Wei Yuanqiang said: "In addition to the villagers of Hujia Village, there are also people from other nearby villages who rushed over overnight after hearing the news, most of them are companions among these villagers, and they also asked to join when they heard that the chief was benevolent and righteous. ”

Wang Bo thought for a while and said, "No matter who they are, if they are all scattered and trained separately, the army will not allow the existence of the township party." Although these people are reliable, the whole army does not discriminate and must keep the army clean. ”

"Yes!"

Wei Yuanqiang gave a military salute and left the office.

Now in the barracks, in addition to the 6,500 new-style army troops of the Huai Army, there is also a reinforced regiment of soldiers in Wang Bo's hands. In addition to the original strength, plus these more than 500 people, he can now be divided into two regiments, which is more than three times the maximum 800 people in the pro-military battalion that Li Hongzhang allowed him to recruit on his own.

Maybe Li Hongzhang already knew about this situation, but now he relies on Wang Bo, no matter what opinions he has, he can only turn a blind eye and pretend not to know.

Although Huai Jun and Wang Bo's troops were both trained in the same military camp, Wang Bo still had selfish intentions. Good things take care of their own soldiers first, after all, those 6,500 soldiers are training for others, and they also have to equip them with weapons and food themselves, no matter how you think about it, you feel at a loss.

Now his own troops are all self-raised, armaments, and food, and there is nothing wrong with being selfish.

The powers of various countries are aggressive, the situation in China is becoming more and more unstable, and the upcoming historical events make Wang Bo full of tension and oppression, and the desire to leave the capital to work alone is becoming more and more intense, but there is no excuse.

In order to alleviate the anxiety in his heart, in the following time, he trained with all the officers and soldiers every day, and at present, his personal physical attributes are more than four times that of ordinary people, and his mental attributes are far more than ten times, and when training with soldiers, his performance shocked everyone.

Whether it is physical training, shooting and other events, they are far beyond all soldiers, and that kind of achievement is beyond everyone's reach.

In the military, the strong have always been admired. The soldiers were convinced of his ability, and even those cronies of Liu Xiao and others turned from the original hostile attitude to admiration and convincing, so his prestige in the army became higher and higher.

Suddenly, a few months passed, and with the help of the German officers, Wang Bo and his staff team studied foreign military knowledge together, and in light of the current situation in China, summed up some training plans suitable for China's national conditions, and taught the soldiers according to their aptitude, and the new-style army gradually took shape.

On this day, Wang Bo was having a friendly military exchange with German officers, and suddenly Pu Shisheng came over, Wang Bo looked at him with a somewhat solemn expression, and knew that something big had happened, so he said goodbye to everyone and left.

Back in the office, Pu Shisheng handed over a note and said, "Chief, this is the latest news from the intelligence department. ”

A few months ago, Wang Bo began to set up an intelligence department, which included business, people's livelihood, and military, especially focusing on military aspects.

He took the note, looked at it, his face flashed with anger, and with a "snap", he slapped the case and scolded: "How can this be reasonable!" After winning the war and signing this kind of bullshit treaty, did he live to the dog? What is the difference between this and a traitor! ”

A few months ago, during the Sino-French War, the Chinese army fought at Zhennan Pass, and the veteran Feng Zicai led the army to defeat the French army, and seriously injured the commander of the French army in the east, Nigri. This great victory at Zhennanguan turned the Qing army into victory in the Sino-French War. It is even more so that the French Prime Minister Jules? Ferri resigned.

The situation on the battlefield was very good, but the Manchu court issued an order to withdraw troops from the armistice, and the people were scolding the Manchu court.

Wang Bo knew the development of history, and also knew that the combat effectiveness of the Manchu army and the French army were indeed not of the same level, and understood that the Qing army fought very hard in this war, and it was a fluke to win.

The side of the bay is struggling to support, and the sea is completely defeated, and there is no hope of victory at all. Victory on land was only a flash in the pan, and it was indeed a last resort to take advantage of the victory and promote peace by war.

France, on the other hand, for domestic reasons, focused on the European side, and did not want to continue fighting for a while, and agreed to armistice negotiations. Therefore, the Qing government appointed Li Hongzhang as the negotiator and began negotiations on a formal Sino-French treaty with the French political representative and minister to China, Badenau, in Tianjue.

Now, the note in Wang Bo's hand records the main content of the new treaty signed by China and France in Tianjue: the Qing government recognized France's right to protect Yue Nan and recognized the treaty signed between France and Yue Nan; The land border between China and Vietnam was opened to trade, and two treaty ports were opened within the border between China, and "all taxes should be paid on the goods transported in and out of the Yunnan and Guangxi borders, and the trade tariffs will be reduced according to the current situation"; In the future, when China built railways, "it should be done with French businessmen"; Within six months of the signing of the treaty, China and France sent personnel to the Sino-Vietnamese border to "jointly survey the boundaries"; The French army withdrew from Gaowan and Penghu.

Once this treaty was signed, China recognized France's annexation of Annam, and the southwest gateway of China was opened, and the French invading forces used the three countries of Afghanistan as their base, and drove straight into Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangzhou Bay (now Zhanjiang City), and in the following historical time, it became the sphere of influence of France for a time.

When Wang Bo saw the content of the signing, he immediately cursed the Manchu Dynasty, and then scolded Li Hongzhang for being a traitor and traitor.

After scolding, Wang Bo thought calmly, maybe this is a good opportunity to leave the capital, and he can use the excuse that his hometown Guangdong is falling into the tiger's mouth of France, and he wants to go back to his hometown to live and die with Guangdong.

Just do it, taking advantage of Li Hongzhang's current Tianjue, Wang Bo immediately looked for him and bluntly said that he was going to return to Guangdong.

Li Hongzhang naturally did not allow it, and the two had a big quarrel that night.

Wang Bo said to Li Hongzhang: "The decision has been made in the future, the training of soldiers in the barracks has been put on track, and the general direction has been formulated. Although I am a mere businessman, but now that my hometown is in trouble, even if the adults do not allow it, I have to go back to Guangdong to fight against the French army with the people in my hometown. With that, he bowed and left.

Li Hongzhang was so angry that he pointed at Wang Bo's back with trembling fingers, and he couldn't speak for a while.

After that, Wang Bo waited in the barracks for three days, but he didn't see Li Hongzhang send someone to take over the barracks, and he was about to hang up the seal and leave. Suddenly, an official came to him and said that Li Hongzhang had invited Wang Bo to meet with Li Mansion in the capital. (To be continued.) )