During this period, Luo Yue has been supervising the soldiers' grenade launchers and mortar shooting training on the training ground, because for the People's Army, these are brand new weapons and have never been used before, but in future wars, these are important fire support weapons, which are attacking weapons. Therefore, soldiers must master the performance characteristics, usage methods, accuracy and maintenance skills of these weapons as soon as possible. In addition, as a middle-level combat commander, Luo Yue also needs to understand the performance, power, and the mastery of these weapons by his own troops, so that corresponding tactical arrangements can be set in future battles.

Of course, the operation and use of grenade launchers and mortars is very simple, and Luo Yue's regiment has also been used in the battle in Qingzhou. Although he only fired a few guns, he has participated in actual combat. Therefore, at this time, the soldiers can basically master it, but their proficiency must be strengthened, and the accuracy of shooting and mortars must also be improved. In fact, whether it is a grenade launcher or a mortar, if used properly, it can achieve accurate strikes on the battlefield, but this requires hard practice in daily life, and a large amount of shell consumption and time accumulation.

At this time, Luo Yue was pinching the stopwatch to detect the time when the soldiers dismantled and installed mortars. A guard ran over and said, "Captain Luo, the political commissar, please go to the division headquarters."

Luo Yue nodded, so he followed the guard to the tent of the division headquarters. He saw Deng Kai, the political commissar of the division, waiting for him here. Luo Yue saluted: "Political commissar, what's the matter with me?"

Deng Kai said: "Captain Luo, do you come to see these people? Come with me." As he said that, he took Luo Yue to a tent, and saw four people in the tent, all of whom were covered in dust, ragged clothes, and there were still a lot of blood on his body. Deng Kai said: "Captain Luo, look at them, are there anyone you know?"

After hearing this, Luo Yue also watched everyone carefully in turn, and suddenly said, "Li Zhuangyong? Is it you?"

Li Zhuangyong laughed terrified and said, "Battery Commander, we meet again." When Li Zhuangyong defected from the People's Army, Luo Yue was still the battalion commander. Li Zhuangyong did not know that he had been promoted to regiment commander, so he still called him with his original military title.

Luo Yue was also quite moved. In fact, he was quite optimistic about Li Zhuangyong and was prepared to promote Li Zhuangyong as the platoon leader, but he did not expect that Li Zhuangyong would defect from the People's Army, and the two met under such circumstances.

It turned out that after Jing Binting, Zhao Sanduo, Li Zhuangyong, Xia Simin and others retreated to Daming Prefecture, they captured the remaining troops of other rebel forces from Long. Yuan Shikai also intended to leave this city so that the remaining rebels could gather in a place to facilitate the Beiyang New Army to finally annihilate them together. Moreover, Daming Prefecture is close to Shandong, leaving the rebels with very limited space for the rebels.

So after nearly a month of battle, the armed forces of each rebel army were basically broken up by the Beiyang New Army, and all other prefectures and counties except Daming Prefecture were also captured by the Beiyang New Army. Yuan Shikai thought that only Daming Prefecture was left, and the rebel army must have no fighting spirit. Therefore, when his army arrived, Daming Prefecture was not easy to capture. So he personally led the army to attack Daming Prefecture, and still adopted the tactic of three sieges and one missing, leaving only the rebel army to escape from the east.

After gathering the remaining troops in Long, the number of rebels in Daming Mansion reached more than 15,000. Under the leadership of Jingbinting, Zhao Sanduo, Li Zhuangyong, Xia Simin and others, they defended Daming Mansion to resist the attack of the Qing army. Of course, the few people were also confident and knew that Daming Mansion would definitely not be able to defend, so they also discussed and decided that when they really could not defend, they retreated into Shandong, which would mean surrendering to the People's Army.

This is also the suggestion made by Li Zhuangyong. Although Li Zhuangyong was unwilling to contact the People's Army, he also knew that the People's Army was not a purgatory army and would not kill all the rebels. If the rebels surrender, the People's Army would definitely accept it. Of course, the People's Army would disband the rebels and divide them into various troops. However, this outcome would be much better than being surrounded and suppressed by the Qing army. Moreover, in the People's Army, I believe that most people can have a good result, and Li Zhuangyong himself took the rebels with the People's Army.

It was precisely because of this basic situation that Li Zhuangyong and others were not panicked. The Beiyang New Army launched two consecutive attacks on Daming Prefecture City, but both were resisted by the rebels. Not only did they fail to capture Daming Prefecture, but more than 600 people were killed or killed. Yuan Shikai was also very surprised. Unexpectedly, this group of thieves could still have such combat power at this time, so they did not dare to be careless. They immediately transferred artillery troops and concentrated dozens of large and small artillery pieces to bombard Daming Prefecture.

After a day of shelling, more than a thousand soldiers and civilians in the city of Daming Prefecture were killed and thousands of casualties, and several gaps were blown up in the city wall. So Yuan Shikai personally supervised the battle, and the Beiyang New Army launched an attack on the Daming Prefecture again. The two sides fought fiercely on the city wall for half a day. Yuan Shikai sent three new soldiers who were retreating after the battle, forcing the Beiyang New Army to fight to the death. As a result, the rebel army was finally defeated and was captured by the Beiyang New Army into the Daming Prefecture City.

Fortunately, Jing Binting, Zhao Sanduo, Li Zhuangyong, Xia Simin and others had already made preparations. Seeing that Daming Mansion was lost, they immediately led a small number of elite troops to retreat to the wing. The Qing army did not press too much, but just firmly guarded the north and south sides, allowing the rebels to retreat into Shandong Province. Yuan Shikai led his army into Daming Mansion on the same day and reported the victory to Qingting.

Since the battlefield was unfolding at this time, and the nearest location was less than 20 kilometers away from the border, the Jinan garrison did not dare to be careless and deliberately increased the mobile force of a battalion. Therefore, as soon as Li Zhuangyong and others entered Shandong, they were discovered by the People's Army's patrol team. However, their army had a large number, with nearly 200 people, and the patrol team did not dare to easily stop it. Instead, they closely followed and monitored the border garrison station. The garrison station sent a company of troops to intercept it. However, the rebel army followed Li Zhuangyong's advice, did not resist, and chose to surrender to the People's Army. Moreover, Li Zhuangyong also took the initiative to report his name.

Due to the defection incident, Li Zhuangyong's name was quite known in the People's Army. Therefore, after hearing about it, the defenders at the garrison station did not dare to be careless. They immediately sent troops to send them to Jinan. After receiving this group of people, the division headquarters first placed them down and immediately sent someone to Luo Yue to defend them.

Seeing that Luo Yue recognized Li Zhuangyong, Deng Kai said, "It's this matter. I'll ask you to recognize someone. If you can confirm it, report to the Military Commission, and the Military Commission will decide on the handling opinions."

At this time, Li Zhuangyong said: "Battalion Commander, I escaped from the People's Army and violated military discipline. Therefore, if you want to kill and cut, you will be dealt with. I will never frown. However, the brothers who came with me did not violate the People's Army's military discipline. They all came to join the army, and I hope the People's Army can accommodate them."

When Deng Kai heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Are you still a hero here?"

Li Zhuangyong said: "I am not a good man, but I will never implicate my brothers when I do things. Moreover, after I escaped from the People's Army, I have never done anything that is harmful to the world. I have only fought the court, killed foreigners, and I have never pretended to be the People's Army. Moreover, I know that the People's Army is a reasonable army, so I brought my brothers to join me."

At this time, Xia Simin said, "I dare to ask the two commanders, I wonder what Brother Li will be dealt with by your army? Will he be executed?"

Luo Yue looked at him and saw that he had big ears, leopard head, round eyes, and long beard under his chin. He looked quite good, and said, "I can't say what kind of punishment you will punish now, but if we can be sure that what Li Zhuangyong said is true, and he has never done anything that harms the world after leaving the People's Army, then the possibility of death is not high. It should be a few years of hard labor."

Xia Simin said: "If it is hard labor, why not let him join the army and make merits and forgive me? I have heard from Brother Li that the army also took the responsibility of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. So it is not right for Brother Li to escape from the army when it is a matter of employment, but he does not have bad intentions and has some courage. The battle formations of the two armies may be useful, and he will bring us to your army, so why not be compatible with it."

Deng Kai then realized that the man spoke well and had a southern accent, so he asked, "I wonder what this gentleman calls him? There is a man."

Xia Simin said: "I am Xia Simin, whose courtesy name is Zhuochun, and his ancestors belong to Yiyang, Hunan."

Deng Kai nodded and said, "Looking at Mr. Xia, he doesn't look like the Boxer Rebellion."

Xia Simin also smiled slightly and said, "Yes, I am not the Boxer Rebellion. I was originally a magistrate of Ren Shuntian Prefecture, but because I was sad about the corruption and incompetence of the government, I sold my country for peace, and I went against the law. Therefore, I was determined to be a fame and ambition to reform. During the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), I served as the supervisor of the Hanyang Arsenal. I once planned to rebel with Tang Caichang, the leader of the Zhengqi Association, to establish an uprising in Hubei. However, because the matter was not secret, Tang Caichang was often killed. I also lobbyed his fellow villager Hu Zuyin.

The incident failed, so he traveled to Japan to avoid disaster. Later, due to the Gengzi Rebellion, he returned from Japan to assassinate the old demon Cixi. However, the Qing court was very strict in defense and had no way to start the assassination. Unexpectedly, Brother Jing and others gathered in Hebei, so he also participated in it. He did not want to fail. However, he heard Brother Li talk about his strict military discipline and bravery and good at fighting, so he wanted to meet with him, but he didn't want to meet him in the future today."

After listening to Xia Simin's self-introduction, Deng Kai's eyes lit up and said, "Mr. Xia said he had traveled to Japan. I wonder if Mr. Xia would have contact with Xingzhong?"

Xia Simin couldn't help but be surprised when she heard this. At this time, there were many Chinese revolutionary organizations in Japan, such as Xingzhonghui, Huaxinghui, Revival, etc., and of course, there were also the royalist association. Of course, the Xingzhonghui founded by Dr. Sun was the most famous, but there were not many people in China who knew this organization. Unexpectedly, overseas Chinese knew about it, so they said: "Do you also know that there is Xingzhonghui?"

Deng Kai laughed and said, "Have you heard of it?"
Chapter completed!