When Montaula took the first and second battalions of the 201st Regiment to first take Wang Qiushan as a stronghold, and then prepared to sweep the west and south of Zaoqiang County, Yue Weiyun, commander of the Central Plains Army Division, personally led the reconnaissance company, guard company, special combat team and other troops directly under the headquarters, as well as the Luo Bucai headquarters of the third battalion of the 201st Regiment, a total of more than 1,000 people, and was sweeping the east and north of Zaoqiang County. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zaoqiang is located in the east of Jizhou Mansion, which is long from north to south, slightly narrower from east to west, although it is expected that the German army will inevitably pass through Zaoqiang, pass through Jizhou, go to Zhengding Mansion, and even sweep all the way to the past, but the long Zaoqiang has at least three or four roads that can lead to Jizhou Mansion, so it is impossible to predict which road the German army will take, or even scatter several roads and march together, so since Zaoqiang has been selected as the predetermined battlefield, then if time permits, cleaning up the entire Zaoqiang County is the only choice.

Fortunately, after a long period of the Boxer Rebellion, the bandits in Zaoqiang were greatly reduced, and the Boxers left behind were even fewer, so the task of cleaning up the battlefield and actual combat training was carried out in an orderly manner, and of course, the most important thing was to use the methods properly.

Just like the methods of Montaula, first take down the strongest local forces, kill those who should be killed, and those who can be co-opted will be co-opted, and then with the assistance of the local snake leading the way party, and then clean up the forces in the responsible area, at the same time, be familiar with the local terrain, control the local situation, and take a walk with some rumors by the way.

According to Yue Weihua's historical common sense and the analysis of the current form of the German army, it is almost predictable that the German army will attack Zhengding and Baoding from Jinan through Dezhou.

In this case, then let the local people make some preparations, it must be necessary, for example, the strong wall is clear, especially the people in the villages and towns on both sides of the official road, let them stay away from the official road as much as possible, although it is directly subordinate to the plain area, and the mountains are relatively few, but as long as they are far away from the official road and enter the remote place for temporary refuge, even if the German army pushes sideways, it will inevitably take the official road as the center, radiating the range of ten or twenty miles on both sides of the official road, and it is impossible to enter the remote place, after all, the remote place cannot have much oil and water, And the essence of the land must be in the town, on both sides of the official road, of course, there are some special places, such as the land rich in mineral deposits.

Of course, the main responsible person for this kind of thing is the matter of the Black Dragon Army's intelligence station in Zhili, and entering the Central Plains Military Division in Zaoqiang is just incidental, but if it is strong, it must be done by them, such as for some residents of small towns where the official road passes.

In addition to Zaoqiang, the second route soldiers and horses of the Central Plains Military Division of the Black Dragon Army, under the leadership of Tie Lin, chief of staff of the Central Plains Military Division, also arrived in Fucheng smoothly that night, Fucheng is subordinate to Hejian Mansion, and the northwest of Hejian Mansion is Baoding Mansion, Baoding Mansion is adjacent to Yanjing in the north and Shanxi in the west, which is a place that the German army must go to and take.

Fucheng is about 100 miles wide from east to west, about 30 miles long from north to south, and from Jinan to Baoding, as Fucheng County in the south of Hejian Province, it is the place where the German army must pass, Fucheng is more than 360 miles away from Jinan Mansion in the east, 300 miles away from Baoding in the west, and 280 miles away from Yanjing in the north.

Fucheng is much smaller than Zaoqiang, and it is closer to Yanjing, and the remaining boxers and bandits are less powerful than Zaoqiang, but the Black Dragon Army that entered Zaoqiang is two regiments 202 and 203, with a total of nearly 3,000 people, so after arriving in Fucheng that night, the action along the way is more simple and direct, after all, there are many troops.

Tie Lin took the 202nd Regiment, and the 203rd Regiment was personally led by the regiment commander Wanyan Batu, and directly divided the troops into two routes, swept away the underworld forces in the entire Fucheng, occupied the mountains and rivers, and captured some local snakes, and then entered the town in a low-key manner.

Of course, in a place like Fucheng County, the Black Dragon Army can only spread rumors, and it is not good to directly enter it, occupy the county seat, and disperse the people, not that it does not have that strength, but if it does so, the movement is too big, and it is easy to arouse the vigilance of the German army, and the Qing court has to take care of it a little.

After all, since the landing of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army from Tianjin, there have been many governors in the local area who have sent Qinwang troops, such as Jiang Youxiao's department, which was directly sent to Aihui to help in the war earlier, which is the local troops of King Qinwang in Beijing, if it were not for the rapid loss of Kyoto, the Qing court announced its defeat early, and under the mediation of Tsarist Russia, and quickly reached a ceasefire and peace situation, then the troops of King Qinwang in Beijing will only be more, but even so, now around Zhili, there are still several Qing troops, with a total of tens of thousands of local troops stationed, The existence of these Qing army units and the significance of their existence have been mentioned before, so I will not repeat them here.

Of course, there is naturally no army stationed in Fucheng, but there are in Baoding, and there are also in Tianjin, these Qing troops may not dare to start a war with foreigners, but if a group of unknown Chinese occupy Fucheng County, these Qing troops will definitely pounce like hungry tigers.

However, the current strategy of the Black Dragon Army, especially in the next time, is mainly to attack the German army, and the Qing army can avoid it, so try to avoid it, and wait for the German army to clean up first, and wait for the Central Plains Army Division to really gain a foothold in the Central Plains, and then slowly come to deal with the Qing court and the Qing army.

As for the fights between underworld forces like Zaoqiang and Fucheng, or even occasionally fighting a few small towns, they rarely attract the attention of the imperial court, and even the county orders of Zaoqiang County and Fucheng County may not be taken seriously, after all, even if they want to take it seriously, they don't have the ability to manage it.

Therefore, the liquidation operation of the Central Plains Army Division in Zaoqiang and Fucheng is going very smoothly, after all, the underworld forces, whether they are bandits, Boxers, or landlord bullies, are not at the same level as the strength of the Black Dragon Army, plus the government is also turning a blind eye, so it will naturally go very smoothly.

However, the spread of rumors did not play a big role, whether it was Dezhou Mansion, or the former city of Hejian Mansion, Jing County, or other counties of Jizhou Prefecture, most of the local people were in and out of the left ear, and they didn't take it seriously at all, and then, the Black Dragon Army clearly knew that the German army started to act in the early morning of the second day after resting overnight in Jinan Mansion.

30,000 German troops in Jinan Mansion directly divided into two roads, all the way south to Liaocheng direction, no accident, should be ready to enter the Daimyo Mansion of Zhili, and the other road is to go north to Dezhou, this road is more than 20,000 troops, after a day and a night of rapid marching, the German army arrived at the Dezhou Mansion, after a night's rest, the German army is divided into two roads again, just like the night predicted by the Black Dragon Army, all the way west into the old city, and the other road to the north, into Hejian Fu Jing County.

After the German army entered the old city, it was only forty or fifty miles away from Zaoqiang, and war was about to break out.

…… (To be continued.) )