The Qing army marched smoothly, and deputy marshal Xu Zhanbiao held a military meeting, Li Guolou led his cronies Fan Dahui and some of Guo Baochang's men to the middle of the army's territory, climbed a loess high slope, and there was a fortress on it, and at a glance, it was intact and occupied

The soldier is in good shape, and it is not difficult to climb the high slope at all, and even Fan Dahui is also walking vigorously, and the other counselors are chatting and laughing

Although he did not ride a horse, Guo Baochang still held a horsewhip in his hand, so he was unwillingly dangling, the gold and silver thread, the horsewhip was decorated with precious stones, this was his trophy, it was captured from the Hui army, and the rich Hui people liked to decorate the gold, silver, and gems inlaid with horses and saddles and leather whips

Li Guolou has become simple now, it's not that he doesn't like to show off, it's not that he has changed his temperament, but he has a good thing in his hand, and his subordinates will ask him for meritorious service, and his leather jacket worth thousands of dollars has already been given away, naturally, Li Guolou requires himself to stand in the crowd by ordinary people's standards, and he doesn't stand out from others, but he is silent and walks with his head down along the way

Guo Baochang squinted and said, "What do you think, Chief Li?"

Li Guolou said: "Look at the road clearly to avoid falling"

"Sour Confucian" Guo Baochang pouted and smiled shamefully, saying that everything must be meaningful and not tired

"Hey, Guo garrison, Yongyang Mansion is difficult to fight, the pressure on logistics support is too great, if it is in a stalemate state, there will be smoke behind the buttocks," Li Guolou spoke in a commander's tone, and he looked a lot shorter

Guo Baochang replied: "Don't let you climb the city again, you have to worry too much"

Li Guolou shook his head and said: "You can't say that, you must win quickly, otherwise the army will come back to your senses and come to a war of attrition, although the victory still belongs to us, but we will lose in time."

"Vice Marshal Xu, if you win quickly, otherwise what do you want to do," Guo Baochang proudly took care of himself, and the horsewhip in his hand turned around one after another, as if he was in the Yongyang Mansion City

Li Guolou slightly pulled the corners of his mouth, what is he, how can he have the right to speak here, even if he has something to say, it is either inappropriate or a cliché, Guan Gong plays a big knife in front of him, isn't it a joke, he has the word Li Ying, an army has more than 3,000 troops, and the intelligence of the team is combat effectiveness, Xu Zhanbiao's intelligence network has long been broken into the Hui army, and there is a steady stream of information, he is still low-key, and does not interfere with the decision-making of the front-line commander

Xu Zhanbiao has 40,000 or 50,000 elite soldiers and reserve troops are gathering from all directions, Zuo Zongtang's strategy is to occupy a piece of territory, consolidate a region, raise the war and agricultural affairs to the same level, and then eliminate the local instability factors through the immigration policy

Li Guolou is a civil official, he can't do without the people's livelihood in his mind, others always think about war, but he thinks a lot about it

The Qing army used the fort as a material distribution center to provide strong material support for the front-line soldiers, and the Hui army prepared the grain and grass for the Han army guarding the fort for most of the year, which became the rations of the Qing army

The officers first visited the fort, with a smile of relief on their faces, and such an intact fortress could allow the Qing army to retreat safely under unfavorable circumstances, which was the foundation of the Qing army's life, looking at the mountains of grain, full of confidence in the future war

Li Guolou touched the flour bag and smiled: "White noodles, zodiac, I'll carry a bag back by myself later."

Leading the officers to visit the fortress, Huang Ding said with a smile: "Lord Li, this is military food, you also want to embezzle, but since you are here, you want to carry it yourself, how much you can take, it depends on your ability."

Li Guolou turned his head and said, "Master Rice, you also have to make some efforts."

Fan Dahui looked at the fifty-pound bag and said helplessly: "Sir Li, if I carry one bag, you will carry two bags."

"If it doesn't work, it's one bag per person," Li Guolou agreed, but was immediately vetoed by Huang Ding, and the officers around Goshha were all strong kings, how could they take advantage of them

The generals laughed and said a few words, all claimed the white face, but no officer said that there was no need for the white face army, and even robbed the grain and grass for a little grain and grass, which is called buying road money, and it is also one of the bad habits of the army, and it has become a kind of loss on the surface, in fact, it is the person who sees it

The generals stepped into the council hall, the battlefield did not pay much attention to the battle, the officers did not even dissolve the guns, they directly entered the council hall, there was no surrender faction, there was no danger of bombing the camp, after a salute, went straight to the topic, everyone sat down in Li Guolou, sat on the side of Huang Ding, the status was highlighted, and he also had the right to speak

Xu Zhanbiao got straight to the point and said: "Let you come today, first, ventilation, our three-way army has come to Yongyang Mansion City smoothly, not only did not lose any losses along the way, but strengthened the team, Huizi sent us military rations, and invited you to eat roast mutton in the evening."

The officers laughed wildly, and their movements were almost proud, complacent, and crazy, just like the eight King Kongs in the temple, these generals all climbed up from the bottom, most of them had participated in the battle to exterminate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for more than ten years, and the old military affairs were familiar with the war, just like the old farmers farming

Seeing that the deputy marshal Xu Zhanbiao was in a good mood, the officers relaxed and drank tea, drank tea, smoked and smoked, but the room was smoky, but they didn't dare to make a sound, just waiting for Xu Zhanbiao to speak

"Let me first talk about the military situation, according to reliable information, Yongyang Mansion City is commanded by the thief chieftain Chen Lin and the seventh marshal Feng Junfu, it is their old battalion with a population of more than 20,000 soldiers, it is said that there are tens of thousands of cavalry, at least 4,000 various artillery pieces, more than 50 guns, but how much combat effectiveness these Huizi have to fight, only to see that Yongyang Mansion City is not easy to fight, a high mountain in the southeast is hanging on our heads, we can't capture Pengyuan Mountain, Yongyang Mansion City, Hui Army and Peng Yuan Mountain defend the enemy, echo each other, there is a support, so to take Yongyang Mansion City, you must first take Peng Yuan Mountain, which will test the infantry and artillery to fight together, Gao Liansheng, Xun Xi, you must cooperate sincerely, take Pengyuan Mountain with small casualties, destroy the enemy's fortifications with precise strikes, and plant the Yellow Dragon Flag on the peak of Pengyuan Mountain", Xu Zhanbiao is magnificent, his face is full of beard, and he seems to be fierce, Zhang Fei is majestic, and the stars in the middle hold the moon, and even Li Guolou, the pride of the sky, is his foil

This is the fate, Xu Zhanbiao's image is good, there is a military general's demeanor, into Zuo Zongtang's eyes, promoted to the rank of general soldier, the Qing Dynasty is an official, the appearance and image requirements are very high, these generals' exploits are actually about the same, the command ability is not different, the size of the official position is to see who the chief promotes, Xu Zhanbiao will become the lucky one, the general soldier is all the way to the princes

"Yes, to ensure the completion of the task" Gao Liansheng and Xun Xi stood upright, their chests were high, and they were not afraid of the sky and the earth

Attacking Pengyuan Mountain, the Qing army has to pay a heavy price, but for the sake of victory, this sacrifice is worth it, as a commander, focus on the overall situation, local consumption is to fight for victory, there is a technical content to test the commander's military quality, but many times it is to fight for attrition, there is no big victory, this kind of thing is to rely on a knife and a gun, in exchange for a tragic victory, both sides of the gun and artillery have the Qing army to occupy the advantage in weapons, the Hui army has a geographical advantage, in the competition, it depends on who can fight, who relies on excellent weapons, and can not fight all over the world, people are flesh and blood, fighting at any time, there will be life danger, in the end, who can afford to consume the Qing army, there is a country as the backing to support this united war for the country, the Qing army with the Han people as the main force, so that this civil war evolves into the Hui and the Han peoplewar

"Gao Liansheng, don't worry, I still have to drain the moat, dig tunnels secretly, you can build fortifications step by step, slowly attack the main peak, don't make a mass grave for me, the imperial court complains about the pension, reiterate the small price, or no one will want to be promoted," Xu Zhanbiao nagged to make the horses not eat grass and want the horses to run happily, this is wishful thinking, and no one can control the casualties if they really go to the battlefield

At this time, Gao Liansheng was sober-minded, and he would not be grieved because of the casualties of his soldiers, of course, he promised the instructions of the deputy marshal Xu Zhanxun Xibiao, and did not forget to ridicule Li Guolou's slogans, and the soldiers loved to listen to them

Li Guolou had a general understanding of the topography of Pengyuan Mountain, and interjected: "Xun Xi, don't be annoyed, build forts one by one, change your temper a little, if you are impatient, if you don't repair the forts, you will die dozens of soldiers or even hundreds of lives, Rome is not built in a day" and said: "Gao Liansheng, I support you with a thousand grenades, this thing Huizi has not tasted Bao Huizi, tasted wow wow scream"

Hearing Li Guolou talk about foreign things, Xun Aili ignored it and said: "What, I don't understand at all why Rome still wants me to repair the fort."

He is this temper, some ability is empty-eyed, thinking that others are Manchu slaves, if not to meet Li Guolou, forever the bottom of the army stays, but the war has changed his fate, there is the ability to use the Manchurian good at using soldiers, the more arrogant the officer, the more Manchurian the more Manchurian, Xun Xi set up military exploits, Xu Zhanbiao to the emperor of course, will mention it, Xun Xi's name was also written down by the Tongzhi Emperor, and put it in the directory, on the case of the heart palace

"Li Guolou, don't be so stingy, it's not too much to double the death squad, and it's not enough to ask you to borrow it," Gao Liansheng is not like Xun Xi, who doesn't understand officialdom etiquette, Han people, Manchurians, and officials in the government know how to be low, and of course I'm happy to hear Li Guolou support his grenade

The last time the tall city wall of Lijiabao collapsed, it was the power of gunpowder, this grenade was small in size, but the power was thrown far away, the Hui army had never tasted the grenade, the grenade was powerful, don't underestimate the grenade, many times the Qing army relied on explosives and grenades to fight a bloody way, and the siege battle was fought to the critical moment, that is, the daredevils rushed into the enemy camp with the explosives bag

At this time, all kinds of spears are loaded with bullets, the rate of fire is slow, the recoil rate is poor, the recoil is very large, the barrel is easy to deviate when the bullet is discharged, the overall level of the Qing army is roughly thirty bullets, to destroy an enemy, this is still a field war, there are fortifications to rely on, then there is no bottom, it sounds very low, but the east is already a strong army

Western military powers are much stronger than the Qing army, at least double the Qing army, this is not by fighting to train, but by peacetime training, the overall level, Zuo Zongtang training three months soldiers on the battlefield, he does not value military skills, but is known for the harsh military law, so although Zuo Zongtang soldiers can fight, but the consumption is very large, but also let the court carry a heavy burden, but time waits for no one, the Qing court can only accept Zuo Zongtang's training method, relying on the war of attrition to win the victory, and greatly promoted

The Hui army is very brave, they are the hometown defense war, the Qing army belongs to the invaders, although the weapons are backward, the personnel are not neat, but many times the Hui army is fighting to the last moment of life, the jade is burned, the heroic scene is numerous, relatively speaking, the Han soldiers are four or five times cheaper than the soldiers of the Eight Banners, which also causes the Great Northwest Army to be dominated by Han people

Li Guolou took another path, he wanted to train elite soldiers and strong generals, and enhance combat effectiveness, but first of all, the cultural quality restricts the army's tactical quality, artillery and infantry can reflect the overall level of an army, so to enhance the army's combat capability, first of all, it is necessary to improve the overall level of officers, Li Guolou has the courage to take risks, pull the students of the martial arts hall to the front line, through the practice of war, temper the students, and raise the level of officers to a high level with speed

Li Guolou's eyes, Zuo Zongtang, of course, knew and supported his move, so he let Li Ziying stay on the front line for such a long time, and Li Guolou knew that the imperial court, military supplies and money from all over the country were continuously supplied to the Chu army, and everyone used each other and helped each other, and there was no contradiction in the village

Xu Zhanbiao heard Gao Liansheng put forward the word "borrow", and couldn't help but spy on Li Guolou's expression, as if he was unmoved, the wealth was magnificent, the young master of the capital was cloudy and sunny, and there was a shortage of people, joys and sorrows, and people always had to go their own ways, work hard for their respective careers, and take advantage of the enthusiasm of both sides, he also wanted to borrow a sum of money from Li Guolou, and talk to Li Guolou tonight