When Luo Jian and his entourage were halfway through, they met the soldiers sent by Liu Zhaoji to report the news, and they were all overjoyed to learn the real reason for the Qing soldiers' retreat.

The significance of Li Benshen's surrender is not only that he brought more than 10,000 horses, but also that he gave a good start to the Han army in the Qing army. The soldier who reported the news didn't know the specific details, but Luo Jian believed that as long as the work was done properly, this kind of thing would happen more in the future.

There were only more than 20 kilometers left, and Luo Jian and his party simply continued to advance towards Xuyi, so that the soldiers who reported the news continued to report the news to Tianchang, so that Li Chengdong and them could rest assured.

"Why is this kid Li Benshen enlightened? With his surrender, Duoduo must have felt that Xuyi would definitely not be able to attack, and he was afraid that the army would stick to him from Tianchang and he would not be able to leave, so he decided to retreat, right? Huang Degong, who has a lot of combat experience, analyzed.

"It must be the case, there are still tens of thousands of Han troops in Duoduo, but Li Benshen is so whole, his morale is gone, what else can he use to fight us?" Luo Jian said with a smile.

"Xinghua, to be honest, I used to think that the propaganda you engaged in in the army was really boring, whether a soldier fights a war, just train the soldiers well, and dare to work hard. Now that I am in yellow clothes, our Yangzhou army has fought three great battles in a row, and the morale of the soldiers is still very high. Huang Degong said with a sigh.

"Yes, an army without faith has no combat effectiveness, only the soldiers understand the truth of defending the homeland and the country, coupled with correct training and support, so that the army is truly strong."

Luo Jian is also quite fortunate that he started a series of education in the army at the beginning, and now it seems that the effect is very obvious.

"My newspapers were forced to stop and go to engage in propaganda and agitation, Gu Yanwu followed Brother Shi to the countryside for many days, and when I returned to Yangzhou, I had to hurry up and set it up." Liu Lan said as she drove.

"Well, we have to hurry up on this, we have to send it to the Qing army-occupied area." Luo Jian said.

Several people kept talking in the car, and soon arrived outside Xuyi City, where Liu Zhaoji had already led a large group of people to meet him at the city gate.

Except for Zhuangzi, who stayed on the northern city wall to guard, all the other officers above the first division and regiment arrived, and there were five or six people who did not know the Qing soldiers' uniforms.

When Luo Jian and the others got out of the car, Liu Zhaoji led everyone to greet him, Liu Zhaoji saluted Luo Jian and said, "Governor, you are here in person?" He turned around and saluted Huang Degong again.

"Brother Liu, which one is General Li Benshen, quickly introduce me." Luo Jian returned a military salute and said.

"The lowly Li Benshen has seen the Grand Duke!" When Li Benshen heard this, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, knelt down on one knee towards Luo Jian, and gave a military salute in the Ming army.

Luo Jian stepped forward and helped Li Benshen up, and said, "Welcome General Li back!" General Li has made a great contribution! ”

When Li Benshen heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "It is really a last resort to surrender to the Qing soldiers before the humble post, please don't blame the governor." ”

"The previous things are over, let's not mention it, it's good to come back, it's good to come back!" Luo Jian laughed and said.

"Sister Liulan, why did you drive here yourself?" Liu Zhaoji saw that Liu Lan had already gotten out of the car and came over, so he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

"Haha, Lao Liu, you don't know yet, right? If it weren't for Miss Liu the day before yesterday, our Yangzhou Army would really be hanging! Huang Degong said beside him.

"What's going on? Jingnanhou, tell me about it. When Liu Zhaoji heard this, he immediately pulled Huang Degong aside and asked.

Huang Degong briefly told Liu Zhaoji what happened the day before yesterday, and Liu Zhaoji also sighed when he heard it.

"Governor, let's go into the city and talk." Liu Zhaoji took Luo Jian and the others into Xuyi City, and Liu Lan then drove the car in.

Everything in Xuyi City was still preparing for war, and along the way, the officers and men of the First Division kept saluting, and their faces were full of joyful smiles.

"You demolished these houses?" Luo Jian saw that several rows of houses had been demolished, and the bricks and timber had been moved to the city wall.

"Yes, I'm afraid that the red-clothed cannons will bombard the city wall, and there will be no bricks and stones in the city, so I can only demolish the houses, and when the people come back, will we lose money, or we will help them rebuild, and wait until they are asked." Liu Zhaoji said.

"Well, those who should be compensated must be compensated, and when they come back, they must be settled well, and they must not be left homeless." Luo Jian said.

Li Benshen was a little strange beside him, in order to defend the city, what would it matter if the officers and soldiers demolished a few private houses, if the Qing soldiers came in, their lives would not be saved, and what kind of houses would they want.

Looking at Luo Jian's serious expression, Li Benshen didn't dare to say anything, only muttered in his heart.

"Let's go, go see your troops." Luo Jian said to Li Benshen.

"There is no way to lead the troops in a lowly position, and it is too far behind General Liu's troops." Li Benshen was a little embarrassed.

Liu Zhaoji led Luo Jian and Huang Degong to the square where Li Benshen was located, and Luo Jian saw that the square was full of people, east and west, looking very chaotic, and suddenly frowned.

Li Benshen wanted to come up and explain something, Luo Jian waved his hand and said, "General Li, your troops should go to Yangzhou as soon as possible for reorganization and training, do you have any ideas?" ”

"The Grand Governor, I have no idea of being lowly." Li Benshen hurriedly stepped forward and replied.

"Senior Commander Liu, you quickly send someone to organize them, you can't scatter them like this." Luo Jian said to Liu Zhaoji again.

"Governor, what should I do about this?" Liu Zhaoji pointed to the rat's tail behind the soldiers' heads and said.

Seeing that Luo Jian and many generals were coming, the soldiers of Li Benshen's department knelt down one after another.

"Everyone, hurry up, our Yangzhou army is not willing to kneel, and you don't have to kneel to anyone in the future!" Luo Jian raised his hands and made everyone stand up.

"It's just that the rat tail at the back of everyone's head is really ugly, I think everyone should just get a bald head!" Luo Jian said with a smile.

At this time, the shaved hair of the Qing soldiers was not the hairstyle of the late Qing Dynasty, but the front was all shaved, and only a small braid with a short length was left on the back of the head, which was indeed very ugly.

"It's all bald, isn't that a monk army?" When Huang Degong heard this, he laughed.

"Don't laugh, in the future, the troops will have to be bald before fighting, if the head is injured, it is much more convenient to bandage and treat, during the battle of Anqing, many soldiers with head injuries later died of wound infection, which has something to do with too long hair." Luo Jian said solemnly.

"Huh? Do you want to have a bald head? Huang Degong stroked his hair and said in surprise.

"When you understand this truth, you won't keep your hair if you want to keep it, this matter is not in a hurry, and when the reason is explained to everyone clearly, I believe everyone will consciously implement it." Luo Jian knew that this matter was not an urgent matter at the moment, so he only mentioned it.

"General Li, if your unit has an obvious effect in Yangzhou, it will be reorganized into the Yangzhou Third Division, if the effect is not good, we will talk about it." Luo Jian said to Li Benshen directly.

Li Benshen was overjoyed when he heard this, Li Chengdong's troops were the second division in the past, but if his own troops became the third division, they would become brother troops with Li Chengdong again.

"Governor Dadu, I will do my best to do my best, but Senior Commander Liu, please raise your noble hand and send more people to help us with training." Li Benshen made a guarantee to Luo Jian, and said to Liu Zhaoji sincerely.

"Haha, there must be no problem with this, I'll arrange it tomorrow." Liu Zhaoji was also very happy when he heard Li Benshen say this, if this unit was reorganized, the two armies and six divisions of Yangzhou would be alive together.

After a while, the scouts of the 1st Division came back to report that the Qing soldiers had crossed the Huai River and did not stop, and had been heading towards Xuzhou.

The siege of the Qing soldiers was still short, and the preparation of Xuyi City was very sufficient, and there was no shortage of grain and grass.

Early the next morning, Luo Jian was ready to return to Tianchang, Li Benshen had to go back with Luo Jian to meet Li Chengdong, Luo Jian also agreed, let Liu Zhaoji finish supplying Li Benshen, and let Deputy General Yang lead Li Benshen, who had all shaved his head, to slowly maneuver to Yangzhou.

When Luo Jian and others returned to Tianchang, there were already a lot of people on the road who were rushing back, and when they saw the warrior car, they were all kneeling on the side of the road and kowtowing.

There were too many people on the road, and Luo Jian didn't have time to get out of the car to help them up one by one, so he had to stick out his head and shout to ask everyone to get up quickly.

This passer-by made people and let the cart go, and it took three hours to reach Tianchang, and when they arrived outside the city, Shi Kefa, Ren Minyu and a group of generals were already waiting outside the city gate.

"Xinghua, we finally won this battle, but it was not easy!" Shi Kefa stepped forward and said to Luo Jian, who had just gotten out of the car.

"Yes, we have to sum it up, although we have won these battles, we have won a fluke!" Luo Jian also sighed and said.

Huang Degong and Li Benshen also got out of the car, saluted Shi Kefa, and said politely to everyone.

Li Benshen walked directly towards Li Chengdong, Li Chengdong stepped forward and took a few steps and smashed a fist on Li Benshen's chest, "You kid! Finally did something clear! ”

"Big brother, you were running fast at the beginning, we were surrounded by Qing soldiers, brother, I was also forced to do so, and now Madame, are they okay?" Li Benshen took off his helmet and touched his bald head and said.

"Madam, they are fine in Yangzhou City, let's go and see you when you return to Yangzhou." How? Shaved the tail of the rat? Li Chengdong looked at Li Benshen's bald head, a little funny.

Li Benshen smiled embarrassedly at Li Chengdong.

"Xinghua, now that the Qing army has retreated, what are your plans?" Shi Kefa asked Luo Jian.

"I don't know what the situation is in the direction of Huai'an now? Inspector, do you think Liu Zeqing can hold Huai'an? "Luo Jian knew that the Zhun Tower Department had attacked in the direction of Huai'an, and he didn't know anything about the situation over there, so he asked Shi Kefa.

"Alas, Xinghua, I was about to tell you about this, the imperial court has already informed us of the situation, Huai'an has been lost, Liu Zeqing fled to Gaoyou, and is waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court." Shi Kefa said with a sigh.

"Oh, is that so? Then we'll have to do it again! ”

"No need, the Qing army stopped after capturing Huai'an, and did not continue to march." Shi Kefa said.

Everyone walked towards the city while talking, and after a while, they all entered the county seat of Tianchang.