The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the Li Ziying quietly pulls out the village, many mosquitoes in the summer, many soldiers are smedicated with medicinal oil to disperse mosquitoes, as well as refreshing the brain, and the medicinal oil is a kind of wind oil essence produced by Hu Qingyutang, called "Dragon and Tiger Wind Oil Essence", marching at night, but also to avoid the hot sun, the soldiers are a hundred times the spirit of the marching speed, flying rank and rushing to break away from the command of the Songwu army

Sure enough, as Li Guolou expected, the patrol of the Songwu Army did not have any suspicions about Li Ziying's opening at night, thinking that it was a normal military operation, and the military commander arranged the military operation patrol, how could he dare to say a word, Li Guolou led the brigade to the east, and disappeared into the darkness

None of Li Guolou's subordinates raised any objections to Li Guolou's violation of military orders and leaving the Songwu Army without authorization, and the soldiers of Li Ziying's battalion were tired of catching villagers in the countryside, and the generals were also full of complaints: Where did this come from, fighting on the front line was clearly a labor service, and the servants were doing inferior dirty work, so Li Guolou was able to do the ideological work of his subordinates and smoothly took away a team of nearly 2,000 people

The other troops are an army, with a number and a garrison area, while the Li Zi battalion can only be regarded as a small detachment, and there is no independent army, and the soldiers are also dissatisfied and feel inferior

The soldiers longed for a real battle with swords and guns, hoping to exterminate the rebels of the Elders' Association and capture the enemy alive, Lei Heng endured the difficulties of the night march silently, and recognized in his heart that Li Guolou launched a sudden night march, knowing the roots and knowing the bottom of the officer, to encourage the soldiers with the battle to be fought, the morale of the whole army was high, and they advanced to the unknown area, and they believed that Li Guolou could bring victory to Li Ziying

This army belongs to Li Guolou, has been branded with Li Guolou's imprint, full of superstition about him, walking through the rugged sheep intestine path is to cross the dangerous bridge, climbing mountains and wading through the dense forest, the team walked extremely hard, a Shimen village place, the sky has been bright, the large army stopped to rest, a small group of rangers let out to inquire about the news

Watching the morning glow rising, Li Guolou's face was soothed, and he marched all night without encountering harassment from the rebel army, which means that the bird does not poop, Shimen Village is no longer suitable for human habitation, and the rebel army is far away from sweeping the large army of the Songwu army

Li Guolou pondered a question: the supply was difficult, where would Lei Heng hide the stolen grain, but unfortunately he didn't have a perspective eye, and he didn't know where the rebel army's grain was buried under his feet

"Ma Dequan give me the map," Li Guolou took the map, the sky was white, and he wanted to use his brains to find out the weakness of the rebel army, forcing the rebel army to run out to fight a battle in the countryside

Fan Dahui stepped into the dilapidated courtyard with a horsewhip in his hand, and said with a big grin: "Sir Li, if I ambush in the forest, directly overturn your troops, and don't give you the opportunity to travel a hundred miles at night."

Li Guolou didn't raise his head, still looked at the stone mill on the map and replied: "Master Rice, is it so easy to survive in the forest, if the enemy dares to stay in the forest, I dare to set fire to it and burn it all, believe it or not?"

"Believe me, how can I not believe it, Sir Li, I'm just tempting" Fan Dahui's eyes turned around twice, and he had already figured out the disadvantages of the forest, people can hide in the dense forest, but when they meet an enemy like Li Guolou, they are killing themselves

"What should we do next, where will the troops move," Fan Dahui really regarded Li Guolou as a god, thinking that he could fight, but he never thought that there were still many difficulties to overcome

Li Guolou didn't know which corner the enemy was hiding from, but since he had pulled the team out, he maintained his self-confidence and style, and said confidently: "Let the soldiers rest assured, the enemy will follow the established route under his nose, and there will be an enemy's lair in front of him."

"Really" Fan Dahui was deceived and looked at Li Guolou and pointed to the map area

Diebe County is located in the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the terrain is high in the northwest, low in the southeast, more than 200 miles long from east to west, more than 150 miles wide from north to south, the county is full of green mountains and clear waters, layers of mountains, and mountains are all over the hanging springs, waterfalls, sacred lakes, Xiufeng, passes, etc., the climate is mild and humid, the four seasons are distinct, there is no severe cold in winter, there is no heat in summer

The rebel army did not capture the dangerous Lazikou, but the large army did not leave Diebe County, this is because there are mountains and rivers, the troops are easy to survive in this rugged environment, if they run to the plain area, they have long been wiped out by the Qing army, those who occupy the county seat, the village corner, the stubborn resistance of the rebel army has long been swept away by the Qing army one by one, only the countryside of Diebe County is swimming, Lei Heng's department is still tenaciously surviving, and now the rebel army is surrounded by the Qing army, but it can still survive in a dangerous environment, indicating that the rebel army still has some food in stock, and it has not reached the point of poverty and water

"Luo Daxiang" Fan Dahui looked at the area on the map and let out an exclamation

"I expect that there will be enemies in Dingluo Township to store grain, and we will dig three feet into Luoda Township to dig out the grain," Li Guolou was quite confident, he believed that he had a unique vision and calculated Lei Heng's self-preservation moves

It is impossible for the rebel army to carry a large amount of food with them, and some food needs to be hidden on the route of action, so that it can be replenished on the march, and Luoda Township is in line with Lei Heng's appetite

"Okay, now it's strong, I'm going to issue an order," Fan Dahui glanced at Li Guolou, and his mind was so cunning, Li Guolou didn't say a word when he swept Luo Daxiang last time, until Li Ziying acted alone, he confided the secret, and even called his brother Zhang Yao dared to lie to Li Guolou, it 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 the enemy's every move, and his innate talent made him show his unmatched military talent, Li Guolou was tired of being a senior counselor, and he had to keep explaining to the commander, or he was independent and formed an army, and the war deployment was based on his own ideas, and he could completely learn and apply what he had learned, this time he led nearly 2,000 men and horses, and he was able to fight a battle with the rebel army alone, Lei Heng's department was scattered, and there were less than four or five thousand rebels in the countryside of Diebu County

The main point is that the aborigines of Diebe County have been almost wiped out by the Qing army, there are only two hostile armies fighting each other, and there are people swimming in the vast countryside, either the Qing army or the rebel guerrillas, and they can become famous if they seize the opportunity, Li Ziying wants to become a military army, they must make meritorious contributions again, and Li Guolou seems to see the military flag planted in the sky of Tianjin Xiaozhan Town, and he has become a prince all the way, and has become a commander of one side with the right to speak in the military

Although Li Guolou was a vassal of Li Hongzhang, under the wings of Li Hongzhang, he regarded himself as a confidant of Li Hongzhang, but he never thought that Li Ziying was a member of the Huai Army, this was a royal army, completely in accordance with the great ideas of the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun, and the army was established in full accordance with the great ideas of the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun, and the mentor Weng Tongyi was the founder of the military army, and he happened to be on the cusp of the times, fortunately became a commander of the military army, and was the only commander

Li Guolou is prepared for danger in times of peace, and the relationship between all parties in the society can be accepted by all factions in the court, and after the Tongzhi Emperor is in power, he has sprung up rapidly, showing the demeanor of a leading figure, and no one dares to underestimate him

In the early morning, the officers and men of the Li Zi Battalion were stationed in Shimen Village, burying pots and making rice, and the large troops could not conceal their traces during the march, and the officers and men of the Li Zi Battalion maintained a high degree of vigilance in accordance with wartime regulations to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on each other

According to Zuo Zongtang's strategy, the Qing army's victory over the rebel army is only a matter of time, dealing with the rebel army in the vast countryside, the Qing army adheres to the consistent style of "encirclement", first controls the strategic points and does not let the rebel army escape, the battle of Lazikou is the Qing army to see through the action of the rebel army, Liu Jintang led the old Hunan army to successfully implement the encirclement, did not let a large number of rebel army flee into Sichuan, and announced that the Qing army has occupied the battlefield with a big victory, and took the initiative to let the rebel army have no courage and dare not fight a decisive battle head-on

After that, the Qing army from all walks of life compressed the living space of the rebel army, and the Qing army Lei Zhengjuan's department eliminated the small rebel army in the south of Yan'an, and successfully recovered Ganquan County, Fu County, and Luochuan County

The Huai army Zhang Yao's Diebu County carried out a brutal sweep, not giving the rebel army a chance to develop and grow, narrowing the encirclement, but it took time to win the post-victory, and the Qing army also had to invest a lot of manpower and financial resources in accordance with the established strategic deployment, so that the rebel army became a source of water, waiting to be killed, trapped in the narrow territory of Diebe County

This battle of wits and courage has not ended, in the end, it is not known who will die, whether the dying and struggling rebel army still has much strength, whether it can break Zuo Zongtang's iron bucket array, the war is full of variables, Li Guolou's rash advance is to give the rebel army a golden opportunity, Li Guolou is good at gambling, and he also likes to play with the enemy, he deliberately sold a flaw to Lei Heng, exposed Li Ziying in front of the rebel army, and saw whether the enemy had the courage to fight once

The rural rebel army in Liudiebu County has no room for maneuver, either to build a base so that thousands of rebels can recuperate, or to break through and run to the weak place of the Qing army, and then create a great cause of the elder brothers' association, but these two points are extremely difficult for the rebel army today, because they met a strategist Zuo Zongtang

Zuo Zongtang is a great military strategist, an agriculturist, and a conspirator, and his attitude towards the various armies of the Hui army can reflect his treacherous and changeable character, and he does not pay attention to the enemy's credibility, turns his face, ruthlessly denies old debts, and implements the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack

The Qing army never mentioned the unrealistic slogans of "liberating the great northwest" and "liberating Xinjiang", but made reasonable tactical adjustments in response to the current situation, such as this uprising of the Elders, which was an emergency, Zuo Zongtang's strategic deployment was slightly modified, but the overall idea has not changed, as always, to recover the land occupied by the Hui people by military action, and not to give the rebel army a place to stay, Zuo Zongtang adjusted the strategy, the main force of the Qing army focused on dealing with the climate that had not yet been completed, Lei Heng's troops accumulated small victories for big victories, and trapped the rebel army to death, and the rebel army was deserted and uninhabited

Today, there is no breeding ground for rebellion in the Shaanxi and Gansu regions, and the soil has long been torn apart by the chaos, and the countryside cannot afford to support so many rebel soldiers

Staying in the mountains to recuperate and recuperate, the rebel army has been disheartened since the first battle of Lazikou, and there are soldiers fleeing every day, coupled with a small group of rebel troops being cleared, Lei Heng's department has gone from tens of thousands of people when they entered Diebu County to less than three or four thousand people now, and the morale of the army has been lost, and the people's hearts have been lost

Surrounded by dilapidated villages, overgrown with weeds in the crops, and the jungle turned to ashes, the Qing army called it "burning barren mountains", which is the dilemma faced by the rebel army, hiding in Tibet, and the rebel army scattered in the vast countryside

Lei Heng didn't dare to gather the large troops together and scatter the rebel army in the countryside, each fighting for a full meal and starving a meal