C966 bickering (1/2)
wanted this kind of result, authority was not something that could be achieved overnight. Even if it was an official emperor who ascended to the throne, if he wanted to take charge of matters personally, he had to touch the rocks and cross the river a little. No one could guarantee that everyone in the imperial court would have the same thoughts as him.
Ci Xi understood the logic behind this even more. It was ten thousand times harder for a woman to wield power than men, so she needed to gradually build up her prestige. It would take ten years, twenty years or even longer for her to become accustomed to it.
At first, Ci Xi had the intention to suppress Yi Nan, but after the situation had turned into chaos, and the empress dowagers had completely broken off, she now found out that Yi Nan was completely fine.
Ci Xi gave Yi Nan a look that said ”you understand”. Then, the two of them tacitly understood each other and kept their adultery to themselves.
Empress Dowager Xi behind the beaded curtain thought for a moment and asked: ”Prince Kung, you will be in charge of the Western Mountain recruit training, let me ask you, when will you be able to train this army, and whether or not you can fight them?”
Reporting to the empress dowager, Xishan New Army has trained thirty thousand units in the first round, and all of them are equipped with Enfield's breeches made in England. This is not the old type of firearms like last time, it is said that the Prussian used a breech gun after defeating a strong enemy, and its firing speed is fast, its range is still far …
”More importantly, they all use paper bullets, saving me the time to load them. This subject has seen it with my own eyes, the continuous barrage of fire and fire is like a torrential downpour, it doesn't give the enemy any time to break through the enemy's defenses …”
”Every 10,000 people will form a town, and each town will be equipped with 200 cannons for concentrated use …” ”Last month, the monarchs of the Eastern Alliance of Mongolia, the Western Alliance, the Chechen Alliance, and the Tutu Khan issued an edict ordering them to select twenty thousand young elite cavalry and forty thousand war horses for the imperial court within two months …”
”At that time, these twenty thousand riders will be transformed into my Dragon Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty, throwing away their long spear and short blade. They will be using Spencer from America to shoot down Gun …”
”We will definitely succeed in training the fifty thousand strong army in two years. When that happens, we can expand our army by another thirty thousand. At most, we can train eighty thousand soldiers for the imperial government …”
The Xishan New Army could be said to be the last hope of the conservative faction. The feeling of having no army was too unbearable, so they had poured all their passion and blood into the new army.
Listening to Yi Yifeng's introduction, the minds of everyone present couldn't help but be flooded with images of powerful troops. They couldn't help but feel their blood boil.
”Oh my god, all of them are Gun s that have been forged into cannons! And a total of eighty thousand soldiers, that Xiao Letian is but a thirty thousand new army, we cannot afford to lose out this time! ”
”That's true. I heard from the British military officer of the East Crossing Folk Lane that the weapons and equipment of the Xishan New Army already far surpassed the level of the British and French combined forces eight years ago … What rifles were used by the English then, and they are now more advanced than that! Although I did not quite understand, Master Yang had already said that it would be extremely good … ”
”That's right, that's right!” Adding on the twenty thousand elites that the Mongol princes have chosen from the top few, the power of the Xishan Camp will be at least a hundred times stronger! I heard that Xiao Letian still hasn't formed his cavalry yet. If he knew that he was going to buy a boat, wouldn't he be able to get on board it? ”Therefore, when the time comes, we will have to let the cavalry soldiers take the lead and hit us by the nose!”
The Yangxin Palace was abuzz with discussions, at that time, the capital's Imperial palace were also troubled by this incident. If they encountered any happy things, they would show off their might and might as if they were the eight great banners of the imperial court. If they suffered a little setback on the battlefield, they would immediately turn into a nest of pestilential chickens and only know how to sigh.
The memory of Xiao Letian conquering the Beijing had not faded yet, but in the end, when he saw the structure of the Xishan Camp, he started to daydream about defeating Xiao Letian.
Seeing that the conversation was going to be chaotic, Ci Xi coughed lightly twice, and the entire Yangxin Palace became quiet, ”Duke Gong, don't talk about it too much, just tell us, Xishan Camp and Xiao Letian have a real fight, can we win?”