"And how far can this cannon hit? How many pounds are the shells? Zhao Guoxian didn't ask what kind of artillery the rebel party was, he just wanted to know the power of this cannon. This article was written by......

"My lord, the range of this cannon is not far, generally ranging from tens of meters to more than 100 meters, the large shells can reach 30 pounds, and the small ones are generally about 12 pounds. Ma Liang said with a smile, in fact, although he is the standard commander of the artillery team, he is only a graduate of the Martial Arts Academy, and he has a very good set of kung fu in his fists and feet, and he knows very little about artillery.

"Oh, there's something unique about this cannon." Zhao Guoxian was disdainful when he heard that the range was so close, but when he heard that the largest shell of this cannon was thirty pounds, and the smallest was also twelve pounds, he was a little satisfied.

Hearing the satisfaction in Zhao Guoxian's tone, Ma Liang whispered like a treasure: "My lord, this time there are a lot of green gas cannonballs in Beijing, and as long as there is one cannon at that time, then the chaotic party will definitely suffer heavy casualties." ”

"What!!" Zhao Guoxian was shocked, "Is this true?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhao Guoxian was so sensitive to this, Ma Liang said again: "My lord, it's true." The lowly position was also learned after it arrived. ”

Green gas cannon Zhao Guoxian knows, Gengzi, foreigners have used this kind of cannonball, it is said that this cannonball is filled with green gas, once it hits the ground and explodes, the green gas scatters, no matter the people and horses, as long as the mouth and nose enter a trace of this kind of green gas, then the brain is dizzy, and he dies immediately. When Zhao Guoxian Gengzi. He was only an officer in the Wuwei Army, and he obeyed Yuan Shikai's orders to only shrink in Shandong to exterminate the Boxers, and did not participate in the battles in Tianjin and Beijing. I only heard about this kind of green gas cannon later, and even so, it was chilling to hear.

"Hey, it's really nice to use this kind of cannonball. Who shipped this? Zhao Guoxian threw away the beard he had just chopped off, and asked with regret on his face.

"Your Excellency, it was ordered by the 6th Army Department to be transported here, not just us. Even the other armies also have this kind of shells. Seeing that the adults regretted it, Ma Liang also regretted it. Gaze turned. He glared fiercely at Qi Xieyuan, who was standing on the side, this chlorine gas cannon was told to him by Qi Xieyuan, but after Qi Xieyuan finished speaking, this cannonball is infinitely powerful, and there is no time when this cannonball is banned by the nations. Ma Liang couldn't listen to it. Now he has lost points here in Dashuai. Qi Xieyuan is very to blame.

Zhao Guoxian shook his head when he heard this, the imperial court has newly formed the 6th Military Department, and all the armies are under the jurisdiction of the 6th Military Department, but now this department is very chaotic, although Tie Liang is still a scholar, but Guangxu's hand is also inserted in it. "Since it's here, let's use it when you want to use it," Zhao Guoxian said. There was no interest in visiting the artillery mark anymore, and only took a few steps along the way. And he took the men and went back.

Zhao Guoxian left the artillery mark, saw that it was already dark, so he returned directly to the headquarters, and before he entered the house, he saw 6 Jianzhang, the commander of the Eleventh Association, waiting at the gate of the Yuanmen, and when he saw him coming, he stood up and saluted and shouted loudly: "I have seen the big handsome." ”

6 Jianzhang is the old man of the sixth town, the two of them have been familiar with each other in the small station earlier, Zhao Guoxian saw 6 Jianzhang come to see him, so he asked: "Lang Zhai, what is the matter here?" ”

6 Jianzhang saw that there was no one left and right, and hurriedly said: "Dashuai, I am here for the second battalion of the twenty-first standard." Please also be able to ......"

Hearing that 6 Jianzhang came here for the second battalion to manage the band, Zhao Guoxian was a little displeased. The Sixth Town suffered heavy losses in the previous war, and under the loss of soldiers, there were naturally vacancies for officers, and there were limited positions in the army, so one officer would provoke everyone's eyes, let alone be a pipe band. For this reason, the people who came to intercede did not say it, and 6 Jianzhang was the most diligent one, and one of his nieces and sons-in-law was originally an officer in the first battalion, but now he saw that there was a vacancy in the camp management band, so he thought that he could be promoted to another level.

"Lang Zhai. According to the rules, this matter has always been filled by officers who graduated from the Baoding Academy. The Feng Yuxiang you are talking about [Note:] is only from a class, if this commander really makes him a battalion management band, he will report to the 6th Military Department, I am afraid that he will not be approved. Zhao Guoxian said as he entered the house. 6 Jianzhang's niece and son-in-law were promoted step by step from the soldiers, and they were already at the top of the team, and it would be outrageous if they wanted to be in charge.

"Marshal, but there are still not enough officers in Baoding now, the gunners of the revolutionary party are killing our army officers, and then there are those officers who were made up from Baoding a few days ago, and now they are a few sick, and if we go on like this, if we don't promote those team officers and platoon commanders, I'm afraid that there will not be enough officers when it comes to the attack." 6 Jianzhang said the current predicament of the new army, that is, it is not easy to replenish officers, especially low-level officers, and it is even more difficult to replenish.

Hearing that he pointed out the shortcomings in the army, Zhao Guoxian could only sigh, the sixth town has been restored to its old appearance at a glance, but it is actually far from before, which is even more determined by his determination to resist the enemy with a large force. Thinking of this, he pondered for a moment and then said, "Lang Zhai, so be it." The day after tomorrow, let those team officers who want to be the camp management band come here for the exam, and the top ones will be the pipe band, what do you think? ”

The niece and son-in-law are a lover of reading, and no one is afraid of the exam.6 Jianzhang said happily, "This method is very good, Jianzhang thanked the handsome." That's what ...... the 6th Army Headquarters do? ”

"There are not enough officers in the army, and since the 6th Army Department is unable to replenish it, the commander has the right to select them in the army." Zhao Guoxian stroked his beard and said, after he finished talking about this, he asked again: "Lang Zhai, in a few days, our department will start to attack and suppress, what do you think of this attack?" ”

"Dashuai, this attack will definitely be able to win." 6 Jianzhang said confidently. "As usual, the revolutionary party can fight no more than 50,000 troops, and the rest are regimental training organized and trained by some foolish people, these regimental training is insufficient, the guns are inferior and the ammunition is few, and when we encounter our army, they are always scattered in a hurry, and at most they can only hide in the dense forest and let go of the guns, which is not to be feared at all. Now my 150,000-strong army is pressing the border, not seeking to annihilate the enemy, but only to occupy an area, pressing inch by inch, and taking every step of the camp. Moreover, because our side is surrounded and suppressed from all sides, this revolutionary party must divide its troops into four routes, so that our army has the advantage in strength on each road, and he will fight with our army, but he cannot fight, and he will not fight with our army. Then we can only retreat and give up our territory, but this is in the hands of our army. ”

6. The more Jianzhang talks, the more energetic he becomes. As the co-commander, he is still very clear about the entire strategy of advancing and suppressing, and the meaning in it is also very thorough. In fact, this strategy of advance and suppression is the same as his previous report to the Sixth Army Headquarters, that is, to gather absolutely superior forces, and then move step by step to narrow the scope of the revolutionary party's activities as the greatest victory. He thought so. But Zhao Guoxian did not think so, in his opinion, the revolutionary party should have been eliminated a long time ago. It is precisely because some people tolerated and nurtured traitors before that they were able to gain momentum, and now they raise 150,000 troops to suppress it, and if they don't hit Yanzhou, then I'm sorry for the emperor.

"Lang Zhai, if our army wants to go straight up the water. Hit Yanzhou in one go. So what should I do? Zhao Guoxian squinted his eyes and only waved his hand, asking the servant to put aside the dinner he had delivered.

"Marshal, you must serve wholeheartedly and fight to the nest of the revolutionary party in one go." There is a way to repay the peach, 6 Jianzhang saw that Zhao Guoxian wanted to make a surprise attack, and he did not hesitate to express his loyalty at the moment. After he finished speaking, he whispered: "Dashuai, Xiushan doesn't know what to think." ”

6. Jianzhang said Xiushan. Zhao Guoxian's hand stroking his beard stopped, after Yuan Shikai was dismissed, the pro-Yuan officers in the Beiyang Army were all purged, but it was said that it was a purge, but it was just to get some silver, and then go to Tieliang to cast a door sticker to change his identity. This Xiushan is Tie Liangbao's cronies, and Zhao Guoxian, and Yuan Shikai are fellow villagers, although they were not dismissed and imprisoned for the assassination of Cixi, but after the Sixth Town Mutiny, he was implicated and dismissed.

Entering Yanzhou, it turned out that Tie Liang planned and commanded, and then the imperial party's Zaitao disliked Tie Liang's advance and suppression, so he directly inserted a rod over, and put the original commander Yin Chang back to Beijing to train the Praetorian Guard, and then got a little-known Liangbi as the commander to ensure the imperial party's control of the sixth town, I don't want this revolutionary party to be really difficult to fight, and Liangbi unified the army after the defeat and finally had to go to work. As soon as Liangbi went, in order to ensure the control of the sixth town, Zaitao restored Zhao Guoxian to the official position without anyone in his hands, but now he has become an imperial party, and Xiushan, that is, Li Chun, is completely a rear party.

The last time Liangbi failed to advance and suppress, the command of the Yanzhou war returned to Tie Liang's hands, this time the plan of heavy troops and step-by-step camp is also strongly advocated by Tie Liang, he is a talent in the Manchurian people, and after looking at it in the past two years, he has figured out the road of the revolutionary party. If you want to clean up, you have to be like Zeng Guofan did when he dealt with Hong Yang, not impatient or impatient, and at the same time encroach on the inch, exterminate the livelihood of the revolutionary party, so as to wait for the enemy to cause chaos. Tie Liang chose a prudent strategy, in addition to doing his best, he just didn't want to have another big defeat. If he wants to be full, then the emperor will have to move forward to win, and Zhao Guoxian has this idea. And 6 Jianzhang also went to Tieliang Mansion to post for self-protection earlier, but he was not loyal to him, just for self-preservation.

"The commander of Xiushan will go to discuss and raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while. This time the attack was full of weapons and bullets, and it was just a good time to use the chaotic party to test the front. Zhao Guoxian stood up as he spoke, he wanted to hit Yanzhou in his dreams.

The coach watched, 6 Jianzhang was impressed at the moment, and then the two talked for a while, and Zhao Guoxian served tea to the guests. As soon as he saw Zhao Guoxian serving tea, 6 Jianzhang got up to say goodbye, but now the station of the 11th Association is in Narrow Creek, and it was late at night at this time, so he had to rest at the entrance of the field for a night, and only returned to Narrow Creek the next day. When he arrived at the Ministry of Cooperation, he hadn't found Feng Yuxiang'er to ask for an order, and Zhang Jingyao, the commander of the 22nd standard, came to him, "My lord, a few of the soldiers in the camp were taken away by the Military Justice Department. ”

As soon as Zhang Jingyao said that his soldiers were taken away by the Military Justice Department, 6 Jianzhang said angrily: "It must be these people who were killed by a thousand knives and gambled to make trouble, right?" ”

Zhang Jingyao wanted to beg 6 Jianzhang to go to the Military Justice Department to intercede and release him, but he didn't want 6 Jianzhang to be angry, so he had to whisper: "My lord, the brothers have been lucky enough to survive on the battlefield in the past, and they will go to the battlefield again in a few days, and they can't stop them if they want to drink some wine before leaving, if these veterans make noise and cause a mutiny again, then it will be ......."

Zhang Jingyao's face was full of anxiety, last night a few drunk soldiers were taken away by the military justice department, and the other half-drunk soldiers came to his side to ask for justice, but the sixth town has a tradition of mutiny, he didn't dare to slack off, so he had to come to 6 Jianzhang here to ask for help.

"Hey!" 6 When Jianzhang sighed, he waved his sleeves heavily and said, "Okay, I'll go to the Judge Advocate General's Office in the afternoon to beg for help." Lord, the war is coming, can you let me spend less time. ”

Hearing that 6 Jianzhang agreed to beg for someone, Zhang Jingyao was completely relieved, and said loudly: "My lord, after returning from his humble position, he will definitely strictly control these people, so that they will never be able to mess up again." ”

6. Jianzhang was not interested in his clichés. only asked: "How is the morale of the army in the standard now?" ”

"My lord, the military spirit is stable, and he only wants to fight to the death with the revolutionary party." Zhang Jingyao said loudly.

"How's the soldier's heavy ammunition replenished?" 6 Jianzhang asked again.

"Back to my lord. The soldiers have all been replenished, and the baggage ammunition has been put in place," Zhang Jingyao said.

"Hmm. Then wait a few days to fight the revolutionaries to the death. 6 Jianzhang finally had some satisfaction. At this time, the soldiers outside the tent came to report that Officer Feng was coming, so he waved his hand and beat Zhang Jingyao.

Feng Yuxiang was called over by 6 Jianzhang's personal soldiers when he was making up for sleep during the day, and he knew that there must be something important, sure enough. As soon as he met 6 Jianzhang, he told him about the method of the exam, and when he heard that it was an exam, Feng Yuxiang was immediately overjoyed. Compared with those mud legs in the camp, he is well-read and has a volume of broken books, he is not afraid of others with a gun, and he is not inferior to others with a pen. 6 Jianzhang saw the joy on his niece's son-in-law's face. He said, "Later, you will go to the pipe belt and ask for a leave." Take a good look at the entrance and ask what the people in the staff office are going to test, and they should take the test carefully. ”

"Yes. My lord. Feng Yuxiang only felt that his uncle was thoughtful, but it was not easy to call his uncle in the barracks.

"Okay, go ahead, take the test." Looking at this studious niece and son-in-law, 6 Jianzhang said with satisfaction, only to see his face full of joy. I was very happy, too.

Feng Yuxiang got out of the camp tent of 6 Jianzhang and ran all the way to the station of his battalion. He didn't wait to return to the team, so he found a camp manager to take a leave of absence for two days, in fact, everyone knows his relationship with the co-ordinator, not to say that he came to take leave, that is, he didn't take leave, and no one dared to ask for two days at the entrance of the field. Even if he took the leave of absence, he took the paperwork and opened the paperwork, Feng Yuxiang hurried to the team again, he wanted to go to the bag to get some money and a few books, so that he could go to the venue to get some points.

"Brother Huanzhang, who are you?" Song Zheyuan, who slept next door to him, was awakened by him, everyone was on duty last night, but they didn't want Feng Yuxiang to go out and come back without sleeping, I didn't know what he was tossing, so he got up and came over to see what was going on.

"Hey, hey." Feng Yuxiang grinned and only said, "Lao Tzu has taken a leave of absence, and I want to go to the entrance of the field." ”

Hearing that Feng Yuxiang actually took leave to go to the venue, Song Zheyuan was completely sleepy, and only said: "What, is there a way out of that matter?" ”

"Well," Feng Yuxiang nodded indiscriminately while stuffing money into the bag, "My uncle said, although there is no precedent for this matter, there is still a door, but it still needs to be done......" When he said it, he suddenly remembered something, and only scolded his mother, so he said to this Song Zheyuan, "Mingxuan, go and call the brothers who often drink together on weekdays." ”

"Ah, what are you calling them to come over and do......" Looking at Feng Yuxiang's appearance, Song Zheyuan didn't know what he was going to do.

"Lao Tzu wants to make a pipe belt, which is indispensable. Now Lao Tzu doesn't have enough money, you go and call those boys to me, let's get a gang, and when I am promoted, then my brothers will be promoted in the future. Feng Yuxiang said a big grin, which only made Song Zheyuan stunned for a while, life and death on the battlefield are only between centimeters, and he is about to pull out the camp and enter the army, in case he commits Tai Sui, he will die and whimper, then the official will be a fart.

Song Zheyuan was stunned and didn't speak, Feng Yuxiang just shouted, "If you want to go, you can go, Lao Tzu is busy." Get out! ”

The team officer was angry, and Song Zheyuan, who was the head of the shed, was very worried, and immediately went to call people from afar like a rabbit. After a few teas, there were only four people who came, and this was still with him, and the other three were Lu Zhonglin, Zheng Jinsheng and Zhang Zhijiang, the cavalry target. Feng Yuxiang was very dissatisfied when she saw this, and only muttered: "Why are these people, those rabbit cubs in ordinary times?" ”

"Others either said they didn't have money, or they said that they didn't want to be an official and just wanted to be discharged from the army, so they didn't come." Song Zheyuan said that he only felt that Feng Yuxiang's idea was dark enough, especially the pipe belt he wanted to take charge was not from his own battalion, and the camp was like a mountain, taking care of a fart.

Although there were few people coming, Feng Yuxiang had no way at all, so he had to borrow a dozen Guangyang and a large bag of copper dollars from four people, and hurriedly went to the entrance of the field. As soon as he left, Song Zheyuan said: "I also said that I wanted to send money to my family, hey!" ”

"Mingxuan sighed, we are all from poor families, and it doesn't matter, now Huanzhang finally has a way, don't push him up, do you want to be a studio manager for the rest of your life? If you are short of money, I will lend you a few taels when you return to the camp and take them home. "Zhang Zhijiang's family is not rich but not poor, and the salary of the cavalry is also higher, and he can still keep some money after deducting food and clothing.

"Damn it. I knew that we were all going to join the revolutionary party, and maybe one day we would take over the world, then we would all be great generals and governors. It's still wallowing in the mud. "Zheng Jinsheng is the poorest in his family, he is a soldier just to make a living, and now that the money has been taken by Feng Yuxiang, the family has to drink the northwest wind in the past few months.

"The revolutionary party is also paid? If the revolutionary party doesn't pay it, then cousin Zhen, your whole family will have to drink the northwest wind every day. Lu Zhonglin said that he was dissatisfied with the one who paid Feng Yuxiang to run for office, and now he saw that Zheng Jinsheng was dissatisfied. I can't help but be sarcastic.

Zheng Jinsheng heard what Lu Zhonglin meant, but he felt that this kid was talking too much, and said angrily: "Adults speak." What do the little ones interject. I don't have an opinion on Huanzhang, if you want to get ahead, this money should be paid. I just want to say that although the revolutionary party does not have a salary, it does not need money for food, housing and clothing. After a few years, I got the country. That's not a lot of money......"

Zheng Jinsheng wanted to say more, but Zhang Zhijiang stopped him, "Zhentang, don't say it." Beware of walls with ears. ”

Zhang Zhijiang is not the oldest, but he is convinced by everyone, as soon as he speaks, Zheng Jinsheng is silent. He only waited for Zheng Jinsheng to finish speaking, and then asked Song Zheyuan. "Mingxuan, you were on patrol last night?"

"Hmm. Yesterday it was our team patrolling. What's wrong? Everyone talked about promotion, but they didn't want Zhang Zhijiang to ask about the patrol.

"The horses in the camp have been very irritable these days, especially at night, when the occasional explosions on the opposite side make the horses very frightened. Mingxuan, is there any movement of the revolutionary party on the other side? Zhang Zhijiang asked seriously, although Ma Biao is not stationed in the trench, but it is not too far from the trench. Zhejiang is mountainous and flat, on both sides of the Fuchun River, this narrow creek to the first line of the field, but there is a rare flat land, the horse standard field mouth can not be stationed, so the camp tent is moved to this side.

"Speaking of movement, I did hear it, but the sound was too small, it was very unclear, and I had to listen carefully to the wind, otherwise I couldn't hear it at all, I really don't know what the revolutionary party was doing, maybe they had too much explosives, and they had nothing to do to listen to it, so as to give themselves courage." Song Zheyuan has not yet answered, but Zheng Jinsheng has spoken, but he is not interested in the movements of the revolutionary party.

He was sloppy here, but Song Zheyuan said, "There was nothing abnormal during the Chinese New Year, but there have been some unclear explosions in the past ten days, which is really strange." Brother Zimin, this revolutionary party is not thinking about attacking us. ”

"That's the reason, I'm worried that the revolutionary party will strike first, 150,000 people fight more than four people, if I do, I must strike first, first defeat the enemy in the east, and then deal with the other roads, really have to wait for our side to start moving, then it will be too late." Zhang Zhijiang Road. Ever since he heard the explosions on the other side, he was very suspicious, thinking that the revolutionary party was afraid that it would strike first.

"What are you two talking nonsense, the more you talk about it, the more it looks," Zheng Jinsheng was uncomfortable listening to them, pointing to the trenches and barbed wire fences built along the Dayuan Creek, "If the revolutionary party wants to call, it will be a fool's dream." If you see it, if you want to fight, you must first swim across Dayuan Creek, and then drill through the barbed wire under a dozen machine guns, they will not die and will not be able to touch half of our hair. Not to mention the artillery battalion behind, as soon as the rumbling cannons are fought, they are guaranteed to have no return. ”

Narrow Creek was originally the place of Tonglu, last year after the Sixth Town retreated to Dayuan Creek and then defended here, the revolutionary party could not shake the Sixth Town and the Sixth Town on both sides of the Dayuan Creek, both sides dug trenches, but the new army was spacious, and barbed wire was arranged behind. Earlier, when the defense line was first established, the revolutionary party did not fight it, but now there are barbed wire, machine guns, and artillery, so how can the revolutionary party fight it.

Zheng Jinsheng's idea represents the idea of most people, but Zhang Zhijiang and Song Zheyuan do not agree with this, Song Zheyuan said: "Wait for Brother Huanzhang to come back, and then I will tell him that if the revolutionary party attacks, then we will have to wait for a better life." However, these revolutionary parties are really evil, others are getting weaker and weaker, but they are getting stronger and stronger, and there are more and more new things, and now that a year has passed, and they have not engaged in troops for several months, I really don't know what new things they will come up with. (To be continued......)

ps: Note: This is Feng Yuxiang, because of the mistake in recording the name when he had to report the six military merits, the name was written as Feng Yuxiang, and this mistake was not changed back until 1912.

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