Xu Yang asked with a smile: "It's too late to go to the imperial capital for eight hundred miles, so what if it's a carrier pigeon?"

This is really not blowing, Xu Yang has seen the carrier pigeons they are raising in the Ouchi Guard, not to mention the secret service agencies such as the sticky pole, the real national event, Qianlong is afraid that he will know the details in a day or two.

"This ......" Chen Jialuo never thought that there was such a divine operation as a carrier pigeon.

"We launched the attack three days ago, if someone sent out carrier pigeons that night, then at most the next day during the day, Qianlong will be able to know the details, so calculated, at most today, the Northwest Ping Rebels will receive an order, change the direction of travel, and go straight to Lanzhou Mansion, on the road they will walk for three days, then three days later, we will see the outpost of the Northwest Army, if their scouts are elite enough, and even this time may be earlier. ”

At this time, Chen Jialuo no longer has the same smug and complacent appearance as before, and the whole person is not good.

"Brother Xu, if that's the case, how should we operate?"

This time, Chen Jialuo was really asking for advice.

At this kind of urgent moment, Xu Yang was inconvenient to take care of it anymore, and said directly: "This northwest army can be called elite, and the thousands of men and horses commanded by the Yellow River battalion Hongyang before were only their vanguard, and you have also seen their combat effectiveness." ”

Chen Jialuo nodded, he was deeply impressed by the Qing court officers and soldiers who were not shocked in the chaos and even almost surrounded the heroes of the Red Flower Society and killed them.

"In this case, then we will definitely not be able to meet these tens of thousands of troops head-on, and the only way is to temporarily retreat to avoid their edge. Xu Yang said eloquently: "Instead of wasting manpower and material resources on defense, it is better to retreat, and when this army shows fatigue, we will regain the initiative and attack their weaknesses. ”

Chen Jialuo's approving eyes kept staring at Xu Yang, and seeing that he was no longer continuing, he hurriedly asked: "Then there are two questions, the first is self-preservation, where should we retreat?

Xu Yang was like educating a child, and first encouraged Chen Jialuo: "Good question, this is also the key, but..." ”

"Is it the caravan that captured the Qing court's treasury first?" Although Chen Jialuo knew about them, he had been too busy before, and he couldn't have too much intersection with this Huiren caravan that quickly captured the treasury like a divine soldier appeared, and then ceded the control of the treasury to the Red Flower Society, and quickly withdrew.

All he knew was that the caravan seemed to be waiting for someone, and it was someone from their Red Flower Society.

"I did them a great favor before, and when this is over, our whole team can go to their tribe and take refuge in Xinjiang for a while, then your first problem will be solved. Xu Yang said slowly.

"That's very good!" Chen Jialuo clapped his hands and said: "The territory of the Hui territory is vast, and hundreds of people can be hidden everywhere, as long as there is the support of the Hui people, we can attack and retreat and defend, but these people, not only are they reliable?"

"Don't worry, I have helped them a lot, they must only be grateful to me, and there will be no dissent, not to mention that the rebellion in Xinjiang is not a day or two, and most of these Hui people who did not participate in the rebellion are also involved in the rebels, and they have long been dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing court, and there is no problem in terms of reliability. Xu Yang patted his chest and promised.

"Then there is the second problem, how to solve the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, in fact, this is not a problem. ”

Chen Jialuo looked puzzled, in his opinion, this Northwest Ping rebel army was much more elite than the Qing army he had seen before, which was also the main reason why he ordered a night attack on the Yellow River camp, he never thought that the other party would be so able to fight.

Changing the usual Qing army, that night may have been successful in the Red Flower Society, many armies in history were in the night attack, panicked and even had a camp roar, so that the enemy defeated the strong with the weak and defeated in one fell swoop.

And this Qing army was also panicked for a while at the moment of being attacked, but soon under the leadership of the grassroots officers, they continued to counterattack, so that the Red Flower Society, who were proficient in martial arts, also suffered great losses.

"No matter how powerful an army is, it has to eat. Xu Yang smiled and said: "The military rations they carry with them should not exceed the number of ten days, and they were originally to be replenished nearby, but the military rations they want to replenish have been distributed to the victims by us." ”

"Then they can also collect it on the spot. Chen Jialuo questioned.

"Who is going to collect it? The consequences of this flood are serious, and since the rebellion in the northwest has been going on for a long time, the big households will not have much grain in their homes, otherwise they would have been able to attract the victims to become tenant farmers. Xu Yang slowly analyzed it to Chen Jialuo: "The treasury of Lanzhou Mansion has also been looted by us, and it has already been distributed to the victims, and we will not leave them half a grain grain, as for the grain merchants...... Hehe, if they can get more than 1,000 stone of grain from the grain merchants, it will be considered that I have not scavenged cleanly. ”

The grain originally carried by the Qing army was almost eaten on the road, and when they arrived in Lanzhou City, they found that there was an empty granary here, no matter how much they disturbed the township to get food, they could get food for a day or two at most, so Xu Yang came to the conclusion that within ten days, the Qing army would be chaotic.

After listening to Xu Yang's detailed analysis, Chen Jialuo's eyes lit up, and his face looked much better than before, but he had to retreat with the Hui people, and he had to go back and discuss this matter with everyone, so he hurriedly said goodbye and went out.

Xu Yang naturally understood Chen Jialuo's worries, although his guarantee was on the one hand, the Han and Hui tribes had not really cooperated for many years, and there was a lack of sufficient trust between them, which was another thing.

You must know that Emperor Yongli, the last emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, was betrayed by a foreign race and finally died in Jiuquan.

Anyone will remember this lesson very clearly.

However, I believe that other leaders of the Red Flower Society, in such an urgent situation, will also agree with their own opinions.

But Mr. Chen, before you leave, you have to settle the account......

As for returning to the people's side, Xu Yang suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something very important.

Yes, after so long of delay, Xu Yang forgot to return the Koran to them.

Thanks to the patience of these Hui people, they should have come to the door a long time ago.

Look at my memory, and with a pat on the head, Xu Yang threw a small ingot of silver on the table and went straight to the merchant inn.