Since the naval battle was uncertain, the Qing army sailors in Magong Port were recuperating and recharged, and it was not easy to dispatch the main warships. In the past two months, the battle on the plains was still the mainstay, and Li Guolou led a hundred Goshha to set off overnight and rushed to the Pingtung Plain, preparing to personally command the battle.

Fighting on the plains is a test of the true strength of an army, and it is a hard-fought battle. The Qing army, built with modern equipment, was not afraid of any enemy.

The Japanese army borrowed from Western military powers, combined with the spirit of bushido, to build a modern army. The Japanese army is nominally loyal to the Japanese emperor, but in fact, the real military power is still in the hands of the family members of the military department.

Although Japan has an emperor and is nominally a country, in fact, it has been in a state of feudal secession for more than 1,000 years, and the Japanese warlords have been fighting for a long time. If you want to live longer in the war years, the first task is to hold the territory. Therefore, the Japanese army is an army that is good at holding on, and it can endure hardships, and it will not surrender if it dies in battle, and the Japanese army hiding in the fortifications is a hard bone to gnaw.

After the Japanese army invaded Taiwan, its purpose was very clear, that is, to capture the eastern Shengfan land with dangerous terrain, and did not attack the Taichung Plain. Liu Mingdeng, the chief soldier of Taiwan Town, once fought with the Japanese army in the Pingtung Plain and ended in defeat.

After the Japanese army captured Guishan, they used Guishan as a stronghold to establish the Governor's Mansion and expand the colony.

After the defeat in the Battle of the Diaoyu Islands, the Japanese army felt a great military threat, and mainly focused on consolidating the territory they had seized, building military fortifications and forts on Turtle Mountain, preparing for a long-term garrison.

The Pingtung Plain is the territory of the Beidong people, and the Japanese army considered that they would buy the hearts of Taiwan's ethnic minorities and the source of future food, so Lieutenant General Xixiang sent four elite troops from the province, and more than 4,000 Japanese troops were stationed in the Pingtung Plain to unite the Beidong people to jointly resist the Qing army.

The invaders and traitors joined forces to defend the grain-producing region.

The Qing army, with the strong support of other ethnic minorities, fought the enemy one after another on the vast Pingtung Plain. The Pingtung Plain has become a battlefield and ignited one war after another, which is a national war and a just war against aggression.

In order to break the determination of the Beidong people to resist, the Qing army did not burn the homes and crops in the fields of the Beidong people from the beginning. The Qing army put forward a loud political slogan, "Resist the tyranny of Luo Yixi, those who live have their land, everyone is a free citizen, and the people of the motherland and the people of the Beidong nationality are brothers."

Under the Tusi system, the people under the Tusi were serfs, they had no land, in addition to providing heavy unpaid labor and serving as a native soldier for the Tusi, they also had to pay or pay tribute to the Tusi in kind, this feudal serfdom was the economic basis of the Tusi system.

The Beidong serfs did not understand their own power, and Li Guolou wanted to instill the ideas of freedom, equality, and patriotism in these serfs, so that the Beidong serfs would rebel against the Beidong king Luo Yuxi.

Li Guolou took the lead in putting forward the idea that the Beidong nobles and the Beidong serfs should be treated differently, and he wanted to fight a war to win the hearts and minds of the people, so that the 40,000 Beidong serfs would be liberated, and finally let the Beidong nobles become lost dogs. Let the Beidong Tusi Luo become a lonely person and be spurned by the people.

The Beidong people on the Pingtung Plain left their homes, thinking that it would be a disaster and that the Qing army would burn down their homes. But the hometown was not burned down, and the abandoned farmland was still watered, and the Qing army did not take revenge on the betrayed Beidong people, but treated the old Beidong people who stayed in their hometowns well.

Soon, the Beidong people were divided and disintegrated, and some of the Beidong people who returned to their hometowns returned to the Qing Dynasty and broke with the Beidong Tusi Luo. The Qing army began to have a guide of the Beidong tribe, and the people of the Beidong tribe denounced the Tusi Luo who betrayed the Qing Dynasty, and some people proposed to re-seal a Tusi, but the bloodline was the key, and the Beidong nobles who returned to the Qing Dynasty could not obey the public, so they only waited for a new Tusi to appear in the Beidong tribe.

The Qing army entered the Pingtung Plain and survived the most difficult beginning, and there were people along the way, and malnourished old people and lively and naughty children appeared in the villages, and they no longer avoided the Qing army when they saw it passing by.

Captain Arirang led the officers and men of the eight battalions and four sentinels to fight in the Pingtung Plain, and at first the officers and soldiers did not understand the ethnic policy formulated by Li Guolou, and the war was quite difficult. Although he broke through four villages and eliminated more than 300 enemies, he also lost half of his troops.

Arirang won several battles, but felt that the Beidong people were very persevering and a difficult opponent, and the next battle would be very difficult.

With the passage of time, the advantages of the national policy slowly emerged, and the more the war was fought, the resistance of the Beidong warriors became weak, and many Beidong warriors were unwilling to fight the battlefield, and they revolted on the battlefield. The Xinwu army made rapid progress, and some Beidong tribes and stockades knelt down to welcome the king's division and no longer used force to fight against the Qing army. The situation of cold guns along the way has also changed greatly, and the Pingtung Plain has ushered in a round of liberation boom.

Only then did the Xinwu Army feel the benefits of the ethnic policy, and spared no effort to rectify military discipline and publicize the Qing Dynasty's policy of not blaming the Beidong people in the past.

After more than a month of marching and fighting, the source of eight battalions and four sentinels was replenished, and the recruits were mainly aborigines from Taiwan, all of whom were trained by Liu Mingchuan. The officers and men of the 8th Battalion and the 4 Sentinels made rapid progress, and the recruits quickly integrated into this glorious collective. It is obvious that the combat effectiveness of the troops is improving, and the "eight battalions and four outposts" that have undergone the baptism of artillery fire have become even stronger.

At this time, Arirang led the officers and soldiers of the eight battalions and four sentinels to enter Yueran Village bloodlessly, and communicated with Yuewang Village, the "village chief" of Yueran Village, and got important information that there was a squadron of Japanese troops stationed in Wangyue Township, five miles away.

"Zhai Chief" Yuewang is the lowest level of the Beidong nobles, it can be said that Yuewang is the foundation of the Beidong Tusi system, even this kind of person is unwilling to leave his hometown, but to submit to the Qing Dynasty, indicating that Tusi Luo is not popular with the betrayal of the Qing Dynasty. Under the strong military threat of the Qing army and the inspiration of national righteousness, the Beidong people are still willing to serve the country. Tusluo's betrayal of the motherland was spurned by the people.

"Zhai Chief" Yuewang said with great certainty: "Sir, I just came back from Wangyue Township yesterday, and I saw the Japanese army Shaozuo Kameda, and he also asked us to prepare fifty stones of grain and grass in Yueran Village, thirty strong laborers, and I don't want the flower girl!" I heard that the Japanese army does not dare to touch women now, and the non-combat attrition of the Japanese army is very serious, and it is all caused by women. ”

Arirang believes that Yuewang will not lie, because Yuewang's family is in Yueran Village, and if Yuewang lies, Yueran Village will not have more than 300 villagers left. But the Japanese army in Wangyue Township has a squadron, at least more than 100 Japanese troops, this is a hard bone, relying on his outpost strength is afraid that it will not be able to gnaw, but when the follow-up troops arrive, the Japanese army will get the news, they will retreat back, and they will lose their fighters.

Arirang thought about it and asked, "Chief Yuewangzhai, how long did you promise Kameda Shaozo to raise all the grain, grass and labor for him?" ”

"Zhai Chief" Yue Wang smiled: "I'll fool around, deceive Kameda Shaozuo, and promise him that it will be enough to give me a day." If you don't come, I will send a maximum of 20 stone of grain and grass, which will meet all the requirements of the Japanese army. ”

Arirang smiled and said, "Good! Yuewang Zhaichang, please draw the terrain of Wangyue Township, I also want to know how many villagers in Wangyue Township serve the Japanese army? ”

In the Beidong people, the power to read and paint is in the hands of a very small number of people, and the "village chief" Yuewang needs to manage a village, of course, he can speak and write.

Yue Wang held a brush to paint and said: "Looking at the topography of Yuexiang Township, I know it well with my eyes closed. There are more than 500 villagers in Wangyue Township, and there are more than 100 guns, but I believe that Tengchong, the 'village chief', will recognize the situation and will not resist stubbornly to the end. ”

"Great, Yuewang Zhai, please prepare fifty stones, grain, grass and vehicles immediately, be sure to prepare all in order at night, we must rush to Wangyue Township at dawn and attack the Japanese army."

Yue Wang's eager expression said: "Sir, I'll just wait for your words, how many girls have little Japan spoiled our Beidong tribe, I have long wanted to avenge this revenge." ”

"Well, our new military army is here to avenge you." Arirang replied indignantly that the Beidong girl was a condolence gift from Tusi Luo to the Japanese army, and the Beidong girl was ruined by the Japanese army and was still able to come back alive.

Since the plague epidemic in the Japanese army, the Japanese army blamed the Paiwan girls for the plague, and those Paiwan girls who were captured by the Japanese army were slaughtered and their bones were gone.

(This is also the reason why the Japanese army used comfort women in later battles, and the contagion caused the Japanese to talk about tigers.) One of the reasons for the invasion of Taiwan and the withdrawal of the Japanese army from Taiwan was that the Japanese army was infected with a terrible plague in Taiwan, and Japanese soldiers died of illness every day, which made the Japanese army demoralized. ）

Arirang hurriedly held a pre-war mobilization meeting to prepare for a surprise attack on Wangyue Township. Lieutenant Zhang Xiaotian, Lieutenant Zhang Tiepao, Lieutenant Yang Jingwei, and Lieutenant Yan Bin, when they heard that there was a Japanese army hiding in Wangyue Township, it was like a chicken blood, and they were all eager to try and want to be lonely heroes. Four people compete for a spot, and no one is convinced.

Arirang made the final decision: "Don't make any noise, this operation is to pretend to be a member of the Beidong tribe, whoever is the shortest will be this daredevil." Yan Bin, this glorious and arduous task is entrusted to you, let me change my clothes first. ”

"Yes! Guaranteed completion of the task. Yan Bin stood tall proudly, didn't care that he was a dwarf man, and couldn't help but wink at Yang Jingwei, he was originally a hired farmer of the big landlord Wang Yunteng, and in the Battle of Weishan Lake, it was he who captured Yang Jingwei, the commander of the Bronze Hammer, and made great achievements. Yan Bin had just been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and he still wanted to make meritorious contributions, but Yang Jingwei was subdued by him all his life.

"Humph!" Yang Jingwei snorted coldly, turned his head and didn't look at Yan Bin, he was in a bad mood and wanted to kill someone.

Arirang said with a serious expression: "The combat effectiveness of a squadron of the Japanese army is very strong, but now the Japanese army is suffering from the plague, I think there must be many patients in this army, give him a seven-fold discount, there should be seventy or eighty people still have combat effectiveness, we must solve the battle as soon as possible, if we can't take Wangyue Township tomorrow morning, we will immediately withdraw from the battle, and never fight a war of attrition with the enemy." Also, try to avoid unnecessary casualties, and for the resistance of the Beidong people, we must mainly shout, if it is really not possible, then fire. ”

Each squad of the eight battalions and four outposts has two small steel cannons, which are sometimes assembled into an artillery team to form a powerful firepower. The power of a small steel cannon is enough to be worth a squad, and there are eight small steel cannons, which is enough to double the combat effectiveness of the eight battalions and four sentinels. Since the Beidong people rushed to join the Qing Dynasty, the pressure on the Qing army's transportation line dropped in vain, and there was no need to worry about the future, and the Beidong people were also willing to serve the country. The officers and men fighting on the front line suddenly became full of ammunition. The eight battalions and four outposts jumped from two small steel cannons to eight small steel cannons, which allowed Arirang to dare to attack the Japanese defense line with equal strength.

"Well, the Beidong people are junjie who know the current affairs, I think this pimple Beidong people can still be trusted, and if you go east, I'm afraid you will meet hard ideas." Zhang Xiaotian is also a deputy, the second in command of the eight battalions and four sentinels, and after the baptism of the battlefield, he has become more and more mature and stable.

Arirang nodded and said: "Don't worry about this, as long as we fight well here, the enemy can only shrink the troops, the Pingtung Plain will be the world of cavalry, the Japanese army has no cavalry, and if we fight here, our army will win." ”

Zhang Xiaotian muttered: "Most of the officers and soldiers of our eight battalions and four outposts can't ride horses. Captain, you're going too far. ”

Arirang smiled, spread out the map, and said, "Don't mention the future, the strategic layout is planned by Commander Li. Let's talk about how to sneak attack the Japanese army in Wangyue Township first, what I want is to completely annihilate the defending enemy. ”

The military meeting was carried out intensely, and the officers and soldiers under Arirang were all from Shandong, and the Shandong heroes who had seen the unevenness on the road had regarded Taiwan as their hometown. The Qing army lived in harmony with the people of the Beidong ethnic group, cooked together on fires, fought in the Pingtung Plain, and with the support of ethnic minorities, the Qing army seemed to have eagle-like eyes, and every move of the Japanese army could be foreseen.

The soldiers of the Qing army standing guard are like green pines, standing at the east gate of the motherland.