The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 95 Chapter of the Agreement
Seeing that Teng Yuzao was a little hesitant, Liu Nineteen smiled without hesitation and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely not let your precious disciple suffer any loss. Besides, today's achievement is a credit, so let me, your nephew, take advantage of it."

Liu Shijiu's words made Li Jinyu roll his eyes, swallow secretly and say nothing.

Teng Yuzao thought about it and nodded, "Okay."

In his previous life, Teng Yuzhao was very interested in Wu Peifu, a military strategist and patriot of the Republic of China who was able to save the situation with the strength of a division and defeat 120,000 Fengtian troops in one battle. He had studied historical materials about him very seriously. If he had succeeded in seizing the Allied Forces' position at Qiaotou, there would have been a lot less gossip when promoting Wu Peifu.

Thinking of this, Teng Yuzao turned to Wu Peifu and asked, "Zi Yu, do you dare to go?"

"I dare!" Wu Peifu stepped forward and answered.

Teng Yuzao nodded and said, "It's good for you to go and experience it. You are a brave and careful person, and you can help your uncle with some advice. I will appoint you as the deputy captain of this death squad. Remember, you must not only pay attention to your own safety, but also take care of your uncle's safety. It doesn't matter even if you can't seize the bridgehead, as long as you are safe, understand?"

"Yes, disciple understands." Wu Peifu answered loudly.

Liu Jiujiu also understood what Teng Yuzao meant. In Teng Yuzao's eyes, compared with the safety of the two of them, his and Wu Peifu's lives were more important. This made Liu Jiujiu feel warm in his heart, and he also said loudly, "I, Liu Jiujiu, also understand."

After explaining, Teng Yuzao said to Li Xianze and Liu Shijiu, "Once the gunfire from the north starts, the coalition forces in the concession will be dispatched soon. Now, you should hurry up and select personnel to form a death squad."

"Every member of the team who takes over the floating bridge and participates in the battle will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver. The weapons and equipment of the death squad will be equipped to each person, one long and one short gun."

Teng Yuzao turned around and said to Li Jinyu, "Mingguang, map."

Li Jinyu moved quickly. As soon as Teng Yuzhao finished speaking, he had already grabbed the cowhide backpack placed on the ammunition box aside and quickly took out a small hand-drawn map from it. This was the map that Wei Jinghai had organized several of their staff officers to draw last night. They racked their brains and carefully recalled the situation in the British Concession.

Teng Yuzao took the map handed over by Li Jinyu, and under the light of the wind lamp held by Wu Peifu, he spread the map on two stacked ammunition boxes and pointed at the map and said.

"Brother, Kangnian, the nine concessions are divided into two by the Haihe River. We have to face mainly the concessions of Britain, France and Japan. Among them, the British Concession is not only the largest of the nine concessions, but also the main gathering place of the Allied Forces west of the Haihe River. Since the British, French and Japanese concessions cover a large area, it is probably impossible for us to take them down in one fell swoop, especially in street fighting, which is even more difficult."

"So, we should not rush for quick success and just play the role of cooperating with Nie Shicheng's front army and Zhang Decheng's Boxer Regiment in attacking the concession. In view of this situation, when we start to pursue the fleeing enemy, the Second Regiment should leave a fire support post here to clean up the battlefield and firmly hold this position to prevent the Japanese army from coming out of the Japanese concession from cutting off our retreat. All other troops should follow the death squad to pursue the remaining enemy."

"After the death squad breaks through the nearest pontoon bridge, leave a fire support post there to guard the bridge. The purpose is also to prevent the retreat from being cut off, especially the Japanese cavalry. Be careful and vigilant."

"The troops entering the concession, the first battalion will attack and advance along the coastal avenue, occupy and control the avenue, and be ready to support the pontoon bridge at any time; the second battalion will assault Victoria Avenue in the center, Kangnian, you will command the two battalions, do you understand?"

"I understand." Li Xianze replied.

"Brother, what is my Qianzituan doing?"

Seeing that Teng Yuzao did not mention his Qianzi Group, Liu Jiujiu could not help but feel anxious and asked hurriedly. Teng Yuzao looked at Liu Jiujiu and said tentatively, "Brother, fighting street battles, especially to eliminate the coalition forces hiding in the houses, rifles alone are not effective. The best way to deal with it is to suppress the enemy's firepower with rifles, and then rush in with soldiers using pistols and broadswords. Most of your people are good at martial arts, so climbing over walls and houses will not be a big problem. This mission can only be carried out by your people and the soldiers of the vanguard army."

"So, your men should be divided into four teams. Three of them will cooperate with the sentries of the second battalion, and the remaining team will be with the death squad and you will lead them. We will also attack along the coastal highway. Do you think this is feasible?"

Many Boxer leaders were unwilling to cooperate with their former mortal enemies, let alone hand over the Boxers to the government army for command. Although Liu Jiujiu and Teng Yuzao were brothers, Teng Yuzao could only discuss such an important matter as the control of his own troops with Liu Jiujiu.

"No problem." Liu Shijiu answered very happily.

"I will personally take charge of these people in a while. They will never dare to act recklessly. Just rest assured and command and arrange the people I have assigned to you."

"Okay! Thank you very much, brother."

Liu Shijiu's answer finally put Teng Yuzao's mind at ease. He looked at Li Xianze and said, "Kangnian, hand over your guard platoon and reconnaissance platoon to me. I also want to go into the concession and command them nearby."

Li Xiance originally wanted to stop Teng Yuzao from entering the concession, but when he thought of the more than 2,000 Boxers led by Liu Shijiu, he was really afraid of chaos if Teng Yuzao was not in charge, so he had to give up.

"Okay, these two platoons will be commanded by Hu Daqiu for the time being."

Hu Daqiu was the head of Teng Yuzao's guard shed before Li Dazhui, that is, the squad leader. Hu Daqiu was also Teng Yuzao's cousin. When the army was expanded, Teng Yuzao incorporated Hu Daqiu into Li Xianze's army. Since he had no military academy degree, his promotion was a bit slow.

"besides."

Teng Yuzao's tone became cold, "Anyone entering the concession must not kill innocent people indiscriminately. As long as they do not put up armed resistance, no one is allowed to be killed unjustly, and no property is allowed to be looted privately. Those who violate this will be killed without mercy."

Teng Yuzao looked at Liu Shijiu, "Brother, can your people do this? If not, they should stay outside and help us resist the Japanese reinforcements that may come from the east."

This order was not only Teng Yuzhao's disciplinary requirement for the vanguard army, but he also raised it again at this time with the intention of testing Liu Jiujiu. He wanted to see whether Liu Jiujiu could obey his orders, and also to see Liu Jiujiu's ability to control his Qian Group.

"brother."

Liu Nineteen frowned slightly and asked Teng Yuzao, "We can't kill foreigners and Christians either?"

"Yes, as long as they don't attack us, they can't be harmed." Teng Yuzao said firmly.

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