Chapter 154: Li Hongzhang dismantles the Changsheng army

Changzhou, Danyang Deke, Li Hongzhang again summoned Li Hezhang, Liu Mingchuan, Guo Songlin, and others to discuss the reduction of the Changsheng Army.

Li Hongzhang said: The Changsheng army needs to spend 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver every month, and the requirements are huge and capricious, so they must be withdrawn immediately.

Guo Songlin said: My foreign gun team is not much different from it; Without Gordon's foreign guns, our army can destroy the city.

Liu Ming preached: Ding Richang's Explosives Bureau has been able to produce all kinds of flowering shells to supply our army, which is more than enough.

Li Hongzhang said: The camp office replaced the prefect Ding Richang, and quickly went to the Kunshan Changsheng Military Office to negotiate with Gordon about the dismantling of his troops.

Ding Richang received the order and went to Kunshan, met with Gordon, and explained his intentions.

Gordon Dao: I also have this intention, so please report to Li Futai as soon as possible, and he will be dismissed immediately.

Ding Richang said: Mr. Gordon, is it so happy, there are no conditions?

Gordon smiled and said: Wait for money to eliminate the disaster. The 190,000 retrenchment expenses are kindly requested to be forwarded to Li Futai.

Ding Richangdao: May I ask Mr. Gordon, Mr. Pa Xiali, the consul of your country in Shanghai, do you want to make an announcement?

Gordon Dao: Of course, Mr. Hurd's Customs Department also wants to inform you, and I will go to Shanghai to discuss this matter.

After Ding Richang's farewell, Gordon's close friend and military doctor Magani said: Mr. Gordon, this army is a cut, and we can no longer make money with guns.

Gordon said: Li is too cunning, we are not an opponent, rather than let Li slowly weaken and slip away, it is better to take advantage of the current form and put forward more conditions for removal. And our army is corrupting and sloppy. The Chinese know that if they miss this village, there will be no more such shops.

Li Hongzhang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and quickly raised 190,000 yuan to work with Gordon to bypass Pashali and Hurd, and within 10 days, more than 3,000 Changsheng troops were to be dismantled, and 12 foreign officers, 300 foreign guns, and 600 artillery were all accepted.

The Changsheng army was dismantled, Li Hongzhang was in a good mood, and said: "The performance is to handle all the situations ready for the dismissal of the Changsheng army for several days, follow the order, and pray for the holy affairs.

After stealing Changzhou's recovery, it was decided to dismiss the Changsheng army, and the minister attached a piece of Chen Ming on the seventh day of the first month of April, and immediately supervised Ding Richang and others to handle it properly.

Xuan Feng sent an edict on 14 April: Gordon led the team to assist in the suppression, and now that Changzhou has conquered it, the foreigner is willing to attack Jinling first, so as to avoid many troubles in the future, which is really an opportunity that cannot be missed. The Fu should take advantage of the situation and be properly dismissed. If Gordon compromises the arrangement of his subordinates and all the foreign soldiers return to China, it is Gordon who really wants to be good and consistent. Only the flag medal is awarded, not only can not be rewarded for its work, but also may not be able to eat its desire. That is, Li Hongzhang ordered Ding Richang, Li Hengsong, and others to handle it properly with Gordon. As soon as it is ready, it will be quickly heard how to reward Gordon again. Chin this.

Look up to see the holy considerations and thoughts, and the intention of soft and far prevention. According to Ding Richang's return to the province, and according to Gordon and Li Hengsong, who completed the dismissal on the 25th, I would like to present it to my emperor.

The Yuanchang Victory Army began in the American Wall, and its initial number of fewer than 1,000 people increased to more than 4,000 people. Food, salaries and arms can only be reduced as they wish.

In the autumn and winter of the first year of Tongzhi, he was ordered to help suppress Jinling, but he could not make the trip, which led to the change of Bai Qiwen. The minister repeatedly discussed with the British admiral and consul in Shanghai, and then changed the constitution. The number of soldiers was reduced to 3,000, and the monthly salary was paid to more than 70,000 yuan. The purchase of arms, rewards, and miscellaneous expenses shall be 100,000 yuan per month.

After Gordon took it, the minister was caressing and controlled, and the situation was still discussed, and he was anxious and suspicious, and every time he repeatedly.

Since the two defeats of Jintan and Yanku this spring, Gordon felt quite discouraged. On March 22, during the battle of the state, the city had been breached and could not be entered. Gordon witnessed the inability of the victorious army. On the 6th day of the first month of April, Gordon immediately invited our army to be the front enemy, and the victorious army was the rear team, and Gai knew that he was not as good as our army.

Changcheng was very pleased, and on the 15th, Naichen received a report from Pasha Li Chen, and decided to adjudicate the matter of Chang Shengjun's army, and he must inform the British official stationed in Shanghai to transfer it to the minister stationed in Beijing for inspection and handling.

According to Hurd's letter, although the Soviet Province has been cleared, the thieves in Jinling and Huzhou are dangerous, citing the events of Xianfeng ten years ago as a warning, and saying that the victorious army cannot be reckless, such as Baiduan, Gordon seems to be moved.

Ding Richang and others went back and forth, suddenly welcomed and refused, and still wanted to cater to the proposal of Pashali and Hurd, leaving 600 artillery teams and more than 1,000 gun teams.

Ding Richang revisited his situation and said: Er helped to suppress in China, returned to China successfully, and became famous at home and abroad. If it is not abolished at this time, if the person who takes it in the future is like Bai Qiwen and the like, and causes trouble, it will not be a burden of fame. Pashali and Hurd were outsiders, and they thought that the Changsheng army was very reliable, so they refused to make a ruling, so why not dissect the fact that this army has not been able to do well recently, so as not to be burdened by his own reputation.

Gordon thought so, and galloped to Shanghai on the night of the 17th. At that time, Hurd had already gone north, so he argued with Pashali repeatedly, and Pashali was relieved. However, with the important land in Shanghai, please send capable soldiers to garrison it at the discretion of the ministers, and it is Gordon to convey the situation.

Gordon returned to Kunshan to tell his words, Ding Richang was afraid of the impermanence of foreign human nature, or he changed in the middle. That is, Gordon was asked to keep the reply in handwriting, so as not to excuse Pashali and Hurd, and translate the abridgement, which was sent by Gordon and others.

After reading his Q&A with the Ba chieftain, the first thing was that most of the foreign spear team soldiers were not regular soldiers, did not know the art of war, drank day and night, and the soldiers came by themselves. In case of trouble, he went against the officers and soldiers, only knowing how to increase rations, and did not want to do anything. Therefore, several layers were inappropriate, so Gordon decided to persuade him to be dismissed. The second word Pasha Li is for the sake of China, and it is not a lot of events, and the vassals do not have to fight with it.

In order to say that after two years of war, the Changsheng army would join the official army and the official army to attack and suppress the end of the road alone, and the Changsheng army would be in fine condition in recent days, so the decision was made, and the present method was to retain 600 effective artillery troops, 300 gun teams, and dozens of Haisheng steamers, which had reached one-third of the original amount, and were not fully cut.

Moreover, the former enemy has heavy troops stationed in all key passes, and the back roads of Shanghai are safe to break through the end of the pretexts such as the Ba chieftain. On the one hand, Gordon, Li Hengsong, and Ding Richang quickly complied, and urged Guan Dao Yingbao to borrow two silver taels and hand them over to the prefect Jia Yiqian to send to Kunshan. According to the festival, they were paid for several days, and they were discharged in turn, and they were discharged on the 25th.

Gordon used the courage of the army to coerce foreigners to gain self-respect, and as soon as the foreigners instigated, the soldiers bravely obeyed them, and acted unscrupulously, first withdrawing the foreign soldiers, giving Sichuan money, and limiting them to leave the city within three days, and violators were strictly punished. The next time the Chinese soldiers were dismissed, according to the distance of the road, the depth of the year, whether they were injured in the battle or not, they were given a fee, and they were ordered to leave the city, and they were not allowed to stay in life, and they were all safely settled.

In addition to the monthly salary, the reward for the journey was increased from 75 yuan to 4,000 yuan. In addition to the monthly salary, 2,288 Yongding received the reward, which increased from $2 to $100. On the steamers, gunboats, and guns, and other people, they were respectively given a reward of 122,800 yuan for the common severance fund, and 60,000 yuan for the monthly salary.

All ordnance, foreign guns, tents, liveries, ships, and gun emplacements of all sizes were submitted for acceptance. At present, there are 600 artillery troops, and the deputy general Luo Rongguang is appointed by the minister to take charge of the Huguan outside the city, and the first 11 foreign soldiers are left to help teach and learn, and listen to the orders of the management and the officer. It has been agreed with Gordon that only one month's ration will be added if he is repatriated.

The 300 members of his gun team were temporarily left in Kunshan, handed over to Li Hengsong to lead the patrol, and the first foreign soldier was left to accompany the ammunition pressure, so as to prevent hooligans from various countries from pretending to make trouble. The soldiers changed to Chinese uniforms, and the monthly rations required a total of 10,000 taels were still distributed by the Guandao. Since then, I have gradually trained and manipulated myself, so that I will not have any other problems.

The Chancellor Cha Changsheng army is in the artillery fire, and the foreign Ben is greedy, the soldiers are brave and arrogant, and the habits are very deep, which has long been a hidden danger in the Soviet Province. In the past two years, every time I think about taking the opportunity to be good, I have used military thorns and outsiders to control it, and it is not easy to deal with it.

At present, Su and Chang are purged, Gordon is dismissed, and he is willing to preside over the withdrawal, although Pashali and Hurd obstruct it, Gordon solves it in many ways, and still contributes to me. For more than ten days, they were repatriated. There is a lot of money, and the processing is very fast, which can avoid endless worries later, which is really good and consistent.

Since he refused to receive the cashier, he responded to the request and gave another award. Wen Gordon seems to want to invite the yellow coat to return to the country and be honored, which shows his admiration for China.

Since the spring of last year, Gordon will lead the Chang Shengjun army, cooperate with the officers and soldiers to conquer Fushan, relieve the siege of Changshu, recover Taicang, Kunshan, Wujiang, repel the thieves of Yangku, and conquer the capital city of Changzhou.

According to the letter from Shanghai, Pasha Li has been dismissed as a permanent victorious army, and wants to negotiate a good law for coaching, in accordance with foreign regulations, and keep it permanent. Its intention is still not to take our military power and consume my financial resources.

The minister planned to transfer several battalions to garrison the vicinity of Shanghai, which should be dispatched by the minister's office, and it was inconvenient for the British officials to intervene. Gordon seemed to think so, but he wondered if Pashali and Admiral Ying had any objections. In addition to how the chieftain and others argued, and then the camera was properly handled, all the reasons for the deployment of the victorious army were cleared one by one, and presented to the imperial review. Fu begging the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's Holy Notes, the instructions were implemented. Sincerely.