Although Wang Sirui treats Wang Shuqi as an adult, Wang Shuqi is very clear about his position in the Wang family.

In the final analysis, he is just a subordinate, not a member of the Wang family.

Since Wang Sirui has made up his mind, then Wang Shuqi naturally has nothing to say, and the next thing to do is to protect Wang Sirui's safety as much as possible, and the rest is not something that Wang Shuqi should worry about.

"My lord, the best elm wood is very tough and strong." Cheng Jin walked up to Wang Sirui with two two-meter-long elms and conducted an experiment to prove the reliability of the elms.

The Qing Dynasty was not as large as later generations, although in terms of the degree of science and technology, the scale of the city was much inferior. But when it comes to greening, this point is far from being comparable to later generations.

In addition to the crops and villages, most of the rest of the suburbs are full of various trees.

Cheng Jin and the others found an elm forest not far away without any effort, and twenty people completed Wang Sirui's request with only half a day's effort.

"Well, that's enough." Wang Sirui looked at the elm in Cheng Jin's hand and nodded with satisfaction.

Elm wood has good toughness, and two elm sticks are more than enough to lift one person.

He placed the elm on the ground and grabbed a handful of strips of cloth, which Wang Sirui had asked the soldiers to tear apart when he was resting before.

Don't underestimate these rags, they will play an important role in the future. To put it simply, in addition to being used to make stretchers, these strips of cloth can also be used as bandages.

Although it may cause infection of the wound, at the very least, it is enough to allow them to live a little longer.

Wang Sirui personally demonstrated it, and then instructed everyone to complete the production of this stretcher, and personally lay down to try the effect, which is considered to have completed the production of the first stretcher.

"Hehe, my lord, don't say it, this thing is really comfortable to lie on, I don't even want to come down a little." After Wang Sirui got off the stretcher, Cheng Jin also followed and lay down to test it.

Not to mention, Cheng Jin, who has never been a sedan chair, was immediately attracted by this stretcher. Especially the feeling of being carried by someone is so comfortable.

"When you're hurt, you can lie down and don't have to come down." Wang Sirui said angrily, and then continued to advise, "Don't simply think that this matter is very simple, there may be no problem in a short time, once we need to transfer in a long distance, that is the real test for you, at that time, you have to carry the wounded all the time, and you must keep up with the pace of the troops." ”

"Hey, hey, this is easy to say, easy to say! We are all powerful people, are we still afraid that these will not work? Cheng Jin smiled, not taking this matter to heart at all.

They are all farmers who are born in the bitter haha, who will be afraid of this bit of hard work? Compared with fighting, they are more willing to carry stretchers, although they are a little tired, but at least they don't have to go to the battlefield to fight hard.

"My lord, Master Ma asked the little one to come back and report to you about the matter ahead." A soldier in civilian clothes hurried from the direction of Anding.

Because everyone knew each other, the soldiers guarding in front of him did not stop him, which allowed the other party to approach Wang Sirui's side so smoothly.

"Say!" Wang Sirui handed a water bladder and half a cake to the other party.

"Thank you, sir! When we arrived, some foreigners had already appeared near Anding, and it seemed that their vanguard should have passed, but we had no way of determining how many of them had passed, and Master Ma had already sent someone to find out the news. ”

"Go back and tell Lao Ma, you don't have to go to the front to inquire about how many people have passed, focus on observing the number of coalition troops behind, in addition, pay special attention to the baggage of the coalition army, once you find that the baggage of the coalition army has passed, immediately send someone to follow them, and inquire about their reality clearly." Wang Sirui commanded.

"Yes, my lord, the little one will go back and tell Master Ma."

Wang Sirui nodded, and the soldier who passed the message quickly left the temporary station with a water bladder and half a cake.

After the soldiers who gave the order left, Wang Shuqi wondered, "It's strange, why didn't this foreigner march to search on both sides?" ”

After all, Wang Shuqi is not a professional soldier, and he does not know much about the march route of foreigners, of course, even professional soldiers in this era may not be able to see clearly the purpose of the coalition army.

However, this refers to those professional soldiers who rely on their connections to get to the top, just like the previous 'Wang Sirui', who only thought about repelling the attack of the coalition forces, but did not think about how to repel it.

In addition to the backwardness of weapons and equipment, the backwardness of ideology was also the fundamental reason for the final defeat of the Qing Dynasty.

"It's very simple, although the coalition army is strong, they only have more than 20,000 people after all, and compared with my 40,000,000 compatriots, they are not enough to stuff their teeth.

Now we are afraid of foreigners, but in fact, foreigners are also afraid of us. This is why the coalition forces did not proliferate and marched, but along the Jinlu Railway.

Once they disperse and march, the pressure on logistics and supply will increase dramatically dozens of times, and with their current manpower, they simply cannot support such an operation. In one, disperse the advance, which helps our army to divide and annihilate their troops, and even the possibility of defeating them in the end.

I have to admit that this is also the clever point of the coalition commander. He was to concentrate all the troops, advance along the Jinlu Railway, and force our main forces to engage in a decisive battle near the railway line, in order to break our will to resist as much as possible.

Moreover, this move also greatly facilitates their logistical supply. Again, their goal is the capital, not to occupy our territory, so there is no need to disperse the limited forces. Wang Sirui explained.

If Wang Sirui didn't have some historical knowledge, it would not be difficult to figure out the purpose of the coalition forces, but he would not have opened his mouth like he does now.

And Wang Sirui, who has the advantage of being a historical prophet, can be said to have hit the nail on the head in his analysis of the current situation, directly stating the purpose of the coalition army's march.

Although the Qing Dynasty was corrupt and backward, it was not something that the great powers could eliminate, at least for the time being, even if all the great powers combined, they could not completely eliminate the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, there is not one heart among the powers, and there are still some little secrets that no one knows.

As Wang Sirui's words fell, everyone who should have been relaxed suddenly became worried again.

Cheng Jin worried: "These foreigners are all gathered together, what should we do next?" Is it possible to find tens of thousands of foreigners to fight hard? ”

"We have few people, and our combat effectiveness is not as good as that of foreigners, so it is naturally impossible to find tens of thousands of foreigners to fight hard. We can't tell you what we're going to do yet, but you can rest assured that as long as we do it, we can basically fight. Wang Sirui said.

It's not that Wang Sirui deliberately sells Guanzi, but that he can't completely trust the gang of people under him. At the end of the day, these people were a bunch of untrained peasants in military uniforms.

The reason why he stayed with Wang Sirui was because of the face of money, and some because of other reasons.

Before the operation officially begins, no one dares to guarantee that any of these people will take advantage of their inattention? It's fine to say that they went somewhere else, but if the foreigners knew about their plans, then all these preparations would have been made in vain.

Therefore, at present, no one knows about the entire plan except Wang Sirui.

Until dark, Ma Sanru also sent someone back on time to report the situation ahead, but most of the content was very different.

Although the coalition forces were in a hurry to rush to the capital, they also encountered a lot of resistance along the way, although the casualties were not large, but it also gave the coalition forces a wake-up call.

Therefore, the speed of the coalition army is not very fast, and it is rare to take the initiative to attack, or to pursue scattered enemies.

The last news before dark was that the first part of the coalition army had been stationed in Anding, and the number of people was about 2,000. The difference with the coalition forces in front was less than five miles, and the difference from the rear troops was about three or four miles.

Such a troop arrangement makes Wang Sirui have no gaps to drill.

Although there are also coalition baggage teams that appear during the day, each baggage team has a team of hundreds of people to escort them.

In one, the coalition forces are so close to each other, Wang Sirui has no chance to make a move.

Once the baggage team called for help, it only took a quarter of an hour or so for reinforcements from the front and rear flanks to arrive. And in a quarter of an hour, it is still a question whether or not the hundred-person escort team of the baggage team can be killed.

Therefore, Wang Sirui had to give up his intention to attack today.

However, even if he gave up leading the troops to carry out a sneak attack, Wang Sirui was not idle at all, and after dinner, he rushed in the direction of Ma Sanru with three skilled brothers.

The large army could not sneak attack, so Wang Sirui could only lead a small army to fight. Of course, the purpose of this operation was not to kill or wound the enemy.

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