Huang Xing led the remnants of his army back to Qinzhou, and hundreds of people were separated along the way. By the time Qinzhou reorganized the troops, only one of the three major teams that had not been engaged in the battle of Lingshan was considered complete. The whole army was less than 2,000 men on the hour, and a few days ago it was 4,500 men.

Zhao Sheng has confirmed the sacrifice, the whereabouts of Ma Han, who followed Zhao Sheng, are unknown, Wang Heshun and Liu Siyu are also depressed because of the defeat of Lingshan, and the atmosphere of defeat envelops the top of the rebel army.

Sun Wen and Huang Xing both have a quality that will not turn back. Otherwise, he would not have struggled for more than ten years to pose a huge threat to the Qing court. Huang Xing saw that everyone was silent, and stood up with a slap on the table, "What's this?!" It's just a failure! How can a revolution not fail? And how much more do we have nearly 2,000 of them? Well? Now let's talk about it, what should I do? ”

Liu Siyu and Wang Heshun were not angry, Han Ce looked at Lao Li, and felt that Lao Li had a brain, which was not simple, "Brother Lao Li, you have an idea, you can talk about it." ”

Huang Xing also regretted to death in his heart, but he couldn't admit defeat, "Lao Li, tell me, what should we do at the moment?" ”

Lao Li thought for a while, "You can't fight anymore, it's better to go east." ”

There is only to the east, the sea in the south, the desolate 100,000 mountains in the west, and the Qing army in the north.

Han Ce felt that Lao Li's idea was really not clever. Although the east is prosperous, it still blocks Guo Renzhang's department, and the patrol battalions from all over the country are there, and almost every step is difficult and abnormal. Han Ce agreed with Lao Li's judgment that he would not fight, but he felt that he should enter the 100,000 Mountains to avoid the limelight for a while.

"Han Ce, do you have something to say?" Huang Xing asked.

"Yes, I don't think we can go east. It should be to the west. ”

"To the west is to drill the mountain......"

"The Fifth Town will definitely not go into the mountains to chase them, and when they have withdrawn, we will come back."

In the face of a strong enemy, the enemy is not particularly clever in the art of war, but there are not many generals who know how to use it. Huang Xing considered that it was an impact, if the troops were brought into the 100,000 mountains, in fact, this vigorous Qinlian uprising would be completely finished! But if the eastward march continues to make noise, it will still maintain its momentum. Huang Xing felt that the Fifth Town could not be defeated, but it was still certain to deal with the patrol battalion.

"You can't go into the mountains...... Lao Li is right. Let's go east! Hit Lianzhou again! Huang Xing shouted. Guo Renzhang has already been frightened, he may not dare to fight us, let's drive Guo Renzhang away, Lianzhou Mansion can't stop us. ”

Han Ce's heart was sad. Even if Guo Renzhang is defeated, what should he do? Could it be that the Fifth Town, which has been chased over, will allow you to occupy Lianzhou? He suddenly found himself thinking from the position of the rebels. It seems that he has forgotten his true identity.

Huang Xing still didn't know that the main force of the Fifth Town of Ludao had arrived in Guangzhou, and the main force of the 18th Standard and the cavalry standard led by Han Ziying and Chi Chunxian had already advanced westward, and the daily distance was more than 60 miles. Rain or shine, straight into Lianzhou.

Liu Daoyi, who attended the meeting, remembered what Long Qian said to him, and spoke out against Huang Xing's plan, "The fifth town is very special, and it is different from the ordinary Qing army. Last year, Cai Shaonan and I fell into his hands and were not harmed, which shows that he still has sympathy for the Alliance. Since we can't beat him, we might as well think of something else. I've seen Long Qian, and it seems that he has a good impression of the Alliance......"

"What's the solution?" Huang Xing asked.

Originally, Liu Daoyi wanted to invite Huang Xing and Long Qian to meet, maybe it would not be difficult to achieve a meeting between the commanders of the two armies, but Huang Xinggang was defeated, and Zhao Sheng was also damaged, and he was in a bad mood, so he was inevitably misunderstood, so he changed his words and said, "I think we can send someone to talk to him." ”

"What to talk about? Do you want us to bend our knees to them and beg for mercy? Daoyi, I heard that many of the teams of the Hunan and Jiangxi uprisings were incorporated by the Fifth Town, but is it true? ”

"Yes. At that time, there were indeed many brothers who joined the Fifth Town and were classified as supplementary standards. ”

"Lingshan won't be the men and horses you surrendered in Hunan and Jiangxi who are fighting against us, right?!" Huang Xing's anger couldn't be contained, "Daoyi, if the prime minister values you so much, Xiangjiang will be defeated if he is defeated, and now he is coming to harm Qinlian!" I only now know that you are actually here to be a lobbyist for Long Qian. ”

Liu Daoyi is also bloody, "I didn't surrender to the Tartars!" The heart of anti-Qing can be learned from heaven and earth! If you doubt me, I'll die to show you!" As he spoke, he took out a self-defense short knife given by Lao Li, and was about to kill himself.

Han Ce was quick, grabbed Liu Daoyi's arm, and several people moved together to snatch the short knife away.

Han Ce persuaded, "They are all comrades, why bother? ”

Huang Xing also regretted it. He is very familiar with Liu Daoyi, and his brother Liu Yuyi is a friend of life and death, "Daoyi, blame me for losing my words." How can I doubt that you have lowered the Tartars? However, the Fifth Town and I are already a blood feud, and Zhao Sheng's bones are not cold, how can we negotiate peace with the enemy? Even if you can't beat it, you have to fight, and you have to let everyone at home and abroad see that the alliance will be a good man who is not afraid of death! ”

"Okay, I'll say it for nothing. Let's fight, I ask to lead the troops below, and I'll show you. Liu Daoyi shouted.

Han Ce knew that Liu Daoyi had the heart of death, and he had an idea, "Dadu Governor, the Hunan and Jiangxi uprisings shook the world, although it was defeated, but the lessons learned in it cannot but be summarized and learned. Presumably, the prime minister also wants to know the details of Lu Dao's Xiangjiang uprising, so he still asks Brother Dao to go back to Japan to meet the prime minister and report the situation on our side by the way. ”

"Very well, that's it." Huang Xing immediately agreed.

Liu Daoyi was unwilling to fall into the reputation of escaping from the battle, and resolutely refused to leave, and after the hard persuasion of the old Li Han Ce, he finally agreed to return to the headquarters to report the failure of the Hunan and Jiangxi uprisings, and asked the headquarters to support western Guangdong as soon as possible.

After Liu Daoyi left, Huang Xing began to make preparations for the eastward expansion, and it took a lot of effort to get through Liu Siyu's work. Wang Heshun and Zhao Shengbu both suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Lingshan, and now only Liu Siyu's "Ten Thousand People's Association" supports the façade of the righteous army, but most of its members are mountain people in the Qinzhou city defense area, and they are unwilling to abandon their hometowns and lands. Huang Xing had no choice but to make heavy profits, and he was still hesitating here, when suddenly a soldier who fled back from Lingshan reported that the official army brigade had left Lingshan early and had already passed the forest ruins, and the target was obviously Qinzhou. Huang Xing took the opportunity to publicize the brutality of the Qing army against the righteous army, and dispelled the hesitation of the leaders of Liu Siyu's subordinates, who were unwilling to leave Qinzhou's homeland, so that the whole army finally left Qinzhou the day before the Fifth Town advance arrived in Qinzhou. I returned east along the road from which Huang Xing came.

Huang Xing lost the opportunity in Qinzhou, and he was already quite passive, regardless of the gap in weapons and combat skills, it was a march, and there was a huge gap between the righteous army and the Mengshan army. Han Ce was very anxious, and said to Huang Xing, it's not okay to be slow like this, it is estimated that the distance between the fifth town and us is at most a day, it is too dangerous! My younger brother is in the Shandong patrol battalion, and I know the way of the daily weight-bearing marching training. That's just a patrol battalion. It's not as good as the elite soldiers of the Fifth Town! It's too dangerous to go on like this, you have to speed up, otherwise, you will have the strong soldiers of the Fifth Town behind your back. There is Guo Renzhang in front of him. We're going to do big things.

Han Ce completely considered it from Huang Xing's standpoint.

Huang Xingshen thought so. But the speed of the march could not be raised. It takes an hour and a half to eat a meal, and it is sparse and unguarded. Huang Xing tried his best, but he couldn't change it. The soldiers brought by Zhao Sheng were naturally in a better situation than the peasant army, but these people only recognized Zhao Sheng, and as soon as Zhao Sheng died, the army's morale was lost. On the first day of departure from Qinzhou, more than 20 rebel new troops did not know where to go, and a whole platoon of soldiers fled!

At dusk, Huang Xingbu was caught up by the 19th standard forward troops in the west of Pingyindu, the battle suddenly began, the righteous army behind the palace quickly collapsed, the righteous army on the mountain road was in chaos, and could not organize decent resistance at all, in the 19th standard "lay down the weapon and do not kill" The cry was in chaos, and the group was captured and completely out of control. The 2nd Battalion of the 19th Standard Forward broke through along the main road, and the 1st and 3rd Battalions made a roundabout outflank, and it took less than an hour to completely defeat Huang Xing's troops. In the increasingly clear shouts of "capture Huang Xing alive and have a heavy reward", Han Ce and Lao Li dragged Huang Xing, who was desperately organizing resistance, out of the battlefield and fled south into the mountains and forests.

Poor Huang Xing took two people to western Guangdong to command the uprising, and the last one escaped from the battlefield with two people.

The battle of Pingyindu is not worth mentioning at all, and the 19th standard is only a 300-word description in the regimental history written in the future, and that is because Huang Xing was on the battlefield. For this team of heroes who will go on to conquer the world, such a battle is nothing at all. If it weren't for the big man Huang Xing, maybe he wouldn't have written it into the history of the regiment at all.

The battle of Pingyindu defeated the last bit of strength of the Qinlian uprising, Wang Heshun was killed in a stray bullet, and Liu Siyu did not know what to do. The rebels lost about 70 men and most of them were captured. The casualties of the 19th standard were extremely small, four killed and eleven wounded, three of whom were still bruised by falls and sprains.

It is worth mentioning that there was another battle that night, and the 1st Battalion of the 19th Standard of Pingyindu found a cavalry coming from the east, and there was an exchange of fire in the dark, and it was found that the opponent's firepower was strong, and there was the sound of light machine guns whistling. Du Sanli was shocked, thinking that according to Long Qian, even the Beiyang Army is not equipped with light machine guns at present. So he immediately ordered the first battalion to retreat, and immediately contacted the other party with the sound of the horn, and sure enough, the opposite side was his own people, the cavalry of the fifth town. Hearing the contact number, the cavalry mark also reported his identity with the prescribed number score.

The Chi Chun Xian cavalry standard and Han Ziying's eighteen standards led by Wang Mingyuan, the ninth co-ordinator, completed the great detour from east to west, and met with the nineteenth standard division Ping Yindu, fortunately Du Sanli was clever, otherwise there would be a tragedy of cannibalism.

In the second half of the night, Long Qian, who rushed over, saw Chi Chunxian and learned that Wang Mingyuan and Han Ziying had left Lianzhou and had already joined Guo Renzhang before. Long Qian immediately ordered Chi Chun to return to Lianzhou first, and informed Wang Mingyuan to command the 18 standards to encircle and disarm Guo Renzhang and the Lianzhou patrol battalion, and if there was resistance, he would be killed.

"What charges?" Long Qian smiled yin, "Bandits! The first standard of the Guangdong New Army is reversed! Isn't it enough to inflict serious casualties on our troops? It is absolutely not allowed to slip through the net, and it is never allowed to get the news from Guangzhou! ”

Long Qian entered Guangdong only to know that there were two new armies in Guangdong, and he was thinking about how to swallow this army, and of course he wanted to complete the unification of military orders to monopolize Guangdong, and Zhao Sheng's uprising gave him an excellent opportunity.

The Cantonese government, including Zhou Fu, the already inaugurated governor of Liangguang, was fascinated by the swift pacification of the Qinlian Rebellion. Of course, this credit has its own. The telegram to Beijing had just been sent, and he was waiting to reunite with Long Qian, who had returned to Guangzhou, and Lao Zhou Fu even prepared a grand ceremony to congratulate him. The fifth town is a soldier of Shandong, and during his long journey, the years of the governor of Shandong have brought him extremely rich rewards. Without the strong rise of Shandong's economy, he would not have sat on the throne of the governor of Liangjiang. And he had already gone home, and he re-entered the mountain and Liangguang, which was also stained with Long Qian's light. Although he left Shandong, due to the relationship between his fourth son Zhou Xuexi, he knew everything about him after he left Shandong, and knew that the reason why the imperial court used him to take charge of Liangyue was entirely because he had a very unusual relationship with Long Qian.

Before the boss presided over Long Qian's class teacher ceremony, he got a shocking news. Long Qian led the cavalry standard back to Guangzhou, and united with the Fifth Town to surround the second standard of the Guangdong New Army and disarm it! Frightened, the old governor personally ran to Long Qian's military camp and went to find this former old subordinate to ask what was going on. (To be continued......)