late Qing Dynasty arrest

Guo Baochang didn't know much about Li Guolou's background.There are too many rumors, some of which are taboos in the court. Although he is famous in the army for his daring to speak and act, Guo Baochang never makes fun of Li Guolou's private life.Nowadays, many words such as "widow" and "old woman" have drawn a clear line with Li Guolou.An escort envoy was fighting for meritorious service at the front, and the deputy commander, Xu Zhanbiao, followed Li Guolou in everything, and the minister who deserved the most credit should push Li Guolou.In the booklet, let me first mention Li Ziying's achievements. Anyone who understands this kind of thing will do it.

Guo Baochang was quite polite to Li Guolou, and accompanied him patiently, reviewing the troops together.

Under the leadership of Battelle, the [-] death-defendants of the Li Ziying were inspected, each with a serious face, standing under the Li Zijun flag.

"Soldiers of Li Ziying, after this battle and the test of blood and fire, you are already a qualified soldier, a true warrior. There are still more difficult tasks waiting for you. Do you have the confidence to finish it?" Li Guolou looked at every familiar and unfamiliar face, it was he who turned these people into beasts and restrained them with the so-called military discipline.In fact, he was very satisfied with the two hundred death squads, but he didn't show it, and issued a righteous admonition.

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the task." The soldiers of Li Ziying shouted at the tsunami, watching Li Guolou with reverence.

"I'm here to reiterate military discipline again. The people are water, and the soldiers are boats. The end of fishing is doomed to failure. You must love the people and treat the captives well. When you return to Liziying, don't spread strange talks. Let me hear at least one Beat the whip. Do you understand everything?" Li Guolou glared at the soldiers, and he would not be soft on anyone who dared to speak nonsense.

"Understood!" The soldiers had tasted Li Guolou's whip, how could they offend Li Guolou's tiger prestige.

Li Guolou strolled in front of a group of soldiers with his hands behind his back, telling them to follow orders in all actions, and anyone who dares to violate military discipline will be killed without mercy!Make a decision!After some persuasion, he restrained the soldiers of Li Ziying with lofty ideals, and then left the fortress of Xiaokongtong in accordance with the people's will.

Commanders do not need to be at the forefront, and warfare has already undergone a qualitative change.The emergence of hot weapons made the commander stand in the front line and become a target. He came here mainly to study and observe, to train a group of commanders who understand military affairs, and to become the commander of one party in the future.Li Guolou justified himself, don't look at the weird looks of the soldiers behind him, sometimes the commander doesn't hear what's going on outside the window, and can only read scriptures from the old monk, how much did the soldiers listen to?He doesn't know either.

Just as Li Guolou left, Battelle stood where Li Guolou was standing just now. His stalwart body was even more terrifying, and he glared at his subordinates with a ferocious face, and shouted loudly: "Listen to me, you are not allowed to fart when you return to the barracks." Put one away. Who dares to boast of martial arts, I didn't use a whip to hit him a few times, and I directly hacked him, understand?"

"Understood!" The two hundred death squads nodded solemnly. Among them were all kinds of people, such as long husbands, student soldiers, Goshha, artillery officers, and even the foster soldiers of the Xishan Ruijian Camp, as well as the young Li Yun, Liu Guangcai.They all made a small fortune. Li Ziying set up a system, and the confiscated property was shared on an egalitarian basis. As for the captive women, they were all taken over by Guo Ziying, which was not Li Ziying's business.

The cold wind was blowing, and Li Guolou stood on the hillside of Xiao Kongtong and watched the barracks of the Qing army. There were deep moats, each tent was secretive, and the artillery stood like monsters on the loess plain. , an army of nearly 5000 people was oppressed in Xiao Kongtong, surrounded by two troops of Gao Liansheng and Huang Ding for protection. The Qing army oppressed the Hui army in the Dong Zhiyuan area with a meticulous formation.

The Hui army built more than 300 fortresses, thinking that they could resist the officers and soldiers by relying on natural dangers. He just wanted to speed up the liberation of Dong Zhiyuan, so that the stubborn Hui army could recognize the situation and surrender as soon as possible.The fate of the rebels in Lijiabao was the same as that of Xiao Kongtong, they were all thrown into the ravine.

Li Guolou walked back to the barracks like flying. He was drunk last night and didn't write. He wrote a memorial immediately after returning home. He had personally experienced a battle. He wanted to show off to Emperor Tongzhi so that the empress dowagers of the two palaces could rest assured.He doesn't regret what he has done. To be successful in his career is to have a backer. It is not shameful to be the head of the empress dowagers of the two palaces. Those who receive this kind of treatment are all capable.It is enough to take on the great responsibility of the community in order to be favored by Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Dowager Ci'an.

Before Li Guolou could write the memorial, he was called by Deputy Marshal Xu Zhanbiao to hold a military meeting to study the military plan for attacking Lijiabao. This is a fort made of stones. The casualties of attacking Lijiabao must be higher than that of attacking Xiao Kongtong. much.The formation of troops is related to the life and death of countless soldiers. In front of the huge model, the counselor marked the position of each army, and a red flag represented an army.

Li Guolou was not the commander before the war. He had already delegated the command of the artillery to Xun Xi, so he had no official position, and he silently listened to the opinions of the commanders of the various units.

The implementation plan of the campaign simulates the possible scenarios of both the enemy and us, hypotheses are put forward for various possibilities of the campaign, and the consumption of each army on the sand table is also proposed.As far as the battle is concerned, the coordination of the various troops before the battle is related to the outcome of the battle. There are no rhetoric here, only arguments over and over again, taking the cruelty of the battle into consideration.

No one in each army is willing to lag behind, and it is related to the reputation of the army and even more related to the promotion of every officer.During the war, officers are all obtained by fighting, and the value of soldiers is reflected on the battlefield.

There was a lot of quarrel at the military meeting. The two ethnic minorities, Peng Dingyue, the chieftain of the native soldiers, and Mo Baoguo, the chieftain of the Cu soldiers, were eligible to enter Lijiabao.Li Ziying worked together as an artillery battalion, and was the last to enter Lijiabao, still with a quota of 1200.

Which army is there to fight with?Let the army camp be full of quarrels, the generals of each army are at war, and they attack each other without shy away.

The strategy of massacring the city formulated by the deputy commander Xu Zhanbiao is just a means to let the stubborn return to the army realize that resistance is only a dead end.In the future, we will still focus on persuading surrender, and give preferential treatment to Hui people who surrender. This is an established national policy.Everyone knows very well that in the future, all armies must restrain military discipline, and the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty must appear in front of the world with an image of justice.So there are only so many war fortunes, what if the opportunity is missed?If the Hui army surrendered in Kaesong, it would be like encircling Dong Fuxiang's 10 horses, who could only confiscate some old weapons and ammunition.

Soldiers like to do things like massacre cities, and they can do whatever they want. When a righteous army kills the enemy, it will destroy everything of the enemy without mercy.

Li Guolou looked at the soldiers who were drinking with their shoulders and shoulders together last night. Today they turned their faces and scolded mercilessly. It is related to the income of a team, and no one is willing to back down. There will be no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry.

Hearing his comrades arguing in his ears, Li Guolou did not give up the [-] quotas of Li Ziying in a high-spirited manner. The soldiers of Li Ziying are eager to go to the battlefield, that is a dream, and he will not ruin his future.It doesn't matter to him to quarrel, let the deputy commander Xu Zhanbiao have a headache.Li Guolou looked at the battle map silently, recalling the speeches of each officer just now. A commander must be good at summing up experience and form a unique combat style under the premise of brainstorming and working together.

Gao Liansheng's army of the Chu army was taken care of. The deputy commander Xu Zhanbiao did not leave the opportunity to the Chu army this time, but gave Gao Liansheng's army the share of attacking the third fortress.Gao Liansheng happily accepted the important task of defending the flanks, preventing Cao Kezhong's troops from Lijiabao from breaking out to the west.

After Xu Zhanbiao issued the order, he specially warned: "You must not underestimate Cao Kezhong's troops. They are all rebellious officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and many of them are veterans. The rebel army in Lijiabao has two battalions. For our army I am very familiar with the tactics of the enemy. Be careful of the enemy's artillery. Artillery and infantry are combined to advance. Chieftain Peng and Chieftain Mo are not allowed to be brave. Bring artillery with you in street fighting. I heard the news of your heavy casualties."

Xu Zhanbiao sighed slightly. The Hui people looked at the Han rebels differently and did not trust them. They put these rebels on the frontier of the military as cannon fodder, and in the end the Qing soldiers killed each other.

How could the officers of the Qing Dynasty think highly of the two chieftains of minority ethnic groups, the people in the poor valleys, ignorant and ignorant, and they all let out a laugh with such a small number of people practicing battle formation.

Peng Dingyue, the chieftain of the native soldiers, and Mo Baoguo, the chieftain of the puppet soldiers, maintained a superior attitude, and replied: "It's Deputy Marshal Xu, we will be careful."

But the expressions of the two were eager to try, they just wanted to prove with their actions that the Tuchu soldiers were worthy of the title of the most powerful soldiers in the Qing Dynasty.Chieftain Peng Dingyue and Chieftain Mo Baoguo didn't pay much attention to the beleaguered Hui army. The native soldiers were best at fighting in the mountains, and a fortress with thousands of people happened to be their appetizer.

Guan Dai Xunxi saw that Li Guolou had been looking at the topographic map of Lijiabao, and knew that Li Guolou was still worried, so he said, "Deputy Marshal Xu, the general thought that the situation in Lijiabao was unfamiliar, and the artillery observers had limited vision. The extension effect of the artillery is not good. After the city gate is captured, the attack must be carried out step by step. It is better to drag the artillery to a high place, and wait for the bridgehead to be established before letting the infantry rush in. The rebel Cao Kezhong's troops are called stubborn, must be thinking In the street fighting in Lijiabao, there must be Francois cannons hidden in the blind corners, it is too dangerous for the army to rush in."

The generals couldn't help but gather in front of the huge model to take a closer look, Guo Baochang nodded slightly and said: "Well, not bad! The terrain of Lijiabao is suitable for street fighting. Xun Guandai can't see that you have a strategic vision and have a bright future. "

Xun Xi's greatest feature is his loud voice, his daring to speak and act, and he replied without humility: "Guo Shoubei still has vision. I came to Dong Zhiyuan to make meritorious service. I was the minister who made the first contribution to the construction of Li Ziying's artillery. So Deputy Marshal Xu favored me a lot, and recommended me to be Chief Qian, and let me form the first artillery battalion of the Sichuan Army."

The artillery battalion officer belonged to the rank of Qianzong. Xun Xi was bought by Xu Zhanbiao and went to the Sichuan army camp.He was originally the leader of a fort, in charge of [-] large and small cannons, but now he has been promoted to five ranks, and he has become the target of all parties.Although he was grateful for Li Guolou's support, he could only say sorry to Xinwutang if he went to a high place.

Li Guolou had a forward-looking attitude towards his subordinates who were favored by other troops and left the Xinwutang. The soldiers should separate as soon as possible. The warriors who get together will be a disaster for the country.Li Guolou glanced at Xu Zhanbiao, who was crying poor in front of him, and in the blink of an eye wanted to fund the formation of an artillery battalion.The fact that soldiers are generals can no longer be changed. Soldiers are fighting for generals.

The generals fought for the commander-in-chief. Now Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang are loyal and patriotic people. The country remains united, and their guns are unanimously aimed at the rebels.These soldiers were all promoted by the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces and Prince Gong. Now these soldiers know how to be grateful. Who will restrain these wealthy generals in the future?

Xu Zhanbiao was also watching Li Guolou, and it was also a skill to keep a low profile without saying a word.For Xun Xi's eloquent deduction of wars, it is actually the narration of the tactics class of Xinwutang. He can talk about wars on paper, and dare to lead a group of student soldiers to fight, combine theory with practice, and win a big victory. His ambition is not small.Li Guolou's palace is very deep, and his desire for power is very strong. He must be an important minister in the court in the future.

"Master Li, do you have any other comments?" Xu Zhanbiao spoke politely, with a rough appearance, but a meticulous heart, afraid that Li Guolou would be left out in the cold, so he asked.

"Deputy Marshal Xu, what is the purpose of our army besieging Lijiabao? Is it just to get a fortress? The officer thought that it was better to fight to force the return army to surrender early, so we must fight quickly, and resolve the battle with destructive courage and disintegrate the enemy. The spirit of the army, but it is definitely not to kill them all. Let a group of Hui people go back, let the so-called eighteen commanders know that our army is a division of benevolence and righteousness, as long as they surrender, they can live, so that the soldiers will not make unnecessary sacrifices." Li Guolou Tactfully put forward strategic revisions, try not to massacre the city, or use war to promote peace.

Xu Zhanbiao got it straight and said without hesitation: "Well, this idea is very good. After the commander ordered the invasion of Lijiabao, no one who put down his arms was allowed to be massacred, and ordinary people were not allowed to be harmed. You two chieftains know that What should I do?"

"Yes! We must abide by the military orders." Peng Dingyue, chieftain of the native soldiers, and Mo Baoguo, chieftain of the pagan soldiers, held their fists together to obey the orders. Who would care about the soldiers rushing to kill on the front line?This kind of military order is said and not said.

Li Guolou glanced at the officers in the army tents. These people were not his disciples. It was useless to ignore his words, and to maintain the arrogance of civilian officials.Once again, keeping his hands behind his back and not saying a word, he pretended to be cool, and stole all kinds of disposal plans from the military council, using doctrine is his biggest gain.