On a dark and windy night, Li Ziying quietly fortified the camp. There were many mosquitoes in summer. The soldiers applied medicated oil to repel mosquitoes and also had the function of refreshing the mind. The medicated oil was a wind oil essence produced by Hu Qingyutang.
It is called "Longhu Fengyoujing". Marching at night can also avoid the hot sun. The soldiers are more energetic and march very fast. They advance quickly and break away from the command of the Songwu Army.
As expected by Li Guolou, the patrol team of the Songwu Army had no doubts about Li Ziying's departure at night. They thought it was a normal military operation and a military operation arranged by the army chief. How could the patrol team dare to say anything? Li Guolou
Lou led a large group of troops toward the east and disappeared into the darkness.
None of his subordinates raised objections to Li Guolou's violation of military orders and leaving the Songwu Army without permission. Li Ziying's soldiers were tired of arresting villagers in the countryside. The generals also complained that they were not fighting on the front line. They were clearly doing labor service.
Li Guolou was a slave laborer who did the dirty work that was inferior to others. Therefore, Li Guolou was able to do the ideological work of his subordinates and successfully took away a team of nearly 2,000 people.
Other troops are an army with a designation and an area where they are stationed. However, Li Ziying can only be regarded as a small unit and has not yet become an independent army. The soldiers are also dissatisfied and feel inferior. Although they claim to be the Royal Guards,
At that time, I was bragging about myself and always had to have outstanding achievements. I couldn't cooperate with the large troops every time to achieve great military exploits.
The soldiers were eager for a real battle, hoping to annihilate the rebels in Ge Laohui and capture the enemy leader Lei Heng alive. They all silently endured the hardship of marching at night. In their hearts, they recognized the sudden night march initiated by Li Guolou and knew everything about it.
The officers encouraged the soldiers by saying that they were about to fight. The morale of the whole army was high and they headed towards unknown areas. They believed that Li Guolou could bring victory to Li Ziying.[
This army belongs to Li Guolou. It has been branded with Li Guolou's mark and is full of superstition about him. The team walked through the rugged winding path, crossed dangerous bridges, climbed mountains and waded through dense forests, and the team walked extremely hard.
.In a place in Shimen Village, it was already daylight. The large army stopped to rest, and a small group of rangers were sent out to inquire for news.
Watching the morning glow rising, Li Guolou's expression calmed down. After a night of rapid marching, he did not encounter any harassment from the rebels, which showed that the idle Shimen Village was no longer suitable for human habitation. The rebels hiding in the village,
It is far away from the large forces of the Songwu Army that were mopping up.
Li Guolou was thinking about a question: where would Lei Heng, who was having difficulty with supplies, hide the looted grain? Unfortunately, he didn't have clairvoyance and didn't know where the rebel army's grain was buried.
"Ma Dequan, give me the map." Li Guolou took the map, and the sky turned white. He wanted to use his brains to find out the weaknesses of the rebels, and force the rebels wandering in the countryside to come out and fight.
Fan Dahui walked into the dilapidated yard with a riding whip in hand and said carelessly: "Sir Li, if I were to ambush you in the forest, I would overwhelm your troops and not give you the chance to march hundreds of miles at night."
Li Guolou didn't even raise his head, still looking at the map on the stone mill, and replied: "Master Fan, is it so easy to survive in the forest? If the enemy dares to stay in the forest, I will set fire to them all. Do you believe it or not?"
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"Believe! How could I not believe it? Chief Li, I'm just testing it." Fan Dahui rolled his eyes twice and figured out the disadvantages of the forest. People can hide in dense forests, but when they meet people like Li Guolou,
Such an enemy is seeking death.
"What should we do next? Where will the troops move?" Fan Dahui really regarded Li Guolou as a god and thought that he could fight the war. He never thought that there were still many difficulties that needed to be overcome.
How did Li Guolou know which corner the enemy was hiding in? But since he had pulled out the team, he maintained his confident style and said confidently: "Don't worry, soldiers, the enemy is right under your nose. Follow the established route, and the front
There are enemy lairs."
"Really?" Fan Dahui was deceived and looked at the map area pointed by Li Guolou.
Diebu County is located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It is more than 200 miles long from east to west and more than 150 miles wide from north to south. The county has green mountains and clear waters, cascading ridges, hanging springs, waterfalls, and magical
Lakes, beautiful peaks, gorges, etc. are beautiful and spectacular. The climate is mild and humid, with four distinct seasons, severe cold in winter and scorching heat in summer.
The rebel army did not capture the natural danger of Lazikou, but the large army did not leave Diebu County. This is because there are mountains and rivers here, and the troops can easily survive in this rugged environment. If they had run to the plains, they would have been killed by the Qing army.
Eliminated those rebels who occupied county towns and villages and resisted
, had long been wiped out one by one by the Qing army. Only Lei Heng’s troops, who were roaming in the countryside of Diebu County, still survived tenaciously. Although the rebels are now surrounded by the Qing army, they are still able to survive in the dangerous environment.
, indicating that the rebels still have some food reserves and are not at the end of their rope.
"Luoda Township!" Fan Dahui looked at the area on the map and exclaimed.
"Yes! I predict that there is enemy grain in Luo Da Township. We will go straight into Luo Da Township and dig three feet into the ground to dig out the grain." Li Guolou was quite confident. He believed in his unique vision and calculated that Lei Heng
An act of self-preservation.
The rebels roaming in the countryside cannot carry a large amount of food with them. They need to hide some food on the route of action so that they can get supplies during the march. Luoda Township is just what Lei Heng likes.
"Okay! This is really exciting. I'm going to issue the order right now." Fan Dahui glanced at Li Guolou and had a strange thought. Li Guolou is so cunning. The last time a large force raided Luo Da Township, he suddenly
He remained silent until Li Ziying acted on his own and revealed the secret. Even Zhang Yao, who was his brother-in-law, dared to lie to him. Li Guolou was too bad.
Li Guolou raised his eyelids and smiled at Fan Dahui. As long as he was willing to use his brain, he could guess every move of the enemy. His innate talent allowed him to show his unparalleled military talent.
I'm tired of being a senior counselor and having to constantly explain to my superiors. It's better to form an independent army on my own and make war arrangements according to my own ideas.
It is completely possible to apply what you learned by stealing the skills. This time, he led nearly 2,000 troops and was able to fight the rebel army alone. Lei Heng's men died and fled, and the morale of the army was scattered. They remained in the countryside of Diebu County.
There are less than 4,000 to 5,000 insurgents, maybe even less. Looking at this situation, there will be insurgents on the battlefield. How can we miss this golden opportunity?
The most important point is that the aboriginal people in Diebu County have been almost wiped out by the Qing army. There are only two hostile armies fighting each other. The people wandering in the vast countryside are either Qing troops or insurgents.
The guerrillas of the army were captured
Opportunity leads to success. If Li Ziying wants to become the New Armed Forces, he must make new achievements. The ambitious Li Guolou seemed to see the flag of the New Armed Forces planted over Xiaozhan Town in Tianjin, and he became a prince along the way and became a
The commander-in-chief of a party with military say.
Although Li Guolou was a vassal under Li Hongzhang's wing and regarded himself as Li Hongzhang's confidant, he never considered Li Ziying to be a member of the Huai Army. This was a new royal army that completely followed the great thought of Emperor Tongzhi Zai Chun. A new type of army was established. His mentor Weng Tonghe was the founder of the New Armed Forces Army, and he happened to be at the cusp of the new era. Fortunately, he became a commander of the New Armed Forces Army, and the only commander. Li Guo Lou was quick-witted and used conspiracies and schemes to secretly sideline his mentor Weng Tonghe. He also wanted to kick out his senior Liu Mingchuan and turn the new martial arts hall into his own.[
Li Guolou was prepared for danger in times of peace. In a society based on seniority, he coordinated the relations between all parties and was accepted by various factions in the court. After Emperor Tongzhi came to power, he quickly emerged as a new force and showed his demeanor as a leader. No one dared to underestimate him. existence, this time in the northwest, he forcibly obtained a share of military exploits from Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.
In the early morning, the officers and soldiers of Li Ziying were stationed in Shimen Village, burying pots and making rice. The large troops were marching and could not hide their traces. According to wartime regulations, the officers and soldiers of Li Ziying maintained a high degree of vigilance to guard against enemy sneak attacks. Each small team was divided into clear sentries. Secret sentries are dispatched outside the village to inspect the situation in the surrounding areas.
According to the strategy formulated by Zuo Zongtang, it was only a matter of time before the Qing army defeated the rebels. To deal with the rebels wandering in Guangbo's countryside, the Qing army adhered to its consistent style of "containment" and first controlled strategic locations to prevent the rebels from escaping. In the Battle of Lazikou, the Qing army saw through the purpose of the rebel army's actions. Liu Jintang led the Old Hunan Army to successfully implement a containment, preventing a large number of the rebel army from escaping into Sichuan. With a great victory, it was announced that the Qing army had taken the initiative on the battlefield. Let The rebels did not have the guts to fight head-on.
Afterwards, various Qing armies compressed the living space of the rebels. Qing army Lei Zhengwan's troops eliminated the small group of rebels who were fleeing in southern Yan'an, and successfully recovered Ganquan County, Fu County, and Luochuan County.
The Huai army under Zhang Yao carried out a brutal sweep in Diebu County, denying the rebels a chance to grow and shrink the encirclement. However, the final victory would take time, and the Qing army would have to invest a lot of manpower and financial resources in accordance with the established strategy. The deployment made the rebel army a source of water, waiting to be killed and trapped in the small Diebu County.
This battle of wits and courage is not over yet. It is still unclear who will win. How powerful is the dying rebel army? Can it break the iron barrel formation set by Zuo Zongtang? The war is full of variables, and Li Guolou’s rash advance , is to give the rebels a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Li Guolou is good at gambling and also likes to play games with the enemy. He deliberately sold a flaw to Lei Heng to expose Li Ziying to the rebels to see if the enemy has the courage to fight. Once.
The insurgents who stayed in the countryside of Diebu County had no room for maneuver. They could either establish a base area so that thousands of insurgents could recuperate or recuperate. Or they could break out and go to areas where the Qing army was weak and recreate the great achievements of Ge Laohui. But These two points are extremely difficult for today's rebel army, because they met a strategist Zuo Zongtang.
Zuo Zongtang was a great military strategist, agriculturalist, and conspirator. His attitude towards the returning armies best reflected his renegade, cunning and changeable character. He was disrespectful to his enemies and had no loyalty to them. Acknowledge old scores and implement the strategy of distant friendship and close attack.
The Qing army never mentioned unrealistic slogans such as "Liberate the Northwest!" or "Liberate Xinjiang!" but made the most reasonable tactical adjustments based on the situation at hand. Like this Ge Laohui uprising, it was an emergency.
Zuo Zongtang’s strategic deployment has been slightly modified, but the overall idea remains the same.
After that, they continued to use military operations to recover the Qing territory occupied by the Hui people and not give the Ge Lao Hui rebels a place to stay. Zuo Zongtang adjusted his strategy, and the main force of the Qing army focused on dealing with the undeveloped Lei Heng's troops, accumulating a small victory.
In exchange for a great victory, the rebel army was trapped in the deserted Diebu County.
Today, there is no soil for rebellion in the Shaanxi-Gansu region. The villages that have long been devastated by the rebellion cannot support so many rebel soldiers.
The rebels who stayed in the mountains to recuperate have been demoralized since the battle at Lazikou. Soldiers fled every day. In addition, small groups of rebels were wiped out. When Lei Heng's troops rushed into Diebu County, there were tens of thousands of them.
, now there are less than three to four thousand people. The military morale has been lost, but the people's morale is intact.
Surrounded by dilapidated villages, the crop fields were overgrown with weeds, and the jungles were reduced to ashes. The Qing army euphemistically called it "burning the barren mountains!" This was the dilemma faced by the rebels. The rebels hiding in Tibet were scattered across the vast countryside.
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Lei Heng did not dare to gather the large troops together. The rebels scattered in the countryside fought on their own, living a full and hungry life.