Super dictator.

Liaodong, Dakaolin, the camp of the Chinese Army.

Nie Shicheng looked at the telegram that Wei Jichen had just sent, and couldn't help stroking his beard helplessly. Nie Shicheng is now promoted to Admiral of Zhili because of his military exploits.

China and Japan are now negotiating on the matter of southern Liaoning. Once the negotiation is concluded, Nie Shicheng will lead his troops to return to Lutai, Tianjin, and the imperial court has also sent an order.

After Nie Shicheng returned to Tianjin, he selected the 32nd battalion of the horse training team and organized it into the Wuyi Army, so he is now busy preparing to return to defense.

"Junmen, what is Wei Jichen's call about?" Feng Guozhang, the aide, saw that Nie Shicheng had been silent for a long time, and couldn't help asking curiously.

"He asked the old man to recommend one or two talents for his Liao army, so that he can use them in training the new army." Nie Shicheng looked at Feng Guozhang with a strange expression.

When Feng Guozhang saw Nie Shicheng like this, he was shocked, it couldn't be!

Nie Shicheng did not disappoint him, and continued: "And he even mentioned you by name, saying that he admires you very much."

Feng Guozhang swallowed quietly, and asked aloud, "What does the military gate mean?"

"Of course the old man has no problem. Since Zijie said so, you have to give him face anyway. It mainly depends on your own wishes." Nie Shicheng said with a smile.

Feng Guozhang cupped his fists and said, "Everything is according to the order of the military."

Feng Guozhang naturally had his plan in mind. Wei Jichen's Ding Liao Army must be expanded with his Wei Zijun as the backbone. get reused.

But the Wu Yi army that Nie Shicheng wanted to practice was different. There were so many talented people in the ten battalions of martial arts, and he didn't have to insist on being crowded here to get bloody.

Seeing that Feng Guozhang also agreed, Nie Shicheng had a smile on his face, nodded and said: "In this case, get ready and go to Haicheng first. Now that Wei Zijun is stationed in Haicheng, Zijie must choose soldiers from various battalions in Tianjin. In addition, we will also select some veterans in Liaodong, so you can help Li Yunfei first and make arrangements after Zijie comes back."

"Yes, the military gate." Feng Guozhang looked delighted. Nie Shicheng's actions would allow him to gain a foothold in the Dingliao army as soon as possible.

In this era, there are no job fairs, and there is no good mechanism for selecting generals. They are usually recommended by acquaintances, or hired after hearing of their reputation, so Nie Shicheng is not at all surprised that Wei Jichen did this.

What's more, Wei Zijun was originally branched out from his Gongzi Ten Battalion. Asking for someone from him is like asking for someone from his mother's family.

Haicheng is the largest city in Liaodong. Since the signing of the contract, Song Qing has moved the headquarters back here, but only stayed in Gaiping for an army.

Li Yunfei has been running Haicheng for a long time, and Wei Zijun naturally returned to defend here.

Just when Nie Shicheng received Wei Jichen's telegram, Li Yunfei also received an urgent telegram with similar contents.

Li Yunfei should call all the generals in Wei Zi's army to discuss this matter, Wang Shizhen, Zhang Meng and Zhao Hu are all on the list.

Now Wei Zijun generally decides some minor matters by these people, and some major matters will be sent to Wei Jichen for instructions.

"Everyone, everyone must know that the imperial court has expanded the Dingliao army with our Wei army as the backbone. The trouble is serious, and the army is not here. We should do our best and make early preparations." Li Yunfei said with a smile.

Several people nodded solemnly.

Li Yunfei continued: "Now the most important thing is to select elite soldiers. My Wei Zijun originally had more than 4000 soldiers, and the army is still selecting 6000 elite soldiers in Tianjin. We have to select other soldiers here."

Everyone is speechless by default. It is really difficult to choose here. One is that Song Qing himself has to choose elites to reorganize his Yi Army, and the other is to choose from some troops that will be demobilized. The army of Zi had fought side by side, so it was a bit embarrassing.

"I've already got through with Jiang Guiti, the commander-in-chief of the Guizi Army. Jiang Guiti is willing to lead the army to join our Dingliao Army." Li Yunfei first told the good news. Dismissal was inevitable, and Jiang Guiti also went to Wei Jichen willingly, but Li Yunfei only selected [-] strong people from among them, and sent the rest home.

Wang Shizhen also smiled and said: "General Xu is also willing to lead the Gongwei Army to join us. We will select more than [-] people. In this way, we will have to select [-] people from other armies."

Li Yunfei didn't expect Wang Shizhen to do such a big thing without making a sound, so he couldn't help but look at him with admiration. This guy looks sombre, and he didn't expect that he really had something in his stomach.

"Those 3000 people, based on the relationship between the army and Song Shuai, can come, but it's hard to guarantee whether they are elite or not." Li Yunfei said with a frown.

Song Qing's Yi army was originally large in number, and he later accepted the defeated troops from Dalian Bay, Lushun, Jinzhou and other places, which made it even bigger, but the good and the bad were mixed. Song Qing didn't need to choose soldiers from other places, but from his own army There is more than enough to choose from.

Li Yunfei and others first chose to select sergeants from the Huai army system, and then asked for some people from Song Qing, and finally they considered Nie Guilin and other original Shengjun town border army systems.

"If you can invite Ma Jinxu Ma Zongbing over, even if you get more than 3000 miscellaneous sergeants, it is not unacceptable." Li Yunfei said aloud.

"Leave this matter to me. Song Shuai has a lot of talents under his command. I think this small favor will help." Wang Shizhen volunteered.

Li Yunfei nodded, paused for a while, and said aloud: "By the way, I almost forgot, the military gate also asked us to look for these people around Liaodong."

Li Yunfei held up the telegram in his hand, and Wang Shizhen took a look at it. There were several names on it: Cao Kun, Wang Yingkai, and He Zonglian.

Wang Shizhen couldn't help smiling and said relaxedly: "He Zonglian and I are classmates of Tianjin Military Equipment Academy at the same time, and I still have contact with me. Now we are a battalion officer and are leading troops stationed in Niuzhuang. It seems that the other two are also graduates of our Military Equipment Academy. , this matter is easy to handle, as long as I contact the teachers in the school, I can find out where the other two are going."

"Cao Kun, I have already found out that any sentry officer in the Yi Army is Song Desheng's subordinate Song Zongbing." Li Yunfei immediately added.

Huzi said with a look of surprise: "Mother, such a troublesome matter fell into your hands, and you have already done it after all kinds of messing around."

Li Yunfei and Wang Shizhen looked at each other and smiled.

Meng Zi yelled: "I don't care about the rest. After you select the Manchu soldiers, I have to select the elite among the five hundred elites. Now my fire brigade has the smallest number."

Tianjin, Dagukou.

Wei Jichen led several newly recruited generals and officials, including Ruan Zhongshu and Yan Dunyuan recommended by Li Hongzhang. They were civilian officials who could stay in the camp affairs office. Soup Lengzhi, Li Chun and Cheng Guangyuan.

Li Chun's second brother-in-law, Tan Qingyuan, was the leader of Nie Shicheng's Ten Battalion. He himself also stayed in the Ten Battalion of Gong Zi, and was recommended to study in Tianjin Armed Forces Academy. He stayed there because he was good at German exercises. Rely on the class and assist in teaching military exercises.

Yuan Shikai wanted to hire him as an instructor, but Wei Jichen came later, and with the above reasons, of course he chose Wei Jichen.

Accompanied by Luo Rongguang, the commander-in-chief of Tianjin Town, Wei Jichen and others came to select soldiers.

At this time, there were no less than [-] battalions and more than [-] troops assembled at Dagukou, Qinhuangdao, and Chengzikou in Tianjin. Of course, most of the soldiers here were recruits who had just been recruited. Join the war, the war is over.

Wei Jichen selected more than 6000 elites from the [-] troops, of course he picked the best ones.

Luo Rongguang respected Wei Jichen's anti-Japanese behavior in Liaodong, and cooperated with him very much in this trip. Soon, he summoned the army generals gathered on the front line of Dagukou to wait for Wei Jichen's dispatch.

"Dakukou is worthy of being the best coastal defense in the world. Mr. Luo built this place as solid as an iron barrel. Even if the Japanese really came to invade, they must be able to resist it with this strong fortification." Wei Jichen walked exclaimed.

He admired Luo Rongguang, who later died in the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China and resisted bravely, although this has not happened yet.

Luo Rongguang trained the soldiers very strictly, and he could eat and wear the same clothes with the soldiers on weekdays, so he has a high prestige in this area.

"The country is weak, foreign enemies bully us, and we cede territory for compensation. As a national general, I feel deeply ashamed. I hope Admiral Wei can train the Dingliao army into an elite army and recover the lost territory as soon as possible." Luo Rongguang solemnly entrusted him.

"Be careful, even if Wei is working hard, he will train into a strong army after he dies. You and I are both soldiers, and we are both responsible for guarding the country. We should work together to guard the country." Wei Jichen said firmly .

"General Wei, Commander-in-Chief, the sergeants have assembled on the playground, and we are waiting for you, General, to go and select them." Luo Rongguang's deputy Han Zhaoqi reported.

Wei Jichen nodded as an answer, and several people quickened their pace.

Luo Rongguang asked aloud: "I don't know how Admiral Wei selects the elite?"

"Anyone who wants to join our Ding Liao army must firstly not smoke opium." Wei Jichen had already drawn up the regulations a few days ago, and now he only needs to follow the regulations.

Now that opium is rampant in the army, Wei Jichen doesn't want his army to become two-handed soldiers, so the first condition is not to smoke opium.

Luo Rongguang nodded slightly, and continued to ask: "Besides this, are there any other requirements?"

"If there are people who can read and write, we should choose them first. The physical conditions can be relaxed, and then we can be strong and strong." Wei Jichen said his three most important conditions.

Luo Rongguang knew it in his mind now, and not long after, a group of people came to the playground.

But seeing no fewer than 1 sergeants standing densely, Wei Jichen would pick out 2000 from here, and then go to other places in Tianjin to pick out the remaining 4000.