Chapter 37: Arrangement

The brigade of the imperial guards appeared on the streets of Seoul. Originally, there were more than a thousand elite soldiers of the imperial guards in Seoul. Their uniforms were neat and their horse boots were shiny on the streets of Seoul. It was already amazing. But now the imperial guards were several times more than the number of soldiers who had purged Seoul!

At any time, a strong man wearing the same uniform color travels neatly on the streets, the pressure is amazing. Not to mention the torrent of the marching of soldiers wearing neatly fitted military uniforms, carrying backpacks, gun shoulders on the backpacks, and feet with black military boots!

Thousands of soldiers entered Seoul in a scrupulous and calm manner and marched on the main street. The leather boots hit the bluestone pavement, and there was a neat sound. The belts of patent leather military caps tightly clamped the chins of young faces. No one made a sound, nor looked around, but just moved forward solemnly. The same young officer walked in front of the queue, his chin almost tilted to the sky. Almost every officer's left hand was pressed on the waist belt of the Sam Brown-style armed belt, and his right hand naturally drooped. This arrogant action seemed to be declaring their identity as a new army officer.

This unit is full of spirit from officers to soldiers, and the team feels like it is a little bloody. The main forces of the Imperial Guard have seen too much blood in northern Korea! They fight hundreds of miles and are defeated when they encounter enemies. Although these enemies are mostly mobs of uprising North Korean farmers, the army that has seen blood is completely different from the army that has never seen blood. The entire northern part of North Korea is now trembling and trembling!

Li Yunzong, who led them, seemed to have never known what forgiveness was, and he actually killed North Korea in just a few dozen days!

This kind of foreign people's creeping eyes of them, the overwhelming victory of the first battle, plus the military uniforms of their bodies, the armed belt of calfskin, the half-height or full-height waist of calfskin, and the brand new and exquisite guns. Combining all kinds of stakes together, it forms the sharp military temperament that Xu Yifan wants to see most, the new army has!

As the army marched, the whole Seoul was silent. The neat movements of thousands of people, the rise and fall of the sound of military boots hitting the ground, making the entire Seoul seem to be no longer hypnotized. Along the way, the Seoul people who had just been slightly shocked all hid in the dilapidated house and stared at the terrifying torrent of the army in a daze.

The troops of the four main battalions of the First Association gathered from four streets toward Jingfu Palace.

Outside the Gyeongbok Palace, Xu Yifan and Zhang Xuzhou stood with his hands behind his back. The two advance battalions of Yihui formed a battalion with shallow vertical and wide arrays behind them, waiting for the army to come. The First Imperial Guards, also the military flag of the Left Imperial Guards, was held in Zhang Xuzhou's hands and fluttered in front of the Korean Palace in the wind. The black blue dragon lit left claw flag seemed to be able to cover the entire Korean Palace at this time!

The main force of the Imperial Guards First Association arrived in Seoul, and Xu Yifan would be stunned if he didn't know how to use his authority. These guys thought that if they held their new thick legs, they would be disrespectful to him. They still wanted to know that in this army, North Korea still had the part to speak for me, Xu Yifan! At that time, I will fight with Li Hongzhang, so you mortals will not join in.

When the first officer leading the team emerged from the four exits appeared in Xu Yifan's sight, a series of commands were neatly issued from the officer's mouth. The force of the officers and soldiers hitting the ground when they marched became heavier, and the shock was so loud that a series of echoes were everywhere!

Although the main gate square of Jingfu Palace was cleared, it was still not spacious enough. The two battalions stood behind Xu Yifan, and there was not much place. However, the new army had more than two months of extremely harsh queue training, which showed its skills at this time, but it was explained in advance. With the sound of the command, the four battalions were in and out in a row. The battalions came out from its own exit and entered the road occupied by other battalions, and shuttled back and forth without any confusion! The four battalions walked out of the endless momentum at the gate of Jingfu Palace!

Whenever the soldiers and officers passed by Xu Yifan, they saluted neatly and flat chests. Using the team as the review unit, they made the same slogan sound: "So for Lord Xu!" Teams came one after another, and the slogan sound was higher than the other, which made the copper jars of water-connected in Jingfu Palace buzzing.

The guards of the Five Military Barracks who had barely pieced together the white clothes, blue trousers and straw hats in the Korean Royal Palace could not hold the simple wooden sticks in their hands. Subconsciously retreated to the palace gate step by step. Park Yong-hyo and Min, who were far away in the Jiaotai Hall, sat there without saying a word. Park Yong-hyo couldn't help but wipe the sweat on his face.

Xu Yifan is a donkey, so he can only follow him...

They muttered there that in the Japanese Embassy, ​​the left-behind Sugi Village envoy also climbed up to the height of the official residence and looked towards the direction of the Gyeongfu Palace with all their best efforts. From him, they could only hear a faint slogan sound, but could not see the scene of the Yuejun. Even so, the Sugi Village envoy's face was not far away. The faces of the Japanese guard soldiers left in the embassy were even dark clouds.

It can only be said that Xu Yifan's temporary intention to make a good role in the reading army.

When the four battalions disappeared from different directions, Xu Yifan, who had been standing attentively, looked at Chu Wanli, who had been standing attentively with him, and he had been standing attentively with him.

Chu Wanli, this guy, made a Western-style clapping move without hesitation, almost giving him a thumbs up.

Xu Yifan snorted. After standing in the sun for so long, he had already dizzy. But he felt very happy. The Imperial Guard had initially hit him. With such an army in his hands, he could use any tricks in every aspect! His only task below was to continue building the army steadily!

However, I should give these people who have a good idea first.

Look at it...

"Report to the Lord, the left-level Imperial Guards' Army has one and three battalions, and all the two have all the officials and officers, and 3,100 officers and officers. The local North Korean husbands and 5,300 people and 1,600 mules and horses, all arrived within nine days, and no one left the team!"

After scaring the guys from the Korean Palace, Xu Yifan returned to his office. After finishing his work, he had to do serious things. Some of them had to talk to their subordinates for business.

The main force of the Left Association was Chen Jinping, the second-brand bidder of the Left Association, who was originally Deng Shichang's first mate. His experience in military service was far greater than that of all the officers in the Imperial Guards, and he was also the oldest, and he was over thirty years old. He naturally had a steady and calm demeanor, and he lacked the stubbornness and savageness of Xu Yifan's young direct team. He himself seemed to have noticed this, as if to show his desire to get along with Xu Yifan's direct line, he also shaved a big bald head for himself.

It is one thing to take more than a thousand combat soldiers to force the attack, and it is another thing to organize nearly 10,000 military civilians to march for marching. The chaos in North Korea was finally over. The Zuo Xie was able to be transferred so quickly. In addition, the recruited civilians and men formed a marching queue and went south to Seoul without any confusion. When they arrived here, the officers and soldiers still had such high morale. Not only was the Li Yunzong, who was keen on Xu Yifan, was indeed a talent for generals, but Chen Jinping's dispatching and organizing skills were also quite good.

Seeing Chen Jinping standing in front of him calmly, Xu Yifan patted his shoulder with a smile: "Good job! How about Yun Zong and the others in North? Do you have anything to say?"

Chen Jinping still looked respectful and did not feel happy because of Xu Yifan's praise: "Sir, after the Li Junmen quelled the rebellion, the military was already closed. Lord Zhan was also ordered to send personnel to accept the local governments in the Datongjiang area of ​​the Northern Dynasties. After seeing the military power of our army, the courtiers were already obedient. Li Junmen ordered his subordinates to tell him that as long as he and Lord Zhan are there, the Northern Dynasties will be safe in Mount Tai!"

Xu Yifan smiled. North Korea was the foundation of his regression. Li Yunzong and Zhan Tianyou were indeed well pacified. The name of Li Yan King has become famous in North Korea.

His temporary general office is now full of officers, all of whom were officers above the Left Alliance. Looking at Xu Yifan's eyes, they looked admiring and following. Who would have thought that their Imperial Guards had only been in force for a few months, and North Korea was full of fire from north to south. North Korea had hundreds of thousands of mobs who had killed their eyes red. In the heart of Seoul, North Korea was also surrounded by Japanese people and the Kaihua Party of Korea. In this complex situation, they were facing a dangerous foreign land with 8,000 new guest troops everywhere. After Lord Xu was dispatched to kill, the Imperial Guards made the achievements of a country?

In addition to these direct military officers who had obeyed Xu Yifan, there were two outsiders here. One was Yuan Shikai, who followed Ronglu and wanted to seize Xu Yifan's power. He didn't have long left Seoul. Who knew that luck was like this. He was full of confidence when he went there. When he came back, Seoul had changed the world. His new benefactor had already been given Huang Feng and took it back to Beijing as a criminal prisoner!

Among a group of elite officers, such a short and fat man with a bad face was indeed very eye-catching.

But the other guy looked even more eye-catching than he did.

His complexion was much better than Yuan Shikai, and he even looked around with a bright look. He was wearing an old European hunting suit, a military cap of a Hungarian light cavalry, a pair of horse boots that were above the knees, and a silver-handled horse whip hanging on his fingers. He had dark hair and dark eyes, light blue eyes. He was in his thirties, and he was a foreigner!

Captain Lando Bartoni, an Italian, served in the Upper Silesian Cavalry Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was born in a cavalry artillery. Twenty years ago, Italy became independent, but this guy's family remained in Austro-Hungarian Empire because of the aristocratic title of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He also graduated from the Vienna Military Academy and served in the Upper Silesian Light Cavalry Regiment, and worked as an artillery for ten years. The family is a model of loyal service for the empire.

But he was full of dangerous ideas to restore the glory of the Roman Empire in Italy. He even colluded with the imperial separatists in Serbia, and deprived of his inheritance, broke his command knife, and drove out the army. He didn't go to Italy, and for some reason, he wandered all the way to the East! It is said that this guy also served as a military adviser to the chief of the Middle East Han Dynasty, and wanted to be used as a dangerous person for both the British and Turkish colonial authorities.

The Li family in Nanyang, following Xu Yifan's entrustment, was recruiting modern military talents on a large scale. This guy came to the door to apply for the recruitment. He was so raving that he fooled Li Nobita. He immediately signed an employment contract and sent it to North Korea.

Because Xu Yifan's original plan was to assist the left and right to join the towns north and south, and to expand at the same time. The Imperial Guards were generally a light infantry unit, and the training of cavalry artillery and modern engineers was the focus. Li Yunzong and others naturally wanted to transport these military talents who expanded the special forces to the south to Xu Yifan's personal town. So Captain Landu followed Zuo Xie to Seoul.

Among the orientals, there was such a proud Latin man who looked at him, so he would be more eye-catching. Looking at Xu Yifan's gaze swept towards him, Captain Landu was generous, took off his light cavalry cap and nodded. Xu Yifan just smiled. There were too many wandering soldiers in the West who were just filling in the gaps and thought that the East was still some uncivilized nations. Then he would take the exam slowly.

Yuan Shikai avoided his gaze, but he looked for him and slowly walked to Yuan Shikai, smiling and said, "Mr. Yuan?"

Yuan Shikai sighed lightly, stood up and attended the ceremony: "Mr. Xu, if you succeed, the king will fail, you will not be too humiliated to your subordinates, which will also damage your identity."

At this time, Yuan Shikai's tone was not humble or arrogant, and he could leave the name of a hero in history. I was very fortunate...

Xu Yifan restrained his faint smile and became solemn: "Why did Lord Yuan say this? Lord Rong escaped in front of the army, not Lord Yuan escaped in front of the army... Now the court has telegrammed, Li Zhongtang presided over the negotiations between North Korea Xuanwei. What are Lord Yuan's plans? Should he return to Beijing with a dress or to join Beiyang again?"

Yuan Shikai looked at Xu Yifan and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Xu, don't say secret words in front of the Mingren. Yuan has been working hard for half his life to come to North Korea and put on his back to Beijing. What's the way to go? It's not that he will go back to his hometown in Xiangcheng. If he goes to Beiyang, he will be a widow who will marry again, and he will never get the trust. If Mr. Xu is magnanimous, Yuan is willing to serve."

Yuan Shikai is not stupid. His career was indeed in North Korea, but Xu Yifan emerged! His half-life ambition was in full swing. He had no fists or courage to return to Beiyang, who would take him seriously? Not to mention that he left Beiyang and became a betrayal after all. As a group, the one he hated the most was such a person.

Although Xu Yifan was still an enemy yesterday, there was no unshakable hatred in the world. He did not kill Xu Yifan's father or rob Xu Yifan's wife. Even if he fought for power and profit, he was still under Rong Lu. The most important thing is that Xu Yifan's group first started and needed people everywhere, but unlike Beiyang, people were filled! Xu Yifan still had to make a living in North Korea for a period of time. He, a talent who understands the inside story of Beiyang and is familiar with North Korean affairs, needs very much!

Yuan Shikai knew this truth, but Xu Yifan also understood it.

The two looked at each other, and Xu Yifan just smiled and patted his shoulder: "Weiting, then I'll report to the court, you are the member of the Seoul Left Office of the Imperial Guard. The Imperial Guard will return north and leave you to deal with the Korean royal family and Beiyang! If you do things under my command, as long as you work hard, you are afraid that there will be no future?"

He drew a circle: "Chu Wanli, as long as he approved it, he would be the general of the admiral, and these generals of the generals are all the future of the general's deputy generals. Zhan Daren and Tang Shaoyi and other civil officials, Shaochuan was the governor this time, and Daren was also the Taoist. You should be the Tongzhi, and I will protect you as a prefect first!"

He placed Yuan Shikai here, and the officers didn't dare to interrupt. Listening to Xu Yifan's future, they were all fine. Anyway, he still led so many soldiers, so he still served Xu Yifan. Chen Jinping's face moved and stood up: "Sir, why? Why don't we stay in Seoul?"

There is still a half sentence hidden. Since it is not left in Seoul, why did the main force of the Zuo Association come here with a large group of mules and horses?

Xu Yifan looked back at him and sighed: "Jin Ping, I want to stay here and defend this vassal state for the court! But some people are unhappy to stay here. The plan to expand the army at the same time is eliminated. Let's return to the north and build the army well!"

He smiled and said, "Let's build a strong army that no one dares to fight for again. I just want to be the first, not the second! You are not in vain, otherwise why would you bring so many mules and horses to do? Your next task is to evacuate all the things worth moving in Seoul! All of them will be transported back to Pyongyang! I will give in to Seoul. Who dares to bully me in the north again? There will be something good to look like when the time comes!"

The officers were so shocked by Xu Yifan's tone that they dared not speak, and they all could only salute solemnly. They were also unfair. How much credit did the Imperial Guard make to the court? It was a small matter to take charge of North Korea alone, and even if someone forced me to come here like this!

Immediately, Chen Jinpin and Zhang Xuzhou both responded with murderous aura. They were ready to go and try.

These tiger and wolf troops looted the capital of North Korea for a hundred years. I guess there will be only mice running in the warehouse in the future? Xu Yifan was grinding his teeth and was furious, but he heard the foreign vagabond roaring his voice and shouting something. He was using Chinese, but the four sounds were wrong, and he even made a reverse move. After a while in his mind, he realized that the rough sentence was about: "Your Excellency, how do you arrange my position? As a well-trained military talent, I ask for a position that matches my identity!"

This foreigner knows Chinese? Is it in Nanyang?

Xu Yifan looked at him with an eyebrow, and Landu looked at him calmly, continuing his scattered Chinese: "Your Excellency is to build an artillery. I hope to get the position of artillery director, at least it is also a colonel. What is the position of your country's corresponding colonel? Admiral? General?"

It seems that this foreigner has put some effort into the Qing army system! Maybe he understood Xu Yifan's boast about his subordinates' future. He suddenly felt itchy.

The officers around him immediately cast contemptuous eyes at him. Even if the two important generals under Xu Yifan were promoted this time, they would be just the general of the admiral. This foreign devil actually wanted to be on par with Chu and Li?

However, Lando's expression was always upright.

Xu Yifan was also stunned and laughed out loud: "If you want fame and fortune? It's easy to say! You can walk in the specimen headquarters of my Imperial Guards first to learn what our army is going on. I can also take the exam for your skills. How much fame can you get, just rely on your ability to get it!"

Above the Yellow Sea, there are more than a dozen black smoke, which is straight to the sky of Shanghai.

On the blue-black sea, several giant iron-armored ships separated the waves and moved their steel bodies. These large Beiyang ships with sharp guns and strong ships were divided into left and right wings, and were hung with triangular yellow dragon flags. They were sandwiched with more than a dozen steamships of different shapes, and these steamship merchant ships also had various national flags. The Huai Army infantry hedgehogs in blue shirts gathered on the bow and ship side, pointing at the majestic ships that were escorting them.

The Beiyang Navy Badayuan and Chaowu Yangwei two clutches came out in full swing, escorting the first 4,000 Shengjun to Incheon. Such a big scene was not only for escort, but also for the upcoming negotiations between Li Hongzhang Yaowei.

You are welcome to the Japanese devils!

The waves collided with the bow of the Dingyuan iron armored ship, splashing out thousands of white fragments. This ship, which is more than 7,000 tons, wrapped in iron armor, has a twelve-inch giant cannon and her sister ship Zhenyuan, is the mainstay of the Beiyang Navy. It is also the biggest reliance for the Beiyang Navy to shake the East Asian ocean since its establishment!

No matter when, as long as you see these two giant ships, you will feel that the Beiyang army will never collapse.

On the mast of Dingyuan, Ding Ruchang's admiral's flag was hung, indicating her flagship identity. At this time, Ding Ruchang was standing on the fly bridge with a serious expression, just looking at the sea in the distance. Behind him, the left wing general of the Beiyang Navy, the Dingyuan commander Liu Buchan, and several followers, were all standing steadily behind him.

These days, Ding Ruchang has been in a bad mood by managing the main force of the Beiyang Navy to go to sea and went to Tianjin to join the troop transport fleet. In the eyes of the Land Division, the navy's giant ships are majestic and arrogant. Only in the field know how bad the conditions of these giant ships are, and many of them are barely on the road. The worst thing is that each warship has insufficient shell reserves, and most of them are solid projectiles. There are very few new types of flowering firecrackers. The combat ability of warships lies in the lack of artillery and ammunition. Isn't this a hollow big boss? Fortunately, the upper and lower authorities don't think that they can really fight this time, and they don't care so much.

Only Ding Ruchang always felt a little worried.

A big wave rushed over and was smashed by the bow of the ship. Everyone on the fly bridge raised their bodies. Ding Ruchang woke up from his thoughts. He looked back and his eyes fell on his own escort. The escort stood steadily on the fly bridge, slowly rising and falling with the waves. There was always a gloomy and stubbornness on his face. It was Deng Shichang who had withdrawn the Zhiyuan pipe and kept throwing the idleness. Seeing Ding Ruchang's eyes turn, he didn't speak.

Just as Ding Ruchang was about to say something, he heard footsteps under the flying bridge. When he looked back, he saw two Geshiha holding Ye Zhichao with a pale face and walking up.

The President of the Lu Division who sent troops this time was wrong. He didn't know what was wrong with him. He didn't sit in a comfortable passenger ship dinner. He insisted on taking the Beiyang Navy flagship to gain power. He was all colleagues of the enemy, so Ding Ruchang couldn't help him. As a result, he got on the boat and squeezed into Liu Buchan's official cabin. As soon as he went out to sea, he was seasick and dark, and he couldn't even smoke smoke.

Seeing that he walked up to the flying bridge with his steps floating, the navy generals Zuo greeted him one after another. Ye Zhichao had no strength to pay attention. He took a breath of fresh air in the wind and retching twice, as if he was getting better. He said weakly: "Ah God! I've got half of my life, Brother Ding, how can you be the admiral of this navy? Brother is really amazing. You can vomit whatever you eat, and when will you be able to arrive at Incheon Wharf?"

Ding Ruchang wanted to laugh or not, and even helped Ye Zhichao: "I will be able to arrive in Incheon tomorrow during the day. The storm is not too big, Brother Shuqing's Sheng Jun looks quite energetic."

Ye Zhichao just called out twice again: "Thank you, let's arrive early!"

Ding Ruchang suddenly asked next to him: "Will Shuqing go straight to Seoul when he arrives in North Korea? Calculate the time, Xu Yifan may not have left yet... North Korea telegrammed that Xu Yifan sealed their Ku Mansion. If he meets the Imperial Guard, what will happen to Brother Shuqing?"
Chapter completed!