Not to mention, Luo Jingshan's plan was successful......

On both sides of the pipeline, which stretched for more than ten miles, more than a dozen cavalry battalions appeared, and they frightened the new imperial army on the official road, which was unprepared.

Although quite a few of them reacted under the orders of the officers, counterattacking with muskets.

However, these are not very organized, and one could even say a very messy counterattack. Even if he inflicted heavy casualties on the cavalry who rushed quickly, there was no way to stop his attack......

More importantly, the muskets held by the cavalry soldiers were not vegetarian.

Although the messy lead bullet could not suppress the opponent, it caused a lot of confusion to the new army of the imperial court on the official road.

Thousands of iron horsemen also took advantage of this opportunity to get closer to the official road.

When the cavalry was only fifty steps away from the official road, grenades emitting white smoke were quickly thrown towards the official road.

Under the tremendous inertia of the cavalry's rapid charge, the grenade emitting white smoke easily flew a distance of fifty paces and landed on the official road and exploded.

More than a dozen cavalry battalions also took advantage of the cover of the explosion to quickly fill the official road. Condescendingly, he used a saber to kill and wound the new army of the imperial court, which had fallen into chaos......

The final result was that of the 20,000 new imperial army troops, except for less than 5,000 who escaped from the battlefield, more than 8,000 soldiers of the imperial new army became prisoners of the first cavalry division. The remaining officers and soldiers of the new army of the imperial court, without exception, all became the souls of the cavalry.

Zhou Shuyuan's secret troops, which were personally dealt with by the chief of staff, were disintegrated by more than 100 cavalry division veterans and more than 4,000 soldiers were taken away. The division commander, who had suffered a great loss of troops, could only flee with less than 2,000 remnants of the Changganning Governor's Mansion in disarray.

The lobby of the Governor's Palace. After listening to the report of the confidant division commander.

Zhou Shuyuan's first reaction was that this division commander must have been defeated. Lying about the military situation in order to shirk responsibility.

In Zhou Shuyuan's view. Even the first cavalry division of the Haw Par Army defending Qingchuan County is the most elite cavalry unit of the Haw Par Army. Under the siege of 10,000 elites and 20,000 new troops of the imperial court, even if you don't die, you will take off a layer of skin.

And now, the division commander in front of him actually told himself that the thousands of elites and two thousand iron cavalry he had worked so hard to build were defeated without even seeing Qingchuan County, which made Zhou Shuyuan, who was full of confidence, believe this fact.

But. When he listened to the specific process of the defeat of his 10,000 soldiers, the incredible expression on his face was immediately covered with shock and despair!

With his fists clenched, like an angry lion, he scolded loudly: "How can this be...... I, Zhou Shuyuan, were not kind to them, and gave them so many promises, and they betrayed me so much...... Can anyone tell me why this is ......"

Just when several subordinates in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion quickly fell silent because of Zhou Shuyuan's rhetorical question.

The henchman deputy on the side had to remind: "Governor, we have all miscalculated the form...... Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Fifth Army. The few were also nurtured by the Haw Par Army for a year. ”

"In their eyes, the Haw Par Army is invincible. Fight against the Haw Par Army. That's no different from looking for death. I have also heard that the Haw Par Army has promised them that if they rejoin the Haw Par Army, they will not be held accountable for what they have done...... Under such circumstances, it is only fitting that they choose the Haw Par Army and abandon us......"

"After all, the promises we make to them are indefinite and illusory. And the promise given to them by the Haw Par Army is indeed to continue to live, to be a soldier, to be paid, and to live a good life......"

The words of the lieutenant governor were like a small stone that broke the calm water, giving others the courage to say all the things they had not dared to say before.

After the deputy governor's words were finished, several subordinates continued to speak, regardless of Zhou Shuyuan's increasingly solemn facial expressions.

"Governor, you don't know that since we broke away from the Haw Par Army and established ourselves in the two provinces of Ganning, the news that the Haw Par Army has sent a large army to attack us has spread. The morale and morale of the Ninth Division, which was commanded by the last general, began to become turbulent. For several days, more than a battalion of officers and men, breaking away from the troops, crossed the line with weapons and surrendered to the two infantry divisions of the Haw Par Army on the border......"

"The 10th Division of the last general also had almost two battalions of musketeers, defecting troops with guns......"

"In addition, in the middle of these two battalions, there are two companies that have been formed in the past, and if their regiment commander hadn't discovered it in time, the Haw Par Army would probably have penetrated the gap between these two companies and entered the territory of Gansu and Ning provinces......

Just when Zhou Shuyuan's face became more and more gloomy, the head of the guard regiment responsible for the security of the Governor's Palace, Zhou Shuyuan's real henchman, continued as if adding fuel to the fire: "Governor, the officers above the platoon level of the guard regiment are completely loyal to the governor's ...... But even so, in the past few days, there have been almost a company of soldiers who have disappeared without a trace during the patrol...... Not only that, but more than twenty civil officials from the Governor's Palace have not come......"

Just when everyone thought that Zhou Shuyuan would definitely be furious because of this. Zhou Shuyuan had a heartfelt mocking expression on his face......

Under the watchful eyes of a group of subordinates, regardless of his identity, he sarcastically said: "This is really a big joke...... I, Zhou Shuyuan, betrayed the Tiger and Leopard Army, and the civil and military officials under my command Zhou Shuyuan betrayed me...... At the end of the day, I didn't get anything for myself, and I was laughed at...... I'm the stupidest fool in the world......"

After Zhou Shuyuan finished speaking, there were only a few hearts in the lobby, although they looked solemn and hesitant. However, as if they had been discussed, he knelt beside Zhou Shuyuan at the same time and said loudly......

"Governor, no matter what the others do...... The last general and others will never betray the governor, and swear allegiance to the governor to the death......"

His subordinates can still be loyal to him at this moment, and Zhou Shuyuan is very relieved from the bottom of his heart.

However, in the face of the dire situation, this relief did not last long before it was once again overshadowed by solemnity and despair......

waved his hand, motioned for everyone to get up, and said, "I Zhou Shuyuan has everyone's intentions...... However, the situation is already such that no matter how hard we try, we will not be able to win this battle with the current strength...... So, we lost, not only defeated, but also very completely......"

"If we continue to stay here, with the Haw Par Army's military regulations, we will only be given a dead end...... Therefore, I decided to leave the two provinces of Ganning and join the imperial court from the small road...... As for you, if you are willing to follow me, I will definitely get you an official position in the imperial court...... If you don't want to take refuge in the imperial court, I won't force it...... I have here a million taels of silver tickets, and everyone has divided them, so they should follow me for revenge ......" (to be continued......