Chapter 154: Surrendering the Hero
Luo Yang knew that the Hui army in Gansu must be stubbornly resistant, because in history, Zuo Zongtang pacified the northwest, after a bitter bloody battle, besieging the Ningxia Hui army Jinji Fort, besieging Hezhou and Suzhou in western Gansu, all of which took more than a year to break through, the Qing army mobilized tens of thousands of elites, after destroying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twist Army, concentrated on the westward expedition, it took several years, during which there were many setbacks, the famous general Liu Songshan was killed, the commander Fu Zongxian, Xu Wenxiu and other forty battalions of the army were destroyed and so on. Luo Yang doesn't have much knowledge of history, and he also knows that without the power of thunder, the tenacity of the Hui army will definitely not give in.
It is inevitable to destroy by force, but there is nothing wrong with using political skills, after many discussions, Luo Bingzhang suggested, first salute and then soldiers, slow down the attack and paralyze it,
After occupying Dong Zhiyuan, Luo Yang quickly withdrew the army back, because the situation was too prominent and it was easy to be attacked by the Hui army.
wrote a handwritten letter, detailing the future policy towards the Hui army, especially the system of regional autonomy of the Hui nationality, and spoke very seriously, taking the national righteousness as the sect, Luo Yang called on all departments of the Hui army in Gansu to quickly surrender.
"Leaders of the Hui army, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and Qinghai are in turmoil, and the reason will not be investigated, but if you are an anti-Qing uprising, you should unite with our army, the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom is determined to destroy the Qing Dynasty, and there is a strong force, and the country will be unified in the future, you and I are allies; If the rights and interests of the Hui are to be guaranteed, the system of regional ethnic autonomy can guarantee the maximum rights of the Hui people; If you want to rise in troubled times, then this king promises to confirm your powers and arrange official positions in your current form, but, in any case, you must unite under the banner of the Chinese nation, otherwise, our army will be destroyed. ”
Luo Yang also used the fiasco of the Hui army in Shaanxi as an example, and explained to the leaders of the Hui army the pathetic nature of fighting against the Huaxia Heavenly Army.
Luoyang sent the officers and soldiers of the Hui people to surrender, selected some who could speak well, and rushed to the Ningxia Hui Army, the core of the Gansu Hui Army, because there was no Ningxia province or region at that time, and it actually belonged to Gansu.
The commander of the Hui army in Ningxia is Ma Hualong, smart and capable, highly respected, the three generations of ancestors and grandchildren are Protestant eunuchs, inspired by the uprising of the Hui army in Shaanxi, with the Jinji Fort near Wuzhong Fort in Ningxia as the core, a large area of Hui army base was established, and the Hui army quickly captured Lingzhou, Wuzhong, Guangjian fortress, with a strong military force and a strong fortress group, besides, that area is the Yellow River Qingtong Gorge side of the lofty mountains and mountains, the road is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Hui army broke Lingwu and other cities, Collected the Qing army's abandoned artillery and other weapons, foreign guns, etc., and also purchased thousands of foreign guns from various channels, weapons and so on by no means backward, nearly 200,000 back soldiers, so that it has the advantage of separating one side,
This is a problem in the north of Gansu, in the south, mainly Ma Zhanao of Hezhou, the old horse is the ancestor of the Ma Jiajun in the northwest region in the future, Ma Bufang Ma Buqing and so on, and also has hundreds of thousands of elites, Hezhou, that is, today's Linxia, in terms of military literacy, Ma Zhanao is better,
Historically, Ma Hualong has repeatedly, first surrendered, changed his name to Ma Chaoqing, said that he would never oppose the Qing Dynasty again, and then, soon reversed, in the end, he was surrounded and surrendered by Zuo Zongtang Liu Jintang's army, together with more than 1,800 family relatives, was executed, and Ma Zhanao was very cunning, after the victory of the death battle, he took the initiative to surrender, and as a result, he became an accomplice of the Qing army, counterattacked, and suppressed the Hui army everywhere, so as to obtain the military and political status of Gansu and other places, and became the ultimate vested interest.
In any case, don't expect the political morality of these upper echelons of the Hui army, so Luo Yang's persuasion to surrender is naturally an expedient measure.
On the one hand, the Huaxia Army actively prepared troops, especially the manufacture of flying thunder artillery and gunpowder on the spot, and quickly established at least one artillery regiment in each unit with strong firepower, and also transferred other troops and generals to the west.
Kong Guangshun, who had served as the governor of Xi'an, was appointed as the commander of the division, based on the regimental training, formed an independent division of 8,000 people, and mobilized to the front line, so that the generals of the original Qing army in Gansu had experience in exerting their experience, increased to five, and then, the former Taiping army generals, Liang Chengfu and Lan Chengchun, the king of Qi, also took their own backbone troops of 3,000 people as the core, supplemented the militia, each made up the size of a division, and participated in the sequence of the western expedition. Huaxia Tian, who made the western expedition to Gansu, quickly had strong firepower and strong troops, with a total of more than 100,000,
Under the guidance of the technicians sent by Luoyang, various units have cast flying thunder cannons, manufactured gunpowder explosives, and manufactured flashes of ignition models.
The Hui army did not reply for a long time, and it was estimated that they were hesitating and thinking, so Luo Yang stationed each army in the north and south centers of Gansu for the Hui army, and he went to solve another problem.
DONG Fuxiangjun,
Dong is a Han Chinese, likes to use force and hates studying, chivalrous and righteous, quickly accumulated contacts in his hometown, Shaanxi Hui Army, he formed a self-defense armed force in his hometown in Qingyang, the power developed rapidly, which caused the local government to be jealous and worried, actually rudely framed and arrested, and then applied the torture of "boiling water empowerment", to put him to death, fortunately the prison guards sympathized with him and released him, so he went home, led the self-defense armed anti-Qing, and then, against the Hui army's indiscriminate killing of Han innocents, left and right bows, rampant in troubled times, The Qing army mobilized heavy troops for the first time to besiege Jinjibao, and its decisive battle on the southern front was completely defeated by the combined forces involved in Dong Fuxiang's army.
Dong Fuxiang later, surrendered Zuo Zongtang, attracted much attention, has been marching west, established meritorious service, and then after that, also entered Beijing, participated in the Boxer Rebellion, ordered his subordinates to fight back against the provocation of the Eight-Nation Alliance, killed the secretary of the Japanese Embassy, killed the German Minister Klinder, and then led the army and the coalition army to fight hard, to protect the Queen Mother West to flee to Xi'an, and finally, the Eight-Nation Alliance Army held him accountable and wanted to execute him, and the Queen Mother of the West protected him to the death, and finally dismissed from his post and died of old age.
Because the Taiping Army and he once had a coalition and communicated news, so, Luo Yang and the Taiping Army Qi King Liang Chengfu together, led an army of 4,000 to northern Shaanxi, in the chaos of the war, Dong Jun fell to northern Shaanxi, after a week of trekking and searching, finally found Dong Fuxiang himself,
Dong Fuxiang's army has 4,000 people, all of whom are armed by the Han people, and the equipment is okay, because they have defeated the Qing army and captured a large number of weapons and ammunition.
"You want me to surrender." Dong Fuxiang was dismissive,
Liang Chengfu explained the powerful martial arts of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, and Dong Fuxiang immediately changed his attitude, "It was you who swept Sichuan and wiped out the entire Hui army in Shaanxi." ”
Luo Yang smiled: "It's a trivial matter, now, we want to solve the Hui army in Gansu within a month, but I am afraid that a good man like you will follow the Hui army to make trouble and come to you first." ”
"Hehe, it's very simple to speak, but who believes it." Dong Fuxiang snorted,
Luo Yang didn't gossip much, and ordered the soldiers to get the horse-drawn flying thunder cannon, and gave Dong Fuxiang two doors, and personally manipulated it, and tested two rounds outside Dong Jun's door, as a result, the sonic boom forest, the target was blown up, and all the Dong officers and soldiers present trembled, and then, Luo Yang sent grenades and bombs, etc., each to Dong Fuxiangjun, for experiments, its power is great, easy to use, so that Dong Jun was greatly surprised,
It was the sincerity of the afar, advanced weapons and equipment, which made Dong Fuxiang admire, and immediately announced that he would join the Huaxia Army.