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Zhili, Jizhou.

Jizhou has a long history, has a history of thousands of years, in ancient times, the Yellow Emperor divided Kyushu, Jizhou is one of them, after Yu ruled the water, redraw Kyushu, Jizhou is the first of Kyushu, Hebei is referred to as "Ji" in later generations from this.

Jizhou City is located in the southeast of Zhili, since the second year of Yongzheng (1724), Jizhou was promoted to the end of the Qing Dynasty as Zhili Prefecture, directly under the jurisdiction of the Qing court.

Jizhou is located in the North China Plain, 300 kilometers away from Yanjing in the north, 110 kilometers away from Zhengding Mansion (now Shijiazhuang City) in the west, about 60 kilometers away from Dezhou in the east, and about 120 kilometers away from Jinan Mansion.

Jizhou, which has a long history, originally had a glorious history, and also because of the geographical relationship, the local people were relatively wealthy, but with the rapid rise of the Boxer Rebellion at the beginning of the year, the entire Jizhou (the entire Zhili) fell into turmoil, and a large number of people actively or passively joined the Boxer Rebellion, or joined the Boxer Rebellion's opposite, Catholicism and other foreign churches, the two conflicted constantly, and finally led to the full-scale outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion, and finally caused the Eight-Nation Coalition War of Aggression against China.

As a large number of Boxers went north to Yanjing, Jizhou seemed to be slowly becoming quieter, of course, because there was no one to cultivate, and everywhere was desolate.

Zaoqiang County in the east of Jizhou is one of the five counties under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, Zaoqiang is close to the old city and county in the east, and the east of the old city is Dezhou, and Dezhou is backed by Jinan Mansion.

Zaoqiang County is an endless plain, only about 30 miles in the southeast outside the county seat, there is a hill, called Wang Qiushan, Wang Qiushan covers an area of about three or four miles, the highest peak is less than 100 meters, and there are many low small slopes.

Before the rise of the Boxer Rebellion, Wang Qiushan was the territory of Guo Scar, the most powerful bandit leader in Zaoqiang County, and with the rise of the Boxer Rebellion, Guo Scar took the gang down the mountain, opened the altar and burned incense, and established himself as a senior brother, and quickly gathered more than 1,000 people under his command.

Guo Scarzi opened the altar to stand on his own feet and entered Beijing to break through, in order to be rich and rich, and his natural servants gathered, but there are also some bandits who have different ideas, such as Bao Gui, the big boss of Wang Qiushan, Bao Gui people gave the nickname "Leopard", at the beginning of the rise of the Boxers, it was only the third-rate strength of Zaoqiang, and there were only dozens of brothers under his hands, however, after Guo Scarzi left Zaoqiang with many forces, Bao Gui's gang took advantage of the situation, and his brothers were as many as hundreds of guns, becoming Wang Qiushan's new boss.

It should be said that in the past six months or so, although Zaoqiang has been full of desolation and depression, and the landlord's family has no surplus grain, as the most powerful bandit leader in Zaoqiang, Bao Gui's life has been quite nourishing, because Zaoqiang has not been able to find an opponent who can match his strength, and even the government does not dare to provoke Bao Gui's people easily.

So, in Zaoqiang, what he Bao Gui said is more effective than what the county order said, send it out in a word, within a radius of dozens of miles, except for a very few landlord bullies, there are few people who dare not listen to the greeting, even if which small landlord sends his daughter up the mountain, the small landlord does not dare to have half a complaint.

More than half a year has passed, near Wang Qiushan, and even in Zaoqiang County, Bao Gui's gang is rampant, eating and drinking, needless to say, the little girl, the little widow, and even the married woman, I don't know how many, so that it is full of complaints, every day people ask God to worship Buddha, hoping that Guo Scar will come back quickly with the name of the group, and clean up the Bao Gui gang, but unfortunately, the Guo Scar they are looking forward to has already returned to the West.

Perhaps, the prayers of some believers played a role, Guo Scar did not come, but on the night of October 19, that is, when Yuan Shikai of Jinan Prefecture greeted the commander of the German army, Wadsey, a large group of very strange teams quietly came from the east, they rode two wheels one by one, running on the official road, some of the two-wheeled things, the structure is relatively simple, and they need to use their own pedals, and some seem quite atmospheric, and do not use pedals, the speed is still fast, and there is a roar in the rush.

There is no doubt that this group of people must be the Black Dragon Army, the North China Plain is vast, which is suitable for the development of semi-mechanized troops, and motorcycles can only be assembled in small quantities for the time being, but bicycles are one per person, with bicycles in hand, the speed of the march is guaranteed, if it is not necessary to travel day and night, try to avoid exposure, they should be able to arrive in Zaoqiang two days ago, of course, it is not too late to arrive now, after all, the German army has just arrived in Jinan Prefecture, even if the German army begins to march forcibly tomorrow, then they want to arrive in Zaoqiang County, At least two days later.

Two days is enough for the soldiers of the Central Plains Military Division of the Black Dragon Army to do a lot of things, such as clearing the field, co-opting some local snakes, arranging the battlefield, and so on.

However, Zaoqiang County is located in the North China Plain, an endless plain, not to mention arranging the battlefield, just to find a suitable and safe place to rest, it is not easy to find, and Wang Qiushan, as one of the few mountain groups in Zaoqiang, naturally has already had an intelligence department to hand over Wang Qiushan's situation to the Central Plains Army Divisional Headquarters.

Wang Qiushan's situation, Bao Gui's evil deeds, these things no longer have any secrets in the Central Plains Military Division, so the first thing after arriving in Zaoqiang is naturally to go to Wang Qiushan, not only to eliminate harm for the people, but also to find a better and safer place for themselves to stay.

"Commander, in front of you is Wang Qiushan."

In the vast night, Wang Qiushan is still reflected by a little light, although Wang Qiushan is not high, not big, but standing on the plain, it can be regarded as standing out from the crowd.

The main force responsible for this road in Jizhou this time is the 201st Regiment of the Central Plains Military Sub-district of the Mengtuoula Division, of course, and it is personally led by Yue Weiyun, commander of the Central Plains Military Sub-district, in addition to the 201 Regiment, there are reconnaissance companies directly under the Central Plains Military Sub-district, special operations detachments, and so on, in addition, there are also the Su Third Artillery Department of the Heavy Artillery Regiment that is still waiting for Yue Weihua to escort him across the sea in Jinzhou Mansion in Shengjing.

Of course, now in charge of fighting the outpost are the two battalions personally led by the commander of the 201st Regiment, Montoola, you must know that the combat effectiveness of the 201st Regiment, even in the entire Heilongjiang River, is definitely a regiment with strong combat strength.

"Well, since it's almost here, let's put away the bicycles and motorcycles first, and quietly touch the remaining few miles, try not to startle the snakes, and then serve them in a pot." Montauullah commanded.

"Hehe, I heard that on that Wang Qiu Mountain, Bao Gui is magnificent, then we finally don't have to drink the northwest wind tonight." Lu Damin, the commander of the guard company, said with a smile.

Lu Damin was a migrant worker rescued by Yue Weihua at the Qihar Tsarist Russian Railway Station, and later joined the Black Dragon Army in Xigang, this little guy is clever, and courageous, and has made a lot of contributions several times, so he has risen again and again, of course, being able to become the commander of the guard company is naturally because of the appreciation and trust of Montaula.

"Damin, I remember that you seem to be from Zhengding Mansion in Zhili, but I really don't know where it is?" Montauula abruptly changed the subject.

"I'm from Hengshui, it's not far from here, but I don't know ,......。"

Speaking of this, the smile on Lu Damin's face disappeared suddenly, yes, I haven't been home for two years, and this year's boxers are making so much trouble, and I don't know what happened at home.

"Don't worry, when this battle is over, I will give special permission to your home, let you go back and see, by the way, there are two pillars, when the time comes, you go back together to see, of course, we have to keep our identities secret, so we can only go back in a low-key manner, understand?" Montauula instructed.

"Thank you, commander, however, I've been waiting for two years, and it's no longer ten days and half a month, let's talk about it when we beat the German army away." Lu Damin smiled and said, "Anyway, we want to take root here, are you afraid that we won't have a chance to go in the future?" ”

"Well, it depends."

…… (To be continued.) )