At night, Li Jinghua found Wang Jundao and handed him a secret letter directly, saying, "Commander, this is news from Jinan Mansion. ”

Wang Jundao opened the secret letter and quickly swept it, and it was written that more than 10,000 new troops (new-style troops) in Jinan Prefecture had more than 10,000 troops mobilized in batches, coming south, and had been stationed in the north of Zhonggong Town.

After reading the secret letter, Wang Jundao frowned and asked, "How is the Zhong Palace over there?" ”

"Sun Chuanfang, the head of the militia group, has made a defensive posture and is ready to block Yuan Shikai's new army at any time, and at the same time is asking Tai'an for help, and the distress letter is estimated to be coming soon." Li Jinghua said.

"Well, very good, you now put all the focus of intelligence on the Zhili area, especially the area from Shuntianfu to Tianjin, for a period of time in the future, the Beijing-Tianjin area is likely to not be peaceful, I want to know what is happening in that land anytime and anywhere, and, cut off the telegraph line from Yanjing to Jinan and Jining, and at the same time cut off the telegraph line from Jinan to some state capitals in the northeast of Shandong, and send people to manage it at all times, only if someone re-repairs it, it will be cut off again, the route is very long, don't just cut it in one place." Wang Jundao said. He wanted to make Yanjing lose contact with Shandong and Jiangnan for a short time, and at the same time, he also wanted Yuan Shikai to temporarily lose contact with the areas he completely controlled.

"No problem." Although Li Jinghua was strange, he still respectfully obeyed.

"Well, go ahead, be careful when you leave the barracks, I have a ban today." Wang Jundao nodded and said.

"Don't worry." Li Jinghua said proudly. Apparently he is very confident in his skills.

After Li Jinghua left, Wang Jundao looked at the contents of the newspaper and fell into deep thought, it seems a little strange that 10,000 new troops are hoarding the north of Zhonggong but not attacking.

After thinking about it, he understood the key, if Yuan Shikai wanted to completely control Shandong, he would drive out all the Boxers, and at the same time try to consume the patrol battalions of other provinces, so that his new army could completely dominate the situation in Shandong, and how to consume the armies of various provinces, it was not simple? Order the patrol battalions of Yanzhou Mansion, Jining Prefecture, Caozhou Prefecture, Yizhou Prefecture, Qingzhou Mansion and other prefectures around Tai'an Prefecture to come and engage the Tiger Ben Army, so that such an effect can be achieved.

What a wishful thinking!

Wang Jundao admired Yuan Shikai's resourcefulness a little, the person who was able to establish such a behemoth as a Beiyang warlord and become the president was really not an ordinary person.

In the corner of the military headquarters, looking at Li Jinghua who flipped out of the courtyard wall of the military headquarters and floated away, Han Muxia said to Lei Ba, who was holding him: "Why are you pulling me? ”

"Alas, he is a special subordinate of the army commander." Lei Ba sighed. He also couldn't get used to Li Jinghua, if it wasn't for Wang Jundao's order, he would have directly slashed Li Jinghua with a knife.

"Special subordinates?" Han Muxia frowned.

"Don't ask me, I don't know, anyway, you know that he is very special, and I don't like him very much, unless the commander asks us to do it, we can't take his life." Lei Ba thought of the scene when he avoided his own discovery and hid on the beams of the house, and he felt a little ashamed.

Han Muxia nodded and stopped talking.

At this time, Wei Zhongcheng walked in from outside the military headquarters, saw Han Muxia and Lei Ba, and hurriedly asked, "Is the army commander here?" I have an emergency military situation! ”

"The commander is inside, I'll report it right away." Seeing Wei Zhongcheng's urgent face, Lei Ba nodded and was about to walk to the room.

"Let him in." Wang Jundao's voice rang out from the military headquarters, and Han Muxia and Lei Ba immediately nodded towards Wei Zhongcheng.

Wang Jundao had already put away the secret report that Li Jinghua had given him, looked at Wei Zhongcheng who looked anxious, and asked, "Why are you so nervous?" ”

Wei Zhongcheng handed a letter to Wang Jundao and said, "Commander, this is a distress letter from Sun Chuanfang, the head of the Zhonggong Mintuan. ”

After Wang Jundao took the letter and opened it, he quickly swept it, handed it to Wei Zhongcheng, nodded and said, "Take a look." ”

Although Wei Zhongcheng listened to the dictation of the person who sent the letter, he did not read the letter, after all, this is not something he can dismantle privately, after reading it, his face changed drastically, and it took him a long time to recover, and said: "Yuan Shikai's 10,000 new troops arrived in the Zhong Palace, and the soldiers were strong and strong, but they stopped but did not fight, it seems that they will not really fight." ”

"Oh? Why? Wang Jundao asked. He was a little disappointed in his heart, Wei Zhongcheng has the ability and ability, but it is a pity that he can only deal with logistics, can only manage baggage, can only deal with the criminal law in the army, but can not be a military staff officer, alas, now the affairs in the army, whether it is training, marching, combat planning, tactical guidance, political guidance, military training, etc., all have to be done by himself, although he has no problem in dealing with it, but there are too many things, people are tired, he now has to manage the army, but also manage the government, but also manage a large number of things such as economic construction, resource development, scientific research, etc, I can't wait to make a few clones.

Wang Jundao felt that he should look for a few staff officers, but it was a pity that the military school had just opened for less than a month, and he could only train officers in the army, and could not train a large number of military talents, and he could not find such a person for a while, and even if it was a few months or a year, the Huaxia Military School could train a large number of military talents, and it would not necessarily be able to be his chief of staff, after all, his army would definitely be more than tens of thousands of people, and the larger the place, the more troops, and the higher the requirements for the strategic vision of officers and chief of staff. That's not something that the average person can do.

It is difficult for those who seek a corner to seek the world.

"I think if Yuan Shikai really wants to fight, he can't stop him with the strength of Zhonggong at all, and his 10,000 new troops can take Zhonggong in one day, but he doesn't fight, which means that he doesn't really want to fight." Wei Zhongcheng said.

"Then if he doesn't want to fight, then just don't send a new army, why do you need to mobilize 10,000 troops to the Zhong Palace?" Wang Jundao asked again.

Wei Zhongcheng thought for a while, but couldn't think of a reason.

"My subordinates are ashamed and can't think of it." Wei Zhongcheng shook his head, a little ashamed.

"It's not your fault, your ability is not in this area, if you are asked to deal with criminal law and logistics, it will definitely not be a problem, you don't have to pay attention to military problems, in the future, put your mind on administrative and criminal law, and in the future, the areas we occupy, criminal law and public security will all be under your control." Wang Jundao said.

"Yes, Captain." Wei Zhongcheng is overjoyed, in charge of criminal law, that is what he is best at the most, he is in this tiger army, although in addition to managing heavy projects, he is also in charge of the criminal law in the army, but because the military discipline of the tiger army is like a mountain, there is nothing to violate military discipline at all, which makes him very helpless, and Wang Jundao asked him to refine the criminal law, that is his favorite, and the criminal law and security in the occupied area are under his control, which is equivalent to letting him be the secretary of the criminal department, which is the real real power.

Wang Jundao smiled and nodded, the appropriate intensity does help to improve people's positive surnames.

After a pause, Wang Jundao then asked, "How many things have been sent from the arsenal?" ”

"300 'Piercing' grenades made of high-efficiency explosives, 30 'Piercing' rifles, 50 'Piercing' pistols, 10 'Piercing' mortars, 50 shells, and more than 500,000 rounds of various bullets." Wei Zhongcheng said and handed a list to Wang Jundao, here to report to Wang Jundao, except for the distress letter, this is the list.

"Huh? Three hundred grenades? This was a bit of a surprise to me. Wang Jundao said with a smile, the grenade was successfully developed and tested under his personal guidance ten days ago, and the explosion effect was satisfactory to him, so he let it be produced, but he did not expect that three hundred were produced in just ten days. As for the "Piercing" rifle and "Piercing" pistol, the machines of the production line were initially tinkered with, but they were all used to train workers, and now the workers can build several production lines, but the problem is that there is a serious lack of good steel and good iron, and there is no way to mass produce machines, let alone mass production of guns, and the pistols and rifles produced today are made of artificially forged steel. With only steel and the newly developed high-efficiency propellant, Wang Jundao asked the arsenal to produce bullets for Mauser rifles, Mauser pistols, Makqin heavy machine guns and other weapons that are now equipped by the Tiger Army.

"Commander, how to arrange this batch of equipment?" Wei Zhongcheng asked.

"You go and arrange it yourself, and transport it all to the military headquarters overnight." Wang Jundao said.

"Yes." Wei Zhongcheng nodded.

After Wei Zhongcheng left, Wang Jundao fell into contemplation again, now there is no shortage of civil and official talents around him, even if it is the kind of talent that is slaughtered and assisted, among which Cui Jingluo can be ranked first, followed by Baiyun City, who was arranged by him to deal with the shipping company in Jiaozhou Bay, Xun Qianli, who opened up the maritime trade of the Yanhuang Group, also has the potential to become the prime minister, Wei Zhongcheng's ability is not under Xun Qianli, and Qi Anmin, Liu Changfeng, Meng Xingliang and others are not much different, and at the foot of Mount Tai, it has been a place of cultural prosperity since ancient times, There are even more people with outstanding literary talents, and he will not lack civilian officials at all, but he lacks the kind of high-end military theoretical talents.

Where to find such a person? Digging Yuan Shikai's corner? Yuan Shikai's current "Three Heroes of Beiyang" Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, and Feng Guozhang have been gathered, and these three people have already returned to Yuan Shikai, they are not familiar with their lives, and they are young, so they can't dig these three people.

Xu Shichang? That is Yuan Shikai's eldest brother and his staff, although he himself and Yuan Shikai's political views are somewhat different, but it does not affect their brotherly relationship, and it is impossible to let Xu Shichang serve himself?

Zhang Zuolin, Wu Peifu? No, these two people are still just small people, they don't have much ability, but their ambitions have grown, and this kind of person can't be of great use.

Yan Xishan? is still working as a clerk in Shanxi, and he has never even touched a gun.

Feng Yuxiang? Still working as a creep.

Tang Jiyao? He also read the Four Books and Five Classics in his hometown in Yunnan.

Xu Shuzheng? Well...... Wait, this guy should be going to give up literature and martial arts, it seems that in 1901 he will go north to find Yuan Shikai to state the way of martial arts, but history has been closed, this guy is a great talent, but unfortunately he has not studied abroad yet, and he has not learned modern military theory knowledge, so it is not available.

Jiang Baili? This is the first military theorist of the Chinese Kuomintang in the 20 th century, and he should still be teaching as a school teacher; although he is a real talent and a patriotic young man, he has not yet undergone military training, and he cannot become a military theorist for the time being......

Wang Jundao couldn't help but sigh, could it be that there is no one I can use in this world?

Half a sound, his eyes lit up, I will personally cultivate talents if there is no talent, Xu Shuzheng, Jiang Baili, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang haven't all become talents yet? It doesn't matter, throw it to the Huaxia Military Academy for a few years of training, and then throw it into the army for a few years of training, then everything will be fine.

Thinking of this, he said loudly outside the door: "Lei Ba, you go and call the commander of the special operations battalion Tang and the commander of the artillery battalion Chen." ”

"Yes."

After answering loudly, the footsteps were far away, and Wang Jundao picked up the pen and wrote dozens of names on the paper in a row, all of which were military and political talents that should have appeared in the early 20th century in history, and he wanted Tang Jian to send soldiers from the special combat battalion to invite these people, and if they didn't come, they would be tied up, and of course there was also a task to let them bring the new "Piercing the Sky" rifles and pistols to the battlefield to test their power.

As for calling Chen Jiugong, the commander of the artillery battalion, of course, he was asked to carry a mortar and follow the four combat regiments to attack the four areas of Yanzhou, Jining, Caozhou, and Yizhou.