The time soon entered February 1895, and now Wang Guorui has stopped recruiting, because it is actually impossible to recruit now. At present, there are more than 1,200 people in Taiwan's anti-Japanese volunteers, and it is already a reinforced battalion. And there are about 800 natural people, which is already the largest number that Hsinchu County can bear. It is impossible for a county in Hsinchu County to provide too many soldiers, so Wang Guorui also has a headache. Now Wang Guorui has two headaches, the first is an important military assistant, because he does not have a suitable person who can serve as a senior officer, so he is very worried about this matter. The management ability of that three-star elite soldier has reached the limit, and there is a possibility of chaos in the army at any time. If you don't find a suitable person to be an officer, I'm afraid it's really a bit of trouble.

As for the second issue, which is the issue of soldiers. Now there are no suitable people in Hsinchu County who can continue to be conscripted, and if they continue to be conscripted, I am afraid that it will affect production, and the people will not be able to afford it. Therefore, under the pressure of these two issues at the same time, Wang Guorui has stopped continuing to recruit soldiers. But then, these two problems are very important issues, and if they are not solved, the great cause of resistance against Japan will not be completed.

"Commander, we have captured a man, he has trespassed into our barracks, we have come to ask you what we should do!" The three-star clone soldier said.

Wang Guorui immediately asked: "What are you doing to eat, and you actually let people run in?" Didn't I tell you to be on guard and keep people from coming in? And when he got closer, he had to fire a warning shot to let them leave quickly, but how did he still come in? ”

"Commander, he didn't come from our side of the road, but crawled out of the forest. He went straight into our camp in the woods, and when we fired warnings, he didn't go any further, but he didn't leave either. In this case, we have come to ask the commander, what should we do? ”

Wang Guorui almost vomited blood, these soldiers are too rigid! Wang Guorui said before that if they approached, they would fire a warning gun and let them leave. If they continue to push their way, then shoot and kill. However, this intruder actually ran out of the mountain forest, and the clones in the direction of the mountain forest did not deploy guards, after all, they thought that there could be no one there. In this way, the defense force of the mountain and forest side was obviously insufficient, so that the intruder broke in directly. Of course, the Red Alert system also issued a warning to the clone soldiers, indicating that they had been invaded.

But by that time it was too late, and the intruder went straight to the place where the army was training. At this time, according to Wang Guorui, the first warning shot must be fired. Wang Guorui's order was that they had to fire a warning gun first, so these Red Guard soldiers were more rigid and fired a warning shot first, and if they continued to move forward, they would shoot.

The intruder, who did not know what was going on, heard the warning shots fired and stopped entering, but did not retreat. This is really stuck in Wang Guorui's order, and it is not enough to let those red police soldiers let him go, nor is it to shoot him. So they all came to ask Wang Guorui.

"Hey, these guys don't have any adaptability, and they really aren't the material for being a senior officer! is so rigid, being a high-ranking officer is going to kill people! Wang Guorui complained in his heart.

Wang Guorui came to the barracks and met the intruder. This intruder did not advance or retreat, so he happened to be in the blind spot of Wang Guorui's order to the red police soldiers, so he either came down. And this man looks twenty-five or sixteen years old, which is relatively young. And this person was dressed in the clothes of a Manchu officer, apparently a Manchu officer. And Wang Guorui has a headache, because if he is just an ordinary person, then Wang Guorui can detain him in order to keep the secret, and he is not afraid of any problems. But this guy is a Manchu officer, so if he goes missing, I'm afraid people will be suspicious.

"Who are you? Do you know where this is? Wang Guorui asked.

But the man didn't say anything, just asked: "Where did these foreign guns and cannons come from?" And the army here is very elite, I'm afraid there are no such elite soldiers in the entire Qing Dynasty. What exactly do you want to do? ”

Wang Guorui immediately asked, "Tell me, who are you?" ”

"My name is Hu Wei, and I am the son of Hu Chuan, the governor of Zhili Prefecture, Taitung, and I am temporarily acting as the general manager of Yingqian." Hu Wei said.

Wang Guorui immediately asked, "Are you Hu Shi's brother?" ”

"You know my brother, he's only four years old!" Hu Wei asked in surprise.

Wang Guorui smiled, because he happened to know that the father of Hu Shi, a famous scholar of the Republic of China, happened to be working in Taiwan now. The current Hu Shi's father is called Hu Chuan, who is the governor of Zhili Prefecture in Taitung, Taiwan, and is also responsible for managing more than ten battalions of troops, and there are thousands of armed men under him. However, how effective these armies are, this is worth studying.

And Hu Chuan has five sons, and Hu Shi is the youngest. Hu Shi's mother was Hu Shi's father's house-filler, that is, his father Xuxian married home. And Hu Shi has four elder brothers, and this Hu Wei may be one of them. However, Wang Guorui didn't expect that he actually met a brother of Hu Shi here, who seemed to be a Manchu officer. There is really some trouble now, and if you don't handle it well, it will really be problematic.

"Aha, Brother Hu, in Xia is the magistrate of Hsinchu County, this army is the anti-Japanese volunteer army I formed, and it is being trained!" Wang Guorui said.

But Hu Wei said: "Since you are the magistrate of the imperial court, where did your weapons come from?" ”

"Hehe, cats have catwalks, I have my own way?" Wang Guorui said casually.

Hu Wei continued to ask: "Then what do you want to do?" ”

"Do you need to say it? I'm going to resist Japan! Now that the Japanese have defeated the sailors of our imperial court and can land on our Taiwan at any time, of course I will raise an army to defend Taiwan. And didn't Governor Tang Jingsong also order, can we form an army and volunteers to defend Taiwan in various places? Wang Guorui said lightly.

"But ......" Hu Wei wanted to say something.

"Brother Hu, you don't need to say more! I formed the army in case the Japanese army invaded Taiwan, and I had no other ideas. I can assure you that if the Qing Dynasty is able to settle the war with the Wakos, then these armies will be disbanded on the spot, and the weapons will be handed over to the imperial court. Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui said this, in fact, he wanted to stabilize this Hu Wei and let him not be too careful. However, Wang Guorui knows that the Japanese will never let Taiwan go, and even they still want Liaodong. However, later the intervention of the three countries returned to Liao, so Liaodong was retained, and as for the next Taiwan, it can be said that they absolutely want to occupy it. So Wang Guorui is not worried that his army will be disbanded at all, anyway, this kind of nonsense will be said.

"Well, that's pretty much it!" Hu Wei said.

Wang Guorui was really relieved when he heard Hu Wei say this, because Hu Wei seemed to have been temporarily appeased. As for the next, Wang Guorui also wants to keep him here next, but he must fool him over.

"Brother Hu, do you think you can help me manage this army? I have to deal with official affairs on one side, and I don't have much time to manage these armies on the other side, so since you are also a thousand presidents, you might as well manage them for me! Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui also has no way, because Wang Guorui does not have the right talent to help him manage the army, and since this Hu Wei is a Manchu officer, he is still a thousand generals, and there are at least 500 to 1,000 people under his command. Coupled with the fact that he is young, he may still be a general. What's more important is that Wang Guorui has no talent, so he can only give it a try, and the short man chooses a general, which is what he said. And this guy is an official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is not to kill it, nor is it to let it go, so Wang Guorui is the most headache.

"This ......" Hu Wei was also a little moved.

Because the army with such powerful weapons is also very tempting to Hu Wei. Any general wants to be able to lead an army with good weapons and enough training, and this is obviously in line with his own ideas.

"Brother Hu, I am sincere, I really don't know much about military affairs, and I don't have any dissent. I was able to let Hu Getai, a person I just knew, manage the army instead of me, which means that I have no dissent, and I am a loyal minister! Wang Guorui said.

Hu Wei was completely relieved and thought that Wang Guorui had no bad thoughts. After all, Wang Guorui was able to put a colleague in the army who had never met him, which shows that Wang Guorui has no dissent, and he is a loyal minister. So Hu Wei is not worried that Wang Guorui will have bad thoughts.

But Wang Guorui thought in his heart: "Hmph, if you can take my army away, it is impossible." The squad and platoon leaders in this army are all clones of my Red Police, if you can take the army away, then I will have your surname! ”

"In that case, I will write a letter to my father, explaining that I will stay with you for the time being, after all, we are officials in the same dynasty, and my father should be able to trust you." Hu Wei said.

Wang Guorui smiled, this Hu Wei has already been tricked, and he is willing to stay and manage the army for himself for the time being. Anyway, Wang Guorui is not worried that he will be able to take the army away, so Wang Guorui can rest assured that he will be handed over to him. As for the fact that after defeating the Japanese army, this Hu Wei is willing to cooperate, and Wang Guorui does not mind giving him glory and wealth after ruling China in the future. But if he doesn't cooperate, then don't blame Wang Guorui for crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.