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Regardless of Yang Desheng and Jin Yishan, how intrigue are the three of them?

Zhang Yun doesn't want to care about these bullshit things!

Since he decided to change the location of the decisive battle, he was just urging him to do so...... Let them retreat as quickly as they can, and run as fast as they can......

If you can withdraw to Zhumadian, it will naturally be the best, even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter, Zhang Yun thinks it's not bad to start a war in Zhoukou!

It's a pity that he underestimated Yang Desheng and Zhou Yuancheng, and wanted to preserve their strength, and at the first time they were allowed to retreat by Zhang Yun. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

They threw away all the pots and pans, and only brought the food and grass that could be eaten by the soldiers for three or five days, and went straight to Zhumadian without stopping.

Because they retreated too fast, even Jin Yishan couldn't react, because he still had to bring all the logistics equipment, but he didn't dare to leave them behind, so he fled directly to the south......

But fortunately, the more than 20,000 people of the Patriotic Army are cavalry, and if they want to catch up with the Taiping Army with infantry units in front, there is still no pressure!

And they ran ...... But Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang were completely confused, and they all ran away before the fight started?

Zuo Zongtang ordered the cavalry to prepare to pursue, and at the last moment, he came to Li Hongzhang's handsome tent, this war is a little strange, and he can't handle it to the end now!

After entering the tent, he and Li Hongzhang exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then expressed their intentions, expressing their intention to take tens of thousands of cavalry south and continue to pursue the remnants of the Taiping army......

Regarding Zuo Zongtang's normal request, although Li Hongzhang is a handsome, he can't refute anything...... I can only invite him to continue to sit down and hand him the news that the spies have just passed over.

Zuo Zongtang took a sweep...... His face couldn't help but become suspicious, "Why didn't this Zhang Yun move when he walked to Zhumadian?" What does Master Lee think about this? ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head and said: "This official doesn't know the intentions of this thief, but this official believes that under the soldiers of the imperial court, no matter how much this thief jumps, he will eventually be wiped out!" ”

After saying this big talk, Li Hongzhang saw that Zuo Zongtang's face had not changed at all, and he could only sigh lightly, of course he didn't expect to shake Zuo Zongtang's thoughts with these childish words. He said this just to cheer himself up!

Therefore, after Li Hongzhang finished speaking, he immediately said: "There has been a change in Beijing, and now the sixth prince has suffered a stroke and is paralyzed, in the future~ In this court, I'm afraid no one will speak for our new army anymore, so if we don't exterminate the remnants of the Taiping Army this time, I'm afraid we will both be in big trouble!" ”

"About Zhang Yun...... On the contrary, there is no need for us to take it too seriously, although the official also thinks that Zhang Yun, a thief, has a covetous heart for the Sheji artifact, but there are priorities, Lord Zuo, what do you think? ”

Zuo Zongtang was silent for a while before he said: "There are people in the court who are good at doing things, and now the sixth prince has suffered a stroke and is paralyzed...... I'm afraid someone can't wait to jump out and put a few more ropes around our necks......"

"So this official also agrees with you, Lord Li, this time I will let Zhang Thief go, exterminate the remnants of the Taiping Army first, and keep our official positions, otherwise everything will be empty talk."

Next, the two of them discussed again, Zhang Yun's purpose of acting like this, the result was naturally no result!

The decision made by Zhang Yun was purely temporary, and even he didn't expect in advance that there would be a change in the plan, Li and Zuo, no matter how high their IQ was, they would have to be blind!

Seeing that the discussion did not yield any results, Zuo Zongtang immediately resigned, and immediately led tens of thousands of Manchu cavalry to the south to pursue the remnants of the Taiping army, while Li Hongzhang reorganized the army behind...... Catch up slowly.

At this time, both sides are scouting and riding in all directions...... The big movements on both sides will basically be detected by the other party, so Zhang Yun and Li Hongzhang didn't play any tricks, and they were waiting for the final decisive battle to come!

Li Hongzhang is absolutely sure that he will be able to defeat Zhang Yun and exterminate the remnants of the Taiping Army! And Zhang Yun also has the same idea......

After resting for three days, Zhang Yun asked Lu Yongwang to lead his troops to continue north...... It's just that the speed doesn't need to be too fast, and after traveling twenty or thirty miles a day, you have to camp and rest immediately!

Although Lu Yongwang was puzzled by this, he didn't ask much, just did it...... Contrary to Zhang Yun's approach, Li Hongzhang traveled day and night, hurrying towards Zhoukou.

He was afraid that there would be any changes...... And at this time, Zhang Yun also received a telegram, after abandoning everything that could be discarded!

Zhou Yuancheng and Yang Desheng ran fast, and at this time they had already arrived in Zhoukou, and they were still desperately fleeing in the direction of Zhumadian......

After Zhang Yun got this news, he thought about it for a while and simply asked Lu Yongwang to stop advancing...... Sending scout cavalry to reconnoiter the nearby terrain, Zhang Yun decided to fight a decisive battle with the puppet Qing here!

There is no need to run to Zhoukou to fight Li Hongzhang with no breath and panting, just here, wouldn't it be better to wait for work?

When Lu Yongwang received this order, he was very puzzled and said: "This place is a flat river, but it is a plain area, you don't need to find anything anymore...... Is the terrain favorable? ”

Zhang Yun was stunned, the plains near here are not conducive to his artillery troops to hide!

Zhang Yun, who was in a hurry, simply rode his horse and ran through the radius of dozens of miles, but found that he really did not let the artillery troops, and it was better to hide the terrain before the battle.

However, Zhang Yun is not angry, can a living person still be forced to die by urine?

Since the terrain is unsatisfactory, then mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command to move mountains to the plain landform of this place to create a terrain suitable for artillery to hide.

After making a decision, Zhang Yun immediately put tens of thousands of soldiers and horses nearby...... Dig four big earth pits, and it doesn't need to be deep, as long as you can hide the mortars!

The next day, the four pits were dug up, and they looked like pits, not too conspicuous.

Seeing this, Zhang Yun immediately asked the artillery unit to move all the mortars into the pit...... At the same time, the shooting elements in all directions should be roughly calibrated first, and no matter which direction the puppet Qing army appeared, it must be able to quickly turn the muzzle of the cannon and accurately project the shells onto the head of the puppet Qing army.

The artillery battalion took the order, pulled all the artillery, and moved around in the four large pits until the firing elements within five kilometers in the four directions were all calibrated, and then they stopped!

Got the reinstatement of the artillery battalion...... Zhang Yun didn't say anything else, and then just waited for the Manchu army to come and send his life!

After Zhang Yun was idle here, Yang Desheng and others were living in dire straits, and tens of thousands of cavalry from Zuo Zongtang were playing a game: a game called the speed of life and death, but playing is death......

It's not easy to escape the pursuit of tens of thousands of cavalry on this vast plain!

If it weren't for Jin Yishan's cavalry to back them up, I'm afraid that these remnants of the Taiping Army would really be the ghosts of Zuo Zongtang's sword......

Of course, Jin Yishan's depression is only known to him, and at this time, Jin Yishan held a telegram in his hand...... "Do whatever it takes to cover the Taiping army going south." ”

"Hey......"

A long sigh came out of Jin Yishan's mouth!