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【198】Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains open up a new face (2)

The negotiations were completely deadlocked.

Prince Gong Yixin found that the negotiation was unknowingly killed by Yao Fankong, who held a heavy army, and the man in front of him was neither a bandit who was angry, nor the kind of old man who only knew how to fight, let alone a pedantic literati who drilled righteousness. His speech and demeanor are elegant and magnificent, pointing at the country is like raising a palm to look at the pattern, and his negotiation style is like an iron plate hidden in cotton, which seems to be gentle in words, but it is unshakable.

Yi Xin's heart is cold, he understands that people like Yao Fan are the so-called talents of Zaifu, and being troublesome is the so-called henchmen, and making trouble is the so-called heroes of the world.

At this time, Li Hongzhang no longer had any illusions about the negotiations, and he smoked a hookah silently without saying a word.

Yao Fan didn't want to delay any longer, but since he was tired for a long time, he didn't want to get nothing.

"Mr. Yi, Mr. Li, if you can bring about the peaceful liberation of Beijing and Tianjin, the country and the people will never forget your merits; China is a big country, the Chinese pay attention to peace, and the future government of the new China will be a regime that unites various patriotic and progressive forces.

Yao Fan is not sure about his own wooing, especially for Yi Xin, who is the foreman of the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Minister of the Prime Minister Yamen, and a relative of the emperor, although he does not invite Cixi to be seen, but he is also powerful in the Qing government, will he allow his glory, wealth and noble status to become yesterday's yellow flower?

Although Li Hongzhang was given an examination by his teacher Zeng Guofan, and he was an official fan who "worked hard to be an official", could he see the situation clearly and resolutely join before the people's army seized the whole world?

Sure enough, Yi Xin didn't move, her hands were still wrapped in her sleeves and on her knees, she only rolled her lips and said: "Mr. Yao, the Tao is different and does not conspire, even if you take Beijing City, the people's hearts are still in the royal family, even if you are happy for a while, you may not be able to hold on." ”

Li Hongzhang has studied the books given to Li Jingxuan by Yao Fan, and has carefully studied Yao Fan's land policy and "Yao Zaofan's Quotations" during this time, and he still remembers his shock and anger, hesitation and fear when he first read the book. He is familiar with history and knows that every time China changes dynasties, it is nothing more than the peasants pushing it at the beginning. The so-called people's will is the heart of the majority of the people, and the majority of people in China are peasants. Yao Fan's land reform policy firmly captured the hearts of these low-level peasants, and his organizational model was extremely tight, with complete militarized management, and he personally controlled the absolute control of personnel appointments. Such a formidable opponent still has the most sophisticated weapons and advanced military theories, and there is even a ruling core such as the "party" within the organization, with logical and rigorous theoretical guidance, party constitution, discipline, and work objectives, and this mode of operation is undoubtedly much more efficient than the rule of the gentry under the imperial power.

And what especially makes Li Hongzhang feel helpless is that Yao Fan's current style is not at all the luxury of Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing after they gained power, this person seems to have no hobby for pomp and pleasure at all, and has no concept of dignity and humility! Even the clothes he wears are exactly the same as those of the soldiers at the bottom, and the shoes are exactly the same as the simple rubber-soled coarse cloth shoes worn by the soldiers. Li Hongzhang felt that even if Yao Fan was buying people's hearts, then he had already achieved the extreme, which could be said to be strictly abiding by the rules and precepts of life with the standards of ancient gentlemen.

The most terrifying thing is that this person has really achieved the sentence on the holy decree "pure learning, profound knowledge", looking at his books and quotations, you will feel that he is more than half a hundred years old, has a heavy army in his hands, and is in the position of the most important military minister, otherwise where can he write such a profound ideological article. Li Hongzhang asked himself if he could write these "domineering" insights, and even his teacher Zeng Guofan couldn't write them.

"Zaofan, can you allow the old man to think about it for a day or two." Li Hongzhang said a word to the gods.

Yao Fan's heart moved, knowing that there was a play, and without waiting for Yi Xin, who was facing Li Hongzhang angrily, he hurriedly said: "Please stay and think about it for one night, in order to show my sincerity, I will postpone the time of the general attack on Tianjin until tomorrow." ”

Yi Xin stood up angrily, brushed his sleeves and said, "You stay!" I'm leaving! ”

Li Jun stood up and instructed the guards: "Send Mr. Yixin to the villa in the city to live temporarily, and I will personally send Mr. Yi back to Beijing safely in a few days." ”

Yi Xin didn't look at Li Jun, and glared at Yao Fan angrily: "Yao Fan, you want to detain me?" ”

Yao Fan said: "Now that the war is chaotic, there are many bandits on the road, wait for a few days to take Beijing and Tianjin, and the Li Political Committee will personally send you back to Beijing." ”

After that, Yao Fan said to Li Hongzhang with a smile: "Elder Li must also agree to let Mr. Yi stay for a few more days, now you might as well follow me to visit the military appearance of our army and see who is stronger than the foreigners' army." ”

Yao Fan said to Li Jun: "Notify the 1st and 2nd Divisions to step up the construction of the Jinghai defense line, be on alert on all fronts, and wait for the order of the general attack." ”

"Manatee, let's accompany Li Lao to visit the Third Division, didn't they replenish the recruits? Let's go look at recruit training. ”

Li Hongzhang stood up slowly with a heavy heart, he knew that he and Yixin were strangers from now on, and the devil Liuxing might be able to understand his thoughts, but it was absolutely impossible for the imperial court to tolerate his behavior.

Li Hongzhang appreciated Yao Fan's deduction of Yixin, even if Yao Fan didn't open his mouth, he would make the same request to Yao Fan after Yixin left, and let Yao Fan catch up and detain Yixin. Once Yi Xin goes back to report to the imperial court, what if the imperial court is angry with his family and clansmen, even if he can't mobilize his own forces in Tianjin's lair and sends the news to Hefei?

thought of the basin that the imperial court buckled with a holy decree on Ding Baozhen's head; thought of the imperial court throwing out the mourned self like a rag; thought of the sentence on the official letter, "The public has a daughter, the luck of the court"; Thinking of the same Western-style devil Zi Liu, who was like himself and Ding Baozhen, was also sent out by Cixi as a scapegoat to beg for peace. A wave of anger burst out in Li Hongzhang's chest.

"The court treats me like a dog, and I treat the court like an enemy! Yao Fan's son, if he is guided, will become the hero of the world......"

Yao Fan didn't know what Li Hongzhang was thinking, so he invited Li Hongzhang and his party to get into the saddle car, and he rode with Li Hainiu and the soldiers of the guard company to the temporary training ground of the Third Division outside Cangzhou City.

Due to the relatively large casualties of the three divisions in the Battle of Botou, the First Army adopted the strategy of using the veterans of the third division to fill the gaps in the first division and the second division, and all the recruits were concentrated in the third division for the whole training.

After Li Hongzhang came to the shooting range, Yao Fan asked for a 54 Black Star pistol from the guard, aimed at the target paper in the distance, shot eight bullets in one go, handed it to the guard to reload it and took it back, handed it to Li Hongzhang and said, "Old Li, you also come and try?" ”

When Li Hongzhang saw Yao Fan shooting, the strange sound of the square-headed and square-headed pistol in his hand was shocked, and he fired eight shots in a row, which seemed to be extremely powerful, and he was shocked.

"What kind of product is this?"

"Chinese goods, designed in 1854, named 54 pistol."

"Can you shoot eight shots in a row?" Li Hongzhang took the gun, looked at it carefully, and saw that the gun body was smooth and there were no traces of turning and milling, and praised: "It is really a fine product." ”

After learning from Yao Fan, aiming at the target paper in the distance, Yao Fan saw that Lao Li was in a terrifying posture, lest he hurt himself, so he quickly corrected it hand in hand: "This gun has a lot of recoil, Li Lao should hold it tightly, his body should be tensed, and his arms should be stretched and flattened......"

Li Hongzhang was impatient, he had already shot before Yao Fan finished speaking, ......and he fired eight shots in a row, and he didn't look at the results after the fight, and said in amazement: "Good gun!" The workmanship is exquisite, so exquisite, it is really a weapon for self-defense! ”

The guards ran to 20 meters away to get two pieces of target paper, Yao Fan hit all eight shots, but Li Hongzhang only hit the target.

Yao Fan explained: "It is not easy for Li Lao to be on target for the first time with a handjob. ”

Li Hongzhang bowed slightly: "It's a good gun, I'm old, where can I still aim accurately." ”

Yao Fan said: "All company-level officers in our army are now equipped with this kind of pistol. Next, please ask Li Lao to visit our army's rifle shooting. ”

During the following visit, Li Hongzhang and his entourage witnessed the rifle shooting and machine gun training and grenade throwing training of Yao Fan's army, and they were all convinced from top to bottom.

"Zaofan, the bullets you use are so good, how much does it cost to get a shot? This kind of training consumes a lot of money, but you are willing to pay for it. ”

"At present, the bullets are secretly produced by overseas factories, and they will be produced in China in the future, and the price will be cheaper." Yao Fan passed with a sloppy look.

"It's better to hear than to see, I've seen your weapons with my own eyes today, and I just know that even if the old man has trained a million Huai troops, as long as you have enough ammunition, I'm afraid that the fight will be in vain, Yao Fan, how many guns and bullets do you have now? How many soldiers can you train? How long is the battle? ”

Yao Fan said: "Our party's secret factory is producing every day, and there is a steady stream of as many as we want. ”

"Your factory is in Daqing?"

"After the founding of the country, we will definitely move into the country."

Li Hongzhang stroked his beard lightly, his heart was excited, and at the same time he made up his mind.

"Zaofan, let's stop here, your People's Liberation Army is well-armed, bravely trained, neatly queued, and disciplined, my Huai army is much inferior."

"Elder Li has won the award, our army is not only about weapons, although I say this now, some of them do not have a backache when they stand and speak, but I firmly believe that the great strength of the people's army comes from the people themselves."

"Morning sail, it's not too early, go back to the city, I want to talk to you."

Yao Fan could see that Li Hongzhang was already moved, and the next thing was to talk about the conditions, so he immediately ordered the team to be closed, and the group rushed back to Cangzhou.

At this moment, it was already dinner time, and Yao Fan invited Li Hongzhang to have dinner with all the commanders and fighters of the headquarters.

It was probably a little strange to see a big official like Li Hongzhang, and there was some silence in the Yabian Hall of Cangzhou Mansion, which was temporarily requisitioned as a canteen, and everyone was silent and buried their heads to eat.

Yao Fan personally went to invite Li Hongzhang and led his attendants to sit down at several empty square tables.

Li Hongzhang saw steamed buns and porridge on the table, as well as three strange white iron basins with shredded meat and pickles, shredded radish roasted tofu, and scrambled eggs with green onions. If you look at the other tables, it's the same.

"Zaofan, you are thrifty, and you eat plainly in the army, as you should be."

"Our army is up and down, the soldiers eat whatever the cadres eat, the cadres just have one more scrambled egg than the soldier, it is really difficult to buy eggs, otherwise I will let the soldiers eat scrambled eggs too."

Li Hongzhang stopped talking, sat down and ate a bowl of porridge, admiring more and more in his heart.

Li Hongzhang sat silently beside Yao Fan eating a big pot of rice, but his eyes and brain did not stop for a moment. Li Jingxuan did not sit next to Li Hongzhang, but on the table of the female soldier in another seat, drank a bowl of porridge elegantly and sandwiched some eggs. Li Hongzhang was extremely shocked that there were female soldiers in Yao Fan's army, these female soldiers were obviously not female prostitutes with the army, nor did they look like family members, they all looked like peasant girls. And they are dressed almost exactly the same as the male soldiers, and they are also the same green clothes, but the necklines of their uniforms are not quite the same, and they actually have a small collar that is shocking, revealing the collar of the white shirt inside, and they wear a beanie hat on their heads, and a circle of red dental floss.

Li Hongzhang has been training all his life, and he was shocked and clearly understood in his heart that there were female soldiers in service in Yao Fan's army, which only proved one thing, the military discipline of this army must be so strict that it is beyond measure.