In a bad mood, everyone didn't care about anything else along the way, and hurriedly arrived at Tai'an, and the people from Shandong sent to pick them up, and after entering the mountains, they deposited the goods in the courtyard of a fellow countryman, and carried the barrel of the gun up the mountain.

When he arrived on the mountain, Li Qingyuan first took a look at the training of the troops, the five musket battalions had been trained, and the shooting could be neat and orderly, and the team on this side had a more fierce atmosphere than the Taihang side.

Li Qingyuan asked curiously, "Did you fight?" ”

Battalion Commander Zhao touched his head: "After the year, the Qing army came to encircle and suppress once, but then we repulsed, and now there is no movement." ”

"Why do you want to be rounded up? How many people were dispatched? Who led the team? And why didn't you come again? ”

Battalion Commander Zhao thought for a while and said, "There are more than 1,000 people here!" On our side, the Heavenly Council killed a bully from Tai'an, and that bully had a relative who was a general in Tai'an, and then he found us and planned to attack us. ”

Battalion Commander Zhao said proudly: "Later, we led them to the mountains to fish for two days, and then our troops swarmed up and repaired them fiercely, and less than half of them ran away, but they were energetic." ”

Li Qingyuan was reminded when he heard this: "When did this happen?" ”

"It's been more than half a month, what's wrong? We've been sending people to keep an eye on it, and there doesn't seem to be any movement over there, is the Qing army afraid? Battalion Commander Zhao asked worriedly.

Li Qingyuan thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid that the main energy of the Qing army is now dealing with Fan Wei's side, so if it can't draw troops in wartime, how can the Qing army be afraid of bandits?" I guess I'm waiting for reinforcements. ”

Battalion Commander Zhao asked worriedly, "What should I do then?" ”

Li Qingyuan shook his head and asked, "What's going on over there with Fan Wei?" ”

They have been surrounded on the mountain for more than two months, and it is estimated that it is almost over, after all, they don't have many people in the first place, and this time it is estimated that the game is completely over.

Li Qingyuan turned around twice in place and said: "You can't let him finish like this, you now send someone to inquire about the situation over there, first, where the Qing army is, how many people, and second, how many people are there in Fanwei, can you contact them." ”

Battalion Commander Zhao asked curiously, "General, are we going to help them?" They are not of the same mind as us, what good is it for them to help us? ”

Li Qingyuan shook his head and said leisurely: "This is the cold lips and teeth, in the past, we could hide and see the situation, but now, if Fan Wei is defeated, it is estimated that the Qing army will turn around and deal with you." ”

"Good! I'll go! Battalion Commander Zhao left in a hurry.

Li Qingyuan looked at the others and asked, "How many blacksmiths have you found?" ”

Zhao Quan stepped forward and said: "We received the news and began to go down the mountain to invite, and now there are more than 100 invitations, they are good and bad, I don't know if they are suitable for you." ”

Li Qingyuan nodded: "I have two blacksmiths here, Lao Zhang and Lao Liu, they will be in charge of the blacksmith, Lao Zhang, come over for a while." ”

Lao Zhang walked over, Li Qingyuan grabbed him and said: "This is Blacksmith Zhang, Lao Zhang, you can make all the change as soon as possible, or divide them into groups as before, it depends on you whether we can win in the next stage." ”

Lao Zhang nodded: "Don't worry, I will give you all the supplies in less than a month!" ”

Lao Zhang was taken down by Zhao Quan, Li Qingyuan looked at the others and asked, "What are the other troops practicing now except for the musket battalion?" ”

The rest of the battalion commanders looked at each other, and one of them said, "We are practicing broadsword and spear, and we think that this musket is not enough, and we must have some ability." ”

Li Qingyuan nodded: "In that case, you go and arrange for the six battalions to practice muskets now, and the guns will be used in turn now, and the training will be carried out first, so you can only wait for guns, not guns." ”

Several battalion commanders looked at each other and didn't speak, Li Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, and the rest of the people were all at the same level, and it was not easy to order who came first, Li Qingyuan said: "Then wait for Battalion Commander Zhao to come over immediately, and pick the six best training battalions first." ”

Li Qingyuan and the others waited for a while, and after arranging for people, Battalion Commander Zhao came back in a hurry, and after listening to Li Qingyuan's meaning, he nodded and selected the battalion commanders of the six battalions.

Li Qingyuan looked at everyone and said: "This time, in addition to coming to see you, I also want to carry out a new reorganization for you. ”

Li Qingyuan clenched his fists and said, "Before leaving, I will set up a regiment above your battalion level, and one regiment will manage three battalions." There will even be a brigade commander to manage three regiments with a brigade, and what kind of officer you can become depends on your performance in the next stage. ”

As soon as Li Qingyuan finished speaking, the battalion commanders below exploded, Li Qingyuan waved his hand and asked everyone to prepare first, while he himself began to meet the branch presidents of the Freemasonry Society one by one, and also to see the logistics situation in Shandong.

And the most troublesome thing is indeed that there is no suitable map, Li Qingyuan has to familiarize himself with the terrain before the war begins, and he also has to look at all kinds of reserve materials to know when he fights.

As for appointing regiment commanders and brigade commanders, it is not to deceive these people, Li Qingyuan really has this consideration, and this time when he came to Shandong, he obviously found that there were too many battalion commanders, and it was difficult for them to cooperate with each other at the same level.

Fortunately, Li Qingyuan had arranged a five-person leading group in order to prevent a dominant family, but only two of the five-person leading group were battalion commanders, which led the battalion commander.

Later, the musket battalion arrived in Shandong as the instructor of all troops, and the commander of the musket battalion naturally had to enter the leading group, so the battalion commander of the same level in the group reached three people, in case the order was different during the battle.

At that time, who do you say you want the battalion commander below to listen to? This time, the number of battalions coming here has reached seventeen, and there are five musket battalions, and the next step is to add six musket battalions, so that the troops using muskets can be organized into more than one brigade.

In order to prevent the leadership confusion of the troops in the next step, Li Qingyuan planned to organize them into three brigades, and in addition to transporting weapons from Taihang, Li Qingyuan also planned to let them produce some foreign trade firearms for their own use.

There are also two blacksmiths for artillery this time, one has experience in making muskets, and the other is a blacksmith who makes artillery, and they have their own gun workshops, even if the Qing army closes the mountain and cuts off the connection with Taihang, they can survive themselves.

The branch of the Tianli Church is much bolder than the Taihang side of the trouble, not only the landlords and bullies in the township, but even dare to openly shoot the county catchers directly on the streets of the county.

Li Qingyuan was a little worried when he heard this, but when they made a fuss like this, it developed very rapidly, just like Li Qingyuan is only more than 20 battalions in Taihang now, and they already have 17 now.