The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 117 Teng Yuzao's Conspiracy
"As for the more than 2,000 people in the Qian Group, whether to join the group is entirely up to them. Liu Shijiu has already disbanded the Qian Group, which means that the Qian Group no longer exists. Naturally, he is no longer a senior brother. He no longer has any influence on other members of the Qian Group."

"Without Senior Brother Liu Shijiu, there will be no Qianzi Group. The members of the Qianzi Group will naturally be ordinary people. If these people are willing to join our Vanguard Army, we will naturally welcome them."

Teng Yuzao's words made Li Yulin's eyes light up, and he said excitedly, "Xingfu, you mean that since the Qianzi Group has been disbanded, the people in the Qianzi Group are all ordinary people. If we absorb them into the Vanguard Army, it won't be considered as annexing the Qianzi Group... It's the same as what we are doing now, recruiting new soldiers."

Teng Yuzhao smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, Wei Jinghai jumped up excitedly again.

"Great! Your Excellency is very wise!"

"In this way, not only will we avoid external criticism and condemnation, but we can also break them up naturally when we reorganize our forces. Moreover, once the members of the Qian Group are broken up and incorporated into the Vanguard Army, their cohesion in forming gangs in the future will be much lower. Liu Shijiu..."

The excited Wei Jinghai finally did not lose his head and did not say the following words, which would have made Teng Yuzao somewhat embarrassed. After all, this was a trick to plot against his ally. Even if Teng Yuzao did not have such intentions, the fact was that this had indeed achieved the actual result of weakening Liu Shijiu's influence on those people in the Qian Group.

The most interesting thing is that although Teng Yuzhao plotted against his ally in this way, it cannot be said to be a conspiracy. Everything he said was out in the open, and the other party had no choice but to accept it. This can only be called an open conspiracy.

Li Yulin obviously realized that Wei Jinghai's words were a little inappropriate. He coughed lightly and said hurriedly, "Xingfu, how are you going to place these people from the Qian Group?"

"This time, Liu Shijiu led the death squad to seize the pontoon bridge and break into the concession. He is very interested in this death squad and wants to continue leading it. However, this team is a little too small, so he and I have agreed to set up an assault battalion with Liu Shijiu as the captain. According to the lieutenant colonel rank we set ourselves, let him maintain the same rank as Yuxuan, Kangnian, Ningbo, and Sun Ziming. The number of people in the assault battalion will be controlled at a little over a thousand, but they will not be equipped with heavy weapons such as artillery."

The position given to Liu Jiujiu was not low in rank, but his power was much smaller than that of Liu Yuzhi and Li Xiance. Li Yulin hesitated and said, "Xingfu, is Liu Jiujiu willing?"

Teng Yuzao smiled and said, "Yes, I'm willing. I've said before that my ally is very smart. He knows that it will take time to fully integrate into our vanguard army. Don't worry about that."

Teng Yuzao continued, "I have considered that the personnel of the assault brigade should be drawn from Kangnian's Second Regiment and Qianzi Regiment. We should try to select those who are good at martial arts and rifles, preferably those with good marksmanship. According to my idea, this assault team will be the assault force of our vanguard army in the future, and even our trump card. Therefore, you should spend more time on the selection and deployment of relevant personnel."

Li Yulin and Wei Jinghai both understood that Teng Yuzao's so-called related personnel referred to the configuration of officers. As for whether this assault brigade would be loyal to Teng Yuzao or someone else in the future, Teng Yuzao could not say it clearly, but the two of them had to be clear about it.

"All the remaining people will be incorporated into the Second Regiment. The reason for this is very simple. The Qianzi Regiment has just cooperated with the Second Regiment in combat, and many people in the Second Regiment are familiar with each other. In addition, the commando team will select personnel from Kangnian. If we don't give him some compensation, Kangnian will be unhappy."

After saying this, Teng Yuzao also felt happy and laughed. "With the remaining people, he can just build up his baggage, guard, and reconnaissance sentry groups and the communications platoon."

Wei Jinghai became excited again, "Your Excellency's method is good. If anyone wants to join us in the future, we will handle it in the same way."

Teng Yuzao stopped laughing, nodded and said, "There is one more thing I want to tell you. We will keep the guards and reconnaissance platoons from the Second Regiment led by Hu Daqiu. We will combine them with Li Yaoting's guard platoon to form a sentry. The sentry leader will be Hu Daqiu, and the deputy sentry leader will be Li Yaoting. This sentry will stay with us, and you two will have to take care of the reorganization."

Teng Yuzao looked at Li Yulin, "Oh, by the way, your titles will remain unchanged for the time being, but the position of Chief of Staff will be set up within the Vanguard Army. You should all be aware of the responsibilities of the Chief of Staff. The Chief of Staff of our Vanguard Army is set up completely in accordance with the responsibilities of the German Army. Qionglin, you will serve as the first Chief of Staff of our Vanguard Army and preside over the overall work of the General Staff. Sun Ziming and Ningbo will serve as deputy chiefs of staff respectively. Sun Ziming will be responsible for recruit training and the school, and Ningbo will still be in charge of combat."

Teng Yuzao smoked a cigarette and continued to talk according to his own thoughts. "Under the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff, there are the Operations Department, the Staff Section, the Communications Section, and the Intelligence Section. In addition, there are the Training Section, the Education Section, the Logistics Section, and other departments. Among them, the Staff Section, the Communications Section, and the Intelligence Section are all under the jurisdiction of the General Staff Office..."

Teng Yuzhao said a lot of things, in a nutshell, he has now begun to gradually transform the organizational responsibilities of the vanguard army into the Western advanced military model, so that the efficiency of the vanguard army will gradually improve.

"besides."

Teng Yuzao threw the cigarette butt, which was only a little smoke left, onto the ground, crushed it with his foot, and took out a cigarette from the cigarette box on the table. "The transfer of new soldiers and baggage to Xianghe will be postponed. The specific time will be determined later. However, Qionglin will send a scout to Xianghe as a vanguard in the morning. In the name of recruiting soldiers around Xianghe, another base of the vanguard army will be established."

"But……"

Li Yulin was about to speak, but Teng Yuzao waved his hand to stop him and continued, "Although we haven't received any news about Yu Lu's arrival, I think the Wuwei Front Army can't stop the coalition reinforcements coming from Dagukou. It is very likely that these reinforcements will reach Dongjuzi this morning. Don't forget that this is the Beiyang Mint."

Lighting a cigarette on the match that Wei Jinghai had struck, Teng Yuzao looked at the two and said, "A few days ago, Yu Lu was still trying his best to maintain relations with the powers. It was not until the Allied Forces in the concession attacked the Laolongtou Railway Station and the Beiyang Military Academy that he completely broke off relations with the powers. Therefore, he did not make many preparations for war, including the transfer of supplies."

"Don't forget that there must be some silver deposited in the East Bureau. The silver there is also a huge amount..."

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