Iida had no choice but to withdraw from his military headquarters in a hurry and moved to the direction of Xicheng in Jinan.

Under the cover of more than 50 Japanese soldiers, the Japanese personnel of the 12th Army Headquarters led by Iida Sadagu urgently moved to the direction of Xicheng in less than five minutes, and Li Yunlong and others had already led the cavalry into the 12th Army headquarters of the little devils.

"Regiment commander, I have searched it all over, and I have found no trace of Iida Sadagu and other little devils in the military headquarters, and it is estimated that they have been withdrawn before we entered the headquarters." Everyone searched for a while, and then Duan Peng, the captain of the special combat team, personally walked up to Li Yunlong and saluted.

Li Yunlong was quite a pity, although he had already waved and stormed Iida Sadagu's headquarters, but a Japanese squadron blocked by the periphery was stubbornly blocked, and it took a lot of effort to break into the Japanese 12th Army headquarters. However, at this time, Iida Sadagu and other Japanese military personnel had already withdrawn.

At this time, Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion who commanded the troops to conduct a search, walked quickly in front of Li Yunlong, saluted and said hurriedly: "Regiment commander, according to the torture of a captured Japanese soldier, Iida Zhengu has moved to the Xicheng city. At this time, it is impossible to catch Iida Sadagu. Jinan is too big, and the area of Xicheng is very large, Iida Sadagu can hide in the city at any time and mobilize other Japanese defenders at each city gate to attack us! What to do? ”。

Li Yunlong looked around at the little devil's military headquarters at this time, and felt very sorry in his heart that he didn't catch the old devil Iida Zhengu. It would be nice to be able to kill Iida Sadagu. After all, Iida Sadagu was the commander of an army in the Japanese army, and he held a high position, and killing Iida Sadagu was bound to boost the prestige of the Eighth Route Army.

But it's a pity, but at this time, it is estimated that the Japanese troops in the direction of other city gates in Jinan City have come to their senses. At this time, if the battle continued in Jinan, it would inevitably fall into the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Yunlong waved his hand and ordered: "Order all brothers, withdraw!" Withdraw from the east gate, and we quickly withdraw from the range of Jinan City after we leave the city. Hurry up, hurry up! ”。

Not greedy for the continuation of the results of the battle, Li Yunlong waved an order, and hurriedly ordered all troops to assemble, and the war horse galloped and shook again, and killed from the east gate.

At this time, Sun Desheng, the commander of the cavalry company who responded outside Dongcheng City, saw that the main cavalry led by Li Yunlong and others had already killed out of the east gate, and after meeting the division, they took advantage of the cover of night to withdraw from Jinan City without hesitation or greed, and turned south.

A few minutes later, Iida Sadagu, who had hastily retreated to a temporary respite somewhere in the Xicheng area of Jinan, received a report from the heralds sent by the Japanese defenders of the north and south gates who wanted to attack and advance in the direction of Dongcheng.

"Report to Your Excellency General, the main force of the Chinese cavalry has withdrawn from Dongcheng, and our men sent five hundred infantry to pursue, but they were blocked back by the opponent's cavalry! The enemy cavalry is numerous, and the infantry can't catch up! The casualties are huge! The Japanese herald urgently reported to Iida Sadagu.

Iida Zhengu had stabilized at this time, and when he heard this, he waved his hand and said in a condensed voice: "Order the cavalry squadron to go out and chase the main cavalry force of the Eighth Route Army, you must bite them!" By the way, where did the cavalry retreat of the Eighth Route Army turn? ”。

"Report to Your Excellency, look at the direction of the retreat of the main force of the opposing cavalry, to the south! But under the cover of the night, after leaving the city from the east gate, there are many roads, and the Chinese army can also retreat in the east direction! ”

At this time, Major General Keita Takeda, chief of staff of the 12th Army on the side, said to Iida Sadagu: "Your Excellency General, I think it is better to stabilize Jinan City. If Li Yunlong's cavalry suddenly withdrew and hid around Jinan, and waited for the main force of our infantry to go out of the city to pursue and attack Jinan again, it would be troublesome. At this time, it was night, and under the biting cold wind, it was too dangerous to go out of the city to pursue at night. ”。

"Yo Xi, Chief of Staff, you're right! Just do as you say! ”

Iida Sadagu thought about it and said to the chief of staff, Keita Takeda.

At this time, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a Japanese staff officer walking up to Iida Sadagu and said, "Your Excellency General, call from Beiping!" The commander of the front army, General Tada Jun, telegraphed back and ordered us to do everything possible to entangle this person once it is found out that the attacking enemy army is Li Yunlong's department! A reconnaissance plane has been dispatched from Nanyuan Airport to cover and cooperate with your department in the air. ”。

"Call back to Beiping and say that I have received an order! Your Excellency the Commander, rest assured! Iida Sadagu waved his hand and said in a condensed voice.

It's just that at this time, for Takeda Keita, if the enemy army that had already attacked the inner city before was Li Yunlong's troops, but at this time, the other party already had war horses as support, coming and going like the wind, and it would be even more difficult to entangle Li Yunlong's cavalry troops.

However, Tada-kun's order had already been issued, and Iida Sadagu could only reluctantly order the Japanese staff officer to call back Tada-kun.

At this time, when Iida Sadagu sent a cavalry squadron to chase after Li Yunlong's cavalry, Li Yunlong's main cavalry force had already taken advantage of the cover of night and wind and snow to gallop south.

Due to the heavy snow and deep snow, it was extremely difficult for the Japanese army to pursue it with the traces left by the galloping horses.

After all, heavy snow was falling, and the snow would cover the horse prints of the war horse galloping out in less than a few seconds.

And Li Yunlong and others led this cavalry unit whose cavalry tactics were not very skillful, all the way south and entered the mountains.

Because Lishan was too close to Jinan City, Li Yunlong and others did not stop after leading their troops to enter Lishan, but continued to command the troops to move to the direction of Mount Tai.

Mount Tai runs through the middle of Shandong, in the territory of Tai'an, between Tai'an and Jinan, it was called "Daishan" and "Daizong" in ancient times, and it was renamed "Taishan" in the spring and autumn period. Mount Tai is adjacent to Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, and the spring city of Jinan is at the back. Mount Tai rises in the east of the North China Plain, above the Qilu Plain, east of the sea, west of the Yellow River, south of Wen, Si, Huai's water, east and west long about 200 kilometers, north and south wide about 50 kilometers, the main vein, the branch vein, the remaining vein involves more than ten counties around the area, the area of 426 square kilometers, the main peak of the Jade Emperor Peak is 1545 meters above sea level.

In addition, Mount Tai was regarded by the ancients as the paradise of "straight to the emperor's seat", and became the sacred mountain that the people worshipped, and the emperor sacrificed, and there was a saying that "Mount Tai is safe, and the four seas are safe". From Qin Shi Huang to the Qing Dynasty, there have been 13 generations of emperors to ascend Mount Tai to seal Zen or sacrifice, and 24 generations of emperors have sent officials to worship 72 times.

There are more than 20 ancient buildings and more than 2,200 steles and stone carvings on the magnificent mountain of Mount Tai. Taoism and Buddhism regard Mount Tai as "the country of immortal mountains and Buddhas", deify Mount Tai, and build a large number of palaces and temples in Mount Tai. Mount Tai is the symbol of the Chinese nation, the epitome of oriental culture, the place of sustenance of the idea of "the unity of heaven and man", and the spiritual home of the Chinese nation. Moreover, Mount Tai is steep and mountainous, and you can also wait for the opportunity to take Mount Tai as the main base place, and you can attack the surrounding Tai'an, Jinan, and Zibo City in all directions, which is very advantageous.

Moreover, among Mount Tai, there are many local guerrillas led by the Eighth Route Army, although the number is small, but with the momentum of Mount Tai, it is still possible to stabilize the base area in it. Although the Japanese army entered the mountains for a long time to encircle and suppress, the effect was not great.

To the south of Mount Tai, there is Mengshan Mountain, and to the east there are mountains such as Yishan, and the mountains are connected, and you can withdraw from Mount Tai at any time, transfer to these mountainous areas, and avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army.

"Commander, this is Tarzan! Sure enough, it is a good place for mountains and mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and a good place to fight guerrillas! Entering Mount Tai, Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, smiled at Li Yunlong.