Under the vigorous pressure of the long-haired bandits, the eight youth hostels that were tired of running for their lives had long been eroded and unusable, but they were related to the welfare of hundreds of thousands of people and could not be abolished. The Qianguo government had no choice but to send Beijing officials (such as Zeng Bohan, Lu Xianji, and Li Yuchuan, the father of Li Shaoquan) back to their hometowns to run regimental training to resist the bandits. The imperial court gave preferential policies, but the household department did not pay a single recruitment fee, and the contingent that was completely pulled up by these returning Beijing officials, the "green forest" Hanlin, relied on their own network of connections and relied on the ties of family, friendship, and even in-laws. Zeng Bohan raised the Hunan army, and later derived from Zuo Jigao's Chu army, Bao Chunting's thunder army, and Li Shaoquan's Huai army in Anhui.

Because the recruitment of the Yong Battalion depends on the bond of family affection, the imperial court does not provide a penny of copper to support, so the ownership of the army is only owned by the recruiter, "the soldier will be transferred to the general, and the soldier will be there", it is obvious that this kind of Yong Battalion is not an army supported by the state, and its status is similar to that of the militia.

Although since the rebellion of the Changmao Bandits, the Yongying has become the main body and pillar of the Qing Empire's national defense, and the treatment it can receive cannot be compared with the eight youth brigades. When it is necessary to recruit the Yong Battalion at a critical moment, the state only gives the army establishment and policy, but does not bear the salary and welfare of the Yong Battalion at all, once the chaos is over, then the temporary emergency force is naturally the first to bear the brunt of the reduction, the reason is obvious, the Yong Battalion has no formal establishment, and the imperial court is saying that it can be abolished, even if the imperial court does not say that it will be abolished. Once the war is over, maintaining a local armed force that is subordinate to individuals is tantamount to giving the officials and historians an excellent target for impeachment. Zeng Bohan's Hunan army reached more than 240 battalions and 120,000 people in its heyday, but when Tianjing was conquered, there were the Silk Army in the north and the remnants of the Bandit Army in the south, Zeng Bohan avoided suspicion and avoided being burned by the tail. resolutely and resolutely dismantled most of the Hunan army, leaving only the Yangtze River Naval Division of the Hunan system. It can be regarded as preserving its reputation as a "Zhongxing Famous Minister", and if it hesitates a little, it will not be a "loyal minister" but a "second minister". Li Shaoquan did not retreat bravely, but instead let his Huai army bear the heavy responsibility of being the pillar of national defense, and also built another modern navy after the ship administration and naval division within the Huai army system, the Beiyang Naval Division.

The attitude of the scholarly class, represented by these people, towards the "owners of private arms" was so bad. Then the attitude towards the "private armies" is even more conceivable.

Different from the eight youth brigades that are useless but do not have to worry about food and clothing, whether it is the Hunan or Huai departments, all the expenses incurred in the initial recruitment, drills, and arms were all obtained by Zeng Bohan and Li Shaoquan by relying on their old faces and local governments to raise money everywhere. The imperial court would rather spend the silver on the wine bags and rice bags of the Baiyang Eight Youth Hostel, rather than put a copper plate on the real mainstay. However, when the "brave battalions" of the Hunan and Huai systems were transformed into the "defense battalions" stationed in the local areas, and became the backbone of the field warfare and garrison of the Daqian Empire, the imperial court finally changed its attitude. First of all, the leading officers of each brave battalion had a national establishment and became the people who ate the emperor's grain. However, the establishment can only be filled by borrowing vacancies that have nothing to do with its location. Therefore, a large number of commanders and commanders of the Yong battalion appeared in a strange situation where the garrison and the place of appointment were thousands of miles apart. Secondly, the imperial court was finally willing to make money in the construction of the Yong camp and the renewal of equipment. However, it is not a direct grant. Instead, the method of reimbursement is adopted, that is, the required expenses are first advanced by the recruiters, and then a unified list is submitted to the imperial court on a monthly or quarterly basis, and the military aircraft department reviews and reports to the queen mother and the emperor for approval, and the household department will give the silver. Because the household department often defaulted on or refused to pay reimbursement on the grounds of "lack of salary," the development of the defense battalion was seriously restricted, and its combat effectiveness became even lower and lower.

In the Great Qian Empire. Since the common people join the army just to eat and get paid, it is not the concept of "protecting the family and defending the country", since they join the army for food, then how can they be expected to fight without fear of life and death? For an individual, the most precious thing is life. When they go to the battlefield, if they encounter an opponent whose combat effectiveness is not strong, they may even let them fight with the temptation of money for a while, but if they encounter an opponent with strong combat effectiveness, then the result is easy to think.

Like this battle of Hanoi, it can be said that the Dian army, which was the first to enter the battle, did not collapse immediately after being ambushed by the French, which can be said to be already a miracle.

But after this battle, if they were to have another battle of similar intensity, don't think about it.

Thinking that the vast land of the Great Qian Empire was full of such troops, Iwao's mind couldn't help but turn to another direction.

He also admired Yukichi Fukuzawa's insights more and more.

Qianguo is like this, it is really a gift from heaven to Japan!

If we do not seize the opportunity, will we have to wait for the Western powers to "rediscover" the Qianguo and set off a frenzy of carving up the Qianguo?

Could Japan have gotten ahead of the actions of the Western powers?

Thinking of this, his heart was full of anticipation and longing.

Suddenly, the figure of the Japanese woman who was fighting alongside him today reappeared in front of his eyes.

Thinking that she helped him achieve the first achievement of the Battle of Hanoi, Iwao Konno's heart was filled with sweet feelings.

Iwao Konno gave Li Weiye's head and military hat to Liu Renyi, Liu Renyi was ecstatic to see Li Weiye's head cut off by Iwafu Konno, and now Li Weiye's head has been packed in a separate box, and the heads of other French officers and soldiers cut off are sent to Hue, Liu Renyi believes that the Vietnamese court in Hue will definitely reward Li Weiye with a large amount of money and silver after seeing Li Weiye's head. Liu Renyi promised Iwao Imno that he would be rewarded handsomely as soon as the reward from the Vietnamese court arrived.

Iwao Konno didn't care about the amount of the reward, he cared about the Japanese woman who was doing the same task as himself in a foreign land.

Although he didn't know her identity, he could tell from her sniping Li Weiye that she also wanted to kill Li Weiye and provoke a bigger war in Vietnam.

And Vietnam and France went to war. It will inevitably involve the suzerainty of Vietnam, the Qianguo, and in the event of a war between the Qianguo and France, the most advantageous one will of course be Japan!

And she is a Japanese woman, so she is naturally fighting for the interests of the Japanese nation and nation.

Maybe one day, when Japan is finally rich and strong. Become one of the world's powers, I will reunite with her, in a quiet and elegant room, in the cherry blossom season, drink fragrant tea, look back on the past, look at each other and smile!

Thinking of this, Iwao Konno fell asleep sweetly with a good mood......

At this time, Iwao Konno would not have thought of it at all. The Japanese woman who saved his life and helped him make a great contribution, what is the real identity.

On the afternoon of the troupe's arrival, the whole town of Jiashui was as peaceful as usual. The Jiashui River gently surrounds the town, flowing quietly under the lazy sun, and the water vapor is thick, and the catkins fluttering in the sky slowly sweep over the undisturbed water.

A few Vietnamese teenagers were lazily reclining on the slightly wet slope by the river, holding up three or five rudimentary fishing rods. Looking at the undulating floats in the water waves in a daze, suddenly. A thin, dark child sat up and craned his neck like an alert bird.

"Listen," he whispered, "the sound of the carriage." ”

The teenagers raised their heads and squinted across the river. The dry pavement is flat and wide, shining in the sun. I could only faintly see a bright red flag wrapped in flying dust, accompanied by the sound of chariots and horses.

The boy at the head was the first to throw down his fishing rod, climbed barefoot up the riverbank, and ran to the opposite bank on the creaking wooden bridge. The carriage drew nearer, and the carriage was dark and dreary. It was more than twice as tall as the usual carriage carrying people and goods, and the doors and windows were tightly sealed, like a huge black box, and four huge copper-clad wheels were deeply embedded in the rut prints, turning and rumbling. What is even more strange is that there is no one driving a car, and the two chestnut horses with mixed coats seem to have gained spirituality, and they trot all the way from pulling the carriage side by side, and when they reach it, they gradually slow down, and stop the carriage firmly at the head of the bridge without bias.

The sun shone silently, shining on a dark red flag on the roof of the car, and the two horses stood motionless, snorting excitedly. After a moment of silence, only a soft creak was heard, and a door was pushed open from the right side of the carriage, and a young man in white poked his head out, his sleeves on his forehead to block the bright light, looked around, and then jumped out of the carriage lightly and walked this way.

The young man stared at each other with wide eyes, the young man was tall, thin and handsome, his appearance and figure were not like ordinary people, his long black hair was draped over his shoulders, illuminated by the afternoon sun, with a layer of almost silver-white hue, and his eyes were also black, as if he was afraid of light, he squinted slightly, and looked at the young man in front of him who was blocking the way with a smile.

The two sides looked at each other without saying a word, one tall and fair, the other short and dark, and after a moment of silence, the young man finally pursed two thin lips and laughed silently. He took out a name card and handed it to the young man in front of him.

"Please show this to your family." The young man said slowly, "Let's just say that the old man has come and wants to spend a few nights." ”

The young man hesitated for a moment, took the name sticker, and ran into his yard, and after a while, the adults hurried out and welcomed the young man in joy.

When everything was settled, the young man who lived alone tied up his long hair, he picked up the mirror and looked at his handsome face, smiled slightly, and lifted his face with one hand, and the handsome man's face became a soft mask, and behind the mask was a delicate girl's face.

The girl looked at the human skin mask in her hand, took out a small wooden box, and carefully put the mask in the box. Then she took out a white towel and wiped the sweat from her face.

His master, Kaori Mochizuki, had said before that it would be very uncomfortable to use this kind of human skin mask when it was hot, but now it seems that it is really an empirical matter.

She took out her pen and paper, and began to write the letter.

She was to report back the details of the recent fighting in Hanoi.

Thinking that she could directly communicate the information with her beloved lord, she felt inexplicably a little excited.

She first made a concise statement of the important events that had happened in Vietnam in recent times, and then wrote down in detail the situation of the battle of Hanoi, including the scene when Li Weiye was killed, showing that she had successfully completed the mission, and then she said some of her predictions about the situation after the battle of Hanoi, and also added the situation of the Dian army and the Gui army that had entered the territory of northern Vietnam.

After writing all this. She read the letter carefully from beginning to end, and suddenly remembered the Japanese who had cut off Li Weiye's head.

Although he was wearing the clothes of the Black Flag Army and looked no different from the Qianguo people, she could still tell at a glance that he was a Japanese.

A Japanese who joined the Black Flag Army......

She thought about it for a while, but decided to tell her lord about the situation. Because she is not sure whether this person is her own person.

At the end of the letter, she briefly explained the situation, and then checked it again, and when she was sure that it was correct, she copied the letter again, and then carefully sealed it, and called the master of the house to ask him to send the letter immediately, and when the master left, she burned the manuscript with fire.

At this time, she didn't expect it. What kind of story will she have with this person in the future?

On the outskirts of Beijing, Taohuayu, hot spring villas.

Yoko Shimazu carefully looked at the information that Lin Yiqing had collected for a period of time, and the situation in Vietnam gradually attracted her attention.

"What did you find?" Lin Yiqing noticed that she habitually twisted her eyebrows and asked with a smile.

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