As soon as they saw that they had died, the room was full of frightened people and ran away.

Who knew that this recruit was particularly righteous in peacetime, and often fought for the bullied recruits, and his prestige among the recruits was particularly high. As soon as they heard that he had been killed, the recruits immediately blew up the battalion.

You veterans have guns, and we don't? Recruits are usually bears, and they are obedient and swallow their anger. It was a single time, and it was different when united, there were more recruits than veterans, and the outnumbered people surrounded the veterans' barracks.

On the veteran side, he killed someone, and he was supposed to lose money, but when he saw the recruits coming to the door, he stopped doing it. Do? Rebellion? Is there still a respectful elder and a young man? Gone against the sky? In normal times, no matter how many contradictions and entanglements there are between people, at this time, they will abandon their previous hatred and hatred.

As a result, gunfire erupted in the barracks. Yuan Shikai, who was in charge, was the largest and rushed to the scene with a few people.

The two sides were fighting fiercely, both were red-eyed, and each suffered casualties. The situation was not complicated, and the ins and outs were quickly figured out.

Yuan Shikai first demanded a ceasefire between the two sides, and then asked each side to elect five representatives to negotiate. After the ceasefire between the two sides, five representatives from each side were selected to come to the front.

After the negotiations began, Yuan Shikai first asked the recruits to withdraw to the barracks first, and he would deal with it impartially.

The recruits will not do anything, and they will never withdraw if they do not severely punish the veterans who shot and killed people at the earliest.

Yuan Shikai asked the veteran party to hand over the culprit. The veteran said that they could hand over people, but they had to wait for Wu Dashuai to come back, saying that Yuan Shikai was a small assistant and had no right to deal with the case.

The recruits insisted that the culprit must be punished now, and threatened that if the culprit was not punished severely, the five of them would immediately return to their own team and fight to the death.

The two sides are at loggerheads. Seeing that the five recruits got up to leave, Yuan Shikai had an idea and said that Wu Dashuai had given him full authority when he left the barracks. He is now asking the veteran party to hand over the culprit in the name of Wu Dashuai. Otherwise, the criminals are shielded and maintained, and the veterans are treated as mutiny.

The veteran didn't believe it, Yuan Shikai stepped on Yuan San's foot beside him with his foot, "When Wu Dashuai gave me full power, Yuan San was by my side." As he spoke, he said to Yuan San: "Yuan San, you can talk to everyone, isn't that so?" ”

Yuan San is also very bright, he is already obedient to Yuan Shikai, and immediately stood up to testify for Yuan Shikai.

"The first evil must be done, you hand over the culprit, and no one else will be held accountable. Otherwise, no one will be spared if he shoots or kills or wounds someone. ”

Under the majesty of Yuan Shikai, the veteran party had no choice but to hand over the culprit.

The trouble-causing veteran didn't take Yuan Shikai in his eyes at all, thinking that Yuan Shikai didn't dare to do anything to him? Escorted in front of Yuan Shikai, he was still arrogant and domineering, and his mouth was not dry.

Yuan Shikai originally wanted to take him up first and deal with it after Wu Changqing came back. Seeing that this veteran was so fearless, so arrogant to challenge his authority. After all, he was young and couldn't suppress the fire, so he kicked the veteran to his knees, pulled out a pistol, and shot him dead in public.

Seeing that Yuan Shikai was decisive, the recruits and veterans were so frightened that they went back to their respective barracks.

The matter was properly handled, and Yuan Shikai had been in a panic all day.

In the name of Wu Changqing, he also started to have fewer people, and if he is investigated, the crime is not small!

He regretted it, especially that he shouldn't have been so impulsive.

The first time I killed someone, although I tried my best to cover it up at the time, I was actually very afraid. The terrible appearance of the veteran falling at his feet still appears in front of his eyes.

He heard that the veteran had a special relationship with Wu Changqing, and it seemed that he had saved Wu Changqing's life.

No wonder he was so arrogant, it turned out that he relied on something. What to do? Did you run away before Wu Changqing came back?

I can't go home, so where can I go if I don't go home? There is nowhere to go, and the more I think about it, the more afraid I become.

Time passed day by day in hesitation, and the day when Wu Changqing returned to the barracks was getting closer and closer.

What to do, you have to pay attention. Yuan Shikai carefully recalled the situation that day, and felt that there was really no good way except to make a decisive move.

Thinking of Wu Changqing's care and care for him on weekdays, and thinking of this Uncle Wu's deep affection for him, maybe the matter will not be as serious as he thought?

In any case, you can't just leave without greeting, and then you can't be sorry for the people who treat you sincerely.

A good man does things well, wait for Wu Changqing to come back, strive for the initiative, explain the matter and the plate, and let everything be disposed of.

Once the final decision was made, Yuan Shikai settled down a lot.

After Wu Changqing returned to the barracks, Yuan Shikai reported the incident at the first time, and implored the marshal to punish him for the crime of "murder".

To Yuan Shikai's surprise: Wu Changqing not only did not reproach him in half a sentence, but praised him a lot.

"Don't we often say? will be outside the other. Why do it? The situation is changing rapidly, how can you have a tendon? Acting on camera, this is a skill that a soldier must learn. If such a serious matter is not suppressed immediately and a big mess will be caused, not to mention that we people will not be able to act as officials, and if we do not do it well, we will lose our heads. Well done boy, not only are you not guilty, but you have also made meritorious and great contributions! ”

Listening to Wu Changqing's words, Yuan Shikai's heart that had been hanging let go.

Happy, he was also secretly glad that he had made the right choice.

Soon, Yuan Shikai ushered in a major opportunity in his life.

In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty and Korea were in a suzerain-vassal relationship.

Although Korea was nominally an independent state, it was actually a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.

In July 1882, the "Imwu Mutiny" took place in Korea.

The old king of Joseon had no children under his knees, and his nephew Yi Hee succeeded to the throne.

Because Gaozong Li Xi was still young, his father, Li Gang, the monarch of the courtyard, should be in charge of the government. After Li Xi grows up, Li Gang should return the power to Li Xi. Li Xi was foolish and mediocre, the princess Min was very strong, and the power of the court gradually fell into the hands of Concubine Min.

The Min family excludes dissidents, appoints others, and reuses relatives. The Min Concubine clique acted willfully and recklessly, and the officials were corrupt and extravagant, which made the country's finances empty and full of social contradictions.

The soldiers of the Muwei Battalion and the Zhuangyu Battalion of the Joseon Dynasty rallied to mutiniment because of their long non-payment of salaries and their dissatisfaction with the "special technical army" trained by the Japanese.

Many citizens also participated. Li Gangying, the monarch of the courtyard, was unwilling to lose power and took the opportunity to regain control of the government.

Concubine Min fled, and Gaozong Li Xi was detained. At that time, the affairs of North Korea were under the control of the Nao-subordinate.

At the time of the incident, Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, was on leave due to the loss of his mother, and Zhang Shusheng took his place.

Kim Yun-sik, the minister of North Korea who was in Tianjin, learned that there was a coup d'état in the country, and asked Jang Shusheng, who was acting as a direct subordinate, for help and asked the Qing ** to send troops to quell the rebellion.

When Zhang Shusheng heard that the Japanese were also preparing to send troops to intervene and wanted to take the opportunity to bring Korea into his sphere of influence, he thought that he could not sit idly by.

With the consent of the imperial court, Ding Ruchang, the commander of the navy, was sent to lead three warships, Wu Changqing led the six battalions of the army to cross to the east, and the Taoist Ma Jianjun accompanied the army. He went to quell the civil strife in Korea and prevent Japan from taking the opportunity to invade Korea.

Wu Changqing prepared to lead the army on an expedition and assigned Zhang Jian to be responsible for the preparations before departure. Due to the lack of manpower, Zhang Jian appreciated Yuan Shikai's ability to do things, and proposed to let Yuan Shikai assist.

Wu Changqing sent Yuan Shikai to the former enemy's camp office to be responsible for military affairs such as military supply and exploration of marching routes.

Yuan Shikai knew in his heart that he had no fame, and if he wanted to enter the officialdom, he could only build up his career through military merit, and he could only build his career through meritorious service to fight for the opportunity to stand out.

In times of peace, how easy is it to make military contributions? He keenly felt that this time, for him, was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

When he set off, Yuan Shikai and Kim Yoon-sik of North Korea moved with the same battalion. He secretly made up his mind that he must perform well. The two talked very well, and in a short period of time, they have become good friends.

The Japanese action was also very fast, and by the time the Wu Changqing division arrived in Korea, the Japanese had already arrived with seven warships and one battalion of troops, and they were camped at Inchon to wait for the follow-up troops.

In order to get ahead of the Japanese, Wu Changqing ordered the first battalion to land quickly as the vanguard, but the commander of the first battalion asked for a slow action under the pretext that the soldiers were tired for days.

Wu Changqing was furious and immediately removed the commander of the first battalion from his post on the spot.

When studying who would act as the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Jian strongly recommended Yuan Shikai, and Wu Changqing appointed Yuan Shikai as the acting commander of the first battalion.

Yuan Shikai was waiting for such an opportunity, taking the lead, taking off his shoes and socks and jumping into the sea, walking barefoot on the beach full of troubled times.

Seeing this, Ding Ruchang, the admiral of the navy, exclaimed: "A young man can do the same." ”