The Republic of Heroes

For the invitation of Fengtian Governor Zhang, Wu Xiaoliang specially held a small-scale meeting to discuss the matter.Most of the upper echelons of the Suidong Army believed that they should attend the appointment.Among them, Wang Huaishi, Li Zhenqing, Chen Xiuyan, Yin Chengfu and others all supported him to go to Fengtian.

Wang Huaishi took the lead to speak: "I think we should go. Suidong is located in a corner of the country, and development is absolutely inseparable from domestic support, especially the support of the three eastern provinces. Now Dujun Zhang is in the limelight in the three eastern provinces, and he just drove away Jilin. Governor Meng Enyuan, the three provinces are about to hold the second one. Besides, our Suidong Army is very helpful in driving away Meng Enyuan. He should submit this request. Our Suidong should take this opportunity to form an alliance with this Governor Zhang, so that worry-free"

Wu Xiaoliang nodded, seeing Chen Xiuyan lowered his head and said nothing by name, "Xiuwen, tell me your opinion."

Only then did Chen Xiuyan raise his head: "My opinion should be treated with caution. The deputy head of the Central Committee, Xu, is not a man of measure, and he is the most sensitive to such matters. Although he has always supported us Suidong before, that is also Because we are his direct descendants, if unnecessary misunderstandings are made, and this little Deputy Chief Xu thinks that our Suidong Army has lost its support from the central government, it will be very bad."

What Chen Xiuyan said was true, the Suidong army was able to do whatever they wanted in Suidong, and Xu Shuzheng had indeed withstood a lot of pressure for himself in Beijing. It seemed that he had to obtain his understanding beforehand.

Li Zhenqing on the side was inconvenient to express his opinion because he was new here, so he kept his head silent.

Wu Xiaoliang wanted to hear his thoughts, so he asked, "Brother Shouting, tell me what you think." Li Zhenqing had written words before, and this time he joined the Suidong Army, so he couldn't be called Li Zhenqing, Li Zhenqing. , so Wu Xiaoliang was also very surprised when he turned out the words that had been dusty for many years. There were still many things about this ally that he didn't know.

Li Zhenqing coughed dryly, and said lightly: "I agree with Brother Bu Chuan and Brother Xiu Wen." After saying this, he didn't say another word.

In fact, what Wang Huaishi and Chen Xiuyan said was already very thoughtful, so there was absolutely no need for Li Zhenqing to add extra details, otherwise it would be unsightly.

After the meeting decided on a strategy, Wu Xiaoliang immediately sent a telegram to Xu Shuzheng.

"Young Gong Junjian, the student Xiaoliang was ordered by the Duke to come to appease the border. It has been more than three months. It has achieved initial results. Compared with the beginning, there are warlords on the inside and powerful enemies on the outside. Survival in the cracks, after many hardships, Today's situation, one depends on the help of the public, and the other uses their lives. However, there are many sacrifices in Suidong, and the confidants of Xiaoliang's guards also died tragically. It is all because of the suspicion of the colleagues in the rear. Today, I am in charge Mr. Zhang sent a fish telegram to show his sincerity, and if he wants to be nice to him, he would like to express his love to you.”

After sending the telegram, they immediately began to prepare for going to Fengtian. Several senior officials of the Suidong Army had disagreements on the route. Chen Xiuyan thought:

"Every minute of Suidong grassroots is extremely precious, so the speed is the most important thing. Choosing to take the sea route can save a lot of time and save a lot of welcome and delivery links."

Yin Chengfu, on the other hand, has a deep distrust of the sea route, and retorted: "There are too many unknown factors in the sea route. Besides, the Suidong Army just fought a battle with the Japanese. How do you know that they will not take the opportunity to retaliate? I am firmly opposed to taking the sea route." .”

The faces of the two were flushed as they argued, but Li Zhenqing still didn't look sideways and didn't say a word.Wu Xiaoliang waited for the two people to quarrel almost, coughed dryly, and signaled that they could strike a truce, and said: "For the sake of caution, it is better to take the land route, take the Middle East Road, go straight to Binjiang, and then take the Nanman Railway from Binjiang to the south. God."

Li Zhenqing spoke in support of Wu Xiaoliang's opinion at this time: "I agree with Weizhong's opinion. In this way, besides being safe, you can also pass by Mu Leng. Brother Xiuwen is the new guardian of Mu Leng. In the future, he will control the entire Sui The east and west gates, this position is the most important, it must be in your hands first."

Chen Xiuyan laughed three times, and said nonchalantly: "Brother Shouting is too worried, how difficult is it to get a little Mu Leng? Besides, I am the dignified Mu Leng envoy personally appointed by the central government, who dares to do anything to me?" ?”

Li Zhenqing nodded and stopped talking, Wu Xiaoliang took over the conversation: "Brother Xiuwen's words are wrong, why do you think I dared to go to Fengtian to meet Zhang Yuting? It was not to reach an understanding on the current situation. Zhang Yuting controlled Jilin Province already It's a foregone conclusion, if we snatch a piece of fat from his mouth, can we still expect him to give it away?"

Although Chen Xiuyan was born as a playboy, and his usual style of acting was quite flamboyant, but he was a man of inner understanding, and he understood the truth immediately, and immediately understood that this trip, including Mu Leng, was an extremely important part of it.

"Okay, I'm going to Fengtian with brother Weizhong, and I want to meet these old men for a while." Zhang Zuolin's family in the Northeast, who came from the green forest, has a deep-rooted image of the old man in the outside world, so that when people hear the warlord from the Northeast, they must associate The image of a big man in the Northeast with a big shoulder and a simple mind.In fact, Zhang Zuolin himself, although he was born in the green forest, pays great attention to personal manners and etiquette, and will never appear in the exaggerated vulgar behavior in film and television dramas, and he is from the north and the south, with beautiful features, and he can be called personable when he was young of heroes.

Not only Zhang Zuolin, but also Wu Xiaoliang are both from the north and from the south, but when they were in Hunan, they still left a lot of jokes. The Fourth Mixed Brigade dominated Changsha, and its origin in the Northeast has caused folks to exaggerate its rumors. What eyes are like copper bells , ears like cattail leaf fans, etc., even played a role in stopping children from crying at night.

During this meeting, the itinerary, entourage, and departure date were confirmed, and the trip officially started on June [-], five days later.

In Beijing, although Duan Qirui has stepped down as the prime minister, he still holds the post of war supervisor and holds the real power of the Beiyang government. Xu Shichang, like Feng Guozhang, has become the seal of the supervisor, and the prime minister is Qian Nengxun, the former chief of internal affairs. Xu Shuzheng also jumped from Duan Qirui's side, from a secret secretary to the chief of the Ministry of Army of the Republic of China.

Although Xu Shuzheng assumed the post of chief of the army, he still followed Duan Duan's left and right to make suggestions at any time, without the posture of the chief of the army at all.

"This Wu Weizhong also has a good eye. He is going to see Zhang Zuolin. He is afraid that I will misunderstand, so he specially sent a telegram to explain."

Duan Qirui still had a serious look, buried his head in the copybook, and while reviewing the documents, he replied: "There are so many people who are stumbling behind his back and teasing his legs. If he doesn't improve, he will be swallowed alive."

Xu Shuzheng said with a smile: "The intention of Mr. Zhi is to support him to meet Zhang Yuting?"

"He is alone abroad, with Zhang Yuting at his back, and an alliance with him is an inevitable choice. If I don't support him, will he not go?" Duan Qirui's voice was still so cold, and the words he said were even a bit harsh.

Xu Shuzheng continued: "It's good that Mr. Zhi supports it. Suidong's bitterly cold land suffers from these passionate young people who are dedicated to serving the country. It's a pity that the materials distributed by the Ministry of the Army last time were robbed by Meng Enyuan on the way, and it was cheaper in the end." a warlord."

"Youzheng, if you want to give them military aid, stop here. The war in the south is so tight that you can't spare a penny."