Zuo Zongtang and Liu Jintang, as well as a group of trusted senior generals, fled into Baoji with more than 2,000 elite cavalry.

"Hurry and send someone to contact Dong Fuxiang's Gansu army! The Gansu army will not let us pass through Gansu, so we can't get there." Zuo Zongtang entered Baoji and said to Liu Jintang before he could sit firmly.

Liu Jintang was kind to Dong Fuxiang for surrendering his life and nodded, "The Gan army should not make things difficult for us. Many of them are from the subordinates of the last general and are from our old Chu army. Otherwise, they would be ungrateful."

"There is nothing impossible. Since Dong Fuxiang has defected to China, we must be careful." Zuo Zongtang said worriedly.

"Okay, I'll go and write a letter in person immediately to let them go of a path." Liu Jintang agreed.

The group of generals under Zuo Zongtang are still very loyal. Everyone has been together for more than ten years. The key is that as long as they can reach Qinghai, Zuo Zongtang still has the ability to re-called an army of more than 10,000 people. Whether in Qinghai, Xinjiang, or even to Central Asia, the Chu army still has a certain status, and wealth is not a problem.

The Qing army recognized the money. The reason why they followed Zuo Zongtang wholeheartedly was that they were unwilling to go to China to be a commoner or accept the adaptation of the Chinese army. The Chinese army had a lot of military pay, but the military discipline was strict, so how could they live so freely now? They almost lived a bandit-like life now.

Zuo Zongtang asked someone to contact Dong Fuxiang, and Xuan Jianzhang, together with Yili and Prince Chun, led the army to continue pursuing. In the battle of Xi'an, there were more than 100 people left in the Smoky Army. Those who could survive to the end could basically quit smoking and were considered healthy people. Although the Chinese army would not accept these people, they were responsible for following Yili and Prince Chun and following the Chinese army.

Zuo Zongtang wrote to Dong Fuxiang, but he definitely did not have the fastest contact with Hua Jun's telegram.

President Meng agreed to Yi Li's request and issued a wanted order for Zuo Zongtang. In this way, Zuo Zongtang was sentenced to death by the Chinese army. Zuo Zongtang repeatedly missed the opportunity to surrender. President Meng always endured it because his relationship with Zuo Zongtang was good at the beginning, but human patience was limited. What's more, all the behaviors of President Meng now no longer simply represent themselves. President Meng represented the entire China.

Dong Fuxiang looked at the telegram issued by the President's Secretariat of China. This was the highest instruction and could not be changed unless he did not want to be an official in China and wanted to rebel again.

"Transfer the order, three thousand cavalrymen will go to Tianshui City today to block Zuo Zongtang's troops and prevent them from entering Gansu!" Dong Fuxiang issued an order.

The deputy general muttered: "General, although we have defected to China now, we are all from the old Chu army after all. If we do this, the brothers will feel a little unhappy. This is ungrateful."

Dong Fuxiang looked around and sighed softly, "Don't say anything like this anymore. Now there are instructors sent by the Chinese army from all over the Gansu. The entire Gansu is already under management by cadres from China. Are you still half-hearted?"

"I know, there is actually no chance to rebel again. I just don't want to attack the old Chu army. They are all brothers and cannot do anything." The deputy general said softly.

Dong Fuxiang sighed, "Don't I know? But what I have received now is the highest instruction from China. People should not be half-hearted. Since they surrendered to China, they said what to do, and we must do what we must do!"

Seeing that Dong Fuxiang was so determined, the deputy general did not dare to say anything else, so he went down to pass the order.

Although Dong Fuxiang's Gansu army now has more than 3,000 people, plus more than 2,000 cavalry units in the Chinese army, even 6,000 people may not be able to defeat more than 2,000 cavalry units in the Chu army!

The Chu army's cavalry was already very powerful. Now these more than 2,000 people have survived from death, which is equivalent to a new round of screened people. These are all elites among the elites and should not be underestimated.

Dong Fuxiang led three thousand cavalry to Tianshui City to block the road that Zuo Zongtang passed from Gansu. This was already the limit that Dong Fuxiang could do. He took the initiative to attack Zuo Zongtang. Dong Fuxiang could not do such a thing, nor could his soldiers do it.

Xuan Jianzhang made it, but Xuan Jianzhang's power was limited.

Xuan Jianzhang took Yi Li, Prince Chun and Li Hongzhang to stay in Xi'an for treatment of injuries.

Prince Chun and the more than 100 Eight Banners under Yi Li's men can actually be ignored. So Yi Li simply asked these people to return to Beijing in advance and wrote a contact letter for each person, asking them to take it to the Beijing government to see if they could help arrange their work.

With the fall of the Qing court, the life of the bannermen was really sad. In fact, China did not rectify the bannermen, but just made them like ordinary Han people, which would force many people to death.

Because most of the bannermen are no longer the ones they had when they entered the pass. The two hundred years of extravagant and lewd life have degenerated into cartilage animals and it is difficult for them to adapt to social changes. Only a few bannermen who are still a little fighting spirit have tried to survive like humans again.

In addition to the current nationalization system of China, everyone’s ID cards no longer specifically identify ethnic groups, and everyone is Han, which also makes most of the bannermen no longer call themselves bannermen. They have long been assimilated by the Han people, and their living customs are exactly the same in all aspects. Now they are even more ashamed of being bannermen.

"Engineering." Xuan Jianzhang was dissatisfied with the army's march and ordered.

After Xuan Jianzhang's order was conveyed, more than two thousand cavalrymen rolled towards Baoji.

"Teacher Xuan." Yi Li called Xuan Jianzhang, but didn't think about what to say.

Xuan Jianzhang smiled and said, "Jiang Prince has something to say, just say it directly. Didn't the president give orders? I will listen to you whatever he does in the future."

"Don't, I can't afford to say that," Yi Li smiled and said, "I mean, we don't actually have to go too fast. When we arrive at Baoji, we don't have to attack the city immediately."

Xuan Jianzhang said: "What does this mean?"

Prince Chun also looked at Yi Li curiously.

Yi Li smiled and said, "Because, if I had a good estimate, my brother Dong Fuxiang should have already taken people to Baoji. Even if he didn't attack first, he would block Zuo Zongtang's road to Gansu without the need for the Chinese army to take action. If the Chinese army goes too fast, Zuo Zongtang will continue to flee to Gansu, and the situation will become more complicated."

Xuan Jianzhang nodded, "It's still the wise and concise Prince of Ji, and what he said makes sense. Anyway, Zuo Zongtang is now at the end of his journey. What we need to be most careful is that he will escape to Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Central Asia, and catch Zuo Zongtang one day or later."

Yi Li smiled and said, "That's what I mean."

"The troops are camping, I won't leave today, so I'll rest." Xuan Jianzhang smiled and gave another order.

The guards were almost depressed. They just went to convey the order to move forward quickly and shouted loudly, "Everyone passes orders to each other, and the division commander asks to camp."

Zuo Zongtang’s mansion in Baoji City is a temporary mansion. It used to be the yamen in the county. The Qing court officials ran away. Before the Chinese Kingdom reached Baoji, it became a rare place that neither side could control.

At this moment, the civil servants in Baoji and the wealthy families in the city have almost escaped, and those who have not run away are all people who cannot do it.

Originally, the Qing court's territory was becoming increasingly desolate, and more and more people were moving to China, which should be said to be moving to China.

People with connections and ability fled here one after another. Now the only people left in the city are the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and there is nowhere to go.

President Meng always had an encouragement attitude towards the Qing court coming to China. Although there is no one in a place, it will restrict the development, but the concept of wealth first and wealth that President Meng adheres to is the concept of wealth that will be developed in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as the Jiangnan region is developed, these big northwest, northeast, and these places will always be developed on the same day.

"Have the Chinese army moved?" Zuo Zongtang asked Liu Jintang uneasyly.

"Send a few waves of people to inquire. As long as the Chinese army reaches within a hundred miles of ours, the exploration of the horse will be rewarded." Liu Jintang replied.
Chapter completed!