"Only three sentry?"

Zhou Xiuying was a little disappointed at first, she had led hundreds of soldiers when she was in Shanghai, and this Liu Changliu inspected only three sentry posts, and there were only 300 people when they were full.

You must know that before coming to Wenzhou, De Mons had repeatedly assured him that this Liu Changliu inspector had at least two infantry battalions in his hands, and the third infantry battalion was being formed, which could be said to be one of the most powerful strongmen in the Red Turban Army.

It was only in the next moment that she suddenly thought of a rather terrifying, even terrifying fact: "Three sentrys? Three hundred? Liu Jian said: You bought so many Western firearms? ”

Although she didn't know how many Western firearms Liu Chang had in her hands, as far as she saw today, Liu Chang had purchased almost one hundred and fifty foreign guns, plus his original Western firearms, wouldn't it be that every soldier at these three sentry posts was equipped with flintlock pistols and firing rifles: "Your Excellency, are all your troops equipped with Western-style rifles?" ”

Her surprise fell in Liu Chang's eyes, and Liu Chang became excited: "No, Count De Muns is too incompetent, my three sentry points, the equipment of the infantry needs two hundred and seventy rifles, but he only provides me with two hundred and forty rifles!" ”

Two hundred and forty strokes? Not to mention Zhou Xiuying, even the old department of the Knife Society brought by his subordinates gasped.

Three hundred soldiers, armed with two hundred and forty almost the best Western rifles, in the current China there is no non-European unit that can be compared with the equipment, one of them shouted: "At the time of the Battle of the North Gate, the French soldiers did not have so many rifles!" ”

Liu Chang knew that he had already shocked them, but he still had to add a fire: "It's a pity, Demons can't afford to purchase arms, although the ammunition on my side can last for two or three years, but the rifle is always insufficient, if he can provide enough weapons, I can make up two sentry posts immediately!" ”

Zhou Xiuying took the opportunity to fight for her own interests: "Do these two sentry posts include me?" ”

Liu Chang replied: "Of course! There is also a sentry that is fully staffed, but the lack of weapons can only allow them to serve on some garrison duties! ”

The young man who began to interject asked again: "After we make up a sentry, can we all turn it into foreign guns?" In that case, we are not afraid of encountering the foreigners' troops, and we have defeated the French soldiers in the battle of the North Gate! ”

Liu Chang didn't pay attention to what the Battle of the North Gate was, he just said: "There is no such condition for the time being, the front three sentry posts are still missing a platoon of rifles, please be aggrieved for the time being!" ”

The young man stood up, and he explained the advantages of his small unit: "Checkpoint, you don't know, don't look at us as empty-handed, but we have seen a big scene in Shanghai, not only playing with all kinds of Western rifles, but even using cannons and grapeshot!" ”

He was afraid that Liu Chang would not believe it, and said: "Don't look at our few people, but we are all veterans who have experienced the Battle of the North Gate, the French soldiers attacked Shanghai City with the support of the cannons of two warships, and they were defeated by our group of brothers and sisters!" ”

The so-called Battle of the North Gate was almost the first official victory of the foreign ** team formed by the Chinese in modern Chinese history.

This battle took place on January 6, 1855, when the French first bombarded the county town of Shanghai with two warships, then installed two cannons at the French consulate to bombard the county seat, and then the French landing force of 250 men blew the trumpet of the charge and rushed from the French Concession into the gap opened by the artillery, and the Qing army also launched a fierce attack at the same time.

But when they rushed into the gap, they didn't see a single Knife Rebel, but were bombarded by grapeshot shells fired by a heavy cannon, and then they were killed and wounded by the accurate fire of the Knife Rebels, and then all the attacks were frustrated, and finally the French army was forced to retreat in defeat and return with the Qing army, but the Qing army that was replaced on the field was also defeated.

The battle of the knife will lose about 40 people, the French army killed 13 people, wounded about 30 people (some Western sources believe that the French army suffered 64 casualties), as for the loss of the Qing army, Gilhanga's song said that only 12 were killed and about 500 wounded, but this number shrunk too much, and the Chinese and Western people who watched the battle at that time did not support this statement, because the Qing army was burned to death in Guangfu Temple alone, and the Beihua Jiebao and the "Chronicle of Medicine and Preaching in China" both believed that the Qing army died about 400 in the war, and Skatz's "Twelve Years in China" It is believed that the Qing army lost 1,200 killed and about 1,000 wounded.

This battle showed the fighting power of the Little Knife Society, but it was also the last remnant of the Little Knife Society, and the forces of the imperialist invaders in Shanghai in collusion with the Qing army were beyond the strength of the weak Little Knife Society.

The remnants of these knife clubs did indeed participate in the Battle of the North Gate, and the young man told Liu Chang: "Don't underestimate us, we bought a large amount of ordnance from Westerners when we were in Shanghai, and we can use all firearms familiarly, and if we are issued rifles, it will play a very big role." ”

Liu Chang hesitated for a moment, and was finally persuaded by him: "For the time being, I can issue you ten rifles, let me see your skills, if you have real skills, I will send more!" By the way, what's your name! ”

Zhou Xiuying introduced this young man: "This is Lu Ziyun, the little Zhao Zilong of our Little Knife Club, he killed dozens of Qing demons!" ”

Lu Ziyun asked again: "Check, I know you want to do a great career, and the current situation is also beneficial to you, I don't know which direction you want to develop?" ”

Liu Chang just wanted to speak, he had already analyzed the current pattern for Liu Chang: "On the ship to Wenzhou, I have already seen the map, it is said that now Jiangbei is owned by the Red Turban Army, and Jiangnan also has the main force of the Red Turban Army, so Panshi Town can be said to be the safest place in the entire Wenzhou Prefecture!" ”

Lu Ziyun's analysis is correct, Liu Chang not only has such a territory as Panshi Town now, but the location of this territory is very good.

Panshi Town is close to Haikou, can get arms from Haikou endlessly, and is in the southernmost part of the entire Jiangbei region, if the Qing army attacks from the direction of Taizhou and Chuzhou, it must clear the Red Turban Army of the entire Jiangbei to attack Panshi Village.

The south of the Oujiang River is the main battlefield between the Red Turban Army and the Qing Army, and of course it is impossible for the Qing Army to cross north before eliminating the Red Turban Army in the south of the Yangtze River, so now Liu Chang has enough time to train his troops.

This is a precious time that many heroes and heroes can not buy, the reason why the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can succeed is that at that time Guangxi was in turmoil, first there was heaven and earth will rise up in the whole territory, and then there was a large-scale Tuke fight, in this case, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not the primary target of the government for a considerable period of time.

And Lu Ziyun continued to analyze: "Now how much time is the inspection plan to spend training these three sentry posts!" I want to check these three sentry looks small, but they are definitely the elite of a hundred battles, just pull out a sentry and fight half a foot camp of the demon is not a problem! ”

The platoon commander of Zhu Dun next to him interjected: "Our dragon lance whistle will definitely beat the Qing demon as a battalion leader!" ”

"That's it! Now with us to vote, the inspection is even more powerful! Lu Ziyun is both civil and military, he gestured with his fingers on the table: "But there is a big problem, which direction will the inspection point develop next!" ”

The location of Panshi Town has both advantages and disadvantages, and the disadvantage is that there is no room for development, but Liu Chang said without hesitation: "To the north, Taizhou!" Only Taizhou! ”

Lu Ziyun has an understanding of the situation in Wenzhou: "The inspection point is smart, there is only one way to the north!" ”

Zhou Xiuying didn't understand the reason for this: "Why is there only one way to the north?" Isn't there another way? ”

Liu Chang had already dipped his fingers in the wine, and he also gestured on the table: "We can only go north, our team wants to play a piece of the country, we can only fight north!" Hit in the direction of Taizhou! ”

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