The place where Liu Jun borrowed the road was to pass through Tianjin, then cross from Baoding to Zhangjiahou, and then enter the Inner Mongolia Six Leagues.

Tianjin? After Li Hongzhang heard this, he nodded slightly, and it could be seen that he was very satisfied with this route.

It stands to reason. There is also a better route, which is to cross the Shanhaiguan and then enter Changping, enter Baoding from outside the outskirts of Beijing, and then transfer to Zhangjiakou.

This route is the closest route, but among them, let the troops of a cavalry division pass through Beijing, not to mention the imperial court, even yourself, and will not agree.

If Liu Jun's army suddenly went crazy and did not go to Zhangjiakou, but turned around and attacked the city of Beijing, I am afraid that the emperor and harem of the Great Qing Kingdom would be cleaned up in one day.

Tianjin is different, Tianjin went to Baoding directly, missed Beijing, in this way, the imperial court will agree, after all, there is no threat to Beijing.

Li Hongzhang was very happy that Liu Jun could understand this and know the concerns of the imperial court, so he chose to land from Tianjin instead of from Shanhaiguan.

In the port of Tianjin, three days after Li Hongzhang issued the consent information, the main warships of the Beiyang Naval Division once again gathered in Tianjin, but this time, there were more than a dozen transport ships accompanying the Beiyang Naval Division......

Today, the port of Tianjin is not under martial law as before, so around the wharf and on the sea, there are many people shuttling among them, selling things and taking walks.

A few whistles sounded, and the deafening whistle sounded that the vendors and the fishermen who were preparing to leave the port to fish stopped their hands, stretched their necks, and looked at the warships that were moored at the dock with thick smoke.

The sound of a few pedals on the dock, the people who stretched out their heads, immediately saw that from the boat, there were actually groups of horses, these horses, all led by a soldier wearing a gray military uniform, carrying a rifle on his back, and a saber around his waist, and the careful people even found that some horses had several long pipes and some wooden boxes.

"Lao Li, thank you Beiyang Naval Division for sending us, let us see the real warship." On the cruiser Hashidate, Lin Yongzong, commander of the Second Cavalry Army, happily thanked Li He who was standing on the side.

During this time, the main force of the Beiyang Naval Division has been in Lushun, and after receiving Li Hongzhang's passable order, Liu Jun urgently asked the Beiyang Naval Division to go to Yingkou, where to carry the Second Cavalry Army, and then send it to Tianjin.

After receiving the order, Li He immediately led the Qiaoli, Bu Chan, Shichang and three transport ships to Yingkou urgently, and after loading the nearly 20,000 cavalry that had been waiting there for a long time, he immediately set off, and after a day's voyage, finally arrived in Tianjin at noon today.

"You're welcome, you still have to think about how to quickly reach the eastern border of the Inner Mongolia Six Leagues, you know, after Zhangjiakou, and Inner Mongolia, if you can't get there in six days. Be careful to clean up. ”

Papapa, Lin Yongzong patted his chest: "I don't dare to guarantee anything else, but within six days, my second cavalry army must be in the Inner Mongolia Sixth League, you must know that we are cavalry, cavalry that comes and goes without a trace." ”

Okay, seeing where Lin Yongzong sold himself and boasted, Li He pouted, and didn't want to say anything, just hoping that the cavalry would hurry ashore, and then he would return.

"Military seat, the troops have all gone ashore, do you want to leave immediately?" An hour later, a staff officer came up and counted all the troops ashore.

"Let the 3rd Division be the first to go, followed by the 4th and 5th Divisions." Lin Yongzong did not hesitate at all. After giving the order.

"Lao Li, let's go."

Hurry. Li was the same as Lin Yongzong, he found that this person was a mother-in-law's mouth, and he would not close his mouth after opening his mouth, and in the past hour, he had not heard any valuable words except where he said how good the cavalry was.

"No." After Li He finished saluting, he politely looked at Lin Yongzong who got off the bridge and got on the horse, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

In the upper reaches of the Klulun River in Outer Mongolia, if there are herdsmen at this time, they can clearly see that several long dragons that cannot see the edge are galloping towards the western part of Outer Mongolia.

This is Li Rong's Fifth Corps, which entered the Mongolian rebellion.

The 10th Army of the Fifth Corps had been clearing the wasteland in the Heilongjiang area, but after the rebellion in Outer Mongolia, the 5th Corps was urgently transferred to Heilongjiang near the border of Outer Mongolia and waited for departure.

The day before yesterday, after receiving the order to set out, Li Rong led an army of infantry and a division of cavalry into Outer Mongolia from Heilongjiang, and according to the walking route he had taken to meet the king of Chechen Khan last time, he had been advancing along the Khulun River.

The scorching sun was like fire, Li Rong looked up at the sun hanging in the sky, and the golden and dazzling sunlight stretched out from the big disc, roasting everything around him to burn.

Glancing back at the advancing team, Li He shook his head helplessly

It's damn weather. It's almost about to roast Lao Tzu. Cursing, Li Rong took off his hat and kept fanning the wind on horseback to drive away the hot weather.

"Commander, we have been deep in Outer Mongolia for three days, and along the way, in addition to encountering some herdsmen, even the shadow of the rebels, and even the defeated Qing army have not noticed, are we going in the wrong direction?" Cheng Wenliang, deputy commander of the Corps, rode on his horse, looked at the undulating grassland in the distance, and looked at Li Rong who was fanning the wind with a puzzled expression.

Li Rong also felt a little strange, according to intelligence, the rebels were indeed approaching the area of the Krulun River, but now, the Krulun River was coming to an end, not to mention the enemy, not even the Qing army saw a single one.

"Map." Li Rong thought for a moment, turned around and shouted to the guards behind him.

With a swipe, the map quickly lay out on the ground. After pressing a few small stones on it, Li Rong squatted down. On the map, it is obvious that north of the Kruren River, is a swamp, the rebels are stupid and will not go anywhere, and the only route is this one, the question is, after three days of entering here, why still do you not see any shadow of the enemy.

"Tell the reconnaissance company to spread fifty kilometers left and right, and search forward. Lao Tzu doesn't believe that these bastards can drill into the dirt. ”

"Understood." Cheng Wenliang nodded and turned to convey the order.

Raising his head and putting away the map, Li Rong looked at the team that had been marching for nearly three hours.

The scorching sun sunburned these originally energetic soldiers without any temper. "Order all the armies to rest where they are." Li Rong knew that as he walked on, the troops would have to be exhausted, so it was better to take a little rest and wait for the situation of the reconnaissance company.

As soon as he sat down, a dozen fast horses galloped out from three directions, this was the cavalry company that had been ordered to go to the reconnaissance

I waited quietly for an hour on the hot pan roasted by the hot sun.

The rest of the men and horses had returned safely and reported no enemy situation, except for the cavalry platoon on the west road.

Strange? , Li Rong suddenly stood up from the ground and looked at the mountains in the west.

The grass swaying from side to side blown by the wind, and the gray hare that sprang out from time to time, just didn't see a single figure.

"Do you want someone to go and see?" Cheng Wenliang came to Li Rong's side.

Shaking his head, raising his wrist to look at the time, Li Rong opened his mouth: "I'll wait for half an hour." ”

Half an hour later, there was still no movement, and Li Rongzai couldn't sit still: "Order, cavalry ......"

"They're back." Cheng Wenliang interrupted Li Rong's order to send a search team and pointed into the distance.

Li Rong raised his head and saw that the cavalry platoon that had gone out and the guide who had been transferred from the Chechen Khan Department were riding here.

"What's the situation?" Li Rong looked at the straight reconnaissance platoon commander who had dismounted and stood in front of him.

"Commander, fifteen kilometers ahead found a garrison, about three thousand people, the guide said that it was the Tushetu Khan Division."

Tushetu Khan Division, which is already a rebellious tribe.

Li Rong, who had been frowning for a few days, finally showed a smile.

Looking up and seeing that the reconnaissance platoon commander was about to speak and stopped, Li Ronggang's smile suddenly became frowned.

"What else?" Brief questioning.

"Commander, the guide said, those people didn't speak Mongolian."

Not Mongolian? Li Rong's eyes widened suddenly.

When I met a soldier from the Tushetu Khan Department in Outer Mongolia, he didn't speak Mongolian, so who could he be?