The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 53 Sincerity and Teaching

The revolver that Teng Yuzao gave to Pan Jinshan should be specially made. Not only was it gold-plated on the outside, but the handle was also inlaid with Russian characters with gold wire. The whole pistol shone brightly in the sun and was extremely gorgeous. As soon as Pan Jinshan saw this Tsarist Russian military pistol, he fell in love with it from the bottom of his heart. When Teng Yuzao said he wanted to give it to him, Pan Jinshan was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Along with the pistol, Pan Jinshan was also given the Russian major's saber. The saber was also very luxurious, with a shark skin scabbard wrapped with gold wire. The handle was not only inlaid with gold patterns, but also with three shiny red, green and blue gems.

After getting the pistol, Pan Jinshan said he was too embarrassed to accept the saber and kept refusing it.

Teng Yuzao grabbed Pan Jinshan's hand, stuffed the saber into his hand, and said with a smile, "Captain Pan and I hit it off right away. I've heard that Captain Pan is a man of justice and hates evil. Today, he rushed to help without any military orders, which made me feel deeply moved. From today on, we are good brothers, and you should accept this saber as well."

"The Russian major I shot dead must have been a nobleman. Not only were his pistol and saber inlaid with gold, but he also had more than 5,000 rubles in his pocket."

Without waiting for Pan Jinshan to refuse, Teng Yuzao urged him to leave. "Captain Pan, the battle is imminent today, and your place is the only way from Dagukou to the concession. I will not keep you here. We will meet again some other day, and then we two brothers must have a good feast to celebrate."

Teng Yuzao's boldness and straightforwardness left a deep impression on Pan Jinshan. He had met Teng Yuzao many times in the past, but the impression he had was that he was knowledgeable and had a deep attainment in Western military technology and combat methods, but he was rather serious and stern, and even a little harsh and dull in military training. But after today's contact, his impression of Teng Yuzao was completely overturned.

Pan Jinshan even had the idea of ​​becoming sworn brothers with Teng Yuzhao.

Moreover, he was indeed worried in his heart, because General Nie had given him full authority to defend the East Bureau. If anything went wrong, he would not be able to explain himself.

Pan Jinshan was also a man who could let go of things easily. He saluted Teng Yuzao again and said, "General, you are so kind. I will thank you another day. I will take my leave now!"

After saying that, Pan Jinshan said goodbye to Liu Yuzhi and Wei Jinghai, and trotted back to Dongjuzi with his troops.

After seeing off Pan Jinshan and his two patrols, Teng Yuzhao saw that Liu Yuzhi and Wei Jinghai, who had been following him, seemed to have something to say, especially Wei Jinghai, who wanted to speak several times but stopped in the end. Teng Yuzhao couldn't help laughing.

"Yuxuan, Ningbo, if you two have anything to say, just say it now. Don't hide anything in front of me."

Wei Jinghai could say that he had long been grateful to Teng Yuzhao. As soon as he joined the Vanguard Army, he was entrusted with the important task of Chief of Staff. His official rank was raised from platoon leader to the third-grade military rank, which was a meteoric rise for him.

It was precisely out of gratitude to Teng Yuzhao that Wei Jinghai had to speak out if he thought Teng Yuzhao had failed to do something or had done something wrong. He did not want to see any mistakes or accidents happen to his benefactor.

However, he already knew the relationship between Teng Yuzao, Liu Yuzhi and Li Xiance, especially when he was digging trenches last night and heard about the scene in the military camp in Tianjin City yesterday morning, he understood more clearly that Teng Yuzao and the other three had a close relationship. At this time, Liu Yuzhi was also beside him, so he naturally couldn't speak first, and only looked at Liu Yuzhi. Liu Yuzhi really didn't have as many concerns as Wei Jinghai, and smiled bitterly, "Sir, I know that you want to befriend that Sixty-Nine and Captain Pan. On the surface, you are grateful for their quick assistance, and secretly it is because our vanguard army is still very weak. Although we are not short of weapons, ammunition and even cannons, our total number is less than a thousand. This is to make us have more strong reinforcements."

"It's just that Liu Nineteen looks like a man, but if we really fight the foreign devils, his Boxers may look strong and powerful, and all of them have quick guns, but in reality they are of no use; Pan Jinshan's battalion has to defend Dongjuzi, not to mention that even if all of them are put together, they are no match for my 200-plus men. With the tactics taught by the adults and so many Maxim machine guns, my 200-plus men will not lose in a battle with their two battalions."

"So, I understand your concern for the vanguard army, but it is of little practical significance. There is no need to give them inexpensive gifts, and there is no need to humble myself and become sworn brothers with Sixty-Nine."

Teng Yuzao looked at Wei Jinghai, "Do you think so too?"

Wei Jinghai nodded awkwardly and said, "Sir, what the old commander said is exactly what I want to say. I just disagree with his statement about the combat effectiveness of the Wuwei Front Army."

Seeing that Liu Yuzhi wanted to say something, Teng Yuzhao stopped Liu Yuzhi with a smile, pulled the two of them to sit at the edge of the trench, waved to Li Dazhui and his men to stand further away, then took out a cigarette, handed one to each of them, and held a cigarette in his own mouth.

Wei Jinghai didn't know how to smoke before, he only occasionally smoked a cigarette given by others, so he didn't have any matches in his pocket. Seeing Liu Yuzhi taking out matches to light a cigarette for Teng Yuzhao, Wei Jinghai hurriedly snatched the match from Liu Yuzhi's hand, lit it, and then lit cigarettes for Teng Yuzhao and Liu Yuzhi, and then he lit his own cigarette.

The so-called foreign matches are actually matches. They were invented in the West in 1833, but they could not be produced domestically at first and were all imported from abroad. Therefore, people called them foreign matches, thinking that they were a tool for foreigners to make fire.

Although China already had its own matches as Wei Shengxuan, a Guangdong native, founded the "Qiaoming Match Factory" in Foshan in 1879, people have become accustomed to calling them "foreign matches", and it will probably take decades for a complete change.

Teng Yuzao took a puff of cigarette before saying, "You are only half right about my friendship with Liu Shijiu and Pan Jinshan. I am grateful for their willingness to help me, and I value their broad-mindedness in considering the overall situation. The same is true for my sworn brotherhood with Liushijiu. I am not just pretending to be nice to them. I really want to make friends with them."

"As for whether they are truly strong reinforcements, I don't really care. As Yuxuan said, although Liu Shijiu's Qianzi Group has several thousand people, the only ones who can be put to use are his thousand or so soldiers who use rifles. They will definitely lose against the coalition forces."

Teng Yuzao looked at Wei Jinghai and said, "The combat effectiveness of the Wuwei Front Army is indeed a problem."

Seeing that Teng Yuzhao also denied the combat effectiveness of the Wuwei Vanguard Army, Wei Jinghai couldn't help but feel puzzled.

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