The right wing of the Weisheng Army was fully armed out of Yizhou in two ways, one through Tai'an to Jinan, and the other through the eastern line, sparing Jinan, from Qingzhou to the bank of the Yellow River.

The local government received the documents of the governor's yamen, and they were no longer nervous about the Mengshan army going north, and they also had to provide food and lodging for the guest army. Of course, the common people did not know the predecessor of the Weisheng Army, but the government was very clear, and they did not forget the "criminal record" because they surrendered to the imperial court. When this army, which was ordered to go north to fight the floods, entered the county capitals and counties in full armor, it immediately caused panic in various places.

The most panicked is, of course, Feng Guozhang's troops. On the one hand, Feng Guozhang strictly ordered all departments to strengthen their vigilance, but they were not allowed to clash with the Weisheng army. The other side immediately reported to Governor Zhou Fu, accusing the Weisheng Army of carrying weapons to the north, causing panic among the garrisons and civilians in various places. To go, Zhou Fu ordered Long Qian's troops to send the weapon back.

Zhou Fu received the report and applauded Long Qian's resoluteness - it had only been a few days since he gave the order to send troops to the Weisheng Army? It is estimated that Long Qian started the day after receiving the order, right? What kind of efficiency is this? The officers and soldiers elsewhere did not know what to do, and Feng Guozhang's troops in Jinan had already received the order, and they were still preparing in the barracks, and not even a single team had gone up to the embankment. After Zhou Fu got acquainted with Long Qian, he made a detailed comparison with the generals he knew, and found that no one could match it. Feng Guozhang is known as the three heroes of the Yuan Department, but in terms of knowledge, vision, and mind, he is not as good as Long Qian, and the army under his command is much worse in the eyes of Zhou Fu, a layman. Lu Nanbing not only looks good in military uniforms, but also has a spirit that he has never seen, how to describe it? It's a bit of Lao Tzu's best taste in the world. Especially the officers. All of them are swaggering, and their nostrils are facing the sky. However, the soldiers brought by the people are really good, let's just say that this berm is moving, Lu Nanbing will move when he says it, and it is more than a little bit stronger than Feng Bu. Of course, this is Long Qian's good training, and if you talk about the way of economy, Feng Guozhang is even more out of luck.

As for the panic of the people, Zhou Fu kept receiving reports from fast horses, and the counties along the way did not report that the Weisheng army forcibly pulled the people. Reports of looting property. The cooperation with the prefectures on accommodation and food has also been smooth. The main reason is that the Wasion Army is not so picky, and did not take the opportunity to extort bamboo - this is the best opportunity for the army generals to get rich, what food is not enough, mixed with sand. The soldiers are not satisfied and are going to make trouble. forced the government to stuff silver to the officers who led the team to calm down. None of this seems to have happened. Xue Wen'an, the commander of Linqu County, also reported a report praising Weisheng Junqiu for his innocence, saying that he had been a eunuch for many years, and he had never seen such a benevolent and righteous teacher - even the house he lived in had to be cleaned. Not to mention forced buying and selling, harassing the people. Therefore, Zhou Fu felt that Feng Guozhang was making a big fuss.

On the other hand, Zhou Fu always felt that Long Qian was a little wary of the imperial court. Although Long Qian has never said anything bad about the court, when he mentions the empress, he still looks deeply grateful. But Zhou Fu can still feel it. Maybe it's because they came from a ringing horse? Just like this time to send troops, why do you bring weapons? Is it worried that Feng will be unfavorable to it? Now that the Mengshan Army is already a unit directly under the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Imperial Court, who dares to disadvantage it? Unless it's the imperial court. But the imperial court is the imperial court of the empress dowager, because of the outstanding achievements of the new policy in southern Lunan, Shandong has been praised more than once, indicating that the empress dowager appreciates Long Qian very much. He went to Beijing at the end of last year to be summoned by the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and most of the topics that the Queen Mother inquired about were the practices of Lunan New Deal.

"Zhou Fu, don't you know, when Xiaolongzi talked about the new policy, he suggested that the imperial court should pilot it first. This is the words of the old man who seeks the country. But the latter sentence does not change his nature, saying that if he is given a state, he will definitely be able to make an appearance. I just think it's a child's talk. Ha Lu Ha. But the great merit of King Qin's escort cannot be unrewarded, and most of his subordinates are the children of Lunan, Zhonghua suggested, awarded Longqian two states to guard the envoy, on the one hand for the imperial court to train soldiers, on the other hand to run a new policy. The governors of the two states sent are all people who have old days...... I didn't expect that the barren land of Lunan would be done in ......"

Peeking at it, Cixi's expression darkened, which made Zhou Fu, who was originally full of joy, a little worried, but he didn't know that it was because he mentioned Rong Lu, who had died on the sick bed for a short time, which made Cixi's heart ache. However, the next words made Zhou Furu drink ice water for three or nine days, and he was indescribably comfortable.

"Lunan's new policy is well done, and it is not easy for even Zhang Zhidong to envy and admire. There's a credit for that. Hongu knows it in his heart. Long Qian's excerpt to the palace didn't say anything good about you. That's good. There are too few officials who are honest in the local area, and although you are not young, you are in good health, so you can sum up the experience of Lunan and let other state capitals in Shandong learn from it......"

Zhou Fu remembered the scene of that summoning very clearly. It can be seen that the Queen Mother has high hopes for Long Qian. So, what is Long Qian worried about? Who to watch out for? Why do you even have to carry weapons to fight floods? It's definitely not appropriate to post a stop now, is it possible to let them send the guns back?

After thinking about it for half the night, Zhou Fu finally sent a letter to Long Qian - sending someone to intercept Long Qian against Long Qian's path. The letter was quickly delivered to Long Qian, who replied on his horse - carrying weapons, one is just in case, and the other is to test the marching ability of the troops, and they are counted in one fell swoop. When Zhou Fu received this letter, he felt that the explanation was reasonable, so he sent someone to send a letter to Feng Guozhang, which was regarded as a comfort to Feng's worries.

The Mengshan army marched long distances in full gear, but it gave Feng Guozhang the opportunity to observe this army up close. As the governor of Shandong, he has not taken a step into Lunan in the past two years, and Weishengjun has not taken a step out of Lunan. All the news about the Mengshan Army is hearsay. Now the old lord who is thriving in Zhili has not forgotten the army that has succumbed to Lunan, and has written several times to ask Feng Guozhang to pay close attention to it.

Of course, Feng Guozhang did not relax his surveillance of the Mengshan army. Although Lunan is the territory of the Mengshan Army, it is not without the eyes and ears left by Yuan Shikai, the basic situation of the Mengshan Army, the establishment, the number of people, and the station, are generally clear, but the more important things such as weaponry and training are relatively vague.

Feng Guozhang's junior brother and fellow countryman Chen Guangyuan is one of the main cadres left to him by Yuan Shikai, and he is regarded as the second-in-command of the Shandong New Army. Just when the Mengshan Army on the west road had approached Jinan and the east road had arrived, Chen Guangyuan synthesized the information obtained at Gushanyi in the southwest of Jinan and wrote a more professional report to Feng Guozhang.

“…… This time, the Weisheng army was divided into three routes, one route from Yanzhou to Caozhou, which should be the second bid of Zhou Yi's department; The Yizhou Department was divided into two roads, about three battalions on the west road, Yanzhou and Tai'an, and Keri arrived in Jinan. The eastern route is its main force, from Yizhou - Yishui - Qingzhou to the north to Wuding...... The establishment of this department is basically the same as that of our army, with full personnel, excellent training, high morale, and strict discipline. It is rumored that the distance in a single day is more than 100 miles, and the day before yesterday, when it rained on the west road, the unit actually marched in the rain without resting, which is surprising...... As for its weapons, they are really sophisticated, all of them are German, and it is a pity that the department does not carry cannons, and it is not known the strength of its artillery. Only the infantry, not only with complete guns, but also with novel military uniforms, beautiful colors, and some portable equipment - such as a dark green cylinder in each person's hand, I don't know what it is, and when I observe it closely, I know that it is a single soldier cooking utensils, and the marching brings drinking water, and the cooking tube is cooked when the meal is opened, which is exquisite and practical. Looking at the state of his march, he thought that his training was above that of our army, and he was really a fierce enemy. It's a world away from two years ago......"

Of course, Chen Guangyuan could see from the marching strength of the Mengshan army that its training was excellent, and the weapons were placed there, which could be clearly seen at a glance, but the quality of the training needed a coordinate. The long-distance march is the best coordinates, before going out of Tai'an to watch the advance of the reserve force at close range, Chen Guangyuan immediately felt a heavy pressure - no wonder Yuan Dashuai never forgot it, he was in Yuan Shikai's position, and caught up with the imperial court to start reorganizing the new army, unifying the number, if the Mengshan Army took this to the next level, the Beiyang Army (since Yuan Shikai took office as the Minister of Beiyang Commerce, the right army of his subordinate Wuwei was justifiably renamed the Beiyang Army) like the plan of the north will encounter a severe challenge!

The problem is that Yuan Dashuai has no way to stop the rise of the Mengshan army now. The original stain has long been gone - a great achievement of King Qin's rescue has already washed the original color of this ringing horse, and the great achievements of Lunan New Deal have stabilized their position in the eyes of the Queen Mother. Yuan Dashuai's plan to take advantage of the reorganization of the national army to dismantle and disrupt it and completely eliminate it will not work at all, and cultivating a force that can compete with the Beiyang Army may be the real purpose of the old lady in Jingshi, who is holding on to power.

These things were analyzed by Chen Guangyuan and his old boss Feng Guozhang. Maybe Feng Guozhang has more advanced intelligence, but Chen Guangyuan doesn't, it's just an analysis. The signal of the imperial court's reorganization of the army was stronger day by day, which made the Beiyang Army as excited as if it had been beaten with chicken blood. Everyone knows that this reorganization, whether it is four towns or six towns, the biggest harvest will be the Beiyang Army, does the imperial court have its own soldiers? In the spring of last year, the imperial court put together four battalions of soldiers from various banners in Beijing, called the "Beijing Banner Standing Army", stationed in Baoding, and trained by the imperial family. Probably the gang of banner men have been practicing for a year and can't even walk well, this is only in the early summer of this year, and in a few days, this "Beijing Banner Standing Army" will be handed over to Marshal Yuan to command, but he will send a right attendant of the household Lang Tieliang to do it, for fear that this royal army will be swallowed! It can be seen that the court is wary of Yuan Dashuai.

It is impossible to divide the prestige of the Beiyang Army by relying on an unsuccessful royal army, and it is the Mengshan Army that really becomes the opponent of the Beiyang Army! With Cixi's shrewdness, how could she tolerate Yuan Shikai to split and wipe out the Mengshan army? What's more, the relationship between people and the Queen Mother is hard.

Chen Guangyuan wrote a letter to Feng Guozhang in Gushanyi, thinking about the potential enemy of the Mengshan Army, and he didn't fall asleep until the early hours of the morning, and he didn't think he had slept for long, when he heard the noise of people outside the window, it seemed to be a group fight, he was shocked, and immediately got up in his clothes, and went out of the courtyard of the post station. (To be continued......)