The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 79 Prevent the slightest change
Teng Yuzao waved his hand to signal Liu Changfa to take a seat, and then spoke seriously to the officers present.

"Not only should we save on shells, but also on bullets and other military supplies. Now it seems that our vanguard army can only rely on ourselves, and can only rely on ourselves. Therefore, you must all remember that we must avoid a war of attrition with the coalition forces of the great powers as much as possible, and strive to fight a war of annihilation. Only by fighting a war of annihilation can we have spoils of war and the capital to fight the great powers for a long time."

"After each battle, not only the weapons and ammunition, but also the belts and backpacks and the belongings of the fallen coalition soldiers had to be collected and brought back. Even the scattered bullets had to be taken back."

"Qionglin."

Teng Yuzao turned to Li Yulin and said, "If possible, we can recruit people from the Beiyang Military Academy's repair shop. We have brought back all the repair equipment. The camp office needs to build a repair shop."

Seeing that Li Yulin was about to stand up, Teng Yuzhao quickly waved his hand to indicate that he had something else to say.

"There is no need to wait for the permission of Yu Zhongtang. Qionglin, as soon as you meet, you will immediately send people to the surrounding towns to hire vehicles and horses. All the weapons, equipment and supplies in the Xigu warehouse will be packed up immediately. As soon as this battle is over, you and Ziming will take the battalion of the Second Regiment, the guard battalion, the faculty and staff of the Kaiping Camp School, and all our lightly wounded soldiers and prisoners to Xianghe to establish a temporary training base for our vanguard army."

"Regarding the personnel of the repair shop and the doctor I assigned to you, you can contact Master Qian and arrange for a few reliable people to stay in Tianjin to handle it."

He couldn't tell anyone yet about his plan to pack up and take away the "Beiyang Medical Hospital and School". After all, there was an outsider, Zhang Xiyuan, and Teng Yuzhao was not sure whether Zhang Xiyuan would eventually stay in the Vanguard Army.

Li Yulin knew that Teng Yuzhao wanted to move all the supplies and weapons in the Xigu warehouse, and he strongly agreed with it. He was worried about leaving such a large amount of belongings here. If anything went wrong, the development of the vanguard army would be greatly delayed.

Li Yulin nodded and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will arrange everything you asked me to do right away. I will definitely take good care of this family for you."

Li Yulin would only address Teng Yuzhao by his courtesy name when he and Teng Yuzhao were alone. When there were outsiders around, he would always address him as "Sir". Today's military meeting was particularly serious, so he naturally had to address him as "Sir".

After explaining what needed to be prepared, Teng Yuzhao sat down and asked everyone.

"Is there anything else you need me to solve? If not, we will adjourn this meeting now and go back immediately to prepare to meet the enemy."

Li Yulin glanced at Wei Jinghai, Liu Yuzhi, Li Xiance, Liu Changfa and others, and said, "I have something to do."

Teng Yuzao nodded to signal Li Yulin to speak quickly, then lit a cigarette for himself.

"Sir, originally the security of the headquarters and you should be the responsibility of the guard battalion, but now I can't leave the guard battalion here."

"For your safety, I have discussed with the Director of the Guard Division, Yuxuan, Kangnian, Qingyun, Ziming, as well as Captain Xue and Captain Liu, and have decided to select a platoon from the guard battalion to serve as your guard. No matter where you go, you must bring this platoon with you to ensure your safety."

Li Yulin stood up and bowed slightly to Teng Yuzao, saying, "I did not ask for your permission for this matter. I found these people privately and raised this matter. I promise that this will only happen once and it will not happen again next time."

As Li Yulin stood up, Wei Jinghai, Liu Yuzhi, Li Xiange, Liu Changfa, Sun Shijun, Liu Bingyi and others also stood up.

Liu Yuzhi said frankly, "Sir, although this matter was proposed by General Manager Li, we all agree with it very much. I also suggest that after our new recruits are trained, we select some of them to expand the guard battalion into a guard regiment. This guard regiment will not only be responsible for protecting the safety of the Vanguard Army Headquarters and Your Excellency, but also serve as the general reserve of the entire army." Teng Yuzhao sighed lightly, and the trace of anger in his heart disappeared instantly, as if it had never appeared.

Without his consent and even without informing him, they arbitrarily transferred troops to his side. Such a thing could not but make Teng Yuzhao alert.

Although Li Yulin may not have any evil intentions now, who can say for sure in the future? The incident of Zhao Gao calling a deer a horse did happen. Although Zhao Gao was testing the ministers, Teng Yuzao could not guarantee whether Li Yulin was testing his bottom line.

This is no small matter. Although there is only one row of people, to be more serious, this is the unauthorized mobilization of troops. If this matter is allowed to develop, anyone who wants to stage a mutiny will have the conditions to do so.

We must find ways to resolutely prohibit such things in the future. Even though Li Yulin seems absolutely reliable now, as his status and position improve and his environment and situation change, people will always change.

As for Li Yulin's special emphasis on the fact that he had discussed this matter with those people whom Teng Yuzao absolutely trusted, his purpose was nothing more than two points. One was to prevent Teng Yuzao from misunderstanding, and the other was to make him feel at ease about this matter. With so many people involved, no one would dare to plot against him, Teng Yuzao.

As for what Li Yulin said, the camp office cannot be separated from the guard battalion, Teng Yuzao also agreed with him. All the valuable things of the vanguard army are in the camp office. How can they feel at ease without an absolutely trustworthy army around?

However, this incident also reminded Teng Yuzhao that he would have to take charge of the defense of the camp office in the future.

Teng Yuzhao glanced at everyone and his gaze finally fell on Liu Bingyi's face. After all, this platoon was drawn from his troops.

Liu Bingyi hurriedly said, "Sir, this platoon is composed entirely of veterans and long-term officers from our battalion. They were selected by me personally. Everyone has some skills and is guaranteed to be reliable."

"The platoon leader is Li Yaoting." Liu Bingyi added.

Li Yaoting was also a student of the Beiyang Military Academy, and was also a student taught by Teng Yuzhao himself, so Teng Yuzhao felt more at ease.

In fact, Teng Yuzao has always intended to keep a small and absolutely reliable force by his side, so that they can be entrusted with some matters that need to be kept confidential.

It's just that he hasn't said it out loud because the army is now expanding on a large scale and manpower is needed everywhere.

Now that Li Yulin and the others had done it for him, Teng Yuzao naturally had nothing to say. He nodded and said with a smile.

"Alright! For my safety, you all took the trouble, so this platoon will stay."

Teng Yuzao took a puff of his cigarette and continued, "However, we are short of manpower. Moving personnel like this will affect the reorganization of the vanguard army. This kind of thing must never happen again. The reorganization of the army is a big deal now, and we must not move troops at will in the future."

Seeing Teng Yuzao nodded in agreement, Li Yulin, Liu Yuzhi, Li Xianze and others smiled. They were very worried that Teng Yuzao would object.

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