Because he had fought with the Qing army, Wang Guangxing knew very well how powerful the Qing army was.

Among them, the Green Camp soldiers were more powerful than the previous Ming army, and the Eight Banners soldiers were even more fierce and unstoppable. Often only a few dozen soldiers could overwhelm their ranks of hundreds or even thousands of people.

Almost every Eight Banners soldier has the triple identity of swordsman, archer, and rider. Among them, the horse-armored soldiers and a very small number of red-armored soldiers and white-armored soldiers can even ride and shoot.

Fortunately, this Yunyang area is full of mountains and dense forests, and there is no place for cavalry to show off, otherwise their defeat would have been even worse.

However, the Fourth Town of the Border Guards not only had many guns and artillery, but also fought fast and far. Even in close combat, they were not inferior to the Eight Banners soldiers.

Not only because the armor and weapons of the border guards are excellent, but also because the officers and soldiers of the border guards are also elite soldiers!

On the other side, Xu Qiyuan repeatedly checked the imprints on the edicts, military orders and other documents given by Li Dingguo. After confirming that the parts he recognized were correct, he couldn't help but ask: "Did Jian Guo really defeat and collect the troops that offered the thieves?"

Li Dingguo was a little embarrassed, and some of the soldiers next to him also showed displeasure.

Because there are many people here who were originally members of the Daxi Army. Even though they are now loyal to the Ming Dynasty and have even made many contributions, it still feels a little uncomfortable to hear others call Zhang Xianzhong this way.

When Xu Qiyuan saw that Li Dingguo and others looked unhappy, he realized that he had said the wrong thing.

As a civil servant who could win over the Wang brothers, he was not too pretentious and immediately said: "I have offended you with my words, Li Junmen, please forgive me - it is because there are too many surprises in my heart."

Naturally, Li Dingguo wouldn't really care about anything.

It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty not to call Zhang Xianzhong a thief just because they, the former Daxi Army officers and soldiers, had heard this name many times before. It was just that he felt a little uncomfortable when the situation was dominated by him.

He said: "It doesn't matter... I am the adopted son of my adoptive father, and most of my subordinates are soldiers who surrendered after the First World War in Chengdu and became the official army.

Nowadays, we not only wear official uniforms, but also have many guns and sophisticated armors, which are not available to rogue bandits.

Besides, there are edicts and documents as evidence, so what else can Xu Shoudao have to doubt?"

The Wang brothers also surrendered to the imperial court after the Peasant Army uprising, so Xu Qiyuan does not have much discrimination against soldiers who came from the Peasant Army. Even if he did, he would not be stupid enough to show it here.

So he smiled and said, "I'm just suspicious. How about we go to Li Jun's camp to talk about it?"

Li Dingguo knew that since the two of them were willing to go to his camp, it meant that they generally trusted him.

Then he smiled and said, "Please."

After the three people sat down in Li Dingguo's tent, Li Dingguo told some of the things he knew.

Mainly due to the recapture of Chongqing and Guizhou by the forces led by Zhu Ya'ao's supervisory government, as well as the current progress of the recovery of Shaanxi and Gansu, and the incident of Zhu Yu'a leading the army eastward and south to Zhili.

At the end, he said: "Calculating the time, the Jianguo should have arrived in southern Zhili by now. They have probably fought with the Qing army from the east and south, but I don't know what the outcome will be."

Although Li Dingguo did not think that a person with supernatural powers like Zhu Yuluo would be in danger, after seeing the ferocity of the Eight Banners soldiers yesterday, he was inevitably worried about the war in Southern Zhili.

He knew that if Zhu Yurao had a tragic victory, things would be much more difficult to handle later on, and the Qing army might move south again in the autumn.

Xu Qiyuan and Wang Guangxing were stunned.

They did not expect that Zhu Yuluo actually recruited Zuo Liangyu's army and defeated Li Zicheng who was about to cross the river to the south of the Yangtze River.

Even though the outcome of the battle between Zhu Yu'ao and the Qing army in southern Zhili is still unknown, her martial arts skills in defeating Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Liangyu, and Li Zicheng have already amazed them both.

Who could have imagined that when the Ming Dynasty was about to fall, a princess would step forward and achieve such great achievements?

Li Dingguo added: "In fact, the supervisor has always been concerned about the safety of everyone in Yunyang Mansion. However, Xing'an Prefecture and Hubei were successively occupied by Shun thieves and Qing bandits, and the roads were blocked, so it was impossible to send people over.

After Xing'an Prefecture is recovered, I can send a messenger to Yunyang to contact you.

After learning the specific situation of Yunyang Mansion, the Supervisor immediately ordered the governor to lead troops to come to the rescue.

Of course, it is also fortunate that you have been holding on to the city under the siege of the Qing Dynasty, so I have the opportunity to relieve Yunyang's difficulties."

Xu Qiyuan said: "Thanks to Li Junmen for arriving in time, otherwise we really don't know how many days we can last."

Just as a few people were talking, Zhou Shangqi, a member of the Jinyi Guards of Beizhen Fusi, a hundred households in the army, entered the big tent.

"Li Junmen, I interrogated the Qing prisoners and got important information." When he said this, Zhou Shangqi looked at Xu Qiyuan and Wang Guangxing.

Xu Qiyuan understood it at a glance, and stood up knowingly: "Since Li Junmen has military affairs to deal with, we will leave first."

Li Guo said: "You two might as well go sit in another tent for a while. The governor has some things to discuss with you later."

"That's fine."

Immediately, Xu Qiyuan and Wang Guangxing were led to other camps by Li Dingguo's soldiers.

Zhou Shangqi then said: "I have interrogated many Qingqi generals and have confirmed one piece of news - the Qingqi are withdrawing their troops from Hubei!

However, they had previously defeated the Puppet Army in Hubei one after another, and the Puppet Army in Hubei could only retreat to the west of Jingxi and the eastern part of De'an Prefecture.

The entire Xiangyang Prefecture and most of Chengtian Prefecture had been captured by the Qing captives. Their forward troops marching south also fought with the Huguang army in Qianjiang, Chengtian Prefecture.

But just about ten days ago, the Qing captives suddenly received an order from the Qing court to withdraw from Huguang.

It is only because the Qing army captured too many troops along the way and split off many partial divisions that the retreat has continued until now."

Having said this, Zhou Shangqi stopped.

Their main task in Beizhen Fusi is to obtain local military intelligence and provide intelligence support to the general on one side.

As for the general's judgment after receiving the information, it is not Beizhen Fusi's business.

Of course, he can also put forward his own ideas, but he wants to hear Li Dingguo's judgment first.

After hearing this, Li Dingguo stood up and walked around, then stopped quickly and said: "Since the Qing captives have won consecutive battles against the puppet and shun troops, it is indeed abnormal to withdraw from Huguang in such a hurry. Unless...their army going south on the eastern front is defeated.

The Jianguo was defeated and suffered heavy losses!"

Zhou Shangqi nodded after hearing this, "This may indeed be the reason. It's a pity that we failed to capture the senior generals of the Qing Dynasty this time. Otherwise, we should have been able to obtain more accurate information."

"It doesn't matter." Li Dingguo smiled, "Since it is a fact that the Qing rebels have withdrawn from Huguang, we should take the opportunity to leave Yunyang and strive to occupy Xiangyang as soon as possible.

Xiangyang is an important military center in Hubei. As long as we have it in our hands, whether we go north to Henan or go south to cooperate with the Huguang army to encircle and suppress the remaining puppet and surrender troops, we have a lot to do!"

Zhou Shangqi said: "But the military gate currently only has one town of border guards. Will the strength be a little less? Even including Yunyang's army, there are only five or six thousand more troops, right?"

Li Dingguo said: "There are indeed not many soldiers and horses in Yunyang at present, but Xu Qiyuan and the Wang brothers can recruit troops on the spot.

With the volunteers they recruited and the prisoners they collected to defend the city, our fourth town will be responsible for recovering the city, so we can try to recover Xiangyang."

Although Zhou Shangqi still felt that this military operation was a bit risky, he didn't say anything more because Zhu Auao had strict orders that the Jin Yiwei were not allowed to interfere with the general's command.

But Li Dingguo seemed to see Zhou Shangqi's worries and said: "Zhou Baihu need not worry, the governor will also dispatch a troop of troops and horses from Xing'an Prefecture to come to the rescue, and then send someone to contact Huguang Governor Du Yinxi and ask him to come from the south

If we send troops to respond, we are still very sure of regaining Xiangyang."
Chapter completed!