Dong'e City went down with a drum, annihilated and routed more than 280 Japanese puppet troops defending the city, and captured a considerable amount of grain, grass and ammunition, which was an obstacle to Li Yunlong's main cavalry crossing the Yellow River and forcing Liaocheng.

At this time, in Dong'e City, not long after the fierce battle, the small Dong'e City had been invaded and occupied by Li Yunlong's troops. The Japanese army's food, grass and ammunition reserves in the city have also been cleaned up, making up for some of the ammunition losses when the troops attacked Dong'a.

"Regiment commander, annihilated a squad of Japanese troops defending the city, defeated more than 200 puppet troops, and we completely captured Dong'e City. The telephone lines in the city to the outside world have also been cut off by us. It was impossible for the Japanese troops in the nearby direction of Feicheng to quickly know about the emergency situation in Dong'a. A few minutes later, Duan Peng, who had temporarily counted the results, personally reported to Li Yunlong Lizheng.

Li Yunlong nodded when he heard the words and said, "Okay, the brothers are playing well!" According to the military deployment of the old devil Iida Zhenggu, the commander of the 12th Army of the Japanese Army in Shandong, it is already the last time for us to make a big fuss in Shandong. Therefore, I decided to go north from Dong'e, preparing to cross the Yellow River in one fell swoop and go north to Liaocheng. From Liaocheng to the party, the first line of Guanxian County, into Hebei Province! ”。

At this time, the main commanders and fighters Zhang Dabiao, Zhou Hua and others had already gathered around Li Yunlong, and when they saw Li Yunlong pointing to the map and analyzing, they all nodded secretly.

In particular, the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao, said in a condensed voice: "Regiment commander, we entered Shandong, ate an independent infantry brigade of the Japanese army, killed the headquarters and senior commanders of the two independent infantry brigades of the Japanese army, and annihilated a total of about eight or nine thousand Japanese troops. Now that it is almost dawn, we will inevitably encounter aerial bombardment by the air force under which Iida Sadagu has mobilized as we continue to move along the Shandong boundary. I agree with the regiment commander's suggestion, let's move in and withdraw into Ji Province for mobile operations! ”。

"I agree, Captain!" The rest of the independent battalion commander Zhou Hua, cavalry company commander Sun Desheng and others all nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, everyone agreed to go to Liaocheng, and the party retreated to the southern region of Hebei Province to fight in a mobile battle, Li Yunlong bowed his head and said: "Okay, there will be about twenty or thirty minutes before the sky will be bright." Without further ado, taking advantage of the fact that Iida Zhengu had not yet discovered that Yanzhou had been attacked and occupied by us, the various departments did not need to rest, so I continued to hurry, crossed the Yellow River, and drove directly to Liaocheng. Hurry up, hurry up! ”。

"Yes, Captain!" Everyone responded with a bang, and then went out one after another to gather all the troops behind the north gate of Dong'a, and a few minutes later, under the command of Li Yunlong, they crossed the Yellow River, and the goal was to attack Liaocheng.

When the main cavalry of Li Yunlong's command post rushed to Liaocheng, Iida Zhengu in Jinan City at this time did not feel sleepy and kept walking around.

"Your Excellency Commander, take a break, sit in the military headquarters with a low position, and report to you at any time if there is a situation on the front line! Your Excellency, Commander! In Jinan City, in the military headquarters of the 12th Army of the Japanese Army, the chief of staff of the army, Takeda Keita, said in a condensed voice to Iida Sadagu, who was walking around and uneasy.

Iida Sadagu shook his head, waved his hand and said, "I don't know what's going on, my right eye keeps jumping." According to the Chinese proverb, the left eye jumps wealth, and the right eye jumps disaster. I always feel like something is going to happen, Baga Ya Road, something is wrong! ”。

At this time, Takeda Keita didn't realize that there was anything wrong with Iida Sadagu's words, but he just thought that Iida Sadagu stayed up all night to command the battle, which was a little suspicious.

Therefore, Keita Takeda persuaded: "Your Excellency, Commander, how can there be anything? Rest assured, Your Excellency! ”。

It's just that Takeda Keita just finished speaking less than five seconds, and soon the Japanese staff officer in charge of radio communication on the side of the military headquarters hurriedly rushed to Iida Sadagu and Takeda Keita, paused heavily, and said with a solemn look in his eyes: "Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, urgent telegram." Yanzhou is lost! ”。

"Nani? Yanzhou lost? ”

Iida Sadagu snatched the emergency telegram, looked at it carefully for less than a few seconds, and then roared urgently: "Yaga Yalu, how is it possible? Didn't the military headquarters already order the Yanzhou defenders to reinforce Qufu's troops to come back to Yanzhou, and ordered the Yanzhou defenders to hold the city? The walls of Yanzhou are strong, and they are easy to defend and difficult to attack, but they are actually lost? ”。

And then Takeda Keita, who read the emergency telegram, said hurriedly: "Your Excellency, Commander, it can be seen from the urgent telegram sent by Yoshida Keiji that Yanzhou has been lost twenty minutes ago. The city of Yanzhou was so strong that even if there were only a few hundred imperial soldiers in the city at that time, it was enough to withstand the onslaught of thousands of enemy troops. And now, Yanzhou is easily broken by the enemy, so only Li Yunlong's troops can have the strength to break through Yanzhou in such a short time and strength. ”。

Hearing this, Iida Sadagu and Chief of Staff Takeda Keita hurriedly walked to the place where the military headquarters placed the map, looking at the huge military map, the old devil Iida Sadagu condensed and said: "Judging from the map, Yanzhou has been lost. Li Yunlong led the main force of his cavalry, and could calmly move south from Yanzhou to the area of Guanqiao, or march west to continue to attack Jining and Jiaxiang. It is impossible to go north to return to Taining, we have already moved south! ”。

"Your Excellency, Commander, whatever? The garrisons of Jiaxiang, Jinan, Guanqiao and other places must be ordered to strengthen their guards! Don't let Li Yunlong's command post headquarters rush to attack the imperial army garrisons in various cities! Judging from the current situation, the main force of the cavalry under Li Yunlong's command post is coming and going like the wind, and it is difficult for our infantry units to catch up quickly! Now you can only order the garrisons everywhere to strengthen their security! ”

Iida Sadagu nodded and said, "Yo Xi, what you said is good." Chief of Staff, you immediately order the five fighters at Jinan Airport to take off immediately and head south for aerial reconnaissance. ”。

"Your Excellency Commander, it is still night at this time, the north wind is howling, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for the fighters to detect the opposing ground cavalry troops! You can only wait for dawn to be dispatched, Your Excellency, Commander! Keita Takeda reminded helplessly.

Thinking of this, Iida Zhengu was quite helpless, so he said: "Order Masuda Keiji to organize a cavalry, give me the traces of Li Yunlong's main cavalry, and try to find them as much as possible!" ”。

"Understood, Your Excellency, Commander. Go for it now! "Takeda Keita can only agree with the current method, after all, Li Yun's dragon cavalry comes and goes like the wind, and it is difficult to catch their main cavalry force.

At this time, when Iida Zhengu was furious when he learned that Yanzhou had been lost, Li Yunlong had already led his troops to cross the Yellow River from Dong'e to the north, bypassing Acheng and driving directly north by mountain road to attack Liaocheng.

The cavalry was super mobile, and soon the men and horses of all units came to the south of Liaocheng less than fifteen minutes before dawn and hid in the mountains and forests outside the southern city of Liaocheng, and there was no haste to attack the city for the time being.