Starting from crossing the Fengshen

Chapter 81 Get the team training done
government office.

Chen Yucheng was organizing people to put out the fire. He was wearing iron armor, and you could see that the armor on his chest was dented.

This is where Nalan Yuanshu hit him.

Although separated by iron armor, he still suffered serious internal injuries, so he allowed Nalan Yuanshu to escape.

After all, he is too old to mess around.

Of course, he allowed Nalan Yuanshu to escape because he was confident that the other party would never be able to escape, because the entire Shaoxing Prefecture would be under his control. Whether the other party could escape from the city was another matter.

Based on Nalan Yuanshu's injuries, it only took a dozen elite soldiers to attack him and kill him.

Suddenly, intensive gunshots continued to come from the east direction of the city.

Chen Yucheng's expression changed instantly and he shouted: "Go to the east of the city to find out what's going on."

Although he also had muskets under his command, they were by no means so dense.

"Yes, General!"

A soldier heard this and ran out quickly.

Not long after he left, a soldier hurried over, with a look of panic on his face, and said urgently: "General, many officers and soldiers have entered the city. They are all equipped with muskets, fast and accurate. All brothers have been beaten." Dispersed."

"what!"

Chen Yucheng was shocked and angry, and asked angrily: "What is going on? The garrison outside the city should have been taken down long ago. Where did the Qing Yao come from, and they are all equipped with muskets?"

The soldier said anxiously: "General, it's true. They are the New Army of Hangzhou. General, they are advancing too fast. They will hit here soon. We'd better retreat quickly."

"go!"

Although Chen Yucheng was shocked and angry, and although he was confused, he was decisive enough.

He knew that if he stayed any longer, he would be a turtle in the urn. Only by withdrawing from the city as soon as possible and gathering strength again could he fight to the death with the new army in Hangzhou.

……

Chen Yucheng and his men hurriedly withdrew from Shaoxing City.

Seeing that something was wrong, Shi Zhongkui fled in a hurry.

As they fled, the Taiping rebels in the city completely collapsed.

They either escaped from the city, went into people's homes, or simply went home.

Because many of them are from the Caohe Gang and their homes are in the city.

At the same time, a large army was stationed outside the city.

The Taiping rebels, who had just captured the garrison, encountered a fierce attack by the new army in Hangzhou before they could figure out what was going on. The camp was quickly breached.

Under countless muskets, most of the rebels who used swords and guns collapsed in an instant.

Fortunately, it was night, and the Hangzhou New Army was limited by their eyesight. They were only able to defeat them and were unable to organize an effective pursuit. Therefore, when Chen Yucheng arrived near the garrison, he saw his subordinates fleeing in all directions.

He quickly arrested someone for questioning and found out that the camp had been breached.

"go!"

Chen Yucheng was very decisive and turned around and headed for Kuaiji County.

He planned to gather the remaining soldiers in Kuaiji County and reorganize his troops to fight again.

But his plan was doomed to fail, because Nalan Yuanshu also deployed troops outside Kuaiji County to wipe out the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

……

government office.

Nalan Yuanshu regained control of Fucheng.

Because the view was blocked at night, many things could not be carried out, so he could only order part of the Hangzhou New Army to enforce martial law on the streets, part to organize firefighting, and part to clean the battlefield.

The situation in the city was quickly brought under control. The gangsters were either beaten to death or were so frightened that they hid back home.

The fires everywhere were also brought under control and extinguished one by one.But when cleaning the battlefield, bad news came one after another.

"Sir, we found the prefect's body!"

"Sir, we found the corpses of twelve foreign devils, they seem to be the Twelve British Knights!"

"Sir, the Japanese Budokan was massacred, and dozens of people died!"

"Sir, the Chen family has been wiped out!"

……

If a wealthy family like the Chen family was wiped out, Nalan Yuanshu would not care, and would even be happy, because if these families were wiped out, their property would naturally be taken over by the government.

He had no intention of corruption, but these family properties could be used to provide relief to the people and to train new armies.

He didn't even care much about the death of the prefect.

In the huge Manchu Qing Dynasty, the most important thing was officials.

But the deaths of Western and Eastern people gave him a headache.

Although he doesn't like foreigners, everyone in the court is afraid of foreigners. The previous murder of foreigners has not been solved, and now so many people have died, how can he explain it to his superiors.

Looking at Nalan Yuanshu with a cold face, Yin Qi's eyes flashed with light, he clasped his fists and said, "Sir, are you worried about foreigners?"

Nalan Yuanshu nodded and said solemnly: "Although these foreigners are ambitious and we have to change our ways to become stronger, we will definitely expel them in the end, but now the court is very afraid of them, and we are far from their opponents.

So many foreigners have died before, and even the murderer has not been caught, and now they are doing this again.

I'm worried that if it's not handled well, it will give the foreigners an excuse to start a war and extort the imperial court.

The reform that was finally brewing will be forcibly interrupted. "

Yin Qi chuckled and said: "My lord, you are a fan of the authorities. Obviously, those foreigners who were killed earlier were all done by the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in order to stir up hatred between the Qing Dynasty and the foreigners. As for those who died tonight , of course they were the ones who killed them. After all, the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are not friendly to foreigners."

"Hey, that's a great idea!"

Nalan Yuanshu raised his brows and said happily: "Putting everything on the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not only give the court an explanation, but perhaps also use it as an excuse to get the court to increase support for the new army in Hangzhou. Intensity.”

Since the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, the imperial court has also been looking for ways to become stronger.

Training the new army is one of the methods.

The famous small station training was established at this time, which also led to the success of Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Army.

As the admiral of Zhejiang, Nalan Yuanshu also organized and trained the new army in Hangzhou.

However, due to various reasons, the size of the new army in Hangzhou is only 1, which is not enough to guard the entire Zhejiang.

Yin Qi's heart was moved and he took the opportunity to say, "Sir, can our Yin family organize group training to share the worries of the imperial court?"

"Oh, your Yin family wants to hold team training?"

Nalan Yuanshu was a little surprised.

You must know that because there is no support from the court, the funds need to be paid by oneself. Now running team training is a hard job.

Yin Qi nodded and said: "Yes, sir. Your Excellency also knows that my Yin family's business is relatively large, so I am coveted by others. Some time ago, I was forced by the Caohe Gang to give up water transportation and take the land route, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive."

They are so open-minded that they want [-]% of our family's annual profits.

There is also a rebellion like tonight. If my Yin family hadn't happened to be caught up in the government prison, disaster would have been inevitable.

Therefore, for our own safety, I, the Yin family, want to organize group training.

First, you can protect yourself;
Secondly, it can also maintain the safety of the countryside. "

Talking to a smart man like Nalan Yuanshu, saying anything about serving the country is just a pretentious talk, which is not very convincing. It is better to tell the truth, which will make people believe it more easily.

Nalan Yuanshu thought for a moment, nodded, and said with a happy smile: "Okay. I agreed. Not only that, I will also appoint you as the chief soldier of Shanyin Mansion, and you can recruit up to 5000 troops by yourself. With the weapons, I will I can also buy it on your behalf and send someone to assist you in training your troops. I just hope you can remember that while protecting your family business, you should also think about serving the country."

(End of this chapter)