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Of course, the master mentioned by Zhang Renjie does not exist in this era, so he only hears the name of the famous martial artist on the rivers and lakes, but he does not know any of them. Late cleared the very famous top ten masters, and there are still many martial artists who are not inferior to them, as for those of Zhang Renjie's level, who are still one step away from the grandmaster, almost every mansion has them.

Even if you are a few people in Huai'an Mansion who open martial arts gyms and practice martial arts very well, people don't know you Zhang Renjie. Zhang Renjie also wanted to go over to the door to solicit, but he opened a martial arts gym, and he had a small background in the local area, and he mixed it very well, and the solicitation was ineffective.

After separating from the Changlong Dart Bureau, the Renzi camp soon returned to the Dusi Yamen, and Hua Liangfu had also returned from Taoyuan. Zhang Renjie came back with a platoon of bandit prisoners, and Hua Liangfu also brought a group of bandits over. However, the nature of the two bandits is very different.

Taoyuan Meng Laohu is a well-known bandit in Huai'an Mansion or Taoyuan, and he never robs ordinary poor people. For those big households, it is only for those who are unkind to the rich and harm the township.

There are quite a few people under Meng Laohu's command, and they are not worse than the Dragon King of the Sea, but the weapons and equipment are not good. The old-fashioned bird guns don't have a few shots, and the new-style foreign guns only have a pitiful six. That's all, most of them are still snatched from some large households.

According to Hua Liangfu's description, the men and horses under Meng Laohu's command seem to be a lot of people, but there are only eighty real young and strong men, and the rest are considered old, weak, sick and disabled. There are also 100 women and children in his cottage, and they usually farm by themselves, which can be regarded as self-sufficient. If it's not enough, go to the big gun.

"What Brother Meng did in Taoyuan, the official has also heard about it, and he admires it very much! Presumably Brother Meng also saw it, there are subordinates who turn the sky upside down, and now that Brother Meng has also joined my Renzi battalion, then there will be no more bandits in Huai'an Mansion. To tell the truth, although what you do is to kill the rich and help the poor, after all, I am an official and you are a bandit, and I will still lead troops to kill you because of the order. ”

Zhang Renjie smiled and continued: "But now there is no such thing as zài, Brother Meng has also become his own people, and his own people will never beat their own people." However, these brothers you brought with you are brave but not disciplined, and they still have to go through strict training to join my Renzi camp. ”

"Listen to the orders of the adults!" Meng Laohu is a person who understands, Hua Liangfu made it very clear, originally he just had the idea of coming over and seeing, but after seeing that the Heaven Turning Jiao was also completely destroyed, he didn't have any ideas.

He had also seen the faces of the soldiers of the Renzi Battalion before, which was far from being comparable to those of them who were used to being casual. Not to mention anything else, that is, people can know the gap with a new foreign gun.

With hundreds of guns, if you really attack them, you probably won't be able to hold out for even an hour. What's more, Hua Liangfu told him that there are still cannons and machine guns in the Renzi Battalion. He hadn't seen what a machine gun was, but when it came to artillery, he was furious.

He has his own kung fu, and he can run if he can't beat him, but he still has so many brothers and family members under his command. I ran away, what will happen to the rest?! At that time, they will have only one ending left--- like the previous bandits, the nest was breached, most of the people below were killed, and those who survived were captured and sent to the prefect's yamen to be killed.

"There's no need to be inhibited, except in training and wartime, when the adults are strict with their brothers, they are very approachable at all times. For you and your brothers, you have already made arrangements. Hua Liangfu looked at Meng Laohu's somewhat cautious appearance, smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Your brothers are still led by you, and they are organized into a separate company, and you are the company commander. I will send a few instructors to your company to focus on training and discipline. This is where you need to take the initiative. The army is no different from other places, it talks about orders and prohibitions, and orders are a qiē. When the time comes, if someone doesn't obey the order, don't blame me for not warning you in advance! ”

When Meng Laohu heard this, he was not dissatisfied in his heart. His subordinates were selected by the standard of the Renzi Battalion, and eighty people were eliminated by ten. And he also inquired with Hua Liangfu, and there were 150 people in a company in the Renzi Battalion. He can continue to bring his brothers under him, and he will serve as a company commander when he comes up, which is already a face-saving person. Perhaps, this is for the sake of him who has robbed the rich and helped the poor for many years and has never robbed ordinary people, otherwise, let alone sending military divisions to recruit them, he should have directly led the troops to Taoyuan to destroy him like destroying the Sea Dragon King, the old hammer head, and the earth-turning Jiao!

Nodding hurriedly: "Don't worry, I will strictly follow the military orders, and if any of the brothers below are disobedient, I will clean them up." If it doesn't work, I'll kick them out of the team. ”

"It's good that you understand, after all, your identity has changed from now on. To be a soldier is to have the appearance of a soldier, and to scatter slowly into what kind of system! Zhang Renjie said sternly.

Now that the time is already April, time is really running out, and Zhang Renjie must step up preparations. Now, in addition to the seventy people who have joined Meng Laohu, more than 500 other combat auxiliaries have been successfully trained, and they finally have the appearance of a real army. At least half of the fighters have been trained in many anti-bandit battles, and their hands are bloody, so they will not panic when they experience that atmosphere again. After all, the battlefield is not a fun place, and killing people is not that easy.

Hua Liangfu continued to stay in the Dusi Yamen, and prepared in an orderly manner according to the strategy discussed by the two. The two steamers purchased with the assistance of Jardine Matheson's manager Hudson have also arrived, authentic British goods. However, this is second-hand, a British businessman came to the Far East to do business and went bankrupt, and needed to sell three steamers under his name, which happened to be bought in advance by Jardine Matheson. The boat was bought, but the interior still needs to be refitted, otherwise it will be very crowded with more than 500 people.

The interior space of the merchant ship is not used to accommodate people, and according to Zhang Renjie's request, all unnecessary things inside need to be removed and used only as troop carriers. Of course, this ship also needs to be equipped with some weapons, after all, crossing the Taiwan Strait is also likely to be intercepted by the French army.

At this moment, Zhang Renjie has arrived in Anhui with twenty soldiers of the Renzi Battalion. The purpose of this trip is to find Liu Mingchuan, but he can't directly name him, his first target is Zhang Youde's brother who has not met for more than ten years, and Liu Mingchuan's cousin Liu Mingfang. According to Zhang Youde, Liu Mingfang is a person who misses the old love very much, and he has no view of the door. Otherwise, he would not have taken the initiative to worship him because Zhang Youde saved his life.

Liu Mingfang, as the Liu family, also followed Liu Mingchuan's footsteps. Liu Mingchuan was awarded the rank of Admiral of Zhili, and Liu Mingfang was also a general in the army. However, Liu Mingchuan was dismissed, and he also returned to his hometown with Liu Mingchuan. Therefore, as long as Liu Mingfang is found, then he will naturally be able to contact Liu Mingchuan.

Up to now, Liu Mingchuan has been idle for more than ten years, and in the past ten years, state affairs have become increasingly decaying, and foreign troubles have become more and more severe, Liu Mingchuan has not turned a blind eye to the affairs outside the window, and often interacts with some people who do foreign affairs and have the idea of reform, and it is precisely in the process of interacting with them that his thinking has also undergone great changes, and he often wanders in the middle of the night and cannot sleep peacefully. In fact, Liu Mingchuan had already handed a letter to his old master, Li Hongzhang, and was also contacting old friends in the DPRK and China.

For many days, he was secretly preparing to go back to the battlefield to kill the enemy and serve the country. Zhang Renjie also calculated this and found this place first.