Zhou Shuyuan's answer made his subordinates, who were still panicked just now, immediately find the backbone, and their solemn faces slowly regained some confidence.

Among all his subordinates, the commander of the cavalry division with the highest position showed an expression of eagerness on his face, in addition to getting stronger and stronger confidence. As soon as Zhou Shuyuan's words were finished, he asked impatiently......

"Governor, both infantry divisions have their own tasks, and the cavalry division is still idle...... The Tiger and Leopard Army that marched into the county seat of Qingchuan were all cavalry, and even if they were defending the city, they might take the initiative to attack...... Therefore, in order to ensure that the thousands of soldiers in the secret camp had an accident in the battle to recapture Qingchuan, the last general asked for orders and led the cavalry division to reinforce Qingchuan County......"

Under the simultaneous gaze of several pairs of eyes, Zhou Shuyuan only pondered for a short time before affirming: "Yes...... However, you can only take with you the strength of two cavalry regiments, and one cavalry regiment remains, which must remain in the governor's palace for mobile combat......"

"In addition, I have a secret letter here, when I arrive in Qingchuan County, I will immediately send someone to bypass Qingchuan County, enter Sichuan, find the new army of the imperial court, and hand over this secret letter to the commander of the new army of the imperial court......"

"When the time comes, the commander of the new army of the imperial court will definitely send troops to attack, and together with you, they will attack Qingchuan County in front and ......."

Because of the interference of the internal guards, Zhou Shuyuan, who should have left the Tiger and Leopard Army in a few months, or even half a year, to stand on his own in the two provinces of Gansu and Ningxia. At this point, it is not allowed to start months in advance.

And the most direct result of this guidance is that many of Zhou Shuyuan's preparations have not been completed.

In the past few months, although Zhou Shuyuan has replaced all the high-level civil and military officials in the two provinces of Gansu and Ningbo and the Fifth Army with his own henchmen, he can listen to his own orders and not listen to the orders of the General Staff of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

But. After all, this is a high-level civil and military official......

A cavalry division sent by Sun Chengzong. All the way to Qingchuan County. Along the way, he encountered either garrison battalions or garrison companies, and for these battalion and company commanders, Zhou Shuyuan did not have time to remove and replace them.

Therefore, when the cavalry division crossed the border, they did not know the news that Zhou Shuyuan had broken away from the Tiger and Leopard Army and decided to stand on his own.

And the result of this guidance is that they also regard themselves as members of the Haw Par Army.

In the face of the military orders written by Wei Zheng himself, these garrison battalions and garrison companies chose to implement them very firmly without the slightest hesitation......

In addition, each soldier of the cavalry division has at least one war horse that can be used for transfers. These decided to obey the order and follow themselves to defend the garrison battalion of Qingchuan County, and directly equipped the war horses used by the cavalry division to transfer, and followed the cavalry division all the way to Qingchuan County......

Of course, this also has to say that Sun Chengzong's luck is too good, this is just the two provinces of Gansu and Ningxia, bordering many ethnic groups that are good at riding and archery, and most of the young and middle-aged people can ride horses.

Otherwise, even if these garrison soldiers are willing to obey orders. It was also impossible for him to rely on two legs, before the reinforcements sent by Zhou Shuyuan arrived at Qingchuan County. Enter the county seat of Qingchuan and assist the cavalry division in defending the city......

Therefore, when the cavalry division rushed all the way to the outside of Qingchuan County, the cavalry division of 6,000 people had become 9,000 people, and the strength of the cavalry division had increased by 50 percent......

As the only way to retreat into Sichuan after his defeat, Zhou Shuyuan regarded this place as a strategic place that he needed to defend even though he did not expect that Wei Zheng would directly order the cavalry division to attack here regardless of a single qiē.

Therefore, Zhou Shuyuan directly transferred 2,000 soldiers from the secret camp, equipped with the firearms he had just obtained from the General Staff, and appointed his most confidant subordinates as regiment commanders to garrison Qingchuan County.

Compared with other troops in the two provinces of Gansu and Ningxia, the thousands of soldiers trained by Zhou Shuyuan in the secret camp can definitely be called his hardcore henchmen.

Starting from the company commander, each rank of officers was raised by himself.

Coupled with their original background and identity of the border army of the imperial court, they do not have much recognition of the Tiger and Leopard Army and Wei Zheng. Zhou Shuyuan can say with certainty that in the absence of his own orders, even if Wei Zheng personally gives them military orders, they will not obey.

However, Zhou Shuyuan overlooked one point, and it was a very important one...... That is inadequate preparation......

Because of the suddenness of the incident, including Zhou Shuyuan himself, he did not expect that Wei Zheng would send cavalry troops to attack Qingchuan County alone, not to mention that in the rear, in the eyes of everyone, it was impossible for the Qingchuan County garrison to have an enemy situation and a battle.

Therefore, when the roar of the cavalry rushed all the way to the county seat of Qingchuan.

No one expected that this huge cavalry force was from the Tiger and Par Army......

The 2,000 defenders stationed in Qingchuan County did not even do the least to strengthen their guards.

Except for one company that continued to patrol the city walls, the remaining more than 1,000 people all gathered in the barracks in the city for intensive training. After all, they were just a newly formed army that Zhou Shuyuan had just formed......

Even if more than half of the officers and men are veterans, if there is no run-in training for a period of time, no matter how many veterans there are, there is no way for the entire unit to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time......

Until the cavalry of a regiment in the forward was completely in the field of view of the patrol troops, and the county seat was only less than a mile away.

The patrol finally noticed something unusual......

Although the other party was wearing the same clothes as the cavalry division of the Fifth Army, the momentum of the entire unit was completely different.

Although the combat effectiveness of the cavalry division of the Fifth Army was also very strong, it did not experience much fighting after all. Although the troops are very imposing, they do not have much murderous energy.

But this cavalry division outside the city was different......

Because, the first division commander of this cavalry was Zhao Yun, a cavalry unit formed when Wei Zheng started.

In the time inside, there were no less than five battles fought with Wei Zheng alone......

And these battles that have been experienced are all battles with the post-Jin Tatar.

It can be said that this cavalry division can be called the first cavalry division of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and the soldiers killed all the way with swords.

In the eyes of these patrol soldiers, although this cavalry regiment was far away from them, at such a distance, they could feel the strong murderous aura emanating from this cavalry.

In addition, this cavalry unit rushed to the foot of the city wall without the slightest sign of slowing down.

At this moment, as long as you are not a fool, you know that the cavalry in front of you is definitely not the cavalry division of the Fifth Army that you know......

In the territory of Gansu and Ningbo provinces, there is only one cavalry unit...... Since the other party is not a cavalryman he knows, the identity of the other party is self-evident...... (To be continued......)