Chapter 143: The battle clouds are thick and busy planning

Lying on the grass!

What is the meaning of 'the queen mother turned her face with foreigners', it can't be that the old witch Cixi sent the bloody declaration of war of all countries, right?

Ask the fool if he knows the details, this guy is at a loss.

Yes, Lei Hu is helpless, he shouldn't have opened this mouth to the stupid two, is he simply playing the piano to the cow.

"The prince of the capital promised to provide five thousand muskets, as well as a sufficient amount of ammunition and supplies, and in addition to this, the money and food were provided by the government!"

Unexpectedly, the foolish two happily said something very informative: "It's just that the task on our side is not easy, at least to help the imperial court involve a large number of foreign troops!" ”

"What, are you going to fight against the foreign regular army?"

When he arrived at the hall of the Boxer General Altar, Lei Hu unceremoniously asked the senior brother: "What is the situation, can you explain it clearly first?" ”

Although he already knew some information on the way, his subordinates hurriedly reported to him not long ago, and they didn't know what illness the old witch Cixi had committed, so they actually sent a declaration of war to all countries, officially declaring war on all countries with great interests in China.

This kind of incredible thing in the eyes of Lei Hu is a very happy thing in the mouths of the people of this era, and the elite of the militia who reported it couldn't help but say a few good words from the court, obviously quite satisfied with the old witch Cixi's move.

It's just that in this way, the Eight-Nation Coalition is about to start!

Senior Brother Yihequan said excitedly: "The capital has agreed to many of our requests, and even the musket ammunition that was difficult to talk about before has been relieved, and our task is to deal with the foreign army of Jinmen!" ”

Speaking of this, he also said with an excited face: "As long as the agreed tasks are successfully completed, the development of our Yihequan will be even more rapid in the future!" ”

As soon as he spoke, the Yihequan brothers present were enthusiastic, and they were ready to do a big job one by one, even Tan Sitong, who regarded himself as a scholar, was no exception.

Obviously, for more than a year, the strategy against the local foreigner churches has gone well, which has made their morale soar, even to the point of ignoring the regular army of foreigners.

"Could it be that there is such a request in the capital, it won't be so simple according to their habits, right?"

Despite the slander in his heart, Lei Hu was not good at damaging everyone's high fighting spirit, and asked with a smile: "Senior brother explained things clearly, and I can help with advice!" ”

No wonder the senior brother of the boxers wanted to ask him to help the counselor, this is a major event against the regular army of foreigners, and the boxers must at least use tens of thousands of boxers to participate, and a bad boxer will be greatly injured and weakened.

Of course, if things really went as smoothly as the senior brother said, coupled with the muskets and artillery captured from the foreign regular army, the Boxers would immediately have greatly increased their strength in the exchange of guns, and even had the strength to cross the north.

It's just that such a thing is still more dangerous than an opportunity for the Boxers.

The composition and training of the modern army are not so simple, and the Boxers also began to form musket units with the help of Lei Hu, drawing on the training and marshalling methods of the Black Flag Army, plus the training time and ammunition shortage, etc., it is really difficult to say how effective the combat effectiveness is.

Of course, the so-called Eight-Nation Alliance, except for Mao Xiong and the evil neighbors in the east, dispatched powerful men, the rest of the powers dispatched are all colonial troops, and it is difficult to say how their real combat effectiveness is, but as long as the tactics are used properly, not to mention defeating the coalition army, it can at least inflict heavy losses on them.

"Brother Lei Hu is really wise, the palace over there in the capital also asked us to send elites directly into the city, as for the specific intention, I didn't explain!"

Senior Brother Boxer smiled and spoke, obviously not taking this matter to heart.

The entire conference hall was bustling and noisy, obviously thinking the same as the senior brother, and didn't pay much attention to the foreign regular army.

Even Tan Sitong was very optimistic, and even quite excitedly said that he would take advantage of this to take down all the foreigners' army and concession in one fell swoop.

Lei Hu soon learned the source of confidence of the Boxer leadership, and through the intelligence information of the Boxer, it can be known that the so-called foreign regular army this time does not add up to more than 3,000 on the side of Jinmen!

As for the Boxers, there are 30,000 young boxers alone, and if you don't care about the quality of the boxers, you can organize more than 50,000 people at any time.

The comparison of the number of personnel alone is a situation of ten to one or even dozens to one, and it is not to blame that they are all high-spirited at this time, and they do not take the foreign regular army very seriously.

"Brother Lei Hu, what do you say we should do!"

After the senior brother was excited for a while, he calmed down and asked Lei Hu: "In my brother's opinion, how should we send troops to achieve the greatest results?" ”

The rest of the senior brothers, Tan Si and others all looked over, it was too big to fight with the regular army of foreigners, even if they were full of confidence in their hearts, they had to listen to Lei Hu, the staff officer of the dog-headed military division.

No way, Lei Hu has used many experiences to show his ability, with his staff and without his staff plan, the final result and process are completely different things, not only won the full trust of the Boxer high-level, but also became the chief planner of the Boxer action, without his plan Many times the Boxer brothers don't even have a bottom in their hearts.

"Let's not be in a hurry to make a move first, now the capital is more eager than us!"

Lei Hu shook his head, pondered for a moment and smiled: "If you senior brothers can't wait, then contact the officials and troops of Jinmen first, if you can join forces, it would be best!" ”

"No, what kind of combat power does the official army have, wouldn't it be a greater risk to join forces with them?"

I don't know which senior brother shouted, which immediately attracted laughter, they really didn't mean to do this, but the performance of the officials and soldiers was too frustrating, so they couldn't help but look down on a few points.

"But there are a lot of guys in the hands of the officers and soldiers, and there is plenty of ammunition!"

Lei Hu said angrily: "After all, people are wearing official skins, and many things are much more convenient and convenient than us, such as cutting off the railway and other work, it's not that we can't do it, it's just that this kind of thing is too hateful!" ”

This is true, the current train between Jinmen and the capital is definitely the main artery between the two places, and the interests involved in it are so great that even the senior brother of Yigan and Quan dare not completely ignore it.

Then he talked about some of the benefits of uniting with the official army, and finally persuaded the confident Boxer senior brother, and the senior brother made a decision: "Then do it according to the will of the Lei Hu brothers, and the Lei Hu brothers are solely responsible for the liaison with the official army, how about it?" ”

Naturally, there is no problem!

Lei Hu was obliged, but after the meeting was over, he directly found Tan Sitong and asked him to come forward and go to the Jinmen garrison with him to contact, although Tan Sitong's identity was embarrassing, but he couldn't take care of it at this time......