Because Liu Songshan was accidentally killed, Liu Jintang only stayed in Yan'an for one night, and then rushed to Jinji Fort Yongning Cave, Zuo Zongtang was promoted, Liu Jintang actually handed over more than 60,000 soldiers and horses on the front line of Jinjibao to him, and even Zhang Yao, Lei Zhengjuan and other troops were under Liu Jintang's control, and those commanders and commanders had to salute Liu Jintang, the six-rank official, and Zuo Zongtang messed up the officialdom overnight

Zuo Zongtang has been promoted to the imperial court to promote Liu Jintang as the commander, replacing Liu Songshan's official position, the six-rank civil official, and the direct promotion from the first-rank military attaché, which has never happened since the founding of the Qing Dynasty more than 100 years ago

The main force of the Qing army prepared to launch an autumn offensive against the Jinjibao Hui army, and the key target of the attack was directly at the mouth of the Qingtong Gorge of the Yellow River, that is, the mouth of the second canal of the Qin and Han dynasties, and the Qing army was preparing to seize this strategic place before the winter came, laying the groundwork for the flooding of Jinjibao

Yan'an Ten Miles Away from the Minister's Pavilion to see off the officials, at this time Liu Jintang was only twenty-eight years old, and he was in his prime, feeling a lot of mixed feelings in his heart, looking at the farewell officials, unable to express his feelings in words

"Everyone, please stay, I accept your feelings, don't come over, and drink the celebration wine again in the future," Liu Jintang raised a bowl of practice wine and drank it

"Then please ask Lord Liu to go on the road," the smart official did not mention Liu Jintang's official position

At this time, the scene is a little embarrassing, which can not express the celebration of the death of the family, the uncle is dead, the ceremonial is dead, the father is in mourning, and can not express grief, the army is very superstitious, auspicious time, auspicious signs, auspicious words, there is a set of perfect etiquette system, and crying can not cry, so the silence of the big and small officials is golden, the expression is serious, and the gift is given goodbye, and the silence is carried out in a silent atmosphere

Liu Jintang stepped on the war horse, turned his head and hugged his fists, and expressed his gratitude to the officials who saw him off, according to the national system, he wanted to return to his hometown to keep filial piety for three years, that is, the Ding worry system, but the state affairs are important, the emperor can win the affection, let Liu Jintang guard the filial piety in the post, the system is to the important ministers of the court, ordinary officials can not enjoy this system, Liu Jintang was taken away by the Tongzhi Emperor, there is also a special military attaché, the military attache can be exempted from Ding Wei during the war, but Liu Jintang as a "son" to filial piety first, Liu Jintang reported to Ding Wei, this set of procedures still has to go Tongzhi Emperor to seize the affection, it is also reasonable

The officers and men of the Jinzi Battalion are dressed in linen and filial piety, holding the banner, the two battalions of the Jinzi Battalion are full, more than 1,000 soldiers and long-husbands have disappeared, and the Jinzi Battalion can be stronger and stronger by fighting on the horizon, so that every soldier can cherish this glory, as long as they stand under this flag, the soldiers of the Jinzi Battalion swear allegiance to Liu Jintang, most of the Jinzi Battalion commanders are prisoners of war, and then they will be promoted to a glorious level, and the soldiers of the Jinzi Battalion will be honored after the infusion of these bloods, and the army will rely on these blood injections to keep the establishment intact

Li Guolou looked at the dusty and felt a lot, the so-called blessing and misfortune are both put on Liu Jintang's body, and he and Liu Jintang have many similarities, they are all rocket promotion officials, there is no background in officialdom, Liu Jintang and Liu Songshan left a political legacy that can be inherited, there are a large number of Hunan army generals who support him, those who are the same year, the same door, The same department is now also studying in the six departments of the Hanlin Academy, in which he is a small official, self-cultivation, learning the way of being an official, and if he wants to have a sphere of influence, it will take at least ten years to listen to his words and follow people, and the official position is too small, and even the people who are not in the stream are all slaves, and he lost to Liu Jintang, and he has to rely on friendly forces to help him fight, and if the friendly army releases pigeons, he can only cry

Li Guolou was entangled in his heart, who was the first person to be handed over to the Li Zi Battalion, and the first choice turned out to be a Manchu man, because Fan Ye was originally an artillery officer, and he had been trained in the battle in the Great Northwest, so that Li Zi Battalion could go far on the road of strengthening the army with science and technology, and would not take the old road of the Chu army, and it was a strange thing to fight, and even he had improved his command ability through battles again and again, but Fan Ye's Manchurian status made him have some doubts, and it would not go against his will to hand over the Li Zi Battalion to a Manchurian

Li Yunzhuo, Su Yuanchun, and Li Yunkai are still too young, and they have to study for a few more years, which will be of great use in the future, and now they have to suppress them, and they will not be able to make their careers, let them stay at the bottom for a little longer, and then they can grow into towering trees

Cheng Kun is suitable for managing the supervision team, his heart is too dark, he belongs to the kind of people who will make chaos, and he is not suitable for controlling the military power, he is in a high position, Cheng Kun will not make trouble, if he dies, Cheng Kun will definitely make waves

It is better for Battle to use less, otherwise sooner or later he will die in battle, and he likes to rush to kill the former is the disadvantage of the officer, and the Mongol cavalry tactics can only be used in the hope of victory, which belongs to the latter blow

Artillery battles, platoons, lancers, rushing to kill Napoleon's magic weapon to win, looks flawless, but the war situation is diverse, conformist tactics will inevitably be cracked, Li Ziying must learn to fight in various environments, if not, naval battles, the Qing Dynasty is still surrounded by warships of Western powers, the navy is not vulnerable, ten years later, the Beiyang Naval Division will have combat effectiveness, now only rely on the army to fight to the death, the Qing Dynasty has a vast territory, and it is a difficult problem to transfer troops, or to rely on trains to transport troops, I don't know how the progress of the small train project in the Old Summer Palace is a breakthrough, or the two palaces, where the beautiful man plan is invincible

Li Guolou lowered his head and pondered the blueprint for the future of the Qing Dynasty, regarded himself as the planner of the Qing Dynasty, the expression on his face was cloudy and uncertain, and he kept changing, at this time he became a loyal and patriotic man, all for the Tongzhi Emperor, considering the family for the country, regardless of the past, abandoning the Manchu and Han disputes, hand in hand with the future, Liu Jintang Shi, Li Guolou did not dare to rebel, and sent away the nemesis, but he didn't see Liu Jintang in front of him, and when he saw Liu Jintang's face, he was startled

"Master Li, a few words for you," Liu Jintang's tone was undoubted, and there was a handsome commanding tone

Li Guolou has never been afraid of people, but for some reason he is a little afraid of Liu Jintang in his heart, Liu Jintang feels that Liu Jintang is his nemesis, if one day the two meet each other, he will definitely lose to Liu Jintang, in front of him, Liu Jintang is not as reckless as General Fei, but like a lupine scarf, Zhou Lang makes people disappear with a flick of his fingers, if he is the reincarnation of Zhao Zilong, then Liu Jintang is the reincarnation of Zhou Yu, one has the talent of a general, the other has a commander's strategy, the two are not at the same level, seeing Liu Jintang's face, Li Guolou regards himself as a loyal and patriotic person, who dares to cause trouble in the Qing Dynasty, he will sweep away all traitors, rebels, and there must be foreign devils behind him, this is an indisputable fact

"Aren't you leaving," Li Guolou almost wanted to refuse Liu Jintang's request, with a reluctant expression, he knew in his heart that there was nothing good about it, Liu Jintang would not pay him the silver, and treat him as a wronged man, the great ability of the military general is to cry poor and keep asking for money from the Ministry of War, and then increase military spending under various pretexts, become a country that can't get rid of the burden, he will not support the expansion of the Hunan army, if the Hunan army expands the army, Liu Jintang will become Cao Cao, Liu Jintang will not rebel, and his subordinates will also be in yellow robes

"Hey, I don't worry about you, go to the side and chat a few words," Liu Jintang dragged Li Guolou to a secluded corner

I don't know the inside story, Yan'an officials still thought that the two of them were friends of life and death, and they formed a deep friendship in the battle, so that the two of them had endless words, parting, and haunting in their hearts, Liu Jintang turned back again, what a touching and heartfelt scene, which made people reverie, but unfortunately they couldn't hear them talk

"Liu Jintang, don't mention money, it's difficult to find Zeng Guoquan to go to the cellar of Hunan in the silver capital of the Qing Dynasty, there is no shortage in your family, and you don't ask for anything," when there is no one, Li Guolou does not give Liu Jintang face, and says straightforwardly what he says in his heart, he will not lend money to Liu Jintang, how rich the old Xiangjun is, it has become a legend of the Qing Dynasty, I heard that the treasury cellar of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is in the cellar of the Hunan people

For those who dare to fight and dare to fight, the old Hunan army does not dare to deduct too much, give ten months of salary a year, the army has this treatment, the army can rank in the top three, the treatment of the Hunan army is better than that of the Huai army, the weapons and equipment are also first-class, and the governor of Hunan can only train a strong soldier with money, Zeng Guoquan, the governor of Hunan, relied on the power of a province to build the Hunan army, and spent enough blood to build the Hunan army, and the combat effectiveness of the Hunan army not only relied on the spiritual strength of the Hunan people to "run barbarians", but also materially rich, Liu Jintang was not short of money, and did not want to borrow money from Li Guolou, and heard Li Guolou talk about money, and was extremely dissatisfied: " Li Guolou, you have money, Lao Tzu is not much worse than you, don't do soft things, I am for the country and the people, I think I can help you, listen to you or not."

Liu Jintang got up and kept silent, just waiting for the fish to take the bait, the old Hunan army fought around, there were only thirteen battalions, now plus Dong Fuxiang's three back battalions, soldiers and horses, and the other two battalions belong to the wartime establishment, a total of eighteen battalions, but Dong Fuxiang will be transferred out of the Hunan army after the three return to the camp, Dong Fuxiang will be stationed in the northwest in the future, the Hunan army will still be thirteen battalions, the Qing Dynasty is quite afraid of the Hunan army, afraid that the Hunan army will pull the flag and rebel, so it will not let the Hunan army become stronger, and greatly endanger the Qing Dynasty's dominance

Liu Jintang had no ability, and he couldn't expand the army to besiege Jinjibao, and the other troops just obeyed his moderation, and they had nothing to do with the Hunan army in the future, but the lack of troops made him overstretched, so he moved Li Ziying's crooked brain

Whether the Li Zi Battalion has combat effectiveness or not, Liu Jintang has seen an army that dares to fight bayonets on the battlefield, but he has nothing to say, and there are artillery tactics, cavalry assault supervisors, standing in the forefront, and battlefield culture and education classes, Li Ziying is actually a cultured death squad, which is very different from other military practices

The so-called people must stand firm and have a correct attitude, they must rely on ideological and moral education, accept correct values, and Li Ziying's Western army tactics are decent and seem to be very mature, and Li Guolou must learn the way of military training

Therefore, Liu Jintang turned back before leaving, preparing to pull out his teeth and turn all Li Guolou's skills into himself, seeing Guo Baochang and Li Guolou hypocritical, Wanjun and Li Ziying were so good that they were like wearing a pair of pants, how could they let Guo Baochang and Wanjun benefit, he wanted to strip Li Guolou to the ground, and let Li Guolou die and work for him

Li Guolou still understands the rules of officialdom, Liu Jintang is about to succeed to the post of governor of Hunan, and he is bigger than him, so he can't ask if he wants to, so he can only ask: "Since you have good intentions and pull out the banner of serving the country and the people, please tell the ignorant people, I will listen with my ears."

Liu Jintang's handsome face looked like a righteous gentleman, and said solemnly: "I know that you are going back to Beijing, but the actual combat training of the Li Zi Battalion will not change, in the future, you and Weng Tongyi will prepare to build the Li Zi Battalion, which is the predecessor of the Wu Army, and I will carry the burden of training and recruiting for you, whether you train one battalion or ten battalions, the actual combat on the front line is a good standard to test combat effectiveness, I don't think you will believe it, otherwise you will not stay in the Great Northwest for so long."

Li Guolou's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that there was such a thing, but the Hunan army was famous as the strongest army in the world, and there was a "saying that no Hunan army would not be an army" in the army, that is, without the Hunan army, other armies would not dare to move places, and they would not fight, only when they saw the Hunan army pull out, other armies were willing to leave the station, and there were such good people in the world who roared urgently: "You won't let Li Ziying climb the city, I'll first declare that it's a thankless battle, Li Ziying won't participate in it, and I can't afford to toss this little money."

Seeing Li Guolou's flattery of the bear, Liu Jintang shook the victory without hesitation and said: "Li Guolou, I am here for this country, not for you personally, I want to see the rise of the Qing Dynasty, but the foundation of the Hunan army makes the court criticize thirteen is my limit, the Hunan army cannot become twenty-three, you understand this reason, you can only support you and Weng Tonggong to create the idea of the martial army, I am optimistic about you in the future."

If Liu Jintang smiled and showed a smile, Li Guolou would see through Liu Jintang's uneasiness and kindness, and would sternly reject this idea, but Liu Jintang's expression was still so serious, and he had a pair of sharp eyes, Li Guolou planted Liu Jintang's hand with gratitude, and held Liu Jintang's hand tightly and said: " Okay, this idea is good, you can do things, I don't worry, Li Ziying will be handed over to you, in less than two years, the military army is at least 10 battalions, I hope you will pick up this heavy burden, train an iron army in the battle, liberate the great northwest, liberate Xinjiang, drive the imperialist warships out of the Qing Dynasty, fight to Annam, drive the French out, fight to Burma, defeat the British navy, defeat the Russians, and recapture Vladivostok."

Liu Jintang also laughed at Li Guolou in his heart, and let Li Guolou eat and play a trick on Li Guolou, but when he heard Li Guolou say this, he couldn't help but be moved, galloping on the battlefield is a soldier's dream to recapture the lost vassal country, win the victory, and comfort his ancestors, he didn't want to see this scene, his eyes suddenly moistened, and his life had Li Guolou as a confidant, what more could he ask for

"Take care" Liu Jintang broke free of Li Guolou's big hand and hugged Li Guolou, the two hugged together, and tears wet their clothes

Seeing this scene, Dahui muttered on the side of the official road: "I can vomit"

"Hey, Master Rice, this is the prince of the Qing Dynasty, and he also likes this kind of activity, you can't say it, you can't say it," Xu Lan shook her head and sighed, how could a man change his sexual orientation, the two handsome men hugged each other and couldn't give up, they didn't look a little disgusting, but too disgusting

The officials of Yan'an, big and small, all lowered their heads and showed a glance on their faces, and their expressions touched the corners of their mouths and smiled secretly