Sun Meijing's life was difficult. The Yanzhou Army actually took advantage of the gap in his army deployment. The Yanzhou Army's five-way containment made him make a mistake. The main force of the Yanzhou Army stormed Lingfeng Temple and seized his tactical weakness, causing him to lose 500 elite soldiers. Sun Meijing never expected that He Fengyu would His military ability was superior to his, and he suffered a big loss in the first confrontation. He could only use strategies to back away from his edge and give up a large piece of territory, allowing the Yanzhou Army to become the king in the mountains. He was prepared to fight a protracted war and rely on mobile warfare to restore the decline.
Sun Meijing got the information. The Weishan Lake battle ended with Li Guolou's victory. Sun Guilu disappeared. The Changsheng Army left Shandong, but Li Guolou's new military army was already stationed in Beizhuang Town. Soon he would have a head-on confrontation with Li Guolou. All this made him After recognizing the situation clearly, he decided to back down a little and not think about it. The chief military officer with 5,000 soldiers and horses was granted the title of deputy general and was permanently stationed in Lincheng and Zaozhuang.
Therefore, the financial man, who was dealing with various forces, used his sharp tongue to request the Qing army to postpone the attack on Yimeng Mountain. He was confident that the Lincheng garrison could return to its original garrison.
When Caijin met Li Guolou in Beizhuang Town, he persuaded Li Guolou not to go into the mountain to suppress the bandits. He praised Sun Meijing to the sky, as if he was holding a small mountain and occupying the mountain as the king. The bandits are the heroes of Liangshan.
Li Guolou agreed on the spot that the new armed forces would not go into the mountains to suppress the bandits for the time being. It would depend on whether Sun Meijing was willing to recruit and be cared for. As long as Sun Meijing showed his sincerity, the new armed forces would withdraw from Shandong.
Caijin's little head looked sideways and vertically at Li Guolou's face, and his little eyes seemed to be trying to find any clues that Li Guolou was lying.
Li Guolou couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't look at that, Bastard. I won't let you become a man of your word. Now I am shouting slogans loudly. In fact, the army has reached a point where it can no longer be consumed. Killing three thousand enemies and damaging eight hundred new armed forces." As the legend goes, the flesh and blood bodies of heavenly soldiers and generals are still lying in the medical team even if they are not dead."
Caijin looked at the subtle changes in expression on Li Guolou's face and pointed fingers: "Fake foreign devils, don't be fooled. I'm going to visit the military camp later. Mr. Fu Xiang personally promised to recruit Sun Meijing. Please don't make me leave your head behind." "Baodugu"
Li Guolou spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "It's really tiring to tell you the truth, Bazi. The Chang Sheng Army is gone. I only have a few men and horses, plus the chief husband and the militia. I only have over 3,000 people. How dare I fight against Sun Meijing's 10,000 heroes?" If you go into the mountains, you are seeking death."[
Cai Jin bowed and said in a standard Beijing accent: "Li Guolou, for the sake of our friendship, please don't deceive me. Please tell the truth."
At this time, Li Guolou was really angry and said with a tiger face: "Don't judge a gentleman with a villain's heart and make trouble. You are not worse than me. Why should I lie to you? Now I am here to train troops in the name of war." I'm about to leave when the new armed forces' fighting spirit is aroused. If I let this army go into the mountains and wander around like beggars to exterminate the heroes of Liangshan, I will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history. Am I that stupid?"
"Well, how could I not believe you? We are shirtless brothers sleeping in the same bed." Na Cai Jin calmly drank tea and began to talk to Li Guolou about bringing in a batch of medicines worth 30,000 yuan. The mountain requires Li Guolou to act as guarantee. If the medicine is robbed, Li Guolou will bear all his losses.
As long as the money is willing to enter the mountain, everything will be fine. Li Guolou opened the door for convenience. He wrote the route in his own hand. He also wrote a letter to He Fengyu, the commander-in-chief of Yanzhou, and personally arranged the food and accommodation for the money. He also did not forget to tout the money in front of all the generals. The next day, Li Guolou, an official pavilion ten miles away, bid farewell to the money.
Li Guolou composed a poem: Yimeng Mountain sends that wealth
Rugged mountains, thousands of ravines, secluded waters, dragons lurking and fish leaping
Beacon smoke, red sun, scattered clouds, painted halberds and full moon, hidden on cliffs
Don't feel regretful about the danger of the country. A good man generously goes to charity.
Prancing horse, straddling Loulan, breaking waves and fighting against Japanese pirates
After earning enough money and face, he left with tears in his eyes. What could he ask for with such a confidant? For the sake of Li Guolou's career, he gave up the life of fine clothes and fine food in the capital and worked as a lobbyist with his head raised. He had three bowls of money and three bowls of money and practiced this after drinking. Only then did they enter Yimeng Mountain with more than fifty mules and horses and a hundred porters.
Ping An has ten female apprentices. Now they have become female soldiers of the New Armed Forces Army and become members of the medical team. Li Guolou officially recruits women in the New Armed Forces Army and is given the salary of a sergeant, with a monthly salary of three yuan.
Don’t underestimate the three yuan that a soldier has to spend on daily life. Food and clothing are all covered by the army. The New Armed Forces followed the Prussian army’s establishment. Each squad has 10-12 people. The squad leader is a sergeant. Each squad has 1 staff sergeant, 3 sergeants, 6 - 9 corporal captains, that is, lieutenants, sentry officers, that is, captains, battalion officers, that is, majors, wing commanders, that is, lieutenant colonels. The uniforms of each official rank are slightly different, and the accessories and epaulettes are different. The Xinwu Army was the first Qing army to implement the Western military rank system. Compared with Zuo Zong Tang's military system of the Chu army was more thorough and more popular among soldiers.
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the silver dollar system was formulated and the coinage system was divided into five grades according to the weight, size and composite quality. Each dollar weighed seven qian and two and was allocated 90% of pure silver; the next three coins and six cents were allocated 860% of pure silver; Then one coin is four cents and four cents, seven cents and two cents, and three cents and six cents, all of which are reduced to 80% of pure silver. The latter four are called "half dollar" (five jiao), "two jiao", and "one jiao" respectively. "Five" silver coin
A strong male laborer can only earn 5 silver coins a day and 1 yuan and 50 cents a month, which can support a family. Therefore, the recruitment list of the New Armed Forces Army immediately attracted the attention of all parties.
After the Xinwu Army posted recruitment notices in Beizhuang Town, the first batch of 1,200 soldiers and 100 female medical staff were recruited, mainly student soldiers from innocent families. Shandong people heard the news and enthusiastically sent their sons to the recruitment office [
In feudal squire families, young women secretly came to join the army. Suddenly, many young women with big feet appeared in Beizhuang Town.
As the establishment became increasingly scarce, women with big feet were not allowed to enter the military camp, but there were still women with big feet clamoring outside the military camp to see Li Guolou. Finally, under pressure from all parties, Li Guolou expanded the medical team to In one fell swoop, 200 people broke the tradition of women not serving in the military and established the first female medical team in the Qing Dynasty. Ping An was awarded the rank of captain and became the first commander of the medical team.
The New Armed Forces ushered in the first recruitment expansion in history with the spring breeze of victory. Of course, Li Guolou would not let the newly recruited soldiers fight. All these people had to go back to Xiaozhan Town. The soldiers used to fight were the good ones of Changfu and Changqianshe. With Miao Zi as the leader and a group of surrender factions, more than 800 people were carefully selected to become glorious New Armed Forces soldiers.
Ping An also had a big quarrel with Li Guolou over the matter of recruiting soldiers because Li Guolou did not recruit Yihe Boxers and it was illegal to preach in the army. Yihe Boxers wanted to join the army and had a chance to join the army only if they gave up their faith. However, Ping An argued with Li Guolou because She herself also gave up her faith before Li Guolou accepted her anti-justice and Boxing, which is a loose civil society. After Ping An recognized the recruitment principles of the New Armed Forces Army, boxers from the Boxing Army enthusiastically signed up to join the army in their own names.
Li Guolou's aggressive recruitment of troops in Beizhuang Town attracted complaints from Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong. He directly complained to Emperor Tongzhi that the New Armed Forces were engaging in the women's liberation movement in Shandong, which was immoral and had brought bad morals to Shandong.
Emperor Tongzhi issued an edict that severely rebuked Li Guolou and asked him to stop such cruel behavior. He would never allow the Qing army to recruit female soldiers. However, the edict did not mention anything about the 200 women who had been recruited. By default, the New Armed Forces had Two hundred female soldiers, Emperor Tongzhi, had other ideas. He thought that Li Guolou was re-establishing a camp in the military camp under the guise of recruiting soldiers.
Emperor Yongzheng abolished the official "prostitute" system, and the "prostitutes" who accompanied the army in the army also disappeared at the same time. This is something that cannot be put on the table. Starting from Sima Qian's "Historical Records", it was recorded that there were "prostitutes" in the Han army in the camp. This can be said about China for thousands of years. The military prostitute system was officially ended in the hands of Emperor Yongzheng. Emperor Yongzheng also abolished the household registration system of life-long actors. From this point of view, the descendants of prostitutes in the Qing Dynasty could also participate in the scientific examination and enter the official career. 』Pioneer of the women's liberation movement
However, a system that has existed for thousands of years has its rationality. We cannot completely deny that at this time, the official prostitutes in the Guanyi of the Qing Dynasty lived blatantly in the Guanyi. There were many brothels around the army. The prostitution system is back
Li Guolou brought the ancient industry back to the military camp. Emperor Tongzhi recognized Li Guolou's initiative to recruit female soldiers because he thought it would improve the combat effectiveness of the army. For the same reason, Emperor Tongzhi could not tell the world but instead protected the world's "women" compatriots. Paper edict denounced Li Guolou
Li Guolou seemed to have Shang Fang's sword and showed off his power. He let two hundred female soldiers walk out of the military camp. Every day, two hundred female soldiers carried Mauser rifles and patrolled Beizhuang Town. The atmosphere in Beizhuang Town was turned upside down. The complaint papers flew like snowflakes to the official case of Shandong Governor Zhang Renjun.
In the end, Li Hongzhang came forward to smooth things over. Zhang Renjun accepted the New Armed Forces' target of recruiting 2,000 people in Shandong every year, including female compatriots. Li Guolou restrained himself and did not let 200 female soldiers go out to patrol the camp.
It was early May and the New Armed Forces were training in Beizhuang Town. Eight hundred soldiers and horses had already become elite soldiers in mountain warfare. Li Guolou shouted slogans loudly but did not march to Yimeng Mountain. He did not want to waste his strength but trained his troops in battle, which would make it easier for the soldiers. undergo brutal training
Since entering Shandong, the non-combat attrition of the New Armed Forces has exceeded a hundred people. There will also be casualties during the march. Soldiers will adapt to life in a different place and become acclimatized in a different place. Some soldiers contracted strange diseases and suffered from vomiting and diarrhea and were exhausted, allowing them to return. Recuperate in Xiaozhan Town and you will recover quickly. This is non-combat attrition. The ancients called it miasma. In fact, it is related to a person's constitution. It is difficult to distinguish whether it is malingering or not. It depends on personal circumstances. Some soldiers were put into another book and soon received a notice of retirement.
The Xinwu Army suffered more than 300 casualties in the battle. In fact, the Xinwu Army was no longer strong in terms of external strength and internal strength. Li Guolou was doing some self-recuperation. After more than a month of training, the Xinwu Army finally got out of the trough. More than 1,500 soldiers accepted it under the morning sun. Li Hongzhang came from afar to review
Li Hongzhang and Zhang Renjun stood on the "Presidential" stage. Li Guolou personally led the team for review. They saw him wearing a military uniform and riding a tall horse. He raised a sword in front of him and said loudly: "The new armed forces have been fully equipped. Please review by Prime Minister Fu." "
Li Hongzhang looked down at the entire drill ground, put his five fingers together, and gave a military salute in high spirits and loudly replied: "Order Li Guolou to lead the new military army out for drill."
"Li Guolou has to order the new armed forces to begin the exercise." Li Guolou waved the sword in his hand. A twenty-member orchestra played military music under the "chairman" stage. The majestic and loud orchestral music was louder than the sound of gongs. There are so many things that make people's hearts rush, as if they are in a passionate battlefield.
The phalanx in the distance was motionless. Li Hongzhang couldn't help but carefully look at the military band under his nose. He thought to himself: "Li Guolou, don't bring that orchestra from the palace. Wouldn't it be a scandal for the Qing army? Look carefully. Fortunately, there is no military band." The eunuch, well, he should be those bastards from the concession. Li Guolou recruited these people from the Ever Victorious Army. With these bastards supporting the scene, it will be refreshing no matter which high-ranking official inspects the new armed forces."
As the governor of Shandong, Zhang Renjun has inspected the army several times, but as soon as he came to the Xinwu Army, he felt that this army was different. Generally, the army would not dare to let soldiers carry guns for inspection for fear of causing a mutiny or even assassinating senior military officials.
Zhang Renjun could not help but feel nervous and asked secretly: "Master Xiang Fu, are the firearms of the New Armed Forces loaded with bullets?"
Li Hongzhang knew clearly that ordinary soldiers had empty guns and the grenades hanging on their waists were just training models. Only Goshiha, who was in charge of guarding, was able to scare Zhang Renjun with a full gun. He said very seriously: "Of course it is war time now. How can there be fraud? Li Guolou is me. He is a direct descendant and bases all his military training on reality."
"It's good that the suppression of bandits in Shandong relies on Li Guolou's new armed forces." Zhang Renjun couldn't bear to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead and came to Li Guolou's station. He could only let Li Guolou figure out whether Zhang Renjun was the leader of the troops or not. A coward, but he has learned from the past. The "Horse Stabbing Case" is a warning to the Qing army. He is afraid that something will happen to Li Hongzhang and he will not be able to explain it to the court. He secretly scolds Li Guolou for not knowing what happened. There are bandits who have surrendered among the recruits. They know people and know their faces but don't know their intentions. Wouldn't he become the scapegoat? Li Guolou would have fought the war, but the atmosphere in Shandong had ruined it for Li Guolou. Zhang Renjun was furious at Li Guolou for disobeying military orders. If Li Hongzhang hadn't come, he wouldn't have been interested in watching Li Guolou. Show off what's so great about the palace. Go back and set up an honor guard at the governor's office to receive the princes from all walks of life.
This brand-new new armed force has been transformed into an iron army after being tempered by the flames of war. It is wearing a brand-new gray military uniform, equipped with a gray helmet, armed with belt clips, bayonets, and grenades. The trouser legs are tied with military equipment. The bandaged feet were wearing gray stockings and green military rubber shoes, which made a thumping sound on the ground.
The only shortcoming is that the soldiers are of different heights. The physiques of the soldiers are very different. The sergeant who leads the team is more like a corporal. However, those sergeants with epaulettes hold their chests and belly like proud little cocks accepting Li Guo. Lou’s Attention Ceremony Sergeant is the core of an army. It can be said that the promotion and appointment of Sergeant Li Guolou poured his sweat. The New Armed Forces relies on these veterans to build an iron army with nerves of steel.
Most of the sergeants were big men, carrying military flags for review. The military flags standing proudly in the wind symbolized the march of the new armed forces.