Chapter 560 Li Guolou and Liu Jintang Victoriously Join Forces
A criticism meeting was held in Li Guolou's camp. The protagonist of the criticism was Liu Jintang. They all believed that the final military exploits had been robbed. Similarly, Liu Jintang's camp also denounced Li Guolou's bad luck. There were so many teams in the Qing army.
After suppressing the bandits in Diebu County, the rebels were forced to go into deep ravines and live a life of hunger and cold. Everyone knows that Lei Heng's rebels are like grasshoppers after autumn and cannot grow long!
In the end, the rebel army ran into the guns of Li Ziying, and the main force of the rebel army was wiped out by Li Ziying. There were so many Qing troops and tens of thousands of people working hard, but all they got was in vain. The officers and soldiers of Jinziying did not think that they
Taking the credit from Li Ziying, they felt that they had been wronged. Everyone from top to bottom was denounced as a clown. Li Guolou only took advantage and made Zhang Yao's Songwu Army a laughing stock. People like Li Guolou,
It has no foothold in the army.
"You villain, you villain, you disobeyed military orders and left the Songwu Army without authorization. This behavior is contempt for military orders. Cutting off Li Guolou's head is considered a minor offense." Dong Fuxiang stroked his big beard and learned to care.
The man in the emperor's temple looked at the bonfire and narrowed his eyes, as if Li Guo Tower had fallen into his hands, and he could only kill Ma Su with tears.
Yu Enhu was a martial arts scholar. He was taller and taller than Dong Fuxiang. Even when he was sitting down, his stalwart body looked like an iron tower. He said shamelessly: "Hey, after all, I was a bit unlucky. I captured less than fifty prisoners."
People, I heard that Li Ziying arrested more than 2,000 people. Liu Zhoutong, what do you think we should do?"
There is something in Yu Enhu's words. The deeper meaning is to ask Liu Jintang to bring back more prisoners of war. When the troops return to Yan'an, let Zuo Zongtang see the illustrious military exploits of Jinzi Camp. Where to capture the prisoners? Of course, start from Li Ziying.
Picking up ready-made prisoners of war, this kind of thing is often exchanged between armies. Similarly, when Zhang Yao's battle report is given to Zuo Zongtang, the Songwu Army's military exploits will be recorded.[
Ge Lao Hui Lei Heng's rebellion in Yan'an was a big event. It frightened the Qing court even more than the Hui people's rebellion. They were afraid that Lei Heng's rebel army would become the second largest in the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom! Now Zuo Zongtang is personally in charge of Yan'an, which is enough to show that the Qing army rebelled against Lei Heng.
The war in the northwest put the focus of military strikes into this purge. The Battle of Jinjibao was in a truce period. The Qing army commander Liu Songshan was conducting rounds of negotiations with the returning army leaders Ma Hualong and Ma Yaobang.
Zuo Zongtang used deceitful techniques to deceive the separatist forces of the returning armies, making the returning armies in the northwest think that there was still room for maneuver with the Qing Dynasty. The imperial court did not want to continue the war, and would allow a high degree of local autonomy. They would attack them separately.
! This is Zuo Zongtang’s way of using troops. The troops he has available are said to be 200,000 horses, but in fact only 40,000 to 50,000 horses can be drawn out to fight. Other armies are good at defending cities and guarding dangerous passes. They can be drawn to fight in the wild.
There were just a few armies here and there, and the tactics of demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall were not defeated by the Hui army, so the Qing army actually co-existed peacefully with the Hui army, and even withdrew from some strategic locations.
The returning army did not see through the weak side of the Qing army. They thought that the 200,000 Chu troops in the northwest would be able to fight, and were frightened by Zuo Zongtang's reputation. At this time, the returning armies in the northwest failed to seize the favorable opportunity.
, implemented a desperate counterattack, missed the God-given opportunity, and would soon taste the taste of failure. Li Guolou defeated the main force of the rebel army and eliminated more than 4,000 enemies. Liu Jintang captured Lei Heng alive, which was a watershed in the Great Northwest Campaign. After that, the Qing army
The main force was transferred to Suzhou and Jinjibao. The Qing army would then launch bloody revenge on the enemies of Jinjibao.
The whole story is that on the front line of Jinjibao, when Liu Songshan, the admiral of the Qing army, was negotiating with Ma Hualong, Ma Yaobang and his son, the leaders of the Hui army, an unexpected thing happened. Because of a verbal conflict, a Hui army general suddenly took out his hidden
With his pistol, Liu Songshan was killed on the negotiation table. This incident was unexpected by everyone present. It was really an accident. Even the leader of the returning army was dumbfounded. The two sides could no longer talk. But Ma Hualong was responsible for settling the score.
The murder of Ma Yaobang and his son also became the trigger for the Qing army to brutally retaliate against hundreds of thousands of people in Jinjibao.
The irrational act of a famous rat actually harmed hundreds of thousands of Hui people. How should history evaluate this shot?
This incident made Zuo Zongtang extremely sad, and Liu Jintang was temporarily concealed. The officers and soldiers of Jinziying who were in Diebu County to suppress bandits did not know about it.
Li Guolou didn't know about this either. He had a high position and could see battle reports from various places. During this period, there were suddenly no battle reports about Jinjibao. He once wrote to Xu Zhanbiao and Huang Ding specifically about this matter. They got it.
His reply was that Jinjibao was in a truce period and nothing major happened, so he was told not to worry.
Since Liu Jintang captured Lei Heng alive, he still had to have enough military exploits, otherwise he would be sued by Li Guolou. It would not sound good to rob Li Ziying of his credit. In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that the two battalions of Jinziying this time
, it was a tiger's mouth that snatched food, and Li Guolou was tricked alive. Jinziying stayed away from the bloody hand-to-hand battle, but the fruits of victory were picked. If Li Guolou didn't have any suspicion in his heart, he would have sent someone to contact him long ago.
He took Jinziying seriously and did not send a liaison officer, which meant that Li Guolou was in a mood.
Liu Jintang snorted coldly and said: "Li Guolou owes me a lot, and I haven't settled the debt with him in Lazikou yet. I'll go and meet him in person tomorrow. The brat's hair hasn't even grown yet, so he can't make a difference.
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Liu Jintang took the initiative and counted the Jinziying soldiers who died at Lazikou as helping Li Guolou. Jinziying was guarding Lazikou for Liziying. Originally, Liziying was going to die, but how could it be defended?
Lazikou? In this way, even if Li Guolou pays off his debt with 200 horses, he can get it with peace of mind. Fan Dahui once asked Liu Jintang to collect debts, but he scolded him back. The battle of Lazikou made Liu Jintang famous all over the world, and also gave him the capital to offend Li
Guolou. In this battle of Luo Daxiang, Jinziying must capture at least half of the prisoners, so that it can be considered as clear with Li Guolou. The shamelessness of the military commander is vividly reflected in Liu Jintang. He does not think that he has taken advantage of Li Guolou.
All we can say is, "The help provided by the old Hunan Army is not private. Raising troops requires a lot of blood."
Dong Fuxiang said angrily: "Yes! We need to settle things with Li Guolou. The Hui people of Dong Zhiyuan were oppressed by Wei Hanyu, the magistrate. The man named Wei used Li Guolou as a shield and used the chicken feathers as arrows."
Liu Jintang glanced at him and said: "Don't worry about Dong Dusi's matter about Dong Zhiyuan. Let him go wherever he wants. Jinjibao, Xining is so rich that it is a suitable place for the old man to retire."
Dong Fuxiang understood in his heart and smiled knowingly. With Liu Jintang's words, his 100,000 refugee army will all live and work in peace and contentment. He took a fancy to Jinjibao, a geomantic treasure land, and moved out of Dong Zhiyuan's ruins.
Tribes immigrated to Jinjibao. After clearing out the Hui people in Jinjibao and taking advantage of this strategic location, the Dong family will thrive in Jinjibao.
"Liu Zhoutong, what if Li Guolou refuses?" Yu Enhu had seen the bravery of Li Ziying, who was no worse than the old Hunan Army in fighting. He was still frightened, fearing that Li Guolou would show his bastard temper and fall out at any time.
It's not good if you get stiff.
Liu Jintang chuckled and said: "General Yu, if I can capture Lei Heng alive and steal the credit in front of Li Ziying's cavalry, I won't be afraid of Li Guolou falling out. After all, he is still a scholar and cannot withstand threats. My official title will not be better than his."
Xiao, we still don’t know who will bow his head.”
Liu Jintang's words were reassuring. Anyway, Lei Heng was in the hands of Jinziying. Several officers were smiling happily. It was impossible not to be promoted. They would pay their respects to Li Guolou first and see each other as a courtesy.
"Hey! Li Guolou is really a blessed general. Lei Heng made a mistake and brought the main force to Luo Da Township, which is a taboo for military strategists. Let me ask Lei Heng what he thinks?"
Enhu was looking for trouble and wanted to see the arrested Lei Heng, so he walked deep into the jungle.
Everyone is curious. These Qing generals wanted to see something new about the leader of the rebellion. They asked Lei Heng why he killed Gao Liansheng. Do you regret the rebellion?
Lei Heng was like a monkey who was visited by the Qing army. Liu Jintang treated Lei Heng kindly, gave Lei Heng good food and drink, and sent a special person to guard him to prevent Lei Heng from committing suicide. Zuo Zongtang said that he would execute himself, and he would wait for a few days with Lei Heng.
The heart of a traitor was to pay homage to the dead Gao Liansheng, but the living Lei Heng was valuable and had to be escorted to Yan'an. These soldiers worshiped Zuo Zongtang and strictly implemented Zuo Zongtang's military orders. They never thought that they would force Zuo Zongtang to go to Liangshan.
Eviscerating one's heart is a technical job, and Zuo Zongtang was not good at it.[
Dong Fuxiang did not move his buttocks and was not interested in the prisoners, so he asked: "Liu Zhoutong, what should Li Guolou do if he wants to see Lei Heng tomorrow?"
"If you don't show me, from tomorrow onwards, no one will be allowed to approach Lei Heng. You will escort Lei Heng to Yan'an. What kind of bad idea is there in Li Guolou thinking that I don't know? I'm not a fool, you don't want to
Provoke Lei Heng, be careful on the road." Liu Jintang is good at strategizing, and with the heart of a villain, he thinks that Li Guolou will rob people, and treats Lei Heng as a treasure, and does not even give Li Ziying a chance to visit.
"Yes! Li Guolou is a cunning little guy who doesn't look authentic at first glance. He worked so hard this time because he saw that Lei Heng was vulnerable. This merit is worth a lot of money. Why didn't Jinjibao go? Why did he give up Lazikou to perform meritorious service?
opportunity? He also abandoned the Songwu Army. This kind of friendly army is not trustworthy." Dong Fuxiang immediately gave Li Guofan three doses of bad medicine because the Hui people in Dong Zhiyuan were treated unfairly, and the county magistrate Wei Hanyu was not kind to the Hui people who immigrated to Dong Zhiyuan.
, the Hui people of Dong Zhiyuan called the county magistrate Wei Hanyu, "Wei Bapi!" Who was Wei Bapi's backstage? Of course it was Li Guolou. So he put the blame on Li Guolou and continued to slander Li Guolou.
Liu Jintang is the second in command of the Hunan Army. He has a high IQ and can handle factional struggles with ease. The troops under his command obey his orders not only through affiliation, but also through relationships. Dong Fuxiang is able to fight, but he is not stupid.
A loyal man who pulled out "100,000 troops" in troubled times and led the refugee army to surrender to the Qing Dynasty on the grounds of filial piety. He was also a snob who took advantage of the situation. In order to ensure that the status of the Hunan Army was not threatened, he
Of course, he would not say anything good about Li Ziying. Li Guolou's high appointment by the commander-in-chief Zuo Zongtang was a threat to his status. Therefore, he kept belittling Li Guolou. How could anyone see through what he was thinking.
Liu Jintang was well aware of the virtues of his subordinates, so he pretended to be grateful, put his hand on Dong Fuxiang's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Dong Dusi analyzed it thoroughly, I will guard against Li Guolou. But.
This time I still want to thank Li Ziying for his personal help. You must put the overall situation first and don't keep people from resigning because of ethnic issues. Soldiers who manage government affairs will be accused by people with bad intentions. You are you, your brother
It's your brother, so don't stand up for your brother's affairs. Otherwise, you'll violate the court's taboos, and even I won't be able to protect you, do you understand?"
"My subordinates understand that I will not offend Li Guolou tomorrow. Even if I am a junior, I will control my temper." Dong Fuxiang burst into tears of gratitude to Liu Jintang and knelt down on the ground to express his feelings. He admired Liu Jintang and obeyed Liu Jintang's words.
The Dong family owes its current status and power to Liu Songshan. Liu Songshan's nephew Liu Jintang (also the son recorded in the genealogy, Liu Songshan has no sons, Liu Jintang has been adopted in his name), is his second master.
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This is the style of warlords. These warlords only listen to the orders of their masters. Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang are the great warlords. They belong to two major factions. There is also Prince Gong and Yi who sit above them. With these three great gods in charge, the Qing Dynasty seems to be relatively harmonious.
.There are many gangs below them, and each small warlord is prosperous and has the capital to cause chaos in the Qing Dynasty.
The warlords did not rely on the army to gain the right to speak and maintain their own troops, which was courting death. But in order to eliminate the rebels, the Qing Dynasty gave the army part of the tax power and allowed the army to intervene in local government affairs. At first, they set up cards to collect taxes and let the army
Earning some money to support soldiers, once this opportunity is opened, is like opening a Pandora's box, the desire will never end, the status of soldiers will increase rapidly, they will intervene in local government affairs, and they will legitimately become princes. After that, the Qing government will taste the consequences, and the Ministry of War will not be able to mobilize places.
When the army wants to deploy troops and generals, it has to negotiate terms with these warlords so that these warlords can gain greater power and have more autonomy, creating a vicious cycle and becoming another source of chaos.
However, these accumulated over time and have not yet had any negative consequences. At this time, the Qing Dynasty was really reaping the dividends of this policy. Local warlords contributed money and effort, obeyed the dispatch of the Ministry of War, and regretfully campaigned in the northwest. No one dared to be a thorn in the side, and the government
The new policy of the army greatly boosted the morale of the army, and the soldiers swore allegiance to the Qing Dynasty to the death.
There are very few people who can clearly see the root of the chaos. Those who are capable still want to control the military and refuse to reveal the mystery. Li Guolou sharpened his head and squeezed into the top ranks of the military because he had the vision to see the consequences of out-of-control government power.
, first earn enough capital to become a prince. Therefore, he was very interested in fighting, and took risks to stay on the front line, hoping to gain a title based on military merit.
Of course, warlords are also patriotic. For the reunification of the motherland, Li Guolou took the lead and achieved great success in the northwest. In the Battle of Luo Da Township, Li Ziying suppressed the insurgents of the Ge Lao Hui. This battle inspired the people, and the rebels who preached and preached were all
Dare to move, the Han people did not dare to rebel for a long time, Ge Laohui stopped. The Qing Dynasty showed a ZTE pattern, and the state affairs were flourishing.
Li Guolou and Liu Jintang, two shining generals, rose up and became famous rising stars in this era. The rapid rise of the Qing Dynasty made it difficult for the Western powers to sleep and eat. A huge disaster was brewing, and another accident happened.
Will test Li Guolou again.
Zuo Zongtang looked at Li Guolou and Liu Jintang with admiration and promoted Li Guolou and Liu Jintang to the stage of history.
The next day, Li Ziying and Jin Ziying met victoriously at Bazi Slope in Luo Da Township. The two armies were in full bloom. Li Guolou and Liu Jintang embraced each other warmly, as if they were conjoined twins. They patted each other, but lacked the Western kissing ceremony.