Although Wen Rui wanted to make a big fuss, he also knew that the overseas Chinese who grabbed the land were protected by the army, and the overseas Chinese army was not easy to mess with, and even the foreigners were not their opponents, but fortunately, there were not many troops in Qingzhou, so it was not difficult to attach.

However, at this time, although the establishment of the Eight Banners Army stationed in Qingzhou had more than 3,000 people, it was actually less than 1,000 people, although it was said that new ordnance had been added from time to time over the years, but the extra guns were bought by officers at all levels for money and into private pockets, and the ordinary soldiers also had a difficult family, so they could only buy their own guns and exchange money for subsidizing their families, plus some guns were in disrepair and useless due to poor maintenance, so now the whole army can use less than 500 rifles.

After discussing with Wu Leji, Wen Rui decided to recruit more people in the city, at least to strengthen his momentum. Therefore, in order to drive away the overseas Chinese and seize their own land, recruit a wide range of people, and announce that those who go to war together will be rewarded with three dollars of silver each, and the property of the overseas Chinese can be used at will. There are a lot of young and middle-aged people in the city, although there are some things to do in the past two years, which can subsidize the family, but it can only solve the problem of food and clothing. Three coins of silver is not a small income, and it can also rob the property of overseas Chinese, because it is rumored that overseas Chinese not only forcibly collect land and property in various places, but also rob a lot of silver money and property, so robbing them can make a great fortune. There are quite a few people who have signed up.

There were also some rich people who wanted to drive away the overseas Chinese and take back their own land, some sent their own domestic slaves to join them, and some people donated some knives, guns and weapons, so the result was more than 5,000 people. Wen Rui and Wu Lezhen were also very satisfied, so they led the team out of the city.

At this time, the office of the Qingzhou Land Reform Committee was located in a place called Qiangou Zhuang in Donggao Town, about 20 kilometers northwest of Jingzhou City, which was originally Wenrui's industry, with more than 1,000 acres of land and about 60 tenant farmers, so a small village was built, and the traveler saw that there were many spare rooms here, so they put the headquarters here.

The East China government still attaches great importance to the protection of the land reform commissions, and each land reform committee has a battalion of troops accompanying them to protect them, and if something happens, the nearby garrisons will immediately rush to the rescue. However, there was a small mistake this time, because the army was in the process of reorganizing the army, so most of the garrisons in various places were transferred back to Qingdao to accept the reorganization, and there was only one battalion of troops accompanying it, about 500 people.

This is mainly due to the fact that the land reform work carried out in Shandong some time ago was very smooth, even in Jinan, in fact, the resistance encountered was not strong, and the main resistance was in the cities, and there was basically no resistance in the countryside, so it is enough to have a battalion for general security work, and this gap will not be very long, or less than a month, there will be new troops re-stationed in various parts of Shandong, and there will be no major problems.

It should be said that the smooth work of the previous stage made the East China government somewhat careless, and it was during this gap period that Qingzhou happened. However, fortunately, there is still a battalion of troops, and the training, morale, and fighting spirit of the People's Army are far from being comparable to those of the Eight Banners Army stationed in the garrison, so the People's Army deployed defenses in the area of Qianhuzhuang, and it was able to resist the attack of the Eight Banners Garrison, and bought time for the reinforcements sent to Qingdao.

Since only the 1st Division has now completed the reorganization, the Military Commission discussed and decided to transfer troops from the 1st Division to Qingzhou to quell the rebellion, and the division headquarters of the 1st Division discussed and decided to let Luo Yue lead a regiment to attack and complete this task. Although it is somewhat necessary to let a regiment of such an ace unit accomplish such a chicken-like task, at this time, it is also necessary to make a big fuss, and the Central Military Commission has put forward a request to the regiment, that is, to try its best to quell this rebellion as quickly as possible, and it is necessary to deal a heavy and severe blow to the rebels.

After receiving the order, Luo Yue didn't dare to be careless, although the difficulty of this task was not great, but it was the first time he had carried out the task after being promoted to the head of the regiment, so he had to complete it well. And according to the requirements of the Military Commission, the completion of this task must be fast, the sooner the better, but now the Jiaoji Railway has only been repaired to the Weifang section, about 40 kilometers away from Qingzhou, plus the distance to Qiangouzhuang, it is almost 60 kilometers, after getting off the train, it will take at least a day of marching time, and it is also a light march.

So Luo Yue and the main officers of the regiment discussed and thought that the artillery units in the regiment should be abandoned, only with other troops, lightly armed, about 2,500 people, on the one hand, it can speed up the march, on the other hand, to deal with the Eight Banners garrison, there is really no need to use artillery, it is enough to bring a few mortars, mainly to prepare for the siege of the city. And the mortar is light and flexible, which is also easy to carry.

However, now the first division has only 50 sets of grenadiers, 60 mortars and 20 mortars, 82 mortars, 100 mortars each, mainly for the training of soldiers, but after a month of training, at least the grenadiers or mortar gunners can be more proficient in firing, but whether they can hit accurately can only depend on the character, after all, a good gunner is the same as a good shooter, they are fed with shells or bullets, so Luo Yue only asked that sixty percent of all mortars in the division be drawn to a regiment, and at least each set of grenadiers or mortars should be equipped with two base shells, and I hope to have a cavalry army to cooperate.

The division headquarters of the first division immediately agreed to Luo Yue's request, after all, this is not only a matter of a regiment, but also a matter of a division, if a regiment fights well, then the whole division will have face. And the Military Commission immediately pulled out a cavalry company and handed it over to the command of a regiment. And also arranged three special trains to transport a group to Weifang.

Seeing that his conditions had been met, Luo Yue immediately led the troops to set off on the first train. When the army arrived at Weifang Station and got off, Luo Yue ordered the cavalry to set off first and rush to Qiangouzhuang to support the Qingzhou Land Reform Committee. And he waited at Weifang Station for the last two trains to arrive, and after gathering all the troops, he rushed to Qiangouzhuang. Of course, if Qiangou Zhuang is in danger, Luo Yue will also rush to the rescue with the existing troops as soon as possible.

Two hours later, the next two trains also arrived at Weifang Station one after another, Luo Yue reorganized the army, and then set off together, after 30 hours of continuous marching, arrived at Qiangouzhuang.

Liu Qinglin, the commander of the People's Army battalion guarding Qiangouzhuang, and Liu Chengping, director of the Qingzhou Land Reform Commission, welcomed the arrival of Luo Yue and his entourage. At this time, Luo Yue knew that the Eight Banners garrison had been withdrawn three days ago, and the Land Reform Committee basically had no losses, so it seemed that the situation was not very serious.

Liu Qinglin and Luo Yue had several acquaintances, and they once fought side by side, after all, there were so many people in the army that crossed over, so they had some friendships. Liu Chengping was originally responsible for the land reform work in Jimo County, because his work was very satisfactory to the administrative department, so he let him be in charge of the land reform in Qingzhou, of course, after the completion of the land reform, he basically served as the mayor of Qingzhou City on the spot.

After settling down, Luo Yue immediately asked Liu Qinglin and Liu Chengping about the situation of the body. It turned out that the situation at that time was still quite dangerous, because the land reform work in Qingzhou had been fully rolled out, and the People's Army had also been reduced to zero, with platoons as a single order, defending one by one land reform teams to carry out land reform work in various surrounding villages, and the Eight Banners garrison did come a little suddenly, at that time, there were only two platoons and battalion headquarters left in Qiangouzhuang, with a total of only more than 120 people. Therefore, for a while, people were uneasy and uncertain.

Fortunately, Liu Qinglin is also a person who has experienced a hundred battles, and he decided to stay in Qiangouzhuang on the spot, and at the same time ordered people to transfer other troops to help, because Qiangouzhuang has a parapet wall, which can be arranged for defense, and it is currently the center of the land reform teams, so as long as it can hold on to Qiangouzhuang for 1 day, or even 12 hours, there will be troops rushing back to rescue, and the dangerous situation can be reversed at that time. If we retreat in a panic, we will not only lose the favorable terrain in which we can arrange defenses, but will also be easily separated from other troops, because the KPA's wireless communication communication can only reach the combat units at the battalion level, and the communication at the company and platoon level can only rely on the legs. And even if you want to retreat, you have to wait until the troops are all gathered before retreating, so that there are more people and more preparations.

Although Liu Chengping did not understand war, he could only choose to believe Liu Qinglin at this time, so he also ordered the personnel who remained in Qiangouzhuang to obey the orders of the army, and they were all ready to participate in the battle when necessary.

And Liu Qinglin immediately arranged the defense, and after the Eight Banners garrison arrived, the People's Army had already relied on the courtyard wall and arranged the defense line. Although the number of the Eight Banners garrison was large, and the number of rifles was also higher than that of the People's Army, the battle was completely disorderly, and the soldiers with rifles discharged their guns from a distance to the point of "ping pong" and fought very lively, but they were neither accurate nor focused, and they were completely indiscriminate. However, after the Eight Banners garrison launched an attack, there was no firepower to suppress and cover, and the attacking troops did not know how to pull the line, so the People's Army concentrated its firepower and hit fiercely, which immediately killed and wounded the attacking army of the Eight Banners garrison, and soon retreated.

Seeing this, Wen Rui urged the Eight Banners garrison to launch two attacks in a row, but each time he failed to approach the courtyard wall and retreated, and Wen Rui urged people to attack again, but no one responded anymore, and some people accused Wen Rui of why he didn't let the muskets charge, and let those who had knives and guns go up to die.

In desperation, Wen Rui had no choice but to order another 200 soldiers with rifles to attack the village, and shoot as they advanced. However, this time there was still no change, because the quality of the Eight Banners Army was not high, and it lacked training in peacetime, so it was impossible to shoot while moving forward, and it was necessary to stop when shooting, and only the soldiers in the front row could shoot, in fact, there were few people, and there was no rear fire cover, it must be useless.

However, the People's Army could fire at full strength, and the accuracy was very high, so before the Eight Banners Army could get within 100 meters of the courtyard wall, more than 30 people were killed and wounded.