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A hundred or so school officials and students from the Xinwu Hall accompanied by Li Guolou were arranged to have dinner. They all came to visit and study. For the first time, they witnessed the scene of the artillery battle with their own eyes. The vigorous artillery battle It seemed to bring people to the war-torn battlefield, so that they were quite excited when they walked to the dining hall, and they were still discussing the artillery drill of the Dagukou Fort.

Li Guolou doesn't like to eat a meal for two or three hours, so he has already said hello, and he will go first at the banquet. Others want to drink wine and feast freely. The entertainment expenses are entered into the account and belong to public expenditure. The funds will not be exhausted, which will affect the amount declared in the next year. The tricks here are not under the jurisdiction of the imperial envoy. The clinking country has been eating and drinking since ancient times. Many honest and upright officials also ate their mouths full of oil, and drank white wine as plain water.

The army pays attention to having the same blessings and sharing the same difficulties, and it also maximizes eating and drinking. The imperial envoy patrols, of course, the highest standard dinner, delicacies of mountains and seas, bear's paw and shark's fin are all available. There are three tables in the West Flower Hall, one of which is for Several senior officials' family members attended the table, and Li Guolou's accompanying concubines, Xie Liya and Bai Lian, became the most prestigious members of the female family members, sitting in the main seat facing south.

Li Guolou's family opened a high-end restaurant, which has long been known to everyone, so the family members are very talkative, and they can't hear them praising the delicious food and wine. Shelia, a British girl, said politely: "ok", which makes people think It is the highest praise of a babe.

The soldier's personality was exposed, and his eyes were fixed on Xie Liya's breasts. Li Guolou didn't mind, and he still talked and laughed happily, drinking three glasses of wine.

The admiral Yulu saw that Li Guolou kept silent about the Hongyi cannon and the squib incident, he couldn't bear it anymore, and asked in a low voice: "Master Li, this red cannon has been through the wind and rain for a long time, so it is overwhelmed, hey, the military industry of the Qing Dynasty There is a long way to go, and there is nothing we can do.”

Li Guolou did not show any signs of expression, and said with a smile: "We will not discuss business tonight, drink at Yujunmen, please feel free, I have to write articles tonight, and the artillery drill I saw here opened my eyes." .”

The senior officials at the second table look at me and I look at you. I don't know whether what Li Guolou said is a compliment or a sarcasm.

The man with a swollen face is a cannonball, he belongs to the type who farts when he farts, and he can't hide the material in his stomach, and said loudly: "Master Li, since you have a good idea, let's listen to it, so that we can grow up longer." Experience." While speaking, he grabbed a bear's paw in his hand and gnawed on it straightforwardly.

Nowadays, no one dares to talk to Li Guolou so boldly, which surprised him. He glanced at Xun Xi who talks a lot, and he didn't have the aloofness of pretending to be a Jinshi. , okay, I will be a theorist and talk about the new pattern of world artillery warfare. You can testify against me if I am wrong. There is no distinction between banquets and banquets. The Dagukou Fort is the eyeball of the Qing Dynasty. Like the seven inches of a snake, as long as the enemy wants to fight against our Qing Dynasty, what better breakthrough point is there than the Dagukou? The Western powers want our Qing Dynasty to surrender. As long as they occupy the Dagukou, they will be able to fight and retreat But what about us? If there is a choke in our throat, we can’t breathe out. We are in a dilemma, and we have no control over the sea. If we want to regain the Dagu Port, the loss will be terrible. So let me say that there is no room for loss at the Dagu Port. The gate commands [-] troops, which is really too few. At least tens of thousands of people must be stationed here, relying on deploying tens of thousands of people to guard Dagu during the war. No matter how many soldiers and horses transferred from other places, they will not be able to use their strength. If the artillerymen are dead in battle, who will fire the cannons? Coordinated operations will become a big problem. When the time comes, it is no joke that one's own people will kill their own people. They don't understand the rules of artillery battles. The guest army is not easy to command, full of complaints, and the first person to escape at that time must be the guest army who has no sense of belonging, the army's morale is broken, and it is defeated. The tragic ending of Dagukou is destined to be staged again."

Li Guolou's words caused an uproar, and even Admiral Yulu couldn't sit still, and said anxiously: "Master Li, be careful, you shouldn't say such things. Dagukou has been repaired over the years, and it is different from the past. You can Defeat any invaders."

Li Guolou didn't care about his master Fan Dahui pulling his sleeves, instead he stood up and said, "You are all soldiers, and soldiers must tell the truth. False information will kill countless soldiers of the Eight Banners, and even make people die in vain. , the people above whitewashed the peace, Wen Tianwu played, and the people below used paper to paste a tiger, drunk and dreaming. At Dagukou, except for the replacement of the cannon, the fort is new, and the others are old and stiff. Adhere to the tactics, the tactics of the exercise are also old-fashioned, the theory of weapon victory is not advisable, the theory of range victory is not advisable, and the theory of race superiority is even more fart. The most important thing is that the thinking and tactics can keep up with the combat needs. Is the invader a fool? One cannon blasted them to God. They were also looking for loopholes in the Dagu Fortress. The first wave of attack failed, so they adjusted their tactics immediately. With our rate of fire, the beachhead will always be seized by invaders, what should we do next, let the enemy build up their fortifications?"

Guan Dai Xun Xi yelled: "Drive the invaders into the sea, and kill all the bastards."

Li Guolou nodded and said: "By the way, kill all the intruders. The beach ahead is a sea of ​​swords and blood. It takes countless heroes of the Qing Dynasty to rush up and fight the enemy. We are stronger than the enemy, but here is a bottleneck. , Can we afford the war of attrition? Is it because we have more elite soldiers or the Eight-Nation Allied Forces have more elite soldiers? Two silvers, and raising so many soldiers and horses, can the imperial court afford it?"

Li Guolou sat down, with too much depression in his chest and nowhere to vent. A 2000-strong elite soldier could not change the situation of the war. How many Qing soldiers in Dagukou could survive under the guns of the invaders? Now, can the veterans and soldiers who are left behind be able to pull out a fight?Even the army here does not trust the troops behind them. There are too few elite soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, but the high-salary military support system is on the verge of bankruptcy. Dagukou is considered the best Eight Banners soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. The soldiers of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion had long been rotten, and he was not interested in patrolling. Even speaking, he just went through the motions, watched the vigorous drill, and left the barracks after a few words of praise.

The admiral Yulu followed the trend and said: "Your Excellency Li has a great opinion, and I admire it very much, but a clever woman can't cook without rice. There is no general in the Qing Empire who can lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at ordinary times. I am satisfied with this little wealth. The matter of cooperating with each other is left to Mr. Fu Xiang to worry about. I can’t stretch beyond the border. Mr. Li’s surname is Li, but it’s different. Who told me I’m a Manchu?”

Li Guolou raised his wine glass and said with a chuckle, "Yujunmen, there is a proverb in the West: If you can't eat grapes, you say the grapes are sour. You are such a person!"

"Oh, is it? That's not necessarily true. Women from Andijan in Xinjiang all have blue eyes. Maybe I can snatch them back and be my wife?" Admiral Yulu finally took back his glance at Xie Liya, and said reluctantly. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for a table of female relatives, how many romantic affairs would have been spoken by these military masters. They have become civilized people tonight, and they dare not speak nonsense.

Xinjiang’s so-called Zedsar Kingdom, the current new king, Aguba, is from Andijan. He was originally the Pasha of the Kingdom of Kokand in Central Asia and the supreme ruler of the national army. Later, Akuba led an army of 3000 Andijanese To help the Xinjiang prince Busuluk, the ability to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger established the Zedsaer Kingdom in Xinjiang.

Admiral Yulu now also wants to go to the western borders and establish an immortal cause. As a soldier, he wants to go to the battlefield. If he can lead 2000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners from Dagukou to the western borders, why not worry about his success? Unfortunately, the imperial court refuses to use this artillery , Still let them stick to the Dagukou Fort, let Yu Lukong have ambitions, and have nowhere to display them.

As for plundering the enemy's women, it was a characteristic of the Qing army. It was mentioned in the history books that Zeng Guofan's Hunan army robbed the female family members of the Taiping Army, which was remembered in history. Most of the time, there was no mention of looting, burning, killing, rape and defilement. They are all dirty things done by the enemy. The righteous side has no desires or demands, and only wants to liberate the working people.

Li Guolou rubbed his chin and said with a playful smile: "You have a great responsibility in the Yujun Gate. The strong men guard the gate. I am afraid that you may not have the opportunity to go to the western borders. However, I have a lot of opportunities. All imported military supplies must pass through my hands. Give Xinwutang thirty artillery officers, and then make Yujunmen's dream come true."

"Oh..." Admiral Yulu suddenly realized, no wonder Li Guolou wanted to watch the artillery fire one by one, and gave him enough face to reward the middle-level officers. Western kits are not cheap, and Li Guolou was bleeding profusely. It turned out that the intentions were bad, and the sharp gunners under him were no longer under pressure. Li Guolou came to make friends with him. If he wanted something from him, Yulu thief took a peek at Xie Liya and warned: "Master Li , A gentleman is hard to chase after a word, twenty-eight years is the minimum requirement, as for whether it is an ingot, I don't have such a big expectation, hehehehe."

When Li Guolou saw Yulu agreeing to his request so readily, how could he leave the dinner table, stand up with a smile, and go to toast the other officers. Lectures in Xinwu Hall.

At this time, most of the artillerymen in the Qing Dynasty were Manchus, and most of them were the children of Manchu nobles. They were all educated scholars who knew ballistics. Many gunners had the skills of Western arithmetic and eagle eyes. Skills require political review. Artillery soldiers are the best soldiers with first-class treatment and a sense of pride. Artillery soldiers are all at the rank of officers. As for artillery officers who take their salaries to squander and waste their salaries and play with prostitutes, those are trivial matters and will not affect their morale. Loyal to the emperor and patriotic, guarding the fort at Dagukou, there is no way out. These officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are the most excellent army in the Qing Dynasty, with the most advanced weapons. The cannon is the most advanced weapon in the world and the soul of an army. The army of the Qing Dynasty did not even have artillery, and could not even fight a war. The artillery was disabled, and an army fled immediately.

Li Guolou gave a toast to every officer. He is the leader of the new generation of literati, but he still has a ruffian in him. Lou talked and laughed happily, the anecdotes about the capital, and the grievances and grievances in the rivers and lakes are unforgettable.

Yulu has already been impressed by Li Guolou, Tanhualang who is capable of writing and martial arts, no wonder he can get the favor of the most senior foreign girls and British beauties, look at the wives of those officers, they are rushing to toast to Li Guolou, eating with hands and feet As much as Li Guolou's tofu, even his third wife is interested in Li Guolou, the sweet pastry in the eyes of women!