Chapter 6 The first step is in Greater Shanghai

Hu Xiaoyan had to be depressed, he originally thought that the weak scum of the uprising and the regiment was equal to five, because even if hundreds of thousands of pigs were released for the Eight-Nation Alliance to catch, they would not only achieve hundreds of results. But now he believes. If the Boxers were really weaker than these bandits, he didn't need 50,000 people at all, and if he gave him 10,000 people, he could completely kill all the weak scum of the Boxers.

But also, if it weren't for the fact that the regular army of Nie Shicheng and others had resisted for many days, the Boxers would not have been able to stop the Eight-Nation Alliance for even a day. It was not until Nie Shicheng died that the Eight-Nation Coalition broke through the defense and attacked the city of Beijing. And that's exactly what happened. After Nie Shicheng's death, the Boxers did not stop the Eight-Nation Alliance for even a day.

I took it for granted, no matter how many non-commissioned officers I had, I would not be able to lead the Boxers to defend the city of Beijing. Because the Boxers are scum whose combat effectiveness is weaker than five. What's more, the Boxers were divided into various groups, and there was no unified command!

Must be in command! Hu Xiaoyan secretly made up his mind. Only by obtaining the absolute command of the Boxers could they have a chance to hold the city of Beijing. Beijing is also a famous city, and if the embassy can be taken as soon as possible, as long as those ambassadors are waved to the city, the Eight-Nation Coalition will naturally not dare to use artillery. Without the use of artillery, even if the muskets of the Eight-Nation Alliance are powerful, when attacking the city and climbing the city wall, the opportunity for the Boxers to use cold weapons will come.

That's it! After figuring this out, the question becomes how to get the command of the Boxers, which is even simpler. With Li Hongzhang's help, let Cixi write the holy decree. It's just a matter of one sentence. And Li Hongzhang!

It seems that I have a really good relationship with Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang. Fooling Li Zhongtang seems to be one of the reasons why I crossed over. And to fool Li Zhongtang, the first thing is to have enough prestige.

People who don't have prestige can't even pass the door at the door of Li Zhongtang.

So the problem finally returned to the same starting point again - Greater Shanghai!

Only Greater Shanghai has enough money! Only Greater Shanghai can earn enough prestige!

"You seem disappointed?" The three masters sat beside them.

"Yes! Yours are a bunch of scum who are weaker than five! On the battlefield there are only the lives of the slaughtered! If the army of the Great Qing Dynasty is the same as you, then it can be said that the Great Qing Dynasty will die now! Hu Xiaoyan unceremoniously sprinkled salt on the wound!

"Nie Junmen's soldiers are still very capable of fighting!" The three masters were silent for a long time.

"Nie Shicheng, he is also the last general who can fight in the Qing Dynasty." The last general who could fight in the field. Hu Xiaoyan added in his heart.

Nie Shicheng is indeed the last Qing general who can fight. Because after Nie Shicheng died. The most capable army of the Qing Dynasty was Yuan Shikai's new army. And Yuan Shikai! Later generations knew that he was a gravedigger of the Qing Dynasty. Without him, Sun Cannon would not have been able to extinguish the Manchu Qing Dynasty for the rest of his life. Because Sun Cannon's mouth cannon is unparalleled, his combat effectiveness is not even comparable to that of the Boxers. The Boxer Rebellion was at least able to respond en masse, while the Sun Cannon Uprising did not help the situation in China at all, except for sending a vote of people who had studied abroad for many years to death again and again. Many of those martyrs are talents who have studied in the UK for several years! Such talents are all national treasures in Japan. But it was so fooled by Sun Dacang into the battlefield, and as a result, the talents cultivated by tens of thousands of taels of silver were gamed by bullets that cost less than one or two silver.

The damage done by Sun's cannon to China in modern times was much greater than the damage inflicted by Cixi. Cixi only harmed the six gentlemen of Wuxu, while Sun Dacang scooped countless six gentlemen.

The cultivation of these talents is calculated on a ten-year basis. As a result, it only consumed less than a tael of silver from the enemy. And if these people are put in the right positions, they can create tens of thousands of taels, hundreds of thousands of millions of taels! If Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong and became a hero of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Sun Cannon sent these people to the battlefield, the Japanese should award Sun Cannon a one-ton medal!

The two were relatively silent until lunch. Because of the disparity in the results of the battle in the morning, neither the three leaders nor Hu Xiaoyan mentioned the matter of leaving for Shanghai today. Everyone's interested.

Before leaving, Hu Xiaoyan asked: "I've known each other for so long, and I still don't know the name of the three masters?" ”

"My name is Octavian!" The wave of the sleeves of the three masters did not take away a cloud, but left Hu Xiaoyan messy in the wind.

Damn, what kind of world is this? What a world I've traversed! If you meet a bandit at random, your name is Octavian! Will you meet a Chinese dwarf named Napoleon when you go to Shanghai?

The next day, very early, Octavian came to pick up the two meat tickets. Because early in the morning, the little brother who received the honorarium came back.

Hu Xiaoyan asked Octavian to find a few people who volunteered to train with him to Shanghai. In addition to Octavian, there were five men, only two of whom were two of the nine men who had already trained. The strange thing is that the young man who was the first to object was actually among them.

A group of eight people left the manor, and it was only then that Hu Xiaoyan knew that this house was given to the bandits by the family surnamed Chen, and they also left spies nearby. However, since Octavian has no opinion, Hu Xiaoyan will not have an opinion. Under the attention of the Chen spies, eight people took a ship to Shanghai.

On the steamer, everyone gathered in a heap and did nothing, and began to chat. At this time, Hu Xiaoyan knew that Chen Gongzi, named Chen Yu, was twenty-two years old this year and had already married. In addition to coming to Suzhou to receive the future inheritance, he was also ordered to come to the mainland to explore trade routes, and Nanyang Chen intends to invest in the mainland to build a factory. But because the situation in the South Seas is different from that of the mainland. Chen Yu can also be regarded as a front station.

Chen Yu is not a simple person, he graduated from the business school of the University of Oxford in England, and then stayed in a school in the UK to teach until he was ordered to return to his hometown to marry. And began to take over part of the family business, and it was also his own idea to invest in the mainland to build a factory, which was influenced by the Wuxu Reform Law. But it's a pity that Chen Yu didn't know that the Wuxu Reform was also known as the Hundred Days Restoration. In other words, the Pentecostal Transformation method only existed for three months. This doomed him to nothing. However, if he is willing to stay in Shanghai and build a factory, he can do it.

And Octavian is not really called Octavian, but Wu Dawei. was originally a subordinate of Nie Shicheng, who participated in the Korean War and made great contributions. It was only later that he was injured and returned to China, thanks to Li Hongzhang's mobilization of a batch of medicines to save his life. Because that bullet got into his stomach. Such an operation was actually successful in the surgical desert and disinfection desert in China, and there was no inflammation. No matter how you look at it, it can only be described as a miracle. Even the doctors are incredible. But no one knew that he was struggling to survive because there was still an elderly mother at home and no one to take care of him. But when he returned, all the fields in his family were taken away by Wu Dazui in his hometown. In a fit of rage, he attacked the Wu family, but was beaten out with a stick. Not only that, but he also saw a few guns at Wu's house. If he hadn't used his general identity as a talisman, he would have been shot to death a long time ago. Although Wu Dawei was angry, he finally endured it. Unexpectedly, his mother died of grief because of this. Because Wu Dazui bullied Wu Dawei's mother for being illiterate, he deceived Wu's mother into signing the contract.

Wu Dawei buried his mother, and since then he has attacked Wu Dazui, but Wu Dazui has long expected it. After Wu Dawei was rescued by his two brothers, everyone discussed, and there was no revenge without foreign guns, so they greeted and pulled a vote of brothers from the village to go out to Shanghai. Everyone had no money to make trains, so they worked all the way to Suzhou, and by chance in Suzhou, they received the kidnapping business of Chen's mansion.

Fortunately, with Wu Dawei, the former general leader, these talents did not fall into the grass. Fortunately, Wu Dawei trained, these talents behaved so much like elite troops. Because Wu Dawei was still thinking about going to Nie Shicheng after taking revenge. Although he is now just a deserter.

And in the same group before, the young man who complained was called Wu Yi and went to private school. knew some words, and was originally a buddy in the shop, but was fooled out by several of Wu Dawei's brothers. The other is called Wu Dun. A very honest person, he will do whatever he is told to do. The family farmer, because the year is not good, so he came out with it.

The other three Zhang Lian, the two brothers Zhang Gui and Liu Dahai. These three people don't like to talk much, but they respect Wu Dawei very much. Wu Dawei will do whatever he says, and there is no other thing to say. has the same personality as Wu Dawei, and he can't make a fart for a long time. In other words, the five people who came here are all Wu Dawei's real team, and they obey his orders.

The big boss is Wu Dawei's cousin, called Wu Daxiong, and the second boss is called Wu Jinxiu. Just listen to the name. Wu Daxiong had great strength, and followed Wu Dawei to learn some martial arts in the army, but when he really fought, Wu Dawei was not an opponent. And Wu Jinxiu is a scholar, he took the exam for many years, and he couldn't even pass the exam, so he went to the county seat to make an account. It's not bad to reach out. But Wu Dawei complained that no one took care of the accounts, and was pulled out by Wu Daxiong. Because the three of them are brothers. Wu Jinxiu was angry. But when everyone came out, they had to do their best to help manage the accounts.

Hu Xiaoyan is the most lacking in manpower, so after inquiring clearly, he has a plan in his heart.

When he set foot on the land of Shanghai, he deliberately looked at Wu Dawei and Chen Yu and said: "I come, I see, I conquer!" ”

Except for Chen Yu's stiff smile on his face, the other people's inexplicable looks made Hu Xiaoyan very hurt. He put on a lonely appearance of a master, and he hadn't set up the POSE, but he was pushed by someone. "Don't get out of the way, fools!"

The passengers behind him were blocked for a long time and couldn't help it.

The crowd laughed. On this day, Hu Xiaoyan set foot in Shanghai. Began his first step in conquering Shanghai.