Updated: 2012-12-28

Xu Shichang asked Yuan Shikai to contact Wang Yi, not to mention whether to rebel or not, at least he was a foreign country. Although he had already made a pioneer, whether it was Yang Changjun, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, or the Cen family, who were later called the third governor of one family, to put it bluntly, they are not comparable to those of Yuan Shikai who is now a sesame and mung bean. They are all powerful people, and it is reasonable for the Northeast to accept it. But Old Yuan knew in his heart that whether in front of the Qing Dynasty or the Northeast, he was like a mosquito. In addition to being bloody, he was a crushed end. So it was understandable that Yuan Shikai did not dare to make up his mind.

The days were still the same for the next few days, and Yuan Shikai and Xu Shichang did not mention what happened that night again.

The new army currently has only three towns, and there is still a big gap with the six towns originally planned. Currently, only the first town is full and has become Tieliang's command. Yuan Shikai can make the decision now, but the second town has only more than 5,000 people and the third town has more than 4,000 people, and the first town is not as large as the first town. Fortunately, the big framework has been built, and there are corresponding personnel to operate in all aspects, so Yuan Shikai doesn't have to add more thoughts. Seeing that a new group of students from the Beiyang Army Officer School is about to graduate, Yuan Shikai began to prepare for the establishment of the fourth town. He also realized that he expected to put his experience in the second and third towns, and it would be better to build a new team and wait for the future to be improved slowly. Otherwise, he would build a town like a fool and the Qing court would try to seize a town, so he would have to pay all the capital for his family to settle down.

If you lose money like the first town, it will be enough to eat it once.

Speaking of which, unlike the history of later generations, the Dingwu Army should have been initiated by Hu Yifeng (four sounds of yu and one sound of yu fen) and was also presided over by him. However, Hu Yifeng was transferred to the supervision of Lujin Railway, and was appointed as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, and was promoted to the Prime Minister of the Prime Minister. Simply put, it was promoted! It was Yuan Shikai's turn to step forward. It was different from later generations. At this time, Yuan Shikai had a special relationship with the Northeast Insurance Team in North Korea, and was in North Korea and Vietnam.

They all made great military achievements... mainly compared to other Qing court officers. In addition, Prime Minister Yang Qiuxing accidentally asked Yuan Shikai where he was at the moment when he was visiting Li Hongzhang's aide Zhou Fu. At that time, Zhou Fu didn't know that there was such a person in the Qing Dynasty. Later, he mentioned to Li Hongzhang that these two were curious and searched Yuan Shikai's resume. What a talent! Talent... Such a twists and turns made Yuan Shikai's new army debut.

The so-called town is similar to the divisions of later generations. Six towns are six reorganized divisions, and it is said that the total number of people must reach 100,000. It can be imagined that with the current nearly separatist situation of the Qing court, which was so embarrassing that it was almost bankrupt, it would be difficult to build such a modern army.

Yuan Shikai also took great pains to make the new army, which was also his cultivation of his own power. He lighted the lamp and boiled oil every night, thinking about how to find more silver from the above yamen to fill the military expenses. Sometimes he also wondered, how could Wang Yi bring up a team at the beginning?

If military spending can be like a woman's breasts, there will always be a squeeze, but there are too many problems with soldiers.

The new army is now all Prussian uniforms, which are very energetic, and mainly to distinguish them from the Northeast Insurance Team. The entire army is all about new foreign practices and trained according to the German Army regulations and regulations. Soldiers must be between 20 and 25 years old, their strength must be able to hold up to 100 kilograms, and they must walk twenty miles in an hour. The equipment is also the latest German weapons.

Because of the Qing court's fear of the Northeast, according to Yuan Shikai's original intention, he planned to use the Northeast Insurance Team's organization and equipment to train the new army. However, this matter was rejected by Ronglu and Li Hongzhang. Both of them were old officials, so they were naturally much more far-sighted than Yuan Shikai, a fledgling young man who had just returned from the battlefield. That's right, he chose the Northeast Insurance Team as a training template, with the same language and the same experience, and most of the experience can be used directly. The Qing court also sent some students to study at the Northeast Army Officer School, and the problem of the officer system was easy to solve. However, military correctness does not represent political correctness. Ronglu and Li Hongzhang both understood that this road was not feasible.

Since we cannot choose the Northeast, we should settle for the second best... Germany, known as the world's number one army, naturally entered the vision of the new army. However, the disadvantages of this choice are obvious. First of all, there are different races, secondly, the different qualities of the soldiers, and most importantly, Yuan Shikai and others are unable to change it. There are huge differences in concepts between the officers and soldiers on both sides. Of course, choosing the German Army as a template is also beneficial. Everyone in the world knows that the Northeast Autonomous Region and Germany are very incompatible. Germany even sent some middle and low-level officers to the Northeast Insurance Team to study and participate in the war against Russia. In terms of weapons, the German team, which has not used force for more than ten years, has also been influenced by the Northeast. The most important change in the army is to pay attention to the introduction of machine gun firepower, the application of mortars and flamethrowers.

The final result of weighing the pros and cons was that Ronglu and Li Hongzhang agreed to Yuan Shikai's request. They did not interfere in the rest of the matter, after all, Yuan Shikai was the assistant minister of the military training.

Later, Yuan Shikai formulated strict military disciplines and implemented them strictly. A typical example is that an officer once hid in the field to smoke opium, and was discovered by Old Yuan. Although the officer knelt down and begged for mercy, Yuan Shikai still pulled out his sword and killed the person on the spot. This incident shocked the entire army for a while. From then on, no one dared to smoke opium in the army. After some measures, the new army became the most combative force in the name of the Qing Empire.

In a small house that day, Yuan Datou and a group of confidants were talking about the matters related to the construction of the Fourth Town. Xu Shichang was talking: "In order to control the First Town, Tieliang squeezed out many of the Han officers and soldiers. I think since Tieliang has no eyes on gold and jade, don't be polite. Those officers and soldiers who left the First Town will be arranged to enter the Fourth Town directly. This not only solves the problem of serious shortage of officers, but also has a group of veterans in the Fourth Town, and many difficult periods can be solved quickly."

Wang Shizhen, Cao Kun and others agreed with Xu Shichang's suggestion that they were originally serving the Qing Dynasty, but after Tieliang's trouble, the Manchu and Han problems in the new army became increasingly acute. This disagreement in the military will seriously affect the improvement of combat effectiveness.

While a group of people were talking, a few horses came into the courtyard. Then, a curtain was raised and a few people walked in from outside. The leader was Lao Yuan's current mortal enemy, Tieliang.

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