Chapter 144 The important task lies in the shoulder town of Jinmen
The contact with the Jinmen army was not smooth!
Dong Fuxiang, one of the generals of the Jinmen army, was easy to talk to and was very polite to Lei Hu and Tan Sitong, who represented the Boxer, although he was quite shocked that Tan Sitong turned out to be a member of the Boxer.
However, Nie Shicheng, another big boss in the Jinmen army, was not very interested in Lei Hu and his party, or the entire Boxing Boxing movement, and had no interest in the joint action proposed by Lei Hu.
"Wasn't this guy a fool when he first started out?"
After leaving the army camp, Lei Hu looked back at the poorly defended military camp, shook his head and said angrily: "Now that you have become a general, do you look down on others?"
"I'm afraid people will treat our Boxer as bandits!"
Tan Sitong smiled bitterly. He understood Nie Shicheng's attitude thoroughly. He shook his head and said, "It means that the capital has the intention to unite, otherwise he may not even let us in!"
This guy has been in Yihequan for more than a year, most of which he spent traveling around towns and even villages. Not only did his skin become tanned and rough, but his whole temperament became much calmer.
He doesn't look at problems as passionately as he did before. He knows that things in the world are complicated, and he begins to slowly see through the phenomena to see the essence. If he is allowed to participate in the reform and reform, he will definitely not be so optimistic and naive.
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"Nie Shicheng, this guy is really too much!"
After receiving the report, Senior Brother Yihequan immediately flew into a rage. He yelled at Nie Shicheng in a hot-tempered manner and was quite dissatisfied with Nie Shicheng's reaction.
"Brother Leihu, what do you think?"
After all the senior brothers had denounced him, the senior brother calmed down and asked Lei Hu.
Lei Hu has always behaved very calmly and has not participated in the condemnation of the Boxer brothers at all. He seems to give people a trustworthy feeling.
When the senior brother asked, he smiled and said: "Don't put too much emphasis on Nie Shicheng's reaction. Don't the Jinmen officers and soldiers also have Dong Fuxiang who is willing to cooperate with us? Anyway, given the attitude of the capital, we have too many worries about whether to use it or not.
Even if Nie Shicheng is unhappy, he will not do anything detrimental to us!"
Hearing this, all the Yihequan brothers nodded in approval, but none of them expressed their enthusiasm to kill Nie Shicheng. The current Yihequan has some shadow of a formal military group, but of course it is still far from being fully mature.
"Brother Leihu, what should we do now?"
The senior brother nodded with satisfaction and raised a new question: "It's true that the officers and soldiers are cooperating, but we know what they are like, so we can't rely too much on the officers and soldiers!"
"It's natural!"
Lei Hu nodded in agreement, then slowly expressed his calculations in his heart, and pointed on the crude sand table, showing all the various packages in his mind for the Eight-Nation Allied Forces.
Hearing the vicious plans, the expressions of Senior Brother Yi Qian and Quan Qian changed, and they exclaimed from time to time, looking at Lei Hu with a bit more fear and fear.
Lei Hu simply ignored this. Going up against the regular armies of the great powers was no joke. Boxer's musketeers and cold weapon troops were still far from a truly mature army.
The most frustrating thing is that the quality of such troops is actually better than most of the Jinmen officers and soldiers, which forces him to come up with some special methods to entertain the so-called Eight-Nation Allied Forces.
The methods are indeed more vicious, but there is nothing you can do if you are not as strong as others.
Fortunately, firearms at this time had not yet developed as sharply as they did during World War I and World War II, and the human sea tactic was still quite effective. Otherwise, Thunder Tiger would not have thought about confronting the Eight-Nation Allied Forces head-on, but would have played a thorough game and harassment tactic.
No one can predict what the situation will be like by then.
Although he had a lot of resistance to Lei Hu's plan, the senior brother of Boxing Boxing finally agreed to his suggestion and gave Lei Hu an important task.
A 1,000-man musketeer force was separated, and some 10,000 young and strong boxers were placed under the personal command of Lei Hu. The senior brother took the main force of the Boxer to the capital.
Obviously, the attraction of the capital city is much greater than the battlefield here in Tianjin.
Lei Hu did not refuse. It was time for him to fight to the death with the Eight-Nation Allied Forces. If he still ignored the matter and ignored it, even if he could easily avoid the danger of war, he would still feel uneasy.
When you reach his level of strength, it is very important to maintain a stable and complete mentality. According to the fairy tale, if your thoughts are not smooth, everything will not go smoothly!
After receiving the order, there were still 11,000 troops. Lei Hu went directly to Tan Sitong and expressed the hope that he could stay and help, and not rush to get involved in the troubled waters in the capital.
"Why, according to Brother Lei, aren't you optimistic about the actions in the capital?"
Tan Sitong was not a fool. After more than a year of experience, he was no longer the same as before. Seeing Lei Hu's behavior and thinking about his performance in the meeting hall, he couldn't help but asked in surprise.
"Brother Tan, do you dare to completely trust the so-called prince in the capital?"
Lei Hu did not answer and asked instead: "Or do the powerful people in the capital really want to unite with Boxer?"
this……
Tan Sitong was immediately speechless. With his knowledge and understanding of our Qing officials, he didn't know the truth behind it.
They are just using each other, it depends on which side has the deeper virtue.
However, no matter how you look at it, compared with those old officials who are accustomed to intrigues and intrigues, the senior officials of Boxing Boxing appear to be too naive, and they may be played around with when they arrive in the capital.
"Since Brother Lei is so worried, why didn't he just say it outright before?"
Tan Sitong looked ugly and asked in a deep voice.
"I want to say it, but will they listen, and will they listen?"
Lei Hu smiled bitterly and said: "Since we are going to fight against the regular armies of the great powers, it is not a good thing to have internal conflicts. We can only let them do whatever they want!"
"Brother Lei, because of this, I think Tan should go to the capital!"
After pondering carefully for a moment, Tan Sitong's eyes were firm and he said categorically: "Since I know that the capital may be a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, I can't watch with my own eyes the Boxer brothers being plotted against!"
"Brother Tan, you still haven't seen clearly!"
Lei Hu waved his hand and said with a smile: "The key to this battle with the armies of the great powers lies in Jinmen!"
This is absolutely true. If the armies of the great powers want to quickly reach the capital, landing in Tianjin and taking the train is undoubtedly the best and fastest way. In addition, the great powers have absolute advantages at sea. If they do not make good use of them, how can they be worthy of the great powers?
'Two words?
In the end, Tan Sitong was persuaded to stay. He served as the counselor of the Chinese army in Leihu and served as the main liaison with the Jinmen army. Most of the liaison with the army fell on him...