In the early Zhou period, the farming culture was born in Dong Zhiyuan, and Gong Liu "taught the people to grow crops", leaving a poem of "raising his toes on the day of the third day and the fourth day", Dong Zhiyuan, the people still do not forget the sages, every year on March 18, when Gong Liu was born, tens of thousands of people gathered in the Gongliu Hall to hold a grand sacrifice

This time, the grand sacrificial activities for the peaceful liberation of Taichang Town and Zhengping Town were held as scheduled, and in order to turn Dong Zhiyuan into the Qing army's agricultural reclamation base, the Qing army generals were very devout and burned incense and prayed, so that the Qing soldiers knew the importance of agriculture

A large-scale production movement, Dong Zhiyuan marched in full swing, Xu Zhanbiao and Huang Ding took the lead in reclaiming wasteland and farming, and the whole army implemented the tuntian system

Li Guolou did not participate in farming in this movement, but still exercised regularly and buried himself in copywriting

Under the vigorous advocacy of Xu Zhanbiao, Dong Zhiyuan launched a huge tree-planting campaign, to turn the loess slope into a tree-lined mountain forest, planted willows and elms on both sides of the road, and the Qing soldiers watered the saplings every day, which was famous in later generations, although Zuo Zongtang had never been to Dong Zhiyuan in his life, but it did not prevent Dong Zhiyuan, and the people of Dong Zhiyuan loved Zuo Zongtang

It is no wonder that Dong Zhiyuan's people love Zuo Zongtang so much, because the aboriginal Hui people here have been relocated, and the resettled people are the Qing army veterans, long husbands, and people left over from the war, which is Dong Fuxiang's 100,000 wandering people's army

Zuo Zongtang's trick of transferring the Hui people was very effective, and the Chu army cleared the Hui army's base areas, and there was no rebellion of the Hui people, which completely solved the turmoil and war in the northwest for more than ten years

What followed was another donation campaign, and the chief took the lead in providing retired soldiers with farm tools, cattle and horses and other means of production

On the surface, they cared for the retired soldiers, but secretly, the officers were crying poor, but no one had a neck, and Zuo Zongtang was rudely apportioned, and the amount was still a lot and was implemented

Li Guolou, Xu Zhanbiao and Huang Ding were attacked from both sides, and asked him to raise the people's lives to the level of the surrender faction, and he must take out 50,000 taels of silver, and never accept favoritism, and after apportioning 10,000 taels of shares, Li Guolou surrendered and donated 50,000 taels of silver to the veterans

Li Guolou passed this pass, the people of Shishe Town began to build a Quanzilong Temple, the seat was abandoned, the military camp was abandoned, two antique-level Hongyi cannons were placed, there were many Li Guolou in front of the Zilong Temple, utensils and clothes have become tribute, Li Guolou Mu Zhimu Jue just felt that a lot of items were changed, why did they use it well, it would not be seen until a long time later, Wan Niang told him the truth

The war is a political continuation, and the heart is the first, but the handsome Ma Zhenghe of the Hui army does not eat soft and hard, and refuses to return to the Qing Dynasty, and stubbornly resists to the end, so that the opponent Qing army is worthy of admiration in his heart, and he must also be frustrated and ashes, and the Qing army occupies Xiaojin Town, clears the loess high slope, and travels everywhere, and then begins to form a siege of Dongzhi County

To deal with the guerrillas, the Qing army had its own tricks, that is, adhering to the cruelty of their ancestors, turning the loess slopes into no man's land

The large army of the Qing army first blocked the main road, and then a small group of troops combed through the loess high slopes, many hiding ravines and ravines to avoid the war, and the people were searched out by the Qing army, most of these people were taken out of the deserted area, and fortunately returned to the Qing Dynasty, and some people were cleared and became wild wolf food

Each Qing army squad has different tasks, so it makes different decisions to exterminate the Hui guerrillas, the Qing soldiers continue to suffer casualties, the Qing army retaliates and adds blood, this is an endurance battle, Zuo Zongtang's great migration strategy, under the Hui army guerrillas, become a source of water, and even survival is very difficult

Many of the Hui guerrillas were hungry and could not bear the torture, and from individuals to small groups, they came out of the ravines and ravines to surrender to the Qing army

More than 200 infantry of the Li Zi Battalion participated in the battle of encircling and suppressing the guerrillas of the Hui Army, which lasted more than a month before returning to the garrison, although the team was trained, but the summary report was not written down from beginning to end, unlike Li Guolou's style, but the Li Zi Battalion mentioned the name of a relative of Li Guolou in the history of the war, Li Yunzhu was exceptionally promoted to the sentry officers, Hu Yinshan, Fang Zhiyong, Xu Yuguang, Deng Tong and others were promoted to captains

One of the things that caused a sensation in the world occurred that the Qing army captured a Han man who had fled into the mountains and forests for more than ten years to avoid the war, and he could no longer speak human words and became a savage

The mayor of Dongzhi County is 396 zhang high, 2 zhang 5 feet high, 1 zhang 2 feet wide on the top, 2 zhang thick on the base, 532 forts, 12 city gates, 4 city defenses, strong and durable, and seems to be impregnable

Deputy Marshal Xu Zhanbiao personally visited the battlefield, and the battlefield commander Guo Baochang accompanied him to observe the city defense facilities of Dongzhi County, and this battle was delayed for a long time, first, he hoped that Ma Zhenghe could conform to the will of the people, and the Qing court offered conditions that were more generous than the Hui hero Cui Wei, and second, the Qing army did not dare to start a war rashly, but did enough pre-war work, and built forts around Dong Zhi County, and secretly excavated tunnels

In the morning breeze, the Qing army generals stood in the fortifications, holding binoculars to observe Dongzhi County, and the Qing army generals walked along the tunnels for more than 5,000 meters, crisscrossing the tunnels, and surrounded the entire Dongzhi County like spider webs

This battle can be said to be a milestone battle to recover Dong Zhiyuan, and the occupation of Dong Zhi County is of great significance to the Qing army, accumulating strength, and waiting for the moment when the Qing army breaks out

The Qing army built a fort, which was two zhang higher than Dong Zhixian County, and there were forts in four directions, Xu Zhanbiao wanted to fight this battle with momentum, and spared no financial, material and human resources to fight to the death with Dong Zhiyuan's return army

Xu Zhanbiao said: "Ma Zhenghe is like a stone in a dung pit, smelly and hard, he wants us to plant a big heel in Dong Zhixian County, so that the Jinjibao rebels can win a chance to breathe, this is a fool's dream, the number of casualties must be controlled, otherwise there is only hard work and no merit, Commander-in-Chief Guo, I have given you such a long time to prepare, I ask you to fight this battle well, how do you prepare."

Guo Baochang cleared his throat and said: "Vice Marshal Xu, I have been preparing for this battle for more than a month, first of all, to destroy the enemy with artillery battles, one by one firepower points, every day to find targets in the city, mark every valuable target, and wait for the moment of thunder, and secondly, I still attack the heart and shoot into the city, tens of thousands of letters of persuasion to surrender, calling on the officers and soldiers to defend the city, to climb the head of the city to surrender to our army, surrender to our army, surrender with guns, and return to the army to reward twenty taels of silver, this more than a month, there are one hundred and seventy-seven Hui soldiers surrendered to our army, but Ma Zhenghe took corresponding measures to prevent the Hui army from climbing the city, no one has surrendered these days, and I let the Hui people shout to the city every day from morning to night, as for the effect, the ghost knows”

Li Guolou interjected: "Commander-in-Chief Guo's trick is useless when fighting, it can inspire people's hearts, and when you see blood, you don't use the bayonets of both sides to see the red and become two grasshoppers, and if you lose, you will die."

Guo Baochang laughed and said: "Chief Li is wasting time anyway to make the soldiers poor and happy, didn't I repair the plank road, and immediately let Dong Zhixian County be erased from the map."

Li Guolou sighed and said: "Commander Guo, you have just erased it, you will rebuild the county seat, I have two more city walls, don't bloom everywhere, waste manpower and material resources, not to mention, it will make it even more difficult to pacify the work in the future."

"Bullshit, isn't the life of our soldiers important, what does it matter to us in the construction of the place, Commander-in-Chief Guo, don't listen to Chief Li's words, give me a hard beating, treat the stones in the dung pit, there is only a dead end, Chief Li, I look at you more and more, the zodiac never says such pedantic words," Xu Zhanbiao was angry and scolded, and scolded Li Guolou a few words, less destruction will kill more people, and using human lives to open up the road to victory has made him suffer from the blame of the imperial court, this time he changed his course and reused the eight-sided exquisite, Guo Baochang just wanted to change the past to fight for attrition, but he didn't expect Li Guolou to chirp next to him, which is to dislike people

Li Guolou is knowledgeable, shut up and the literati talk about a flower, how can there be any good and beautiful things when he cares about one or the other, but he is wishful thinking to see a scene

"It's Vice Marshal Xu, since I have been the commander-in-chief, I will not be subject to foreign military orders, I will not listen to the sparrows' chatter, for some ancient buildings in the city, I will be able to keep them when the time comes, and I will do my best, Vice Marshal Xu, I will get two Krupp cannons through my own channels, I will take you to see" Guo Baochang glared at Li Guolou, all roads lead to Rome, and he also has the ability to get heavy military equipment

Scolding his mother on the battlefield is the norm for soldiers, Li Guolou smiled cutely, and walked on the tall fort

Li Guolou was not interested in imported cannons, but looked at a few Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau to manufacture mountain artillery, although the steel pipe of the mountain cracking cannon is still imported from abroad, but it is already a progress, the Qing Dynasty can produce and advanced countries to compare with the cannon, this mountain cannon is actually a howitzer, the range is closer than the howitzer, the caliber of the cannon is a little thicker, it is known for its great power, and it is specially used to deal with strong fortresses, it can be said that the Qing Dynasty used to deal with the Hui army, the copper wall and iron wall tactics, specially tailored design, by the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau to manufacture the type of weapons

Guo Baochang began to be arrogant, and asked knowingly: "How about Sir Li, I have a lot of treasures, and there are still three forts, are you scared?"

Li Guolou deliberately said loudly: "At first glance, these materials are Lord Fu Xiang's Huaijun equipment, Guo Garrison, you and Zhang Yao have a very harmonious relationship, and friends are all over the world."

Guo Baochang was seen through by Li Guolou and said with a smile: "Of course, I am a foodie, and I can catch the famous general Guo Commander-in-Chief of the whole army anywhere."

Everyone laughed, even the artillery soldiers on the fort couldn't help laughing, each commander had a different temper, Guo Baochang was strict with his subordinates, and scolded at every turn, but he also had a kind side, spoke funny, and was good at mingling with the soldiers

Li Guolou and the soldiers have never been so affectionate, always maintain the dignity of the division, he is too young and young to make people jealous of the merits of the officers, Li Guolou can't even compare to a toe of others, but it prevents him from becoming a shining star, no one in the tactical theory class can compare to him, not to mention the pen and paper

Many officers can only do solid work and fight wars, but they can't say a single one, so Li Guolou is good at summing up experience, writing down the battle process in words, and can also write down every step of the campaign, expounding clear views with theory and reality, and even Xu Zhanbiao has to hand over all kinds of campaign data to Li Guolou to read in detail, that is, Li Guolou is going to write down the advantages and disadvantages of the battle situation, which can improve himself, and avoid mistakes in the next campaign

Seeing Li Guolou admiring a few mountain-splitting cannons, Huang Ding said with a smile: "What's the matter, Chief Li is worried about the country and the people."

"Well, this mountain splitting cannon is good, it looks good, there is a kind of heavy feeling, this means that our army's military industry has stepped up, but the artillery mirror is a little rough, not in accordance with the international unified format, this is not right, or to keep up with the historical trend, don't waste human resources on your own," Li Guolou glanced at a few glances and found a loophole for him, this is already his habit, always looking for someone to have a little shortcoming, just like his subordinates write articles, he has to change a few words, if he doesn't change, he can't show the level of Tanhualang, he will be uncomfortable and panicked

Xun Xi squinted and said: "Sir Li, you don't understand, look at our friendship, to tell you the truth, this makes sense, this cannon was captured by foreign devils, foreign devils will not make it, this is called self-protection consciousness to learn a point."

"Oh······ It turned out to be like this, I thought that the rules of the ancestors could not be changed, "Li Guolou suddenly realized, no wonder the caliber of the cannons made by the Qing court is different from that of foreign cannons, it turns out that the Qing Dynasty is afraid of defeating the war, which line of work, to empathize with the Qing army, to win the Western powers, isn't it that the captured cannonballs will not make him become the authority in the future, and he must copy the caliber of the Western powers

"Chief Li, the dog hole is dug up, do you want to drill it," Guo Baochang looked at Li Guolou with a playful expression, so if you don't do it, the sir, you can be a dog if you don't go to see the sappers digging tunnels

"Go and have a chance to learn to climb the dog hole, learn from the Anhui army, and pay tribute to the Anhui army" Li Guolou's behavior was not guessed, and he actually went to climb the hole again

This made Guo Baochang very annoyed, Li Guolou's actions were wrong, his brows were furrowed, and he thought about how to open his mouth to borrow sixty officers and soldiers from Li Guolou, and the officers and soldiers of the Li Zi Battalion were numerous, and Guo Baochang pasted Huang Ding, and the two secretly discussed strategies