Half a month after Li Hongzhang inspected the second town of the Beiyang Army stationed in Tianjin, the Qing court officially issued an order to transfer the second town of Zhou Shengchuan to the front line of Susu Province, the third town of Nie Shicheng to the front line of Shaanxi Province, and the fourth town of Ye Zhichao to the front line of Hubei Province. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the calculation of time, the three towns of the Beiyang Army must rush to the front before the arrival of December, you must know that it is already late autumn at this time, the temperature drops, and it is not suitable to carry out large-scale military transfers, but the Qing court issued a military transfer order, so that the commanders of the three towns Zhou Shengchuan, Nie Shicheng, and Ye Zhichao feel helpless, but as the generals of the Manchu Dynasty, they must obey orders, so they ordered the towns to be ready to go.

Why was it so anxious for the Beiyang Army of the three towns to rush to the front line?

From the day when the "short-haired thieves" defeated the 150,000-strong army led by Zuo Zongtang, the Manchu court was restless, even if one day the "short-haired thieves" hit four times, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which lost most of the elite officers and soldiers, could not stop the "short-haired thieves" with very small losses.

Unexpectedly, the "short-haired thief" did not continue to expand the territory, but the turtle will shrink to the four sides, and now more than two years have passed, the "short-haired thief" still has not expanded the territory outward, even if the "short-haired thief" attacked the Qing army stationed in the border city several times, but it will soon withdraw to the four sides.

The "short-haired thief" acted like this, and many Manchu ministers ridiculed the "short-haired thief" for being short-sighted, and actually cowered in all directions, resting on his laurels; it was precisely because of the "short-haired thief" that the Qing court breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the Qing court was still very vigilant against the "short-haired thieves", even if one day the "short-haired thieves" suddenly hit four times, and the Beiyang Army, which the Qing court had high hopes for, had not yet completed its training, it would be too late to regret it.

Well, now that the Beiyang Army, which the Qing court has placed high hopes on, has completed the training in three towns, and the Beiyang Army in the three towns has been completed in combat effectiveness, and the British often say that the Beiyang Army is the most powerful army in Asia, and the Qing court believes that the "short-haired thieves" with the same strength cannot defeat the Beiyang Army.

So the Qing court, which was still uneasy in his heart, quickly ordered the Beiyang Army of these three towns to be transferred to the front line, even if it was only stationed on the front line, the Qing court could feel a lot more at ease and would not be restless anymore.

The final order of the Qing court was issued, and the top management of the Qing Dynasty finally breathed a sigh of relief, saying that the Manchus were most afraid of a war with them, and you must know that there was no army force that could resist the Beiyang Army, and no fleet could resist the Beiyang Naval Division.

This is the conclusion reached after this investigation of the Beiyang Army, the strength of the Beiyang Army is very strong, not to mention the strict discipline of the Beiyang Army, even the equipment of the Beiyang Army is also the most advanced in the world at present, and how can the Beiyang Army, which still uses the "singles one" rifle, defeat the Beiyang Army?

Of course, if the Beiyang Army was only equipped with the most advanced firearms, and it was the ordinary officers and soldiers of the Manchu Qing who used firearms, then he would still dare to fight with the Manchus.

In late November, the second, third, and fourth towns of the Beiyang Army set off from places where they had lived for more than two years and headed for their respective destinations.

Due to the pitiful lack of railways in the Manchu Dynasty, the Beiyang Army could only advance on foot or on horseback, and the speed of travel was very slow, and it was expected that winter had already fallen when it arrived at its destination.

What makes the Beiyang Army feel the most troublesome is the artillery it is equipped with, and the artillery below 100 mm is good to say, small in size and light in weight, and relatively simple to transport, but those guns above 100 mm will be in a lot of trouble.

In order to build a powerful Beiyang Army, Li Hongzhang purchased a lot of artillery pieces with a caliber of 100 mm to 150 mm, these guns are powerful, and they are also large in size and weight, and they are very troublesome to transport, and there is no railway to transport, and these guns will take a long time to be transported to the front line.

In desperation, the Beiyang Army Brigade took the lead, and some of the artillery stayed behind to slowly transport the artillery to the front line.

In any case, the Beiyang Army still began to march, marching "quickly" towards the destination, and there were many forces secretly observing the Beiyang Army.

At present, the forces of all sides have only received the news of the transfer of the Beiyang Army in the three towns, and they do not know whether the Beiyang Army in these three towns will immediately start a war with the "short-haired thieves" when they are transferred to the front line, and once the war starts, it will have some impact on the income of Britain and some other countries.

On the side of the Han Kingdom, Yan Xueyi was also very concerned about the transfer of the Beiyang Army.

Although Yan Xueyi only got the news of the transfer of the Beiyang Army for the time being, and did not get the news that the Manchu Qing was going to war with him, Yan Xueyi never relaxed his vigilance, because the Qing court would never play cards according to the rules.

Think about the previous life, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Navy was lost, and a few years later, the Empress Dowager Cixi actually dared to go to war with the whole world, thinking about it makes me feel crazy, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has nothing to dare to do, especially the Manchu Qing is still a woman in power, an unreasonable woman.

Even if the Manchu Qing announced that they were going to war the next moment, Yan Xueyi would not be much surprised.

To treat the Manchus is to always be prepared.

At present, the four main divisions stationed in the four sides of the Great Han Kingdom have been strengthened, and if necessary, the three inferior divisions can also be transferred to the border areas to strengthen the defensive forces.

To be honest, Yan Xueyi was not afraid of the Manchu attack, but Yan Xueyi did not want to start a war with the Manchus at this time.

If the war starts at this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which has the advantage of numbers, will definitely bring a lot of casualties to the Han army, which Yan Xueyi does not want to see, and the soldiers of the Han army should not fall in the civil war.

Moreover, if the war starts in advance, Yan Xueyi's previous deployment will be disrupted, you must know that there are a large number of intelligence agents lurking in the 600,000 miscellaneous army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the 100,000 Beiyang Army, all of whom are working hard for the "Hiding the Sky and Crossing the Sea" plan.

If the "Hiding from the Sky and the Sea" plan achieves the predetermined goal, even if the Han army does not move, the 600,000 miscellaneous army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the 100,000 Beiyang Army will be directly resolved, and once the war starts, the "Hiding from the Sky and the Sea" plan can be declared a failure.

How to make the Manchus jealous and dare not go to war, in the end, Yan Xueyi decided to let the four main divisions of the Han army start a large-scale actual combat military training, so that the Manchus could see the real strength of the Han army, so that the Manchus did not dare to act rashly for the time being.

The Beiyang Army in the three towns was still halfway through, but the actual combat military training of the Han Army had officially begun.

The main division of the Han army, fully armed, crossed the border line, entered the area ruled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and finally approached the city garrisoned by the Qing army, and the actual combat military training officially began.

More than 60 105 howitzers and hundreds of 75 field guns of a main division of the Han army fired shells at the area next to the city at the same time, blowing up large craters on the ground, and frightened the Qing troops stationed in the city to hide in the corner with their heads in their hands, for fear that the shells would fall on their heads.