The Mengshan army, which completely knocked out the invincible Yuan Shikai, was actually unable to launch any attack. This typical sports war brought the capabilities of the whole army into full play. Zhaojialu only used one reinforced battalion (five companies) to block the attack, but Kuangtou concentrated on the fortification and ambushed Lu Yongxiang, and the Mengshan army used all its strength. In the three wars, 249 people were killed and more than 400 were wounded.

In the first battle of Kuangtouji, Zhang Peiyi, the newly mentioned commander of the 12th Company, was killed after the expansion. In the ambush of Yuanzhuang, Bi Zilong, deputy commander of the third battalion and commander of the eighth company, was sacrificed. They are all veterans of Mengshan's reorganization, the essence of Mengshan's army. In addition, there were also Du Sanli, deputy commander of the first battalion, Hu Zongyu, commander of the sixth company, and Sheng Guang, commander of the seventh company, who was wounded, Sheng Guang was the most seriously injured, was shot in the abdomen, and was in a coma all the time, not knowing if Lu Dao could survive.

There were a lot of seizures in this battle, the weapons and ammunition were mainly produced in the ambush of Lu Yongxiang, and the gold and silver goods mainly came from the pursuit of Wang Shizhen by a battalion. After getting Ye Yanbing's report, Song Jinguo, who was so worried about the financial bankruptcy of Mengshan Army, finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the capture of Zhou Yi and Ye Yanbing, the Mengshan army can support it for at least another two or three months.

Since the establishment of the military pay system and reward regulations, the silver has been spent like a stream, and the little income from the Shiyuan coal mine is not good at all. Long Qian only cared about spending money, and didn't care about how to make money, which made Song Jinguo depressed.

Kuangtou gathered the fortification and destroyed the six cannons of the official army, because they could not be taken away at all. Cao Kun relied on his village to block the strong attack of the Mengshan army, and sixty percent of the casualties in this battle were formed by the battle of Cao Kun. Because annihilation was not achieved, the capture did not offset the attrition. Long Qian gathered the troops who killed the red eye in time and marched east overnight, and even the corpses of a large number of dead people did not have time to take away. Only the wounded were captured, including prisoners (mainly artillery battalion officers) and promptly transferred to the logistics section located on the eastward route. Then Zhou Yi commanded Ye Yanbing's first battalion and cavalry company to feint to attack Fei County, and Long Qian led the second, third, and fourth battalions and guard companies (owed a platoon, left to Song Jinguo) to set up pockets. With excellent command and the quality of the troops, the envisaged war of annihilation was achieved. The mountain road ambush annihilated Lu Yongxiang's three battalions in total, and less than one-tenth of them escaped, and Lu Yongxiang and Tanaka Yu were killed in the melee. The enemy of Fei County abandoned Fei County under the leadership of Wang Shizhen and fled south to Yizhou desperately with his baggage, and was bitten by a battalion, coupled with the overtaking interception of the cavalry company, Wang Shizhen, who had lost his will to fight, was finally defeated, annihilated most of them, captured Wang Shizhen, who was injured by a fallen horse, and escaped from his old opponent Li Chun and his nearly 200 men.

In this battle, a total of more than 900 officers and soldiers were captured, and the kills and wounds were not counted.

This battle is a typical sports war. In a war zone with a radius of hundreds of miles, the Mengshan Army was able to move east and west with its strong marching force. When the battle was over, the grumblings of the misery of the forced march suddenly disappeared, and victory could overweigh all the pain. From Long Qian downwards, the officers and men of the Mengshan Army no longer had any doubts about the victory over the official army, and their morale was extremely high.

For the next action, Long Qian, who had returned to Yuanzhuang, convened a meeting of officers above the company commander level to study, and Fei County left Lu Shan and Ye Yanbing and did not attend the meeting.

Zhou Yi, who learned that his pregnant wife was safe and sound, advocated taking advantage of the victory to go south to Yizhou. Zhou Yi pointed out that the enemy in Yizhou is very empty, and it is a good time. The capture of Yizhou opened the door to the south out of Shandong, and you could enter the relatively rich northern Jiangsu region, and the material replenishment of the troops was much superior to that of the barren Lunan mountainous area. Zhou Yi's suggestion was agreed by Feng Lun and some others, who had followed Liu Yucai and Zhou Huanan to engage in mobile warfare, and they were a little nostalgic for that combat method.

Wang Mingyuan, Feng Guozhu and Song Jinguo advocated the recovery of the Zhengjiazhuang base area. In particular, the Song and Jin kingdoms advocated taking advantage of the victory to advance westward and drive the officials and troops occupying the Zhengjiazhuang area out of Lu. Now the Mengshan Army also has a family business, food and clothes, wounded soldiers and sick numbers, all need to be prepared, and without their own nest, it is simply difficult to move an inch. This proposition was endorsed by Chen Chao and Xiao Guanyu, who attended the meeting.

Ning Shijun pointed out that after this battle, the Mengshan Army had broken its muscles and bones, and in fact, it could no longer fight! Even if there is a replenishment of guns and ammunition, whether it is to go south to Yizhou or return to Zhengjiazhuang, it is not appropriate to have a long rest before recuperation. In view of the fact that Feng Guozhang's troops still occupied Zhengjiazhuang, it was not the best policy to storm Zhengjiazhuang with its tall wall, and Ning Shijun advocated the establishment of a new base with Yuanzhuang as the center.

Ning Shijun cited a series of numbers to extinguish the enthusiasm of the officers, the situation of more than a dozen companies is similar, this battle lost a large number of veterans, it is indeed very difficult to fight again.

Chen Chao frowned when he heard this, he and Xiao Guanyu looked at each other, if Mengshan Army gave up the Zhengjiazhuang base, what should he do?

Of course, Long Qian will make the decision. The top brass of the Mengshan Army has adapted to this way of deliberating.

"Everybody's talking very well." Long Qian said slowly, "The changes brought about by this battle are not only military, but also political. In the future, all of us must learn to look at problems from a political perspective. ”

After the Spring Festival, the word politics is always on Long Qian's lips, what politics is, even Ning Shijun and Chen Chao only know a little about it, and they can't describe it accurately, let alone the gang of old people below.

"What politics is, I don't think it's very clear to everyone. If I have time today, I will say a few more words. I see that Feng Lun is a little absent-minded, are you worried that Feng Guozhang and Cao Kun, who stayed in the base area, will be killed? I can tell you for sure that they won't be coming. When they learned of the outcome of the Eastern Front, the first thing they did was to protect themselves. Now, maybe they have begun to retreat. We can calmly rest for a day, and tomorrow, send a cavalry company out to reconnoitre. ”

Feng Lun was not worried about Feng Guozhang's actions. How to fight the battle is Long Qian's business. He was thinking about Bi Zilong, a living friend, who died in battle, and said that if he didn't, it would be gone. Although he is doing a desperate job, his life will be lost in the next battle. But the death of his good friend still left a wound in his heart, and he became a little trance.

"Politics is a thing, in the current situation, ordinary people, including ordinary soldiers, are not involved in politics. Politics is something that the higher-ups consider, whether it is the leadership of the army or the leadership of the locality, if they do not understand politics, they are not a qualified leader. As far as the army is concerned, if it only thinks about fighting, it is doomed to failure. Everyone knows King Li Chuang, right? After more than ten years of hard work, he finally entered the city of Beijing and sat in the Jinluan Palace. But in less than a month, he was driven out of Beijing by the Manchu Tartars and Wu Sangui, the big traitor. After barely supporting for another year, the leader of the rebel army, who had almost conquered the country, was armed by a group of landlords, just like Zheng Jing's township soldiers, and was killed in Jiugong Mountain, Hubei, ending his vigorous life. Why is this happening? Mr. Chen, can you tell everyone? ”

Chen Chao coughed, "This matter, well, Li broke into Beijing, only cared about torturing the Beijing officials and nobles, collecting the so-called stolen money, and ignoring Wu Sangui who was stationed at Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui's subordinate Ning Tieqi is a very powerful soldier. And his general Liu Zongmin robbed Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan and arrested Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang, so he angered Wu Sangui. When Li Chuang sent the general Tang Tong to Shanhaiguan to receive the customs defense, Wu Sangui reversed, the two armies were fighting fiercely, the Manchu Eight Banners suddenly appeared, Li Chuang's army was defeated, Li Chuang hurriedly ascended the throne in the Wuying Palace, and withdrew from the capital the next day. ”

Long Qian smiled, "Look, this is the benefit of reading." You see, Mr. Chen made a big event clear in a few words. In my opinion, Li Zicheng was not defeated in the military, but in politics. An army, without a clever political strategy, is doomed to defeat militarily. Therefore, there is a military book in the West called "On War", which begins by saying that war is the continuation of politics. Continuing the topic of Li Zicheng, he led hundreds of thousands of troops into Beijing and forced Emperor Chongzhen to death, as if the world was already his. But he didn't notice that the entire south was still ruled by the Ming Dynasty. And in the north, which is today's northeast, a powerful alien armed force has risen, that is, the Manchurian Eight Banner Army. If the Ming Dynasty had not been pinned down by the Manchurian Eight Banners, the so-called rebels such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong would have been wiped out by the Ming army. When Li Zicheng did not enter Beijing, Chongzhen still exercised the power of the Ming Emperor, and the Manchurian Tartars were actually Li Zicheng's allies, because they had a common enemy, the Ming Dynasty. But now that the central government of the Ming Dynasty has been eliminated, Li Zicheng and the Manchurian Army have become enemies, and the goal of the Manchurian Army is to destroy the Ming Dynasty. Where would Li Zicheng be tolerated to occupy Beijing and establish the so-called Dashun court? Li Zicheng did not attach great importance to this point and did not see the importance of the Ming army in Shanhaiguan, which was the first step in his failure.

"Li Zicheng's policy towards the Ming Jingguan was even more unsuccessful. When he fought the world, he played the slogan of 'eat his mother, wear his mother, open the city gate to meet the king, and the king will not pay for food when he comes', which is good and caters to the expectations of the vast number of poor peasants. It is important to know that the taxes at the end of the Ming Dynasty were too high, and they were mainly levied on the peasants, and it cost money to suppress the rebel army, and it cost even more money to deal with the Manchurian soldiers. Just the officers and soldiers stationed in the Shanhaiguan area, the annual military salary and military expenditure is tens of millions of taels of silver, I can't remember the specific number, 20 million is about the same, and Chongzhen, the bitter emperor, is almost driven crazy. So much so that the imperial court had to increase the collection of taxes, regardless of the life and death of the peasants. provided more and more soldiers to King Li Chuang. Now, Li Zicheng has entered Beijing, the Ming Dynasty is actually finished, Li Zicheng's set of not paying grain will not work, everyone think about it, even if his army does not pay, the cost of grain and grass alone is an astonishing figure, what if no taxes are collected? Do you still take the method of grabbing big households? Li Zicheng didn't know how to switch between fighting the world and sitting in the world, so he had to go to the Beijing officials and nobles to ask for money, he had to support his army. The result of this was seen by everyone, forcing Wu Sangui to rebel, losing the Central Plains to the northeast, and the Manchu Eight Banners drove straight in, Li Chuang went to failure, and the Han people in the Central Plains were ruled by the Manchus for more than 200 years.

"In fact, there is one of the most important problems, that is, Li Chuang's generals quickly corrupted after entering Beijing, living in mansions, eating and drinking, begging for little wives, in short, I feel that the world is theirs, and I have fought bloodily for more than ten years, how many good brothers have died, and now it is time to enjoy it, right? They forget that the enemy has not been completely destroyed, they are sharpening their knives and sharpening their guns, and if you are negligent on your side, you will immediately suffer defeat.

"Okay, Li Zicheng's story, we can tell it slowly in the future, and in the future, we can find someone to write a few books. The reason why it is said that Li Zicheng failed in politics rather than in military affairs is because he does not know how to adjust policies in a timely manner, and because he does not understand politics. Brothers, we are no longer Mengshan thieves, in the eyes of the government, we are a rebel with the same nature as Li Zicheng, an army. Yuan Shikai, and even the Manchurian magnates in Beijing, what they thought in their hearts was to crush our bones and completely wipe us out!

"Are we going to be caught? No. If you ask any soldier, he won't wait for the government to come and slaughter, it's for sure. How to fight, we must stress both military and political. From a military point of view, throughout history, successful armies have their own bases, Liu Bang relied on Guanzhong, Liu Xiu relied on Hanoi, and the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, and his son also relied on Guanzhong. Those who did not establish a base area failed, such as Huang Chao and Li Zicheng. Therefore, it is not feasible to attack Yizhou and then enter Jiangsu, and there is no way to properly solve the problem of long-term mobile combat, wounded and sick numbers, food and clothing. Don't look at the fact that we only have a dozen villages now, but with the support of these dozen villages, we will be able to defeat the official army again and again. Ask for bread and bread, and ask for people. This victory has given us the opportunity to expand our base areas. We want to occupy a village like Yuanzhuang. And we're going to go south, straight to the calf. We don't want to compete with the government for the city, because we don't have the conditions yet. We must have a full understanding of this point, and we can discuss it slowly, but we must realize the importance of the rural areas to us. ”

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