On the afternoon of March 13, 1889, Li Zhongju stood on the border of the two provinces and told Song Mingren, Huang Feihong and others about the importance of this war, with the aim of making them all vigilant and at the same time sweeping through Hunan as quickly as possible. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Zhongju then ordered a large army to enter Qizhou, Hunan, and each province of the Qing Dynasty was divided into a number of prefectures, halls, and prefectures, of which the prefectures and halls had slightly less power than the prefectures. However, the state and department are still at the same level as the government.

Qizhou is the southernmost state in Hunan, and the area of this state is also very large, of which Qizhou City is the center of the entire Qizhou. Li Zhongju's order was to first take Qizhou, and then expand to the four directions through Qizhou, aiming to take the entire territory of Hunan Province in the shortest possible time.

Although Qizhou was close to Guangdong Province, Zhang Shuo, the governor of Huguang at this time, did not dare to put the army in Qizhou a lot, because he understood that even if there were more troops, if they encountered Li Zhongju's Zhenwu army, they would only be abused.

Besides, there is really no danger to defend in Qizhou, no matter how many troops Zhang Shuo puts here, it still can't fill this hole, so after Zhang Shuo returned to Changsha, after thinking twice, he decided to put the army in Hengzhou Mansion, because Hengzhou Mansion is dangerous, and he can rely on the terrain advantage to maneuver with Li Zhongju's army.

At the same time, Zhang Shuo got Li Zhongju to defeat the British fleet in the naval battle, and he himself felt that Li Zhongju should not choose to attack his Hunan by land, he should use the powerful naval team to go north directly, didn't he see Prince Gong Yixin returning to the capital in fear!

Imagination is always beautiful and unpredictable, and everyone is willing to think in their favor rather than in their own disadvantage. Except, of course, the best minds in the world.

Li Zhongju led the army into Hunan Province, and the Qing army could not find it at once, and when Li Zhongju's army came to the first county seat, the Qing army officially discovered that the king of Zhennan had launched an attack on Hunan. At the same time, the county commander immediately sent scouts to spread the news to Zhang Shuo, the governor of Huguang, and he himself led hundreds of people to defend the city beyond his strength, but in the end, of course, he did not hold the county seat, and was easily broken by the Zhenwu army.

The Zhenwu army left a company of soldiers to deal with the aftermath of the county, and at the same time the army continued to march towards Qizhou City, Li Zhongju and everyone understood that as long as they took Qizhou City, they could be regarded as the first city in Hunan Province. It can also be said that they are one step closer to success, otherwise they would have to stand still.

Due to the good military discipline of Zhenwu, the army was welcomed by the local people of Qizhou, Hunan Province, and the common people still hoped that they could live a good life with the king of Zhennan. For two hundred years, the Manchus had enslaved them, and they had had enough, if they didn't have the strength to resist, I'm afraid they couldn't help but want to resist.

Three days later, Li Zhongju and the others looked at this very majestic Qizhou City, which of course was only relative to other counties in Qizhou. Compared with Guangzhou City, Qizhou is still a little worse. This is just a kind of self-deception in people's vision, and when they encounter five or six small county towns in a row, and suddenly encounter a government city that is several times larger than the county seat, of course everyone will be very shocked.

However, no matter how shocked they are, everyone will not be afraid, because they are the strongest army in the world. None of them were afraid of the British army, so why should they be afraid of a city.

At this time, the governor of Qizhou had already received the news that Li Zhongju had attacked Hunan on a large scale, and it was even more unfortunate that Qizhou had become the first target of Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan. This made the heart of the governor of Qizhou very helpless, but as an official of the Qing Dynasty, how could he surrender easily, he still had to lead the officers and soldiers of Qizhou to resist the Zhenwu army.

Qizhou Zhizhou looked at the tens of thousands of elite troops under the city, and there was an inexplicable panic in his heart, but he still comforted himself, no matter how strong Li Zhongju's army was, it was impossible to break through Qizhou City at once.

Qizhou Zhizhou is a very smart person, he knows that the artillery under Li Zhongju is very powerful, he directly ordered the army to firmly block the city gate with boulders and soil, and do not give Li Zhongju the opportunity to bombard the city gate with artillery. In this way, Li Zhongju will have to pay a greater price if he wants to break open the city gate.

In fact, the idea of Qizhou Zhizhou is not wrong, but he underestimated the ability of Li Zhongju and the army, you must know that when people's abilities are infinitely strong, they can change many things.

Take this city as an example, although the governor of Qizhou seems to have made all preparations, but in Li Zhongju's eyes, it is full of flaws, as long as Li Zhongju is willing, he can easily break this city.

You must know that Li Zhongju now has hundreds of howitzers in his hands, and the power of these shells is by no means as simple as the enemy thinks, and the rifle fire of the Zhenwu Army is not something that the army of a state city can block.

Li Zhongju immediately said to Song Naruto, "Naruto, how long will it take you to capture this Qizhou City?" ”

Song Naruto pondered for a while, "Commander, I promise to take Qizhou City within three hours. ”

Li Zhongju shook his head, "Naruto, I can take this Qizhou City in an hour, do you believe it?" ”

Song Naruto shook his head, in their eyes, this was impossible, they thought that it was impossible for the prince to break through Qizhou City in such a short time, although Qizhou City was not very strong, but it was undoubtedly an easy city to defend and difficult to attack.

Moreover, it was broad daylight at this time, and it was impossible to take a sneak attack to capture Qizhou City, so they could only attack it, but if they attacked, it was obvious that an hour of time was not enough, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in the commander's gourd.

Although they didn't believe that the commander would break through Qizhou City within an hour, deep down they felt that the commander could still create miracles and break through Qizhou City. Just a deep trust. It is precisely this kind of trust that will never be questioned that has enabled them to closely follow in the footsteps of the commander and reach this position today, otherwise, I am afraid it will be a different look. This is what people often say that mutual trust can create brilliance.

Why did Li Zhongju dare to say that he could take Qizhou City within an hour, it was because Li Zhongju was confident, and now the independent brigade has been equipped with 88 mm mortars, which is a very powerful mortar, whether it is a siege or a confrontation with the enemy in the plain area, it is a sharp weapon in this era, a kind of artillery that can make the enemy fearful.

Li Zhongju dared to say this precisely because he believed in 88 mm caliber mortars, and after a while, they would be shocked and didn't know why. (To be continued.) )