The structure of the Qing army was still very reasonable, and the country was defeated, politically, economically, and institutionally.It cannot be entirely blamed on the lower layer, the rot of the ruling class is rotten at the root.President Meng looks at the military distribution of Liaoning and will not just look at the surface.General Sheng Jing said that he was talking about generals, and there were very few people who had fought in the war, all of them were Manchu nobles, and they were generally filled by civil officials such as Shengjing Hubu Shilang, which was somewhat of the meaning of learning from the Ming Dynasty, and also caused the Manchus to have no troops that could fight, and the five thousand iron cavalry under General Sheng Jing was also okay to scare the bandits, and let Ruilian pull out to fight Xuan Yuemeng, he would never dare."
This Xuan Yuemeng and Xuan Zonglu, are their grandparents really against Danzhou, didn't they say that Danzhou was a colony of foreigners in the Americas, in the end, they were foreigners, or their Xuan family," Ruilian asked the master nervously.Master sighed, "My lord, don't think about it so much, hurry up and impose martial law, close the city, and send more patrols is the key, I heard that these guys have tens of thousands of troops in their hands It is not clear whether it is the Xuan family, anyway, the prodigy of the Xuan family is very evil, who knows if it is their family, but, according to me, eighty percent is colluding with foreigners." ”Ruilian was shocked, "This Lao Xuan, I still see him very pleasing to the eye, I think he is an honest man, hmph, play so deeply, tens of thousands of troops, tens of thousands, tens of thousands, I see you write 50,000 on the fold, there are really 50,000" The master said helplessly: "Write some, otherwise how will the court know that there are already 100,000 in a hurry, 50,000 is not, 20,000 is always there." ”"There are so many, so let's have such a few people, what are we going to do?"
Ruilian was half frightened."
My lord, don't worry, the imperial court will naturally send someone here, doesn't the imperial court attach importance to the Huai army, wait for Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang to come, rest assured, nothing is wrong with you, we just need to save our lives."
The master couldn't stop comforting.Ruilian nodded, "What you said is that once every three days, send an expedited eight hundred miles to say that the thieves are powerful" Xuan Zonglu arrived in Benxi, and he was also furious, shouting to find Xuan Yuemeng, and the people below did not dare to offend the old man, so they had to escort Xuan Zonglu to the president.President Meng is on the way, as the overall commander-in-chief, President Meng is also under great pressure this time, knowing that within five days, the Qing court will definitely be able to get the news, within half a month, the army should be mobilized over, at the latest, there must be reinforcements arriving in a month is inevitable, President Meng must go to Benxi to watch in person, he can rest assured, this time the bet is all the future.President Meng and Xuan Zonglu arrived at the mouth of the grass river almost at the same time, and the two of them were the front and rear feet.President Meng arrived at the mouth of the grass river under the escort of the guard battalion, Xuan Zonglu was resting in the city mansion, if President Meng hadn't gotten the news, the two of them would have missed it."
Yuemeng, you have the courage to cover you" Xuan Zonglu saw Xuan Yuemeng, dancing with her hands, as if she had a thousand words, and she didn't know where to speak.President Meng looked funny and smiled faintly: "Don't be excited, I'm not all for your official position." ”"For the sake of my official position, you are a great crime of rebellion, you are a rebellion, have you thought about your father, your mother, and our home in Tianjin?"
Xuan Zonglu shouted with his feet, as if he didn't seem to be like this, he couldn't speak.Princess Katrina Kaf chuckled.Xuan Zonglu glared at Princess Katrina Kaf, "What are you laughing at, do you know who I am, I am his grandfather, a little foreign woman" Princess Katrina Kafu glared at Meimu and was about to quarrel with Xuan Zonglu, although Princess Katrina Kafu was used to the authority of President Moe, it did not mean that she was used to Xuan Zonglu.President Meng smiled slightly, stopped Princess Catrina Kaf, and said to Xuan Zonglu: "Sit down, have a cup of tea, do you want to stay here, or do you want to go to Benxi with me" "I'll go to Danzhou first, you tell me, what do you think, your brain was kicked by a donkey, even if you go to the Ministry of Rites, you don't have to rebel, even if you rebel, tell me in advance, fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I would be tied up by the old boy of Ruilian and sent to Beijing now" Xuan Zonglu covered his chest, and he was very afraid.President Meng smiled slightly, "It's okay, I'll let someone send you to my president's mansion first, and you can rest for a while." ”"Alas, my position as governor hasn't been heated yet, what a rest" Xuanzong sat on the chair angrily.President Meng smiled: "As long as I win this battle, no one will have an accident, I can guarantee that Xuan Hongtao will not have anything to do with you, the governor of Liaoning, will become the most stable governor of the Qing Dynasty, even Cixi can't move you" Xuan Zonglu sighed, "My little ancestor, you really dare to say you, you even call the name of the Queen Mother casually" President Meng said disapprerovitically: "It's not Cixi, what else is it called, don't worry, I guarantee that you will be fine, and when I win this battle, your governor's yamen will move to Benxi, and I will protect you, Who dares to touch you" Xuan Zonglu glared and said: "How many people do you have, do you know how many people there are in the Huai Army, do you know what kind of guy the Huai Army uses, you don't know that the sky is high, I am a handful of age, how old are you, you are going to make our family full of people to be happy." ”Of course, President Meng knew the equipment of the Huai Army, and President Meng even knew that when the Huai Army attacked the Soviet Union and Chang Taiping Army in June 1864, Guo Songlin, Yang Dingxun, Liu Shiqi, and Wang Yongsheng had more than 10,000 foreign guns, and Liu Mingchuan had more than 7,000 people and 4,000 foreign guns.By the end of the following year, when fighting against the Twist Army, "more than 50,000 people from the province and the remaining defense army were counted, and about 30,000 or 40,000 foreign guns."
Its artillery also had six flowering artillery fleets by 1864, armed with guns ranging from 12 to 08 pounds.Cold weapons, earthen guns, and earthen cannons have been basically eliminated.However, at this time, the Huai army was still equipped with breech guns.After the 70s, more advanced breech guns from the West began to be imported into China, which led to another update of the Huai Army's equipment.Li Hongzhang not only has more than 400 artillery pieces in his hands, but also more than 20,000 rifles, and his strength is not bad at all, even by the time of the First Sino-Japanese War, the army equipment of the Great Qing Dynasty is also superior to that of the Japanese, but the army itself is not good, and it is definitely not that the equipment of the Qing army is backward.The imperial court thought that Li Hongzhang had a lot of armaments in his hands, but in fact, the embezzlement of military spending was top-down, and there was a long tradition, so the lack of ammunition of the Qing army really could not be completely blamed on Cixi's head.Although it was the first time, there was the chief of the army of Albert Kirchbach, who participated in the Franco-Prussian War, and Rob Cris, an American officer who participated in the Civil War.t1706231537: