Hearing this, Xu Yanqing laughed, this Li Adaa is also interesting, he has rarely rewarded him with an officer with the rank of second lieutenant, he is still worried about the silver reward, doesn't he know that tens of thousands of soldiers in Yu Sheng's army dream of becoming officers, even if it is only the lowest level of ensign?

Yu Shengjun has a very strict control over the source of officers, basically the officers are all from the camp academy, even if a soldier is promoted to an officer, he must be able to read, and then enter the crash course of the camp academy to study, and then he can become the lowest second lieutenant. As for those ordinary soldiers who can't read big characters, it is difficult for them to directly become officers, no matter how great their combat exploits are.

Because Yu Shengjun is an army that makes extensive use of modern weapons and systems, and officer literacy is the most basic requirement, sometimes he would rather use a rookie second lieutenant who is a fledgling and his stomach trembles when he hears the sound of artillery to command a company, rather than let those brave soldiers command a company.

Ordinary soldiers, especially those who do not know how to read, have very few opportunities to be directly promoted to officers.

And today, in order to set an example of clear rewards and punishments, and encourage the soldiers to fight more diligently and hard, it can be regarded as an exception.

Looking at Li Ada's expression, he immediately laughed: "Don't worry, your silver reward will not be less than you, not only will you not be less, but as your first reward for climbing the city, in addition to the reward for killing the enemy, you will be rewarded with another hundred taels!" ”

Hearing that there was another hundred taels of silver, Li Ada's expression immediately showed a ecstatic expression: "Thank you, thank you, my lord!" ”

One hundred taels, plus the eighty taels of silver he got for killing the enemy just now, he received a reward of one hundred and eighty taels of silver after this battle, how many good paddy fields can be bought.

In contrast, the position of deputy battalion commander of the second lieutenant in the trapping camp has long been left behind by him!

After sending the happy Li Ada, Xu Yanqing convened many generals to discuss military affairs!

"At present, the Qing army in the city has retreated from all over the city, although most of them have retreated, but according to the report of the spies, there are still an unknown number of enemy troops scattered to defend all parts of the city, including the governor's yamen and the hangjiahu military preparation road yamen, etc., all of which still retain a large number of enemy troops.

Although it is only a matter of time before the enemy army is destroyed under the crushing of our army, I still hope that you will maintain the highest vigilance in the follow-up battle, and I do not want the ship to capsize in the gutter! ”

After speaking, Xu Yanqing stood up: "For the sake of my great China hegemony, you must show your courage and fearlessness and send good news to the commander as soon as possible!" ”

The next day, the 4th Infantry Division, with the 16th and 19th Auxiliary Defense Regiments as the vanguard, followed by the 8th, 9th, and 10th Mixed Regiments as the main force, and advanced deep into the urban area of Hangzhou.

Because it was a battle in the city, in order to avoid many indifferent casualties, and at the same time, the Qing army did not give up resistance, and still resisted desperately in various important buildings, so the overall advance speed was relatively slow.

This also caused the sound of guns and screams to continue to sound messily in Hangzhou, countless people in the city shivered and hid in their homes, the doors of the houses were closed, the shops on the street also put down the door panels, and people secretly looked at those Yu Shengjun outside the window from the gaps in the doors and windows.

In a humble courtyard on the side of the street, a young man in cloth about 16 years old looked at the only grain of rice left in the clay jar, and his face showed a look of lament that few young people were afraid of.

At this time, there was a coughing sound outside the door, and the cough was mixed with the voice of the old woman: "Li'er! ”

Immediately, the young man covered up the clay jar, and then walked out of the room quickly: "Mother, how did you come out of your illness before you recovered!" ”

"It's okay, it's stuffy in the room, I'll come out and breathe!" The woman said that she heard the noise of soldiers and horses outside, and immediately said, "How is the city now, Yu Shengjun has come in?" ”

The cloth-clothed young man said: "Well, yesterday Yu Shengjun had broken the city, and the boy heard Li Yuanwai next door say that even the governor's yamen would not be able to defend it!" ”

"Alas, the world is getting more and more chaotic!" The old woman sighed.

After saying two more words, the old woman said, "Is there still rice at home?" I don't remember much? ”

The cloth-clothed young man lowered his head: "Mother, you don't have to worry about this, and what else!" ”

The cloth-clothed young man helped the old woman into the house as he spoke, and then said to a little girl who was only eleven or twelve years old: "Xuan'er, look at my mother, I'll go out and buy some rice!" ”

Na Xuan'er looked worried after hearing this: "Those chaotic soldiers outside, brother, do you have to go out?" And now I am afraid that there is not much silver at home, how to buy rice? ”

The young man smiled: "Don't worry, brother, I have my own way!" ”

After that, he went back to the house and took out a few broken silver horns and a handful of copper coins from the corner, which added up to only three or four coins, and then took a cloth bag and pushed open the courtyard door.

As soon as he pushed open the courtyard door and walked two steps, he saw a group of more than 30 Yu Shengjun soldiers walking in front of him, and immediately he shrank down to the wall, trying not to attract their attention, and at the same time, he also quietly looked at those Yu Shengjun soldiers, and found that these people were different from the officers or thieves he had seen before.

These soldiers of Yu Shengjun wore dark blue military uniforms, and none of them were wrapped with strips of cloth or discarded like the thieves like other officers and soldiers, but all of them were bald on their heads, or they had hair that was only an inch long, and they wore brown cloth-soled fast shoes under their feet, and carried a foreign gun with a bayonet on their shoulders, and a cloth belt tied around their waists, a leather ammunition bag, and an iron water bottle.

They also carried a marching bag, which contained a simple soldier's single quilt, a change of uniform, ammunition and other items necessary for combat and life.

Next to these soldiers, there was also an officer on a horse, I saw him riding a brown Mongolian horse with a shoulder height of about 1.25 meters, and the military uniform on his body was also mainly dark blue, but the specific style was different from those soldiers', the shirt was double-breasted, the pants were double-edged red, and the cut was more decent, wearing a pair of long leather boots, wearing a large-brimmed hat that the soldiers did not have, and there was no trace of hair under the hat, and it was obvious that he had shaved his head.

There is a brown belt tied around his waist, and a left-handed revolver in a loaded holster is pinned to the belt, and the cloth-clothed boy naturally does not know that this pistol is the basic structure of the American Colt revolver imitated by the Linde Machinery Factory, and then designed his own 1855 model left-handed pistol, the gun has two models, one is an officer-type pistol with smaller volume and weight and better decoration, which Yu Shengjun purchased for special rationing of officers, and the other is larger in size and weight, and greater in relative power. Yu Shengjun procured special equipment for the cavalry.

In addition to the pistol, the officer of the Yu Shengjun also had a command knife hanging from his waist, and this command knife was also a very special straight saber in the domestic army, not only the blade was straight, but also the handle was straight, which was very different from the curved waist knife used on a large scale by other domestic armies.

The cloth-clothed young man looked at this army, which was extremely unfamiliar to him, and shrank people in the corner and did not dare to move forward, for fear of attracting the attention of these Yu Shengjun and causing unnecessary trouble.

However, he had kept as low a profile as he could, but as if trouble had found him, the officer on the horse had just turned his head to look at him, and then, as if he had noticed something, he immediately rode over, and the other soldiers followed.

At this moment, the cloth-clothed young man instantly became nervous, and he didn't know why he had attracted the attention of these Yu Shengjun.

But when those Yu Shengjun approached, he found that the officer on the horse was a little familiar!

He felt extremely strange, but the officer had already dismounted directly and walked towards him quickly, and said with a smile as he walked: "Brother Dong Li, isn't your mansion in Longlin Township, why are you here?" ”

Dong Li was still a little puzzled, this person was a little familiar, and he actually called out his name, but then looked closely at the person in front of him who seemed to be about the same age as himself, but he suddenly realized, isn't this Lu Daobao from Fuyang County, Hangzhou Prefecture?

This Lu Daobao is two years older than himself, in the early years they studied together in a small academy in Fucheng, Lu Daobao is not good at schoolwork, and often cheekily asks Dong Li, who is two years younger than him, for advice, Dong Li every time he teaches each other wholeheartedly, never leaving selfishness, and the two are half of their friends.

Later, he passed the government examination and the college examination and successfully entered the school, but Lu Daobao was connected to the first, and last year I don't know why he suddenly stopped studying in the academy, and it was rumored that he joined the army.

Now that he suddenly saw him here, Dong Li knew that the rumors of Lu Daobao's defection to the army were not fake, and this vote was not for the official army, but for Yu Shengjun.

Immediately settled down, and then spoke: "In the first half of the year, my mother was seriously ill, and all the fields and houses were sold, so I had to move to Fucheng to find some copywriters to make a living, so as to support my family. ”

After saying that, he showed a wry smile, which was sour and astringent.

Lu Daobao glanced at Dong Li slightly, saw the washed white cloth robe on his body, and then said: "At present, the war in the city has not stopped, and a small number of Qing troops are still stubbornly resisting the purging of my Great China Wang Division. ”

As he spoke, he said a few words to the soldiers behind him.

The soldiers behind him immediately took out the pancakes from their backpacks, and then Lu Daobao walked to Dong Li's side with these pancakes, regardless of Dong Li's hand, he directly put the pancakes in Dong Li's cloth bag: "Now that my brother has only these dry foods, you can take them back and endure them for two days for the time being, it is estimated that it will be safe in the city tomorrow, and then come out to buy rice!" ”

Dong Li wanted to push it back, but when he thought about the empty rice jar in his house, he didn't continue to push it out, and after thinking about it, he just took out a handful of copper coins and handed them to Lu Daobao.

Lu Daobao looked at this former classmate and friend, and took the copper coin directly without refusal, and then said: "Brother Dong, in the past, I knew that your talent was far beyond mine, and now when I spread my wings in Greater China, I urgently need talents to serve, I don't know if Brother Dong is interested in joining me in Greater China, although I Lu Daobao is only a second lieutenant, but I must personally recommend Brother Dong to the official!" ”

After hearing this, Dong Li habitually shook his head: "Dong Li is a scholar, and he has no power to restrain the chicken, where he can fight on the battlefield like Brother Lu!" ”

Lu Daobao smiled when he heard this: "Who said that scholars can't lead the army to fight on the battlefield, look at my Yu Shengjun General, that is not a scholar?" ”

didn't wait for Dong Li's answer, Lu Daobao just said again: "Now that I am in military affairs, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, you can come to me tomorrow in the military camp in the north of the city, even if you can't join hands to fight on the battlefield, but you can also drink and talk!" ”

After that, he just turned over and got on his horse again and shouted at his subordinates: "All of them, let's go!" ”

Looking at Lu Daobao, who was riding a horse and leading the army away, and then touching the cloth bag in his hand, Dong Li turned around and walked home, his thin body in the cold wind trembled slightly in the white robe, his head lowered, and his face was full of bitterness! (To be continued.) )