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    Chen Zi'ang and his Qinghe Army's Second Corps had finally grown to such an extent that they were naturally unwilling to fight hard against the Dynasty Army in Luyang Province and let others take advantage of it.

    What's more, the armies of various dynasties marched into the territory of Luyang Province one after another. For a while, the province was covered with war clouds and became a whirlpool of storms.

    Chen Ziang knew the truth that two fists were hard to defeat four hands, so after weighing the pros and cons, he made a decisive decision, that is, to withdraw from Luyang Province voluntarily.

    "Restrict all troops and departments to prepare for battle and long-distance marches within three days."

    The High Command of the Second Army Corps of the Qinghe Army quickly issued an order requiring all troops and departments to prepare for battle and long-distance marches.

    Following the order from the High Command, the troops that had been in Luyang Province for a while had to be mobilized again.

    "All officers and soldiers end their leave and return to the army immediately!"

    "All departments count materials and prepare dry food!"

    "The First Banner Regiment assembled to the south of the provincial capital."

    "The Twelfth Banner Regiment is on standby in the eastern suburbs of the provincial capital."

    The speeding messengers brought orders one by one to each unit, and each unit took action, and the air was filled with a strong smell of killing.

    "I heard that we are going to retreat."

    "Do you know where to retreat?"

    "I don't know."

    The units of the Qinghe Army were mobilizing and packing up, which naturally attracted the attention of many residents in the city.

    During the period when the Qinghe Army was stationed in the provincial capital, the military discipline was strict and they committed no crimes. They won the praise and support of the people, and the two sides got along very well.

    Now after hearing the rumors that the Qinghe Army was about to withdraw, many people gathered at the command headquarters of the Second Army, begging the Qinghe Army not to retreat.

    The common people have been living in dire straits under the heavy taxes of the dynasty, the corvee and the exploitation and oppression of officials.

    The Qinghe army freed them from the sea of ??suffering, not only distributed the fields, but also distributed the food, so that they could finally have enough to eat and saw the dawn of hope.

    But now that the Qinghe army is about to retreat, the people feel panic and uneasy. They don't want to go back to the hard life of not having enough food and not wearing warm clothes again.

    Facing the people who supported them, Chen Ziang and the others also had a heart to bear, and did not want to abandon them to the Far East Dynasty.

    However, they are not strong enough now. Facing the pressure of a strong enemy, they can only retreat voluntarily.

    If all these people are taken with them, it will undoubtedly be a huge burden for an army. At that time, they can only care about their heads and ignore their backs, which will eventually kill these people.

    "The retreat of our Qinghe army is only temporary, and we will come back."

    Facing the people who begged them to stay, Chen Zi'ang also had to send out his staff to persuade them.

    "Distribute the food and money we can't take with the people."

    Chen Zi'ang and the others attacked cities and villages in Luyang Province, and seized countless gold, silver, treasures and food from various prefectures and counties. Now it can be said that they are extremely rich.

    This time they are retreating strategically and proactively. Many things can be taken away, but there are still some things that cannot be taken away.

    Chen Ziang gave an order to leave all the things that could not be taken away to the common people. After all, throwing away is throwing away, so it is better to be a favor.

    "After we leave, the imperial army will reoccupy this place, but we also need to maintain our influence here."

    "It is necessary to select elite personnel to stay, preferably local people, and let them secretly develop members of the Civil and Military Association, organize forces, and wait for the day when we fight back."

    "The Intelligence and Investigation Division also needs to keep some intelligence personnel. They should hide deeper and spread out to avoid being taken over by others."

    Although retreat is easy to say, it is not easy to do, because various things are intricate.

    Especially in the mobilization of soldiers by various units, the main task of officers at all levels in the past two days is to mobilize and prepare before retreating.

    Fortunately, with the help of the civil and military associations in each unit, the soldiers got an ideological improvement, that is, they did not retreat in defeat, but retreated actively.

    Although the difference between defeat and retreat is just one word, the impact on morale is very different.

    Chen Ziang and his various troops are actively mobilizing, and various departments are also preparing for evacuation.Naturally, it can't be hidden from many caring people.

    In the evening, someone dressed up as a businessman and wanted to leave the city to send out the news that the Qinghe Army wanted to retreat.

    "What do you guys do?"

    At the gate of the city, the soldiers of the Qinghe Army who were in charge of guarding stopped the caravan and questioned them.

    "We are a medicinal caravan, and we are going to Lujiang Mansion." The businessman leading the team approached him with a smile on his face and replied.

    "Trafficking medicinal materials?"

    "Yes, yes, it's not because of the high consumption of medicinal materials in the city, so we are going to Lujiang Mansion to bring another batch over."

    "But it's getting dark, why are you leaving the city now?"

    "Isn't there something delayed, we are going to drive overnight."

    "Aren't you afraid of encountering bandits when you are in chaos?"

    "There is no way to do this. If we really encounter it, we can only be considered unlucky."

    When the officer questioned, the soldiers had already completed the search of the convoy and found nothing unusual.

    "Master Baijiang, no abnormality was found." A brother came to report.

    "Master, can we go?" the businessman asked cautiously.

    The officer nodded and said, "Let's go."

    The businessman heaved a long sigh of relief, thanked him a thousand times, and immediately left the city gate with the convoy.

    "Stop, check!"

    However, when the convoy left the provincial capital for about five or six miles, another group of people suddenly rushed out from the side of the road and surrounded the convoy.

    "Excuse me, who are you?"

    The leader of the caravan was terrified when faced with the group of people rushing out suddenly, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

    "Intelligence and Investigation Department, ordered to search for spies." A young man in the lead said.

    "Search!"

    Compared with the soldiers who were in charge of the interrogation at the city gate, these people from the Intelligence and Investigation Department were much more professional.

    They took the convoy members out for questioning separately, and conducted a more detailed search at the same time.

    "They have problems, and many people's statements are different."

    Soon, the brothers of the Intelligence and Investigation Department discovered some problems from separate interviews.

    "Take them all back and interrogate them properly."

    After discovering that there was something wrong with these people, the young man of the investigation department who led the team waved his hand, and put a sharp saber on the necks of these people, and detained them directly.

    In fact, the interrogation by soldiers at the gate of the city was just a cover, the main purpose was to let some people with bad intentions relax their vigilance.

    The Intelligence and Investigation Department, which is hidden near the road and conducts surprise inspections, is the main force responsible for spy screening because they are more professional.

    Once there are spies who think that everything will be fine after passing the interrogation of the city gate, they are completely wrong, because there are more professional people waiting for them.

    And those enemies hiding in the city thought that they had successfully sent the information when they saw that their people had successfully passed the city gate interrogation.

    In fact, this is just their wishful thinking, because most of them cannot escape the professional intelligence personnel of the Intelligence Investigation Department.

    After all, after Chen Zi'ang's personal lectures, the staff of the Intelligence Investigation Department have a lot of means, and they are naturally easy to deal with their counterparts.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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