Chapter 138 The Greatji of the Imperial Court

Zhang Jun is not a regular army of the imperial court! It's not even a miscellaneous army!

The regular army of the imperial court only has the Green Camp and the Eight Banners.

Although Zeng Guofan's Xiang Army and Li Hongzhang's Huai Army's combat effectiveness is much higher than that of the Eight Banners of the Green Camp, the court has never given them the title of a regular army. They are just "brave", not "soldiers"! The court has always guarded against this kind of army recruited by local governors. Because this kind of army is of a private army, and most of them are unified by Han people. At the beginning, Zeng Guoqun led the Xiang army to break through Tianjing. The court not only did not give praise, but also looked for trouble everywhere and severely reprimanded it. It was not until Zeng Guofan abolished the Xiang army that the court let go of the Zeng brothers.

And now Zhang Jun is facing the same embarrassing situation as the Xiang army at the beginning.

Today, the Japanese enemy is now, and the court certainly hopes that Zhou Charter will lead Zhang's army to defend North Korea and resist the Japanese attack, that is to say, he hopes that Zhang's army will exist. But at the same time, the court never intended to see Zhang Jun sitting big!

When Jin issued the decree, he announced the emperor's reward - 5,000 taels of silver, 100 taels per general and 30 taels per soldier, which is only enough for 800 people.

That is to say, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the establishment of Zhang Jun recognized by the court is about 800 people.

According to the will, Zhou Charter, as the general of Yizhou, can recruit troops to train bravery and expand deployment. However, there is a limit to the expansion. If Zhang Jun expands to 2,000 people, the court is acceptable. If the court dares to expand to 3,000 people, although the court is dissatisfied, it can also bear it.

But now Zhangjun has reached 11,000 before starting to recruit troops, which is much more than the expectation of the imperial court. Although it has not reached the size of the Xiang army at the beginning, it is enough to make the imperial court uneasy.

This army of more than 10,000 people is commanded by a man with a haircut! If Zhang Jun stays in North Korea to fight against the Japanese, it's okay. If Zhang Jun sets foot on the land of the Qing Dynasty, whether it is the imperial court or the people, it will have some meaning of "anti-Qing and restoration".

Originally, after accepting the imperial edict, Zhou Charter could ask the court for guns and food, and the team lacked weapons. As long as Zhou Charter gave a memorial to the court listing the missing guns and ammunition, the court would supply them at its discretion.

However, Zhou Charter realized that he could not speak to the court!

He can't even disclose Zhang Jun's real strength and weapons to the court.

Although Zhang Jun is seriously short of weapons, he always has 4,000 guns and five cannons. In the eyes of the court, with these 4,000 guns and five cannons, Zhang Jun is already a armed force enough to shake the court. If the court knew that Zhou Charter's strength was as high as 11,000, then those waiting for Zhang Jun would not be commended, but ordered to be dismissed!

If Zhou Charter is obedient, the court may be able to give Zhou Charter an idle position and let him be a rich man for a lifetime. And with his brothers, the court will definitely remove them one by one like plucking thorns.

Li Hongzhang clearly knew that the Beiyang sailors were weak and weak, and did not dare to ask the court for money to buy warships and guns. He watched the navy's military expenses be diverted to the Summer Palace without saying a word. The root cause lies in this.

Now, if Zhou Charter asks the court for money and guns, the first reaction of the court is that Zhang Jun supports the soldiers to be self-respected!

The magnates of the Qing Dynasty have long threatened that they would rather die than the Rebel Party!

The reason is very simple. If the Qing Dynasty is defeated by the Japanese, it is just a land cession compensation. The emperor is still the emperor, the empress dowager is still the empress dowager, and the princes and nobles are still princes and nobles! And if the promiscuous party rebels, the Qing court will not exist! The empress dowager can't be an empress dowager, the emperor can't be an emperor, and the prince can't be a prince!

Zhou Charter is in a dilemma!

Zhou Charter does not want to support himself, let alone be an enemy of the imperial court. If possible, he would rather abolish his followers to make his mind clear!

However, Zhang Jun is hanging alone in Yizhou, North Korea, facing the powerful First Army of the Japanese Army, which is a modern army armed to the teeth, with a strength of up to 20,000 and may attack Yizhou at any time. With the existing military equipment of the Zhang army, even if it is fully equipped, it is difficult to resist the attack of the first Japanese army.

Although Zhangzi Camp, the predecessor of Zhangjun, has experienced many battles, most of the battles it experienced were small and medium-scale encounters. The largest battle took place in Chenghuan, which was just a mixed brigade of the Japanese army, and Nie Shicheng Wuyi army cooperated with the battle. Small and medium-scale operations can sometimes be opportunistic.

Today, Zhang Jun is facing the first army of the Japanese army, which will be a large regiment.

The battle of the large corps depends on strength! Speculative coincidence is not enough.

Zhou Charter has only two ways to go. First, lead the army back to the west bank of the Yalu River to avoid the edge of the Japanese army. Second, the whole army is fully equipped and can still fight against the Japanese army.

The first road is impassable! The court appointed him as the general of Yizhou, and the subtext of this award is that Zhang Jun must stay in the court! One soldier can't cross the river! The most obvious evidence is that the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to reward Zhangjun, but did not lift the ban on the Yalu River. There was no boat on the Yalu River!

The princes and ministers of the Qing Dynasty asked Zhang Jun to earn face for the court and let Zhang Jun die in North Korea! I even hope the Japanese can get rid of this braided Han army!

The second road is even more impassable. How could the court pay for a gun to arm an army that it does not trust!

The room calmed down, and Zhou Charter opened his eyes.

Yao Xi breathed a long sigh of relief: "Brother, haven't you fallen asleep?"

Everyone stared at him. Zhou Charter woke up and everyone had the backbone in their hearts.

People with backbone don't need to quarrel.

Zhou Charter rubbed his temples and said, "Yao Xi, I'm going to ask the court to make you the sixth grade president."

"Brother Xie's promotion!" Yao Xi was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He was six-grade Qianzong, bigger than the county magistrate. It was very promising to go back to marry a few aunts.

"In addition, I'm going to ask the court to appoint Naha Wu as a four-level guard, three levels higher than you."

"Follow you, big brother, you can't be an official!" Yao Xi shouted.

"But you are already an official!" Zhou Charter yawned and said, "As an official, you will look like an official. When you see an official higher than you, although we don't want to kowtow, you should also have a military salute, especially Ha Wu, who is still the emperor's uncle!" What's the style of 'you son of a bitch'! What is the face of the imperial court, and what is the face of the emperor!"

Yao Xi shouted: "He peed his pants like me..." But when he saw Zhou Charter's bad face, he hurriedly shut up.

"Why don't you salute your uncle!" Zhou Charter frowned and shouted.

Yao Xi glanced at Nahawu and had to salute at Hawu. Ha Wu is also modest: "Free gift, free, this is all the help of our eldest brother. I said Yao Xi, we are all old brothers from the water and fire. You will still be polite to me in the future, and I won't be on my face."

"It's easy to say." Yao Xi said.

Zhou Charter stood up from his chair: "Just now, it suddenly occurred to think that Zhang Jun's military affairs are heavy, and it is difficult for me as a division commander to do everything. Deputy Division Chief Luo is also the captain of the artillery team, which is also extremely busy. Moreover, the artillery team will be expanded in the future. There are too few five cannons, and it will be expanded to 100 or even 300 in the future! Deputy Division Chief Luo has to bother with the artillery. As for Mr. Hannagan, the Chief of Staff, it is more difficult to be responsible for the training of more than 10,000 of us. Therefore, I think it is necessary to add a deputy division commander to share some work for me and deputy division commander Luo. Naha 5th Regiment has been fighting for a long time, with both wisdom and courage, energy, noble and high morals. Personally, I think that Naha 5 can fully serve as a deputy division commander and also serves as the head of the second regiment. What do you think?"

Yao Xi immediately shouted, "What the eldest brother said is naturally right. Brothers have no objection!"

"Where?" Zhou Charter waved his hand: "We still need to brainstorm and fully carry forward democracy. If there is a better candidate, we can also put forward this."

Feng Guozhang smiled and said, "Big brother's proposal is the best. I think the regimental commander is fully worthy of the deputy division commander! Brothers really have no problem!"

Everyone agreed.

Only Zhang Xun moved his lips, but he did not dare to make a sound. Deputy division commander and head, this is a good job that Zhang Xun dreamed of. Zhang Xun was itching. Seeing that everyone's opinions were one-sided, he did not dare to make a difference.

Most of Zhang Jun's brothers are from a humble background, either farmers or in the army. They don't understand the officialdom. Luo Mingfang and Wu Peifu are from scholars and have read books for a few days. However, Luo Mingfang is a little dull. Although Wu Peifu is shrewd, he has never been an official before and doesn't understand the reputation in the officialdom. Zhou Charter said that he would promote Naha five as deputy division commander. Naturally, everyone raised their hands to agree, and no one thought much about it.

Only Feng Guozhang guessed the intention of Zhou Charter.

Zhou Charter is following the example of Zeng Guofan.