"Hua Fu, do you think Zhiquan is going to have a bad heart?" Lao Yuan, who has been born with flourishing temples, works hard every day for Beiyang's funds and personnel, and has to fight wits and courage with Qingliu and the magnates, remembering his former right-hand man, he can't help but complain about another old Beiyang. "I don't know if Zhiquan can lead the team over this autumn exercise, maybe I can explore the reality of the new army of Wuyi."

"I think in the new army of Wuyi, except for Wu Fantai himself, I am afraid that only Zhiquan can lead the team, and most of them can see him on this trip." Feng Guozhang knows a little about the grievances between Lao Yuan and Duan Qirui, and it is not easy to evaluate the rights and wrongs, but Lao Feng is a real person, and he still attaches great importance to the feelings of his old brothers. "If Zhiquan can gain a foothold in the new army of Wuyi, maybe he will be able to attract a faction of forces for my Beiyang."

Yuan Shikai waved his hand, he knew his own affairs, the initiator of Duan Qirui's angry departure was Lao Yuan himself, how could he not know that Duan Qirui would never eat back grass when he went. "It goes without saying that Zhiquan can show his skills in the new army of Wuyi, but don't expect Zhiquan to be in Cao Ying's heart in Han, with his character, even if he faces the third town, he will not show mercy."

"Will you let Li Chun go to this autumn exercise, or will you let Cao Zhongshan go?" In addition to his own vanguard, Feng Guozhang actually served as Yuan Shikai's chief of staff, and he knew the distribution of troops in the entire Beiyang.

"Just let Zhong Shan go, the third town is also the elite of our army, it is better to let the autumn exercise in Hejian test their quality this time." Yuan Shikai walked back and forth in front of the hall with his hands behind his back, "Let them bring a mark of the horse team and the cannon mark that has just been built, and bring the twelve Krupp mountain cannons with seven lives and five." Set up a good posture, and let people with a heart have a taboo to some extent. ”

said that Cao Kun Cao Kun arrived, and the bald Cao Laohan came in with beads of sweat on his head, and his voice was so loud that even the guards outside the second gate could hear it. "Big handsome, big handsome, this time it's a big deal!"

"Zhong Shan, why are you so flustered?" Feng Guozhang asked.

"The southern barbarians of the self-strengthening army in Taizhou who had just been incorporated rebelled." Cao Kun hurriedly said: "Now the people in the court who poke our backbones have something to talk about again." These unfamiliar wolverns, the handsome man has never treated them badly, why did Qiao Cannon rush to the muzzle of the gun as soon as he flickered? ”

"The imperial court also... Alas. Needless to say, is there any movement in the military department? Yuan Shikai also had a headache, he was already thinking about the Taizhou Mutiny in the morning. It stands to reason that Taizhou's self-improvement army is under the command of Zhang Zhidong, but it is just a drag oil bottle allocated by the imperial court to the right army of Wuwei, even if it is a rebellion, it will not hinder the imperial court's trust in other armies in Beiyang, but the imperial court looks at him Yuan Shikai much more unpleasantly, such an opportunity to detain the basin, of course, should not be missed. What Lao Yuan wants to do most in his heart is not to send troops to quell the chaos, but to quickly shake them clean with the self-improvement army. A room full of people were drinking tea and sitting, each thinking about their own thoughts, but they didn't have the heart to speak.

"Lord Marshal, the news from the imperial court is here." Another general, Wang Shizhen, arrived, and brought the latest news: "The imperial court has issued an edict, and the new army of Wuyi will immediately send troops to quell the chaos." ”

"Huh" Everyone exhaled a breath of turbidity, this news is the best choice for Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang generals, not to fight against the Ziqiang Army, it doesn't matter who is holding the tank. "It's a pity that I can't get a meeting with Zhiquan." Feng Guozhang sighed.

After another three or five days, still in this room in this Iron Lion Hutong, the three giants of Beiyang got together again. But this time they weren't here to remember their old friend. "Are you saying that in addition to sending troops to quell the chaos, the Wuyi New Army also participated in the autumn exercises, and they all used a standard soldier and horse. Wu Chenxuan led the team to quell the chaos, what is this Xiao Mingfeng, why is it his turn to lead the team to participate in the autumn exercises. Cao Zhongshan was very surprised, in his impression, the insurance regiment was still the scale of five or six hundred guns, except for Wu Chenxuan, that is, Du Zicheng and his elder brother Duan Qirui, the rest were just dolls who had just left the military academy and people who walked the dart to protect the courtyard.

Zhiquan was appointed as the chief of staff of the Wuyi New Army, acting as the president and taking care of Wu Chenxuan's house. The Wuyi New Army is now nominally three towns, but in fact, except for the lack of troops in the middle town, the left and right towns are all full of 10,000 soldiers. In addition, our exploration in Shandong also found that the Wuyi New Army formed several supplementary associations, although there were no heavy firearms, but the strength seemed to be very large. In addition, various localities in Shandong are also imitating the Tianjin police reform of the marshal, and have prepared patrol battalions and police in various state capitals. Yang Shiqi ignored Cao Kun, the bald guy, and continued his report. The establishment of this new armed wing army is not a square system of one town, two associations and four standards, but five standards directly under one town, three of which are infantry, one artillery standard, one baggage standard, and some directly subordinate battalion-level and team-level troops. This time, it was a standard of Zhongzhen that was sent to participate in the autumn exercise in Hejian, but it was accompanied by a battalion of artillery and a part of the cavalry. ”

"This Wu Chenxuan is a person who knows the soldiers, although he did not send his two elite towns, but this middle town has added so many bits and pieces to a standard, if we come out with a co-ordination, it is obviously not a victory, if it is also a standard, we will suffer a big loss in terms of heavy firepower." Feng Guozhang is also a veteran, and some problems during the autumn exercises such as palm prints.

"This kid is very treacherous, Brother Huafu. I still remember that in Jinan, this kid took hundreds of thousands of taels of South Gate Barracks, and our brothers lived in it for a year and a half, and all of them were cheaper. He had a few broken guns" Cao Kun was about to continue, but was stopped by Yuan Datou.

"Brother Xingcheng, are you saying that this Wu Chenxuan can already be equipped with artillery beacons in every town?" Yuan Shikai was still very puzzled, his own Beiyang Six Towns were only equipped with a few artillery battalions, which almost cost Yuan Shikai's life. The artillery target is at least three artillery battalions, isn't this Wu Chenxuan going to be equipped with more than ten artillery battalions?

"Yes, this is indeed the case on the compilation table that our inner line has obtained, and it is all German Krupp's seven-life and five-mountain artillery and field artillery."

"Sss Yuan Shikai had a toothache for a while, he didn't expect this rich man to dare to invest so much, he was already lagging behind in this regard, but this is not just a matter of silver, he is already the number one in Hanchen, holding half of the new army of the imperial court, it can be said that Mu Xiu Yulin, if there is a little mistake, it may be won by the imperial court and the opponent to find the right opportunity.

"Dashuai, I think this autumn exercise* I might as well hide it clumsy, let Wu Chenxuan's martial arts new army show the limelight, maybe it can attract the eyes of those full adults in the court" Wang Shizhen suddenly said, "But there is no need to deliberately do it, just let the third town send an infantry standard to participate in the autumn exercise, and the other infantry standard will follow Cao Zhi in Cangzhou under the pretext of maintaining law and order in the autumn exercise." ”

"In this case, we will be equipped with at most one mountain artillery battalion, but I am afraid that we will not be sure of victory." Cao Kun scratched his big bald head and said in embarrassment.

"Hehe, this is not just right, we are not happy to win now, and we are happy to lose. If Zhong Shan can win, it means that our Beiyang Six Towns are still the strongest army in the sea. If the Wuyi New Army is lucky enough to make some achievements, it will just share our pressure, and it will not make the imperial court always feel that Beiyang is the strongest weapon of the Han people. We have endured hardships, and someone in the DPRK and China will give him Lord Wu a copy of the gourd he paints in the same way, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. Yang Shiqi still has a deep grudge against Wu Chenxuan and the Wuyi New Army.

"Yes, what Xingcheng said is reasonable." Yuan Shikai also felt that his little brother was too smooth, so if he continued like this, he would not be a foil for Beiyang, but he would really be able to compete with Beiyang. "This autumn exercise will be handed over to Zhong Shan, during your trip to Hejian, the third town will stay in Baoding. By the way, are the battalion leaders of the Ziqiang Army still in the capital? ”

"Yes, they're all nested in Nanyuan."

"Give it to Wang Yingkai and let him go to the self-improvement army and train it first. After the formation of the army, the gap in the second and third towns was replenished. ”

Everyone dispersed, as long as Wang Shizhen and Lao Yuan drank tea in the pavilion.

"Pingqing, what kind of character do you think my little brother is?" Yuan Shikai chatted while sipping tea.

"Looking at the heroes of the world, only the king and the ear." Wang Shizhen said slowly.

"Alas, I didn't expect this stunned overseas businessman to be a hidden dragon." Yuan Shikai smiled self-deprecatingly, "Fortunately, he was born ten years late, otherwise today's Beiyang may not be your brother's." ”

"Dashuai thinks that there are other forces within the four seas that can compete with me in Beiyang?"

"The rest is busy, not enough to worry about."

"Yes, although I am as famous as Zhiquan and Huafu. Hua Fu is good at scheduling and coordination, I am just picking up the missing and filling in the gaps, but only Zhiquan knows the most about the soldiers, if he does not value the development momentum of the new army of Wuyi, he is afraid that he would rather unload his armor and return to the field than give in. So I'm worried that although the Wuyi New Army is a provincial army, it will become a big weapon in the future, and this Taizhou incident is naturally a tough battle, but I'm afraid it is also a good opportunity for layout. ”

"I also have concerns about what you said, Hua Fu and the others don't understand as you see. But even if he Wu Chenxuan picked up a bargain and got the Taizhou Mansion, but it is not subordinate to Shandong, is the governor of Liangjiang a decoration? "Yuan Datou is still more sensible, he knows his weaknesses, but he also knows the roots of his little brother, it is nothing more than two bad money and foreigners to support him, so he doesn't care too much about the new army of Wuyi without a foundation. But a few days later, Yuan Datou felt that he was still thinking simple.

On the plains of Hejian Province, groups of Beiyang New Army soldiers are lining up to enter the playground, heavy weapons are naturally at the head of the platoon, it looks neat, and the soldiers can be regarded as elite divisions, known as the 88 rifle produced by Mauser with a bright bayonet, but a long braid hangs behind the gray military uniform, but it destroys the majesty of this modern army. The soldiers of the two towns were lined up like tofu blocks, but there was still an open space to their right, leaving for their little brother, another elite of the Qing Dynasty, the Wuyi New Army, who was entering the field.