The formation of the troops is definitely tighter than the money. But Long Qian had to deal with the two prefects around him first.

The next morning, Long Qian took the time to talk to Tang Shaoyi and Wu Yong about the business that he didn't finish talking about yesterday. Tang Shaoyi said that Yuan Shikai had decided to withdraw the headquarters of the Wuwei Right Army stationed in Yizhou and Yanzhou, but the original patrol battalions in the two states were to be trained and governed by the right wing of the Weisheng Army. It's just that Lunan is seriously troubled, and I hope you will exterminate the bandits in the territory as soon as possible. I didn't expect you to solve the calf as soon as you came back, this news spread to Jinan, and Yuan Weiting will definitely be exposed to it. ”

"Alas, in the past, Long and Yuan Gong met each other, and it was really ashamed to say it," Long Qian's face was sad, "I don't even know how to go to Jinan to meet Yuan Gong." ”

Yesterday was in a hurry, basically did not mention Jinan, Long Qian was eager to know Yuan Shikai's attitude towards himself as a town guard, although what Tang Shaoyi said was for reference only, but Long Qian still wanted to talk to Tang Shaoyi on this topic.

"Ha Luha, think about it too much," today's atmosphere is excellent, under Long Qian's resolute request, Tang Shaoyi occasionally used Long Qian's expression, "Yuan Weiting is a heroic man in the world, and his bearing is magnificent, how can he mind because of a little holiday in the past?" Don't hide it, Lord Yuan heard that King Qin's detachment had beaten the Seymour coalition army, and he was happy! said that he was really a hero and won glory for Shandong. Later, when I received the order of the imperial court to appoint a general to guard Lunan, Yuan Gong personally said to me, 'The imperial court has won people. I really want to meet this young hero as soon as possible...... 'retreat is arrogant, and he used to lead the army to the king. Although the spirit of thousands of people made Tang feel broken. Why do you care about the little bit of mustard with Yuan Gong at the beginning? ”

Long Qian said in his heart, when Yuan Shikai received the battle report of the Mengshan Army's victory in Xigu, your brother Tang was still in Tianjin, right? Yuan Shikai is not happy, where can you see it? "Yuan Gongwei is famous, although Long has also heard of it overseas. At the beginning, if there were one or two more Yuan Gong in Korea, there would be no disaster in the Yellow Sea. The past really can't be mentioned, and now that the same hall is a minister, Long should go to Jinan to meet Lord Futai, but everything is undecided, it's really not good to go. ”

Wu Yong really wanted to go to Jinan immediately, he didn't want to stay in this ravine. "Wu can't see what the adults are embarrassed about?"

Tang Shaoyi secretly scolded Wu Yong for being stupid. Long Qian was waiting for Wu Yongmat's words. "Lord Wu is in Lushan. The purpose of the imperial court to build a mighty victory army, let's not talk about it, everyone knows the ardent expectations of the Queen Mother and the emperor. Build the right wing first and hand it over to me to lead, brother, I am worried all night. lest I live up to the expectations of the Queen Mother. ”

Wu Yong blinked. Long Qian's words can't be said to be nonsense. And. Long Qian did have the imprint of Cixi on his body, but it should be said that he was worried all night and returned to Zhengjiazhuang's "bandit's nest". Wu Yong's state of mind has changed greatly. Since childhood, this invincible army is more like Long Qian's private army. Just like the Huai Army back then, it is okay to say that it is Li Hongzhang's personal army.

Long Qian didn't pay attention to Wu Yong's ever-changing expression, and continued to speak, "Isn't it embarrassing for us to specify the location but not talk about the source of the salary?" According to Lord Ronglu's intentions, the Wasion Army will be established in accordance with the establishment of the German Army, with one wing under the jurisdiction of two standards, plus auxiliary services, with a total of about 7,000 people. Let's not talk about the monthly military salary, the lack of equipment supplement is a headache for Long. The imperial court weighed Long, and the Queen Mother earnestly warned that Long did not dare to forget it. If you don't build and train the right wing well, how can you be worthy of the Queen Mother? Worthy of the imperial court? But the imperial court is in trouble, and now Li Zhongtang is still working hard with foreigners in Beijing, and his situation is difficult, Lord Wu has seen it with his own eyes, how can he make Long shy and reach out to the court to ask for money? What's more, since Yuan Gong recruited An Long, he gave Long 100,000 taels of silver at once, which shows Yuan Gong's hospitality, and our army sent Niangzi to defend against the enemy, and the court supported another 100,000 taels. I really can't reach out to the court anymore! However, if you don't hide it from the two of you, even if the 200,000 taels are not spent, the right wing of the Weisheng Army will not be built. Not to mention the day-to-day expenses, buying weapons is a lot of money. What's more, such a large group of Lunan who is barren and poor, can they afford to support them with the little tax revenue of the two? If it was someone else, Long didn't have to bother so much, and he just drew the line, how to get the money, it was the matter of the two lords. But who called me a friend and brother? Therefore, Long still wanted to fight the idea of Jinan, but he didn't know how to speak......" said, setting his eyes on Tang Shaoyi.

Tang Shaoyi was not good at answering Long Qian's words for a while. Before coming, Yuan Shikai had a long talk with him, and Yuan Shikai was like watching the fire when the Weisheng Army suddenly appeared. It's just the court's revenge for him holding a strong army and not going to help. Yuan Shikai was jealous of Mengshanjun, but he didn't think that he was much of a threat to himself. Yuan Shikai admitted in his heart that it was a wrong move to recruit the Anmeng Mountain Army to make him go north to King Qin, and he wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, but he didn't expect Long Qian's guy to play a great victory in Xigu that made the court look sideways, and he actually escorted the two palaces all the way to the west, so he took the line of the Queen Mother and Ronglu. After experiencing the Gengzi national disaster, the old empress dowager paid more attention to the army, and Rong Lu was undoubtedly Cixi's most trusted person to form a new army. That's why the inexplicable Victory Army appeared. Looking at the regulations of the imperial court, there is no doubt that the Weisheng Army will form an army alone, at least not inferior to the original Wuwei Army. In this regard, Yuan Shikai and his cronies and staff have repeatedly discussed many times, the Fifth Army of Wuwei and the Chinese Army under the command of Rong Lu were originally empty shelves and had no combat effectiveness. Nie Shicheng's front army had been wiped out, Dong Fuxiang's rear army rebelled back to Gansu, and Song Qing's Ma Yukun's left army was broken, leaving only his right army relatively intact. It is impossible for the imperial court not to use its own right army.

Because of this, the imperial court built the Weisheng Army! But how easy it is to form a new army! Not to mention whether the court has silver or not, it is time, and it will never be able to practice without a few years of work! How much did it cost to build the army at the beginning? How much effort did it take? How many talents have been recruited? barely has the stall it is today. Relying on the more than 1,000 bandits of Long Qian's house, they want to build a new army that can rival the right army? Yuan Shikai didn't admit it in his heart. Although Wang Shizhen, Li Chun, Cao Kun and others were extremely wary when they heard that Long Qian's unit was organized into the right wing of the Weisheng Army. But Yuan Shikai was more calm than last year's battle against the Mengshan Army. Yuan Shikai told his subordinates that Long Qian's house could indeed fight. However, it is impossible for the troops to go to Beijing and Tianjin without damage. Moreover, when they became officers and soldiers, I dare to conclude that their combat effectiveness has fallen instead of rising. Originally, they were all a group of outlaws, looking for a life from ten thousand deaths, and everyone was brave. Now that we have a number and a territory, the situation will definitely change! The reason for this, think about Hong Yang Dingding, Nanjing, you will know the Tao. No worries. Instead, the imperial court placed the army in Shandong. It seems to have a deep meaning, and it must not be overlooked.

When Yuan Shikai said this, Tang Shaoyi was present. At that time, Tang Shaoyi had already decided to go to Yizhou. Tang Shaoyi knew that Yuan Shikai was in Shandong. He has been paying close attention to the movements of the imperial court and Beijing. Li Shaoquan's illness is fragmented, and Yuan Shikai is aware of the situation. Li Shaoquan went. Who will control Zhili? Tang Shaoyi knew that Yuan Shikai had ideas. For this reason, Yang Shixiang was sent back and forth between Shandong and Taiyuan many times, nominally to send tribute to the imperial court. In fact, he is contacting Rong Lu and other officials to strive for further progress. The imperial court's intention to implement the new policy was clearly announced to the world, which made Yuan Shikai even more excited, and successively played a note to the court about the implementation of the new policy. Tang Shaoyi knew that Yuan Shikai was extremely conceited, looking at the world, the talents of the older generation were too old to be used, and the imperial court was a little green and yellow, and he was engaged in a new policy, but Yuan was alone, who else was available?

When the right army of Wuwei left Shandong, who did Shandong leave behind? Yuan Shikai has already begun the layout. Therefore, Tang Shaoyi went to Yizhou to serve as the prefect, and his mission was to urge the Mengshan army that returned to Shandong to attack Baoqianggu. Who knew that Lu Dao had just arrived in Yizhou, and the bandits holding the calf had actually come out of the mountain and conquered Yi County! And the Mengshan army, which had just returned to Lunan, annihilated the calf bandits in one fell swoop, making Yuan Shikai's plan to kill people with a knife once again fail. Therefore, Tang Shaoyi decided to come to Zhengjiazhuang to see Long Qian immediately and explore the truth.

These thoughts are all instantaneous. Tang Shaoyi saw Long Qian looking at him, and said with a smile, "Why did the town guard envoy ask Tang? Now that Tang is your subordinate official, Yizhou is ruined, and it is unrealistic to rely on his own finances and taxes to raise soldiers. Yesterday, I listened to the adults' high arguments, presumably the town guard has already made a calculation, why not go to Jinan in person, and plan to play Yuan Futai in person? ”

"Jinan is going to go. But what is the success of Long now? Long Qian sighed, "I wanted to ask Brother Shaochuan to turn around on his behalf, but after a while, Long took out a charter and went to Jinan with the two adults." During this time, please pay more attention to civil affairs. The court uses us to guard the pastoral side, and we should share the worries of the court. Especially after this national disaster, Li Zhongtang is still struggling in Beijing, reaching out to the imperial court to ask for money, and Long is really embarrassed. ”

Wu Yongdao, "The town guard makes adults worry about the court, and it is Wu Yongzhi's model." Just talked about being familiar with civil affairs, Wu Yong's eyes were black when he first came. If the town guard has nothing to do, I want to go to the post immediately and feel the situation__"

"That's exactly how it should be." Long Qian nodded and said, "I will send people to escort Brother Yongchuan to the state capital." In addition, the garrison of the troops, Long also had to discuss with General Cao Kun, Brother Yongchuan went to Yanzhou, on my behalf to greet Lord Cao, and said that Long Qian was deeply grateful to Lord Cao, and he would visit him another day. After speaking, he turned his face to look at Tang Shaoyi, "Brother Shaochuan, the main army of Yizhou." Is it still Li Xiushan? ”

Tang Shaoyi kicked in his heart, this is about to be expelled and taken over, "Yes." Last year, Yuan Futai sent Li Chun back to Yizhou__"

"Since Long has taken over the envoy of the two states, Yizhou must take over where his responsibilities lie. General Li Chun and Long have seen battles in the past, so it is inevitable that they have some ideas. After returning to Yizhou, Brother Shaochuan said to Li Xiushan that the past has passed, and now they are both Shandong garrisons, and they must cooperate sincerely. If there is anything that Long can't do, ask him to come up in person or bring it up to you, and Long will definitely give him a reply. But Yizhou is important, and the Wasion Army must be stationed. Ask him to lead the right army of Wuwei to withdraw from Yizhou within a month. ”

"Yes, Tang must bring the instructions of the adults to Li Xiushan." Tang Shaoyi turned to ask, "Where is the yamen of the town guard?" Yizhou? ”

"Yes, Long has this idea. In the future, it will definitely run on both sides. Now the most important thing is to build the right wing of the Weisheng Army, and then completely eliminate the bandits in the two states, and return the people to a peaceful world. The New Year has arrived, and I hope that the two prefects will pay attention to agricultural affairs, and the people will have their stomachs full, and no one will go up the mountain to be bandits. This is a fundamental policy, and my side to suppress bandits is to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. ”

"Commander, Commander," Deng Qinghua ran in, "Report to Commander, the Xiangma that was escorted to Zhang Qian just now defected, and a battalion is pursuing. The chief of staff had ordered the cavalry company to set off. ”

"What did Ye Yanbing do!" Long Qian stood up, "Order the chief of staff to supervise the formation, be sure to catch them all, and not let anyone slip through the net." In addition, the troops in the nearby villages were immediately notified to strengthen their vigilance and dispatch a search. ”

"Yes." Deng Qinghua ran away.

"Bandits are bandits, and they are notorious for holding calves, and the town guards can't be too merciful." Tang Shaoyi said.

"yes, I'll have to take care of that. If nothing happens, the two of them will return to the state capital tomorrow. In civil affairs, get rid of the two brothers. Long Qian arched his hand.

"Don't dare," Wu Yong and Tang Shaoyi hurriedly returned the salute, "It still depends on the coordination of adults." (To be continued......)