Li Guo decided to lead his troops to retreat to Tongguan to strengthen the defense of Tongguan, but Liu Fangliang told him that as long as the central and southern parts of Shanxi were not lost, the Qing army would not be able to directly attack Tongguan.

This is not bad, Li Guo agreed with Liu Fangliang's suggestion, but he still wanted to integrate the soldiers and horses in Shanxi, and he couldn't fight separately, he planned to go to Yuan Zongdi's jurisdiction and get in touch with Yuan Zongdi, if Bai Minghe was also in the army, by the way, give Bai Minghe's daughter to him, lest a big girl run around with a group of big men all day long.

"General Liu, you and I are both the commanders of the first army, and we are supreme under our respective subordinates, but our army does not have a unified command commander in Shanxi, I went to Yuan Zongdi's military camp to discuss how to garrison the central and southern parts of Shanxi, and also asked people to go to Shaanxi and His Majesty for instructions, asking for reinforcements on the Shanxi battlefield, don't let the Qing army continue to increase its troops, and the advantage exceeds our army."

Liu Fangliang reassured Li Guo that he was in Taiyuan City, the Qing army did not have more than ten times the strength of the army, and he couldn't come down to Taiyuan City, Li Guo ordered the whole army to rest in Taiyuan City, and he led hundreds of cavalry to rush to Linfen City, where Yuan Zongdi was stationed.

Before Li Guo set off, he did not forget the Ling Jingyang troops who were fighting in Datong Mansion, and he did not know how Ling Jingyang was in Datong Mansion, he summoned Li Daoli and said to him: "You choose your right-hand men, go to Datong Mansion, and contact Ling Jingyang, and say that the main force of our Dashun army in Shanxi will be assembled in Dachengchi in the central and southern part of Shanxi, so that he can also withdraw to the central and southern parts of Shanxi as soon as possible, if the road is blocked by the Qing army, go west to Yan'an Mansion, get supplies on the spot in Yan'an Mansion, and also be able to get His Majesty's holy decree." ”

Li Daoli almost asked Li Guo to personally lead his subordinates to Datong Mansion, but after all, he was the chief general of the right-wing troops, as soon as he left, who would command the right-wing troops, but Li Guo suddenly said to him: "Li Daoli, when you go to Taiyuan City, I will lead the left-wing troops, as well as the right-wing troops, that is, your subordinates, and the Qing army's pursuers have a bloody battle, do you want to know the result of the battle?" ”

After he returned to the army, Ma Kai told him that General Li led his troops and horses to fight with the Qing army when he broke through the siege, and although he defeated the Qing army, the soldiers and horses of the right wing headquarters suffered heavy losses, and half of the soldiers were killed and deserted.

Hearing Li Guo say this today, Li Daoli lowered his head, and Li Guo hummed with him: "In the future, you will train more troops, and you will have to absorb more veterans, most of your troops are homeless, not that the homeless people are not good, but the homeless people have not fought for many years, and it is difficult to improve their combat effectiveness." ”

Li Daoli said that he would be diligent in training troops in the future, and would vigorously absorb veterans and soldiers to enhance combat effectiveness.

Li Guo waved his hand to him: "Go, go, look at Ling Jingyang's stone battalion troops, the combat effectiveness is very strong, why is it so strong, it is not to absorb a large number of border troops, you will also absorb more border troops in the future." ”

Li Daoli returned to the barracks, summoned Ma Kai, and said to him: "You work hard again, go to Datong Mansion to find Ling Jingyang, and say that General Li led the troops to assemble in the southern city of Shanxi, and ask him to lead the troops south, and if there are dangers along the way, go west to Yan'an Mansion." ”

Ma Kai also knows his skills, and he is not good at training and fighting, but this errand is a must in the army, he selected twenty cavalry that night, brought supplies, and flew to Datong Mansion.

Li Guo also led his subordinates to the Linfen area, he wanted to see Yuan Zongdi, and Yuan Zongdi discussed the war in Shanxi Province, and the soldiers and civilians of the stone camp were all resting in Taiyuan City, they were part of the rear camp at this time, no one in the back camp regarded them as a stone camp, and no one thought that they were the right battalion troops, Zhang Neng understood Li Guo's careful thinking, and wanted to turn this part of the stone camp into a descendant force.

On the night of the same day, Zhang Neng led a group of generals in the rear camp, invited the three captains of Shiying to drink, and also invited Li Daoli's right-wing generals to drink together.

Zhang Neng wanted to win over the three Shiying generals, if necessary, he could promote the three to the right mighty generals, which was also a way to win over, at that time, even if Ling Jingyang came back, Qin Lie, Huang Daozhong and others were also right mighty generals, and Ling Jingyang was embarrassed to continue to command them.

At the wine table, Zhang Neng enthusiastically introduced the three generals Qin Lie, Huang Daozhong, and Wang Bao to the generals, and also said that the left-wing troops were the backbone of the rear battalion, and other departments should learn more from the left-wing troops.

He took a sip of the left wing, Qin Lie, and Huang Daozhong heard a trace of strange taste, and finally Zhang Neng and the generals drank alcohol, because they had just defeated the Qing army, and the Qing army did not dare to attack these days, and the generals drank to their heart's content.

Zhang Neng, Ma Chongxi, Gao Yigong, Lu Yingbiao and other senior generals took turns to play, and the three captains of Shiying were drunk, and finally Zhang Neng and Qin Lie said: "Qin Duwei, a fierce general in the army, are you willing to serve under me?" ”

Qin Lie immediately sobered up, Huang Daozhong and Wang Bao on the side also looked sideways, the scene suddenly became extremely quiet, Qin Lie looked at Zhang Neng, his hands clenched into fists, as if he was experiencing a struggle between heaven and man, and finally said to Zhang Neng: "The last general, Qin Lie, is willing to listen to the general's dispatch." ”

Huang Daozhong wanted to refuse, but seeing that Qin Lie had agreed, it was unnecessary to refuse Zhang Neng, Zhang Neng looked at him, and he also nodded lightly, expressing his willingness to work for Zhang Neng.

Finally, there is Wang Bao, his soldiers and horses are the most inferior in the combat effectiveness of the stone battalion, he looked at Qin Lie and Huang Daozhong in disbelief, he was Ling Jingyang's subordinate when he served as the head of the sentry, and he was also a veteran who followed Ling Jingyang from the capital to Shanhaiguan, and survived the southern and northern wars along the way.

Everyone thought that he would also accept Zhang Neng's invitation, but he put down the wine glass, hugged his fists with Zhang Neng, and said indifferently: "General, the last general is not strong enough to drink, please go back to the camp to rest." ”

After speaking, he left without looking back, Zhang Neng didn't say anything, among the three soldiers and horses of the stone camp, the strength of the soldiers and horses of the Wangbao Department was the second, and it was the most enough to get Qin Lie and Huang Daozhong, Zhang Neng was satisfied.

He didn't get angry with Wangbao and didn't give face, but just ordered the Wangbao Department to be transferred to logistics, and Ling Jingyang's heavy troops, that is, thousands of people, never came back after seeing Qin Lie and Huang Daozhong's soldiers and horses go to the rear camp to the Chinese army, most of them were led by Mi Shengguang and followed the Wangbao Department to logistics, which can be regarded as the last face of the stone camp.

Shiying was divided by Zhang Neng on this night, and Bai Lushui, who followed Shiying all the way, arrived in Taiyuan City, Liu Fangliang knew that he was Bai Minghe's daughter, and ordered his subordinates to entertain her, she and Wan Qing lived in a good room, and were having dinner in the room, when suddenly someone knocked on the door.

Wan Qing asked who it was, and Bai Dun shouted mysteriously outside: "It's me, Bai Dun." ”