After talking about this matter, Li Hongtang sighed helplessly. Perhaps the new imperial army he had worked so hard to form in the past might become a subsidiary of the anti-rogue army in the future.
"Sir, don't sigh. This army is much stronger in my hands than in the hands of the court. Since the establishment of the new army, apart from suppressing the uprising of the common people, have they done anything serious for this country?
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Gao Shaoyi also knew that Li Hongtang felt uncomfortable, so he had to persuade him from another aspect, not to mention that there were many useful people in the new army across the country, and these people could not all go blind.
After listening to Gao Shaoyi's words, Li Hongtang smiled mockingly.
Indeed, as Gao Shaoyi said, Li Hongtang and Prince Ding fought against all opinions and must form a new army.
The slogan shouted at that time was to expel the Tartars. However, the new army has been established for more than ten years and has fought against foreigners only a handful of times. Instead, it has suppressed ordinary people internally more often.
"What you said is right. If they continue to be in the hands of the imperial court, their strength will become weaker day by day. Although they are not yet the same as the Green Camp soldiers, but according to this development trend, sooner or later they will become the same."
Li Hongtang, the central figure in the imperial court, naturally knew what the shortcomings of the Daqian Dynasty were, and that was that corruption was too serious.
When the new army was first formed, the imperial court did not deduct their military pay, so it looked decent. However, later on, when the major forces in the imperial court inserted their own people into the new army, their fingernails were too long.
If there is a place where money can be stolen, they will not let it go.
In the past two years, the New Army's food and salary cannot be fully paid, otherwise it would not have declined so quickly. In a few years, the New Army will be no different from the Green Camp soldiers, not to mention the weapons of the New Army now
It's a little behind.
Li Hongtang had already written to the court several times, hoping that the court could replace them with the latest rifles and artillery, but the court refused because they were short of silver coins.
"Immediately send a report to Zhou Zhipeng and ask him to quickly take over the new army on the Daliao Peninsula. All the useful people will stay, and the useless people will be sent back to Beijing immediately."
Gao Shaoyi decided to strike while the iron was hot. This was also the last armed force of the Daqian Dynasty on the Daliao Peninsula. As long as Zhou Zhipeng could capture it, the Daliao Province would be in Gao Shaoyi's hands. As for the two Rakshasa in the coastal areas
Gao Shaoyi really didn't pay attention to the port city occupied by the Japanese.
Although the local army has a large number, Gao Shaoyi has also seen that the combat effectiveness of the Rakshasa Kingdom's army is really poor, and there is a gap compared with the Dongdi Kingdom's army. Zhou Zhipeng will definitely be able to deal with them.
However, what Zhou Zhipeng can deal with is the army on land. The Rakshasa Kingdom also has a fleet on the Daliao Peninsula. Although it is surprisingly shabby, it is still a fleet after all.
How to deal with this fleet is probably Zhou Zhipeng's problem.
"You give Zhou Zhipeng such great power, aren't you afraid that he will interfere with it?"
Li Hongtang looked at Gao Shaoyi with his deep eyes, trying to see something from Gao Shaoyi's eyes, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything.
"I don't trust those who employ me, and I don't trust those who doubt me. Although I have loyal people, in terms of talent, I'm afraid they are not as good as my cousin-in-law. To take over the Daliao Peninsula in two months, this is me.
If I don’t believe in this cousin’s husband’s ability, who should he believe in?”
Gao Shaoyi said with a relaxed look, but Gao Shaoyi was telling the truth. As far as these people under Gao Shaoyi are concerned, in terms of personal ability and army commanding ability, they cannot be Zhou Zhipeng's opponents.
"Why on earth are you so confident?"
Li Hongtang has been looking for this reason, but has never figured it out.
Gao Shaoyi smiled and did not explain the matter. Li Hongtang's time in the Suppression Army was too short. If it had been longer, he would probably be able to understand what was going on.
No matter how powerful Zhou Zhipeng is, he is just a monkey. The various supplies in Gao Shaoyi's hands are like the palms of Tathagata Buddha. No matter how hard Zhou Zhipeng tries, he can't find the palms of Tathagata Buddha.
"I will send people to handle all kinds of handover documents immediately. I will not stay in Haicheng. You can handle the negotiations in Dongdi Kingdom by yourself. The order given to me by the court is for me to go south to inspect."
Seeing that there was nothing going on here, Li Hongtang left for Jiangnan. The imperial court had just issued an imperial edict that Li Hongtang was not allowed to participate in the negotiations with Dongdi State. He did not want to get involved because he was afraid of Dongdi State's retaliation in the future.
"Sir, wait a moment, Zhao Deqiang."
After Gao Shaoyi finished speaking, he called a guard in.
"How are you prepared?"
Li Hongtang looked at Gao Shaoyi in surprise, wondering what Gao Shaoyi had prepared?
"When we return to the Marquis, the Second Company of Guards is ready and ready to go at any time."
Zhao Deqiang is the company commander of the Second Guard Company. Originally, Gao Shaoyi already had a guard company, and this Second Guard Company was specially assigned to Li Hongtang.
The two people walked out of the tent and saw more than 200 soldiers standing neatly outside. They were all moving forward on motorbikes. Every three soldiers had a three-wheeled sidecar. Not to mention today's big army.
The empire, even if we look at the whole world, probably won't have such an advanced army.
"Did you prepare this for me?"
Li Hongtang was inevitably a little excited in his heart. He knew very well the combat effectiveness of the Suppression Army. From the top guards of the Suppression Army, one could imagine how powerful they were.
"None of the eight provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are fuel-efficient. They have a lot of collusion with foreigners. Even if the imperial court has made some achievements there, there is no guarantee that they will be disadvantageous to the boss. This army is temporarily loaned to the boss.
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Li Hongtang is now the Minister of Guan Ming of the imperial court, and the most important thing is that he is Gao Shaoyi's spokesperson. If he is shot in the dark, Gao Shaoyi's side will suffer great losses.
Another reason is that Gao Shaoyi wants everyone to see that as long as you are close to the Suppression Army, you can also have such a guard. It can be regarded as setting an example. It depends on how the people in the court deal with it.
"Then I will take them down to the south of the Yangtze River, and I will take the opportunity to advertise to your Suppression Army, so that they will also know the strength of the Suppression Army."
Li Hongtang is a mature man and he immediately knew what Gao Shaoyi was thinking. Gao Shaoyi didn't blush even after someone told him what he was thinking. His face is as thick as a city wall...??