Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Wang Yaqiao and his party set off from Prince Qing's Mansion, and they took the carriage of Prince Qing's Mansion.Although there was a curfew in Beijing at this time, it was mainly aimed at ordinary people, and it seemed that the powerful had never been subject to this restriction.

As for the patrolmen who patrolled the streets at night, firstly they didn't dare to stop the carriages coming to the palace, and secondly, most of the officers who led the team were secretly paid for by others, so everyone was happy to turn a blind eye.

Yikuang was still in a coma, and Zai Zhen was also very cooperative, not daring to move indiscriminately, let alone shout for help.

In this way, several carriages wandered all the way to Chaoyangmen.

In fact, the corruption of the Beiyang Army did not start after Yuan Shikai's death, but after Yuan Shikai forced the Qing emperor to abdicate.The so-called righteousness, most of the officers in the six towns of Beiyang are intellectuals, even if they are not scholars, they are 100% children, and there are basically no cases of illiteracy.The so-called intellectuals in this era did not receive any red revolutionary education, but feudal ethics. Yuan Shikai's practice of forcing the Qing emperor to abdicate was a crime in the minds of these people who were full of fame and righteousness.Therefore, the military officers have a lot of opinions on Lao Yuan. The reason why they did not publicly object is not how firmly Lao Yuan's military power is held, but that everyone can't find a second choice. Looking at the world, there is really no one except Lao Yuan. One can follow, the big guy can't follow Dapao Sun, can he?So the days passed like this.

But the problem still hasn't been solved, it's still there, and it erupts from time to time.For example, this was the case with the Beijing mutiny mentioned earlier. If Lu Jianzhang hadn't remained calm in the face of danger, Yuan Shikai would have been the first to suffer that night.The history textbook said that Yuan Shikai ordered Cao Kun to launch the mutiny, which completely ignored the most basic fact that Cao Kun still had some control over Beiyang Third Town, which had not received military pay for half a year.In history, Cao Kun was often mutinied, and one of his subordinates directly bombarded his commander's mansion with cannons. Fortunately, Cao Kun went to the latrine, and it was his concubine who was killed in the bombing.Of course, the last mutiny directly led to the collapse of the Zhili line. This famous mutiny was initiated by our Comrade Feng Yuxiang himself.

The most recent example is that Feng Guozhang formed a de facto separatist regime in Nanjing. What he relied on was the extreme dissatisfaction of middle and lower-level officers with Lao Yuan.

In Beijing, however, many soldiers from the old six towns were still bannermen, and these people could be called the backbone of the anti-Yuan forces.It's a pity that the banner people at this time had long since become a mess, and because they lost their political status and future guarantee, more and more banner people began to seek to escape from the Beiyang Army. This was one of the reasons why Yuan Shikai organized the Wuzhen Army.

Coincidentally, there were a total of 20 soldiers in the platoon guarding Chaoyang Gate that night, all of whom were bannermen.These twenty men have long been planning to leave the team.

"Brother Tie, I heard that the left team ran away with three more bannermen yesterday?" said a younger bannerman in the city gate.

The man who was caught by the second brother Tie was very tall. He glanced at the trainee officer standing tens of meters away, and after confirming that the other party hadn't heard him, he said, "Keep your voice down, if you hear it, you will have to eat a stick."

After a while, Brother Tie said again: "Can you not run away? There are old and young in the family. Now our banner people are soldiers, no more than in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, it was our banner people who were promoted. The priority is coming, but now we are being suppressed everywhere. In our first town alone, it has been a long time since we promoted bannermen and officers. Not to mention that we have no future, and our salary is still in arrears. Although the government of the Republic of China is in financial difficulties, other troops At any rate, [-]% to [-]% are still issued, our first town is because of the large number of bannermen, not even a big one is issued, and you see, this deserter has not been chased, no one has been caught."

"I found out a long time ago. Doesn't Guiwu who escaped from the front team live in the village in the suburbs of Beijing now? Who is going to arrest him? They, they wish that we escaped. Not only do they not have to pay back the military salary, but they even have severance expenses." It’s all saved.” Another short man pointed out the essence of the problem straightforwardly, just such a trivial matter.

Second brother Tie nodded in agreement: "Brothers, brother, I accepted a deal for you today, and it's done. It's 50 yuan per person. It's dawn when we hand over posts today, and I won't return to this bullshit military camp. Go out of the city immediately after finishing the work, pay a penny of the foreign money, take off this shit, and go home to live your own life."

The others didn't even think about it: "Succeed, we all listen to Second Brother Tie. The dog-skinned brothers don't want to criticize it for a long time. Second Brother Tie, what do you think we should do?"

Brother Tie was a little proud and proud at this meeting, he coughed and said: "I have a distant relative who works as a servant in Prince Qing's Mansion. Tonight, the prince has something to hit us at the Chaoyang Gate. When the time comes, we As long as you open the door and pretend you didn't hear anything or see anything, you'll get fifty oceans..."

Everyone applauded in low voices again, but the short man before raised a question: "It's easy to say that the twenty brothers of us have been eating in the same pot all these years. But what about the trainee officer? Tonight The platoon leader went out for a drink, and he is the one in charge. If he refuses to open the Chaoyang Gate, we can’t kill people, right? If we really kill someone, then this matter will be different..."

Brother Tie immediately frowned and glanced at the trainee officer standing outside the city gate, feeling annoyed for a while. . .

That handsome and tall trainee officer was none other than Wang Zhenbang, Wang Zhenyu's fourth brother.

The graduation time of the first phase of Baoding was November in the third year of the Republic of China, but in February, all the students of the first phase would be sent to the army for practice and leading troops.In fact, the biggest difference between Baoding Military Academy and the later Whampoa Military Academy is that they do not include distribution.In other words, they are only responsible for cultivating military talents, not the whereabouts of these trained military talents.

This is also a portrayal of the serious bureaucracy of the Beiyang government. This is also an inevitable phenomenon when the bureaucracy has developed to its peak. It no longer pays attention to the absorption of talents, and all work can become an important project for power rent-seeking and extra money for officials. source.You have to pay for everything yourself, you pay for the study, you pay for the position, anyway, if you don’t have money, you don’t talk about it.Officers trained under this model basically have to follow the old path. After all, investment still has to be profitable.

Wang Zhenpeng is facing this problem now. He is graduating soon, but his whereabouts are yet to be determined.According to the principle of where to come and go, Wang Zhenpeng naturally wants to return to Hunan, but the Hunan Army has carried out large-scale abolition before and after the Second Revolution, and now there are tens of thousands of officers waiting to be resettled. How can he accept himself as Baoding? Graduated new officers.

As for Xiangxi, the third brother Wang Zhenyu has been in Beijing for more than two months. Except for the two brothers meeting when Wang Zhenyu went to Baoding Military Academy, the two have never seen each other again.In the final analysis, Wang Zhenpeng was still unconvinced to the third brother in his bones. In his memory, the third brother was the one who couldn't do anything when he was a child.In the end, there was no other way, so I sent it to Wang Longzhong's errand, but it turned out to be a success.This put a lot of pressure on Wang Zhenpeng, who is only one year younger than Wang Zhenyu. He vaguely felt that no matter how hard he tried, he might not be able to surpass his third brother.So over time, in his subconscious, he developed a repulsion towards Wang Zhenyu, so he never went to see his third brother, always thinking that he would be better off than him before going.

The life of a trainee is very boring, especially when he is assigned to the former No. [-] Town of Beiyang and is now a trainee in the Arch Guard Army, it is completely boring to the extreme.The entire army is in a state of low morale and fluctuating hearts, and this situation has lasted for a long time.Li Jincai, the commander of the Gongwei Army, seemed to be indifferent to this. Whenever there was a vacancy, he would fill it with people from his hometown in Xuzhou, especially the officers.Wang Zhenpeng knew that it was impossible for him to serve as an officer in this unit, so he fell into deep thought again.

At this time, the ensemble of horseshoes and wheels squeezing the gravel road woke Wang Zhenbang up. He didn't notice the excited expressions on the faces of the twenty bannermen soldiers behind him at all.All he could think about was the curfew and the death order not to open the city at night, so he stretched out his right hand with five fingers up, palm facing the direction of oncoming traffic, and shouted loudly: "Stop..."

Wang Yaqiao looked coldly at the calm little officer more than ten meters away. He was meticulous and businesslike. If Wang Zhenyu hadn't promised that there would be no problem, Wang Yaqiao would definitely rush down and kill a bloody path with an axe. With this door, the plans of people like myself have come to fruition, why don't you let him be in a hurry? . . . . . .

Two groups of people stood under the Chaoyang Gate, and they both wanted to open the door, but between the two groups, a lonely figure stood there, and the Chaoyang Gate couldn't be opened.

At this time, a carriage came close to the corridor at the base of the city wall, and the person who jumped out of the carriage was none other than Wang Chenhao, the adjutant of my third brother whom I had seen last time, and the other party beckoned me to go over.

Wang Zhenbang hesitated for a moment, and said to the second class Tie who was behind him, "Pay attention, no one is allowed to open the Chaoyang Gate without my order."

After finishing his speech, Wang Zhenbang walked towards the carriage, took a closer look, and sure enough it was his third brother: "Third brother, it's so late, what are you doing here at Chaoyang Gate?"

Wang Zhenyu nodded with a smile: "Fourth, it's windy outside, get on the carriage and talk."

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhenpeng got into the carriage, but just as he sat down, he heard Tie Er's surprised voice outside: "Open the door, hurry up, open the door..."

Surprised, Wang Zhenpeng immediately got up and wanted to get out of the car, but his head was on the hood, and his third brother Wang Zhenyu grabbed his left wrist.Wang Zhenpeng panicked: "Third Brother, the Chaoyang Gate cannot be opened!"

Wang Zhenyu smiled and said, "Fourth brother, do you know how the third brother became this lieutenant general?"

When Wang Zhenpeng heard this, he was stunned.Wang Zhenyu shook it hard and said: "That's because your third brother and I opened a city gate at the right time..."