"That's right, you are the godfather of our Lao Li's son, and my son will recognize you as the one!"
Li Yunlong patted Li Qiufan on the shoulder and said to him.
"Haha, that's a great feeling. Where are my sister-in-law and the child now?"
Li Qiufan was also very happy. After all, it was the first time for a big girl to sit in a sedan chair!
"Now that they are assigned to the rear base, I miss them too, but we, Lao Li, still have to fight, so we can't take care of them for the time being."
When Li Yunlong heard Li Qiufan ask about his wife and son, he immediately missed him.
"Alas, where would a small family be without everyone!"
Since coming to this war-torn era, Li Qiufan finally realized the meaning of this sentence.
Until the turmoil subsides, ordinary people will not be able to live a stable life at all.
"Stop talking about this, brother, how are you going to fight this battle? We, Lao Li, listen to you!"
Li Yunlong waved his hand and asked about Li Qiufan's arrangements for him.
"Go to the headquarters first, I'll introduce some people to you, and then we'll talk about the war!"
When Li Yunlong asked about his arrangements, Li Qiufan said he was not in a hurry and pulled him towards the headquarters.
It was already evening, and everyone had eaten and was ready to rest.
But suddenly Li Qiufan sent someone to call them all to the headquarters, which puzzled everyone.
"Hey, Lao Li, you're here!"
Zhao Gang was the first to rush over. As soon as he walked into the headquarters, he saw Li Yunlong chatting with Li Qiufan.
"Haha, Political Commissar Zhao, long time no see!"
Li Yunlong looked up and saw that it was Zhao Gang. He immediately stood up and went over to greet him, giving Zhao Gang a warm hug.
"It's been such a long time!"
Zhao Gang was also very happy to see Li Yunlong, after all, they had fought side by side so many times.
"Okay, you two, if you don't know better, you might think you're hugging a girl, you two gentlemen are just gossiping!"
Seeing Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang hugging each other and not letting go, Li Qiufan said with disgust.
"Isn't this happy? Qiu Fan, don't talk nonsense!"
Zhao Gang was still thin-skinned and felt a little embarrassed when Li Qiufan teased him.
Just when Zhao Gang was embarrassed, others arrived one after another.
Looking at the crowd that kept walking in, several Li Yunlong felt familiar and clearly remembered that they were cadres at the division and brigade level.
"Brother, have you been promoted?"
Li Yunlong came to Li Qiufan's side and whispered into his ear.
"Promoted? What promotion?"
Li Qiufan was a little confused by the question and didn't understand what Li Yunlong meant.
"Why do you have so many division commanders and brigade commanders in your headquarters? I thought I went to the wrong place and ended up at the headquarters!"
Li Yunlong quietly pointed to a few division and brigade commanders he was familiar with and said to Li Qiufan.
"They, I thought you were talking about something!"
Li Qiufan finally reacted when he saw the people Li Yunlong pointed at, and then told him about his relationship with everyone.
"That's what happened. I thought you got promoted again, brother!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's explanation, Li Yunlong realized why there were so many division and brigade level cadres. They turned out to be Li Qiufan's students.
Next, Li Qiufan introduced Li Yunlong to everyone. Except for a few people who had known Li Yunlong for a long time, the others knew that the troops coming to join together had arrived.
"Now that everyone is here, let's discuss where to fight the Jinsui Army!"
After everyone was polite, Li Qiufan got down to business and started discussing where to start the fight with the Jinsui Army.
After everyone's discussion, it was finally decided to intercept the opponent in a place called Zeshan County and start a war with the opponent.
The terrain of Zeshan County is not that good, just because there is no good geographical location along the way, coupled with the excessive number of troops this time, the terrain of Zeshan County is not enough.
Moreover, in this kind of war involving hundreds of thousands of people, except for success in tactics and hard power, those conspiracies and tricks will not work at all.
After the discussion, Li Qiufan made another decision, which was to march overnight to Zeshan County.
Although there is still plenty of time at the moment, Li Qiufan always believes that the pictures on the map are not called pictures.
He really didn't feel at ease without seeing the terrain with his own eyes. If anything went wrong, he would have time to redeploy.
"Old Li, your troops must be exhausted when they arrive here, so we should start again tomorrow morning!"
Considering that Li Yunlong's troops had just traveled such a long way, Li Qiufan decided to let his troops rest at the station for one night before setting off for Zeshan County the next day.
"Okay, I listen to you!"
Li Yunlong agreed simply because his troops really needed a rest.
In addition, this was Li Qiufan's order, so he had no reason to refuse. Besides, it was not like there was a battle going on early.
After arranging the remaining personnel, the large army began to set off towards Zeshan County.
This time, Li Qiufan brought Zhao Gang and others with him. After all, everyone wanted to witness such a big scene.
Except for one regiment that stayed at the garrison, all other troops also rushed to Zeshan County.
After marching for two days and one night, the troops finally arrived at the battlefield of the battle, a plain east of Zeshan County.
This is the only way for the Jinsui Army to pass, because only here can an army of 100,000 people pass through, and the other roads are all narrow paths.
"Heizi, walk around the neighborhood with me!"
As soon as he arrived at his destination, Li Qiufan asked Heizi to walk around the area to see if there was any place that could become a defensive loophole.
After half a day, Li Qiufan and Heizi rushed back to the army, and at the same time convened a meeting of cadres.
"I've seen this place, and most of the places are similar to what's marked on the map. There's only a river three miles to the north that can go around to our rear!"
After everyone arrived, Li Qiufan spread out the map, pointed at a place and said to everyone.
"Then we need to send heavy troops to defend here. If the enemy crosses the river and circumvents the rear, then we will be in danger!"
Zhao Gang looked at where Li Qiufan was pointing and said with a frown, and the others nodded in agreement.
"Yes, I plan to let Li Yunlong defend the river when the time comes. What do you think?"
Li Qiufan nodded and directly stated his idea, which was to let Li Yunlong lead the troops to defend.
Li Yunlong's troops number more than 20,000, which is definitely more than enough to defend the river.
Relying on the river defense, as long as nothing unexpected happens, he can defend even if he is attacked by an enemy twice his size.
Moreover, the Jinsui Army would not send so many people across the river. If they really sent 40,000 people to cross the river, the remaining 60,000 people would be nothing more than food.
No one had any objections to Li Qiufan's idea. Upon seeing this, Li Qiufan immediately decided on the matter, and then began to arrange the positions of each unit.
