In Qiao Zhiqing's courtyard, reporters from the two major newspapers in Suzhou and several foreigner-founded newspapers in Shanghai were all gathered in the guest hall at this time, and most of them were waiting here before dawn the day after receiving the notice.This is the first time that Qiao Zhiqing has taken the initiative to invite reporters to release news, and this historical moment will naturally be remembered by history.For the first time, the people of the Great Qing Dynasty had the right to formally participate in politics, which made all the reporters present happy and encouraged for a long time.Moreover, after the tragedy in Huzhong Village, the two major newspapers in Suzhou published the incident for the first time, causing countless onlookers to wait for the day when the truth was revealed.Even the newly established "Universal Gazette" in the concession made headlines about this matter, and Qiao Zhiqing unprecedentedly convened a newspaper to publish the news."
I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
Qiao Zhiqing finally stepped into the handsome position from the side door, he was wearing a camouflage military uniform unique to the Qing Zi Army, and his waist was straight and looked extraordinarily charming.The reporters chuckled and took out their pens and paper to get ready for the record.Qiao Zhiqing cleared his throat with a cold face, and announced word by word in his extraordinarily magnetic voice, "Now the truth of the tragedy in Huzhong Village has been investigated, and it was instructed by Li Xiucheng, a long-haired thief entrenched in Zhejiang.For this kind of tragic and inhumane massacre, Ben Shuai only wants to give Li Xiucheng three words, and there is no mercy for killing.The first seven days of the people of Huzhong Village were the beginning of the Qing army's attack on Zhejiang.Ben Shuai is here to advise the soldiers of the Taiping Army that laying down your arms is the only way out for you, and don't make any more senseless sacrifices. ”As soon as the words fell, the reporters below erupted in thunderous applause, especially the unforgivable domineering sentence that burst out of Qiao Zhiqing's mouth, which made people can't stop their blood boiling.After Qiao Zhiqing left, the reporters immediately dispersed and rushed back to the newspaper office desperately, all thinking of releasing this explosive news as soon as possible.After Qiao Zhiqing returned to the study, Yan Yuting was sorting out the official documents for him inside, and when she saw him enter the door, her little face was full of doubts and asked, "Brother Qiao, it is said in the military book that soldiers are treacherous and treacherous."
If you spread the news so openly, aren't you afraid that the long-haired thief will prepare in advance to deal with it?"
"The book of war also said that you should take advantage of the situation, do you understand what this situation means" Qiao Zhiqing glanced at Yan Yuting with a smile, and sat down with a chuckle on the couch, but he didn't expect this little girl to also study the art of war."
What's so difficult about this, isn't it the natural potential, the terrain, and the human potential, and we must follow the destiny of heaven, respond to the geographical advantages, and borrow the human potential."
Yan Yuting replied proudly and easily."
You only know one thing but you don't know the other, a really clever soldier not only learns to take advantage of the situation, but also learns to build momentum.As the so-called general trend returns, when the general trend comes, all the people who move against the current, no matter how powerful they seem on the surface, are actually just mantis arms blocking the car, destined to be swallowed up by the river of history. ”Qiao Zhiqing explained to this smart girl in a domineering manner, as the leader of the fire fox, she should also know some ways of soldiering."
Oh, I understand, what Brother Qiao is doing now is to create momentum, so that the people of the world can see Li Xiucheng's ugly face clearly, so that who else will give him his life."
Yan Yuting muttered and laughed, and sat down with Qiao Zhiqing's arm around her."
If you were a man, you would definitely be a general, but unfortunately, you gave birth to a daughter."
Qiao Zhiqing smiled and pinched Yan Yuting's little nose and teased her."
What's wrong with my daughter's family, our Firefox is now developing tens of thousands of places in various places, and we don't need to be worse than your generals at all."
Yan Yuting pouted unconvinced, suddenly remembered something, pinched Qiao Zhiqing's waist, and asked unhappily, "Brother Qiao, are you the one with Sister Su" Qiao Zhiqing was stunned, looked at Yan Yuting's serious expression, laughed secretly, and then pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What does it mean?"
”"I hate it, don't pretend, is that it" Yan Yuting was anxious, stretched out her jade hand and touched her index fingers together, her face was full of delicate red."
What do you care about all day, you have time to let your fire fox investigate the whereabouts of Xu Shou and his party as soon as possible, I praised you just now, and I don't learn better."
Qiao Zhiqing did something wrong, but pretended to be very reasonable.knocked on Yan Yuting's forehead, chuckled and admonished."
Hmph, I don't care, anyway, Sister Su can be with you, and I want it too.I'm going to stay with you tonight, and if you don't say yes, I'm going to do nothing. ”Yan Yuting shook her little head, pursed her mouth angrily, and hung her head no longer to look at Qiao Zhiqing.Qiao Zhiqing smiled helplessly, and he didn't know what these women were thinking, so he sat down at the desk boringly and read the official document alone.Yan Yuting saw that he ignored herself, and she took off her shoes with some anger, spread out the quilt on the couch, and got inside.Qiao Zhiqing was amused by her appearance, so he had to patiently walk to the couch and comfort, "Little ancestor, Xu Shou, they are very important to me, you can do whatever you want, now go and investigate hard." ”Yan Yuting stuck her head out of the quilt and puffed out her mouth to confirm, "This is true" "Of course, when I speak doesn't count." ”Qiao Zhiqing pinched her little mouth, hugged her delicate body and hugged her."
Well, for the sake of your sincerity, this girl will let you go for the time being.Xu Shou and they already have news, but they haven't confirmed the specific situation yet, so you just wait for my good news. ”Yan Yuting changed her face for a while, sat up happily, kissed Qiao Zhiqing's face, put on embroidered shoes, and jumped out happily.Qiao Zhiqing smiled bitterly, there is really nothing to do with this eccentric girl.The two major newspapers in Suzhou put the news on the front page in the afternoon and rushed to print it.As soon as 10,000 newspapers in the world were sold out in an instant, the newsboys were surrounded by the citizens of Suzhou, rushing to pay for them before they could shout on the street.After a few months of promotion, the newspaper is now like an indispensable seasoning in life, and has become a daily necessity for all people.It doesn't matter if you are illiterate or not, once you buy a newspaper, it seems that the whole person has become much more noble all of a sudden, and you can shout arrogantly at the people, see it, you also know the news of the government.Whenever someone says this, it will always arouse the admiration of the people who don't know the truth, but in fact, it is impossible to turn around and wrap the fritters in newspaper.One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the military situation in Suzhou City soon spread out like ripples.After all parties got the news, they were all surprised and didn't know what Qiao Zhiqing was doing.Just making the time of the battle public is impulsive, or overconfidence.Li Xiucheng was even more vigilant and ordered a large-scale search for people who secretly possessed newspapers in various defense areas, for fear that his soldiers would provoke a mutiny after seeing the news.There are still three days left before the first seven days of the villagers in the lake, and all the departments in Suzhou City are in intense preparations, and all military supplies have been continuously gathered.Now only Wang Shumao's left division and Zhang Zongyu's new division of the twisted army incorporated in Zhenjiang are deployed in Suzhou City.In this campaign against Huzhou, the choice was made between the two divisions.Wang Shumao's left division was mainly deployed in the west of the city, so it had an unshirkable responsibility for the Huzhong Village tragedy.Wang Shumao and all the soldiers under his command were all holding their stomachs and wanting to take revenge.Zhang Zongyu is new to the city, and he is eager to take advantage of this opportunity to gain a firm foothold.After the more than 80,000 surrendered soldiers of the Twist Army arrived in Suzhou, they were stationed in the barracks of the former and former divisions.In accordance with Qiao Zhiqing's instructions, Zhang Zongyu eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled with low combat effectiveness, and finally according to the establishment of the Qing Army, only one division of men and horses remained.The eliminated soldiers were given travel expenses when they returned home, and those who stayed in Suzhou were allocated fields, but these veterans who crawled out of the pile of dead people were moved to shout Long live Qiao Zhiqing.According to Qiao Zhiqing's customized principle of land division, all the families of the Qing Zi Army can allocate half more land, and these individual soldiers can be divided according to the standard of the Qing Zi Army's in-service soldiers.Qiao Zhiqing transferred a large number of generals from the left division to the new first division, and the veterans of the Qing Army, who were originally recruited in the first batch in Anqing, have now achieved the position of wing commander.Of the three brigade commanders, the generals of the left division accounted for two, one of whom was Zhang Zongyu's good brother Luo Sanyuan.On the one hand, Qiao Zhiqing learned the lesson of the last Houshi mutiny, and everything has to be based on prevention, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and power can only be checked and balanced by each other is a sharp weapon.After several months of training, the new 1st Division quickly developed combat effectiveness.It was also the first time that it was equipped with a rifle made by the Suzhou Ordnance Institute, which, like the expeditionary machine gun, was also named an expeditionary rifle by Qiao Zhiqing.Since Dai Yuanzheng served as the director, the Suzhou Ordnance Institute has greatly increased its productivity, and it can produce thousands of breech rifles every day, although it is an imitation of Enfield breech rifles, but the bullet has changed slightly, and the warhead has changed from the original oval to a bullet in the sense of later generations, and the firing efficiency is higher, the power is greater, and the effective firing range has been doubled, reaching more than 200 meters.After Qiao Zhiqing's guidance, Dai Yuanzheng specially convened the old craftsmen to set up a breech rifle research and development department.The later Mauser guns were developed more than ten years in advance, but due to the problems of steel and ammunition, they have not been mass-produced.In fact, everything is a one-size-fits-all approach, and the design principle of breech guns and breech guns is no longer a problem because of Qiao Zhiqing's relationship.The ammunition problem was also solved by the emergence of Nobel, and after solving the problem of the barrel exploding, the expeditionary breech rifle also came into being.Qiao Zhiqing attached great importance to Zhang Zongyu, but the first batch of machine gun wings was formed in each regimental headquarters of the new 1st Division, which made the envious eyes of the rest of the old subordinates glare.The day after the news of the attack on Huzhou was announced, news came from the government office.The combat unit unexpectedly chose a new division, and the left division was still tasked with protecting Suzhou.At the same time, Huang Wenzhong's sailors also participated in the operation and assisted the new 1st Division to land on the beach.A big war is coming, and the smell of gunsmoke can be faintly smelled in the air
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