The structure of the Qing army was still very reasonable, and the country was defeated, politically, economically, and institutionally. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It cannot be entirely blamed on the lower layer, the rot of the ruling class is rotten at the root.

President Meng looks at the military distribution of Liaoning and will not just look at the surface.

General Sheng Jing said that he was talking about generals, and there were very few people who had fought in the war, all of them were Manchu nobles, and they were generally filled by civil officials such as Shengjing Hubu Shilang, which was somewhat of the meaning of learning from the Ming Dynasty, and also caused the Manchus to have no troops that could fight, and the five thousand iron cavalry under General Sheng Jing was also okay to scare the bandits, and let Ruilian pull out to fight Xuan Yuemeng, he would never dare.

"This Xuan Yuemeng and Xuan Zonglu, are their grandparents really opposed? Isn't Danzhou said to be a colony of Americans? Is it a foreigner, or is it their Xuan family? UBP asked the master nervously.

Master sighed, "My lord, don't think about it so much, hurry up and impose martial law, close the city, and send more patrols is the key, I heard that these guys have tens of thousands of troops in their hands!" It's not clear if it's the Xuan family, anyway, the prodigy of the Xuan family is very evil, who knows if it's their family? However, as far as I can see, eighty percent are colluding with foreigners. ”

Related was shocked, "This Lao Xuan, I still think he is very pleasing to the eye, I think he is an honest man!" Hmph, playing so deep? Tens of thousands of troops? In the end, tens of thousands? I see you write 50,000 on the fold, is there really 50,000? ”

The master said helplessly: "Do you have to write more?" Otherwise, how would the imperial court know that it was already in a hurry? There is no fifty-thousand, twenty-five thousand is always there. ”

"Is there really so many? So what are we capable of doing with such a small number of people? "UBP was half scared to death.

"My lord, don't worry, the imperial court will naturally send people, doesn't the imperial court attach importance to the Huai army? Wait for Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang to come! Don't worry, nothing happens to you, we just need to save our lives. The master couldn't stop comforting.

UBP nodded, "What you said is that it will be sent once every three days for an eight-hundred-mile rush!" Let's just say that the thieves are powerful! ”

When Xuan Zonglu arrived in Benxi, he was also furious, shouting to find Xuan Yuemeng, and the people below did not dare to offend the old man, so they had to escort Xuan Zonglu to the president.

President Meng is on the way, as the overall commander-in-chief, President Meng is also under great pressure this time, knowing that within five days, the Qing court will definitely be able to get the news, and within half a month, the army should be mobilized over, at the latest, there must be reinforcements arriving within a month!

A fight is definitely inevitable, President Meng must go to Benxi to watch it in person, so that he can rest assured that this time he is betting on all the future.

President Meng and Xuan Zonglu arrived at the mouth of the grass river almost at the same time, and the two of them were the front and rear feet.

President Meng arrived at the mouth of the grass river under the escort of the guard battalion, Xuan Zonglu was resting in the city mansion, if President Meng hadn't gotten the news, the two of them would have missed it.

"Yue Meng! You've got the guts to cover you! Xuan Zonglu saw Xuan Yuemeng, dancing with her hands, as if she had a thousand words, and she didn't know where to speak.

President Meng looked funny and smiled faintly: "Don't get excited!" I'm not all for your position. ”

"For my official position? You are a great sin of treason! You're a rebellion! Have you thought about your father, your mother, or our home in Tianjin? Xuan Zonglu jumped to his feet and shouted, as if he didn't do this, he couldn't speak.

Princess Katrina Kaf chuckled.

Xuan Zonglu glared at Princess Katrina Kaf, "What are you laughing at?" Do you know who I am? I'm his grandfather! Little foreign woman! ”

Princess Katrina Kafu glared at Meimu and was about to quarrel with Xuan Zonglu, although Princess Katrina Kafu was used to the authority of President Moe, it didn't mean that she was used to Xuan Zonglu.

President Meng smiled slightly, stopped Princess Katrina Kaf, and said to Xuan Zonglu: "Sit down and have a cup of tea, do you want to stay here, or do you want to go to Benxi with me?" ”

"I'll go to Danzhou first! Tell me, what the hell do you think, you got kicked in the head by a donkey? Even if you go to the Ministry of Rites, you don't have to rebel? Even if you rebel, tell me in advance, fortunately I ran fast, otherwise I would have been tied up by the old boy of UBP and sent to Beijing now! Xuan Zonglu covered his chest, very afraid.

President Meng smiled slightly, "It's okay, I'll let someone send you to my president's mansion first!" You just happened to rest for a while. ”

"Alas, my position as governor is not yet hot, what is the rest?" Xuan Zong sat down on the chair angrily.

President Meng smiled: "As long as I win this battle, no one will have an accident, and I can guarantee that Xuan Hongtao will be fine!" You, the governor of Liaoning, will become the most stable governor of the Qing Dynasty, and even Cixi can't move you! ”

Xuan Zonglu sighed, "My little ancestor, do you really dare to say you, you even call the name of the Queen Mother casually?" ”

President Meng said disapprerovingly: "It's not Cixi, what's it called?" Don't worry, I guarantee that you will be fine, and when I win this battle, your governor's yamen will move to Benxi, and I will protect you, who dares to touch you? ”

Xuan Zonglu glared and said, "How many people do you have?" Do you know how many people there are in the Huai Army? Do you know what kind of guys the Huai Army uses? Don't you know that the sky is high and the earth is thick? I'm a handful of old people, how old are you? You're going to make our house full of people happy. ”

Of course, President Meng knows Huaijun's equipment, and President Meng even knows Chu Jun's!

When the Huai army attacked the Soviet Union and Chang Taiping in June 1864, Guo Songlin, Yang Dingxun, Liu Shiqi, and Wang Yongsheng had more than 10,000 foreign guns, and Liu Ming's ministry had more than 7,000 people and 4,000 foreign guns. By the end of the following year, when fighting against the Twist Army, "more than 50,000 people from the province and the remaining defense army were counted, and about 30,000 or 40,000 foreign guns." Its artillery also had six flowering artillery units by 1864, armed with guns ranging from 12 to l08 pounds. Cold weapons, earthen guns, and earthen cannons have been basically eliminated. However, at this time, the Huai army was still equipped with breech guns. After the 70s, more advanced breech guns from the West began to be imported into China, which led to another update of the Huai Army's equipment.

Li Hongzhang not only has more than 400 artillery pieces in his hand, but also more than 20,000 rifles, and his strength is not bad at all!

Even by the time of the First Sino-Japanese War, the army equipment of the Great Qing State was superior to that of the Japanese, but the army itself was not good, and it was definitely not that the equipment of the Qing army was backward.

The imperial court thought that Li Hongzhang had a lot of armaments in his hands, but in fact, the embezzlement of military spending was top-down, and there was a long tradition, so the lack of ammunition of the Qing army really couldn't be completely blamed on Cixi's head, Cixi thought that the soldiers below were full of food!

President Meng didn't bother to explain to Xuan Zonglu, and comforted him with kind words, and then drove to Benxi.

Although it was the first time, there was the chief of the army of Albert Kirchbach, who participated in the Franco-Prussian War, and Rob Cris, an American officer who participated in the Civil War. (To be continued.) )