late Qing Dynasty arrest

The second was a horse fight. This horse fight was not about two people holding wooden knives on horseback. They could easily fall off the horse. Su Yuanchun and Madeli were both recruits, and dangerous horse fights were not allowed.It is not a competition to see whose horse runs faster, but only to see whose horse is faster, which loses the meaning of the game.Instead, use a sword in hand, ride on a horse, and walk vertically, chopping down the scarecrows on the nearby wooden posts, and erecting each scarecrow within a certain straight-line distance. Next, see who cuts the most scarecrows.This requires a person to master the accuracy of the shot and the sensitivity of the body while the horse is galloping.The nation on horseback has the upper hand, a competition without any suspense, you can tell who is superior without comparing.

"Master Li, when I was young, I could jump directly on the horseback without using my hands. Now that I am old, I can only watch the young people play tricks." The governor Zhang Xuefei returned to his original demeanor, talking and laughing happily, with a condescending expression, looking down on Li The soldiers of the Ziying, the horse riding skills, are far behind the Han people.

"Your Excellency Supervisor is really a warrior of the Eight Banners, and he has this ability. Although the officer is young, he has not learned the ability to jump on a horse without using his hands. Shame, shame!" Li Guolou felt aggrieved, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners only had this subject Stronger than the bravery and sergeants of the Han people.The living environment of the Manchus and the Han people is different. Although many Eight Banners have lost their ability to be brave and become useless wood that can only move their mouths and play with birdcages, there are still many Eight Banners who ride horses since childhood.He also knew that Su Yuanchun was riding a horse and wielding a knife, don't use too much force and fall off the horse, everything will be fine.As for winning the game, expecting the opponent's horse to kick, the possibility is very slim.

Surrounded by thousands of people, Su Yuanchun and Ma Deli came to the racecourse. Equestrian competitions were the most popular military subject of the Qing army. Soldiers did not like watching artillery shooting, but equestrian performances. The moment Deli mounts his horse, the moment he gets on the horse, he will be judged immediately.As soon as Madeli took control of the rein, she leaped onto the saddle quite gracefully, her movements were coherent and one-step.Su Yuanchun first had to appease the war horse, and carefully checked whether the eyes of the war horse were exposed to the sun, so that the horse would not be in danger of being frightened, and stepped on the horse step by step in the standard way taught in the school.

Yao Bin saw so many big people around him watching the game, he was full of energy, and he wanted to show his talents to the chief. With his eloquence, he took a chance to go to Lanzhou, walked boldly and cautiously to the side of the horse, and acted as a referee He raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Xiao Qiguan, Su Yuanchun, I said that you can only start at the beginning, and you must cut all [-] straw figures. If you miss one, turn around and go back. Whoever runs to the finish line first will be the winner."

Commander Zhang Xuefei took the opportunity to sell his foster soldiers to Li Guolou, and said unhurriedly, "Master Li, there are at least 100 urban blood souls who can be trained to the west."

Li Guolou is not willing to make wedding dresses for others, and this is not his protégé, so he smiled quietly and said: "Master Supervisor, the duties of a subordinate official are heavy, and he was smashed like a royal servant, and his head fell to the ground. I dare not talk to myself If you bring so many candidates to Lanzhou, you will be impeached by the censor."

Zhang Xuefei was also a lion, and gave Li Guolou room to bargain. Hearing Li Guolou's refusal, he said: "Lord Li, let's make the scale smaller, let's have 50 people. Xinwutang has more Eight Banners, so that the emperor can rest assured." .”

Li Guolou twitched the corners of his mouth and raised his eyebrows to look at Zhang Xuefei. He didn't have the good temper he used to have, and he didn't like the officials who didn't like him. There are also merits, and you can't be too stingy, with a dry tone: "My lord, the lower officials are reluctant to do what they want, and lead a team of nurturing soldiers to train. There will always be people who can't stand the test. How many nurturing soldiers will be able to enter the new army? Wutang, the lower officials don't dare to guarantee it."

Zhang Xuefei said with a chuckle: "Then it's settled, a team of nurturing soldiers will be trained by the Xinwu Hall. Don't worry, brother, you are not stingy. The money that should be spent will be paid by the Jianrui camp. Don't hide it, Mr. Li, and give it to the old man." Brother, get two hundred Mausers from Tianjin, otherwise Mr. Yichang will not be able to make things right, and the flintlocks will be outdated."

"Then let's do it when the officials come back from Lanzhou." Li Guolou nodded slightly, with imported military supplies in his hands, how many troops want to change their outfits first?He didn't use his power to accept bribes, but he also needed to calculate carefully. The Qing Empire's economic and strategic army had more than 80, not including the newly formed new army.To abolish the soldiers of the Eight Banners, it is necessary to re-arrange public positions for the soldiers of the Eight Banners, or to give a certain amount of land, so as to win over the hearts of the people.This errand of suffering was done by Prince Gong himself, and it is still difficult. The speed of the reform of the Qing Dynasty is slow and difficult. Will it stagnate?Even he has no idea.

The two sides agreed on the rules of the game formulated by Yao Bin. Su Yuanchun and Madeli each held swords and straddled horses.Due to the saber forging technology and training wear and tear, the sabers held by the two of them are heavier than the sabers in actual combat, so the cavalry is required to have strong strength and strong wrist flexibility. With a straight-line distance of 300 meters, the first 100 meters is for Ma Zhan to charge. After a certain speed, there are twenty straw men in front of them. This is the goal in their eyes.

Madley chopped down every scarecrow, and some scarecrows were hacked twice. He was the first to reach the finish line and won the cheers of the spectators.

Su Yuanchun was not so lucky. He missed a few scarecrows and had to steer his horse to turn back for another round of slashing.There is grace in losing, Su Yuanchun took the initiative to step forward, and said with a smile: "Cavalry officer, you are skilled in horsemanship, I am ashamed of myself, I have nothing to say about losing, you won this game. But the final victory must belong to me. "

"That's not necessarily the case. My marksmanship is perfect, and I can hit wild geese flying in the sky." Madeli said hard, but he had already conceded in his heart. He would not be able to use a Mauser, and he still used an old-fashioned flintlock.I have never seen a sharpshooter who has practiced a distance of 150 steps with a flintlock, and it is still possible within 100 steps.

Yao Bin is worthy of being a young scholar, and he already knew that the ending would be unfavorable, so he said in a hurry: "The last competition will take a few days. The cavalry officer doesn't know how to use a Mauser yet, so let him learn to use a Mauser. Use a flintlock to compete with a Mauser. , it's not fair."

"Little Xiucai is right! It's not fair, the competition will take two days." All the foster soldiers followed suit, messing up a game.

Madeli let out a long breath, not embarrassing Jianrui Ying, peace is the most important thing, and everyone is happy with a draw.In the midst of applause, I took a new-style Mauser gun, carried the Mauser gun, and went to the shooting range to practice shooting. I heard the instructor of Xinwu Hall say, "Three points and one line." I didn't understand what it meant, and started There are so many things to pay attention to about guns, who should I ask for advice?

Li Guolou had a high opinion of Yao Bin, nodded in approval and said: "Master Supervisor, your son has the potential to be a counselor because he is a young scholar. This kid can be taken out to hone it, and he will become a great talent."

"En! Little scholar, come here." The governor, Zhang Xuefei, also praised Yao Bin very much. He didn't embarrass the Jianrui camp. The future of this foster soldier is limitless.Zhang Xuefei praised Yao Bin a few words, and asked Yao Bin to shoot a target with a Mauser on his shoulder.

Also raising soldiers, Yao Bin is much more shrewd, and asked without shame: "Master Li, just now I heard an instructor say that you need to shoot at three points and one line, which three points? I don't understand, I can't afford to hurt my youth."

Li Guolou was overjoyed, and beckoned Cheng Kun who was next to him to come over, and ordered: "Officer Cheng, send a team to teach the sergeants of the Jianrui Battalion how to use a Mauser, and teach them how to disassemble and maintain it. This is better than being able to shoot." more important."

Cheng Kun took the lead and took a group of soldiers from Jianrui Battalion to practice shooting. Soon after, there were bursts of gunshots from the shooting range.

Li Guolou stopped at the spot and thought about it. He pondered for a moment, thinking of the possible future scenes, and said, "Master Fan, take the folks to listen to the gunshots today, let them get used to the gunshots first, and let them listen to the gunshots tomorrow."

Fan Dahui took the military order and brought batches of senior officers to the shooting range. Time was running out, and it took a few days to integrate the senior officers and student soldiers and turn the civilians into qualified soldiers. It is definitely not something that can be done normally thing.In order to control the military power, Li Guolou found another way to win people's hearts and recruit a group of unidentified refugees, in order to make these refugees grateful and absolutely obey his military orders.

It was not bad to hear the gunshots, and my husband also heard them in the barracks.Listening to the sound of cannons is not that simple, the strong shock, the shaking of the earth, can make people's eardrums burst.

On the shooting range, hundreds of long men stood not far behind the shooting sergeants, looking at a row of sergeants lying on the ground shooting.

The sound of "bang bang" was endless, and many elders covered their ears, both excited and impulsive. They really wanted to touch the Mauser gun. They had already prepared to serve as soldiers and eat royal food. A good future is at hand.The legendary Prussian good gun is like this. The good guy weighs 4.6 kilograms. It’s not heavy.

I never thought that being a refugee could serve as a soldier, long live Li Guolou!

Do the elders know who their master is?To be recruited into Li Ziying, one must work for Li Guolou.Seeing the four well-known sharpshooters Xiaodao Wei Qun, Spear Wei Yun, Sharp Sword Arirang, and Arrow Yang Cong shooting, the target [-] meters in front of them fell in response.

"Okay!" The eldest husband Xu Yuguang took the lead in applauding, his two buck teeth were grinning outside his mouth, and he had the air of an officer.Feeling flustered in my heart, I complained for my husband.Only let the husband shoot ten bullets to count as graduation, which is not enough, he is a person who has touched a gun, and the bullets will be gone before he is satisfied, Mr. Fan is too stingy, who doesn't know that Li Guolou is rich!

More than 600 long husbands came to the shooting range in batches to watch the sergeants practice shooting. Today they did not have a chance to shoot, but it also made their blood boil and they are getting closer and closer to their dreams.When they were dispatched, they were also raising soldiers, and their salaries were higher than those of the servants, and they would be able to look after others in the future.

Hundreds of jealous servants have always looked down on those refugees. They are not as good as them, and their social status is not as high as theirs. When they return home, they still have wives and children.But this time serving the veterans, the refugees had the opportunity to become sergeants, which they did not.Of course, some servants are too old to have the opportunity to serve as soldiers and eat the imperial rations, and there are also some servants with special skills who do not want to be soldiers.

There are still some servants who meet the conditions for serving in the army unite together and go to Fan Dahui to express their feelings and ask for the opportunity to be a member of "Li Ziying".

Fan Dahui was happy and worried when he saw that there were about 300 conscripts requesting to serve in the army. Too many people is not a good thing.In the future, the "Li Zi Battalion" will consist of 5 battalions, 400 infantry battalions, 400 baggage battalions, 400 artillery battalions, 400 engineer battalions, and 250 cavalry battalions.Stationed in Xiaozhan Town, with the teaching of Xinwutang, this "Li Ziying" is actually a derivative of Xinwutang, and there is no reason to expand it.Moreover, these arms require cultural knowledge and technical content, and they cannot be joined without being physically strong.How can you accept hundreds of servants?But excellent servants are also considered.

"Don't quarrel, I know, I will accept a small part of you, and behave well, I will tell the escort, what should I do now, why should I go. This is a military camp, with military orders like a mountain, and there is no sympathy You can talk." Fan Dahui managed to send hundreds of servants away.The entangled soil turtle is wasting his saliva.

Fan Dahui went to Li Guolou to report the situation with the trotting attitude of a soldier. The young master from a small landlord family never thought of dealing with local turtles.But the world is unpredictable, working hard for the country and the people, and taking care of the lives of the poor. Wealth and wealth do not forget the people, but will these people really remember his benefits?The hundreds of servants who were not selected into the "Li Ziying" will scold him for the rest of their lives. He is taking the blame for Li Guolou.