Chapter 141: The chaos in Jinmen secretly accumulates power
The Jinmen Boxing Boxing suddenly launched, specifically targeting the foreign church with a bad record.
At the same time, the local tycoons who relied on the foreign churches to dominate were also in bad luck. They were suddenly attacked by the Boxers. Many local tycoons in the evil countryside were wiped out overnight.
I don't know when rumors suddenly spread in the Jinmen area. The general idea is that foreigners are trying to cut off the foundation of Chinese culture through various means, especially opening churches. Maybe after it becomes popular, the local area will no longer study the Four Books and Five Classics, but use foreigners' writing.
and culture mainly.
This is not bad!
The Four Books and Five Classics and the imperial examination are the main ways for the children of local gentry to advance upwards. They are also the main means for most Han bureaucrats to maintain their family status. Once something goes wrong or the imperial examination is suddenly interrupted, the consequences are not what they want to see.
Originally, the government and other local gentry were very hostile to Yihe Quan and were ready to take heavy action against it. However, these rumors suddenly caused a great uproar in Shilin, and all measures intended to target Yihe Quan were stopped.
Jinmen Boxing's momentum was unparalleled, and it robbed a large amount of money, food and property in a short period of time. The previous hidden dangers were eliminated, and its power became even greater.
"Don't offend everyone and all the forces, just target the main target!"
When Lei Hu was teaching Senior Brother Yihequan, he often emphasized: "Isn't the current situation very good? Without the hostility of the government and local gentry, the actions of Yihequan will be much smoother!"
A group of Boxing brothers who were listening carefully to the class suddenly burst out laughing with contentment.
Yes, the sudden action of Jinmen Yihequan, as well as various subsequent calculations and operations, were all made under Lei Hu's guidance, and the effect seems to be quite obvious at the moment.
In private, the senior brother of the Boxer Boxer not only expressed his gratitude repeatedly, but also revealed an important piece of information to Lei Hu. Someone from the government contacted him and wanted to join forces with the Boxer Boxer to deal with the foreigners!
This time we are dealing with foreigners, not just local churches with bad records, but all foreigners are included in the target.
In fact, the big brother of Boxing Boxing has already been attracted by it. This does not conflict with the purpose of Boxing Boxing at this time. On the contrary, if it can get the secret support of the government, the development of Boxing Boxing will be smoother.
Lei Hu expressed support for this, but he insisted on one requirement, that is, the imperial court must support money, food and weapons so that Boxer Boxing can be qualified to fight against the foreign regular army.
In previous operations, twenty of his elite militiamen took turns to obtain muskets and bullets from the government army through Boxer channels, and also recruited some clever Boxer soldiers to form small groups.
The Musket Commandos played an important role in attacking churches and local powerful manors.
The concentrated power of the muskets also shocked all the Yihe boxing brothers. After the actual combat drill, they did not dare to underestimate them. No one talked about invulnerability anymore. At the same time, the boxers below were convinced of the power of muskets.
Clear understanding.
At least the top and bottom members of the Yihe Fist are aware of the power of muskets. If they encounter a foreign army in the future, they will not stupidly rush into the opponent's musket position with their heads covered.
After having this idea, Lei Hu suggested that Boxer Boxing must have its own musketry unit, which was immediately recognized and approved by a group of Boxing boxing senior officials.
Opportunities are rare right now. The government has taken the initiative to contact Boxing to join forces. It will be a loss if we don't give it a hard knock.
But obviously, the imperial court is not all fools. They know how powerful the musketeers are. Once the Yihe Fist, which has a large number of people, has musketeers, it will not be easy to kill them easily in the future.
Because of the issue of muskets and ammunition, Boxer Boxing and the imperial court kept arguing. Each wanted one but was unwilling to give it to him. The matter suddenly came to a deadlock.
Seeing that the government had a tough attitude and it was unrealistic for Boxer Boxing to obtain a large number of muskets, Lei Hu came up with another idea: to purchase some muskets and ammunition through foreigners, and then obtained bullets bit by bit from the government, and first pulled up a few hundreds of guns.
Let’s talk about a musketeer team of thousands of people.
In order to help Boxer solve the gun problem, he even took the trouble to return to Lingnan to help find a stable supply of guns and ammunition, and then returned to the Tianjin area.
Before coming back, he made a trip to Chancheng to meet with his master Huang Feihong, and through his relationship with Zhongyi Hall in Chancheng, he learned a lot of unknown news.
In short, everything in our Qing Dynasty was unsettled. Troubles occurred frequently in various places and the government was in a state of distress, making it increasingly difficult to control the grassroots.
If it weren't for the repeated urgings of the Boxer Boxing executives and Tan Sitong, he really didn't want to continue going north. In the end, he couldn't stand up to the repeated pleas of these guys, so he had to continue going north to advise the Boxer Boxing's dog-headed military advisor who was hiding in the dark.
After returning to Tianjin, he secretly talked with the Boxer brothers and senior officials several times. After the muskets and ammunition from the foreigners arrived smoothly, the Boxer also began to secretly organize the old, weak and some older and more capable people.
Boxers, take sea transport to the area controlled by the Black Flag Army in Annan.
This secret smuggling continued for a year, and a total of 10,000 to 20,000 old and weak boxers, as well as some young and strong boxers, were sent to the Annan territory controlled by the Black Flag Army. Most of the boxers on the Jinmen side were young and strong, and some were strong.
The core boxers no longer have any worries.
Tan Sitong was also a restless master. Seeing the momentum of the Yihe Quan, he shouted the slogan "Support the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreign countries", and also took specific actions to prove it. He also secretly contacted some reformers through some unknown channels.
The backbone, as well as some court officials, tried their best to promote the alliance between the court and Boxing Boxing.
If Lei Hu hadn't stopped him, this guy even had the idea of asking Kang Liang, who had fled abroad, to come back and take charge of the 'overall situation'. If the imperial court had not cooperated with the Boxer Boxing at that time, it would have been a loss of face if he didn't attack them ruthlessly.
Of course, despite the fact that the Boxing of Boxing has gained momentum and Lei Hu has contributed a lot, in fact most of the time he just talks but does not do anything. He tries not to go out if he can. After many things and plans are assigned, he will not go out.
He took credit for himself and worked as a secret military advisor for more than a year. Few people outside even knew of his existence.
Even Yuan Shikai, who had formed a new army and gradually replaced Li Hongzhang as the new leader of Beiyang, knew that Lei Hu had always been in the Boxer territory, but he was unaware of Lei Hu's movements.
Lei Hu was not dazzled by the rising momentum of Boxing Boxing. He knew that only his own strength was truly powerful, and other forces, power, wealth and the like were just clouds, so he never relaxed his training.
With the help of a large number of resources provided by Yihequan, his muscle and bone training plan has been a complete success.
Now he is fighting alone against more than five boxing masters who cooperate with each other tacitly, and can easily win with boxing power alone...