After a little addition, the Luoyang army continued to attack to the southeast, entered the Anhui zone, and went straight to Mengcheng, where it encountered another strong force of the Huai army, Guo Songlin's troops,

Guo Songlin, the general of the Huai Army, the rank of admiral, more than forty years old, young and strong, brave and good at fighting, 6,000 officers and soldiers, in the eyes of Li Hongzhang, is also an important price code, is second only to Cheng Xueqi, Liu Mingchuan general, he is actually Li Hongzhang went north to reinforce Henan pro-army vanguard officer, within fifty miles north of Mengcheng, Li Hongzhang's troops have arrived,

After Liu Mingchuan was released, he went south to escape, and after thinking about it, he didn't have the face to see Li Hongzhang again, so along the way, he met other people, and repeatedly told everyone to be cautious, after meeting Guo Songlin, he told him again, and then, escorted by several pro-soldiers, he returned to his hometown, and since then faded out of the military circles, as for being recruited by Luo Yang again and invited to go out of the mountain in the future, that is a later story,

"Huaxia Army, not the Long-haired Army, that's wrong, hehehe." Guo Songlin's heart was not only not afraid, not frustrated, but excited and proud, because Liu Mingchuan, who was ranked before him, was planted, which is great, as soon as Liu Mingchuan fell, then his position in the Huai Army was not up with a bang.

At this time, Cheng Xueqi's main elite had just arrived in Yongcheng, and the news of the fierce battle had not yet arrived, so Guo Songlin thought that he had really won the lottery this time.

From Sichuan to Shaanxi to Henan, the force of this Changfa Army is actually the rest of Shi Dakai's cronies, and the combat effectiveness is naturally not bad, and it can defeat Seng Greenqin, which is more problematic, but this time with soldiers, Li Hongzhangyong's good, put himself in the third place, the front is the main force, Liu Mingchuan is finished, so what about Cheng Xueqi, it is estimated that under the hard encounter, he will also have heavy casualties, so, when the vitality of the two armies is greatly damaged, Lao Tzu's elite troops will come out, at that time......

Guo Songlin was so happy that his beard was straightened,

Li Hongzhang asked him to rush into Henan to reinforce and protect the flank of Cheng Xueqi's army, but he felt that it was too much: "There are Wu Changqing and Pan Dingxin, what other flanks do you need." ”

He made up his mind that on the issue of marching into the army, he would act slowly and win a few vicious battles between the Huaxia Army and Cheng Xueqi's troops.

"Junmen, when are we leaving?" The officers of his subordinates were in a hurry,

"Panic what." Guo Songlin pulled down his face,

"But the Governor has sent someone to urge me."

"yes, got it."

In this way, in Mengcheng, he has been resisting for a few days, and the banner is that the remnants of the Nian army here are making trouble, and the local squires and others are begging bitterly and have to be encircled and suppressed on the spot.

In terms of playing tricks, Guo Songlin is not worse than others, in fact, he said quite practically, Mengcheng, once one of the centers of activity of the Anhui Twist Army in Henan, here, the original Twist Army, the later bandits, the capricious Miao Peilin, gathered more than 300,000 landlords to practice, and the Twist Army and the Manchu Qing Army, fight to the death, once attacked Hefei twice, captured the Manchu governor of Anhui Province, and it was here, the cavalry of Monk Lingqin broke the Miao Army, after the defeat of the Miao Army, was killed by the generals, and the Miao Army, which had been glorious for many years, has since collapsed, The war in the Lianghuai region is in full swing.

Guo Songlin is not a fool, he did find a good excuse, not only can delay the time to enter the army, but also greatly expand his strength, on the way to Mengcheng, he recruited troops along the way, and absorbed a large number of guerrillas in this area, now, his headquarters is 6,000 soldiers and horses, and the attached new troops, two more battalions, each battalion is more than 700 people,

Guo Songlin made a windfall,

Milk is mother, soldier is king, this is the only way in the war era, Guo Songlin can work hard to recruit troops, and also take the opportunity to force donations in this area and loot land.

Unexpectedly, while playing, dozens of defeated soldiers fled back and reported to them that Cheng Xueqi's army was defeated.

The defeated soldiers reported with tears in their eyes, but Guo Songlin was full of questions, and in the end, all the defeated soldiers were arrested and escorted to Li Hongzhang.

He didn't believe that Cheng Xueqi would fail, that kind of thing, he was simply not a human being, he fought like a beast, he could lose, it must be that the war was slightly unfavorable, these soft eggs saw that the situation was not good, and they fled, this is a deserter,

He is sure that in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and any other troops, under the current circumstances, it is impossible to defeat Cheng Xueqi's troops, because the current Cheng Xueqi army not only has four general soldiers, a large number of people, the key is that he has a large number of foreign guns and foreign artillery, these foreign guns and foreign artillery, is not at all the Taiping army or others can resist, he can think about it a little, he can imagine that the deafening cannons will bombard the enemy to pieces, and many times, the Qing army can directly bombard the confrontational Taiping army.

In this way, Admiral Guo, who made a windfall all the way and fantasized about killing people with a knife, finally waited for his fate to be announced.

The Luoyang army went southeast several ways, looking for the main force of the Huai army to fight a decisive battle, to completely kill Li Hongzhang's troops, to clear the way for the north, and at the same time, to fight for a glimmer of life for the difficult situation of the Taiping army.

Dong Fuxiang's infantry division was the first to meet Guo Songlin's troops, which were scouts, thinking that the Twist Army was returning to their hometown, so they were assigned to each division as reconnaissance missions, and the troops of a cavalry battalion discovered the enemy situation and immediately attacked.

Dong Fuxiangjun interrogated, and the officers and soldiers of the Huai Army were quite characterful, but as a result, Lao Dong was annoyed, and when he was whipped with an iron sheet, his flesh and blood were blurred, and he could only confess.

Dong Fuxiang was overjoyed, after setting off from Shaanxi, others received awards for meritorious service one after another, and he did not become the main role, and he was more or less disappointed in his heart, and now, he finally seized an opportunity.

"On the way, the whole army will be given to Lao Tzu, and all the Huai soldiers will be suppressed and destroyed by Lao Tzu." Dong Fuxiang is angry,

After all, as a bandit, he is still with the Hui army, and he is a strong man, so his troops quickly marched and appeared around Mengcheng.

An infantry division, two cavalry battalions, a foreign artillery battalion, however, there are countless flying thunder guns,

Guo Songlin's troops, there are not many foreign guns and foreign artillery, especially the number of foreign cannons, which is equal to zero, and there are only more than 600 foreign guns, this is because when he went north, his troops sequenced, so a large number of foreign guns were allocated to the troops in front, so Admiral Guo was a little unbalanced in his heart.

Seeing that there was really an enemy besieging from all sides, Guo Songlin, who had already received the news, did not panic, but was pleasantly surprised.

Because, in his eyes, the enemy doesn't have a single foreign cannon, and there are not a few foreign guns, hehe, it must be the remnants of the Twist Army, if it's really a bandit who came out of nowhere,

For the banner of the Huaxia Army, the Huai Army is not familiar with it,

"Kaejo is facing the battle, and we are going to destroy the bandits."

More than 7,000 Huai troops, only two new battalions were left to defend the city, and the rest of the officers and soldiers, under the leadership of Guo Songlin, chose the enemy's thickest road, the north road to counterattack, and opened the city gate.