Liu Yidao and the others each took them up to collect the remains of the fallen soldiers, especially the veterans from Zhengding County who followed Qiao Youhua from North China for thousands of miles.

Qiao Youhua promised to take them back to the Zhengcun base area, and although they were now dead, this promise would not change.

"Brother Qiao, are you going to return north next?" Wan Hu knew that Qiao Youhua's base was in Zhengding, so he said.

"Well, the Battle of Xuzhou has been fought so far, and our army has occupied the absolute initiative. My men also suffered heavy casualties and needed to return to the base area to recuperate for a while. Qiao Youhua nodded, he didn't tell Sù Wanhu, he went back this time, not only to replenish the troops, but also to contact the Eighth Route Army.

And if possible, Qiao Youhua also wants to develop an arsenal to see if he can make weapons and ammunition by himself, after all, when the army is small, it can be maintained by capturing.

However, now that his troops have become famous all over the world, there is no shortage of soldiers wherever he goes, and it is foreseeable that the development will definitely be rapid in the future.

And, in the same way, they have become a thorn in the side of the Japanese, wherever they go, the Japanese will spare no effort to encircle and suppress, and they will no longer be able to attack them by surprise as before, and easily beat the devils and seize the spoils of war.

So, you still have to rely on yourself.

The great Chairman Mao once said, do it yourself, you have enough food and clothing.

"Brother Wan, what about you? What are your plans for the future? "Qiao Youhua actually wants to recruit Wan Hu and his gang to join his team, not only to expand the number of soldiers, but they are all brave to fight, and they can form combat effectiveness faster than recruiting peasant recruits to retrain.

Wan Hu muttered: "In September this year, our Daomen Association will hold its annual meeting in Taihang Mountain, and I am going to take this disciple north to prepare to participate in this conference. ”

"Then Brother Wan, can you go north with my department?" Qiao Youhua said in his heart.

"If you can, then of course Wan Mou can't ask for it." Wan Hu said with a smile.

"Of course, if you can go north on the same road, I will welcome you with both hands." Qiao Youhua also said with a rare smile. Neither of them noticed that Hu Ling'er and Wan Ying'er, the two little girls who were following behind them, heard their conversation, and their faces showed joy, although it was only a flash.

"Okay, then let's join forces and go north together!" Wan Hu was very happy to see Qiao Youhua agree, and at the annual gathering meeting, these sect masters had to bring their disciples to the door as much as possible to strengthen their momentum.

But now that the war is in chaos, almost all of North China has been occupied by the Japanese, and it is precisely because of the war years that he has received more subordinates this year than before, and there are too many people who can't afford to eat and flee and can't survive.

Therefore, it is more necessary to have a stable route, go north safely, and nearly a thousand people are not a small number, walking through the Japanese theater is easy to be discovered by devils, once discovered, it will definitely be regarded as an anti-Japanese armed encirclement and suppression.

Therefore, it is better to follow Qiao Youhua safely, from a certain point of view, this is also the reason why Wan Hu led the crowd to reinforce Qiao Youhua, of course, the element of repaying the favor is greater.

Qiao Youhua didn't mind that there were only more than 200 people under his command, relatively speaking, walking through the Japanese war zone, the fewer people there were, the less easy it was to be exposed, but Wan Hu and they did themselves a great favor, and they were also anti-Japanese forces.

If they are allowed to venture through on their own, they will be encircled and suppressed by devils along the way and finally eliminated, and the loss will also be China's national defense forces, so they simply take them with them.

With this force of thousands of people in their own hands, they will be able to play an unimaginable role, and may be able to turn the rear of the Japanese army in North China upside down.

After all, although the Chinese army has taken the initiative in the Battle of Xuzhou now, who knows whether Chairman Chiang will directly intervene in this general battle in a hot head, and use his unpopular command level to personally cut off the excellent situation in the East China battlefield.

Then Li Zongren, who was forced again, had no choice but to command the Fifth Theater to carry out a strategic shift, and took the initiative to abandon Xuzhou, and then the Japanese went west to Zhengzhou along the Longhai Line, and in order to prevent the Japanese from pursuing, they were forced to blow up the Yellow River Huayuankou embankment, drowning millions of people in the Central Plains downstream.

Therefore, on the way back to the north, if he can cause trouble to the Japanese army in North China as much as possible, so that it has no time to take care of it, and mobilize troops to encircle and suppress himself, it can be regarded as a frontal battlefield in Xuzhou under indirect support.

As long as the Japanese army in the north and south cannot flank Xuzhou at the same time, even if there is Jiang Guangtou's stupid pig-like command, Xuzhou will eventually be lost, and it will no longer be forced to retreat in a hurry as in history, but retreat calmly, and there is no need to dig the Huayuankou embankment.

Another point is that although the Japanese army in Central China has just been replenished and restored, if the North China Front cannot continue to increase its troops to attack Xuzhou, they may also stop their northward advance and turn to rest.

After all, the previous strategy of the Japanese base camp was to capture Shandong on the north route and Nanjing and other areas south of the Yangtze River on the south route, and then suspend the offensive and instead concentrate on attacking the anti-Japanese guerrilla forces led by the Chinese Communist Party and the Guo Army units still active in the Japanese theater, so as to consolidate the occupied areas.

Strictly speaking, Qiao Youhua has greatly changed history at this moment, at least changing some of the history of the Japanese army invading China, causing the enemy's casualties to increase greatly, his strength to suffer great losses, and compared with the same period in history, his combat strength has dropped greatly.

After resting for a night in Tengxian County and cremating the bodies of the fallen officers and soldiers, Qiao Youhua and Wan Hu joined forces and quietly evacuated in the northwest direction with their troops.

Due north is the area of Zou Cheng and Jining, where is now occupied by the Japanese army, so the Jinpu railway is temporarily impassable, Qiao Youhua and Wan Hu decided to go to the Luxi Mountains after discussion, although it will take some time, but it is much safer.

The troops set out at night, and by daybreak, they had been nearly 100 miles away from Tengxian County and entered the mountainous area of Luxi.

The troops rested in a wood, and Wan Ying'er, who had changed into a light blue power suit, ran to Qiao Youhua with a water bag and said, "Brother Qiao, drink water." ”

Qiao Youhua was just about to reach out and take the water bag, but he noticed a cold gaze staring at him.

turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw Liu Ruhan, who was fiddling with the radio station not far away, looking at him, and found that he was looking at him, and his cold gaze was immediately changed to a resentful look.

"The little girl is jealous!" Qiao Youhua smiled secretly in his heart, and returned the water bag to Wan Ying'er: "Thank you, Miss Ying'er, but I'm not thirsty for the time being, you can drink first!" ”

Anyway, Liu Ruhan is a woman who has been born and died with herself for so long, and she is dead set on herself, although Wan Yinger is also very smart, even if she has an idea, she can't come out in front of her.

As the saying goes, men, the red flag at home does not fall, and the colorful flags fluttering outside are the king, not to mention, now Qiao Youhua really can't talk about any feelings for Wan Yinger, and he should avoid suspicion or suspicion.