President Meng's side stepped up training and preparation for war in the Benxi area, and Luo Guozhong's 5,000 all-firearms army, plus the Huai Army's two response armies, totaled more than 15,000 people, and went straight to the gate with murderous spirit. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Qing army in Liaoning, except for the 5,000 all-firearms army of Luo Guozhong's army, plus the two strategic armies of the Huai army, totaled more than 15,000 people.

There are 5,000 soldiers and horses directly under General Shengjing in Shengjing City, and about 5,000 soldiers in the green battalion.

These two alone have an army of 25,000 troops, and that's not all.

There are also scattered green battalion soldiers in various places, all of them are counted, at least more than 5,000.

The Qing court was very strong militarily in the north.

In addition, there are also the Shanhaiguan Military Preparation Provincial Government Office You Chengxi Army, the Shanhaiguan Military Preparation Provincial Government Office under the command of the flag camp 1,000, the green battalion 4,000 soldiers, the total number of more than 5,000.

At this time, the Taoist platform of the Shanhaiguan Military Preparation Department was called You Chengxi, and the real power in his hands was very great, and he could be called a prince.

"Dao" is a first-level administrative system between provinces and prefectures (prefectures), which began in the Ming Dynasty and was used in the early Qing Dynasty.

According to the different functions of the Qing Dynasty, the Taoist was divided into guarding the road, patrolling the road, and preparing the road, and each province was generally divided into three to seven provinces, and each province had several state capitals under its jurisdiction.

As the birthplace of the Manchus in the Qing Dynasty, the Northeast implemented a special system different from that of the mainland in the Qing Dynasty, with no provinces, and General Sheng Jing, General Jilin, and General Heilongjiang in charge of military administration, which is also called the "military government system".

Under the generals, the "dual-track system" of Manchu and Han division was implemented, that is, the civil officials such as Fengtianfu Yin and the prefects and counties were responsible for the Han people's civil affairs, and the deputy commanders and the military attachés of the Eight Banners, such as the guards and defense captains of each city, were responsible for the affairs of the bannermen and military affairs.

This kind of system can still cope with the ban in the Northeast in the early and middle Qing Dynasty, but in modern times, marked by the opening of Yingkou port, the Northeast suddenly met with the world, and in the face of unprecedented changes, the original administrative system was completely unable to adapt.

The reform of the political system in Northeast China is imminent, and the setting of "Dao" is an important measure of administrative reform in Northeast China, and the first "Dao" set up in Northeast China is the Fengjinshan Customs Garrison Road stationed at Yingkou.

The predecessor of Fengjinshan Customs Bingbei Road was the Shanhaiguan Superintendent stationed in Yingkou, and its setting was the product of the opening of Yingkou Port, according to the Sino-British Treaty of Tianjin: "The consular officer of the consular office is of the same product as the Daotai; The Vice-Consul Officer, the Acting Vice-Consul Officer and the Interpreter are of the same quality as the Prefect. Depending on the needs of official business, the government office will meet and meet with the courtesy. ”

Accordingly, Yingkou, as a port of opening the port, should be set up with a platform equal to that of foreign consuls, so as to facilitate the handling of diplomatic affairs on an equal footing.

On October 15, 1866 (November 21, 1866), "it was approved to abolish the supervision of Shanhaiguan and set up military garrison roads in Fengtian, Jinzhou, and Shanhaiguan." ”

In addition to being responsible for customs and diplomatic affairs, Fengjinshan Customs Bingbei Road also oversees the administrative affairs of various prefectures and counties in southern Liaoning, "bringing the local officials of Jinzhou Hall, Xiuyancheng, Fuzhou, Haicheng, and Gaiping Counties along the coast and their subordinate assistants under the jurisdiction of the new Taoist." ”

At the same time, he also added the title of procurator, and was responsible for supervising the province's officials.

Daotai was originally a fourth-grade rank, and after being added to the inspection envoy, it was promoted to the third-rank (in fact, officials who held this post often enjoyed the second-rank top due to seniority and other reasons). In addition, as a military station, it also governs the coastal defense training barracks stationed at the entrance of the camp. It can be seen that Fengjinshan Customs Bingbei Road is a set of administration, diplomacy, taxation, supervision, military power in one, is worthy of the name of "one side of the princes", so the local literati in Yingkou will have been Fengjinshan Customs Bingbei Taoist compared to the Shang and Zhou Dynasty feudal system of "Fang Bo", such as "Jing Fang Bo", "Continuation Fang Bo" and so on.

Daotai, most of whom were Manchu (including the two Qing clans), among these officials were both Shanlian and others who abandoned the city and fled in the First Sino-Japanese War, and there were also people who contributed to the development of Yingkou, such as the first Daotai Junda, "The dove workers built an earthen wall, east to Qingduizi, west to Waipigou, ten miles wide, north to the river bank, south to the wall, five miles long." ”

This is the beginning of the construction of Yingkou city, and it is also the beginning of Yingkou urban planning.

The large-scale establishment of "Dao" in the Northeast was in the Guangxu period, and a total of 13 Dao were set up before and after, covering the three eastern provinces, which played an irreplaceable role in consolidating the political stability of the Northeast Frontier, but the setting of these Dao was implemented on the basis of the successful operation of the Fengjinshan Customs Garrison.

Fengjinshan Customs Armament is the first provincial-level system in Northeast China, in the specific era of internal and external troubles and corrupt officials, in the only specific area in Northeast China that has opened its port to the outside world, it has played an exemplary role in improving administrative efficiency and reducing the perfunctory style of prevarication, and has also played an important role in unifying powers, standardizing administration, and promoting the transition from the military government system to the provincial system in Northeast China.

Not counting the green battalion in northern Liaoning, the total number of troops that Luo Guozhong can directly mobilize for these three alone exceeds 30,000 horses!

Luo Guozhong increased the general, gave Shang Fang a sword, a yellow coat, and controlled the various departments of the Huai army that went out of the customs.

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, Luo Guozhong is a fierce general who fights against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twist Army, Ruilian does not buy it, You Cheng of the Shanhaiguan Military Preparation Department likes to listen to him, and the green battalion soldiers under him also listen to him, and the Shengjing general Ruilian is equivalent to the boss of Liaoning at this time.

There is still a problem of coordination between the local soldiers and horses in Liaoning and Luo Guozhong's Huai army, Li Hongzhang did not ask the imperial court and the empress dowager of the two palaces, and the emperor to control the military horses in Liaoning, because the request was also a white request, Cixi would definitely not agree, but it was easy to arouse suspicion.

Cixi's will is also very vague, probably meaning that with the Huai army as the main force, Ruilian must actively cooperate, and if any of the generals dare to slack off, severe punishment and so on.

Shengjing City.

Related is similar in age to Xuan Zonglu, they are all people who are about to reach Xuan Zonglu's age, Luo Guozhong is about the same age as Xuan Hongtao, and he is not yet forty, and he is in the heyday of his career!

"Lord Ruilian, you are the main family, why don't you entertain people when they come to your house?" Luo Guozhong smiled faintly and looked at Ruilian.

Ruilian laughed: "Lord Luo, this is not right, who doesn't know that Lord Luo is a great general who sweeps the world!" How dare we compete with Lord Luo? At most, it's a foil, but Lord Luo, don't worry, what do you need, just mention it to me, Rui, you will definitely help. ”

Luo Guozhong snorted, "Lord Rui, that's not what you said!" The will of the imperial court did not say that I would fight, if you didn't fight, right? I think we should send troops immediately! The left and right sides attacked together, exerted the maximum force, surrounded Benxi, and forced the mouth of the Caohe River. ”

Luo Guozhong's strategy of marching into the army is indeed steady and ruthless, and it is the best policy.

The joint attack of the two armies that do not belong to each other will make the Danzhou army very uncomfortable, and it will also save a lot of problems in coordination, which is the old method of the Huai army to cooperate with others to fight the Taiping army.

Ruilian looked back at the master, and the master smiled, "Lord Luo? May I say a few words about that? ”

Luo Guozhong snorted, "Please speak." ”

"Lord Luo, my family's soldiers and horses are mainly horse teams and green battalion soldiers, and their combat strength is really not comparable to Lord Luo's strong soldiers, this is not a prevarication, but the truth, I believe the court is also very clear, otherwise it would not have said in the will that let our family cooperate with Lord Luo, right? Besides, the soldiers and horses of the Shanhaiguan Military Garrison Department did not dare to transfer without authorization, and if they wanted to move, they were afraid that the defense line of Shanhaiguan was weak, and if the bandit army crossed Shanhaiguan, there would be no obstacles, and they would directly enter the Beijing Division! Who can afford to be guilty of this? Therefore, according to the following point of view, Lord Luo's department is the pioneer, directly go to Benxi, and fight a decisive battle with the bandit army, my family transferred the horse team to the adult response, divided 3,000 green battalions as backup, leaving 2,000 green battalions to strictly guard the Shengjing City, this is a foolproof strategy, Lord Luo, what do you say? ”

After the master finished speaking, he squinted his eyes and looked at Luo Guozhong.

Luo Guozhong thought about it, what the master said was not wrong, what is the strength of the group of people under the Rui team, Luo Guozhong knows very well, it is a joke to let these big-headed soldiers who have not been trained at all to fight, these people have no use except for the role of cannon fodder.

But he came from afar and let him fight alone, he was really unwilling, he won, half of the credit is shared with UBP, and if he loses, it's all his own!

Moreover, if the army's losses are too large, Li Zhongtang's side will not be easy to deal with.

What does Li Hongzhang think, of course Luo Guozhong knows that these Huai Jun are Li Hongzhang's heart and soul treasures, and Li Hongzhang has already regarded Huai Jun as his personal private property.

"Rui-sama! In this way, just do what you say, Shanhaiguan is indeed not allowed to be lost, Yingkou also has to be guarded, transfer another 3,000 soldiers and horses from Yingkou, plus the 3,000 green battalion soldiers you allocated to me, let's divide the attack in three ways, with me as the main force, and the two green battalions will attack separately, this is always okay, right? To tell the truth, we are one of ten beaters, and the odds are quite good, you Lord Luo won't want to take credit for this, you won't have any strength at all, right? On the periphery, you will bring in a few thousand more green battalion soldiers to sweep the formation, so as not to let the bandits take advantage of the loopholes. ”

Ruilian blinked, thought about it, didn't understand very well, and looked at the master again.

Of course, the master understood, Luo Guozhong's method of sending troops was quite fair, and he won the battle in the future, and he also had the credit of Ruilian, so he nodded to Ruilian with a smile, and Ruilian smiled: "Okay!" It's up to Lord Luo, we are brothers, and we must support each other. When did it start? ”

Luo Guozhong's face softened, and he said with a smile: "Please start the deployment of people immediately, I will take 15,000 troops to the outer villages of Benxi, and Lord Ruilian's two green battalions and horse teams will arrive within three days, and I am ready to do it at any time." ”

"Good! Okay, there are talents like Lord Luo in the imperial court, why worry about the bandit army, Lord Luo, I won't be busy today, let me do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord, and I will start to mobilize soldiers and horses tomorrow. ”

Luo Guozhong said with a smile: "In this way, there is Lord Laurilian." When the bandit army is defeated, he will never dare to rob Lord Ruilian's credit, and only hopes that the Lord will be sincere and united for the sake of the court. ”

"Hahaha...... Of course, of course. UBP laughed.

The two looked at each other and smiled, the ten-to-one advantage in strength, plus Luo Guozhong had tens of thousands of guns on hand and more than a hundred Krupp cannons, they couldn't think of how to lose. (To be continued.) )