The Republic of Heroes

In Yushu County, in the headquarters of the 27th Division, Zhang Zuoxiang looked gloomy. He had just received the news from Mu Leng that Guo Xipeng's brigade was annihilated by Chen Xiuyan from the south. Now the entire Mu Leng is no longer under his control, and Guo Xipeng Life and death are currently unknown.

Zhang Zuoxiang is different from other senior generals of the Feng Dynasty. When he is angry, he never throws things or jumps to swear. He just sits quietly on the chair without saying a word, even with no expression on his face. The staff officers felt that the air seemed to be frozen, and no one dared to make a sound.

Controlling the Middle East Road is one of the plans that Zhang Zuoxiang has been implementing since he became the governor of Jilin. Unexpectedly, Wu Xiaoliang got in halfway. Even so, the situation has not reached the point of getting out of control. Most of the senior staff are complaining that the governor has been extremely extreme recently. His thoughts and actions, because his actions directly led to the predicament of the Warlord's Office and the 27th Division today. Ren Fuyuan was placed under house arrest, and a group of people also disarmed. Presumably Wu Xiaoliang's shadow is also indispensable in this.

So far, all Zhang Dujun's pawns against Wu Xiaoliang have been uprooted, and the plan to control the Middle East Road has completely failed. Ren Fuyuan, who had been oppressed by the 27th Division and was almost on the verge of death, had an opportunity to counterattack and annexed Tao Xianggui who was trying to eat him in one fell swoop. It's true that the world is impermanent, and good and bad fortune are unpredictable. Tao Xianggui, who made things difficult for Ren Fuyuan in every possible way at the beginning, now falls into the hands of his enemies.

In these two places, the failure of military operations is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that it is said that Wu Xiaoliang is going to have a public trial of Tao Xianggui in Binjiang and announce the crimes he is suspected of. , As for crimes such as corruption and dereliction of duty, they are just green leaves of the occasion. Once this crime is established, the Overseer Office must immediately draw a line with it, otherwise it will be more passive in public opinion.But if this is the case, it is tantamount to suffering a dumb loss, and it is impossible to retaliate clearly.

All these things, combined together, made Zhang Zuoxiang not angry.After sitting quietly for nearly an hour, Zhang Zuoxiang finally gave a dry cough and said in a hoarse voice:

"Everyone tell me, what should we do next?"

All the chiefs of staff looked at each other. It seems that the warlord did not strike lightly this time. According to his previous style of action, he has always directly announced the action plan, and then asked these people to check for omissions and make up for the vacancies. The situation is like never before.

A colonel officer spoke first.

"I think that the first task of the 27th Division should be to find out who the bandits who assassinated the Suidong Army special train are. The second point is to cooperate with the Suidong Army to send troops to Outer Mongolia to create a solid and stable rear for the friendly army."

The speaker was none other than Zhang Xueliang. He was very puzzled by the atmosphere of the venue, and even felt a little weird, but he still expressed his opinion.Also according to the previous practice, he is the eldest son of Marshal Zhang and the future heir of Feng Jun. After expressing his opinion, everyone should enthusiastically agree with him, but this time is an exception. Everyone stared at the table in front of him The teacups on display were silent.

One of the staff officers beside Zhang Xueliang lowered his head so much that he couldn't lower his head, and said in his heart, "Young master, you are the only one who is still in the dark about the secret that everyone knows, but who dares to poke at this layer of window paper?" break?One side is the warlord who holds the military and political power in Jilin Province, and the other is the future successor of the entire Fengjun army. Whether it is betraying the warlord or being jealous because of deceiving the eldest son, these small characters cannot bear it, so at this moment only Playing dead is the best policy.

Zhang Xueliang blushed immediately when he saw that his most normal opinions could not be agreed by anyone. He did not feel that he had exceeded his authority. He also adopted all of them. Of course, it is inevitable that there is the role of the father, but the final result also confirmed that his opinions are correct, and he has achieved unexpected results and effects.

But what happened today?Zhang Xueliang's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had an extremely bad premonition, and this premonition must be related to his future brother-in-law. Could it be that Uncle Zhang did something to Weizhong behind his back?But after thinking about it again, it's impossible. Since I came to the 27th Division as a staff officer, there have been many meetings and conferences. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any plans that he doesn't know.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xueliang's heart sank suddenly. Several times when he got up at night, he did see that the lights in the meeting room were on, and the Japanese consultant Kikuchi who had been with the army happened to be missing on the eve of the car bombing. gone.This Kikuchi is not a simple Japanese advisor, he is one of the most trusted Japanese advisors around his father. Thinking of this, Zhang Xueliang broke out in a cold sweat, and he dared not and did not want to think about it.

After Zhang Xueliang spoke, the scene became cold. Zhang Zuoxiang saw his face was gloomy and uncertain, and thought it was because he couldn't hold back, so he coughed again to smooth things over: "What Han Qing said is exactly what my 27th division should do. The murderer who bombed the special train must be We need to investigate, and we have to investigate to the end. As for the problem of guaranteeing the rear, I think the Suidong Army has already solved it by itself, and we can get a good guarantee compared to not needing our intervention."

He said something high-sounding, but didn't make any assignments. Zhang Xueliang couldn't see that he was prevaricating himself, and the veins on his forehead immediately twitched.He understands that he is just a small lieutenant colonel in terms of military rank, so what right does he have to lose his temper with a dignified lieutenant general in the army? During the past month or so, he has more or less heard some officers' dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction with him.

At this moment, if Zhang Xueliang erupts, he will really take the hat of overpowering others, not to mention that the other party is Uncle Zhang, whom he has always respected, but in the end he vented his anger on the position of a staff officer. The so-called staff officer is just a talking man. Clay sculpture, in terms of the right to speak, is not as good as a regimental commander leading troops, so he made up his mind that this staff officer will not be able to do it no matter what, he must have a regimental commander, even a battalion commander and a company commander are better than sitting Talk about talking here.

Zhang Zuoxiang saw the veins on Zhang Xueliang's face bulge, according to his previous understanding, the next thing should be an unstoppable explosion, but who knows that this kid suppressed his anger, he couldn't help but nodded secretly, the little six is ​​making progress.

Just when the senior officers of the 27th Division were trying to fool Zhang Xueliang, the city of Binjiang was full of joy and excitement, and the common people shouted, "Hey, have you heard? We want a public trial of the high officials."

"It's said to be Marshal Tao from Acheng..."

"Tsk tsk, a few days ago he was bragging about going to Binjiang, why is he being arrested by Ren Shuai now..."

"You don't know this, you can catch Marshal Tao because another Marshal Wu came from the east..."