On July 13, the battle for the strategic stronghold outside Tianjin began, and the coalition forces quickly captured most of the strategic strongholds outside Tianjin with advanced equipment with advanced equipment, and the Qing soldiers on the stronghold retreated to Tianjin, while most of the Boxer soldiers were willing to stay behind and break off for the Qing army.

In the eastern stronghold of Laolongtou Railway Station, under the attack of the coalition army, Cao Futian was finally defeated, and more than 6,000 Boxer soldiers lost nearly half, leaving only more than 3,000 people, and after breaking through the defense line of the coalition army, only more than 2,500 people remained, but the coalition army pursued relentlessly, and the wounded Boxer soldiers were willing to stay and cover in order not to drag down their brothers.

However, at this time, the road to Tianjin had been cut off by the allied forces, and Cao Futian retreated to Tianjin to no avail, and he was extremely disappointed with the Qing soldiers, so he had to lead the remaining 2,300 Boxer soldiers to retreat to the southwest, trying to retreat to Jinghai County in order to plan.

Just when Cao Futian was about to arrive in Jinghai County, he encountered a stubborn resistance from more than 1,000 coalition troops, and Cao Futian soon suffered heavy losses, with less than 2,000 of the 2,300 Boxer soldiers left.

Just when Cao Futian and his Boxer soldiers were preparing to fight to the death and martyrdom, Yue Fengxian's cavalry battalion appeared, and the fierce cavalry launched a surprise attack from behind the coalition army.

Yue Feng first collected the booty, saw Cao Futian, and said directly: "My lord asked me to come and help the Boxer brothers, if you can trust me, you can follow me temporarily." ”

Cao Futian first thanked him heartily before asking, "Dare to ask who your father-in-law is?" ”

Yue Fengxian said: "My lord is the only son of Wang Liyan, the leader of the Boxer Rebellion in Shandong, and now he is leading me and other Boxer brothers to Tianjin to help Tianjin. ”

"It turned out to be Senior Brother Wang's tiger! I'd like to go with you! Cao Futian said briskly. Although he is not a big man, but he can also be regarded as a good man, he has also heard the name of Wang Liyan, naturally there is no doubt, now the Qing army is closed to the gate of Tianjin, there are Eight-Nation Alliance troops everywhere, he has no way to go for the time being, although he knows that once he follows Wang Jundao, he will be subject to others, but he still understands how to repay him, after all, Wang Jundao sent Yue Fengxian to save him and his more than 1,800 brothers.

Yue Fengxian nodded and said: "My lord said that the Qing court has no way, only knows how to exploit the people, and the Boxer brothers can't be convinced, only by believing in themselves can they stand between heaven and earth." ”

Cao Futian fell into a short thought, and did not speak, but a man next to him who was about fifty years old and had the bearing of a grandmaster praised him: "Your lord is right, Tianxingjian, a gentleman should strive for self-improvement." ”

Yue Fengxian glanced at him curiously, and was shocked in his heart, knowing that the middle-aged man in front of him was a real master, so he asked, "Dare to ask who this senior is?" ”

Li Cunyi arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Under Li Cunyi!" ”

"It turned out to be a single knife Lee, fortunately I will be lucky!" Yue Fengxian said respectfully: "I heard my lord say that there are many martial arts masters in the world, only Shan Dao Li is the most generous, and he can pass on his skills to the Quartet without dividing his views, and carry forward the Chinese martial arts." ”

"Your lord has praised it." Li Cunyi said modestly, but in his heart, he really remembered what Yue Fengxian said about the lord Wang Jundao, and he couldn't wait to meet him in person, because Wang Jundao understood him.

In fact, Yue Fengxian was right, Wang Jundao did tell him about Li Cunyi's deeds.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were countless martial arts masters, but when it comes to really having the bearing of a grandmaster, there are very few people who do not hide their own skills, and Li Cunyi is one of them, which is not even comparable to the famous Huo Yuanjia, because Huo Yuanjia's Huo's Lost Trace Boxing and other martial arts have never been passed on to outsiders, and compared with Li Cunyi's dedication to his disciples, his temperament is inferior.

When Yue Fengxian rescued Cao Futian and Li Cunyi, a Boxer Rebellion, Wang Jundao also personally led a thousand elite soldiers selected from the martial arts regiment in Pang Wai to wander around various strongholds outside Tianjin, rescuing and collecting the Boxers scattered by the coalition forces everywhere.

In the evening, when Wang Jundao returned to the cavalry battalion camp in the north of Jinghai County with the collected more than 2,000 Boxers, he was shocked to find that Yue Fengxian had already gathered more than 3,300 Boxer soldiers from all over the city of Tianjin with the cavalry battalion, not counting Cao Futian's department.

Together with the more than 2,000 warriors of the Martial Arts Regiment in Pangwei, the more than 2,000 red lanterns of Lin Heier, the 1,800 Boxers of Cao Futian, and the 600 Boxers of Li Cunyi, Wang Jundao has now gathered more than 12,000 Boxer soldiers.

These Boxer soldiers were all warriors who really came out of the rain of bullets and bullets of the coalition army, Wang Jundao couldn't help but be completely ecstatic, he thought that three or two thousand would be good, but he never expected to get so many people.

Fortunately, Wang Jundao had the foresight to bring a guidance company of the guidance battalion and a logistics company of the logistics battalion from Yanjing, so that he could manage these Boxer soldiers, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

In the evening, Wang Jundao convened an emergency meeting with Tang Jian, commander of the special operations battalion, Yue Fengxian, commander of the cavalry battalion, Murong Ke, deputy battalion commander, Nie Yuanzheng, commander of the guidance company, Leng Feng, commander of the special operations battalion, Luo Shiguan, commander of the logistics company, and Wu Wenruo, commander of the baggage company.

After listening to the brief reports of several people, Wang Jundao asked Wu Wenruo: "How many guns have we seized now?" ”

Wu Wenruo, commander of the baggage company, replied: "A total of 3,345 guns have been collected, but the ammunition is relatively small, and the average gun has less than 20 rounds. ”

"Hmm!" Wang Jundao nodded and said: "You will allocate a thousand guns to those of the Boxer soldiers we have gathered, each with sixty rounds of ammunition, emergency special training, just teach them the method of aiming in three lines, and calmly pull the trigger." The other 2,000 guns without bullets were given to the rest of the Boxer soldiers, and they were only given emergency training with guns, so that they could sleep with guns in their hands at night and get used to the guns as quickly as possible. All the others are training according to our training methods. ”

Wang Jundao paused, and then said: "I will leave the military affairs such as the whole army, the formation of the army, the training of troops, and the leading of troops to you, and as for the improvement of the discipline, quality, and political consciousness of the Boxer soldiers, I will leave it to you to complete it." One of you is in charge of military affairs, the other is in charge of government affairs, and if you need money, silver, and food, you will go to Wen Ruo, you have only one task, that is, in the shortest possible time, let these more than 5,000 Boxer soldiers who came out of the rain of bullets and bullets become our people, and become an army with strict military discipline and only obey my orders, is there a problem? ”

Nie Yuanzheng and Luo Shiguan said in a deep voice at the same time: "Rest assured, the commander will ensure that the task will be completed." ”

"Good!" Wang Jundao nodded, and asked Yue Fengxian again: "Fengxian, how many casualties are there in the cavalry battalion?" ”

"One hundred and six killed and eighty-six wounded." Yue Fengxian said in a deep voice.

Wang Jundao had been prepared for this number in his heart, and although his heart was painful, he still suppressed it, and he said: "You select soldiers who are good at riding from the Boxers we have gathered and fill them into the cavalry battalion, and you must ensure the number and combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion. ”

"Yes!" Yue Fengxian nodded and said.

When the cavalry battalion set off from Tai'an, it was one person with three horses, two war horses, and one pack horse.

Wang Jundao then asked Wu Wenruo: "How long can our current grain and grass last?" ”

"These days, I asked the soldiers of the baggage company to go everywhere to buy food, grass, clothing, medicinal materials and other materials, and now these materials can still last for 10,000 people for about five days." Wu Wenruo replied.

"You go to the places around Tianjin that have not been harmed by the coalition forces to buy, the more the better, especially on the way to Yanjing, when buying supplies, you must try to promote our benevolence, our strength, the evil surname of the foreign soldiers, the [***] of the Qing court, and the cowardice of the Qing soldiers, so that all the people know our goodness, know the difference of the Qing court, and know the evil of the foreign soldiers!" Wang Jundao continued.

"Rest assured, commander, we have always done this, and now the people in the north of Jinghai County already know our benevolent and powerful army, but the people don't know the name of our army." Wu Wenruo nodded, and then said, "Commander, why don't you give our newly formed army a name." ”

"Okay." Wang Jundao nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Let's call it Long Wujun." ”

Long Wujun!

Everyone's eyes lit up, this name is indeed loud enough, and it is much more powerful than the Wuwei Army of the Qing Zheng Axe.

Wang Jundao glanced at everyone and said: "In the future, as long as those who are willing to join our Longwu Army, whether they are ordinary people, Boxers, small traders, literati, Jianghu figures, etc., as long as they are strong, we will not refuse." ”

Wu Wenruo said with some concern: "Commander, won't this be too complicated?" ”

"It's okay!" Wang Jundao shook his head and said in a solemn voice: "Under the discipline of steel, in the tempering of blood and fire, no matter who they are, it won't be long before they become the most iron-blooded soldiers!" And the Dragon Martial Army will also become a real iron-blooded Dragon Martial Army! ”

The blood of several people present was boiling instantly!