The Qing army outside Luoda Township was divided into two groups, one group of men and horses monitored the enemy in the village, stuck to the position, and sporadically fired 'shooting' shots, so that the enemy did not dare to rush out of the village in broad daylight, and the other group of men and horses were building fortifications and working in full swing.

The construction of fortifications is decided by the soldiers of the engineering sentry, there is an officer of the engineering sentry whose voice is particularly loud, in the fields outside the south of the village, he is his figure, jumping up and down and shouting three and drinking four, the matter of building fortifications, even Li Guolou has to listen to his words, Ding Guohu was originally Li Guolou's Goshha, and now he is an officer of the Li Ziying engineering outpost, under the leadership of the sentry officer Liu Yu to learn the military skills of various engineers, the soldiers of the engineering sentry follow Guo Baochang's engineer battalion masters in the northwest to learn blasting, digging tunnels, and building bridges. I also learned to build carriages and rafts.

Carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, and masons have their own status in the sapper outpost, and the soldiers of the sapper post are the wonders of the Li Zi battalion, and are nicknamed "mud 'legs'" by other soldiers, and the soldiers of the sapper post participated in many battles in Dong Zhiyuan and Yan'an, but the soldiers of the sapper post belong to the queen mother, and have been unknown, and the other teams are not interested in listening to the sappers boasting about their exploits, and feel that the soldiers of the sapper sentry are in the northwest. But the soldiers of the sapper post thought that they were superior, because their monthly silver was only one or two silver lower than that of the artillerymen, and one level higher than that of the cavalry, but the bitterness in their hearts was only tasted by themselves, and they silently endured the cynicism of other soldiers.

Ding Guohu's original 'sexual' personality was very arrogant, thinking that if he entered the new martial arts hall, he would be able to become famous, but for such a long time, he was still unknown, which made his 'sex' personality change greatly, and Ding Guohu's big voice could no longer be heard in the barracks. Gate', although Li Guolou did not treat him badly, and his name was given in the first batch of promotions, but he, like the soldiers of other engineering posts, felt defenseless, and came to the Great Northwest to learn to fight, rather than devoting himself to it, half a year has passed, and there is still no war exploit worth boasting about, which makes him return to Beijing in the future, how to 'mix' in the Eight Hutongs,

The Qing army surrounded the rebels in the village, digging fortifications outside the village, and the formation of ambushes on all sides relied on the collective wisdom of the engineer sentry soldiers, and the loud voice of the sapper sentry soldiers was directing the soldiers to dig the fortifications for a day, but today it was finally the turn of the sapper sentry soldiers to raise their eyebrows, Ding Guohu also dared to roar at Li Guolou, he said that the mines should be buried under the old locust tree, and there was no discussion,

At dusk, the sunset was reflected in the west, Ding Guohu carefully moved, put the last handful of soil on the mine, in the south of the river must pass, he buried hundreds of pounds of explosives, ready to come a day 'girl' scattered 'flowers', let the enemy taste the taste of fragmentation,

"Emperor Guan bless the Qing Dynasty, let the enemy rush out of the south of the village, the first sound is perfect and beautiful, and I will go to Emperor Guan's Temple to offer three animals." Ding Guohu knelt on his knees, chanted words in his mouth, pious and pious plush of soil for incense, looking at the sunset, will the dream in his heart be as dreamy as the rainbow,

In the general environment of the Chu army, the cruel military law makes people forget the horror of death, the enemy on the other side of the river dares to escape, he will beat the enemy to the ass 'urine' flow, and flee back with his tail between his legs, every soldier of the Li Zi Battalion has already put life and death out of the way, the environment determines people's thoughts, Ding Guohu was reborn, proud of being a soldier of the Chu Army, looking at the Li Zi military flag on the position, he clenched his fists and vowed to defend the glory of the Li Zi Battalion with blood,

The loess explosives used by the Li Ziying are stable and good, marching all the way to fight, and there is no such thing as the self-explosion of the explosives, and the soldiers of the engineering sentry most like to use the loess explosives to make various weapons, and have been able to make a variety of mines.

At this time, the mine is a string type, generally a soldier hides twenty or thirty meters away, pulls the silk line to detonate the mine not far away, and at a little further distance, there is no way to pull the trigger string of the mine.

There is also a kind of mine that uses a fuse, but the fuse can only be placed on dry ground, the fuse index letter is too long, and it is very easy to be blown out by the wind when burning, and it also makes it easy for the enemy to see the fuse that splashes all over the place, so the fuse mine is basically not used,

The effect of the mine is also twenty or thirty meters away, the power of the mine is roughly within ten meters, of course, the soldier who pulls the string will be injured by the mine he pulls if he is not careful, and the shrapnel flies out dozens of meters away, which is not uncommon, so the Qing army does not attach importance to the mine, and the sappers are good at using explosives 'charge', and like to use explosives 'charge' packs to solve problems, and the development of mines is lagging behind.

However, the explosives are expensive, and the suicidal "sexuality" charges with the explosives are a last resort in the war, the Chu army dares to burn the "jade" stones, and hypes such heroic deeds, but does not advocate this kind of war of attrition, and the aftermath of the war of attrition is endless, and the local government has to take care of the family life of the sacrificed soldiers, so that the Qing court's finances are overwhelmed, and the impact on local taxes is far-reaching.

Relatively speaking, the amount of explosives used in the mines is small, the price is much cheaper, after the use of mines, the sacrifice rate of the soldiers is greatly reduced, and the war must also be calculated as an economic account, and the production of mines is easy to use local materials, and the explosives 'charges' can also be placed in the vegetable tank to create powerful mines, bottles and cans can be made into simple mines, the Li Zi Battalion likes to use new tactics, and applying what they have learned is the mantra of the Li Zi Battalion soldiers.

Li Guolou attaches great importance to the use of landmines, focuses on cultivating the skills of engineering posts, and likes to try various tactics.

This time, the Li Zi battalion took the initiative on the battlefield, besieging more than 200 rebel troops who were stubbornly defending in Luoda Township, and the sappers had time to make some mines.

The sky has become dark, the night covers the earth, the gunfire in Luoda Village has become sporadic, the enemy and the enemy seem to have discussed, and the ** of the battle is dispensable,

Li Guolou is still full of energy, his eyes are wide open, it seems that he can see through the dark sky, sweating like rain in the afternoon, he did not let him tired, he cherished the experience of this battle, the time to be an escort in the northwest is short, and he has already exceeded his expectations for more than half a year away from Beijing. The excuse is shirked,

But the arm can't twist the big 'leg', the date of Li Ziying's class teacher's return to Beijing has been put on the agenda, Li Guolou also wants to capture Lei Heng alive, for the trip to the northwest, draw a successful end, this time he' Privately, he led the Li Zi Battalion to act alone, that is, he wanted to establish a miracle feat, as for the defeat before victory, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, it is not a big deal to lose once, Li Guolou doesn't care, broken jars and broken falls, anyway, today's Li Zi Battalion soldiers can withstand attrition, this time he will not save his strength, if the efficiency war becomes a war of attrition, he can also afford it, Li Guolou has been mentally prepared for more than half of the Li Zi Battalion to be killed and wounded, the big deal is that the Li Zi Battalion is disabled, and he rushed into the Scorpion Ridge to hold his position, and hold on to the rescue,

Li Guolou inspected a circle of positions, ran to the old locust tree outside the south of the village not far away, in front of him is the place of death, there is a mine buried on the bank of the river, I really want to see what it is like to be like thunder,

Ding Guohu saw Li Guolou's cat in the tunnel, couldn't help but be overjoyed, saw that there was a play in the south of the village tonight, it is very likely that the enemy's main direction of attack, the battle is sometimes a chance, this time he came to Luoda Township to suppress bandits, the blind cat met the dead mouse, and surrounded more than 200 enemies in one round, the soldiers of Li Ziying have already had a 'superstitious' worship of Li Guolou, and trusted Li Guolou's decision-making, thinking that Li Guolou is the reincarnation of Zhao Zilong, so he will be invincible,

Li Ziying soldiers put life and death out of the degree, in the front line everyone wants to make meritorious service, in the veterans' bewilderment, the recruits soon have a worship psychology of Li Guolou, now thousands of recruits are on the battlefield, ready to live and die with the position,

These recruits received the ideological education of the instructors of the Xinwutang, and Li Guolou personally taught them by word and deed, instilling the idea of great power chauvinism into the recruits, and all ethnic groups united together to contribute to the rise of the Qing Dynasty and let the Qing Dynasty stand again in the forest of the world.

Every kind of thought has a logical truth, of course, when the logic does not make sense, the power of faith is infinite, it can be explained by miracles, saying which kind of thought is progressive, which kind of thought is reactionary, but the angle of standing is different, just like the believers, people can choose to believe in a certain sect, but can not eradicate other sects, existence has his reasonable 'nature', all roads lead to Rome, great power chauvinism is greatly respected in Xinwutang, under the setting of Li Guolou, the officers and soldiers of Li Zi Battalion accept the baptism of great power chauvinist thought,

Fighting a civil war is a shameful act, foreigners are behind the backs to push the rebels to add fuel to the fire, the rebels are bought by foreigners, the "nature" of the uprising of the Brotherhood is the rebellion of the underworld, the Brotherhood of Elders started by "smuggling" and drug trafficking, how can there be a historical mission for the well-being of the people,

The Hui uprising is a 'yin' conspiracy by the Russians behind the scenes, Tsarist Russia funded all kinds of weapons and ammunition 'medicine' for the Hui army, and the Hui 'chaos' in Xinjiang and Shaanxi and Gansu regions, tracing back to the source, is the ghost of the Russians, the purpose is to make the Qing Dynasty split, and the 'chaos' is not stopped, the Russians can take the opportunity to occupy the territory of the Qing Dynasty, the six cities of Ili are the Russians taking advantage of the 'chaos' of the Qing Dynasty to lead troops to occupy the territory of the Qing Dynasty, Britain and Russia recognize that the Zhedesal State that occupies half of Xinjiang is a sovereign country, and the sinister intention of splitting the Qing Dynasty is known to passers-by. Those who engage in separatism are traitors.

As a soldier of the Qing Dynasty shouldering the sacred mission of defending the territorial integrity of the country, suppressing the rebels who were bought by the foreigners, recovering the concessions that were taken away by the foreigners, and opening up the territory is the work of the great man.

The history of blood and tears in the Qing Dynasty is difficult to write, the life of the people who endured humiliation and burden, and the loss of power and humiliation of the country like Gou Jian, all in order to return ten times and a hundred times to the Eight-Nation Alliance Army in the future.

As for the political proposition put forward by the rebels, it is "to drive out the Tatars and restore China." ”

Li Guolou cannot directly refute this political proposition of having a progressive ideology on this point, and can only use the great unity of various nationalities as an excuse to prevaricate the past.

Li Guolou also has a lot of dissatisfaction with the Manchu regime in his heart, why can't he integrate the Manchus into the Han people, the Li family of the Tang Dynasty is actually a Xianbei person, but the country that has been laid belongs to the Han people, and the Li family also considers itself a Han people, the Tang Dynasty is the pride of the Han nation, and even the Qin State was a barbarian in the past, incompatible with the Central Plains culture, but Qin Shi Huang unified the seven countries, who did not say that the Qin State invaded the Central Plains, these two dynasties were recognized by the Han people, and became the history of the Chinese nation, Sui Dynasty, five dynasties and ten kingdoms, some countries, all have foreign blood, But they were all compiled into the official history of the Han people,

Why did the Manchu regime cling to the rules of its ancestors and refused to give up, and insisted on 'getting' the Eight Banners system to impose on the regime, and the nondescript things should have been thrown into the garbage heap of history a long time ago,

Most of the Manchus have long been unable to speak Manchu, let alone write Manchu, Manchus have priority in finding jobs, the Qing Dynasty has a lot of 'fat' and only admit Manchus, Manchus still have superior privileges, so Manchus are still proud to be Manchus, a minority is unwilling to abandon vested interests, above other nationalities, this causes social turmoil, but also makes the Han people alienate from the Manchus, do not want to submit to the Manchus to be second-class subjects,

However, the army of the Eight Banners has lost its military ability, there is no hard-working 'spirit', the vast army grassroots has been occupied by the Han people, the Qing Dynasty is essentially relying on the Han army to defend the territory, a minority government, can only rely on the patriotic ideology of loyalty to the monarch to restrain the vast number of Han army and the people under its rule, I hope that the people of the Qing Dynasty are as loyal and righteous as Guan Gong, and only recognize one lord for the rest of their lives, under the impact of a steady stream of new ideas and new culture in the West, Guan Gong's idea of loyalty and righteousness will be broken, and the awakening of the Han people is a matter of time.

Offering the Manchu emperor, by the way, stuffing a group of Manchu nobles who eat ancient food and corpse vegetarian food into the Senate, learning the Senate and House of Representatives system of the British Empire, is the goal he pursues, and it is also the most ideal outcome of his belief in the reform of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Advanced ideas keep pace with the times, do not want to be abandoned by history, you must learn to conform to the people's will, Li Guolou is not a die-hard slave of the Qing Dynasty, how can a fickle person recognize a master, Li Guolou has many 'doors', has a variety of business philosophy, left and right in the court, no matter which faction is in power, he has a common language, peaceful coexistence, dancing with wolves, with small-scale improvements, to deceive the public's sight,

The ambitious Li Guolou is waiting for the moment when the will of heaven cannot be violated, he not only has money, and the power of civil officials, but also has the military power of military attachés, and the 'disciples' not only have underworld elements, but also have guns, so that they can act without looking at other people's faces, and do not need to 'spend' money to buy insatiable generals, Li Ziying and Xinwutang are the beginning of his 'meddling' in the army, and when Li Hongzhang is no longer the governor of Zhili after seven years, he will take a fancy to the throne of the governor of Zhili, and the real power and strength can be in the Qing Dynasty Mixed with the wind and water,

Li Guolou shook his head, put aside the 'chaotic' messy thinking, and focused his 'fine' strength on fighting, and now the soldiers around him, with the old and the new, those who followed him for half a year, are already veterans of the Li Zi battalion, and they can take charge of themselves, and an army that can fight and fight has begun to take shape, relying on these patriotic 'spirit' and 'spirit' mud 'legs' to defeat another gang of underworld mud 'legs',

The sound of gunfire rang out in the night sky, and the rebel army hiding in Luoda Village was dispatched, and at the east entrance of the village under the night, the "crossing" was woven in the roar of grenades, and the earth trembled violently, and the terrifying night battle began.