As soon as Shan Yaodong walked out of the barracks, a squadron leader in charge of guarding the barracks found him in a hurry.

"Lu Junyao, why are you so anxious?" Shan Yaodong thought the Qing army was conducting a surprise attack.

No, there's no movement at all.

"Yuan...the head of state is here." Lu Junyao said with heavy breaths.

"What? The head of state is here?" Shan Yaodong also looked surprised. On New Year's Eve, the head of state was not staying in Fuzhou City, but ran to their military camp in Guangxi.

Shan Yaodong hurried to the camp gate and welcomed Dong Liang and his party in.

"Hahaha, Old Dan, your camp is very good, comparable to Xiliu Camp. We were discovered one kilometer away." Dong Liang said with a smile.

He waited at the door for several minutes, and even Zhao Liewen failed to enter the military camp after revealing his identity as the former enemy commander.

The sentries are very strict and no one can enter without permission except members of their detachment.

Shan Yaodong knows that the more critical the New Year is, the more he cannot let down his guard.

Shan Yaodong was so surprised, let alone those soldiers.

As soon as they heard that the head of state came to see them, their hearts were all boiling.

This is like the emperor not spending time with his wife and children in the Forbidden City on New Year's Eve, but instead running to the military camps on the three sides to hang out with those rough guys.

Before Dong Liang came, there must have been some soldiers who had resentment in their hearts. They would have complained that the big shots were hiding in Fuzhou City, enjoying family happiness with their families under the feasting lights.

And they can only stay in the smelly military camp, and may have to attack the city during the day.

We are all human beings, why should you enjoy peace and happiness in the rear while I bleed and die in the front?

But now that Dong Liang has come, all the knots in these people's minds have been smoothed away.

Not only that, they were moved in their hearts. They felt that it was worth it just to continue fighting outside for a few more years.

"Fighters, do you know? In places under the control of the Chinese, the weather has been good this year, and everyone can eat the food they grow. The cloth on the Chinese market is half cheaper than before, and the price of salt is only one-tenth of what it used to be.

The price of salted fish is a quarter of the original price.”

"At this moment, your family may be sitting at home enjoying a delicious New Year's Eve dinner together. Your sisters are wearing clothes made of new cloth, and their hair is tied up with bright tie-ups. How did these come about?"

When Dong Liang came, he couldn't run from barracks to barracks, so Shan Yaodong simply lit a huge bonfire on the school grounds and asked everyone to gather on the school grounds.

The fire in the stands reflected Dong Liang's straight military uniform. His skin was flushed red, and his tall body was like a god bathed in the firelight.

"It is the wise leadership of the head of state..." Some smart people have already echoed below.

However, Dong Liang denied them: "No, it's not because of me. How powerful can I be alone? It's all because of you, my lovely warriors. It's the guns in your hands that took back this part of the Chinese nation.

, to protect everyone from the crazy exploitation and oppression of the Manchu and Qing Tatars, so that they can eat the food they grow without worrying about their lives being taken away by these people at any time. But the Tatars will not watch us take back this country. No more

We people, who should they lie on and suck blood from?"

"So we still need to keep fighting, hoping that one day, our children can live a life without worries about food and clothing. They can study in spacious and bright classrooms, have a means of making a living when they grow up, and live a stable life.

Elderly people no longer have to worry about their children and grandchildren, they can watch their children and grandchildren live in the house and enjoy their old age in peace."

At this moment, the soldiers no longer complained about not being able to go home. They finally understood the meaning of their fight. Who doesn't have their own offspring, and who doesn't want them to be happy and healthy?

At this time, the gene in the Chinese people's bones that is extremely obsessed with inheritance gradually awakens.

In the dark night sky, the slogans of the Chinese soldiers resounded through the sky.

Even the Qing army scouts who were watching from a distance were so frightened that they quickly went back to report.

Lao Chongguang thought that the Guards would launch a general offensive during the Spring Festival. Fortunately, he was well prepared.

Although the soldiers of the Qing army wore thin uniforms, they were still required to stick to the defense line. The Hunan army brought the tactic of digging trenches and building strongholds.

Zeng Guofan was good at building strongholds and fighting stupid battles at this time. Such tactics were not very efficient in offensive attack, but they were good for defense. It would be difficult for the escort army to break through the Qing army's defense line without paying huge casualties.

In the headquarters of the Sixth Detachment, Dong Liang, Zhao Liewen, Shan Yaodong and others were discussing tactics to capture Guilin.

Considering the cold wind outside, Dong Liang's speech did not last long, but the effect was very good.

"Führer, even if it is a frontal breakthrough, our six detachments are sure to break into the city of Guilin." Shan Yaodong was confident in his soldiers. The reason why he still stopped outside the Qing army's defense line was because he had to retreat.

Work hard.

Encouraged by the head of state tonight, everyone's morale is at a high level. He believes that with all their efforts, his men will definitely win.

"The defense line was set up by the Qing army. If we go to attack, wouldn't that be playing into the Qing army's hands? Remember not to be led by the enemy when fighting. Think about it from their perspective, what the Qing army wants us to do, then we won't do it.

"Huifu, what do you think of Lao Chongguang?" Dong Liang suddenly asked.

"Führer, Lao Chongguang is very slippery and thoughtful. He is best at arranging escape routes for himself. I originally thought I could catch him in Wuzhou, but I didn't expect to let him run away. Moreover, this guy was already prepared. Not only

We have set up a new line of defense in Guilin, and we have also made promises to various chieftains in Guangxi in advance to grant them official positions and return the power that the court had taken back after the reform of the soil, so that those chieftains can oppose us."

Zhao Liewen was very proud, but he had to admit that Lao Chongguang, the governor of Guangxi, was definitely a difficult opponent.

The Chinese will definitely not return the autonomy of the chieftains to them. So now these chieftains will stand on the side of the court to deal with the guards.

Most of the chieftains are ignorant, and they don't know the strength of the guard army.

By the time they discovered during the confrontation that they were using their arms as a chariot, the escort's time had been wasted by them.

"Yes, this man is good at arranging a retreat. If the retreat is not blocked, there is hope, and his Qing army will persist in resisting."

Zhao Liewen suddenly realized: "What the head of state means is that we attack Lao Chongguang's retreat first this time?"

"Yes, let's attack his retreat and make his three lines of defense useless."

So the question comes again, where is Lao Chongguang's retreat?

"Lao Chongguang's retreat is in Hunan. He is from Hunan. Most of the scholars here are from the Yuelu family and they stick together. If he retreats to Hunan, even the imperial court will not be able to touch him casually." Dong Liang said.

Then he pointed to the map on the wall and said: "You see, this is located to the east of us. The Dupang Mountains of the Wuling Mountains meander to the south, forming a natural barrier that separates northeastern Guangxi from Hunan. Only in Gongcheng County, Guangxi

There is a tunnel left between it and Jiangyong County in Hunan Province - Longhu Pass."

Zhao Liewen was very familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers. He quickly said: "The head of state is planning to capture Longhu Pass first. I know here that Longhu Pass is named after Longtou Ridge in the south of the pass and Hutou Ridge in the north. The two ridges face each other from the north to the south.

A battle between the dragon and the tiger formed, with only a narrow road connecting Gongcheng County and Jiangyong County. The Longhu River flows through the pass, forming a natural moat. This place has always been a battleground for military strategists."

He had the details of Longhu Pass at his fingertips. Although he had never been there, his descriptions were more detailed than those who had been.

"The couplet in front of Longhu Pass, "Little Wuzhou is in Jingxia, and the great gateway is Longhu Pass," vividly expresses the status of "Longhu Pass" as the great gateway in northern Guangxi." Zhao Liewen continued.

There are high mountains on both sides of Longhu Pass, forming a canyon. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, troops were stationed for defense. Cao Zhijian, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, led 30,000 troops to guard this pass. During the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Qing army and the Daxi Peasant Army Li Dingguo's troops fought here

war.

The south of Longhu Pass is the peaks of Longtou Ridge and Mengzhu Ridge in Gongcheng County, Guangxi. The north of the pass is Hutou Ridge in Jiangyong County, Hunan. The two Longhu Ridges face each other from the north to the south, just like a dragon fighting a tiger with majestic mountains. On both sides are a

The large flat open land is convenient for marching and setting up formations, so Longhu Pass has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

For thousands of years, the ancient pass has been filled with smoke and continuous beacon fires. The Taoshui River originating from Jiangyong County flows west through the pass, and after several twists and turns, flows into the Pearl River.

The Taoshui River flows through the Longhu Pass with a length of more than 2,000 meters. The current is rapid, the rocks are rugged, and the whirlpools are dense. It has knocked over many fishing boats and rafts in history. In addition, the stone peaks on both sides of the river are abrupt and the rocks are intertwined. It is true that "one man can guard the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it"

"Potential.

"Huifu, do you have any information about the Qing army about this?" Dong Liang asked.

How could Zhao Liewen not send someone to check such an important place? He quickly said: "Yes, yes. This pass is now guarded by the Qing army in Hunan. The defenders have two battalions, about a thousand people.

The guarding general is Li Xubin, the general of the Hunan Army. He is from the south and the prime minister in the north. He is powerful and skilled in combat command. It will not be easy to capture Longhu Pass."

"But it's easier than taking Guilin, isn't it?" Dong Liang said with a smile.

This is natural. Guilin was well prepared and heavily guarded.

Longhu Pass is just a pass, and the guards have been surrounding Guilin. How could they have thought that the guards would abandon the near and seek the far away and attack Longhu Pass?

Even if the defenders at Longhu Pass were well prepared, they would not be as strong as those in Guilin.

So a big battle plan was born in the command post. The escort training team brought by Dong Liang would go straight to Longhu Pass as a surprise force, use special tactics to capture Guancheng, and then go north along Xiaoshui River to Lingling and occupy

Yongzhou, and then from Yongzhou to Quanzhou and Xing'an, and then completely blocked the Qing army's retreat route to the north.

At this time, the escort army had already captured Liuzhou, west of Guilin.

In this way, the Qing troops in Guilin City will be surrounded from all sides. No matter how cunning Lao Chongguang is, they will not be able to escape.
Chapter completed!