Under the shadow of the lamp, Li Hongzhang admired Khalid's straightforward smile very much: "General Ha is worthy of being a soldier, and his resolute and resolute character is admirable. However, the operation in Beijing is related to the entire battle situation of the Northern Expeditionary Army, so we must be cautious and not make a mistake, otherwise the previous achievements will be wasted. After all, Li Hongzhang is scheming and thoughtful, and he thinks about everything very carefully, especially when doing this big thing, he has to think twice before acting. Khalid secretly admired that the person in front of him was worthy of being a capable minister of the Qing Dynasty.

Li Hongzhang continued: "Considering that if you do it in the capital, it is easy to expose too many troops, and it is not good to have too few troops. After much deliberation, I decided to secretly send 5,000 outstanding officers and men from my descendant unit to Beijing. 1,000 people from your ministry came, and 300 from my guard. According to Station Commander Huang, he was able to gather 500 people in the capital, and our total strength was 7,000. Considering the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army, coupled with a surprise attack, it was certain to capture the capital. ”

"Master Li, I want to know the readiness of weapons and equipment?" Khalid was blunt. Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "I secretly bought 10,000 German-made new rifles with 5 million bullets. 20,000 grenades were prepared. The new German-made heavy machine guns, due to the extremely strict control of the Allied Headquarters, I only prepared 20 of them, what does General Ha think? "Great, Master Li, you're well prepared. Also, I wonder when our arms will come in? Khalid asked rhetorically.

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "A few years ago, I took advantage of the favorable conditions of a large number of shopping in Bauhinia City to quietly transport weapons in. General Ha, can you tell us what kind of weapons your ministry has brought in? It is a small melee artillery newly developed by the military government arsenal, and its scientific name is mortar. This kind of artillery is very useful for offense and defense, and especially for effective killing and injuring enemies. "You've thought it through, General Ha! In the future, the operation in the capital will depend on your command. Before the action, we will not meet unless there are special circumstances. lest there be any extraneous branches. ”

Khalid nodded and said, "What Lord Li said is that being careful can make a 10,000-year-old ship, and every link must be carefully considered. There is plenty of time for us, so I want to get a full picture of the situation in the capital, and then draw up an operation to capture the capital, and I will hand it over to you at that time. Then the two discussed for a while, and Khalid took his leave.

On this day, the people in the room of the intelligence station were all dressed in civilian clothes, and at this time there were several fake braids on the table, and it was obvious that everyone could not bear the torture of the false braids, and after entering the house, they took off their cotton hats together. The operational staff officer pointed at the map of the capital and said: "Chief of Staff, the reconnaissance situation in the past few days is roughly consistent with the situation grasped by the intelligence station. The Eighth Banner Army deployed 300 artillery pieces in each of the four directions of the capital, including 120 fortress cannons and 180 infantry guns, all of which were new-style German-made. ”

Khalid glanced at the intelligence station chief and smiled: "The old witch didn't expect that the artillery was prepared for us. In the future, the capture of the capital, the powerful artillery fire will increase the stability of the capital, you talk about the strength of the Eight Banners Army in the capital. The staff officer continued: "At present, the core army of the Admiral of Jiumen is 21,500 people, the outer city strength is 18,000 people, the inner city is 3,000 people, and the palace guard is 500 people. ”

"The armament of the Eighth Banner Army is that there are 10 German-made heavy machine guns, and all the rifles equipped by the Eighth Banner Army are rifles produced by Germany in the Tianjin Arsenal, and their performance is similar to that of the Zhonghua Type 2 rifle, so the rifles prepared by Li Hongzhang for us are also made in Germany." “haha！ No wonder the headquarters didn't let us carry weapons, I see. The old witch thought that her Eight Banners soldiers were equipped with such advanced weapons and would sit back and relax, a lack of actual combat, lack of formal military training, a greedy old soldier who was afraid of death, even if the weapons and equipment were advanced, they were also a group of rabble. ”

The intelligence station chief said: "Chief of staff, you can't underestimate the enemy. The Empress Dowager Cixi made a drastic integration of the Eight Banners Army, especially those who smoked big cigarettes, and many officers and soldiers were transferred from the northeast. They invited foreign instructors for training, and it should be said that they had a certain combat effectiveness. Khalid said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief hummed and taught us that we should despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically. ”

Khalid continued: "After all, the Eight Banners Army has not gone through a brutal war, and its will to fight is far behind. In addition, one of the biggest weaknesses of the Qing army was that if it lost its command, it would not be able to fight. In the future, when we carry out operations in the capital, we must first paralyze the enemy's command organs and leave the enemy leaderless, which will create conditions for us to quickly seize the capital. In addition, Li Hongzhang's troops had the strongest combat effectiveness among the Qing troops, and they carefully selected 5,000 elite soldiers, so we were guaranteed to seize the capital by surprise. ”

Khalid confidently continued: "There is another point that is in our best interest, for a long time, the Qing court has been very strict in controlling ammunition in order to prevent his subordinates from rebelling. In peacetime, the Eight Banners Army in the capital only had a small amount of ammunition, and ammunition was only issued in wartime. The ammunition depot of the Eight Banners Army is in the inner city, as long as we control the ammunition depot at the first time, no matter how many people the Eight Banners Army has, it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and this is the guarantee that we will use a small number of troops to seize the capital. ”

"Stationmaster Huang, tell me about the situation around the capital?" Khalid turned to the intelligence station chief. Stationmaster Huang took out a notebook and opened it and glanced at it: "The Eight Banners Army has garrisoned 50,000 horses outside the city, of which 15,000 are stationed in Mentougou and 15,000 in Changping. Fangshan is 10,000 people, and Daxing garrison is 10,000 people. There were about 150 artillery pieces stationed outside the city to defend the Qing army, and this was the basic situation. ”

Khalid said with a smile: "The old witch is careless, and it is extremely stupid to deploy 300 cannons in the city. However, the cannons in the city are good for us, and after seizing the capital in the future, it will play an extraordinary role in holding the capital. Now there are still more than three months to go before the April operation, and I will continue to reconnoiter the Eight Banners Army in the city, and I will ask to know the situation of each and every one of the Eight Banners officers. In addition, the movements of the Qing army outside the city should also be closely monitored, and no suspicious information should be missed. ”

The subordinates walked out, and an agent came in and said, "Stationmaster, the eldest lady is starting to make trouble again, saying that she is uncomfortable here, and she has to go out for a walk, what do you think?" "Fooling around, you can't let the young lady out, in case someone recognizes it, it will be a big deal." Stationmaster Huang firmly disagreed. "Miss, what's going on?" Khalid was surprised. Stationmaster Huang said: "Chief of Staff, that's the case. In order to cut off Li Hongzhang's retreat, we formulated an action to steal the beam and change the pillar. ”

After listening to Station Chief Huang's narration, Khalid smiled and said, "No wonder the commander-in-chief attaches great importance to intelligence work, and now you can see how big the role of your CIA is." Successfully plotted against Li Hongzhang and caught up with the might of 20 field divisions. It seems that this eldest lady's temper is not small, let's go and see together, Li Hongzhang's daughter must not have any problems before the action starts. ”

Several people came to the backyard, where there was a guard in front of the door of one room. "What's the matter, the eldest lady is still making trouble?" Stationmaster Huang asked. "Stationmaster, please send me another errand, the young lady is too difficult to serve, and my subordinates really can't stand it." The subordinate who guarded the door begged. In front of Khalid, Stationmaster Huang was not good at reprimanding his subordinates, glared at him and took the lead into the house. Li Qing saw Stationmaster Huang coming in and shouted loudly: "This place is like a prison, I can't stay for a moment, I want to go home, go home now." If you don't let me go home, I'll go on a hunger strike. ”

"I said Miss, didn't we say okay, you are holding on for two months, and I promised you that I would let you go home in two months?" Stationmaster Huang greeted him with a smile and was very patient. "No, I can't stay for a day, you know what's going crazy." Li Qing played with Miss Miss's temper and didn't buy it at all. "It turns out that you are Li Hongzhang's daughter, I thought that Lord Li's daughter was born in a scholarly family and was knowledgeable, but it turned out to be nothing more than that." Khalid said in a cold voice.

Li Qing looked at Khalid and saw a tall, burly, and handsome man standing in front of him, his two eyes blazing, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Li Qing lowered her voice an octave and muttered: "I want to go home and see if there is anything wrong, don't scare me with traditional concepts." "I can call the shots and let you go home, but only if you gamble with your father's net worth and your family's lives, you choose!" Khalid turned and left.

Li Qing was stunned for a long time, and suddenly covered her face and sobbed. Stationmaster Huang comforted: "Miss, what the chief said just now is reasonable, you must not come nonsense." Li Jing stopped sobbing and said, "You said that the one just now is the chief, and the official is older than you?" Stationmaster Huang smiled: "You'll know later, I can't tell you." Miss, you stay up for a while, so let's evacuate the sentry outside the door, how about you take a break in the yard? Li Qing nodded helplessly.

The next day, as soon as it was light, Khalid got up, and after many years of military service, he developed the habit of waking up early. This quadrangle is a three-entry courtyard with a small garden at the back. When Khalid got up, he started running against the cold wind. Li Qing lives in the inner courtyard, and when she heard the sound of running, she couldn't help but get up curiously. The house where she lives has a moon gate opposite, and inside the moon gate is a small garden.

Li Qing saw someone running in the garden early in the morning, so she stood in front of the glass window and looked curiously. Since Khalid did not wear a false braid, but ran with his head straight. Li Qing didn't recognize Khalid, so she went out to check. Khalid ran over head-on, and Li Qing was stunned when he saw a handsome face. "The eldest lady is early, I didn't expect you to have the habit of getting up early. Yesterday I had a bad attitude, please Miss Haihan. Khalid didn't stop running, ran in place a few times and ran away.

For some reason, Li Qing was suddenly a little shy, she was still cursing this person last night, and when she met today, she had an inexplicable feeling in her heart for some reason, and she stood in a daze. Khalid ran over again and said, "Miss, if you are interested, run with me." Li Qing ran back to the house with a hot and shy face, her heart pounding. Isn't this the prince charming in the dream, this person seems to be familiar This is the will of heaven, Li Qing shyly covered her face with her hands.

A few days later, a man and a woman appeared in the small garden. "Sir, slow down, I really can't run!" Li Qing was panting tiredly and glared at Khalid with disgust. "I said little girl, don't be reckless if you can't do it, you can run slowly." Khalid finished speaking and ran away. After turning around and running back, Li Qing stretched out his hand to stop Khalid and said dissatisfiedly: "Who do you say is a little girl, I am 16 years old, and I should get married!" "I'm an elder, and you're a little girl in my eyes," Khalid ran away again, and Li Qing stomped his foot angrily.

Perhaps this is what people often say about love at first sight, Li Qing fell in love with Khalid. And Khalid didn't know it. This caused a lot of trouble for Khalid.

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