After receiving Li Qiufan's order, the security brigade rushed straight towards Beiping, and after marching for several hours, they reunited with the third column.
With the addition of the garrison brigade, Li Yunlong's pressure was greatly reduced. Although the garrison brigade was a brigade-level organization, it actually had a strength of about 10,000 people.
The originally difficult situation was reversed in an instant, and the powerful firepower stunned the 57th Army.
After the security brigade arrived, Li Qiufan finally settled his worries.
Before the war started, he was most worried about the third column. After all, the third column suffered heavy losses and suffered many casualties.
In addition to the additional heavy artillery division troops, most of them have little combat experience and are usually only responsible for transporting ammunition and defending positions.
Therefore, Li Qiufan was very worried about Beiping, fearing that the three verticals would not be able to withstand the enemy's attack.
Once the Beiping defense line is torn open and the 57th Army launches an attack on the first column from the flank, the main position of Goujialing will be in danger.
The 57th Army naturally discovered the situation on the opposite position. After all, there were about 10,000 more troops out of thin air. Anyone who was not blind could see it.
The 57th Army immediately communicated with the 36th Army. After all, the 36th Army took the lead in this battle.
After learning that reinforcements had arrived from the other side, the commander of the 36th Army issued an order to cease the war.
It happened that it was almost evening, and the sky was gradually getting dark.
Afterwards, the commander of the 36th Army reported to Old Fox. After some thought, Old Fox asked him to withdraw to Gaojia Town at night.
With the addition of fresh troops to Li Qiufan's side, the national army's attack had no chance of success, so the old fox directly ordered the troops to withdraw to Gaojia Town.
After receiving the order, the commander of the 36th Army immediately notified the 57th Army and the 90th Army.
Around early morning, the three armies withdrew from their positions at the same time, leaving only a small number of troops on the position to hide their presence.
On Li Qiufan's side, the soldiers on the front line vaguely saw the movements of the enemy's position, but they only thought that the enemy was preparing for a night attack, and then they became vigilant.
It was not until around five o'clock, when the sky began to gradually brighten, that it was discovered that the enemy's large forces had withdrawn from their positions, and the remaining small forces were also withdrawing.
"Brother, the enemy troops on the opposite side ran away in the middle of the night. Do we want to pursue the remaining troops?"
Heizi was very annoyed after discovering the situation on the enemy's position, and immediately asked Li Qiufan.
"No more chasing, it's not worth it for these small fish and shrimps, we can just wait until the second column arrives!"
"In addition, send a telegram to the third and fourth columns to ask. The enemy's retreat must not only be on our side, but their side should also be withdrawn."
Li Qiufan shook his head at Heizi, and then asked him to send telegrams to the third and fourth columns to inquire.
After hearing this, Heizi reluctantly agreed, and then found the correspondent and asked him to send a telegram.
But before their telegrams could be sent out, telegrams from the third and fourth columns were sent, all of which revealed that the enemy troops on the opposite side had withdrawn.
Upon seeing this, Heizi returned to Li Qiufan directly with the telegram, and then handed it over to him.
"Three columns and four columns, don't look at it!"
"Just reply and ask them to hold their position and wait for orders."
Li Qiufan did not answer the telegram after seeing it, and waved his hand towards Heizi as he spoke.
After explaining the black man, Li Qiufan took a map and started reading it.
At this time, the Second Column was still about a day away from Goujialing. Before its arrival, Li Qiufan was ready to plan how to capture Gaojia Town.
The enemy army made no move after returning to Gaojia Town, as if they were waiting for Li Qiufan's arrival.
The reality is that the old fox's military strength is somewhat stretched, and he does not have many troops available.
From this, after learning that the People's Liberation Army in the direction of Baoji had reinforcements, they immediately gave up the attack and prepared to defend to the death.
Afterwards, one of the few remaining divisions was mobilized and went to Baoji to assist in the defense.
The division being transferred was the 30th Reorganized Division under Old Fox. This reorganized division had a strength of more than 10,000 men.
The reorganized 30th Division has been stationed on the north side of Linyou, and immediately rushed towards Baoji after receiving the order from the old fox.
On Li Qiufan's side, in addition to the imminent arrival of the Second Column, he also received another good news.
That was when the security brigade arrived from Lanzhou, Zhao Gang specially assigned a group of political cadres to come over.
After Li Yunlong sent someone to escort him to Goujialing, Li Qiufan laughed loudly.
Due to the lack of political cadres and the need to separate the troops for custody, Li Qiufan had no choice but to release all the prisoners.
Now that there are people who specialize in political work, and the second column is about to arrive, there is no need to worry about prisoners in the future.
The day passed quickly, and the second column arrived at Goujialing on time and met up with the first column.
"Lu Ming, how have you been in Ningxia recently?"
After seeing Lu Ming, Li Qiufan asked him with a smile.
"It's quite comfortable, but there is no fighting. I have nothing to do all day long, not to mention how troubled I am!"
After Lu Ming heard Li Qiufan's words, he said to him with a depressed face.
After driving Ningma's troops out of the border, Lu Ming took the Second Column and Wang Huzi's troops to station them.
Due to the strength of the two columns, the Ningma troops outside the country did not dare to invade the border. This also resulted in the two troops not fighting a single battle for so long.
After receiving the telegram from Li Qiufan, Lu Ming was so happy that he almost flew into the air, while Wang Huzi was full of envy.
"Don't worry anymore, there are plenty of battles waiting for you to fight!"
After hearing Lu Ming's words, Li Qiufan shook his head helplessly, and then said to him with a smile.
"Let's arrange for the troops to take a rest first. It just so happens that we can also discuss the next direction of attack."
After reminiscing about old times, Li Qiufan asked him to arrange the troops, and then asked his correspondent to notify Li Yunlong and Li Xiping to rush to Goujialing for a meeting.
The two immediately started setting off after receiving the order, and arrived at Goujialing not long after.
After meeting Lu Ming, Li Yunlong and Li Xiping suddenly realized what kind of meeting this was.
"Lao Lu, you are finally here, and now you have to help Lao Li get revenge!"
Li Yunlong was very excited to see Lu Ming arrive. This meant that he would launch another attack on the enemy, and then he would have the opportunity to avenge his sacrificed brother.
"Don't worry, Lao Li, your brother is my brother, and your hatred is the hatred of our entire Second Column!"
Although Lu Ming didn't know what happened, he guessed that the third column must have suffered heavy casualties, otherwise Li Yunlong would not have said this.
Then Lu Mingdang comforted Li Yunlong, and then everyone calmed down and looked at Li Qiufan.
