Early on March 11, the army of Mandahai retreated southeastward.

As soon as the army in Mandahai moved, Zhang Jiayu took action immediately.

At this time, the imperial edict had not arrived, and Zhang Jiayu was not sure about the emperor's intentions.

But the scout came to report that the Mandahai army retreated southwest.

Zhang Jiayu immediately opened the map to view it and made a quick judgment: Mandahai must have thought of the sutras and entered Ru City to respect the righteousness.

"If Mandahai is allowed to advance to Hunan, the war will be lengthened. If such a huge army is destroyed, it will be impossible to surround him from all sides. However, Anxibo and Jianchengbo's soldiers are hundreds of miles away, and Ji'an and Fuzhou are blocking the road. They cannot borrow strength for a while, and they cannot quench their near thirst. Can they keep him with their 30,000 troops?"

Zhang Jiayu walked back and forth anxiously in the commander's mansion, quickly planning the countermeasures in his mind.

"The only troops that can be borrowed now are Shaoguan's imperial guards. But Shaoguan is two hundred miles away, how can we come here in a hurry? It is best to let Li Yuanyin block the way to Mandahai. He has 20,000, and I have 30,000, and 50,000, and half the chance of winning. With the advantages of our arms, the chance of winning is slightly higher. I did it! Although there is such a risk, it is worth taking." Zhang Jiayu quickly made up his mind.

He came to the map to observe and found two mountains to the west of Shangyu, one called Gaofeng Mountain and the other called Jilongzhang, which happened to be stuck on the way to the west of the Qing army. If Li Yuanyin's soldiers could occupy these two mountains before the Qing army arrived, then there would be no retreat from Mandahai.

However, Shaoguan is more than 200 miles away, while Ganzhou is only fifty miles away, which is 150 miles away. Mandahai is not a mediocre person. He will definitely send troops to occupy Shangyou first and then occupy these two mountains.

So, the plan for now is to buy time for Li Yuanyin.

Zhang Jiayu had made up his mind and asked him to gather the generals, but he quickly wrote a letter, and Fei Ge passed it to Li Yuanyin.

It has to be said that Zhu Youlang's arrangement is still problematic. The left-road army, the right-road army, the middle-road army, the imperial guards, and the engineers are not affiliated. In such a battle, without a coordinated command organization, everything will often lose its opportunity after being dispatched by the Ministry of War.

If Zhang Jiayu had no public intention and did not avoid suspicion, he would write a letter to Li Yuanyin directly, but with coordination from the Ministry of War, the daylily would be cold.

After sending the letter, the "Four Great Hell" and "Tiger, Biao, and Leopard" all gathered together.

"My generals, Mandahai has retreated and Ganzhou has siege and dispersed. However, now is not a time for glory and rest. I judged that the Qing soldiers must have gone west, Chongyi, Rucheng, and entered Hunan. If they escape calmly, the people along the way will not be told to suffer, and if they want to destroy them, they will definitely waste huge material and financial resources. We will eat the king's salary and be loyal to the emperor. I have already sent a letter to the commander Li of the imperial guards, asking him to lead the imperial guards to Gaofeng Mountain and Jilongzhang to block the enemy. What our army needs to do is to slow down the speed of the Qing troops as far as possible and buy time for Commander Li."

Zhang Jiayu said this and looked around for a week and asked, "General Li, what do you mean?"

"Master, please give the order. We have been holding our hands crazy for a long time. We are trapped in the city and are spinning all day long, and our bones are almost rusted." Li Desi replied.

"That's right, the commander, watching the left, right, navy, and imperial guards make contributions one by one, we have not made any achievements, and we have no face. If we don't fight a good battle, we will be looked down upon by others." Luo Zhaocheng said excitedly.

"That's right, that's right, general, fight." Yan Shuli and Yang Dali all rubbed their fists and asked for a fight.

"Father, please give the order. My son is willing to be the pioneer." Zhang Hu bowed.

"That won't work. I must be the vanguard. The commander is the general. You can't favor one or the other." Luo Zhaocheng immediately expressed his disagreement.

"Why are you the pioneer? You are ranked last in the 'Four Great Hells', and the pioneer must be me." Li Desi said.

Yan Shuli and Yang Dali also requested to be the pioneer.

"Don't fight anymore. Now is not the time to fight. Time is tight. I have already decided. All the generals obey the order!" Zhang Jiayu was overjoyed when he saw that the generals were fighting fiercely and had no fear of fighting.

Pick up a big order: "Li Desi!"

"The last one will be there."

"I will be the vanguard and attack quickly. Remember, our goal is to delay the advance of the Qing soldiers. The more fierce the attack, the slower the Qing soldiers will advance. Don't be afraid of the Qing soldiers' counterattack."

"The last general will get the order!" Li Desi excitedly took over the order.

"Zhang Biao!"

"The last one will be there."

"Sorry your troops to cut off the rear and escort the food and supplies, and do not make any mistakes."

"The last one will receive orders!"

"Yang Dali!"

"The last one will be here!"

"I order your troops to defend the city, and be careful to prevent the Qing soldiers from entering the city and monitor the IELTSHa troops."

"The last one will receive orders!"

"After General Li, the order of march was Zhang Hu, Luo Zhaocheng, Yan Shuli, and Zhang Bao guarded the central army."

"The last one will receive orders!"

Zhang Jiayu has been assigned and each will go down to prepare.

...

However, Li Yuanyin received a letter from Zhang Jiayu and immediately invited Zhang Tongchang, Duan Xing, Yang Yuan and Chen Shihao to express the meaning of Zhang Jiayu's letter.

Zhang Jiayu talked about Li Yong in the letter. Duan Xing's face was so angry that he said, "Commander Li, the commander was humiliated, the mountain army and Mandahai are incompatible, order quickly!"

"Commander Li, Zengcheng Bo will not avoid suspicion and write a letter to you directly to indicate that the fighter plane is urgent. Just give an order, and you can't delay it." Zhang Tongchang also said.

Li Yuanyin naturally understood the truth.

Although he was an imperial guard and protecting the emperor's safety was the top priority, he did not withdraw his troops, which meant that the emperor wanted to use him to destroy the Qing army.

To mobilize the imperial guards, it is necessary to enforce the imperial edict, and Zhang Jiayu has no right to mobilize them. But what Zhang Jiayu came to do was not order, but negotiation, that was to see Li Yuanyin's overall view, and would not stick to the imperial edict or not.

"Okay. Lord Zhang, please stay at Shaoguan and not let the northern gate of Guangzhou be missed." Li Yuanyin said.

"Don't worry, don't say that the Qing soldiers are not coming. Even if they come, he doesn't have 100,000 soldiers and don't want to get closer to Shaoguan." Zhang Tongchang said.

"Yang Yuan, Shihao, the imperial guards set out immediately. In addition, you will each assign ten spearmen to General Duan and return to Jian after the war."

"The last one will follow the order." Yang Yuan and Chen Shihao agreed in unison.

"General Duan, please ride all your troops, and you can borrow the horses from Lord Zhang for a while. I believe you are very angry, so your troops are the pioneers. Before sunset, you must seize Jilong Mountain. How about it?"

"The General of the Imperial Army obeys the order. Commander, you don't need to be so polite to the General of the Imperial Army. In the face of the great enemy, you must be the general manager of all parties. If you are always so polite, you are afraid of missing the fighter's plane, just give the order, and the mountain army will all obey." Duan Xing said.

"Okay, General Duan, please act. I won't be polite to you again in the future."
Chapter completed!