On Li Qiufan's side, everyone successfully evacuated the battlefield under the cover of the heavy artillery division's firepower, and was currently marching to the station.
On the way to retreat, Ding Wei found Li Yunlong, transformed into a curious baby, and asked Li Yunlong about Li Qiufan's strength.
After learning that Li Qiufan's column had more than 100,000 people, Ding Wei was immediately shocked.
It didn't take long for everyone to return to the station. At the same time, Zhao Gang also rushed back with the third division and the heavy artillery division.
"Qiu Fan, isn't he an enemy of the army? You have never fought against him?"
Zhao Gang asked Li Qiufan in confusion. Due to the emergency situation, he didn't have time to ask more questions before. Now that he saw Li Qiufan, he had to ask clearly.
"Let's assemble the troops first. We have to change our location. I'll tell you about this on the way!"
Li Qiufan shook his head helplessly, and he was speechless when talking about this matter.
Hearing what Li Qiufan said, Zhao Gang could only suppress his curiosity for the time being and cooperate with Li Qiufan to move his location.
After a few days of struggling, Li Qiufan finally led his troops to find a new location.
This is a rural area and is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The most important thing is its geographical advantage, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
After settling in the troops, Li Qiufan was finally able to have a good chat with Ding Wei. He admired Ding Wei very much.
After Ding Wei brought his troops here, he has been stationed together with Li Yunlong. The two had not seen each other for several years and missed each other so much that they could not sleep without holding hands.
After finishing business with the army, Li Qiufan called Zhao Gang together, and the two of them came to Li Yunlong's camp carrying several bottles of liquor.
"Hey, brother, you can come as soon as you come. Why did you bring something with you?"
Li Yunlong was chatting with Ding Wei when he looked up and saw Li Qiufan and Zhao Gang coming with wine, and immediately stood up to take it.
When Li Qiufan saw Li Yunlong reaching out to him, he turned aside and went straight to Ding Wei.
"Old Ding, we've finally settled down now, we have to have a good drink!"
Li Qiufan held the liquor in both hands, waved it in front of Ding Wei and said.
"Haha, brother Qiu Fan, you are too polite! I, Ding Wei, will sacrifice my life to accompany you today!"
Ding Wei was also a happy person. He took Li Qiufan and Zhao Gang to sit down and started chatting, while Li Yunlong was left looking slightly embarrassed.
"Ahem, bro, can I prepare two dishes?"
Li Yunlong coughed twice to attract everyone's attention, and then said to Li Qiufan.
"Haha, when this old man comes, you have to prepare some hard work, otherwise, if word spreads, you will be said to be stingy!"
Li Qiufan looked at Li Yunlong with a smile and said jokingly.
"That's for sure! Your brother and the political commissar are here, and Old Ding is also here. Can we, Old Li, do some errands? Just wait for me!"
Upon hearing Li Qiufan's words, Li Yunlong immediately patted his chest, made some heroic remarks and went into the forest with his guards.
Seeing Li Yunlong's leaving figure, Li Qiufan and the other three smiled and shook their heads. This old Li is really cute!
The three of them didn't chat for long before Li Yunlong came back with his men, carrying a roe deer in his hand, while the guard carried two pheasants.
"Dude, how do you like this thing?"
Li Yunlong proudly shook the roe deer and said to Li Qiufan.
"The Northeast is better, there are game everywhere!"
Seeing the roe deer and pheasant in Li Yunlong's hands, Li Qiufan couldn't help but sigh. In future generations, let alone pheasants, there would be no pheasant feathers.
After a busy meal by the cooking team, two small pots of stew were served.
Although it doesn't have much seasoning, it still smells fragrant and makes people want to eat.
"I said, Lao Li, your cooking team can cook. You will be transferred to my headquarters later!"
While Li Qiufan was intoxicated by the smell of meat, he joked with Li Yunlong again.
"That's not possible! My cooking squad leader is my treasure. Don't say you want it, even if the King of Heaven comes, we, Old Li, won't give it to you!"
When he heard that Li Qiufan beat him Qiufeng and still wanted his own cooking class, Li Yunlong's eyes widened immediately and he didn't agree with anything.
"Looking at how stingy you are, should I ask you for troops?"
Li Qiufan shook his head helplessly, thinking that Li Yunlong was really Pixiu, and he couldn't bear any loss.
"Okay, the jokes are over, it's time for us to drink!"
"To express my welcome, let me respect Lao Ding first. I'll do whatever you want with this bowl!"
While everyone was joking, Zhao Gang suddenly picked up the wine bowl and got right to the point and toasted.
Seeing this, Ding Wei quickly picked up the bowl, touched it with Zhao Gang and drank it all in one gulp.
"Old Ding, Political Commissar Zhao has told you to do whatever you want, so just do whatever you want!"
Seeing Ding Wei pouring wine, Li Yunlong seemed to have seen his fate and hurriedly reminded him.
"That's what they said, but that's not what happened. Don't you still know who I, Old Ding, am?"
Ding Wei shook his head at Li Yunlong, but there was one thing he didn't say out loud, which was how good a political commissar could drink.
But later on, Ding Wei suffered an old sin. Zhao Gang drank with him throughout the whole process. He would respect him whenever he disagreed, and he would drink it all the way to the end.
This way of drinking directly made Ding Wei suspicious. He couldn't help but wonder if Zhao Gang was a political commissar. This was the first time he had seen such a political commissar.
Seeing Ding Wei's embarrassment, Li Qiufan and Li Yunlong looked at each other and laughed secretly.
This is Zhao Gang, the political commissar raised by Li Qiufan, who can fight the Japanese with a big blade!
The final result was that Zhao Gang was tipsy, Li Qiufan and Li Yunlong were still sober, and Ding Wei was carried onto the kang by three people.
In the days that followed, because he could not contact the headquarters of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, Ding Wei did not leave in a hurry and stayed directly with Li Qiufan.
Every day, a few people would sit together and chat, discussing situations and tactics.
In the past few days of communication, Li Qiufan admired Ding Wei more and more. His strategic vision was not as advanced as usual, and Li Qiufan learned a lot.
Ding Wei was also attracted by Li Qiufan's talk about special operations, and the two began to feel some sympathy for each other.
This pleasant day lasted for a few more days, and suddenly Li Qiufan received a telegram from the headquarters of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army.
The other party first asked if they had encountered Ding Wei's troops, and then asked about Li Qiufan's stationed location and the current status of the troops.
Li Qiufan directly asked the dispatcher to answer truthfully, and reported all the situation and location of his troops, as well as Ding Wei's situation.
But after waiting for a long time, a telegram from the coalition headquarters made Li Qiufan frown.
The other party's reply was just one sentence, allowing Ding Wei's troops to quickly return to the army, but there was no word about Li Qiufan's arrangements.
