Zhou Lei walked into the tent anxiously: "Come, have you received any reply from the scout sent to Luoyang?" "Report to the commander." The guard company commander replied, "I haven't received any reply yet." "Why haven't you received any reply yet?" Write back and send out another team immediately." Zhou Lei sat down on the chair and took off his armed belt. When Zhou Lei's cavalry division arrived in Yan'an, Lu Xiangsheng and Andreas were almost unable to hold on. Lu Xiangsheng did not let the Yulin army go out again. He wanted to use this elite as the last force. After several days of hard fighting, Lu Xiangsheng's troops had less than 8,000 men. Relying on the rifles and rifles of a thousand cavalry divisions, Lu Xiangsheng barely managed to hold on to his camp. At this extremely critical moment, Zhou Lei and Yang Tinglin arrived with five thousand cavalry, but at the same time, Li Zicheng also went to Yan'an to increase troops after receiving Liu Zongmin's report. Zhou Lei and Andreas led the cavalry division to fight fiercely with the Mongols and rogue bandits for several days, resulting in heavy casualties. Zhou Lei sent two groups of scouts to Luoyang to find out where Han Wantao was, but no news came. Without artillery, the battle would not have gone smoothly. Zhou Lei sat in the tent and gasped for air. Ordinarily, Han Wantao should have arrived. He had been here for more than ten days. Even if he was late, Han Wantao should have sent someone to inform him. Could it be that Han Wantao encountered something on the road? Arrived to block? Could Li Zicheng be so smart? He also knew how to gather reinforcements? The curtain was raised and Yang Tinglin walked in: "General Zhou, Master Lu has invited you." "Master Yang." Zhou Lei stood up and grabbed the armed belt, "But what's new?" Lu Xiangsheng and Zhou Lei are related. In terms of division of labor, Zhou Lei's cavalry division was placed in the front to deal with the Mongolian cavalry, while Lu Xiangsheng's men were in the rear to resist Liu Zongmin's peasant army. Hearing Zhou Lei's question, Yang Tinglin looked troubled: "To be honest with General Zhou, the rogue bandits have increased their troops again. Li Guo and Zhang Xianzhong are here. The current number of rogue bandits is no less than 50,000. Mr. Lu invites General Zhou to discuss the military situation." Zhou Lei and Yang Tinglin walked into Lu Xiangsheng's tent. Lu Xiangsheng was sitting on the imperial chair without saying a word. "I'm going to see Lu Shuai." Zhou Lei stepped forward and saluted. Lu Xiangsheng slowly raised his head: "General, I have been working hard to fight against the Tatars these days. I would like to thank you." Zhou Lei didn't understand what Lu Xiangsheng meant and stood there without answering. Lu Xiangsheng continued: "The intruders have sent reinforcements. Currently, there are as many as 50,000 rogue soldiers and 20,000 Mongolian Tatars. I have less than 8,000 soldiers under my command, and General Zhou has less than 6,000 soldiers. We are here It may not be good to defend." Zhou Lei was even more confused. Could it be that Lu Xiangsheng had thoughts of retreat? "What Lu Shuai said is true. I'm just a humble official. I dare to ask Lu Shuai what his plan is?" "Alas." Lu Xiangsheng sighed deeply, "I am deeply favored by the emperor, so I will naturally stick here. It's just that your Yulin army doesn't There is no general. I hope General Zhou can take your people to Luoyang. You Yulin Army are all the elites of our Ming Dynasty, and you have been loyal to our Ming Dynasty over the years. Please tell General Zhou to tell General Jiang Beiming that the safety of the Ming Dynasty depends on it in the future. "You guys." Zhou Lei heard that Lu Xiangsheng was determined to die, and said, "Master Lu, you must not do this. The emperor still needs Master Lu, and the Ming Dynasty still needs Master Lu. It is also because he respects Master Lu that he travels at night." "If you don't leave, my Yulin army will not leave." "General Zhou doesn't have to be like this." Lu Xiangsheng shook his head, "I have also figured out over the years that it is necessary to reject the Tatars in the north, and even to stabilize the country. You Yulin Bay. The reinforcements of the rogue bandits have just arrived. I will stay to cut off the rear for you. Once the rogue bandits and the Mongolian Tatars form an encirclement, General Zhou will not be able to leave even if he wants to." "Yes, General Zhou, leave early. Your Majesty." Yang Tinglin took out a letter, "This is a memorial written by Mr. Lu and me to the imperial court. I also asked General Zhou to pass it on to the emperor. This time, General Zhou resisted Yang Sichang's military order and came to rescue Mr. Lu. Your Excellency and I have made it clear in the memorial that the imperial court will not hold the general responsible." Zhou Lei took the letter and put it in his arms: "I would like to thank you two adults, but I still said the same thing, Mr. Lu. If you don¡¯t leave, our Yulin Army won¡¯t leave either.¡± There was a sudden noise outside the camp, and Andreas broke in: ¡°Sir, our scouts are back. Chief Han¡¯s vanguard is only two days away from us. "Is Han Wantao here?" Zhou Lei grabbed Andreas, "Is the artillery division here? How many artillery pieces?" "Sir," Andreas replied excitedly, "Two artillery regiments." There are 144 cannons in total, but according to the scouts, the artillery division will take about four or five days. " "Four or five days," Zhou Lei turned to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Master Lu, General Han Wantao is coming soon. ??. We can have more than 100 artillery pieces. With these cannons, rogue Tatars will not be a problem. " A smile finally appeared on Lu Xiangsheng's face: "Pass the order, the entire army will be on heightened alert and will not go out to fight. All we have to do is hold on and wait for the arrival of the Yulin Army. " According to news from Nanjing, Shi Kefa has returned to Nanjing, and the first unit has been dispatched. It will arrive in Luoyang in about ten days. Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers stopped advancing 150 miles away from Xi'an. Someone was sent to Luoyang to inquire about the next arrangements. Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou held a meeting of all officers. Xia Yang also participated in the meeting as a representative of the Yulin Army. Originally, Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou did not know Xia Yang at all, but Yang Sichang received Xue Guoguan in Beijing. The secret letter asked him to put aside the Yulin Army's disobedience. At present, Chongzhen still wanted to reuse Yulin Bay. Xia Yang received the news from Jiang Beiming in Luoyang, and Xia Yang went to visit him privately. Once Yang Wenyue, Yang Wenyue's attitude towards Yulin Bay was very friendly, so Xia Yang also participated in this meeting. The entire Chinese army tent was full of military attach¨¦s above the rank of general. Four people, Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and Yang Wenyue, sat in it. "Generals. Yang Sichang glanced at the people in the big tent, and was the first to speak, "Currently, the rogue bandits are stationed in Xi'an, and reinforcements from the imperial court have also arrived one after another. I have discussed with several adults about our next step, and I would like to hear from you." opinions. "