Chapter 287: Struck by Thunder Again

While Yan Xu was busy with preparations, the Qing Dynasty was not idle either. After confirming that the news was accurate, the Empress Dowager was furious and scolded him, but the problem still had to be solved, so she ordered the troops to be sent.

Everyone knew that troops had to be sent, but the problem was that the Ministry of Revenue had no money, so someone jumped out and said that troops could not be sent, and then gave various reasons, the most important of which was that they must not alarm the foreigners.

This one point is politically correct in the great purge. Even if the old Buddha looks unhappy, he cannot directly oppose this point.

They started arguing with each other, but in fact everyone knew that what they were saying was all bullshit. Not to mention that the largest manufacturing bureau of the Qing Dynasty was there, the large amount of tax revenue it provided every year and the important water transport routes made it impossible for the Qing Dynasty to give up.

This meeting will continue day by day as if there is no end, and it will be all repetitive talk.

The old lady knew all about this and knew that this was all done to force her to pay money.

But she had to keep the money for building the garden, so how could she give it to those soldiers? If she really wanted to give it, the naval battle that was related to the country's destiny would not have been lost. So she forced the ministers to find a solution.

The Qing Dynasty has raised you for so many years, but when you encounter problems you just ask me for money. What use is there for you?

When faced with this unreasonable old woman, the ministers had no words to express their grievances.

The Qing Dynasty is no longer half-dead, but is on its last breath. If it cannot take that last breath, everyone will be doomed.

What keeps me going? Money.

But these spendthrift old ladies have spent hundreds of millions of taels of silver, and they hold on to the remaining money very tightly and are unwilling to spend it, so they have no choice.

As for asking the ministers to pay for it themselves, this is impossible, absolutely impossible. State affairs are state affairs, and family affairs are family affairs. How can they be mixed up? This is too outrageous. Don't say it again next time, or I'll kill you.

To put it simply, no one is willing to pay, so the local authorities have to bear the brunt of the burden and let the troops be stationed there pay for the travel expenses.

When the garrisons in various places received the imperial edict, they were stunned. They had never heard of no money for marching.

They were asked to travel far away and risk their lives without any money, food or guns. This was too much of an appreciation for their loyalty.

The stationed general turned his head and looked at the barracks filled with old and weak soldiers, and began to consider whether to rebel.

However, compared to rebellion, it is obviously easier to lead troops to plunder the area around the garrison. Anyway, they have the imperial edict in their hands, which also states that the garrison troops in various places must raise their own travel expenses, so the people here can only suffer.

A day later, the garrisons from various places set off contentedly, ignoring the cries coming from behind them.

Yan Xu waited for more than five months in the late Qing Dynasty before the Qing army arrived. He almost cried.

Do you know how he has been spending these days? He was busy preparing for war, while also taking care of things in other worlds. He almost suffered from schizophrenia.

But it is finally coming to an end. After destroying this army that the Qing Dynasty cobbled together, the other side will have to be quiet for a while.

Despite this, Yan Xu was not careless.

The intelligence of both sides was actually transparent. The Qing Dynasty knew that Yan Xu had recruited 10,000 soldiers and purchased a large number of guns and artillery from the East and the West. Of course, it was impossible to send a bunch of cannon fodder over, so it mobilized a new army.

In fact, many years ago, Xiaozhan began to use Western training methods to train troops on a small scale, and in the past two years, it has been expanding to the whole country. However, it is very expensive to train new troops. When the court cannot allocate funds, local governments can only pay for the training of troops themselves, which is equivalent to an alternative warlord, so there has been considerable resistance.

However, after the Mo Du incident, the resistance was greatly reduced, so he took the opportunity to bring 3,000 new troops, intending to demonstrate the combat effectiveness of the new army and increase the promotion efforts.

But knowing that the information is transparent to each other, the other party still carelessly sets up camp not far from the Magic City area. Isn't it a bit of looking down on him?
If there were an army of tens of thousands, Yan Xu would not dare to touch them, but the various garrisons did not belong to each other and each camp belonged to its own, which gave him an opportunity.

Yan Xu did not wait for the other side to reorganize their troops and went straight to the enemy camp with 5,000 new recruits.

Originally, Yan Xu was prepared to fight a positional war, after all, there were many new recruits, but as he collected more intelligence, he thought it would be better to give up.

As expected, seven or eight camps with a population ranging from several thousand to three to five hundred, when they saw the Guandi Society soldiers in uniform and holding rifles, thought they saw foreigners, so they turned around and ran without hesitation. Only three thousand new troops resisted for a while, but everyone was running, and the intensive artillery fire from Yan Xu's side immediately broke their morale.

Seeing this scene, Yan Xu had only one thought in his mind: are you kidding me?
He spent a lot of time and energy preparing for a great battle as if he were facing a formidable enemy, but this is the result. Doesn't he make him look like a fool?

In fact, the Qing Dynasty’s combat effectiveness was not so poor. At least the new army still had some combat effectiveness.

If the two sides really set up their battle formations and start fighting, the outcome is likely to be fifty-fifty.

The biggest problem of this new army is that it should not be mixed with those local miscellaneous troops. The main general arrived too late and has not even met the generals of the garrisons in various places. Once a fight breaks out, there will definitely be chaos.

Before the reorganization was completed and everyone was unfamiliar with each other, most people were running away. How could the few who were still holding on not waver?

Secondly, they underestimated the fighting effectiveness of Yan Xu's side. Coupled with the neat military uniforms and unified standard weapons, the Qing soldiers could not help but think of foreigners, and their morale plummeted.

Yan Xu took advantage of the situation to give chase, especially when he saw the man whose head was printed on the silver dollar escaping under the protection of the new army, he became even more excited.

But just as he took a step, a thunder sounded out of nowhere, the second step was like lightning across the sky, and the third step was a bolt of lightning that struck his head directly.

In these three steps, Yan Xu activated divine attack, divine might, and divine power respectively, so the lightning strike did not hurt him, but made his whole body numb and unable to move for a while.

Yan Xu's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he signaled to the panicked Howling Wolf beside him not to get closer.

"General!" Xiao Tianlang never expected that at this critical moment, the general would be struck by lightning.

"It's okay. A mere bolt of lightning can't hurt me. On the contrary, it's beneficial." What Yan Xu said was true. This bolt of lightning was both a warning and a benefit. At the moment, he seemed to be filled with electricity, as if he was covered by an electric grid, making him unable to move. However, his flesh and blood were greedily absorbing this special lightning. Once it was all absorbed, his electric current martial arts would definitely reach a higher level.

"Chase for another five miles, and then withdraw the troops." Yan Xu took a deep look at Yin Yuan's head and gave the military order.

"Yes, sir!" Seeing that the general was really fine, Xiao Tianlang immediately accepted the order.

Now Yan Xu understood the truth that small trends can be changed but big trends cannot be changed.

It's okay to occupy the devil, but it's not okay to kill Silver Dollar's head. Although one of them is a little shorter, he has the fate to sit on that chair, so he can't die here.

　Although I knew it was sensitive, I never thought it was so sensitive. I have tried my best to set the time in the late Qing Dynasty and also included Uncle Jiu's background. However, the rhythm was disrupted by the blocking of two chapters in a row. I can only end this part as soon as possible and move on to the next world.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)