Volume VIII 1241 The New Army of the Royal Forest

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Zaichun hid his lineage in Fujian, which was the result of countless discussions with Xiao Letian, the master, before it was finally finalized.

First of all, Fujian is a southeastern coastal province, with many mountainous areas and few plains, and the coastline is complex and changeable, which means that there are many mountain people, fishermen, and a small proportion of the population who rely purely on agriculture to eat.

In ancient China, mountain people and fishermen were resolute, brave and fierce because they often fought against harsh environments and fierce beasts. Coupled with the hardships and hard work unique to the Chinese people, this place has become an excellent place to provide soldiers.

More importantly, this is located in the south, which belongs to the place beyond the reach of the power of Beijing City, and those palace nobles are unable to reach out here, no matter how powerful they are, on the one hand, because of the Yangtze River and hundreds of thousands of Hunan troops in the middle.

The new army of the Imperial Forest trained here, and it was possible to escape the attention and harassment of the north.

The most important point is that this is Zuo Zongtang's territory, and Zuo Zongtang's loyalty to the emperor can still be trusted. To put it more clearly, Zuo Zongtang is not on the right path with Cixi and Yi? and others, and there are personal grievances mixed with them.

Zuo Zongtang was the first to learn politics with Luo Bingzhang as a staff member, of course, Zuo Jigao's ability was not bragged, and Luo Bingzhang's work was well organized in two or three years, which made Luo Bingzhang, who was the governor of Hunan at the time, extremely happy.

But Luo Bingzhang has a political opponent who is the governor of Huguang, Guanwen, in order to fight Luo Bingzhang, he framed Zuo Zongtang to control government affairs as a staff member.

This was a big crime during the Qing Dynasty, Zuo Zongtang was arrested and imprisoned, and he was about to be executed.

Or Zuo Zongtang's life should not be extinguished, he later met a noble man who had never met him to rescue, and this person was Su Shun, a favorite minister under Xianfeng at that time.

It is said that Su Shun has never met Zuo Zongtang, and there is no friendship between them! However, don't forget, Su Shun, a Manchurian, naturally hates Manchurian gentleness, and he looks down on the waste Manchurian governor of Guanwen in his heart.

In addition, Su Shun cherished the talents of the Han people, so he used his own power to save Zuo Zongtang, and recommended it by the way, which made Zuo Zongtang's career smooth sailing.

The life-saving benefactor plus the grace of knowing the encounter, for the Hanchen who studied Confucianism, it had to be reciprocated. But I didn't expect Su Shun to die in the palace coup in the end, which is really a pity.

History is full of possibilities, if Su Shun was clever enough to protect his life first and take the opportunity to escape all the way to the sphere of influence of the Hunan army, then with his great kindness to Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi, Zuo Zongtang and others, I am afraid that China's history will really be rewritten.

Zuo Zongtang has never been able to pee in a pot with Yi and others, he was only loyal to the imperial court and the Jiangshan Sheji, not to a certain person such as Cixi or Yi, and it is really safe to train the new army of the Imperial Forest within the sphere of influence of such a person!

The four guards plus the children of the three hundred and eight banners began to secretly recruit soldiers in various parts of Fujian, and the soldiers of more than 2,000 people and four battalion leaders were still easy to recruit, coupled with the strong support of Zuo Zongtang, Zeng Guofan, Fukang Yinhao and the master Xiao Letian, this army has never worried about money since its birth.

All they have to do is train hard, train, train again!

The footsteps of these soldiers were left in the depths of Wuyi Mountain, and the sweat of these soldiers was integrated into the Taiwan Strait, and in ancient times the hearts of the Chinese were extremely simple, they did not have many crooked brains, and when soldiers ate food, as long as you treat them well, they can really report you with their hearts and lungs.

The new army of the Imperial Forest does not owe salaries and silver, gives full food, and is still under the banner of protecting the emperor's pro-army, so these simple mountain people and fishermen are really selling their strength to train, although there is less aura than the Chinese army, but in the Qing Dynasty at that time, such an army was already considered an iron army.

This time, Zaichun secretly telegraphed them to prepare for war, and all the officers and men did not sleep well for three days and three nights in excitement, and almost every stone in the area of Yanshan and Gujiao Mountain was trampled on by them, and the four battalions had a total of 46 108-caliber rear-loading rifled guns, all of which had to be carried by soldiers on their shoulders before they could go up the mountain.

No one shouted bitterness, no one shouted tiredness, the artillery and shells were all carried by the soldiers themselves, and during this period, not a single civilian man was useless, which was really rare in the combat history of the Qing army.

When the St. Peter approached the effective range of the artillery, Ma Ming ordered the suspicious soldiers in the mountains to rise everywhere, and the artillery rumbled, and the Russian troops who were bombed were dizzy.

"How can there be an ambush here! Damn it, hurry up and shoot back......"

The Russian left flank fleet, which was moving along the pointer to the battlefield, began to shoot, and thick smoke billowed everywhere on Gujiao Mountain and Yanshan Mountain, and the sound of the explosion was heard in Changle County, more than ten miles away.

"Blow it up! Blow it up! Kill these girls!" Zaichun clenched his fists and shouted wildly in the command room of the Zhiyuan, dancing with excited hands.

"Master, look! This is my army, my army is firing artillery! They are really coming! Blow them up......"

Xiang Ying looked at Zaichun's madness, and shook his head helplessly, "What's there to be excited about, Your Majesty, this artillery bombardment has caused too much trouble to the imperial court! You are not afraid of triggering a full-scale war between Russia and the Qing Dynasty?"

Zai Chun pouted, "Hmph, I don't have a pro-government, what do I care about so much?" He said in a weird way, "I'm still young, as long as I don't get married, I'm just a child, and if I do something wrong, naturally those people will wipe my ass......"

Jae-chun, who was squinting, suddenly had a cold expression: "If you want power, then you have to pay! I don't want to wipe my ass and just want to take advantage? Damn, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world......"

Xiao Letian listened to Zaichun's complaints, and sighed in his heart: "Am I teaching this child too hard? I feel that I have no feelings for the group of people in Beijing at all......

Xiang Ying did not continue the topic, "Prime Minister, you and Your Majesty, please go back to the cabin to rest, everything you should do has been completed, the set goal has been achieved, I can't let you continue to stay in danger......"

"Pressurize the boiler room! Increase speed! The bayonet fight is over, and now it's time for our merry main gun fire...... Control the rhythm of the battlefield and lure the Russian detachment to move east!"

The Zhiyuan began to be pressurized by strong winds, the ship's speed increased suddenly, and in the roar of the 210 main gun, another Russian frigate turned into a blazing torch.

Outside the mouth of the Minjiang River, on the edge of the naval battle, in the corner ignored by death, a lonely dhowing was drifting with the waves, all the students were stupid, they looked at the mountains on the shore, and then at the chaotic sea, no one expected that this naval battle would be like this.

"Look at the Russian flagship! The flag has been issued to demand that the fleet leave the battlefield at full speed! These cowards are about to escape...... Long live your majesty!"