

The Beida Battalion is worthy of being Shi Dakai's elite, and it is superior to the Northern Taiping Army in terms of spirit alone.

"Guo Ye, Zuo Guigui, let me see what you are capable of......

Huo Qingteng muttered.

(To be continued.) )