Xu Shichang asked Yuan Shikai to contact Wang Yi, not to mention whether he rebelled or not, at least he was a foreign country. Although there are already pioneers, whether it is Yang Changjun, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, or the Cen family, which is known as the three governors of one family in later generations, to put it bluntly, it is not comparable to a petty official like Yuan Shikai now. Everyone is a powerful faction, and the Northeast is willing to accept it, which is also reasonable. But Lao Yuan knew in his heart that whether it was in front of the Qing Dynasty or in front of the Northeast, he was like a mosquito. In addition to staining people's blood, he ended up in pieces. So Yuan Shikai didn't dare to make up his mind, which is understandable.

The next few days passed as usual, and Yuan Shikai and Xu Shichang did not mention the events of that night when they met.

At present, the new army has only three towns, and there is still a big gap between the original plan and the six towns, and only the first town is currently full, and it has become under the command of Tie Liang. And Yuan Shikai himself can really call the shots at present, there are only two towns left, but there are only more than 5,000 people in the second town, and more than 4,000 people in the third town, which together are not as many as the first town. But fortunately, the big framework has been built, and there are corresponding personnel to operate in all aspects, and Yuan Shikai doesn't need to add more thoughts. Seeing that a new batch of students from the Beiyang Army Military Academy was about to graduate, Yuan Shikai began to prepare for the establishment of the Fourth Town. He can also see that he expects to put his experience in the second and third towns, and it is better to build a new organization and wait for it to be slowly improved in the future. Otherwise, if you build a town like a fool, and the Qing court seeks to seize a town, then you have to pay for all the capital you need to settle down and live.

A loss like the first town, it is enough to eat once.

Speaking of different from the history of later generations, the original Dingwu Army should have been first proposed and operated by Hu Lian (燏yu four sounds, 棻 fen one sound), and he also presided over it. However, later Hu Liao was transferred to the Lujin Railway Supervisor, and was awarded the title of Shuntianfu Yin, and the prime minister was moved to the minister of national affairs. To put it simply, I was promoted! This is Yuan Shikai's turn to come forward. It's just that unlike later generations, Yuan Shikai at this time made great achievements in North Korea and Vietnam because of the special relationship he formed with the Northeast Insurance Team in North Korea...... Mainly in comparison with other officers in the Qing court. In addition, Premier Yang Qiuxing inadvertently asked Zhou Fu, a visiting Li Hongzhang's staff, about where Yuan Shikai was at the moment, and Zhou Fu at that time didn't know that there was such a number one person in the Qing Dynasty, and later mentioned to Li Hongzhang that these two were also curious to find Yuan Shikai's resume. Boy! Talent...... After such twists and turns, Yuan Shikai's new army debuted.

The so-called towns are similar to the divisions of later generations, and the six towns are six integrated divisions, and the total number of people is said to reach 100,000. One can imagine how difficult it would be to build such a modern army with the Qing court's current financial situation, which was almost divided, and was in an embarrassing financial situation that was close to bankruptcy.

Yuan Shikai also took great pains for the new army, which is also his own strength. Every night, when I lit the lamp and boiled oil, I thought about how to find more silver from the yamen above to fill the military expenses. Sometimes he also wonders, how could Wang Yi pull up a team in the first place?

If military spending can still be like a woman's breasts, there will always be a squeeze, but there are too many problems on the soldier side.

At present, the new army is all Prussian uniform, and it is spiritual, mainly to distinguish it from the Northeast Insurance Team. The whole army is trained in the new style of foreign drills and in accordance with the regulations and regulations of the German Army. Soldiers need to be between 20 and 25 years old, have the strength to hold 100 pounds, and walk 20 miles in an hour. The equipment is also the latest German weapons.

Because of the Qing court's fear of the Northeast, according to Yuan Shikai's original intention, he planned to use the Northeast Insurance Corps to train the new army. However, this matter was rejected by Rong Lu and Li Hongzhang, both of whom are old fritters in officialdom, and naturally have much more foresight than Yuan Shikai, a fledgling stunned young man who has just returned from the battlefield. That's right, the Northeast Insurance Corps was chosen as a training template, the same kind of text, and most of the experience could be directly used, and the Qing court also sent some students to study at the Northeast Army Military Academy, and the problem of the officer system was also very easy to solve. However, military correctness does not mean political correctness, and both Rong Lu and Li Hongzhang understand that this road will not work.

Since you can't choose the Northeast, then retreat to the next best thing...... Germany, known as the world's largest army, naturally entered the field of vision of the new army. It's just that the disadvantages of this choice are also obvious. The first is the difference in race, the second is the difference in the soldiers, and the most important thing is that Yuan Shikai and others are powerless to change, that is, there are huge differences in the concepts of officers and soldiers on both sides. Of course, there are also benefits to choosing the German Army as a template. Everyone in the world knows that the Northeast Autonomous Region and Germany are very close to each other, and Germany even sent some middle- and low-ranking officers to the Northeast Insurance Corps for further training and to participate in the war against Russia. In terms of weapons, the German army, which had not used force for more than ten years, also began to be affected by the northeast, and the most important change in the army was to begin to pay attention to the introduction of machine gun fire and the application of mortars and flamethrowers.

The final result of weighing the pros and cons was that Rong Lu and Li Hongzhang agreed to Yuan Shikai's request. They didn't interfere in the rest of the things, after all, Yuan Shikai was the assistant minister of military training.

Subsequently, Yuan Shikai formulated strict military discipline, which was strictly implemented at the same time. A typical example is that there was an officer hiding in the field smoking opium, was discovered by the old Yuan, although the officer knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, Yuan Shikai still pulled out his saber and stabbed the person on the spot, which shook the whole army for a while. Since then, no one has dared to smoke opium in the army. As a result of these efforts, the newly built army became the nominally most effective force in the Qing Empire.

On this day, in a hut, Yuan Datou and a group of henchmen were discussing matters related to the preparation of the fourth town. Xu Shichang was speaking: "In order to take control of the first town, Tie Liang squeezed out many of these Han officers and soldiers. I think that since he has good eyes and does not know gold and jade, let's not be polite, those officers and soldiers who have left the first town, we will directly arrange for the fourth town. This not only solved the problem of the shortage of officers, but also had a group of veterans in the fourth town, and many difficult periods could be quickly resolved. ”

Wang Shizhen, Cao Kun and others all agreed with Xu Shichang's Jianyi, which was originally to serve the Qing Dynasty, but after Tie Liang's trouble, the Manchu and Han problems in the new army became more and more acute. If this army does not agree with each other, it will seriously affect the improvement of combat effectiveness.

When a group of people were talking, a few horses came to the small courtyard, and then the door curtain was lifted, and a few people walked in from the outside, and the leader was Lao Yuan's current rival - Tie Liang.