In terms of combat effectiveness alone, Nie Shicheng's Wu Yijun is more powerful, but in terms of comprehensive strength, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang New Army should be stronger than Wu Yijun. The fresh military industry gave birth to Yuan, Nie and Li, and the new army of Hubei led by them.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, except Beiyang New Army, only Hubei New Army took shape, with more than 17000 people. The core is eight towns (divisions) and twenty-one mixed associations (brigades), and one-third of them participated in revolutionary organizations or tended to revolution, becoming the main force of Wuchang Uprising.
1906 The Qing army was reorganized, and the Hubei New Army was organized into two towns, the company commander Zhang Biao was the eighth town, and Li was the 21st mixed town. Zhang Biao is Zhang Zhidong's closest confidant. His wife is Zhang Zhidong's beloved handmaid, so she is called "Ya son-in-law". But Zhang Biao is vulgar and incompetent, and he has no idea. Undoubtedly, Li is a real leader in the military circles in Hubei.