At the same time, the loess hill outside the city of Zunhua.

Several Zunhua battalion officers were talking. One of them said that he also had more than 1,000 troops, no shortage of equipment, and two 54mm guns, which would definitely be able to block the Qin army and protect the Qing Emperor's mausoleum. Another, older officer, had a different opinion: "Block? By what? Although we have recruited a lot of people these days, only the veterans are like some of them, and it would be good for the others to be able to hold their guns steadily, how to block Qin Yi's more than 1,000 people! ”

"And they also have mortars and heavy machine guns, and even though we have two 54 guns, we are definitely at a disadvantage. What do we use to block it? ”

Listening to the officers behind you, you quarrel with me, Baoshan is also psychologically complicated at this time, as the deputy standard commander of the second standard of the second town of the Eighth Banner New Army, he was born in the noble family of the Yellow Banner, in order to report the Eastern Emperor's Mausoleum, Baoshan is also disregarded. But he was afraid that he would die, and Tanglin would not be able to save it!

Now that Qin Sheng is weak, it is the trend of the times, and even if Tanglin himself can keep it for a while, he can't save it for a lifetime. As long as the Qin army pressed a finger over, the entire Zunhua banner soldiers would be annihilated.

Just when Baoshan and the others were sad, Fang Dayou, Yue Mingjing and the others were smiling, since the start of the army, they have been smooth sailing. Jizhou surrendered without a fight, and the nearest Pinggu County, the official tied up the magistrate and surrendered directly. The Jizhou Volunteers swept Jizhou, Pinggu, Sanhe, and three prefectures and counties. The total number of troops has been expanded to 3,000 men.

That Yue Mingjing, before coming to Jizhou last year, was only a lieutenant and deputy squadron leader, but now he is in charge of 3,000 soldiers, and he can at least be a major captain when he returns to the army.

This time, the Jizhou Volunteers came to Zunhua. It was a crucial step for Fang Dayou to complete the task. The Volunteers raised 2,000 troops, of which 500 belonged to the old people of Shangcangdian Town.

So the troops were able to sweep Zunhua along the way. All the way to the sea, it is not impossible for his troops to expand to 10,000 people.

For the flag soldiers of Zunhua. Yue Mingjing did not intend to persuade him to surrender, and Fang Dayou, as a person from the Military Intelligence Department, knew better what kind of attitude Baoshan had. No one wants to talk nonsense, so they directly ask their subordinates to make all kinds of preparations and prepare to forcibly attack and take Zunhua.

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Zunhua is located at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain, leaning on the Great Wall in the north, looking at Beijing in the west, Jintang in the south, and Liaoshen in the east. It is the hinterland of Beijing, Tianjin and Tang. There are many mountains in this place, it is a semi-mountainous area, and the landform in the territory is "three mountains and two rivers". The city of Zunhua Prefecture is located in the river plain area surrounded by mountain ranges.

There are no mountains and high ridges on the edge of the state city, only a few scattered mounds.

"If you want to take Zunhua, you must first go down to the loess gang. The Qing army is now grasping Lazhuang Ding to build fortifications and digging trenches, and we need to start as soon as possible. The Qing army must not be allowed to prepare properly, and the lives of the soldiers will be given in vain. ”

Fang Decheng is Fang Wendong's nephew and is a captain in the Volunteer Army. Now he's a captain. "I went to the front line early in the morning to see, the Qing army's fortifications were dug very carefully, if they finished the attack again, I am afraid that the casualties will not be small!"

"So if we want to fight, we should fight as soon as possible. Instructor Yue. I asked the commander to be the vanguard of the whole army and attack the Loess Gang. ”

The war was decided at this moment.

Fang Decheng came out of Yue Mingjing and immediately went to his headquarters. Then the Volunteers reorganized their armament. Ready to go!

The loess post is four miles outside the city of Zunhua Prefecture, and it is not more than 100 meters high. Viewed from the sky, it looks like a big dirt bag. But this dirt bag is a bit dangerous. And the geographical location is special, just in the middle of the right side of Zunhua.

However, it can't be taken here, and the Qing army's two 54 artillery units are guarding here, so the Qin army is counting on attacking Zunhua from the west.

Therefore, taking the loess gang does not necessarily mean that you can take Zunhua, but to take Zunhua, you must take the loess gang.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was setting in the west, and the volunteers began to launch a tentative attack on the Loess Gang.

The two 54 guns on the post really brought a serious threat to the attacking volunteers. Ke Baoshan's means of using artillery were really too inferior, and the two guns sat on the same place, and they did not move for more than two hours.

Of course, Baoshan himself doesn't see it that way, and he is still excited about the fierceness of his artillery fire. Helped the defenders of Loess Gang to easily repel three attacks by the Volunteers.

After the night darkened, the mortars of the volunteers quietly approached the loess hill, aimed at the location of the 54 guns of the Qing army, and after receiving an order, they fired five rounds in succession. Then immediately shift the position, and then fire five more rapid shots at the coordinates of the shelling just now! Then Fang Decheng waved his troops and stormed the loess gang.

The location of the loess gang is critical, and Baoshan has arranged half of the troops in his hands here, which is not small, but more than half of them are recruits. As they themselves said, it's good to be able to hold the gun, but it's really useless.

After the threat of the two 54 guns was lifted, the firepower of the Volunteers was already powerful and fierce for the Qing army in Loess Gang. Mortars, heavy machine guns, and grenades, when the defenders suffered casualties one after another, they could not hold on, so Baoshan had to transfer a flag corps in his hand to the loess gang.

The next day, before dawn, Baoshan, who had not slept all night, sent people to Huangtugang again to inspect the battle situation.

When the sky was slightly bright, the people who went to check the situation finally hurriedly ran back: "My lord, the brothers on the loess hill have suffered a lot of casualties, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on!" ”

Baoshan couldn't help but have black lines on his face!

When the sky was bright, the loess hill had already fallen into the hands of the volunteers. It's a pity that the two 54 guns on the post were really blown up, otherwise they would have been able to bombard Zunhua immediately.

By noon, the entire Zunhua defense line was already full of holes!

"My lord, let's withdraw! Zunhua can't hold it, and you can go to Chengde. Faced with such a corrupt situation in the battle, the officers began to persuade Baoshan to run away.

Running San is also contradictory in his heart, from the bottom of his heart he doesn't want to run, he wants to fight with the volunteers to the last soldier. But the reality made him understand that this battle could not be fought, otherwise these bastards around him, bastards who didn't care about the safety of the imperial tomb at all, might tie him up, or tie him up and throw him here, and lead people to run away by himself!

Just when Baoshan hesitated, several officers beside him glanced at each other, and saw the two of them rushing up and overpowering Baoshan. It's really the same as Baoshan thought, he was tied up, and he was also thrown away in Zunhua Prefecture. His officers don't take him with them anymore. Baoshan became a prisoner of the Volunteers, and then his head was cut off in front of countless people.

"Okay, today's battle, the overall situation in the northeast of Zhili has been decided!" Fang Dayou was extremely happy: "Give the stationmaster good news, just say that our department is fortunate to have conquered Zunhua Prefecture, and we will sweep Yongping in the coming day!" ”

When the news reached the hands of Du Degui, the head of Beijing Station, Du Degui had already followed Liu Xian and became a retinue.

When he received the news of conquering Zunhua, Du Degui was having lunch with Liu Zhang, and when the correspondent read out the good news, Liu Xuan on the side was full of smiles: "Lord Du really knows people well, and Lieutenant Colonel Fang is worthy of being your confidant and favorite general, and he will go to Zunhua in just a few days." In this way, the northeast of Zhili can be safe. ”

After Zuo Zongtang surrendered, Liu Xuan was quickly used by Liu Xian, and was immediately designated as the first Shuntian Mansion Yin of Great Qin. Because during the days when Liu Xuan was imprisoned in Taiwan, he studied Qin Jun's political affairs, laws and other books very deeply. His original intention of doing this was that Liu Xuan wanted to get a loophole out of it as soon as possible, so as to lose the face of the Qin army. But he didn't expect that it had become the reason why he was appointed as a senior official.

The status of Shuntianfu was positioned by Liu Xian and other provinces, and he was a member of the second grade. Liu Xuan, who is only in his forties, has a bright future!

He and Yuan Baoheng, who had already taken office as the governor of Zhejiang, can be said to be the most optimistic 'continuation' of the prospects of the Chu army created by Zuo Zongtang in terms of politics.

Liu Dian, who was also included in Liu Xian's pocket, became the deputy director of the General Logistics Department of the Qin Army. When Huo Guangzheng leaves the army, Liu Dian will be able to join it naturally.

As for Huo Guangzheng, this cousin who grew up and surprised Liu Xiandu, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the future cabinet are the places where he can really show his strength.

The experience and insight of going overseas to purchase equipment many times, and the mental virtue of working on the logistics of the Qin army for many years, have consolidated the position of Liu Xian, and now it is unshakable that he has been left in the General Logistics Department too condescending.

Moreover, Huo Guangcheng is already the brigade commander of the newly formed Guards Brigade. It is not good that the leading army of the Huo family is all concentrated in the army. It is not good for the future development of the Huo family. This is not that Liu Xian wants to taboo the Huo family, but the times have changed, and he is now not sure what China's economy and politics will develop into in the future, except for a little bit of guiding China's military strength!

Whether it is the public opinion of Britain and France, the combination of the Japanese government and the chaebol, or the American consortium ......, he is not sure at all.

Anyway, the only thing Liu Xian can be sure of is that the power of imperial power will continue to weaken in politics. And the combination of officials and wealth is inevitable. This is because China has always had the tradition and consciousness of 'collusion between officials and businessmen'.

The Huo family is a relative of the royal family, so that the Huo family can develop better, maybe a hundred years later, the Huo family will become a support arm of the royal family after the weakened power.

Du Degui had a smile on his face: "Deputy Stationmaster Fang, although he is young, he still has the ability!" ”

"Lord Liu, according to the emperor's will, the volunteers are to be absorbed. Some of them were integrated into the army, while others became local police. Let's see if you can let Deputy Stationmaster Fang select some talents who are interested in the place. The weight of this police station in the future is very heavy, and it must be in the hands of capable people. ”

Du Degui has stepped down from the position of stationmaster of Beijing Station, and he is about to become Liu Zhang's first deputy.

And Liu Xuan expressed a lot of pressure in his heart for such a deputy.

"In a month at most, the Northeast can be pacified. Beijing is the capital of Dingding, and the police station is indeed the top priority. However, the fiscal tax reform should also cover the corresponding control areas as much as possible! Those hidden fields, Huangzhuang or something, Lord Du should be so careful. These are not only taxes, but also the foundation of our future advancement! ”

With the establishment of the Xinqin local government, the first headache for each local official is how to find out the hidden fields, and the second thing to do is how to make the tax collection of agricultural taxes and the tax reform of commerce spread out safely. (To be continued......)