As night falls, tents are erected on the high slopes of the loess. Lanterns are lit like stars and the end is as far as the eye can see. In every tent in the Qing army camp, officers are boosting the morale of the soldiers. The well-fed and well-fed soldiers are sharpening their swords and cleaning their guns, waiting for the dawn to come.
Yang Dawazi's troops had been resting on the front line for seven days in Yuanpan Town, Xiangdong Province. Yang Dawazi volunteered to go to the front line. If he wanted to gain fame and wealth, he had to fight with his life. He never thought about guarding a beacon tower in the future. All his men were desperate. As long as he gives the order, the disciples will risk their lives to climb the city.
Although it was already lights-out time, none of the soldiers in his camp could sleep. They could see the sparks burning from cigarette butts. The overly excited people in the military tent were talking in high spirits.
When Yang Dawazi exploded to create a rebellion, several leaders of the Ge Laohui teamed up with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which made Zuo Zongtang miserable. The past scenery was still vivid in his mind. He took a puff of smoke and sighed: "I have not lived in vain. I have earned enough." This boy likes to steal money from women. There are many women in Lijiabao. As long as you have a life, let Gao Shoubei be your witness tomorrow night."
"It's so troublesome." A brother in the darkness seemed unwilling to do so. He was still young and didn't want to get married so early.
"Pah!" Someone next to him slapped the speaker. Mu San yelled angrily: "Assholes, we are officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. How can we be irresponsible? Gao Guard said, don't eat it, just put it in my pocket and keep it for the rest of your life." The monkey soldiers who pick and choose chieftains will fight as long as they are female."
There was a burst of laughter in the military tent. They are actually bandits. Now they have changed their court and become officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. This is the benefit of troubled times. They are reborn in Nirvana. They are relaxed and easy. They are following the right brother. They are living a good life again. They are full of food and drink, and they are thinking about all kinds of things.
Yang Dawazi said loudly: "Gao Defei took us in, and he is our lord. The best way to repay the lord is to grow a face for the master. The chieftain's monkey soldiers still want to compete with us for credit. How can I compare with the fake moves that I only practice but don't do?" Let's compare it to tomorrow. When we climb to the top of the city in one go, we must plant the military flag before the east gate of the city. Let Deputy Commander Xu see that we are not only cavalry fighting on the city, but also have no fear of death. Deputy Commander Xu will give us the organization of the two battalions. Next It’s our turn to have Dong Zhiyuan’s fat, and we have the right to speak wherever we go.”
"Fuck you!" A group of big men stood up angrily and put out their cigarette butts. They were confident of ascending to the top of the city tomorrow. The lesson learned from the past was that Guo Baochang's Anhui army ascended Xiao Kongtong in one go. What's more, they had the support of a powerful artillery battalion behind them.
In the dark night, Yang Dawazi's eyes shone with dazzling light. The prodigal son traveled all over the world and lost his true nature. Only after wandering did he realize that it was best to be in the arms of the motherland. The days without worries made his mentality slow down. Tomorrow is the Qing Dynasty. In the moment of trial for him, he washed away his shame with blood and planted the military flag of glory to prove to the world that the prodigal son returns with gold.
The battle of ascending the city is a technical job that seems to be a chaotic charge. In fact, there are traces. The counselors in the Chinese military tent are meticulously conducting war deductions. As the commander-in-chief, Xu Zhanbiao is restless. A pair of bloodshot eyes stares at the model of Lijiabao.
After more than ten years of experience, the Qing army has already formed a fixed combat mode. When attacking a strong fortress, they use a large amount of explosives to blow open the city gate. So this time, the Qing army also built a plank road to cross Chencang secretly. On the surface, the Qing army built it outside Lijiabao City. In fact, another engineering unit of the fort has already dug a tunnel under the gate of Lijiabao.
The name Sichuan Rat was not given in vain. It was too easy to dig tunnels under the high slopes of the loess. In the middle of the night, I got the news that all the explosives under the east and west city gates had been put in place. The military tent was full of joy. Xu Zhanbiao, with a fearful heart, finally gave up on the war. It is not carried out step by step like what is written in the battle report. Many things are military secrets. The battle report will not mention it. Just as the war requires, the Qing army can brag about the artillery to the sky or bury the contribution of the engineering soldiers. On the surface, it can be seen that the assault on the city is a charge. The warriors are so brave and fearless of death. Secretly, there are many arms fighting together.
War is an economic account. As a general, you have to calculate the most reasonable income and expenditure situation. The general is not willing to expend it as a last resort, so why not do it if you can destroy more enemies and preserve your own strength?
The stone fell in Xu Zhanbiao's heart. The officers who looked around laughed and said: "The returning army is bullshit and they call themselves marshals. General, we are building a fortress on a high loess slope. I will dig it down and I will capture Lijia Fort in a battle tomorrow." Don’t give the enemy a chance to kill women and children.”
"De Ling" Peng Dingyue, the chieftain of the local soldiers, and Mo Baoguo, the chieftain of the soldiers, were proud and content as if Lijiabao was already in their hands.
"I'm going to have lunch at Lijiapu at noon." Xu Zhanbiao tossed his sleeves in high spirits and turned around to go to sleep. He had nothing to worry about. As long as there was a big earthquake at dawn, the walls of Lijiapu no longer existed. No one could stop the charge of the Qing warriors.
In fact, Xu Zhanbiao fell on the blanket and couldn't sleep. But as the coach of one side, he had to show fearlessness and make his subordinates feel in awe. Lijiabao's enemy defense was no longer a concern. He had already focused on the next battle and the return of a trapped beast. The army wanted to use fortresses to restrain the pace of the Qing army.
The oil lamp flickered. Xu Zhanbiao took out his pocket watch. Inside the cover was a photo of his wife. He missed his family and hoped that this meaningless civil war would end soon.
Li Guolou stayed up all night. He asked Liu Yu, the school officer in charge of engineers at Xinwu Hall, and others to inspect the tunnels and learn how to fight on the battlefield. Tunnel warfare is the best weapon to solve siege warfare. Tianjing, the capital of the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom, was destroyed by tens of thousands of pounds. Explosives were used to blow down the city walls.
Li Guolou, who usually loves cleanliness, crawled into the dirty tunnel like a dog. It felt weird. He climbed the long tunnel for more than a thousand meters, using his hands and feet to crawl forward bit by bit. Finally, he climbed forward bit by bit. When we came to the huge cave, there were piles of explosives all around. There were whole boxes of explosives, and there was no need to even open the boxes.
"Oh" Li Guolou could clearly see the layout of the cave with the dim light. It turns out that only when explosives are stacked like this can one realize how insignificant a person is when he is immersed there.
"Let's go." Liu Yu saw the layout clearly and did not dare to delay. He nodded to the engineer guarding him to show respect.
After staying in the huge cave for more than five minutes, the oil lamp went out. The air in the cave was too thin and the oil lamp could not be lit for a long time. Li Guolou and his five men turned around and climbed back.
Liu Yu climbed behind Li Guolou and had nothing but admiration for Li Guolou. No officer would ever drill a dog hole in person. This was not a show. No one in the court would know that Li Guolou had climbed through the hole and was watching next to tens of thousands of kilograms of explosives. It seems like just five minutes to endure the atmosphere of death. How much courage and perseverance does it take to learn to fight on the battlefield? A person like Weng Tonghe, who has the title of principal in the new martial arts hall and knows no soldiers, becomes the Minister of Military Aircraft, Li Guolou. Only then can he be qualified to become the new military commander. After a generation of military leaders personally went into danger, Li Guolou's ability was recognized by everyone.
War is a strange thing to everyone, but Li Guolou actually turned the new martial arts hall on paper into a real battlefield exercise. After this trip to the northwest, Liu Yu and the school officials and students of the new martial arts hall also learned in the war. The feeling of growth during the war has made them become qualified veterans.
"Exciting and refreshing" Li Guolou's first words after crawling out of the cave won everyone's favor. He did not dust himself off, but habitually took out his pocket watch to see that the long night was about to pass. Dong Zhiyuan's new day ushered in the dawn.
The bamboo basket was full of white film, and the huge iron pot had steaming broth. The cook carried the delicious breakfast to the front. The soldiers hiding in the trenches gnawed the white film, drank hot soup, and carried long guns in their arms, waiting for the sound of the charge. At that moment, according to military doctrine, the soldiers remained silent and waited in silence for the moment of outbreak.
There are also five huge ladders in the long fortifications. Climbing the tall city wall requires not only bamboo ladders but also cloud ladders, which are necessary climbing weapons in siege warfare.
The official military work of the Song Dynasty, "Wu Jing Zong Yao: Siege Methods" records: "The cloud ladder uses a big wooden bed as a bed, six wheels on the top and two ladders on the top, each with a length of more than 10 feet in the middle. The rotating shaft is shielded by rawhide on all sides, and people can advance inside and city rules. Take off on the ladder"
The cloud ladder adopts a folding structure connected by a rotating shaft in the middle and adds protective facilities at the bottom of the ladder. In addition, the upper city ladder (auxiliary ladder) also appears in various forms: there is a "flying ladder" that is two to three feet long and has two wheels. The city is propelled by wheels; there are "bamboo flying ladders" that use a single pole of large bamboo on both sides to push the feet to climb up; there are "quiet head flying ladders" that use a single pole of bamboo to push the rotating shaft in the middle of the two upper floors, and the first part of the ladder pole is passed through the two wheels to take it. On the one hand, these improvements of the attached city Yiqi further reduce the height of the main ladder before contacting the enemy, increasing the stability of the ladder truck movement and reducing the possibility of being damaged by the defenders; on the other hand, it is equipped with an upper city that can adapt to a variety of complex conditions. The ladder makes climbing the city to meet the enemy simple and fast
Siege warfare is very cumbersome and requires many emergencies to be considered. Although the explosives have been planted, if the city wall is not blown down, the soldiers still have to climb to the top of the city. In addition, they need to drag copper cannons, howitzers, and mortars to the top of the city on bamboo ladders to withstand them. Since the cannon is not as heavy as the cannon, the cannon must first be dragged up the ladder and then hoisted up to the top of the city with a wheel. The distance will be shortened. As long as the fortifications on the top of the city are stabilized and the city is condescending, the following street battles will be invincible.
Xu Zhanbiao led a group of generals to the entrance of the cave in the east. The north wind was blowing on the continuous high loess slopes, and the snow-capped lion flags of the Qing Dynasty were planted on them. The clear dawn brought people hope. It would be wrong to say that soldiers do not believe in ghosts and gods. Xu Zhanbiao built a tribute platform for Guan Gong and placed it in front of the generals. Xu Zhanbiao led the generals to kneel down three times and kowtow nine times, chanting incense and praying meticulously. Guan Gong was not only the embodiment of loyalty and bravery, but in the Qing Dynasty, Guan Gong was already the symbol of the God of War, and he was also the invincible God of War.
Xu Zhanbiao took a bamboo tube containing Emperor Guan's spirit sticks. There were a hundred bamboo sticks inside. He held the bamboo tube with both hands and kept shaking it. He muttered: "Guandi Lord, please bless the Qing Dynasty to win this battle."
A bamboo stick fell on the loess with a "pop" sound. Xu Zhanbiao leaned over and picked up the bamboo stick, narrowed his eyelids and said loudly: "July 1, Zhongping, Xinjia, Wu Returns Home, Su Wu Returns Han," the inscription reads: Magpie Yanqian Bao Good news knows that you have traveled thousands of miles to return to your heart; the embroidered curtains are heavily tied with mandarin ducks, the leaves are falling and withering, and the coldness of dusk is invading."
Everyone is still scratching their heads. Some people are still lamenting why the lottery is a draw. It should be a lucky draw.
Li Guolou raised his eyebrows with joy and said: "Good sign, good sign. This is what Emperor Guan told us. Dong Zhiyuan will return to the embrace of the motherland. Su Wu went through a lot of hardships before he returned to the Han Dynasty. We also endured long hardships before we can achieve the right results. Everyone in the future."
They are all loyal ministers of Xianliang Temple."
"Hahahaha, it's true that Tanhualang's level of interpretation is comparable to that of Su Dongpo." Xu Zhanbiao agreed with Li Guolou's statement and happily put the bamboo stick back into the bamboo tube. In his heart, he fully agreed with Li Guolou's statement. How could there be any sign on it?
The enemy is not dead, but will have to kill or injure several hundred people. There are at least three to four thousand defenders in Lijiapu. As long as the Qing army's casualties do not exceed a thousand people in this battle, it will be a great victory.
All the generals were impressed by the civil servant's sharp tongue. When Li Guolou signed Zhongping's signature, it immediately turned into a good thing. Anyway, he just wanted peace of mind. It was worth offering incense to Emperor Guan this time.
The army of the Qing Dynasty was not very demanding and everything went smoothly. The victory was achieved immediately. The first ring must be perfect. Xu Zhanbiao used a burning incense to light the fuse himself. The fuse hissed and sparked and quickly jumped into the hole. Everyone was looking forward to the moment when the city was shaken.
My eyes are directed towards Lijiabao
Carrying the hope of the rejuvenation of the Qing Dynasty, looking forward to the early reunification of the motherland, will Guandi help the Qing Dynasty as always? Li Guolou only felt the ground shaking under his feet. God is angry, Emperor Guan has shown his power, and the god of war, Guan Gong, will always assist the Qing Dynasty.