The news of the defeat of the Outer Mongolian cavalry soon reached the Forbidden City, and the Manchu dynasty was shaken.The prince of Horqin, Seng Lingqin, immediately wrote a letter, asking the imperial court to start a war with the Huaxing army to avenge the dead Mongol compatriots.Cixi hurriedly summoned Prince Gong into Yanxi Hall, her face full of irrepressible nervousness."
Prince Gong, now Xinjiang has been completely controlled by Qiao Zhiqing.Do you say that after the New Year, will his next target be the imperial court" Cixi stared at Yi with frowning eyebrows, holding the stove in her hand, and sat upright on the couch."
Queen Mother, the slave doesn't dare to make assertions.This time, we let the Mongolian army go south to Xinjiang, and we really couldn't beat the fox and make a fuss.Now Seng Lingqin is clamoring in the ears of the minions every day to start a war with the Huaxing Army, and the minions' heads are about to explode.If he can't help but do it, then the Huaxing army must have an excuse to attack us openly" Yi just complained, did not dare to assert his assertions, and led the topic to Monk Rinch.The Mongol prince was like eating gunpowder, and he shouted every day that he would send troops to Jiangnan and kill all the Huaxing troops."
This old fellow is really anxious.However, the 220,000 cavalry of Outer Mongolia still can't help the Huaxing army, and how many soldiers and horses they can make up in Inner Mongolia is not enough to rely on his soldiers and horses. ”Cixi spit out a sentence stupidly, and was also full of complaints to Monk Greenqin, for fear that he, a thorn, would provoke the beginning of the war.He is also ready to draft the holy decree later, remove Seng Lingqin from his position, and let him be free for a few days and calm down at home."
Who says it's not, the old prince is angry now, and he still needs the queen mother to suppress him.Now that our Kwantung Army has not yet been trained, we must not rush to fight with the Huaxing Army" Yi echoed with a worried face.lest fighting the Huaxing army now, it would ruin the hope of the Qing Dynasty's final counterattack.The Kwantung Army, which was trained by Zhang Zhidong in the imperial court, had already begun to become large-scale, and the military establishment was completely modeled after the three-three system of the Huaxing Army, and the instructor was also invited to serve as the general of Ronglu's protector.Now, with the help of foreigners, Zhang Zhidong has established a military factory covering an area of 1,500 mu in Fengtian Liaoning, all of which are produced by steam engines, specializing in the manufacture of breech rifles.The three eastern provinces are rich in resources, and all the materials used in military factories can be found.However, the steel and coal used in the ordnance factory were still imported from Russia, so the manufacture of firearms was also quite slow, and the work was always stopped due to the shortage of steel and coal.At the beginning, Zhang Zhidong wanted to build a steel plant in Anshan, Fengtian, and the site had already been selected, and the coal and iron ore mines had been surveyed.Just when the construction was about to start, it caused a large number of local Manchus to backlash and stop it.In the end, they jointly wrote to the imperial court, accusing Zhang Zhidong of harboring evil intentions, wanting to dig out the dragon vein of the ancestors and cut off the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.Although Cixi knew Zhang Zhidong's thoughts, she, Prince Gong and Prince Yixun, who was in charge of supervising the army in the northeast, also supported Zhang Zhidong.However, due to the opposition of a large number of Manchu nobles in the imperial court.Zhang Zhidong could only be reprimanded by order and told him to stop mining immediately, and all the resources needed were imported from abroad.Zhang Zhidong is half dead, and he has now raised 300,000 troops.As long as the Mukden Ordnance Factory is running at full capacity and producing around the clock, the whole army can be replaced with breech-loading foreign guns in one year.But now there are constraints everywhere, and even if you have the heart, you can't go back to heaven.I can only do my best to produce as many rifles as I can train as many soldiers.Therefore, Prince Gong Wang Yi is thinking of trying to delay the time for the Huaxing Army to attack Jiangbei, and only wait for the Kwantung Army to complete the drill, and then he can confront the Huaxing Army head-on."
The boxers in Shandong have been quelled down without you suppressing bandits all day long, how can the boxers be suppressed for two years, and the boxers are still restless" Cixi remembered the excerpt of the joint letter written by Ding Baozhen and Yuan Baoheng, and a trace of anger suddenly appeared on her face.The two of them jointly implored the imperial court to replenish foreign guns and ammunition for the Lu army and the Yu army, otherwise there would be no way to face the boxers armed with foreign guns, but to make their power bigger again.The foreigners had sponsored 100,000 advanced breech rifles from the Qing court free of charge, but Cixi was fully equipped with the Imperial Palace's Praetorian Guards and Ronglu's protection, and was not assigned to the Han people's regimental training arms.Rong Lu eliminated all the breech foreign guns were also given to the Eight Banners Army, and now the weapons of the Eight Banners Army are much more advanced than those of the Han regiment, and most of them have eliminated cold weapons.The Han people in Jiangbei were depressed to death by the imperial court, and they had no choice but to use the local method to smelt steel on their own territory and make backward breech firearms by themselves.However, the quality is greatly reduced, and if the machine gun cannot be fired, an accident will occur.Therefore, the soldiers in the army are also proud to use foreign guns, and if that team is equipped with the most foreign guns, it is an elite unit.Shandong's Boxer team, under the leadership of the Heaven and Earth Society, although it has been encircled and suppressed by the imperial court many times, will always resurgite after a period of silence.Because of the support of the Huaxing Army, they successively obtained nearly 50,000 breech guns from the Huaxing Army in Shanxi.Every time the Qing army encircled and suppressed, in addition to Ronglu's protector army, whether it was the Lu army or the Henan army, every time they sent troops, they would be defeated by the Boxers.The bullets and gunpowder of breech guns are also extremely easy to make, and only civilian earth gunpowder is needed.The Boxers also built an arsenal in the Yimeng Mountains to produce ammunition."
Back to the Queen Mother, the main force of the boxers has been wiped out, but the remnants of the forces have all fled to the mountains.Now Rong Lu, Ding Baozhen, and Yuan Baoheng are encircling and suppressing from three sides, cutting off all the passages out of the mountain.The minions couldn't imagine that in a year, the boxers would definitely die in the mountains" Yi wiped the cold sweat on his head and replied, reporting good news but not bad news, and did not dare to tell Cixi the truth.Now all the regiments of the Han army have their own thoughts, and no one wants to really fight with the Boxers and consume their own strength.The Boxers were able to maneuver in the cracks, and they are still active in the Yimeng Mountain area, and there have been several resurgences, and the officers and soldiers have no way at all."
You're going to lie to me with nice things, but you don't care about these bandits now.The Huaxing Army will definitely go north to the Central Plains after the spring, you let the Military Aircraft Department study a set of methods, and the focus next year will be on the Huaxing Army" Cixi wanted to get angry but had no strength, and was overwhelmed by the troubles that came one after another.Now the Qing Dynasty is riddled with holes, and can only tear down the east wall to make up the west wall.The only hope is that the Kwantung Army will be trained as soon as possible and regain the prestige of the ancestors when they entered the customs."
The slave takes the order, and the slave will go down."
Yi bowed his head and got up to leave."
Hmm" Cixi snorted, a smile on her face.After lying down on his side on the couch, he stretched out his index finger and hooked it upward.Yi naturally knew what it meant, bent over and laughed on the couch, and couldn't wait to do good things with Cixi again.In the Nanjing Presidential Palace, Ma Xun was waiting for Qiao Zhiqing's instructions in the study.After the autumn harvest, Qiao Zhiqing asked the Ministry of Defense to prepare for the expansion of the army.After the autumn harvest this year, the Ministry of Finance's funds are already quite abundant, and Qiao Zhiqing is ready to triple the army's troops and horses on the original basis.Today, the army of the Huaxing Army has left, center, right, front, and rear, the old army of the five routes, plus the new army of the thirteenth route, and more than 500,000 soldiers and horses.This conscription will also expand the 36th Route Army, with more than one million people.The conscription was entirely in charge of Ma Xun's logistics department, with a focus on recruiting in the seven provinces of Sichuan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Shanxi, as well as supplementing the displaced people who had fled from Jiangbei."
Ma Xun, how are the military supplies prepared, can they be distributed in place as soon as possible" Qiao Zhiqing asked Ma Xun while looking at the military newspaper."
Don't worry, young master.We have already signed a contract with Pan Kee Garment Factory for 2 million military uniforms and quilts, and they are now in the process of producing them around the clock to ensure that they will be distributed after the recruits are fully recruited.There are also Taiyuan Ordnance Factory and Jiangnan Ordnance Factory are also producing guns and ammunition around the clock, and they must ensure that there will not be a shortage of bullets" Ma Xun replied confidently, overworked in the past few days, his eyes were a little black, and he couldn't stop yawning."
Okay, the conscription will be done as mentioned above.Each household leaves a labor force to be selected between the ages of 16 and 35.The conditions and treatment of serving as a soldier should be clearly explained to the people, and the emphasis should be on propaganda, so that the people know that this is to protect the fruits of their victory, and there must be no problem of forcibly pulling out strong men.Qiao Zhiqing admonished and handed the report to Ma Xun.Seeing his tired appearance, he patted him on the shoulder and commanded again, "Don't work too hard, pay attention to your body, go back and rest" "Young master, I'm not tired."
As soon as I close my eyes now, I can see our army crossing the Yangtze River north and ousting the Manchu Tartars from the throne.This body has inexhaustible strength at once, and I don't feel sleepy at all. ”Zhang Xian was happy, his face full of irrepressible excitement.The Huaxing Army is about to have an army of millions of people, and it is difficult to find an opponent in the whole world."
yes, I've been looking forward to this day for a long time.We, the Han people, have suffered two hundred years of humiliation since the Tatars entered the customs.This time, we will go straight to Huanglong, we want to fight for our ancestors, and restore my big Han rivers and mountains" Qiao Zhiqing also poured out a sentence with a resolute face, and picked up the tea bowl and moistened his throat."
Young Master, I won't let you down.After next year's spring ploughing, 800,000 recruits are waiting for your review" Ma Xun took the report, got up and saluted and said goodbye.After going out, he started to get busy again, everything he has now was given by Qiao Zhiqing, even if he was tired to death now, he was willing to do it.If it weren't for Qiao Zhiqing, he would just be a guy from the Qiao family.I never dreamed that now I would become the head of the logistics department of a country's army, and I also married the daughter of Jiangnan Confucian.After Ma Xun left, Qiao Zhiqing asked his soldiers to prepare a carriage and went to the Ministry of National Defense.This afternoon, the Ministry of National Defense held an operational meeting on the Northern Expedition, and Qiao Zhiqing also had to go to listen to various offensive plans
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