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Chapter 535 The Choice of the Rebel Army

Gelao Hui Lei Heng killed Gao Liansheng and then rebelled. The main force consisted of about 500 people. There were four sentries, one battalion, and more than 1000 people. The troops in Yan'an are stretched thin, so many rebel armies are mainly mobs. Most of the rebels don't have cannons, even if there are cannons in the warehouse, the rebels don't know how to use them.

The large army in Lei Heng's hands is still in Yan'an, and the troops in the vicinity of Yan'an are scattered

But now Lei Heng already feels a huge threat coming to him. He received the report that Li Ziying in the east suddenly attacked Xinyao Town, which made him unexpected. He originally thought that there would be a reorganization period of about seven days, but now Li Guolou in the east is leading Li Ziying. The battalion came to Xinyao Town in person. What's more frightening is that in the south, Battelle led a large army to block the south of Yan'an.

The Qing army in the south has already reached the edge of the Yan'an city. Battelle's cavalry actually has several howitzers. This is something Lei Hengwan never expected. As for the cavalry of Li Ziying beside him, who are suppressing bandits in the Yan'an area, he thought about killing this cavalry. The troops led by the elite cavalry Battelle refused to listen to Gao Ziying's dispatch. Lei Heng used insidious tricks to cut off more than half a month's food and grass for more than half a month of Li Ziying's cavalry, trying to lure Battelle and Cheng Kun into Yan'an to ask for food Ready to ambush the Li Ziying officer, but still did not see Li Ziying asking for help

There is no time to wait. Gao Liansheng inspects the supply warehouse in Yan'an. Lei Heng seized the opportunity to launch an anti-Qing uprising, but Yan'an was threatened by the Qing army in just three days. Outside the city are fires lit by the Qing army. In other directions, there are also Qing army horse riding activities outside the city[

A pessimistic atmosphere has spread in the rebel army. To change this situation, the only way to change this situation is to defeat the Qing army outside the city. Otherwise, a large number of Qing troops will surround the rebel army and leave the possibility of survival to the rebel army. You fled to the southeast of Yan'an, and there were already a large number of Qing army activities. Breaking out from these two directions would be chased by Li Ziying's cavalry. None of the dozen or so confidantes of Lei Heng who fought against Li Ziying in the first battle dared Facing difficulties, although Li Ziying came to the Northwest not long ago, they have fought well in every battle. What they have in hand is the soldiers and horses of the original Qing army's supply battalion. Liu's Li Ziying contest has never started, these people have already cast a shadow on their hearts

As for the west side of Yan'an, it is even more frightening. Zuo Zongtang's soldiers and horses stationed there, will Zuo Zongtang personally lead the soldiers and horses from Suzhou City to the north after receiving the news that Gao Liansheng was killed? The movement of the main force of the Qing army led by Liu Songshan of the Qiaoxiang Army made these insurgents feel even more pressure.

It turned out that the members of the brotherhood of the brother troops stationed in Yan'an rushed into Yan'an city to get money and food and announced an uprising. Lei Heng is worried

Pulling up tens of thousands of horses in two days made the rebel army feel that it was the right choice to take this path of rebellion, but the situation that followed seemed critical and extended. The news network in the Yan'an area suddenly failed. Unfavorable news came one by one.

A detective hurriedly ran into the hall, turned over and knelt on one leg and said anxiously: "Report Yang Dawazi, Mu San refused to listen to orders and killed our brother who sent the message. Let me come back and spread the word that they will come to the city tomorrow to avenge Gao Liansheng."

"Did you make a mistake?" Liu Mingqi, who was originally the chief of the Qing army, stood up from the rattan chair and couldn't believe such a thing would happen.

"There's no mistake. Brother Wang's head is still in my saddlebag. How dare I lie?" Tan Ma burst into tears

"No wonder Mr. Yang said he wanted to empty the Yong'an Warehouse because he wanted to claim credit from Mangou. What should we do now, brother? Should we take back Yong'an Warehouse overnight?" There used to be more than 100 insurgents guarding them. Now these people either surrendered to Dawazi Yang or were killed. This is a bolt from the blue for the insurgents. One after another, this is a heavy blow to the insurgents who have only rebelled for three days. They will stab in the back. Members of the Old Brothers Association turned their backs on their promises

Lei Heng stroked his bearded face full of upright Chinese characters, and his timid expression was still energetic. He waved his hand and said: "We can't mess up and figure out the clues first, we can't just sit and wait for death, we have thought about it before." In this situation, we must have the confidence to believe that those underpaid troops will join us in resisting the tyranny of the Qing Dynasty. A Yong’an warehouse is nothing. It only stores more than 50 catties of grain and grass, plus the two originally occupied by Yang Dawazi and Mu San. The warehouse only has more than 80 catties of grain and grass. Most of the grain and grass are still in our hands. We still have more than 1 soldiers and horses in our hands. Take these people away and take away all the grain in Yan'an City. Zong Tang drinks the northwest wind"

Lei Heng spoke so enraged that he looked as if he was dying, and an officer asked hesitantly, "Brother, where shall we lead these 1 people?"

Yes, where are the rebels going? Find the returning guerrillas in the Lingzhou area or Ma Hualong in Jinji Fort. They will all meet the main force of the Qing army and want to cross the Yellow River to return to Xining, the base of the army. There are boats to go back to the other old Chaohe Prefecture, which is also very difficult. The troops of the Qing Army Guyuan Admiral Lei Zhengwan and the Named Admiral Ma Deshun are blocked there. As for Dong Zhiyuan in the east, the Qing Army Li Guolou personally led a large army to kill them. To the head-to-head confrontation with Li Ziying, to the south in the direction of Xi'an, Li Ziying Battelle's troops already have thousands of soldiers and horses breaking through the blockade of this team, and a fierce battle is inevitable.

Pressure and opportunity coexist, the rebel army had thought that this day would come, although the difficulties came a few days earlier than they thought, but since they have pulled up a team of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they will fight a world, and the elders will rebel, and they don't want to join the army. The lofty goal of expelling the Tartars and restoring China, so the development of the rebel army to the west and north has been rejected. They want to fight a Han Chinese territory in the northwest. It is inevitable to compete with Li Ziying in Li Guolou.

"I think we have to fight Li Ziying once to break the rope stuck around our necks and let Li Guolou go to hell. After all, the soldiers who beat Battelle are the ones who beat Li Guolou." Lei Heng humbly asks his brothers for advice and prepares to compete with Li Ziying

Next, the brothers of the rebel army repeatedly stated whether the rebel army was facing east or southeast and directly faced the large army led by Li Guolou. The south rebel army did not even break through the south of Yan'an City. To break out of the siege or sit in Yan'an City and fight a protracted war with the Qing army, and some people have different opinions

"Brother, if we leave Yan'an, most of the newly recruited people will run away. I think it's better to take back the Yong'an warehouse and take back the food and grass of Yang Dawazi and Mu San outside the city. No matter which Qing army wants to attack us, we will have no food and grass to survive the autumn in Yan'an. Our 1 people can grow into 8000 to 2000 soldiers. Liu Songshan and Xu Zhanbiao's large army will starve to death. They will all flee back to Dong Zhiyuan. By then, we can join forces with the Hui army and grow stronger. If we leave Yan'an We have become rogues, now there are only more than 50 people in our city, at least more than [-] people are already [-] to [-] years old, and these people are okay to defend the city. Let them march and fight without the enemy chasing them, and they will die on the road." Liu Mingqi disagreed. Abandoning a large amount of food and grass in Yan'an City, how much food and grass can be brought for marching and fighting, it won't be long before they will starve

Someone put forward a different opinion and immediately attracted different voices. The hall began to be lively. These old brothers finally established a piece of land, and they have food and drink. No one wants to leave Yan'an City. They are full of nostalgia for this yellow land.

"But Yang Dawazi and Mu San's two battalions can fight and fight. They are all death squads, and now there are 3000 troops in hand. If they can't fight, Bateer's cavalry will kill us. It will be difficult for us to return to the city." Liu Mingqi wailed at this moment, thinking of the disadvantages of recruiting soldiers and horses everywhere, Yang Dawazi and Mu San are also recruiting soldiers and horses these two days, and their warehouses also have food and grass enough to feed thousands of soldiers and horses

Lei Heng was furious and punched the case table and cursed: "Yang Dawazi, Mu San is so despicable, I would have believed that they knew that today I should have killed them both, I shouldn't have believed their nonsense now How could there be such a coincidence that there are three wolves beside us?"

Lei Heng knows very well that he can't beat Yang Dawazi and Mu San's soldiers. The opponent is a desperate veteran. If he hadn't occupied Yan'an City and fought in the wild, it is very likely that he would be defeated by Yang Dawazi and Mu Sanneng. He is used to wars and has fought several vicious battles. There is also a battalion of cavalry, Dawazi Yang, who will not stick to Yong’an Cang. He will use his horns to contain the rebel army’s strength and not send troops to attack Yong’an Cang. Tomorrow, Dawazi Yang and Mu San will prove their innocence. Take the initiative to attack Yan'an City[

"Many dogs have Yong'an warehouse, we can't defend Yan'an City, let's move it." Liu Mingqi made up his mind that the rebels raised their flags to rebel. If they can't fight hard stubble, they should find a place to survive.

One day, the mentality of the rebel army changed. They thought everything was under their control. They pinched the lifeline of the Qing army and could drag the Qing army to death. Never thought that the granary outside the city was besieged by the Qing army on three sides overnight. There will be tomorrow. More Qing troops surrounded

"Yeah, it's unrealistic to hold onto Yan'an City. Wouldn't it be cheap to go all out with Yang Dawazi, Mu San and other rebels? It's not worth the so-called sacrifice. Let's discuss where the main force should go to break through." breakout claim

"'Grandma', 'Grandma' is so strange, how come the two directions in the southeast are Li Ziying soldiers, horses, and Li Guolou? Why did they block our way? Did he think that we would raise the flag to rebel?" Liu Mingqi was outraged. It's too coincidental that the two Li Zi battalion soldiers and horses just blocked the path of the rebel army.

"Li Guolou is the second Zuo Zongtang. He figured that we would rebel." Lei Heng couldn't admit it if he wanted to.

The big brothers of the rebel army deliberated overnight and made a decision. The main force went south to break through the encirclement. The [-] cavalrymen in Battelle became a stumbling block for the rebel army to break through. The soldiers and horses rebels don't pay much attention to how powerful these new recruits are. Li Guolou in the east makes it difficult for the rebels to understand. They dare not compete with Li Guolou, who is good at calculating.

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