Chapter 472: Thirteen Guardians of the Dragon Group
In the hall, Long Ao was wearing a new military uniform, with a saber hanging on his waist, and a serious expression. He was dressed like Lieutenant General Li Zhenjun. Long Er to Long Shisan were sitting in the hall, waiting for Li Zhen to arrive. Not long after, there was a message from outside the hall. Everyone followed the sound of steady and rapid footsteps and found that it was Li Zhen who was striding towards him.
Long Ao stood up first, raised his hands and saluted: "Commander."
The rest of the people raised their hands and saluted with loud voices.
Li Zhen smiled and waved his hands: "Sit down, no need to be polite."
Li Zhen stepped forward, sat down and said, "Brother Long, bring all the brothers here. Is there anything you can do?"
Long Ao nodded and said slowly: "Commander, the bandits and dog-headed strategists who followed us back to Guangzhou have all been arranged for training in the army and have begun to integrate into the military camp. Only the twelve brothers under my command have been left unaccounted for. It is always difficult to find a position. As the saying goes, I have no arrangements for myself, but the brothers cannot do without arrangements."
Long Ao has been waiting these past few days, but unfortunately there has been no news.
He couldn't wait any longer, so he came to ask.
Long Er interrupted: "Commander, are you recruiting us to Guangzhou and planning to put us aside? If this continues, the brothers will complain."
Long Er's speech was not as tactful as Long Ao's, he was straightforward and did not worry about Li Zhen's feelings.
After hearing this, Li Zhen understood the crux of the matter.
Li Zhen cupped his hands and said: "Brother Long, brothers, what happened this time was my mistake. I apologize to everyone and ask for your understanding. But please don't worry, I already have an idea for everyone's arrangements."
After everyone heard this, their resentment immediately disappeared a lot.
They were also very touched that Li Zhenneng could put down his posture.
Long Ao said: "I dare to ask the commander-in-chief what arrangements the brothers have."
Li Zhen said: "To be honest with Brother Long, I have already made mature considerations about the whereabouts of Brother Long and the whereabouts of the other twelve brothers. At present, civil servants and military generals are in place, hospitals and finances are also established, and even newspapers are in operation. Get up, but the only thing missing is someone to spy on intelligence."
After a pause, Li Zhen continued: "Brother Long has traveled all over the world and is very familiar with Guangdong. I plan to let Brother Long take charge of intelligence and find out the news. As for the other twelve brothers, they will also work with Brother Long. Brother Long how about."
After Long Ao heard this, he did not answer immediately and thought slowly.
Long Er's eyes shone and he was very excited.
intelligence.
This is an extremely important matter, and it must be done by Li Zhen's confidant. Li Zhen asked Long Ao to be in charge of intelligence, and he obviously regarded Long Ao as his confidant.
For a moment, Long Er felt happy.
At the same time, Long San to Long Shisan all became excited and signaled Long Ao to agree.
After Long Ao thought about it carefully, he nodded slightly and agreed with Li Zhen's suggestion, but then said: "I will naturally accept the commander's order unconditionally. I originally thought that the commander would inquire about information and contribute to his career, but I just In the past few days in the army, I have become familiar with the basic situation of the army. The army is divided into brigade commanders, regiment commanders, camp and platoon commanders, etc., but there are only twelve people under my command. How to determine their official positions? .”
Long Ao didn't care about his official position.
As long as something can be done, Long Ao will agree.
However, Long Ao didn't care about his own affairs, but he was always thinking about his brothers' affairs. He was worried about the twelve brothers below him, so he wanted to plan a good future for the twelve brothers and was very concerned about this matter. .
Li Zhen scratched his head and said slowly: "As for the official position, I have to tell you that this needs to abide by the rules of the army. All brothers have temporarily surrendered and have not made any achievements, so they have no official position and are still the lowest level of soldiers. Brother Long As a person in charge of intelligence, you only have the position of company commander. After you have made meritorious deeds, you can slowly move up the ranks. As long as you can make meritorious deeds, the rest is easy."
Before Long Ao could speak, Long Shisan said: "Okay, let's follow Admiral Li's arrangement."
Obviously, he supports Li Zhen's approach.
Long Er, Long Wu and others all agreed and agreed with Li Zhen's suggestion. They are people with real abilities and do not need Li Zhen's care. They can earn merit by relying on their own strength.
Li Zhen said: "Brother Long, because the intelligence department has just been established, we only have you as the staff for the time being. We will increase the number in the future. I believe that after the intelligence department is established, it will be an independent department that is not weaker than the other regiments."
Long Ao smiled and said: "I hope I can agree with what the commander said."
Li Zhen continued: "The names of the thirteen of you will be the Thirteen Guards of the Dragon Group. What do you think?"
"The Thirteen Dragon Guards."
Long Ao murmured, and the look in his eyes became brighter and brighter. "Long" refers to Long Ao's surname, and "Thirteen" refers to the thirteen people in charge of intelligence. The Thirteen Guards of the Dragon Group, this is a good name.
Long Ao nodded and said, "Okay, just follow what the adults say."
Li Zhen smiled and said: "Brother Long will take all the brothers to prepare. The day after tomorrow I will lead the army to Yangzhou, and then Brother Long will also take the brothers with him."
"yes."
Long Ao solved his serious problem, put on a happy smile on his face, and retired respectfully.
Next, Li Zhen sent people to find Fan Kai, Bo Jia, Mu Zhongyuan and others to inquire in detail about the situation of the hospital and learn about Guangzhou's financial situation. He learned that both were developing rapidly, and Li Zhen's face Her smile never breaks.
Li Zhen carefully calculated the current development situation in Guangdong and frowned slightly.
Guns, ammunition, hospitals, finance, etc. have been involved, but these only involve general industries and do not involve heavy heavy industries. Even minerals have yet to be developed. It is still an unsound development model. Li Zhen made some thoughts and put it into practice. He kept the matter in mind, waiting to be implemented later, after all, he could not find such a talent under his command.
Li Zhen went through almost everything in Guangzhou before he felt relieved.
Li Zhen had no time to take care of the rest of the things.
In mid-May, Li Zhen led four regiments of 8,000 soldiers to leave Guangzhou and headed for the former Jiangbei Camp outside Yangzhou City. When Li Zhen arrived with his troops, it was already the end of June, and it happened that Li Zhen traveled to this place. Time, two years ago, that is, the third year of Xianfeng (1853), Li Zhen came to this strange but familiar world. Two years later, Li Zhen was already a feudal official, but he came here again.
Li Zhen's army arrived and ordered them to set up camp and prepare for war.
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Nanjing, Dongwangfu.
In the splendid hall, Yang Xiuqing sat directly above, with a group of generals below. After more than half a year, Li Xiucheng resumed his former official position from a small soldier guarding the city and was among them. Yang Xiuqing glanced at the civilian and military generals. He said in a deep voice: "We have received news a few days ago that Li Zhen led his army to reorganize the Jiangbei camp in Yangzhou. What do you think?"
"Wow,."
Suddenly, there was a lot of noise below.
Everyone was frightened when they heard that Li Zhen led the army to reorganize the Jiangbei camp outside Yangzhou. The whole scene was out of control, and some people were even trembling with fear.