So on the next day, Du Lisan rectified his troops and prepared to attack Jinzhou again.

Although Du Lisan's troops suffered a lot in the last attack on Jinzhou, during this period, several bandit forces joined, all of which were unable to successfully attack the bandit troops in several other places. Therefore, Du Lisan's troops have now exceeded the last time, and the total number has reached about 4,500.

However, the formation of the bandit army is still an alliance, and it is basically divided into seven large bandit forces. Du Lisan is just the leader of the famous discussion and is also the largest one. His subordinates directly belong to him had about 1,800 people, and the other six bandits had no more than a thousand people. This is also one of the main reasons why Du Lisan became the leader of this bandit army. However, the core force of Du Lisan's tribe was still the old subordinates he brought from the Sanjiegou of Qingmakan. There were about 7,800 people in this division, and the rest were all small bandits, or large bandits who had merged with Du Lisan. However, they were killed in the previous battle, and the remaining small groups of people remained, but at first glance, the support from Japan and Russia, and Wang Kefu's handling of mediation from the middle, so overall, Du Lisan's orders were quite useful.

In addition, there were about 400 troops from Japan and Russia and four 75mm artillery pieces. The commanders of the Japanese army were Lieutenant Ichiro Kawaguchizaki, Lieutenant Sharimov, and more than 2,000 Mongolian cavalrymen. They were responsible for covering and supporting Du Lisan's team. The total strength was about 7,000. In terms of force alone, there were indeed a lot.

During the heyday of the Three Realms Goblet in Qingmakan, Du Lisan had only more than 3,000 bandits and never had more than 1,000 guns. Therefore, he suddenly controlled a huge force of nearly 7,000 people. Although he was just the leader of the famous prosecutor, he was still quite proud and more confident in this assault.

However, Du Lisan is just a bandit leader, and is an amateur in marching and fighting, placing troops and formations. The last attack on Jinzhou suffered a great loss, which was related to Du Lisan's lay command. This time the attack had more troops and was more difficult, so it could not be handed over to Du Lisan's command. The actual organization and dispatch of the troops were negotiated by the commanders of the Japanese and Russian armies, and Wang Kefu came forward to handle it, and the discussion was issued in the name of Du Lisan. Of course, Du Lisan also knew how much he had, and he did not have the actual command power to fight for practical command, and he was honestly accused of being a card.

The distance from Buxin is about 120 kilometers from Jinzhou, which normally takes 4-5 days. In order to join the battle lightly and speed up the marching, this time, he took less baggage. Each soldier prepared 4-5 dry food. In addition to the bandit leader riding and dragging 4 artillery and shells, there were only more than 100 horses to carry and carry weights, mainly to transport a few other materials.

The troops were sent out at 6 pm, taking advantage of the dusk and immediately entered the night to avoid the discovery and interception of the whereabouts of the bandits by the two people's army in Guangning and Yizhou. At the same time, several Japanese soldiers were sent to wait for the reception at every 5-6 kilometers of road nodes to avoid taking the wrong path in the dark. The Mongolian cavalry and bandits were not all the way together. The Bijing cavalry and infantry were not able to join forces together. The Mongolian cavalry would march along the Daling River, because the water and grass on the river were abundant, which could ensure the food of the war horses and reduce the burden. Although war horses could not only eat green grass, they were still OK in a short time.

After this period of training, the quality of the bandits has improved to a certain extent. In addition, they have just sent troops and are physically energetic. Therefore, this night and the next day's march have actually walked more than 40 kilometers in one breath, crossed Yizhou and Guangning, and did not encounter any interception by the People's Army.

Du Lisan, Wang Kefu, Song Qinglian and others were very happy because they successfully crossed Yizhou and Guangning, and then the bandits were cheered up again after resting for a night and continued to march towards Jinzhou.

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Although the bandits carefully arranged to set out at dusk in order to escape the surveillance of the People's Army, the bandits were still in the tight surveillance of the People's Army when they were still in Buxincheng. In order to monitor the bandits in Jinzhou City, the People's Army sent out both warrior cars, because the warrior cars could not only provide a small living space, but also equipped with a radio station to communicate directly with Jinzhou, and each brought a four-axis drone. Therefore, the bandits in Buxincheng were strictly monitored from both east and west ends. Therefore, as soon as the bandits left the city, of course, they were immediately discovered by the warriors and reported to the Jinzhou command center. Then the two warriors also divided the labor, one was responsible for keeping a close eye on the bandits in Du Li and the other followed the Mongolian cavalry.

One day later, it was finally confirmed that the target of the bandit army's attack was Jinzhou, so there was also a lot of joy in the Jinzhou command center. After all, Jinzhou has done so many things these days, and the purpose is to hope that the bandit army will launch an attack on Jinzhou again. Now it has finally achieved this goal.

The combat plan for the bandit army to attack Jinzhou has long been formulated, and now it only needs to be implemented according to the plan. So Ouyang Longxing immediately ordered the People's Army stationed in Jinzhou City to attack except for the 75mm field artillery company, and set up positions near Qilihe Village, about 15 kilometers away from Jinzhou City, to prepare to fight the bandit army.

Although Jinzhou has complete city defense fortifications, Ouyang Longxing did not intend to garrison in Jinzhou City to deal with the attack of the bandit army. The main reason is that his troops are too small. There are less than 2,000 defenders in Jinzhou City now, while the length of the Jinzhou wall is more than 6,500 meters. Such a few people are even dissatisfied with standing on the city wall. Therefore, although the People's Army has absolute advantages in weapons and quality, defending according to the city is obviously not the best strategy. You should take the initiative to attack, make full use of the People's Army's firepower advantages, and strike them head-on on the bandit army's way forward. At the same time, it is also a surprise attack by the bandit army. This is the correct tactic. The location for the bandit army to face is chosen in the Qilihe area.

The defenders stationed in Yizhou and Guangning did not participate in this battle to fight the bandits. First, the People's Army of Jinzhou is enough to deal with the bandits; second, both troops also have other important tasks, which is to cut off the bandits' retreat and wander.

The two battalions stationed in Yizhou set up positions near Liushui Castle to prevent the bandits from fleeing towards the Mongolian direction. Zhang Zuolin's troops stationed in Guangning divided their troops. Zhang Zuolin led the 2nd and 3rd battalions to take advantage of the bandits' attack to capture Buxin and completely confiscated the bandits' nests, while Tang Yulin led the first battalion to garrison Dasheng Fort to cut off the bandits' retreat.

Of course, the most difficult thing to deal with this time is the Mongolian cavalry. Because the Mongolian cavalry was not in the same direction as the bandit army and was very mobile, it was difficult to arrange positions to deal with them in advance. However, the whereabouts of the Mongolian cavalry are now completely controlled by the People's Army, so there is no need to worry too much. They just gather all the cavalry of the People's Army and stay in Jincheng. After the arrangements, they will immediately attack once they find the fighter jets to fight the Mongolian cavalry.

The remaining garrison battalion in Jinzhou City, the 75mm field artillery company, and the city’s guards were responsible for guarding Jinzhou City. The defenders in Xingcheng, Jinxi, Suizhong and other places were also ready to wait for orders and act at any time.

After dispatching the tasks of each unit, Ouyang Longxing led his army to attack from Jinzhou City, rushed to the Qilihe area, arranged positions, and prepared to fight against the bandits.

Since Ouyang Longxing had conducted a detailed survey of the Qilihe area before, he had already had a clear understanding of how to arrange the positions. So as soon as the troops arrived in the Qilihe area, they immediately dispatched troops to occupy the high point and dig the trenches.

It took only one day to arrange the positions and set up Ouyang Longxing's command center. Now everything is ready, just waiting for the arrival of the bandit army.

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After crossing Yizhou and Guangning, the bandit army marched for another two days, but they walked less than 60 kilometers in the past two days, and they walked slowly day by day. The bandit army was not a regular army, and their quality was too different. After a day of rapid march, they also overdrawed their physical strength, so they naturally became worse than the sky. But at this time, the bandit army was only about 20 kilometers away from Jinzhou, so they would definitely be able to arrive in Jinzhou on the fourth day. The Mongolian cavalry had arrived at the banks of the Daling River, about 10 kilometers east of Jinzhou City a day ago, and the distance between the two sides was about 25 kilometers.

But on the evening of the third day, Wang Kefu collected the report of the Japanese scouts, and found a position arranged by the People's Army about 10 kilometers ahead, with a force of about 800-1,000. Wang Kefu told Du Lisan and Song Qinglian.

Du Lisan was surprised and said, "So the People's Army has discovered us?"

Wang Kefu was calm when he arrived and said, "This place is only more than 20 kilometers away from Jinzhou. It is not surprising that the People's Army discovered us here, otherwise the People's Army would not be worthy of our efforts. I think the People's Army guarding Jinzhou is insufficient and cannot defend the city walls, so he had to set up a position halfway through to intercept us."

Du Lisan said: "So Mr. Wang, what should we do?"

Wang Kefu smiled and said, "This is a good thing. Being able to fight in the field is better than attacking the city. The defenders here are probably the last garrison of the People's Army. If we can defeat this People's Army, the troops guarding Jinzhou will be completely disintegrated, and we can get Jinzhou with our hands. Therefore, in the battle tomorrow, the victory and defeat will be here. Moreover, I have sent someone to notify the Mongolian cavalry overnight and let them come to join the war early tomorrow morning. Ask the boss to rest assured, and we will accumulate energy tonight and wait until we fight the People's Army to the death tomorrow."
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