For seven days, in addition to not being able to leave the school, there is training and class. In just seven days, the twenty-two Beiyang officers couldn't bear it, and the first one to fall was the veteran Song Qing. Although considering that he is already fifty years old after all, all training has been halved. The stubborn old man didn't want to enjoy the special, and after three days he had to reduce the amount of training. But I still couldn't hold on, and after seven days, I was tired and collapsed. He wrote an excerpt to the emperor in the infirmary, hoping that the emperor would let him continue to stay in the military academy. The next day, Guangxu's approved excerpts were sent to the military academy: except for long-distance running and standing posture halved, other training can not be participated.

For Song Qing, a veteran, not only Guangxu has enough respect for him, but other officers in Beiyang also have enough respect for this veteran general. As soon as the day's training was over, the Beiyang officers all came to the infirmary to visit the old general.

"Is Lord Song feeling better?" Xu Bangdao brought a chair and sat next to Song Qing's bedside.

Song Qing looked at the crowd of people who came in and greeted him, Song Qing sat up: "I have to worry about you, the old man feels much better." Please also tell the medical officer that the old man is fine, but they just won't let him out. ”

"Lord Song, there are beautiful servants waiting for you every day, you might as well stay a few more days, and you will go out to suffer from that Raush." Iktanga laughed out loud with some jealousy. He was injured and asked to be hospitalized, but he didn't think that the medical officer just sprinkled some Yunnan Baiyao and kicked him out.

Anyway, there was still some time before dinner, and the Beiyang officers chatted in Song Qing's ward. They talked about the shirtless soldiers who trained in the winter, about the tactical lessons they had never heard of every night, and about the food that was better than that of their army.

At this time, Liu Shengxiu quietly entered the door, gently closed the door, and said a little mysteriously: "I have inquired, inside the back door is the central reconnaissance company directly under the emperor." There were only about 200 of them. Today, the prisoner car was delivered to the back door by a Jiangyang thief. ”

Liu Shengxiu's words quieted down the entire ward. In fact, everyone has curiosity, and they don't want to figure out what's inside. There were not only gunshots inside, but also the sound of cannons and explosions from time to time, and the Beiyang officers who had been in the army for a long time could hear that it was a large-caliber artillery. After training the day before yesterday, before it was dinner time, these twenty-two people came to the back door, and they couldn't see anything outside except for the blood-red lines and words. Liu Shengxiu cautiously walked outside the cordon, and just as soon as he raised his leg, after a gunshot, the bullet under Liu Shengxiu's feet splashed a cloud of dust. The person inside spoke: "We'll hit you in the head with the next shot, if you don't believe it, you can try it." "The voice is unmistakable. Since then, Liu Shengxiu has been recorded.

Just when everyone was still puzzled, Liu Shengxiu continued: "In addition to the Jiangyang thieves, there have also been death row prisoners such as flower thieves, thieves, robbers, assassins, etc., as well as doctors who study medicine and knights with high kung fu. I've heard that there are ordinary people who look like students or gentlemen. And the people inside have never been seen. No one knows what's going on inside. ”

"Don't the people from the staff know that they don't know?"

"Don't say anything about the staff department, I heard that even the German instructors don't know." Liu Shengxiu shook his head and said, "What he does, it's the emperor's business anyway." Let's go eat. ”

Liu Shengxiu was telling the truth, only Wang Shizhen knew what was going on inside, but even he didn't know what was going on inside. In fact, in addition to what Liu Shengxiu heard, there were also farmers, hunters, fishermen and others who had been sent in by more covert means, as well as gamblers and Qinglou girls. Special forces, of course, should know everything. Climbing over walls to break into houses, stealing and robbing, killing people and setting fires, digging pits and setting ambushes, trapping traps, treating diseases and saving people, etc. Guangxu, who has never been a soldier, can only put everything he can think of in later generations on TV, the Internet, and novels that is related to working behind enemy lines. Learn to do it first, and explore as you go. But Guangxu has always wanted to get one thing, but he can't find those people.

Half a year ago, in a small house next to the hall of the Tang family in Yucheng, Sichuan. An old man and a young man sit opposite each other.

"I don't know what this gentleman is coming to visit? It seems like we've never seen it. "The Tang family doesn't know why.

"I'm straight to the point. My name is Zhou Qin, and I am the office of the Logistics Department of the New Army of the Imperial Court. This time I came to visit the Tang family, and I really had something to ask for. Zhou Qin said.

"It turned out to be a military master, please say it's okay."

"Since ancient times, it has been rumored in the rivers and lakes that the Tang Sect is the first drug user in the world, and it has been famous for a long time. We also came here and wanted to ask the Tang family to give a finger or two. Zhou Qin smiled and said: "The old man doesn't have to refuse, we can come to the door to ask for it, naturally it has been confirmed." Although we are not sure that you are the descendants of the Tang Sect in the rivers and lakes, they are also very close. ”

When the old man heard this, it turned out that he had come prepared. didn't refuse at the moment, but just said: "How can the rumors in the rivers and lakes be credulous." The world will know one or two ways to use poison. My Tang family is not as powerful as rumored, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Lord Zhou. ”

"I really don't want to hide it, I came to find Tang Jiashi and came on the emperor's orders. The emperor admired the wonder of the Tang family's poisonous method, and intended to let people learn it. Old man, please rest assured, we will not ask the Tang family for any top-secret poison formula, as long as the Tang family can teach us to use some common herbs in the mountains to make some poison prescriptions that can make people lose their ability to act in a while. After Zhou Qin finished speaking, he took out a gold medal and put it on the table.

Zhou Qin saw that the old man of the Tang family just smiled and didn't speak, so he changed the topic: "Actually, my original intention was to let the Tang family directly join the sequence of the new army, and directly let the Tang family serve the country." But the emperor said that none of the Jianghu sects seemed to be willing to have any close relationship with the imperial court, so I didn't have to be reluctant. As long as you can give some advice, the emperor's heart is enough. ”

Hehe, the old man smiled: "Emperor Meng looks up, and the Tang family can be regarded as having a light on his face." ”

"You don't have to be polite, old man. I heard that the Tang Sect is also proficient in secret weapons, and it would be a blessing if the new army of my imperial court could get the guidance of the Tang Sect. ”

"Master Zhou knows a lot. I'm afraid that what Lord Zhou heard was just rumors. ”

Listening to the words of the old man of the Tang family, it means that he is unwilling. The smile on Zhou Qin's face disappeared: "The emperor asked me to invite, and I came respectfully." If the Tang family really doesn't have this ability, I have nothing to say. I know that talking to the old gentleman about the national righteousness of the country is just a joke, but in fact, the time in this country is really running out. We want to mobilize all available forces. Although the emperor told me not to force the Tang family, I was willing to do so. But as a subordinate, you can't let the emperor down. The invitation will arrive tonight, so please check carefully. Leave. ”

Early the next morning, Tang Rui, the second son of the Tang family, came to the Yuelai Inn in Yucheng with an invitation card, and when he saw Zhou Qin, he said: "I came on the order of my father, and I will go to the capital with the two adults to listen to the emperor's order." ”

The Tang family originally didn't want to participate in the affairs of the imperial court, but they still let the second son go every second time, and the way that Lord Zhou sent the invitation was really special. The old man of the Tang family who waited for the invitation all night and didn't wait for it, woke up the next day and saw the invitation card and a dagger at the bedside. After repeated inquiries, there was no outsider intrusion last night. Although Lord Zhou said that the emperor had no intention of reluctantly, the threatening words before Lord Zhou left, coupled with the sudden invitation and dagger, were very clear, and they chose one of the two. If you don't agree, just this Lord Zhou will have the ability to destroy the Tang family.

Not only the Tang family, but Zhou Qin went to the next level. Anyone who has some fame among the people and has a skill has been "invited" by Zhou Qin in various ways, or kidnapped, arrested, or threatened with his family members in the reconnaissance company. Even the famous Dadao King Wu in the capital will be taken by the officials every month for disturbing the place. Of course, it is not in vain that he is taken by the official and has a salary.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and after a month of study in the first officer training course of the military academy, someone finally proposed to leave -- Iktanga. The intensity of the training is too high, and the course is too difficult is his reason. But Iktanga said in private that it was okay to go to bed and get up on time every day, and he endured making his own bed and folding quilts, but his hands were frozen like a steamed bun and he had to wash his pants by himself. He packed his luggage and walked out of the school gate, just as the emperor said when they came, there was no punishment, and he got fifty taels of silver for the journey. Outside the school gate, Iktanga's personal soldiers had been waiting for a long time, and then they took Iketanga's luggage and turned around and left. Iktanga didn't notice that two of his own soldiers were missing.

Two months later, the officer training course ended. Each Beiyang officer wrote a study report and submitted it to the General Staff, which then forwarded their report to the Emperor. In the evening, the senior staff officers of the General Staff Department also held a small farewell party. Because regardless of the study report, they will leave this military school tomorrow.

Two months of studying and training together. A peculiar emotion rose from the bottom of the hearts of the soldiers, albeit very faint.

After leaving, some of the Beiyang officers went home to prepare for the festival, and some returned to their garrisons to begin training their troops according to the knowledge learned in the military academy, and according to the emperor's will, they selected the second phase of the officer training course after the year from among their subordinate battalion officers, and each of them had two quotas. However, Nie Shicheng came to the Tianjin Zhili Governor's Mansion and truthfully reported to Li Hongzhang what he had seen and heard in the officer training class.

After Nie Shicheng left, Li Hongzhang fell into deep thought for a long time.

The combat effectiveness of the Forces nouvelles may not yet be very strong, but it has already shown itself to be more and more capable during the exercises at the beginning of the year. From Nie Shicheng's words, it may be heard that the Beiyang officers who have studied through the military academy will definitely be able to improve the ability of the Beiyang Army, not to mention the second phase after the year. But Li Hongzhang was not only happy, but also deeply worried. That is, Nie Shicheng's words have clearly expressed his good impression of the officers of the New Army. Only then did Li Hongzhang react, did the emperor use this method to shorten the distance between the officers of the New Army and the officers of Beiyang, and to divide the already self-contained group of Beiyang?

And that forbidden area in the military academy, what's inside? Li Hongzhang keenly discovered that the people sent by the emperor, regardless of the identities of these people, all have a skill. Could it be a killer group like Emperor Yongzheng's blood?

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