574 The new army is launched
"Hahaha, brothers, take a look...... Ci'an is really a person who understands, and knows who has the strongest soldiers and whose soldiers are the most reliable in Gyeonggi now...... This began to seal the official and make a wish. ”
"Knowing that I am now the prime minister of the Ryukyus, he didn't give me a real shortage, and first gave me the title of first-class lieutenant of light car, and after the rebellion was quelled, he also guaranteed to be at least a marquis...... Hahaha, let's see, I killed their soldiers, and in the end I have to be knighted, isn't this the biggest joke in the world......"
The captain's room was full of joy, and Ci'an's edict suddenly changed the action of the new army from rebellion to quelling chaos, and everyone's eyes lit up as soon as they saw that they were expected to enter Beijing.
"My lord, what a chance, Prime Minister, we must attack, as long as we can set foot on the city of Beijing, our new army can be regarded as a formal army, only then can we be counted as the number one among the powers......"
"It's done, it's done...... Determine the capital of a country, this credit is sent by God for nothing, the pusher is ominous, you have to make up your mind early..."
Xiao Letian looked at his subordinates with an excited face, and his heart was extremely excited, thinking back to the past and comparing the past with the present, it was a world of difference.
Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun, Wang Huaiyuan, they are all veterans of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, after the defeat of the Northern Expedition, they hid in the Taihang Mountains as bandits, time consumed their will little by little, when the bad news of the south wind came one by one, their depression can be imagined.
At that time, let alone attacking the city of Beijing, they were thinking more about how to survive under the weight of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Look at Luo Huo again, as well as Chu Zhao, Lu Ying and others who did not attend the meeting, and of course Pang Chaoyun and Ye Qiu, these are all outstanding people who have come out of the common people, some of them are descendants of merchants, and some are from caravan guards.
At that time, their backbones were crooked, and they didn't dare to resist in the face of the exploitation of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but now they are staring at the murderous face of the Manchu capital, how can this be reasonable?
There are also the Japanese such as Noheita and Hyotaro, as well as the natives of the Ryukyus, who have looked at the Central Plains on the other side for thousands of years, all of them worship the five-body land and claim to be a vassal state, but this time they actually have the opportunity to enter the Manchu capital as soldiers.
From their excited eyes, you can already read their hearts.
There are also several foreign advisers, gold medal intelligence officer Pierre, war correspondent Leo, and chief engineer Mike, all attended this meeting today, they are all a group of adventurers in their bones, and it is their common wish to be able to go to Beijing City to see.
"Hehe, what's the matter? Are you interested in going around Beijing? Then I have to ask you, what are our chances of winning, and how much resistance do we have?"
"More wins, less wins...... Xiao Letian said with a grin.
Wang Huaiyuan was the first to stand up, he was the person in charge of the torture hall, Xiao Letian's intelligence chief, and this was a good opportunity for him to show off.
"Don't worry, adults, this time we will definitely win more than 90% of the ...... We have been observing the garrison of Beijing for two years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are an army on paper......"
"The garrison only trains six times a month, and it is all flashy battle array training, and from a distance, it seems that the plum blossom array and gossip array are quite powerful, but in fact, they are all showmanship......
"More than half of the officers and men smoke a lot, and many of them struggle to even stand guard normally, so they need to spend money to hire porters to stand guard temporarily...... There must be money to encourage the war, and even if the Forbidden City is on fire, it has nothing to do with them, in short, this is an army that is loose and selfish to the extreme......"
"If it was before, then it's better that the imperial court also knows what these garrisons are like, so they are constantly rotating the army, selecting athletes from the locality, or selecting elite soldiers from the Manchu tribes in Baishan and Heishui that have not been corrupted by the Huahua world, and Mongolian athletes are also a supplementary ......"
"At that time, the defenders in charge of the land of Gyeonggi were still a little elite, but it is a pity that a bloody battle of Monk Lingqin six years ago almost buried the essence of ninety percent of the army, and the vitality of the Eight Banners in the land of Gyeonggi was greatly damaged......"
"Now, the stupid Mailer has collected again, those bravest soldiers and those who were buried by us outside Tanggu City, now there are many soldiers around the Jingshi, but there are no bones for a long time, only a stall of stinky meat, how can we not win?"
Wang Huaiyuan's words ignited the enthusiasm in the hearts of everyone present, Luo Huo's heart seemed to have a fire that could not be extinguished, he threw his hat on the table and untied the collar, "Damn, we have done it with the French and Austrians in Europe, are you still afraid of these smoking wastes? No more, give me a thousand soldiers, I will help the prime minister take the Forbidden City..."
"Why a thousand, as long as you have four Gatlings, give me 800 men to sweep through Gyeonggi......
"Gatling doesn't need it, the torture hall is all over the city, and when the time comes, all the city gates can be opened, and we have six hundred elites, like a sharp knife piercing Jingshan...... Anyway, it's not to occupy this city permanently, as long as Jingshan is captured and the Empress Dowager is rescued, isn't it over... Give me six hundred elite ......"
Good fellows, these militants are about to fight, and none of them flinched, and a series of victories made their current feelings extremely fanatical.
At this moment, Xiao Letian suddenly snorted coldly, "Don't be too hot in your brain, you must know that Li Hongzhang's three thousand Huai troops don't know where to wait for us, they are not Manchu waste soldiers who smoke a lot, they are all veterans of a hundred battles who have just come down from the Pinghu battlefield......"
"Why does the prime minister bother to boost the morale of others and destroy his own prestige, even if the Huai army is powerful, it can still be stronger than the French army and the Austrian army? There are not many soldiers of 3,000 soldiers, and they have accepted Cixi's secret order, so they can't bring artillery at all, as long as the enemy has no artillery support, do you say we still need to be afraid of them?"
"Fighting...... Fight...... The battle ......" a frenzied group of officers all began to bang on the table.
At this time, Xiao Hexin also spoke, "To deal with the Huai Army, I think we still have to rely on the brothers of the torture hall, if Li Hongzhang really wants to deal with us, then there are only two places for him to start, one is to rely on the city wall to defend the field battle under the city of Beijing, and the other key point is here......"
Xiao He clicked on Langfang on the map, "Or set up an ambush here, it's also a good choice......
When Wang Huaiyuan heard this, he immediately got up, "Prime Minister, I'll retire first, I'll go and arrange for a fine work and a carrier pigeon station, and give the army a front station...... After speaking, he turned around and left.
Xiao Letian couldn't cry or laugh at this time, "What do you mean? I'm going to kidnap Lao Tzu and me? I haven't ordered it yet, you're going to do it......"
"Prime Minister..."Everyone stood up, "Don't you want to fight in your heart? Even if we can't change the world this time, we still have to stand up... Let the entire Qing Dynasty know how powerful we are, who will make trouble with your economic layout in the future?"
"The Manchu Qing Dynasty has such a strong color, so I have to give them some color to see......"
The atmosphere is so far that even Pierre can't sit still, he beats the gong on the side, "Prime Minister, the military spirit is already like this, you can't chill people's hearts..."
Xiao Letian glared at him, "I didn't say I wouldn't fight, I just said more wins...... What about the Hunan army? Have you ever considered Zeng Guofan's idea? If he does it, how can you stop it...... A fraction of the 500,000 Hunan troops is enough for us to drink a pot......"
At the mention of the Xiang Army, the fanatical atmosphere present suddenly turned cold, Xiao Letian sneered and said, "It's all noisy? Zeng Guofan is now in Henan, and the army is pacifying the Twist Army, if he wants to make a move, he can send 200,000 heavy troops to deal with us at any time......"
"Look at your fanatical energy, is war a child's play? You have remembered for me that I am the only one who can call the shots in the new army, and none of you can do it......
Xiao Letian lost his temper, every brother present was not afraid, everyone was taught by him, and the master was angry and the disciples naturally lowered their heads.
Looking at the dejected faces, Xiao Letian knew that this basin of cold water was poured on the right place, and only then did he officially give the order.
"After the order, Ryukyu hurriedly dispatched 1,000 troops to cooperate with the uprising of the Green Battalion to garrison Tanggu, and quickly built a defensive line on the demarcation line I delineated, and I Xiao Lotian occupied this land for ......."
"Tietoutuo is in charge of the supply of supplies for the new army, and in addition to recruiting people, you are allowed to command a thousand rebel green battalion soldiers...... Wang Huaiyuan of the Torture Hall was in charge of all the intelligence work, and Chun Thirteen Niang immediately led people to infiltrate back to Beijing and prepare in advance......
"As for the rest of the people, get ready to pull out immediately, and I, Xiao Letian, will take you to Beijing..."
One order after another was given, and at the end of the captain's room was filled with cheers, "Hurrah... Kill to Beijing..."
In the night, carrier pigeons rose into the air, flying in all directions against the strong wind, the river embankment was full of galloping horses, and the sound of the herald's neighing resounded throughout the four fields.
The soldiers who came to support from Tanggu were now asleep, but under the order of the emergency wake-up call, everyone crawled out of the hot quilt, dismantled the tents, packed the supplies, and checked the weapons.
After assembling a team, they immediately marched southwest, and in the darkness the light of torches continued like a long dragon, and the domestic dogs of countless villages in the wilderness were alarmed and barked at the long dragon.
The timid and fearful people of the Qing Kingdom, when they opened the window and saw this posture, they were so frightened that they peed their pants, and the fire dragon composed of thousands of people was moving forward in the dark, they couldn't stand such a spectacular scene, and they all shrank back into the house in fright.
The Wave Breaker slowly walked forward on the Haihe River, Xiao Letian on the deck looked at the fire dragon on the land with blazing eyes, while Molière behind him asked puzzled.
"Until now, you haven't explained how you are going to deal with Zeng Guofan, are you really not afraid of his Hunan army?"
"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid, but I won't fight an unprepared battle, Zeng Guofan is not a corrupt Confucian, if there is only one person in the Qing Dynasty who can understand me, then I believe it is him..."
Xiao Letian didn't mention that he had a secret letter from Zeng Guofan stuffed in his arms, which was brought from the far south by carrier pigeons, and there was only one sentence on it: 'Don't rebel, the time has not come, and it is the Han people who will suffer in the end...'
Zeng Guofan didn't say a word, and he had no intention of using troops, because he knew that Xiao Letian was the same kind of person as him in his bones, and only the real hidden dragon could understand Tanggu's hidden dragon theory.
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