Li Hui clearly told Yan Fu that he would definitely reorganize the Beiyang Naval Division, and those officers and soldiers who could not meet his requirements would be dismissed, and the current Beiyang Naval Division could only leave about 2,000 people, even if it was an officer at the level of the pipe band, there was no guarantee that all of them would remain in office. In fact, according to Li Hui's requirements, the current Beiyang Naval Division can fully meet the standards of Haitian and Zhiyuan, because only these two warships can strictly prohibit sailors from visiting the kiln

Yan Fu did not raise any objection to this (of course, this is also because Li Hui did not go into too much detail), although the quality of the officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division is already good in the Far East, but after the integration is completed, the hard power of the China Sea will definitely be world-class, so naturally it must have world-class personnel quality to match it, and it will definitely not work if it is not strictly demanded.

And Li Hui didn't wait to take over the defense of Liugong Island, he was blunt with himself, which made Yan Fu fully feel trusted, and he patted his chest and said that after returning to Liugong Island, he would definitely persuade Liu Buyun and others to revolt and respond.

Li Hui really worked hard for the Beiyang Naval Division, and he took many details into consideration, such as asking Yan Fu to go back and ask Liu Buyun and other Beiyang officers to write letters to their families, so that he could send someone to pick them up, so as not to wave a butcher's knife at their families after the Beiyang Naval Division announced the uprising, for which Li Hui also agreed not to make public the news of the Beiyang Naval Division's uprising for the time being, and did not immediately send troops to occupy Lushunkou, so as not to realize too early that the Qing Dynasty had revolted.

After Yan Fu heard this, while he was deeply grateful, he unexpectedly asked Li Hui a question that seemed unrelated, "Dongyang, how strong is your army?" ”

"Before the uprising, there were more than 70,000 men in nine brigades, and by the end of the year, it will be expanded to at least 150,000 people in 18 brigades. In terms of equipment, there are currently 1,500 machine guns, 100 machine guns, and 300 75-mm field guns, and so far no losses have been reported. After Li Hui gave a brief introduction, he took Yan Fu to the training ground and let him see the power of those new weapons.

As a result, Yan Fu was immediately frightened, the 400-meter target shot with 100 shots and 100 hits, the machine gun fired tens of thousands of bullets in a row without jamming, and the cannon fired faster than a rifle, these unbelievable facts quickly subverted Yan Fu's cognition and caused a great shock to him.

"If it weren't for such a powerful weapon, how could I have wiped out most of the Qing army in Shandong in two days, and the casualties were only in the double digits?" , Li Hui said with a smile.

Although Li Hui's words sounded a little incredible, Yan Fu knew that Li Hui had always been cautious, and he had seen the power of those new weapons with his own eyes, so he immediately believed it, and then he immediately became excited, grabbed Li Hui's sleeve, and shouted, "Then what are you still wandering around in Shandong?" Since both land and sea are strong, then you can directly land in Tanggu, and the key is to bring down Beijing as soon as possible! ”

"You mean to hit Beijing first? It's not difficult to fight down, but", Li Hui was surprised, because of the deep-rooted "farming school" thinking, what he has always conceived is to first take a base area, develop and consolidate and then continue to expand, attacking the capital to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty is a matter after the middle period, such a radical line as Yan Fu, he really didn't think about it.

Yan Fu tried to show the benefits of attacking Beijing first, "Conquering the city of Beijing is a great blow to the prestige of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if the empress dowager and the emperor can still escape, it is impossible to call on the governor of the world." At that time, whether Dongyang you used diplomatic means to divide and disintegrate, or used force to break each other, it was better than the situation in which the Manchus mobilized the whole country's manpower, finance, and material resources to deal with you. And as long as you take the city of Beijing, more than half of the orthodoxy in the world is on your side, if the governor does not stay in office for a long time or does not have enough prestige, even if he wants to be your enemy, his soldiers may not be at his disposal."

"Take our Fujian as an example, although Bian Baoquan, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, is a banner man, but most of his soldiers are native Fujian children, as long as you can take Beijing City, who else is willing to accompany the Manchu Qing to the funeral?" , Yan Fu smiled confidently, "So if you have family members in your hometown in Fujian, you don't have to take them back at all, just let us write a letter to the past and let them be a little prepared, as long as they are connected in series, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people can be pulled out, many of them have seen blood, and there are only a few cronies left, what can Bian Baoquan do with them?" Perhaps, before Dongyang sends troops south, Fujian will already revolt and respond."

"That's right, Fujian's clan power is extremely strong, and there is still a residual influence until the twenty-first century, let alone in this era, I remember the information I saw before the crossing said that the scale of group fights in the countryside before liberation often exceeded 1,000!" , Li Hui suddenly understood, there are many Fujian officers in the Beiyang Naval Division, and with officials as the backstage, it is difficult for their clan to be strong, coupled with the huge network formed by interpersonal relationships such as classmates, relatives and friends, it is not impossible to pull out tens of thousands of horses at a critical moment. In the case that the Manchu court has been overthrown and the banner people have been reduced to lost dogs, it is good that Bian Baoquan can protect himself, and he still has the ability to embarrass the families of the officers of the Beiyang Naval Division?

Although the Cantonese officer like Deng Shichang did not have such a great energy because of his small number, he considered that the governor of Liangguang was Li Hongzhang's elder brother Li Hanzhang (due to the changes in the course of the First Sino-Japanese War, Li Hanzhang had not returned to his hometown at this time. It shouldn't be that drastic, so it's not too dangerous. Moreover, as long as the rebel army attacking Beijing can catch or even force the landing of Li Hongzhang, Li Hanzhang will never dare to show too much hostility even if he does not rebel and surrender

"I suddenly found that if I don't plan to change the ruling model, I can take half of the provinces within this year", this discovery made Li Hui hesitate a little, whether to quickly unify the country, at least to take those elite provinces, and then solve domestic problems, or to develop steadily according to the original plan, to build a piece of territory to digest a piece, and wait until all of it is digested before opening a new territory?

"Not to mention anything else, the clan is not a good thing, if they are allowed to make meritorious contributions again, it will be even more tricky to deal with in the future", Li Hui frowned, pacing around the house with his hands behind his back, "In the end, there are still not enough people!" At present, the total number of biochemical soldiers is only more than 10,000 people, and with the talents discovered and cultivated in the past two years, about 100,000 people can join the party in the first batch at the first time, and even if it is delayed until the end of the year, the total number will not exceed 150,000.