After handing over the training task to He Xi and Yue Peng, Yang Qiu hurried to the Admiral's Mansion, only to find that all the officers above the military standard had come, and the black pressure filled the lobby ().

"Chenhua, this way."

As soon as Yang Qiu was about to find a seat to sit down, he heard Li Yuanhong calling him, patted his side affectionately, and hurriedly walked over to say hello: "See Lord Xietong under the mark." ”

"Chenhua, you're welcome, sit down." After Li Yuanhong sat down, he pointed to the two beside him: "This is Liu Wenzhi, the assistant officer of the mixed association, and Wang Anlan, the secretary of the association, the three of you are all working in the mixed association, and you will be closer and closer in the future." ”

Liu Wenzhi is in his forties, he looks black and thin, Wang Anlan is just the opposite, his face is white and he is not obese, but he is somewhat similar to Li Yuanhong (). Yang Qiu hurriedly saluted the two: "Lord Liu, Lord Wang, Yang Qiu is young and ignorant, and I hope that the two adults will take care of their colleagues in the future." ”

"Hehe, sure enough, it's a young man who is a hero, Chenhua sit next to me." Since accompanying Li Yuanhong to quietly watch Yang Qiu Liwei that day, Wang Anlan has been a little unaccustomed to Yang Qiu, and always feels that he is messing around, but fortunately, Liu Wenzhi has a good temper, and he can see that he should be a relatively easy person to get along with, so he pulled Yang Qiu to his side.

"Does Chenhua know about today's meeting?" As soon as he sat down, Li Yuanhong opened his mouth to ask, and Yang Qiu hurriedly nodded: "I know, it's a matter of Sichuan." ”

"Now that you know, you have just returned from Sichuan and are familiar with the situation there, so maybe Lord Admiral may ask." Li Yuanhong was not at ease, and explained: "This matter is very important, but it is not as simple as you paying your own money to prevaricate the soldiers, so don't rely on your youth and vigor to accept it indiscriminately." ”

"What should I promise?"

Seeing that Yang Qiu was a little confused, Liu Wenzhi quietly stabbed him: "What Lord Xietong means is that I am worse than Bazhen when I mix into Xieben, and the sergeants and firearms are insufficient, and this time someone must be sent to Sichuan to help suppress the bandits, and you just came back from there, so." ”

Liu Wenzhi's words made Yang Qiu understand, and glanced at Li Yuanhong, who was looking at the nose and nose next to him like a mud bodhisattva, and said in his heart that this guy is really not as honest as he looks, and he actually starts to think about protecting himself now, and hurriedly nodded and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I know what to do." ”

Li Yuanhong nodded with satisfaction: "Your Excellency already knows about subsidizing your military salary with your own money, and it is estimated that the Governor's Mansion will allocate it in the next two days, so you can rest assured." ”

Isn't this nonsense, at this moment, Rui Cheng doesn't dare to withhold the salary no matter how much he messes around, but it's always a good thing to get it back, Yang Qiu hurriedly thanked Li Yuanhong.

As soon as the four of them chatted for a while, they heard a sound of footsteps from behind, and looked up at the commander of the new army, Hubei Governor Zhang Biao had already walked into the lobby in military uniform, and everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"I called everyone here today, I guess we all know what's going on, right?" After Zhang Biao asked everyone to sit down, he said: "Yang Biaotong was assassinated on the street first, and now he is inciting mobs to besiege the government in Sichuan. ”

Zhang Biao swept everyone coldly, and was angry: "The emperor has decided that this time we must teach those chaotic parties a good lesson, so I ordered our army to select elite people to prepare for entering Sichuan, you all talk about it." ”

"Your Excellency."

As soon as Zhang Biao finished speaking, Wang Desheng, the 15th Association of Eight Towns, jumped up: "Since ancient times, the people of Sichuan have been fierce, and there are many mountains and dense forests, and there are Tusi and Miao descendants mixed in it, so we must be cautious. ”

"Wang Xietong is right, according to the situation, we should first send a small group of elite soldiers into Sichuan to investigate the situation and then make a decision."

"Hmph, why should the mob be so troublesome, my new army has sufficient firearms, and the soldiers have been training hard for many years, that is not a tiger man, in my opinion, there is no need to prepare at all, as long as Sichuan raises enough food and grass, you can go downstream."

There was a lot of discussion in the lobby, and everyone jumped out to express their opinions, but no one from the 21 mixed association where Yang Qiu was located spoke up, Zhang Biao glanced at Li Yuanhong, who was like a mud bodhisattva, and suddenly turned his head to look at Yang Qiu.

When Yang Qiu secretly said in his heart, Zhang Biao had already waved his hand to make everyone quiet, and then looked at him and said: "Chenhua, although you have just taken over as the standard commander, you have entered Sichuan with the baggage camp before, let's talk about it." ”

From Li Yuanhong's care just now, Yang Qiu knew that Zhang Biao would definitely talk about this, so he hurriedly got up and said: "Chenhua's qualifications are still shallow, and he was recommended by Lord Meng to sit in this standard position, and he was terrified. ”

"It's okay, tell me what you think."

Seeing that Zhang Biao didn't want to let go of himself, Yang Qiu had no choice but to give a salute again, and then said: "The mob made trouble, disrupted the party, tried in vain to disrupt the foundation of Sichuan, and besieged the government in broad daylight, this matter must not be spared." However, it is also inconvenient for the army to be dispatched, not to mention that our three towns in Wuchang are much more important than Sichuan, so even if the troops are dispatched, they must be left partially garrisoned.

Not long ago, I went to Sichuan, where the people were really strong, and Brother Pao dared to assassinate me on the street, and he was mixed with the chaotic party, so if you want to enter Sichuan, you also need to guard against them. In addition, Sichuan is densely forested in mountainous areas, and the mob is familiar with the terrain and is conducive to concealment, so our army must be exposed in front of the enemy when it is dispatched, so we need to make sufficient preparations before setting off. ”

"Yang Biaotong is worthy of being Baturu, give him a yellow jacket, in my opinion, it is better to let 42 bids enter Sichuan to suppress bandits." As soon as Yang Qiu finished speaking, Zhang Jingliang, the 29th bidder over there, jumped up.

"That's a good point." Zhang Biao glanced at Li Yuanhong, who was sitting next to him, turned his head and asked, "Chenhua, I don't know if you can take on this important task with 42 bids?" ”

Yang Qiu immediately hated Zhang Jingliang so much, but fortunately, after Li Yuanhong's reminder, he already had a plan in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Do you want to see our army defeated?" ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Could it be that so many soldiers of our new army will not be able to defeat some mobs? Zhang Biao frowned, and said with some annoyance: "Chenhua won't be in the rain yesterday and talking nonsense when he is sick." ”

Yang Qiu knew that he couldn't hide what happened yesterday from Zhang Biao, so he didn't care and stood up straight and said: "Yang Qiu took over the 42nd standard for only two days, the military authority has not been established, the order is not passed, and the soldiers below are even more disobedient, and even two pipes are sick this morning and can't go out to exercise.

Adults have been fighting horses all their lives, and they should know the consequences of not obeying orders, and the soldiers will not obey and rashly send troops, although they also want to enter Sichuan to make new contributions to the court and adults, but now their subordinates really can't guarantee the defeat of the mob, so if you insist on 42 marks, please withdraw me first. ”

As soon as Yang Qiu finished speaking, Li Yuanhong stood up and said: "My lord, Yang Qiu is right, his time for this standard is still short, let him go at this time, I am afraid it is not a fortunate thing, once the war is not conducive to the court to blame, I am afraid." ”

Li Yuanhong has always been regarded as an honest man in the new army, and his popularity is good, since he has spoken for Yang Qiu, everyone is embarrassed to make trouble.

Zhang Biao also knew that there was a problem with the 42 mark, but he didn't want to go to Sichuan, and now Ruicheng was watching from the sidelines, if he went to Sichuan, wouldn't the power of the army be lost, so he hurriedly looked at Li Yuanhong ().

Li Yuanhong was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't call me, my lord, look at Song Qing's fat body, I'm afraid that I can't even pass the Shu Dao, and let the soldiers suffer in vain." ”

Everyone was happy when they heard it, Li Yuanhong has indeed gained a lot of weight over the years, and even Yang Qiu understood it, so he didn't want to go.

In history, Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong did not personally lead the troops, but handed over the army to a Rui Fang who did not understand military affairs, but from the current point of view, this candidate has obviously not been selected, so he thought about it and said: "My lord, in fact, you don't have to personally lead the troops into Sichuan. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Biao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Chenhua said quickly." ”

"My lord, the officers and men of our new army have been trained for a long time, and we only need to send someone who can calm down, not like me, and it is best to be familiar with the geography of the mountains and rivers from Hankou to Sichuan."

Familiar with the terrain?

Zhang Biao's mind flashed, who is familiar with the terrain?

Yang Qiu naturally didn't want to say that Ruifang was built by the Hanchuan Railway, and the mountains and rivers along the railway were all in his stomach, so you sent him to say this, but when he saw Zhang Biao's eyes slowly brightening, he knew that his words were effective.

"Pass the order, the whole army will return to the camp, and no one shall go back to the hometown without authorization! Zhang Jingliang, you 15 bids are in charge of Wuchang. Yang Kaijia, your 30 bids are in charge of Hankou, immediately start to strictly check the ships entering and leaving the river, especially pay attention to the ships entering the river, I will let the river waterproof master assist you, and anyone who resists arrest will be killed! ”

After Zhang Biao finished speaking, he glanced at Yang Qiu heavily: "Yang Qiu, although I will allow you to transfer back to the 42nd standard for training, but Hanyang is very important, and you usually have to put more thought into it in addition to playing soldiers." ”

When these words came out, everyone knew that Zhang Biao looked at Yang Qiu differently, so Liu Wenzhi next to him gave him a thumbs up, and even Li Yuanhong nodded slightly with satisfaction, Yang Qiu was relieved, and finally didn't have to fill in the big mudflats in Sichuan.