Luo Bingzhang's policy of reaping the benefits of fishing is indeed quite convenient, because the sincerity of releasing prisoners of war shows the power of Hanzhong's great victory, and the Shaanxi Hui Army sent people to express that they have reached an agreement with the Huaxia Tian** Banner to jointly deal with the Manchu Qing officials and troops, and the people who came were several prisoners of war.

"What does Mr. Luo think?" Luo Yang asked Luo Bingzhang,

"How can the Hui army easily believe me, but it's just a hypocrisy and a snake." Luo Bingzhang snorted: "In the Hanzhong War, two days before and after returning to the army, nearly 20,000 were lost, and looking at the physique of their prisoners of war, they were all elites, they were greatly injured, and there were officials and troops persecuted in the east, where is there a chance to dare to fight a decisive battle with our army to seek revenge, and temporarily perfunctory us." ”

Luo Bingzhang suggested that if you continue to wait, you must wait for the Hui army and the official army to divide the victory and defeat, at that time, the exhausted two armies will be easily defeated by Huaxia Tian**, this idea has been approved by the vast majority of generals,

"Can't we immediately reach an agreement with the Hui army to jointly deal with the Manchu Qing officers and troops?" Luo Yang asked: "The return army against the Qing Dynasty is in line with the use of our army, if we wait for its defeat, the vitality will be completely lost, the officers and troops will be victorious, and the morale will be strong, which will definitely be unfavorable to us." ”

There is no support, everyone thinks that the barbaric massacre of the Hui army has formed a deep hatred with the Han people in Shaanxi, which cannot be mediated, and must be subdued by force.

Luo Bingzhang even believes that although the Manchu court is also a foreigner, after all, it is currently protecting the people, and he would rather fight to the death with the Hui army than meet the official army.

"This king has a law, maybe he can coordinate the relationship with the Hui army."

"What a method."

"Methods of Regional Ethnic Autonomy."

"Hmm."

Luo Yang told his own ideas, principles, and requirements to quickly contact the Hui army, and it is best to control it immediately and become a part of Huaxia Tian**, as for the crime of genocide, it is the behavior of part of the Hui army, and it cannot be liquidated by the same means,

Few people were able to understand and agree, and the meeting seemed dull,

"Forcing peace with force, stopping killing with killing, and touching people with sincerity are principles, and we must try to do so." Luo Yang gave an order, after all, China's current policy of regional ethnic autonomy is quite reasonable.

As soon as Luoyang's military order came out, everyone no longer hesitated and expressed their support.

Anyway, in history, after the Hui army was finally pacified by Zuo Zongtang, many elites surrendered and became part of the official army, and played a very important role in the late Qing Dynasty, such as Ma Zhanao's horse team, which was very brave when resisting the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Luoyang's strategy is to take the initiative to attack the plan, so with one to guard Hanzhong, Chenggu, one to the north, detour to the west edge of the Qinling Mountains, go straight to Zhouzhi, occupy the west of Xi'an City, curb the retreat of the Hui army, the third part, further detour to the west, go to Liuba, Fengxian, enter Baoji, close to Fengxiang,

Time is urgent, and it is necessary to intercept them before the Hui army retreats to western Shaanxi and Gansu, either to reach an agreement and become allies, or, to win the battle, greatly weakened, and force them to accept the adaptation,

Zeng Shihe guarded in Hanzhong, responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass and other materials, the task was arduous, because Shaanxi was in turmoil for many years, especially after the change, all parts of the country were dilapidated, lack of provisions, the Chinese army was stationed with 15,000 people, to ensure the back road, to ensure the supply, especially here, set up an arms manufacturing center, on the one hand to develop gunpowder, on the other hand to cast flying thunder cannons,

All the way to the north, by the former Taiping Army general Qiu Yuancai as the main general, at the same time equipped with an artillery regiment of the Huaxia Army, strengthen the firepower, and add an infantry division of the Huaxia Army, a total of 17,000 troops, quite good, thoughtful, strategic position is important, and there is a base of more than 4,000 people of the Lan Dashun Army, merge one, advance and retreat, the purpose of its existence is to keep an eye on the retreat of the Hui Army, but also to keep an eye on the offensive trend of the Qing Dynasty official army,

Luo Yang and Luo Bingzhang led the main force, more than 45,000 people, to carry out a roundabout offensive plan, the goal is not only to block the retreat of the Hui army, but also to occupy and restore all areas in western Shaanxi, smash all disobedient armed groups, especially to stop ethnic vendetta,

Luo Bingzhang couldn't figure it out at first, but later, he strongly supported it, this old Han bureaucrat hated the national vendetta in Shaanxi, and kept clamoring for the liquidation of the Hui army, so he was very excited about this attack.

Luo Yang has made strict restrictions on military discipline, prohibiting anyone from taking revenge in any way, and prohibiting anyone from infringing on the interests of any people.

"We are here to restore order, not to take revenge, we are a country with ideals, an army, not barbaric bandits." At first, I couldn't figure it out, but with Luo Yang's repeated explanations on the way to the army, a big guy like Luo Bingzhang was even more impressed by Luo Yang: "I didn't expect King Rui to be young and so knowledgeable, Luo was ashamed of himself." ”

On the one hand, on the one hand, we formulated strict military discipline details, and dispatched some officers and men to agitate, explain, and publicize the troops, so as to ensure that the policies and military orders of the higher authorities could be implemented in a timely manner.

Of course, Luo Yang also proposed that any behavior that dares to provoke the Huaxia Army will be met with a head-on attack, and the Huaxia Army will severely crack down on the troops that are infringing on the people or brutally slaughtering, no matter who it is, and even retaliate reciprocated.

Three days later, the forward troops of the Luoyang army rushed to Baoji and came into contact with the Hui army to fight, because the Hui troops here rushed to the vicinity of Xi'an, and the miscalculation made the defense of the Hui army here empty.

With the firepower of foreign guns, coupled with the cooperation of cavalry, and a surprise attack, the vanguard of the Chinese army defeated the Hui rangers and foot soldiers, killed eighteen people, captured thirty-one, and then stationed troops outside the city.

The Hui army, which had a strong retaliatory spirit, immediately dispatched troops from the city to counterattack, and the charge of one hundred and ten cavalry raised dust that soared into the sky, making the forward troops of the Huaxia Army quite nervous.

Because of the fear of Luo Bingzhang, Hu Zhonghe and other former Qing army generals, Luo Yang implemented a mixed formation of the troops and no longer divided into each other, so he was handy in command.

Hu Zhonghe was an independent division, and quickly reinforced to the front line, and the black pressure of the troop tide surrounded it from the flank, and immediately frightened the cavalry detachment of the returning army to shrink back to the city.

The forward unit with the artillery battalion as the fire cover is a brigade formation, Liu Jiahui serves as the brigade commander, this is a young general, is the hardcore brother of the original Luoyang army gradually grew up, and the people who grew up in the Luoyang army have received systematic artillery training, so he decisively decided to attack the city,

Hu Zhonghe's division was divided into two divisions to block the opposite road of Baoji City, Liu Jiahui's brigade served as the main attack, with the complementary power of flying thunder artillery and foreign artillery, the Hui army at the south gate of Baoji City was beaten to the point that it could not raise its head at all, and it was later confirmed that in the bombardment, the unconscionable artillery caused the defenders of the Hui army on the city wall to be blown up.

Hundreds of Hui soldiers were defeated and defeated, and even thousands of Hui soldiers who helped in the war also slipped into the neighborhood early to hide.

A battalion of infantry of Liu Jiahui's brigade entered the city directly from the bombed city gate, and then other infantry entered the city one after another, and in the city, they cleared out the Hui resistance, collected weapons, and called on all Hui troops to surrender to ensure the safety of life and property of the Hui army.

The power of artillery fire still played a key role, and some of the frightened Hui troops surrendered voluntarily.