The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 55 How many good things are stored
Teng Yuzhao's guess was correct, the person who came was indeed Li Yulin.

After learning that the coalition forces were attacking the vanguard army, Li Yulin became extremely anxious, as he was the person who knew the strength of the vanguard army best.

It was absolutely unimaginable for the more than 300 people led by Teng Yuzhao to resist the attack of the coalition forces. You must know that the Wuwei Front Army and Ma Yukun's Wuwei Right Army, with a force of more than a thousand people, could only barely resist when fighting against hundreds of coalition forces.

How could he feel at ease when Teng Yuzao was resisting the coalition forces with such a weak vanguard army? He wanted to bring people to rescue Teng Yuzao, but the large amount of munitions in the Xigu warehouse made Li Yulin dare not leave easily, because these munitions and supplies were the guarantee for the expansion of the vanguard army.

Since most of the cavalry had been sent out to recruit soldiers, and Liu Bingyi's guard battalion absolutely could not leave, after much hesitation, Li Yulin only brought the remaining squad of cavalry and hurried over to check the situation. He was even prepared to lead this squad of cavalry to risk their lives to rescue Teng Yuzhao from danger in an emergency.

When he saw from afar that the woods were not only devastated and shattered beyond recognition, but were even emitting fireworks, Li Yulin became even more anxious, and without caring about the danger, he rode his horse and rushed towards the front of the woods.

Fortunately, he saw Teng Yuzhao and several guards waving at him from a distance. He felt relieved and rode towards Teng Yuzhao.

When he got closer and saw that Teng Yuzhao was intact and safe, Li Yulin finally felt relieved. Teng Yuzhao was the backbone of the Vanguard Army. If Teng Yuzhao was killed, the Vanguard Army would immediately become a mess, and the troops would either be disbanded or incorporated into other troops. From then on, the Vanguard Army would no longer exist. This is also one of the differences between the domestic army and the army of Western powers.

Whether the domestic army exists depends not only on whether it can still fight, but entirely on the commander-in-chief. As long as Marshal Zhu is there, the unit will remain; if the commander-in-chief dies, the troops will be dispersed.

"Xingfu, how many foreign devils have come? Are our casualties heavy?"

As soon as Li Yulin jumped off his horse, he impatiently asked about the battle situation and the number of casualties of the vanguard army.

The Vanguard Army urgently needs to be expanded, and these Vanguard Army soldiers are the foundation and seeds of the expanded Vanguard Army. They will all become grassroots officers of the expanded Vanguard Army and the backbone of the Vanguard Army in the future. Without these people, even if more people are recruited and even better weapons are possessed, the Vanguard Army will still be a group of mobs, and Li Yulin can't help but be anxious.

Teng Yuzao stepped forward, took Li Yulin's hand, and said with a smile, "Qionglin, as the saying goes, hearing is not believing, seeing is believing. Come, follow me and see it with your own eyes."

As he spoke, he pulled Li Yulin to the trench.

Standing on the trench that had been dug overnight by the vanguard army and was now badly damaged by the fierce artillery fire of the Allied Forces, looking at the large piles of Allied corpses in front of the trench and the more than one hundred Allied prisoners and wounded guarded by a platoon of vanguard soldiers, Li Yulin couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked in surprise.

"Xingfu, did the Nie army send reinforcements? This battle should have wiped out nearly a thousand foreign devils, right?"

Teng Yuzao smiled and said, "Two reinforcements did arrive. One was Liu Shijiu's Boxers in Tianjin City, and the other was two sentries from Pan Jinshan's camp of Nie Shicheng's army guarding Dongjuzi. However, they did not catch up with the battle. When they arrived, the battle was over. These foreign devils were all eliminated by our vanguard army."

Seeing that Li Yulin still looked unconvinced, Teng Yuzao couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Qionglin, let me be more precise. In fact, we killed more than 1,500 foreign devils in this battle, and the troops that participated in the battle were only Liu Yuzhi's regiment. Even the three platoons of the second regiment left behind the woods were not used." Seeing Teng Yuzao's words were so convincing, and looking at the mess of coalition corpses in front of him, Li Yulin had to believe it and asked nervously, "Then how many of us are left? How did you do it?"

Li Yulin did not ask about the number of casualties, but how many people were left. This was because in his opinion, after destroying so many coalition forces, his own losses must have been huge, and it would be good if there were only a few dozen people left.

Although they had achieved such a great victory, even with 150 casualties, which was ten to one compared to the number of casualties of the Allied Forces, the number of people in the vanguard army was really too small. It could almost be said that if one person was missing, the progress of the vanguard army's formation would be slowed down.

Teng Yuzao waved his hand and said, "I won't tell you how many people are left. I will only tell you our casualties. In this battle, we have a total of 45 casualties, with only more than ten killed. You can calculate how many people are left. It's just that we have consumed more bullets."

After saying this, Teng Yuzao couldn't help but burst into laughter due to his excitement.

After laughing, seeing that Li Yulin was still standing there blankly, Teng Yuzao knew Li Yulin's mood, so he took Li Yulin's hand and said.

"Qionglin, come with me and walk around the trench. As we walk, I will tell you how we defeated more than a thousand foreign devils. You should also take a closer look and tell Sun Ziming about the specific methods when you go back. He will also use these methods to train new soldiers."

While walking along the trench, Teng Yuzhao told Li Yulin about the battle, how he arranged the battle before the battle, how the trenches were dug, and how the machine gun bunkers were arranged. Li Yulin was amazed again and again. He even crawled into the cat ear hole to experience it for himself. When he saw the machine gun bunker, he looked it up and down carefully several times.

Finally, Teng Yuzao forced the excited Li Yulin to sit on a temporary seat made of empty ammunition boxes in the machine gun bunker, and took the glass of water handed over by Li Dazhu and handed it to Li Yulin, "Qionglin, you have listened to me all the way. Now tell me about the situation over there."

Teng Yuzhao knew that there were a large number of weapons and ammunition stored in the Xigu warehouse, but that was only what he had seen in the information in his previous life. He was also eager to know how many good things were stored in the Xigu warehouse that Li Yulin had seen with his own eyes.

Li Yulin finished a large glass of water, put it down to take a breath, and then said, "Xingfu, Yu Zhongtang has been very kind to you! Can you guess what good things I found in the Xigu warehouse?"

Seeing Li Yulin's attitude, Teng Yuzhao couldn't help but feel relieved, because he knew that the weapons and ammunition he urgently needed were still there.

In response to Li Yulin's question, Teng Yuzao had a rough idea in his mind, so he smiled and said, "Why guess? Didn't Master Qian already say that it was nothing more than the local governors who bought some weapons and ammunition from abroad through Beiyang."

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