Super Dictator

Liaodong, Dakaoling, Chinese Army Camp.

Nie Shicheng looked at the telegram just sent by Wei Jichen and couldn't help but stroke his beard. Nie Shicheng was now promoted to the governor of Zhili due to his military exploits.

China and Japan are now negotiating on matters in southern Liaoning. Once the negotiations are concluded, Nie Shicheng will lead his troops to Lutai, Tianjin, and the imperial court will also send a decree.

After Nie Shicheng returns to Tianjin, he will select the 32nd Battalion of the Training Horse Infantry and organize it into the Wu Yi Army, so he is now busy preparing to return to defense.

"Junmen, what's the matter with Wei Jichen's call?" Staff Feng Guozhang asked curiously when he saw Nie Shicheng was silent for a long time.

"He asked me to recommend one or two talents for him to Ding Liao Army so that he can use them in training the new army." Nie Shicheng looked at Feng Guozhang with a strange expression.

When Feng Guozhang saw Nie Shicheng like this, he was suddenly shocked. It couldn't be!

Nie Shicheng did not disappoint him and continued: "And he even mentioned you by name, saying that he admired you very much."

Feng Guozhang quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked aloud: "What does the army gate mean?"

"Of course I have no problem. Since Zijie said this, you have to give him some face. It mainly depends on your own wishes." Nie Shicheng said with a smile.

Feng Guozhang cupped his fists and said, "Everything depends on the orders of the military sect."

Feng Guozhang naturally had his plans in mind. Wei Jichen's Ding Liao Army must be expanded with his Wei Zijun as the backbone. However, the Wei Zi Army was originally small and did not have many available talents. If he went to Ding Liao Army on his own, he would definitely get reused.

But the Wu Yijun that Nie Shicheng wanted to train was different. There were so many talented people in Gongzi Ten Battalions that he didn't have to force himself to squeeze here and get bloody.

When Nie Shicheng saw that Feng Guozhang had agreed, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded and said: "In this case, prepare yourself and go to Haicheng first. Now that Wei Zijun is stationed in Haicheng, Zijie must be selected from all the battalions in Tianjin. In addition to the soldiers, we will also select some veterans in Liaodong. You should go and help Li Yunfei first and wait for Zijie to come back before making arrangements. "

"Yes, Junmen." Feng Guozhang looked delighted. Nie Shicheng's doing this would allow him to gain a foothold in the Dingliao army as soon as possible.

There were no job fairs in this era, and there was no good mechanism for selecting generals. They usually relied on recommendations from acquaintances, or hired people after hearing about their reputations, so Nie Shicheng was not surprised at all when Wei Jichen did this.

What's more, Wei Zijun is basically a branch from his Gongzi Shiying. Asking for people from him is like asking for people from your parents' family.

Haicheng is a large city in Liaodong. Since the signing of the contract, Song Qing moved his general headquarters back here, leaving only one army in Gaiping.

Li Yunfei has been running Haicheng for a long time, so Wei Zijun naturally returned to defend it.

Just when Nie Shicheng received Wei Jichen's telegram, Li Yunfei also received an urgent telegram with similar content.

Li Yunfei immediately summoned the generals of Wei Zi's army to discuss the matter. Wang Shizhen, Zhang Meng, and Zhao Hu were all included.

Nowadays, some small matters in Wei Zijun are usually decided by these people, and some major matters will be sent to Wei Jichen via telex.

"Everyone, I believe you all know that the imperial court will use Wei Zijun as the backbone to expand into the Dingliao Army. The trouble will be serious, and the military gate is not here. We should do our best to make early preparations." Li Yunfei said with a smile.

Several people nodded solemnly.

Li Yunfei continued: "The most important thing now is to select elite soldiers. Our Wei Zijun originally has more than 4,000 soldiers, and the army is still selecting 6,000 elite soldiers in Tianjin. The other sergeants have to be selected here. ”

Everyone was speechless in acquiescence. It was really difficult to choose here. First, Song Qing himself had to select elite troops to reorganize his Yi army. Second, he had to choose among some armies that would be disbanded. These armies had all been with Wei. Having fought side by side with the Zi army, it's hard to avoid losing face.

"I have already made an agreement with Jiang Guiti, the commander-in-chief of the Gui Zi Army. Jiang Gui Ti is willing to lead his army to join our Ding Liao Army." Li Yunfei first told the good news. The Gui Zi Army had just recruited its sergeants, so It was inevitable to be demobilized and dismissed, and Jiang Guiti also defected to Wei Jichen willingly. However, Li Yunfei only selected 500 able-bodied people among them, and sent the rest home.

Wang Shizhen also smiled and said: "General Xu is also willing to lead the Guards to join us. We will select more than a thousand people. In this way, we will have to select three thousand people from other armies."

Li Yunfei didn't expect that Wang Shizhen would do such a big thing without saying a word, so he couldn't help but look at him with admiration. This guy looked serious, but he didn't expect that there was something in his belly.

"With the relationship between the military sect and Commander Song, we can get these three thousand people, but it's hard to guarantee whether they are elite or not." Li Yunfei said with a frown.

Song Qing's Yi army was originally large in number, and he later accepted the defeat of troops in Dalian Bay, Lushun, Jinzhou and other places. More than enough to choose from.

Li Yunfei and others first chose sergeants from the Huai Army system, then recruited some people from Song Qing, and finally considered Nie Guilin and others from the original Shengjun Zhen border army system.

"If we can invite General Ma Jinxuma over, even if we get more than 3,000 miscellaneous sergeants, it won't be unacceptable." Li Yunfei said aloud.

"Leave it to me to handle this matter. Song Shuai has many talented people, I think this little favor will help." Wang Shizhen volunteered.

Li Yunfei nodded, paused for a moment, and then said, "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot that the general asked us to look for these people in Liaodong."

Li Yunfei raised the telegram in his hand, and Wang Shizhen took it and saw several names on it: Cao Kun, Wang Yingkai, and He Zonglian.

Wang Shizhen couldn't help but smile and said easily, "He Zonglian and I were classmates at the Tianjin Military Academy at the same time. I am still in contact with him. He is now a battalion officer and is stationed in Niuzhuang with his troops. It seems that the other two are also graduates of our Military Academy. This is easy to do. As long as I contact the instructors of the academy, I can find out where the other two are."

My dear, there is more to this chapter^.^,

"I have already found out about Cao Kun. He is now a random sentry officer in the Yi Army and a subordinate of General Song Desheng." Li Yunfei immediately added.

Hu Zi said in surprise: "Damn, such a troublesome matter fell into your hands, and you managed to solve it in a few steps."

Li Yunfei and Wang Shizhen smiled at each other.

Meng Zi shouted: "I don't care about the others. After you select all the soldiers, I have to select the elite among the 500 elites. Now my fire brigade has the least number of people."

Tianjin, Dagukou.

Wei Jichen led several newly recruited generals and officials, including Ruan Zhongshu and Yan Dunyuan recommended by Li Hongzhang, who were some civilian officials who could stay in the camp office to serve, and some leftovers left by Yuan Shikai from Tianjin Wubei Military Academy, including Li Chun and Cheng Guangyuan.

Li Chun's second brother-in-law Tan Qingyuan was a captain in Nie Shicheng's 10th Battalion. He himself had stayed in the 10th Battalion and was later recommended to study in Tianjin Wubei Academy. Because he was proficient in German drills, he stayed in the hall as a classmate to assist in teaching military drills.

Yuan Shikai wanted to hire him as a teacher, but Wei Jichen arrived soon after. With the above reasons, he naturally chose Wei Jichen.

Wei Jichen and others came to select soldiers accompanied by Luo Rongguang, the general of Tianjin Town.

At this time, the army assembled at Tianjin Dagukou, Qinhuangdao, and Chengzikou had no less than 200 battalions and more than 100,000 troops. Of course, most of the soldiers here were newly recruited soldiers. The war was over before they participated in the war.

Wei Jichen selected more than 6,000 elite soldiers from the 100,000 troops. Of course, he picked the best choice.

Luo Rongguang respected Wei Jichen's anti-Japanese behavior in Liaodong and cooperated with him very much. Soon he summoned the army generals assembled at Dagukou and waited for Wei Jichen's dispatch.

"Dagukou is worthy of being the best sea defense in the world. General Luo built this place as solid as an iron barrel. Even if the Japanese really come to invade, I believe that with this solid fortification, they can resist." Wei Jichen admired as he walked.

He admired Luo Rongguang, who died in the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China, although this has not happened yet.

Luo Rongguang trained his soldiers very strictly, and he could eat and wear the same clothes with his soldiers on weekdays, so he had a high prestige in this area.

"The country is weak, foreign enemies are bullying, and we have to cede land and pay compensation. As a national general, I feel deeply ashamed. I hope Admiral Wei can train the Dingliao Army into an elite force and recover the lost land as soon as possible." Luo Rongguang solemnly entrusted.

"Be careful, even if I work hard and die, I will train a strong army. You and I are both soldiers, and we are responsible for defending the land. We should work together to guard the country." Wei Jichen said with a firm face.

"General Wei, General, the soldiers have gathered in the playground, waiting for you to go and select them." Luo Rongguang's deputy general Han Zhaoqi came forward to report.

Wei Jichen nodded as an answer, and several people quickened their pace.

Luo Rongguang asked, "I don't know how Admiral Wei selects elites?"

"Anyone who wants to join my Ding Liao army must not smoke opium first." Wei Jichen had already drafted the rules a few days ago, and now he just needs to follow the rules.

Now opium is rampant in the army, and Wei Jichen doesn't want his army to become double-gun soldiers, so the first condition is that they cannot smoke opium.

Luo Rongguang nodded slightly and continued to ask: "Apart from this, are there any other requirements?"

"If there are people who can read and write, they will be selected first. The physical conditions can be relaxed, and then those who are strong and healthy will be selected." Wei Jichen stated his three most important conditions.

Luo Rongguang now had an idea in mind, and soon, a group of people came to the playground.

But there were more than 10,000 soldiers standing densely. Wei Jichen would select 2,000 people from here, and then go to other places in Tianjin to select the remaining 4,000 people.