After the Zhili army defeated the Anhui army, Wu Peifu stationed his army in Changxindian and stopped taking a step forward. His generals did not understand. They all wanted to march into Beijing as a victor to show off their military exploits, and from the Anhui clique.
They all had complaints in their hearts and did not dare to speak to Wu Peifu, so they had to secretly complain to Cao Kun.
Cao Kun had a soft ear and saw that many generals had opinions about Wu Peifu. He hurriedly called Wu Peifu and politely advised him not to offend the generals for trivial matters and asked him to agree to march to Beijing.
After receiving the call, Wu Peifu was very angry: "The commander is confused. They want to make a fortune in Beijing. Once we attack Fengjun, we will also attack. By then, both armies will be in Beijing. Who has the final say in the city of Beijing? What's more?"
The large army disrupts the place and damages the reputation of our soldiers. I will never agree!"
Chief of Staff Li Jichen advised from the side: "Commander Yu, I think it's better for you to give in on this matter. After all, the commander-in-chief has spoken. If you insist on persisting, you will give people the impression of taking credit for your work."
Wu Peifu snorted and said: "I am very loyal to the commander-in-chief, no matter what others say!"
Li Jichen said: "It's such a terrible thing to say."
Wu Peifu was silent for a long time and said: "I can agree to advance, but the Third Division will not enter. You go and call the commander back."
Li Jichen breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, I will go to my humble position right now."
When Wu Peifu returned to his desk to deal with official documents, he saw his staff come in with a telegram in hand and said: "Commander Yu, the arms and supplies in Nanyuan Military Camp have been inventoried. Here is the list for you to review."
Wu Peifu cheered up and read the list carefully. Although he was prepared, he was still shocked by the huge amount of weapons and ammunition on it. The armaments of Nanyuan Military Camp were enough to equip two divisions, as well as aircraft and heavy artillery. If he could draw
Returned to the third division, the combat effectiveness of the third division will be doubled. He couldn't help but slap the table and stand up, saying with great joy: "Okay, okay, Zhou Dongliang has done a great job. I gave him a telegram to load the equipment overnight."
Back to Baoding, Zhang Zuolin from the province made up his mind."
Speaking of Zhang Zuolin, he suddenly thought of Han Baihang. He had already learned about the victory or defeat of Han Baihang and Zhang Jinghui in the Wu Ding competition. At that time, he was still very angry and scolded Han Baihang for his reckless conduct, but now he took a look at the confiscated arms.
, if he hadn't forced Zhang Jinghui away, part of these arms would have been given to Fengjun.
"Let Han Baihang come to see me!" Wu Peifu finally moved Xicai's heart.
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Tianjin.
Zhang Jinghui returned from Nanyuan. When he saw Zhang Zuolin, he felt ashamed and said: "Commander, I disappoint you. I failed to grab Nanyuan's arms."
Zhang Zuolin had already heard about the scale of Nanyuan's arms and regarded them as his own. Now that he heard that Zhang Jinghui had returned without success, he couldn't help but said in shock and anger: "How could you lose it?"
Zhang Jinghui explained the situation at that time, and Zhang Zuolin slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, it's Han Baihang again who ruined my life."
Zhang Jinghui said hurriedly: "Commander, do you know this Han Baihang?"
Zhang Zuolin said: "Not only do I know him, but you also know him. He is the man who captured Duan Zhigui, Qu Tongfeng and Xu Shuzheng."
Zhang Jinghui was stunned and said: "No wonder, I, Lao Zhang, won't be embarrassed if I lose in his hands."
Zhang Zuolin glared at him and sneered: "It's not shameful. You know he is just a company commander of the Zhili Army. I, the deputy commander of the Fengjun Army, can't even deal with a small company commander of the Zhili Army. If word gets out, people will laugh out loud."
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Zhang Jinghui blushed, and Zhang Zuolin said angrily: "I'm not talking about you, what are the rules at this time? If we lose, we have soldiers. If we enter Nanyuan, even if we rob half of it and come back, we will make a profit."
Zhang Jinghui smiled bitterly and said: "Commander, I have thought about what you said. I originally wanted to fight back, but Han Baihang ambushed the back-up, so I couldn't really start a fight, so I had to give up."
Zhang Zuolin had a sullen face. Although it hurt him to lose the Nanyuan arms, what he was really unhappy about was why a talent like Han Baihang was in the Zhili Army. If he was in the Fengjun Army, how high could he, Lao Zhang, jump?
I can wake up.
"What a shame."
Zhang Zuolin paced back and forth on the ground for a few steps, then suddenly stopped and said to Zhang Jinghui: "I'll give you a chance to make atonement for your sins. I'll give you a hundred thousand yuan in silver notes. Try to find a way to pull Han Baihang over and tell him that Feng Jun is coming.
He acts as a teacher. I have five daughters. If he chooses the one, he will be the mother-in-law and follow me to conquer the country. From now on, he will be one of his own and I can't treat him badly."
Zhang Jinghui was frightened by Zhang Zuolin's words. After being brothers for so many years, this was the first time he saw the old man spending a lot of money.
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Han Baihang came to the patrol station, picked up his subordinates, and then drove back to the city. On the way, he told Zhou Qing: "Send the order. From now on, you are not allowed to call me commander. You can call me company commander."
Zhou Qing nodded and passed on the words. The soldiers were surprised when they heard that a good commander became a company commander.
Driving all the way back to Nanyuan, when he was about to enter the Dahongmen, he was stopped by a group of soldiers who wanted to check their credentials. Zhou Qing leaned out of the car window and cursed: "I've blinded you, Commander Han is back."
A captain officer among the soldiers came out and said, neither humble nor arrogant: "Our army does not have Commander Han, only Commander Zhou and Deputy Commander Lin. Anyone coming in and out must follow the rules."
Zhou Qing got angry and was about to explode. Han Baihang suddenly shouted: "Zhou Qing, shut up."
After saying that, he opened the door and got out of the car, looked at the captain officer coldly, and said: "Please call inward, I am Han Baihang, requesting to return to the team."
The captain officer glanced at him and said: "Please wait a moment." Then he returned to the sentry post to make a phone call. After a while, he quickly ran out and saluted Han Baihang: "Mr. Han, Commander Zhou invites you in."
Han Baihang thanked him and returned to the car. Zhou Qing said angrily: "Commander, they have gone too far."
Han Baihang's face was calm and he said: "This moment and the other moment, you have to understand the situation clearly, let's take a look first and then talk."
We drove all the way to the Tuanhe Palace, which has become the headquarters of the advancing enemy detachment. When we arrived at the entrance of the palace, we saw Lin Jianyue waiting at the door. When he saw his car arriving, he hurriedly took a few steps to greet him, and even took the initiative to open the car door. Han Baihang
Feeling flattered, he got out of the car and gave a military salute: "Sir Lin, your humble position does not allow you to open the door."
Lin Jianyue frowned and said, "Sir, sir, I'm a few years older than you. If you don't mind, just call me brother Jianyue."
Han Baihang slowly shook his head and said: "Military etiquette cannot be abolished."
Report to Deputy Commander Lin that Han Baihang has recovered from his injury and returned to the team, please give us your instructions."
Lin Jianyue had no choice but to say: "Commander Zhou is handling military affairs inside. Let me come out to greet you. How are you injured? Why don't you heal your wounds in Beijing for a few more days."
Han Baihang touched his chest, which was still aching, and said with a smile as if nothing had happened: "It's okay. I bought the medicine and came back. I will recover faster in the army."
Lin Jianyue nodded, walked side by side with him, and whispered: "The new commander sent by Yushuai is named Zhou Dongliang. You should know him."
Han Baihang paused for a moment: "More than just acquaintance, Commander Zhou is my old boss. It was he who promoted me from platoon leader to company commander."
Lin Jianyue said: "That's good, but Commander Zhou is very skillful. As soon as he took office, he cleaned up the detachment and replaced them with his own people. All my brother's people were replaced."
"It doesn't matter if they are replaced. They are all low-level officers and are only used temporarily."
As he spoke, Han Baihang glanced at Lin Jianyue and said pointedly: "Sir Lin, I have to tell you something from my humble position. Commander Zhou is a direct descendant of Commander Yu. You must not go against him."