It's broken, and was picked up by a femme fatale

The key to the decisive battle is not at the South Gate.
Although the Boxers here are the strongest and also have the highest ranking members,
how to say?

Take crabs as an example. If you break off the two big claws, they can only become a delicacy that can be steamed in a pot.

Therefore, the four branch altars at the east and west gates had almost 2,000 people each.

Lu Yuan fully mobilized the city's garrison.

Attacks were launched on both wings, which completely laid the foundation for victory in the siege.

The Dongmen Boxers, surrounded by Zoroastrians and Wang Laowu
At the same time, the Zhu family, Zhang family, Li family and the city defense army jointly raided the Ximen Boxers.
Two hours, the battle is over.
Then they surrounded the Boxer center at the South Gate.
There’s no need to say more about the rest, right?

During the negotiation, all seven parties agreed with Lu Yuan's strategy.

However, they had their own plans for dividing the fruits of victory, and they almost fell out.
Finally, Lu Yuan stepped forward and ended the argument with just one sentence.
At midnight, the seven parties launched a surprise attack as agreed.

At the East and West Gates, most of the hungry Boxers were surrounded and divided in their sleep.

There is no other way except to surrender.
I can’t even eat enough, and I still want to fight a ghost!
At Chou hour, four thousand captives were settled.
While the Nanmen Boxers haven't reacted yet,
The seven allied forces, with a total of 15,000 men, took advantage of the victory to penetrate deep into the south.

In just half an hour, the encirclement was successful.
More than 6,000 people surrounded the Red Fist Club's main hall and the first branch hall.
The siege of Qilabang has entered its "final stage".

At this time, more than 2,000 Red Fist rebels,

He joined the battle belatedly and became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Surrender! The Qiraji coalition will treat the prisoners well!"

"You don't even have food to eat, so stop working for the leader of the boxing club..."

"Surrounded by a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, if we don't surrender now, we will have no chance..."

"We turned from darkness to light, and the coalition forces treated us very well. We had enough food and warm clothes..."

"As long as you don't resist, we won't hurt you and will let you go home..."

The morale of the Boxers,
It fell to the ground and broke into pieces, and I couldn't even pick it up!

No matter how the left and right Dharma protectors, the altar masters, the hall masters, and the big and small leaders encouraged them,

Thousands of believers just stayed in their dugouts numbly, not moving a muscle.

This battle cannot be fought!

However, there are a few diehards, about 400 to 500 people.

Surrounded by the Boxer leaders, they planned to break out by force and make a comeback in the future.

However, it is nothing short of a fantasy for such a small number of people to break through...

Under the siege of Wang Laowu's branch and the Red Fist rebels, the two sides fought a fierce and bloody battle.
The two armies paid the price of thousands of men.
Finally, before dawn, 90% of the Boxer bandits' high-ranking officials were completely wiped out.

Including the left and right protectors and all the altar masters and hall masters, only a small number of key leaders disappeared without a trace under the cover of night.

The leaders of all parties gathered together. At this time, Lu Yuan came out and said loudly:

"Thanks to your unremitting efforts, this Boxer crisis is over.

Next, let us start a new era for Far East County! When victory comes, we will make money together and enjoy happiness together!"

The city defense captain asked with great interest: "Tell me, what should we do?"

Lu Yuan talked freely:

"...As we all know, Far East County has an excellent geographical location.

It is the oldest port, with merchants gathering here and business booming. It can be said to be a treasure trove.
As long as everyone works together and takes over the entire Jidong County, your worth will increase a hundredfold!"

Lao Zhu asked doubtfully: "Can we swallow up the entire Far East?"

"can!"

Lu Yuan said firmly:
"The eight-party coalition army has 17,000 men, and 8,000 prisoners.
As long as we reorganize and train them, we can get at least 20,000 elite soldiers.
In just three months, we can swallow up the four neighboring states and double our military strength. It's easy.
By then, taking over the county town will be a piece of cake, right?"

After hearing this, everyone thought it made a lot of sense and nodded.
However, the three Zhang brothers were very afraid of this "son-in-law of the Zhu family".
Zhang Er couldn't wait to ask:
"Can you guarantee that everyone will share the happiness? You won't abandon us after we succeed, right?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed and they looked at each other.
As the saying goes, we can share adversity but not wealth; it’s human nature.

Lu Yuan smiled slightly and used his ultimate weapon, the "recommendation system".

Of course, the analogy is based on the existing case of the "Honeycomb Briquette Cooperative" so that everyone can understand and see it.

"...At the beginning, the Chihe Honeycomb Briquette Factory encountered internal competition...

In this way, no matter how big or small the workshop is, everyone can have meat and soup...

So, I suggest that you treat this as a business.
In this way, there won't be a situation where one company dominates the market, what do you think?"

Ouch!

This method is quite fresh!
The eight-party coalition forces will be converted into shares according to their respective strengths.
Then hire a shopkeeper to run the business, and at the end of the year, everyone will get a share of the dividends.

Hmm, that looks somewhat plausible.

This method is more attractive to the relatively weaker ones, such as the city defense captain, the Li family, and the Red Fist rebels.

Under normal circumstances, they would most likely be swallowed up in the upcoming battle.

As for the more powerful Zhu family, the three brothers of the Zhang family, the Zoroastrianism, and Wang Laowu,

If there is a four-way fight, it is still unclear who will win.
If we join forces, at least we can guarantee our own rights and interests, and we don't have to bear the risk of failure, which is acceptable.

As for Lu Yuan, it doesn't matter.

After all, I have come here through time travel. It is enough for me to take good care of Shen's parents, sister, and the workers at the coal factory.

The most important thing is that in Lu Yuan's joint venture, the coalition forces are out of the decision-making.
What does that mean?

Lu Yuan's plan, the shares belong to the shares, the coalition forces belong to the coalition forces,
Each of the eight factions sent a representative to jointly control the reorganized coalition forces.

For example, the 20,000-strong coalition army will be divided into eight groups, each with 2,500 men.

Even if it is expanded to 40,000 people, it is still divided into eight groups, with 5,000 people in each group.

This will form a check and balance between the two. Even if the five companies unite, the other three will have the strength to fight back, and the difference will not be too great.

Moreover, it is too difficult to unite five companies.
Why? Because once involution occurs, it will inevitably lead to an imbalance in strength.

Even if three of them are eliminated, the five will continue to fight among themselves. There is never a winner in internal fighting.

More importantly, the eight armies, regardless of whether they were legitimate or illegitimate, were uniformly trained and dispatched.

In order to prevent "factionalism", Lu Yuan will also implement a "rotation system" for leading officers.
That is, every three months, the commanders of the troops will be transferred to other troops in order.

In this way, within two years, collusion and ganging within the coalition forces were basically eliminated.

After three days and three nights of discussion, fine-tuning, explanation, and analysis...

In the end, the eight-party coalition reached the "Qiraj Consensus" after much difficulty and twists and turns.
The Bafang Board of Directors is established!

Lu Yuan became the first chairman,
The chairman of the board is replaced every year, with a maximum term of two years.
At any time and under any circumstances, no individual may serve as chairman for three terms.

From this moment on, the various complex forces in Qilabang were united into one.

In order to paralyze the county governor, the city defense captain sent official documents every now and then.
He claimed that the army and people of Qilabang were still at a stalemate with tens of thousands of Boxers and urgently needed strong support from the county in terms of arms, supplies, money and food.

The county magistrate hoped that his subordinates would fight each other and consume each other.
The weaker the counties below him, the more stable his position as a county governor would be.
This is a very simple truth.

Therefore, in addition to giving some symbolic money and food,
For the rest, the county governor simply verbally encouraged Qilabang to "work hard and be self-reliant." Fortunately, the Bafang Board of Directors did not count on the county governor.

Focus on purchasing weapons and strengthening the training of the eight divisions.

As for the 5,000 Red Fists who were eliminated,
The Eight-Directorate Board of Directors then relocated it to the ruins between the state city and the county seat.
Along the way, many families were destroyed and many villages were left barren by the Boxers.
Let these prisoners work in the fields.

Collect their rent, 80% of it,
Then every year it drops by 10%,
For five consecutive years, the captives had to atone for the victims with their own blood and sweat.
After five years, these cultivated lands will belong to them and they only need to pay 30% rent.

Oh, by the way, in order to improve the enthusiasm of farmers,
The Bafang Board of Directors, for the first time in history, exempted other normal farmers from agricultural taxes.
Even, each farmer is subsidized with a certain amount of crop seeds every year.

This made farmers all over the country happy and excited!
In order to boost the morale of the coalition officers and soldiers,
Lu Yuan also formulated rules and regulations on military pay, rewards and punishments, promotions, and pensions.

Basically, the rations and wages received by an ordinary soldier were enough to support a family of five.
Officers will naturally be taller, but not to an exaggerated degree.

This greatly increased the enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers.

In particular, the coalition forces broke away from the concept of "private soldiers of powerful people".

No longer have the consciousness of "working hard for the powerful",

At this time, Lu Yuan took the opportunity to launch the slogan, "Strive for a better tomorrow for yourself and others."

Gradually and step by step, the officers and soldiers of the coalition will be shaped into a concept similar to the beautiful "National Guard".

While the coalition forces were vigorously rectifying the situation, the civil administration systems of Bangcheng and the Eighteen Towns were also trying out the "recommendation system".
The people's affairs are handled by the people, and the people's representatives are elected by the people themselves...

The board of directors of Qila Bafang is not worried about these minor changes.

After all, he holds 20,000 knife handles in his hands.

If someone dares to mess up the show, we won't mind.

Let them have a taste of what “the iron fist of justice falling from the sky” means!
While Lu Yuan purchased arms from foreigners, he also built his own small cannon. As the simplest artillery, the mortar is simple and practical.

Anyway, the drawings were all in his mind, and the coal plant also had simple processing equipment.

So, using the traditional method, Lu Yuan cast five or six bronze mortars quickly, efficiently and economically.

It looks heavy, but it is strong and durable.

The selected artillery squad, after more than a month of training, had good accuracy.
A bronze mortar weighs about 300 kilograms and must be transported by a special horse-drawn cart.
In view of this, Lu Yuan cast another batch of "grenade launchers".
This thing is a small mortar, which is much lighter in weight. It weighs less than ten kilograms and can be carried with you.

The other is the grenade, which is even simpler.
Cast the shell, add a wooden handle, and fill it with gunpowder.

Just plug in a fuse and it's done. Even illiterate grandpa and woman can do it.

Three months passed in a flash.

The spirit and energy of the 20,000 allied officers and soldiers have greatly improved.

Among them, there were 600 muskets, 10 mortars, 300 grenade launchers, and 4,000 grenades.

Of course, there are 6,000 musket-wielding gunmen.

There are 100 artillery gunners and more than 900 grenade throwers. As for grenades... anyone can throw one.

The Eight-Directorate was invited to observe the military drills of the new army.
In layman's terms, it is a military exercise.
Although it's not a live-fire attack, you can still see some of the tricks.

On the first day, there was a parade and a five-kilometer cross-country march.
Dear directors, you are stunned.
Oops!

This kid Shen Beixuan is really good!
After not seeing them for a few days, the coalition forces have been completely transformed and can be considered one of the strongest armies in the world!

It seems that taking over the county town is not a luxury!
On the second day, the best cavalry, crossbowmen, musketeers, mortarmen, grenade launchers and hand grenade throwers were displayed one by one.

Cavalry is the armored force of later generations, focusing on rapid encirclement, division and encirclement.

Archers and musketeers are mainly used for large-scale blocking or assault.

Gunners, grenadiers, and bombardiers are mainly used to clear obstacles, or simply to attack strong fortifications.
Whoa whoa whoa!
We have strong soldiers and horses, and we have both long-range and short-range weapons and firepower... Who would dare to look us in the eye? How could we have the guts?

On the third day, two confrontation exercises were conducted.

The morning was a wild encounter.

The exercise begins, the blue team is responsible for defense, and the red team is responsible for offense.
According to the tactics of the cold weapon era,

Both sides would charge at each other with large forces, engage in hand-to-hand combat until the winner was decided.

Entering the era of firearms, it became a three-stage shooting in a line.
In fact, the essence of victory or defeat is not much different from that of cold weapons.

However, Lu Yuan made a tactical innovation.
The attackers no longer charged in large groups, but moved forward in small groups, in a skirmish line.

Find the weak point of the opponent's defense line, and then concentrate your strength to launch a fierce attack.

Such a change not only greatly reduced the casualties of the attackers, but also increased the combat efficiency exponentially.
In the end, the Red Army took the position with less than 20% casualties.

In the afternoon, street fighting broke out in four towns.
Do you know which war has the highest mortality rate?

That’s right, it’s town street fighting!
As long as the morale of the defenders does not drop, no matter how many people the attackers have, the casualty ratio is almost one to one.

But now it's different.

Lu Yuan specially trained a special street fighting team, with only a few thousand people.

These 1,000 men are a combined arms force (except cavalry).
In urban street fighting, cavalry cannot take advantage of their speed and are large in size, making them sitting ducks.

When the street fighting drill began, the special forces rarely launched frontal attacks on the barricades.
Instead, they blew up the houses on both sides of the street, then quickly went around to both sides of the barricade and blew up the fortifications with grenades.

This novel tactic resulted in less than 10% casualties, which amazed all the directors!
Old Zhu pulled Lu Yuan and sighed:

"Director Shen turned decay into magic, he is truly a military god! He is incredible!"

The captain of the city defense army also praised:

"Director Shen is young and energetic, and has a good way of training his troops.
We old-fashioned people will never be able to catch up with them even if we flatter ourselves in our lifetime!"

The female killer asked with a smile:

"Master! Can we sweep across the Far East now?"

Lu Yuan smiled modestly:
"It's not a big problem to deal with ordinary people.
However, we are still far from being able to deal with foreigners..."

The three Zhang brothers were very puzzled:

"No, the foreign rifle team is just like that.

I bet that the foreign devils are definitely no match for Director Shen!"

Lu Yuan sighed:
"The foreign rifle team is not worth mentioning, but they have ironclad ships...

One shot would destroy dozens of miles of land... We really can't resist now!"

Everyone was silent for a while.

That’s right, the foreigners relied on their powerful ships and cannons to defeat hundreds of thousands of troops and open the gates of the Tifa Kingdom...

Lu Yuan smiled and said:
"But I believe that as long as we can unite as one,
With a little progress, we will be able to defeat the foreigners one day!"

Wang Laowu now has complete faith in Shen Beixuan.
"Director Shen, there is nothing to say. From now on, I, Wang Laowu, will follow you wholeheartedly!"

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Okay! I declare that tomorrow, we will march into Ning Chang Bang!"

Everyone cheered: "Victory! Victory..." (End of this chapter)