Sun Meijing had a bad time, the Yanzhou army actually seized the gap in his army deployment, the Yanzhou army was pinned down by five roads, and he made a mistake in judgment, the main force of the Yanzhou army stormed Lingfeng Temple, seized the weak link in his tactics, and let him lose five hundred elite soldiers, Sun Meijing never thought that He Fengyu's military talent was higher than him, and he suffered a big loss in the first encounter, so he could only retreat strategically, avoid his edge, and give up a large piece of territory, let the Yanzhou army call the king in the mountains, and prepare to fight a protracted war, relying on movement warfare to recover the decline

Sun Meijing got the information, the Battle of Weishanhu ended with Li Guolou's victory, Sun Guilu was nowhere to be found, and Chang Sheng's army left Shandong, but Li Guolou's new army was already stationed in Beizhuang Town, and soon he was going to confront Li Guolou head-on, all of which made him recognize the situation and decided to retreat slightly, not thinking about the general military officer with 5,000 soldiers and horses, and the rank of deputy general was stationed in Lincheng and Zaozhuang

So the money maneuvered between the forces of all sides, and used his incorruptible tongue to ask the Qing army to postpone the attack on Yimeng Mountain, and he was confident that the Lincheng garrison would return to its original garrison

That Caijin saw Li Guolou in Beizhuang Town, persuaded Li Guolou not to go into the mountains to suppress bandits, and praised Sun Meijing to the sky, as if the bandits who hugged calves and occupied the mountains as kings were Liangshan heroes

Li Guolou promised on the spot that the new military army would not enter the mountains to suppress bandits for the time being, and it would depend on whether Sun Meijing was willing to recruit and accept placionment, as long as Sun Meijing showed sincerity, the new military army would withdraw from the Shandong boundary

The little head of the wealth looked sideways and vertically at Li Guolou's honorable face, and his small eyes seemed to be trying to find clues about Li Guolou's lying

Li Guolou couldn't help laughing and said: "Don't look at it, I won't let you become a person who doesn't believe in your word, now my slogan is loud, in fact, the army has reached a situation where I can't afford to consume, kill 3,000 enemies and lose 800 new military troops, how can it be a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, even if you don't die, you will lie in the medical team."

The wealth looked at the subtle change in the expression on Li Guolou's face, and pointed his fingers and said: "Don't be stupid, fake foreign devils, I'm going to visit the military camp later, Master Fu Xiang personally promised to appease Sun Meijing, don't you make any extraneous branches, let me leave my head in the calf."

Li Guolou spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "That bazi is telling you the truth, it's really tiring, Chang Shengjun is gone, I only have a few people, plus the eldest husband and the militia group, there are only more than 3,000 people, how dare I recruit 10,000 heroes with Sun Meijing, don't you look for death yourself?"

The financial and financial worship to the end of the standard Beijing accent: "Li Guolou, for the sake of our friendship, don't fool me, let's tell the truth"

At this time, Li Guolou was really angry, and said with a tiger face: "Then don't be a villain, don't be worse than me, why should I lie to you, now I am training here in the name of war, and when the new military army ignites its fighting spirit, I will leave, where will I let this army enter the mountains and turn around like a flower child, and exterminate the heroes of Liangshan is to be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, am I so stupid?"

"Well, how could I not believe you, we are shirtless brothers sleeping in the same bed," the wealth and gold drank tea calmly and began to talk to Li Guolou, and he often wanted to bring a batch of medicines worth 30,000 yuan into the mountains, and asked Li Guolou as a guarantee, if the medicine was robbed, Li Guolou would bear all his losses

As long as the money is willing to enter the mountain, everything is easy to say, Li Guolou opened the door of convenience, wrote the road in his own hand, and wrote a letter to He Fengyu, the general soldier of Yanzhou, personally arranged the wealth and accommodation, and did not forget to tout the wealth in front of the generals, and Li Guolou, the official pavilion ten miles away the next day, bid farewell to the money

Li Guolou wrote a poem: Yimeng Mountain sent that money

The mountains are craggy, the ravines are thousands of ravines, the water is ghostly, the dragon dives and the fish jumps

The smoke and red sun are scattered, the halberd is full of moon, and the cliff is hidden

In danger of national distress, Mo was reluctant to go to righteousness and good men

The prancing horse crosses the tower, the orchid splits the waves, and the waves fight the Japanese invaders

The money earned enough face, left with tears in his eyes, what could he ask for such a confidant, for Li Guolou's career, he gave up the life of brocade clothes and jade food in the Beijing Division, and carried his head to be a lobbyist, so he took more than 50 mules and horses and 100 more than 100 footmen into Yimeng Mountain

Ping An has ten female apprentices, and now they have become female soldiers of the Xinwu Army and become members of the medical team

Don't underestimate the three yuan soldiers, there is no cost of food and clothing in their daily lives, the army is all-inclusive, the new military army follows the establishment of the Prussian army, a squad has 10-12 people, the squad leader is the sergeant, a squad has 1 sergeant, 3 sergeants, 6-9 corporal captains, that is, the lieutenant sentry, that is, the captain, the battalion officer, that is, the major, the wing commander is the lieutenant colonel, the uniform of each official rank is slightly different, the epaulette of the accessories is different, the new military army is the first Qing army to implement the Western military rank system, more thorough than Zuo Zongtang's Chu army military system, and more popular with soldiers

The Qing Dynasty began the silver dollar system, and the coinage system was established, which stipulated that it was divided into five grades according to the lightness, weight, and synthetic fineness, and each dollar weighed seven coins and two, and ninety percent of the silver was distributed; the second is three coins and six cents, and the allocation is reduced to eighty-six into pure silver; Again, one coin is four cents, seven cents and two cents, and three cents and six cents, all of which are reduced to eighty percent of pure silver, and the latter four are respectively called "half yuan" (five cents), "two cents", "one jiao", and "five cents" silver coins

A male strong laborer only earns five cents of silver a day, but only earns one yuan a month, and five cents can already support a family, so the recruitment list of the new military army immediately attracted the attention of all parties

After the Xinwu Army recruited troops in Beizhuang Town, the first batch of 1,200 soldiers and 100 female medical personnel were recruited mainly to recruit student soldiers from innocent families

There were young women in the feudal squire families who secretly came to join the army, and for a while, there were many young big-footed women in Beizhuang Town

With the increasing scarcity of the establishment, bigfoot women are not allowed to enter the barracks, but there are still bigfoot women outside the barracks clamoring to see Li Guolou, and finally under the pressure of all parties, Li Guolou expanded the medical team to 200 people, breaking the tradition of women not being soldiers in one fell swoop, and founded the first female medical team in the Qing Dynasty, and Ping An was awarded the rank of captain and became the first commander of the medical team

The Xinwu Army took advantage of the victorious spring breeze to welcome the first expansion in history, of course, Li Guolou would not let the newly recruited soldiers fight, this group of people all had to return to Xiaozhan Town, and the soldiers used to fight were mainly the good seedlings of the Changfu and the Lance Society, and there were also a group of surrender factions, and under the careful selection, more than 800 people became glorious soldiers of the Xinwu Army

In order to recruit soldiers, Ping An also had a big quarrel with Li Guolou, because Li Guolou did not recruit Boxers, it was illegal to preach in the army, and the Boxers wanted to join the army, only by giving up their faith could they have the opportunity to defend peacefully, but Li Guolou because she also gave up her faith to let Li Guolou accept her anti-justice and boxing, which was a loose civil society, and after Ping An recognized the recruitment principles of the new army, the Boxers enthusiastically signed up to join the army in their personal names

Li Guolou's wanton recruitment of troops in Beizhuang Town attracted complaints from Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, who directly complained to Emperor Tongzhi that the Xinwu Army was carrying out a women's liberation movement in Shandong, which was corrupt and corrupted the atmosphere of Shandong

Emperor Tongzhi issued an edict and severely reprimanded Li Guolou to stop this cruel and inhumane behavior, and never allowed the army of the Qing Dynasty to recruit female soldiers, but the edict did not mention the 200 women who had been recruited, and acquiesced that there were 200 female soldiers in the Xinwu Army

Emperor Yongzheng abolished the official prostitution system, the military camp prostitutes in the army also died out at the same time, this is something that can not be put on the table, from Sima Qian's "Historical Records" began to record that there were prostitutes in the Han army, it can be said that China's thousands of years of military prostitute system was officially ended in the hands of the Yongzheng Emperor, the Yongzheng Emperor also abolished the household registration system, the lifelong system, the descendants of the prostitutes and prostitutes can also participate in the scientific examination and enter the official career, from this point of view, the Yongzheng Emperor is the pioneer of the Qing women's liberation movement

However, a system that has existed for thousands of years has its rationality, and it cannot be denied all at this time, at this time, the official prostitutes in the pavilion post of the Qing Dynasty blatantly lived in the pavilion and post and the army was surrounded by brothels, and the disguised official prostitute system returned

Li Guolou let the ancient industry return to the military camp, and the Tongzhi Emperor thought that the combat effectiveness of the army had been improved, so he recognized Li Guolou's initiative to recruit female soldiers, for the same reason, the Tongzhi Emperor could not announce to the world, but to protect the world's female compatriots

Li Guolou seemed to have Shang Fang's sword, showing off his might, let 200 female soldiers out of the barracks, and every day 200 female soldiers carried Mauser guns to patrol Beizhuang Town, which turned the atmosphere of Beizhuang Town upside down, so angry that the local officials wanted to hang the seal and stopped doing it, and the accusation document flew like snowflakes to the public case of Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong

In the end, Li Hongzhang came forward to settle the situation, and Zhang Renjun had no choice but to accept the target of the New Armed Army to recruit 2,000 people in Shandong every year, including female compatriots, Li Guolou also relented a little, and did not let 200 female soldiers go out of the camp to patrol

It was already the beginning of May, and the Xinwu Army was training 800 soldiers and horses in Beizhuang Town, and Li Guolou had already trained himself into an elite soldier for mountain warfare, and his slogan was very loud, but he did not march to Yimeng Mountain, he did not want to consume his strength, but trained his troops in battle, so that the soldiers were more likely to accept cruel training

Since entering Shandong, the non-combat attrition of the new armed forces will be more than 100 people, and there will be dead and wounded soldiers on the march, and the soldiers will adapt to the life of a place, and they will not adapt to the water and soil in a different place, and some soldiers will be tired of vomiting and diarrhea contracted by strange diseases, so that they can go back to the small station town to recuperate, and they will soon be cured, this is the non-combat attrition, the ancients called miasma, in fact, it is related to a person's physique, it is difficult to distinguish whether it is pretending to be sick or not, depending on the personal situation, some soldiers are put into a separate book, and soon receive a notice of retirement

The Xinwu Army suffered more than 300 casualties in battle, and in fact, the Xinwu Army was no longer able to consume its foreign strength and middle cadres, and Li Guolou was doing self-recuperation, and after more than a month of training, the Xinwu Army finally came out of the trough, and more than 1,500 soldiers were inspected by Li Hongzhang who came from afar under the rising sun

Li Hongzhang and Zhang Renjun stood on the rostrum, and Li Guolou personally led the team to accept the review, only to see him riding a tall horse in military uniform, holding a war knife in front of him, and said in a loud voice: "The new military army is complete, please review it by Master Fu Xiang."

Li Hongzhang overlooked the entire playground and put his fingers together, and replied loudly with his five fingers together, and replied loudly: "Order Li Guolou to lead the new military army out of the exercise."

Li Guolou waved his sword in his hand, and an orchestra of 20 people played military music under the rostrum, and the majestic and loud orchestral music was much higher than the sound of the gong, which made people feel excited, as if they were in a passionate battlefield

The phalanx in the distance did not move at all, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but look carefully at the military band under his nose, and secretly thought: "Li Guolou, don't bring the orchestra in the palace, wouldn't it be a scandal of the Qing army, take a closer look, fortunately, there are no eunuchs in the military band, well, it should be the bastards in the concession, Li Guolou recruited these people from the Changsheng army, and after the scene is supported by these bastards, no matter which high-ranking officials review the new military army, it can be refreshing."

As the governor of Shandong, Zhang Renjun inspected the army countless times, but as soon as he came to the Xinwu Army, he felt that this army was different, and the general army did not dare to let the soldiers be inspected with loaded guns and ammunition, for fear of causing a mutiny or even assassinating a high-ranking military official

Zhang Renjun couldn't help but be a little nervous and asked secretly: "Master Fu Xiang, is there a bullet in the gun of the new martial army?"

Li Hongzhang knew that ordinary soldiers were empty guns, and the grenades hanging on their waists were training bullets, and they were only a model, and only Goshha, who was in charge of vigilance, was loaded with live ammunition to scare Zhang Renjun, and said very seriously: "Of course, now is the war period, how can you cheat, Li Guolou is my descendant, and he trains the troops from reality."

"That's good, Shandong's bandits will depend on Li Guolou's new military army," Zhang Renjun couldn't bear to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and came to Li Guolou's station, so he could only let Li Guolou handle it, Zhang Renjun was a general with troops, not a coward, but there was a lesson from the past, the "stabbing horse case" It is a warning to the Qing army, he is afraid that Li Hongzhang will have something, so that he will not be able to explain to the imperial court, secretly scolding Li Guolou for not knowing things, there are obedient bandits in the recruits, knowing people and faces, but not knowing their hearts, in case people are unpredictable, he will not become a scapegoat, Li Guolou will fight, but the atmosphere in Shandong has made Li Guolou ruined, Zhang Renjun is holding back a belly of fire for Li Guolou who does not obey the military order, if it is not for Li Hongzhang to come, he is not interested in seeing Li Guolou show off, what is the great, go back to the governor's yamen to set up an honor guard to receive princes from all walks of life

This brand-new new armed army has become an iron army after being tempered by the flames of war, wearing a new gray army equipped with gray helmets, armed with magazines, bayonets, grenades, pants and legs tied with military bandages, feet wearing gray stockings, green military rubber shoes stepping on the ground, clattering, walking in a straight line

The only drawback is that the soldiers are of different heights, and the physique of the soldiers is very different, but the sergeant who leads the team is more like a corporal, but those sergeants with epaulettes stand tall and suck their stomachs one by one, like a proud rooster to accept Li Guolou's attention, the sergeant is the core of an army, it can be said that the promotion and appointment of the sergeant poured Li Guolou's sweat, and the new military army relies on these veterans to be an iron army with steely nerves

Most of the sergeants were big men, carrying military flags to be reviewed, and the military flags standing proudly in the wind symbolized the indomitable progress of the new armed forces