The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 124 Good Morale
After Liu Shijiu finished speaking, he took the reins from the guard beside him and mounted his horse. Amid the faint sound of artillery coming from the direction of the concession, Cui Ma led the way, followed closely by the assault battalion's flag, and led the murderous soldiers of the assault battalion to the outside of the camp.

"Morale is good. It looks like we have succeeded in incorporating the Qianzi Group!" Li Yulin said excitedly with bloodshot eyes.

Wei Jinghai also whispered, "It seems that driving away those who refused to cut their braids did not affect Liu Shijiu and the people of the Qianzi Group."

Teng Yuzao nodded, but did not respond. Instead, he turned to Li Yulin and said, "Qionglin, the troops must hurry up to reorganize and supervise the training of new recruits. I feel that this trip to Dongjuzi is the beginning of the real battle between our vanguard army and the coalition forces, and the troops will suffer heavy casualties."

"Also, this time we go to the East Bureau, it's very likely that we won't see each other for a while, everything will depend on you, Qionglin will have to worry about it!"

Li Yulin didn't say anything, just nodded.

Teng Yuzao smiled and comforted Li Yulin, saying, "Qionglin, don't worry. I know that recruits need time to train. The practice of the Wuwei Army is that recruits must train for three months. I think three months is not enough. Half a year is a more appropriate time. Of course, it would be best to train for a full year."

Teng Yuzao sighed, "But we don't have that much time. Don't we have incentives to encourage new recruits to train? This incentive must be implemented, and we will evaluate it every month and give the incentive on the spot."

Li Yulin didn't want Teng Yuzao, who was about to go to the battlefield, to worry too much about the new recruits, so he forced a smile and said, "Xingfu, don't worry. I will definitely work hard on the new recruits and ensure that there will be new recruits available to you every month. As for our Xianghe base, don't worry. It is still Zhili's territory and no one dares to cause trouble for our vanguard army."

The warhorse that Teng Yuzhao rode today was a Spanish Andalusian warhorse given to him by little Christian.

Teng Yuzhao has clearly told Li Yulin that no one is allowed to use these pure-blooded Spanish horses and they must be well fed as they will be of great use to him in the future.

The reason why he made an exception and pulled out a mount today was because Teng Yuzhao really wanted to have a chance to teach the Japanese cavalry a lesson himself.

Although, with Teng Yuzhao's current status, and even for his own safety, he is no longer suitable to continue charging into battle, but in his previous life, before he was admitted to the military academy, he was selected by the army to join the military district's special forces training brigade because of his outstanding shooting and fighting skills.

Although he ultimately failed to become a special forces soldier, he still had a spirit of bravery and ferocity in his bones, especially when it came to fighting the Japanese army, which made him eager to try and unable to stop.

In his previous life, Teng Yuzhao did not have the chance to go to the battlefield and fight the Japanese invaders, which has always been a regret for Teng Yuzhao. Now, he finally has a good opportunity to fight the Japanese invaders who brought great disaster to the country and nation. How could he let it go easily.

What's more, what we are facing now is the war against the Eight-Nation Alliance, which has been considered a great humiliation for the Chinese people for hundreds of years.

You know, the current Eight-Nation Alliance can be said to be a replica of the United Nations forces that invaded the peninsula half a century later. When Teng Yuzhao thought about being able to fight against the joint forces of the most powerful countries in the world today, and even having the possibility of defeating them, at least in local battles, he couldn't help but feel an irrepressible restlessness in his heart.

In order to have the opportunity to fight with the Japanese cavalry on horseback, Teng Yuzhao chose to follow the cavalry battalion.

Although he had never been a cavalryman in his previous life, and even in the special forces training brigade, there was no outdated cavalry training subject, but he still had to learn horse riding in the special warfare training brigade. Teng Yuzao's swordsmanship was also very good, especially in this life, Teng Yuzao also had very good riding skills, which gave Teng Yuzao more confidence in cavalry combat. Although horseback combat and ground combat are two completely different concepts, his swordsmanship in infantry combat is OK, but it does not mean that his swordsmanship is very useful in cavalry combat, but there are similarities, such as arm and wrist strength, the angle and strength of the sword.

However, Teng Yuzao was not blindly confident and arrogant. To be on the safe side, he even pulled out a Spanish warhorse that he treated as a treasure. He wanted to have a higher height and faster speed than the Japanese cavalry in a cavalry battle to better ensure his safety.

As for the newly formed cavalry battalion of the Vanguard Army, Teng Yuzhao was not going to let them train well before charging into battle. They would only grow rapidly after seeing blood. And for the cavalry battalion riding Mongolian horses of a certain height, it would be the best choice to first train with these Japanese cavalry riding ponies.

Because Teng Yuzhao took into account the possibility of cavalry fighting, he firmly rejected not only Wu Peifu's request but also his guard squad's request to follow the cavalry battalion. He only allowed Wu Peifu and his guard squad to march with Liu Yuzhi's regiment.

As for Li Yaoting's people, Teng Yuzhao was even more determined not to allow them to go to Dongjuzi. His people had to stay in Xigu to deal with the huge amount of money, and no one else could be involved in this matter.

It is impossible for Hu Daqiu's people to follow him, as they have to participate in the reorganization and expansion immediately.

Unable to persuade Teng Yuzao, Li Yulin had to repeatedly remind Liu Yuzhi and Xue Zhiqian to ensure Teng Yuzao's safety.

Seeing that no one could persuade Teng Yuzao, Xue Zhiqian had to pick out a row of cavalrymen with the best riding skills in the cavalry camp, all riding Ujumchin horses, to protect Teng Yuzao's safety.

Ujumchin horse is also a Mongolian horse. It belongs to the best group of Mongolian horses. Ujumchin horse has broad shoulders and chest, strong hooves and extremely strong and symmetrical appearance.

Its endurance is unmatched even among Mongolian horses. In terms of speed, it not only has strong long-distance endurance, but also, what is commendable, its short-distance sprint speed is very fast, making it an excellent racehorse among Mongolian horses.

This kind of Ujumchin horse is very rare. Among the 500 war horses given to him by Yulu, there are only 32 of this kind.

However, there were forty-five Baicha Iron-hoofed horses among them, which made Teng Yuzhao very happy. This kind of Mongolian horse was very peculiar. Not only was it compact and well-proportioned, with good endurance and agile steps, it was also very good at walking on mountain roads. The most special thing was that its hooves were very hard, and it was the only Mongolian horse that did not need horseshoes.

A hundred years later, it is said that there are less than 100,000 purebred Mongolian horses in the country, and only dozens of these Hundred-Chain Iron-Hoofed Horses left.

Seeing Liu Shijiu, who had obviously recovered from his recent unhappiness and was now in high spirits, riding on a warhorse, he arrogantly led his assault brigade out of the parade ground first, with Liu Yuzhi's regiment and the artillery battalion following closely. Teng Yuzhao, who was riding on a horse, couldn't help but feel worried.

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