Soon the general army yamen was full of commanders of the battalions, after He Qimou arrived in Baoding Town, the Mongolian cavalry got a few days of rest, and began to breathe a sigh of relief, more than 20,000 cavalry, now there are only more than 3,000 people left, all the formations have been scattered, some battalions have even been destroyed, leaving an empty shell, He Qimou can only reorganize the battalions.

More than 3,000 people were temporarily turned into six cavalry battalions in two days, in order to be able to improve the combat power, He Qimou opened the arsenal of Baoding Mansion, took out all the more than 1,000 rifles in stock, and distributed them to the Mongolian cavalry.

Wang Huanzhang looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, now that Zhang Zongyu has advanced his troops to the Anping area, it won't take three days for the army to enter Baoding City, let's talk about it, how can we fight this battle?" ”

Long Tao said with a smile: "Zhangzi, what else is there to say, the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, if they dare to come, we will dare to accept it, so that they will not return!" ”

He Tengjiao said in a deep voice: "That's it, but, we can't sit still, I think we should take the initiative to attack and annihilate Zhang Zongyu's main force in a battle!" ”

"Fart! Are you still taking the initiative? ”

Wang Huanzhang said angrily: "We are mainly infantry, and everyone is cavalry, how can we attack?" Do you have a fast home? ”

He Tengjiao was unconvinced: "What's wrong?" They have cavalry, and we don't have them? Baoding Town itself has three cavalry battalions, and now there are six administrative cavalry battalions under Brother Qimou, adding up to nine large battalions and more than 4,000 people! It's more than enough to deal with the Twist Army......"

He Qimou shook his head with a wry smile, and replied: "Tengjiao, then I also need my cavalry to recover its combat strength, saying that there are more than 3,000 people, do you know that there are more than 3,000 cavalry now, and less than 1,000 are not injured?" Almost all of them were wounded, they suffered heavy defeats one after another, and their morale was even more depressed, and if you want to pull them up to fight a tough battle, I'm afraid it won't work as well as your three cavalry battalions......"

Wang Huanzhang said in a deep voice: "Okay, it is definitely not possible to sit in Baoding Mansion and wait for the Twist Army to come, take the initiative to attack, there must be a limit, we can't leave Baoding Mansion, the order, the artillery battalion and the infantry battalion will assemble in Wangpan Town outside Qingyuan County, dig fortifications, and the cavalry battalion will cruise in the southeast of Qingyuan County, let's fight to the death with the Twist Army in Wangpan Town!" Brother Qimou, Baoding Mansion will be handed over to you for the time being. ”

He Qimou was stunned for a moment, and said unhappily: "Huanzhang, although you are now the commander, but you are still only my brother, my Mongolian cavalry is now a big deal, but it doesn't mean that I can't fight, this battle, no matter what, I have to go to the front line in person, I can't sit at the head of the city and watch the excitement!" ”

Wang Huanzhang waved his hand and replied: "Brother Qimou, from Baoding Mansion to Wangpan Town, it is only twenty miles, as long as you are in Baoding City, through the telescope, you can see the battlefield clearly, the Mongolian cavalry is all left in Baoding Mansion, once the battlefield changes, we still need you to come to the rescue, if you are no longer in the city, who will control the Mongolian cavalry of more than 3,000 people?" ”

"I ......"

He Qimou was full of reluctance, but Wang Huanzhang was right, the current Mongolian cavalry needs to recuperate, and it is not beneficial to the war at all, since the Mongolian cavalry stays in Baoding City, then they don't think about leaving, who will control them if they leave? This Mongolian cavalry has just been reorganized, and its subordinate relationship has not had time to be straightened out at all!

Wang Huanzhang stood up and shouted: "Okay, big brother, that's it, listen to me in this battle, rest assured, there is still a fight in this battle, there is no ten days and half a month, don't think about separating the winner, even if you defeat Zhang Zongyu, there are still Zhang Luoxing and Lai Wenguang behind, none of them can run, sooner or later they will be cleaned up by us, and you have a chance to take revenge!" ”

"Long Tao, lead the artillery battalion to set off first, build an artillery position in Wangpan Town, and bring the batch of rockets that Jinan just escorted, this time let the bandits open their eyes!"

"Tengjiao, you will divide the cavalry battalion into two, cruising in the southeast and southwest directions respectively, monitoring the movements of the twisted bandits, the big battle begins, waiting for the opportunity to attack the flank of the twisted army!"

"The remaining five infantry battalions will all follow me to Wangpan Town, all the fortifications must be built before noon tomorrow, go down immediately to prepare, and send troops immediately!"

Wang Huanzhang gave the order and stood up.

He Qimou on the side frowned and said, "Huanzhang, I always feel that something is wrong?" ”

Wang Huanzhang was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's the matter, big brother?" ”

He Qimou replied: "According to the calculation of time, Zhang Zongyu's cavalry should have arrived a long time ago, but it was delayed for more than three days, the only possibility is to rest in Hengshui, waiting for the arrival of the main force, since the main force has followed, then Zhang Zongyu's strength is more than 20,000 or 30,000 people, according to my intelligence, the strength of the Twist Army should be no less than 50,000 people!" And even more! Now although Zhang Zongyu has brought a lot of troops, there are obviously not so many, where did the rest of the troops go? ”

Wang Huanzhang raised his eyebrows, turned around, pulled the curtain behind him, and a map of the entire territory of Zhili was revealed, Wang Huanzhang glanced at the map a few times, and said lightly: "I think the biggest possibility should be to stabilize the situation in the three state capitals of Handan, Xingtai and Hengshui, and they must keep the road from Henan to Zhili unblocked, so that there is a basis for advancing and retreating......"

He Qimou shook his head and replied: "No, Qimou, if it is only to ensure the smooth flow of the two provinces, it will not take so many people, and now there are no troops in the north of Henan and the south of Zhili that can threaten the Twist Army, and there is no army with more than 1,500 troops!" And it's all infantry, how can you threaten their rear lane, I feel ......"

Wang Huanzhang's heart sank, He Qimou was right, what did the other half of the army do in the rear? Echoed? That's a little too far away......

Wang Huanzhang's eyes glanced around Hengshui, and his heart suddenly jumped, Hengshui, Texas! The two state capitals are only more than 100 miles apart, and everyone knows that Dezhou is an important town in the south of Beijing, rich in products, and only rich in food! If the twisted army hits the idea to Texas at this time, then Texas will be in trouble, and even the whole body will be shaken, after all, the turmoil in Shandong some time ago was fake, and this time it will be different from the last time!

Are they really going to raid Texas?

It's just that at this time, even if the Twist Army really wants to raid Dezhou, Wang Huanzhang has no good way, after all, Dezhou is nearly a thousand miles away from Baoding Mansion, and the water is far away from quenching his thirst, and now he can only hope that Zuo Guigui has been prepared before leaving......

(To be continued.) )