Although Wenrui was willing to make a big fuss, he also knew that overseas Chinese who robbed the land were protected by the army, and the overseas Chinese army was not easy to mess with. Even foreigners were not their opponents. Fortunately, there were not many troops in Qingzhou, so it was not difficult to match them.

However, although the Eight Banners Army in Qingzhou had more than 3,000 people, it was actually less than 1,000 people. Although new types of weapons were added over the years, the extra guns were bought by officers at all levels for money and entered their private pockets. Ordinary soldiers also had difficulties in their families and had to buy their own guns to exchange for money to subsidize their household expenses. In addition, some guns were disrepaired due to poor maintenance, so there are fewer than 500 rifles available in the entire army.

After discussing with Wule, Wenrui and Wule decided to recruit more people in the city, at least they could strengthen their momentum. So they drove away overseas Chinese, snatched their own land, recruited people, and announced that they would reward each of them with three cents of silver, and the property of overseas Chinese could be used at will. There were a lot of people in the city. Although there were some things to do in the past two years and could subsidize their household income, it could only solve the problem of food and clothing. Three cents of silver are not a small income, and they could also grab the property of overseas Chinese, because there were rumors that overseas Chinese not only forced to collect land, but also snatched a lot of money and property in various places, so they could make a fortune if they snatched them. There were a lot of people who signed up.

There were also some wealthy people in Manchus who wanted to drive away overseas Chinese and snatch their own land. Some sent their slaves to join, and some offered some swords, guns and weapons. As a result, more than 5,000 people were gathered. Wenrui and Wule were also very satisfied, so they led the team out of the city.

At this time, the Qingzhou Land Reform Commission's office was located in a place called Qiangou Village, about 20 kilometers northwest of Jingzhou City. It turned out to be Wenrui's industry, with more than 1,000 acres of land and accommodated about 60 tenant farmers. Therefore, a small courtyard was built. The travelers saw that there were many spare rooms here, so they put the headquarters here.

The East China government attaches great importance to the protection of the Land Reform Commission. Each Land Reform Commission has a battalion of troops to protect it. And once a situation occurs, nearby garrisons will come to rescue immediately. However, this time there was a small mistake. Because the army is reorganizing the army, most of the garrisons in various places have been transferred back to Qingdao for reorganization. There is only one battalion of troops accompanying, with about 500 people.

This is mainly because the land reform work promoted in Shandong was very smooth. Even in Jinan, the resistance force encountered was not strong, and the main resistance was in cities, and there was basically no resistance in the countryside. Therefore, it is enough to have a battalion for general security work, and the gap will not be very long. In less than a month, new troops will re-enter Shandong, and there will be no major problems.

It should be said that the smooth work in the previous stage made the East China government somewhat careless. Qingzhou was exactly what happened during this gap. Fortunately, it still had a battalion of troops, and the training, morale and fighting spirit of the People's Army were far from comparable to the Eight Banners Army. Therefore, the People's Army deployed defenses in Qianhuzhuang area to withstand the attack of the Eight Banners Army and won time for Qingdao to send reinforcements.

Since only the First Division has completed the reorganization, the Military Commission discussed and decided to transfer troops from the First Division to Qingzhou to quell the rebellion. The division headquarters of the First Division discussed and decided to let Luo Yue lead a regiment to attack and complete this task. Although it is somewhat awkward to let the Ace troops complete such a useless task, at this time, it is necessary to make a big deal. The Military Commission made a request to the First Division, which is to try its best to quell the rebellion as quickly as possible, and must give the rebels a severe blow to the heavy side.

After receiving the order, Luo Yue did not dare to be careless. Although this task was not difficult, it was the first time he had performed the task after he was promoted to the regiment commander, so he had to complete it well. Moreover, according to the requirements of the Military Commission, the task must be completed quickly, the faster the better. However, now the Jiaoji Railway has only been built to the Weifang section, which is about 40 kilometers away from Qingzhou. In addition, the distance to Qiangouzhuang is almost 60 kilometers. After getting off the train, it will take at least one day to march, and it will be marching lightly.

So Luo Yue and the main officers of the first regiment discussed and believed that the artillery troops in the regiment should be abandoned, and only other troops were brought to attack lightly, with about 2,500 people. On the one hand, it can speed up the marching speed. On the other hand, it is indeed not necessary to use artillery troops against the Eight Banners Garage Force. It is enough to bring a few mortars, mainly for the purpose of preparing for siege. Moreover, the mortars are light and flexible, and are easy to carry.

However, the First Division now has only 50 sets of grenade launchers, 20 60 mortars, 20 mortars, 82 mortars, and 100 mortars, which are mainly used for soldiers' training. However, after a month of training, at least grenade launchers or mortars can fire more skillfully, but whether they are accurate can only depend on their character. After all, good gunners are like good shooters, they are fed with shells or bullets. Therefore, Luo Yue only asked to pull out 60% of all mortars in the division to a ball, and at least each set of grenade launchers or mortars must be equipped with two base shells. In addition, he hopes that a cavalry can cooperate.

The division headquarters of the First Division immediately agreed to Luo Yue's request. After all, this is not only a matter of the first regiment, but also a matter of the first division. If the first regiment is fought well, then the entire division will have face. The Military Commission immediately drew a cavalry company and handed it over to the first regiment for command. It also arranged three special trains to transport the first regiment to Weifang.

Seeing that his conditions were met, Luo Yue immediately led the troops to take the first train. When the army arrived at Weifang Station, Luo Yue ordered the cavalry to set off first, chase Qiangouzhuang to support the Qingzhou Land Reform Commission. He waited for the next two trains to arrive at Weifang Station, gathered all the troops before rushing to Qiangouzhuang. Of course, if Qiangouzhuang was in danger, Luo Yue would also take the existing troops to rescue as soon as possible.

Two hours later, the two trains arrived at Weifang Station one after another. Luo Yue rectified the army and set off together. After a 30-hour march, he arrived at Qiangou Village.

Liu Qinglin, the battalion commander of the People's Army guarding Qiangou Village, and Liu Chengping, director of the Qingzhou Land Reform Commission, welcomed Luo Yue and his party. At this time, Luo Yue realized that the Eight Banners garrison had withdrawn three days ago, and the Land Reform Commission had basically suffered no losses. It seemed that the situation was not very serious.

Liu Qinglin and Luo Yue had a few encounters and once fought side by side. After all, there were only so many troops traveling through time, so they had some friendship. Liu Chengping was originally responsible for the land reform work in Jimo County. Because his work was very satisfied with the Ministry of Administration, he was asked to be responsible for the land reform in Qingzhou. Of course, after completing the land reform, he basically served as the mayor of Qingzhou.

After settling down, Luo Yue immediately learned about the situation of the club. It turned out that the situation was quite dangerous at that time, because the land reform work in Qingzhou had been fully launched, and the People's Army also turned into zero. Taking the platoon as a single, they defended the land reform teams to various surrounding villages for land reform. Moreover, the Eight Banners garrisons came a bit suddenly. At that time, there were only two platoons and battalions and battalions, with a total of more than 120 people. Therefore, people were uneasy and anxious for a while.

Fortunately, Liu Qinglin is also a man who has experienced many battles and is calm in the face of danger. He decided to stay in Qiangou Village on the spot. At the same time, he ordered people to transfer other troops to return to the rescue. Because Qiangou Village has a protective wall that can arrange defenses, and the current central station of the land reform teams is stationed. Therefore, as long as you can hold in Qiangou Village for one day or even 12 hours, troops will rush back to rescue, and then the dangerous situation can be reversed. If you retreat in a panic, you will not only lose the favorable terrain that can arrange defenses, but also easily be separated from other troops, because the People's Army's wireless communication only contacts combat units at the battalion level, and even the platoon-level communication can only rely on your legs. Once you get separated, it is indeed not easy to contact again. Moreover, even if you want to retreat, you have to wait until the troops gather before retreating, so there are more people and more preparations.

Although Liu Chengping did not understand war, he could only choose to believe Liu Qinglin at this time. Therefore, he ordered the personnel who stayed in Qiangou Village to obey the orders of the army and be prepared to participate in the battle when necessary.

Liu Qinglin immediately arranged defense. After the Eight Banners garrison arrived, the People's Army had already set up a defense line based on the courtyard wall. Although the Eight Banners garrison had a large number of people and the number of rifles was above the People's Army, the combat was completely out of order. The soldiers with rifles fired from afar and fought very lively, but they had no accurate head and no focus, and they were completely unrestrained. After the Eight Banners garrison launched an attack, they had no firepower to suppress and cover, and the attacking troops did not know how to open the front. As a result, the People's Army concentrated its firepower and fought fiercely, which immediately killed and injured the attacking army of the Eight Banners garrison, and soon retreated.

Seeing this, Wenrui urged the Eight Banners garrison to launch two consecutive attacks, but he retreated without getting close to the courtyard wall every time. Wenrui urged people to attack again, but no one responded. Some people also accused Wenrui of why they didn't let muskets charge, but let those who were holding knives and guns go up to die.

After helplessness, Wenrui had to order another 200 soldiers with rifles to attack the courtyard, and they went forward and shot while shooting. However, there was no change this time, because the Eight Banners Army was not of high quality and lacked training in normal times, they could not shoot while moving forward. They had to stop when firing. The only soldiers in the front row could shoot, but in fact there were not many people. Without the firepower cover in the rear, they would definitely not have any effect.
Chapter completed!