"Understood!" Everyone answered loudly.
"Manchu and Han are not separated from each other, and there is no distinction between high and low. No one is more valuable than you. In fact, the military merits you have achieved are far more useful than those Bei Le princes who live on empty positions. Because you have rendered meritorious service to the country, you have been conferred titles of nobility, while they are just a group of vermin who rely on the grace of their ancestors.”
"And move these vermin away. I need you!”
Li Ye encouraged them again and again. These people would be the capital to resist the foreign powers in the future.
With a powerful army, he could take action against those nobles who had died for the country and eliminate the vermin without fear of anyone stirring up trouble.
Only by defeating the French would he be able to remove the privileges of the Manchu people, and no one would object to the drastic reforms.
Only then could the corrupt ruling class be completely purged, so that the foreign powers would not dare to invade easily.
Only by defeating more powers could they take back all the unequal agreements, lose their land, and then embark on the road of expansion.
All of this required a powerful army.
"Salute!" Xu Bang's voice trembled when he shouted the slogan.
"Swoosh!"
He had originally thought that this was just a greeting method used by the new army, but now it was actually used on the emperor.
"Long live our emperor! Long live!"
At this moment, they were shouting with all their might. It didn't sound so neat, and it even sounded like they were shouting themselves hoarse.
The Emperor's words today were too shocking. What he wanted to do was exactly what they had dreamed of.
With such an emperor, what else could they ask for?
Now, they only felt a burning flame in their chests. They wanted nothing more than to immediately charge into the battlefield, exterminate the foreign devils, recover their lost territory, and expand their territory.
"Zuo Zongtang!"
"Your subject is here!"
"Test the strength of the recruits from each town!"
After Li Ye finished speaking, he sat back down with a serious expression.
The four new armies were now organized into towns, which were equivalent to divisions. There were regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads. Of course, depending on the situation, there would also be independent brigades.
Zuo Zongtang accepted the order and walked to the front of the stage to make arrangements.
He picked ten people from each town, all of them randomly, and he would never pick the people standing at the front of the team.
Because those people were definitely the best of the best in each town. After leading troops for so many years, he naturally knew these things.
The content was divided into three categories: shooting, combat, and 10-kilometer cross-country.
Shooting was a target 100 steps away. Each person had 10 bullets. The person with the highest number of rings won. The results were soon out.
"Xu Bang Dao Department (Green Camp, Four Towns), 755 points. The lowest score is 6 points."
"Nie Shicheng's Division (Huai Army, One Town), 815 points, lowest score 7 points."
"Zuo Guogui (Chu Army, Second Town), 806 points, lowest score 6 points."
"Liu Mingchuan (Xiang Army, Three Town) 784 points, lowest score 6 points."
These people could be said to be the most ordinary part of the new army. The strength of a total of 60,000 people was almost above this standard. On average, they scored eight points in 100 meters.
One could imagine what kind of results the elites would have.
Of course, Li Ye had to know how weak the weakest members of this army were.
Unless it was a special force or a large number of snipers, the combat effectiveness of an army was determined by the majority of ordinary soldiers. A few people could not play a role in changing the situation on the battlefield.
The second round was extremely intense. By the time it was over, no one could stand up anymore. This was because of the four teams. Although the First Town and Third Town had won miserably, only two or three people could barely stand up. They were even more stupid and could not continue fighting.
They had no choice but to choose a new candidate for the third round. The fastest was 46 minutes, and the slowest was 68 minutes. The military's passing time was only 71 minutes. These people had all met the standard, and many of them were even abnormal…
Basically, Li Ye was satisfied with this drill.
"Minister Zuo! By transferring 1,000 people into the palace, most of the palace guards were already crippled. "When I came back from the military camp, Li Ye, who was resting, suddenly said something.
"Yes! "Zuo Zongtang nodded and didn't ask further.
In troubled times, he had to be on guard!
Although his words today had aroused the new army's will, he had also offended the nobility of the Manchu people.
Although the 12 battalions of Fengtai were in the hands of Prince Chun, it did not mean that those people had no way out. Although the Imperial Army had foreign spears, they still relied on sabers and spears.
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