Octagonal platform is about 100 kilometers away from Shenyang, Zhang Zuolin and his party only brought 20 soldiers, after two days of travel, in the periphery of Shenyang City, bumped into the People's Army patrol team, Zhang Sifei to the patrol team after explaining the intention. So this patrol team took Zhang Zuolin and his party to a stronghold about 10 kilometers outside Shenyang to rest, and then sent people into the city to report.

However, although the People's Army inspected Zhang Zuolin and his party very strictly, they were very polite in their words, and after checking the guns, ammunition, and articles carried by Zhang Zuolin and his party, they all returned them to them. Zhang Zuolin intended to hand over the dozens of taels of silver he had brought, but the soldier who checked it only looked at it a few times, and then returned it to Zhang Zuolin as it was.

Tang Yulin and Zhang Sifei came back and told Zhang Zuolin that the military discipline of the People's Army is strict and will never charge a penny or property, Zhang Zuolin is still a little skeptical, in his opinion, it is good that the army can do it without disturbing the people, and if it is inevitable to eat and take cards, as long as it is not too excessive, it will be okay, and the People's Army can be strong there, but now it seems that it is really a thing.

Two hours later, the Shenyang headquarters sent a team of soldiers to the stronghold to pick up Zhang Zuolin and his party into the city. Zhang Zuolin and others were back on the road, and along the road they also saw many troops of the People's Army, either marching in whole teams, or lining up in place, or practicing tactics. After walking for about 1 hour, I finally arrived at Shenyang City.

Shenyang is the old capital of the Qing court before entering the customs, known as Shengjing, and now still retains the imperial palace of the Qing court, and it is also the largest and most prosperous city in the northeast region, Zhang Zuolin used to be stationed in Xinmin Mansion, only 60 kilometers away from Shenyang City, so they are also often come to Shenyang, they are no strangers here, but this time they came to Shenyang is full of devastation, the city wall was blown open more than ten size gaps, the city tower that entered the city gate was blown down a large piece, and after entering the city, it was all ruins and broken walls, there were several restaurants that they were familiar with beforeThe teahouse is gone, leaving only an empty lot or rubble.

Since the Russo-Japanese War, Shenyang has changed hands three times, and there have been two major wars here, it is the war of the People's Army to conquer Shenyang, due to the fierce urban street fighting, the People's Army even used 105 mm caliber artillery in the city, which also caused serious damage to Shenyang, only more than 6,000 civilians died in the war, another more than 15,000 people were injured, more than 300 houses were destroyed by artillery fire, and more than 700 were damaged. More than 5,000 people are homeless.

After the People's Army occupied Shenyang, it also spent a lot of manpower and material resources to rescue the civilians in Shenyang, collecting the bodies of the dead, treating the wounded, sheltering the residents whose homes had been destroyed, distributing a batch of food supplies, and at the same time cleaning up the ruins and walls of the destroyed houses. At this time, the People's Army captured Shenyang for only 6 days, although it was not enough to completely repair the damage left by the war, but it also basically restored order in Shenyang City, and also won some people's hearts to return, so Zhang Zuolin and others saw such a Shenyang City.

However, although the city of Shenyang is quite dilapidated, order is completely restored, there are many pedestrians on the streets, and most of the shops are open for business, and the order is in order, although it is not as good as usual, but it is by no means a depression, and although there are a large number of troops in the city, the civilians and the army get along very well, and there is nothing to do.

Sun Liechen said: "I have long heard that overseas Chinese have a good way to govern the army and a law, and today is really worthy of its reputation." ”

Zhang Zuolin also nodded and said, "Yes, the People's Army really has two hits." ”

While speaking, the group came to the headquarters of the People's Army in Shenyang, although the house was a little leaky, but Zhang Zuolin and others still recognized that this was the former Shengjing General's Mansion.

However, when they arrived here, the only people who could go in and meet with the People's Army were Zhang Zuolin, Sun Liechen, Tang Yulin, and Zhang Sifei, and the rest were arranged to wait in the lounge next to them.

It was Qiu Yahui who received Zhang Zuolin and others, and at this time the 3rd Army had already been pulled out of Harbin, and * also set up the headquarters in Harbin in accordance with Qingdao's order, so he also traveled with the 3rd Army, and the 4th Army also began to escort the Russian prisoners back to Shandong, and now the highest official in Shenyang is Qiu Yahui.

After the two sides met, they introduced each other, Qiu Yahui saw that Zhang Zuolin's age was not very old, he was about 30 years old, about the same as himself, about 1.6 meters tall, not tall, and there was a bit of beauty between the eyebrows, so much that he really didn't look like a bandit, which was consistent with historical rumors, but his eyes were bright, his face was shrewd, and he also had a bit of heroic spirit.

After taking a seat, Zhang Zuolin first said: "Congratulations to the People's Army, and congratulations to Commander Qiu, for successfully capturing Shenyang and annihilating the Russian army. ”

Qiu Yahui smiled: "Captain Zhang is too polite. ”

Zhang Zuolin said: "Last time, I sent Tang Yulin and Zhang Sifei to see Commander Qiu, and explained to Commander Qiu that I, Zhang, were willing to lead the team and defect to the People's Army. I should have come immediately, but at that time the People's Army was attacking Shenyang, and I was afraid that I would delay Commander Qiu's official business, so I did not come, and now that the People's Army has won, Zhang immediately rushed to congratulate the People's Army on its victory, and second, to negotiate with Commander Qiu about our surrender. ”

Qiu Yahui nodded and said, "Although we haven't been in the Northeast for a long time, we have also heard a lot about Captain Zhang, and I heard that Captain Zhang had enlisted in the army and participated in the Sino-Japanese War, and he fought bravely. After retiring from the army, he set up an insurance team to protect the territory and the people, and guarded a quiet land, which was a great achievement, and the residents in the Xinmin Mansion praised Captain Zhang. ”

Zhang Zuolin hurriedly said: "There, there, the things back then are really not worth mentioning, but although I, Zhang, don't have any great skills, the villagers praise me, and I also did some small things for the villagers, so that they can live more stable in this troubled world." But compared with the People's Army, it is indeed insignificant. Now I only hope that the KPA will accept us into our annexation. ”

Qiu Yahui said: "Captain Zhang is willing to join us, of course we welcome him. I don't know how many people Captain Zhang has?"

Zhang Zuolin hurriedly said: "There are more than 2,000 brothers. In fact, there are about 2,700 people under Zhang Zuolin's command now, almost close to the establishment of 1 regiment, but now Zhang Zuolin's official position is to manage the band, which is equivalent to the battalion commander, and he does not dare to fully trust the People's Army, so he naturally has to keep a hand, so he only reported 2,000 people.

Qiu Yahui didn't care, and said: "According to our system, after Captain Zhang joins us, it should be the reorganization of Captain Zhang's army according to our organization, but now the war is not over, although Japan and Russia were defeated by us, but Britain and France are ready to participate in the war, although we are not afraid of Britain and France participating in the war, but Britain and France are also world powers, and we always have to spend some energy to deal with them, so we will not reorganize Captain Zhang's army, first of all, it will not move, everything is as usual." Wait until the war is over. ”

Zhang Zuolin listened, his heart was also quite happy, this time to Shenyang, he was most worried about whether the People's Army would take the opportunity to get rid of himself, now it seems that this possibility basically does not exist, but Zhang Zuolin also has a worry, that is, the People's Army will not use the name of the army, to break up their own army, and transfer themselves or their own cadres one by one, so as to divide their own army, but now the People's Army obviously has no such plan, and their team remains the same, although it is only temporary, but for Zhang Zuolin, it is also a temporary time。 Therefore, he said: "Everything is up to Commander Qiu." ”

Qiu Yahui said: "But we don't have so many military uniforms now, we have to send them from Qingdao, just wait for the military uniforms to arrive, I will send someone to send them immediately." ”

Zhang Zuolin also nodded and said, "There is labor." ”

Qiu Yahui said: "But we also have a task that needs to be completed by Captain Zhang. ”

Zhang Zuolin hurriedly said: "Please Commander Qiu even if he orders, Zuolin will not hesitate to go to the soup and fight the fire." ”

Qiu Yahui smiled and said, "It's not that serious, what we want you to do is very simple, that is, to pay bandits, do you understand?"

In fact, Zhang Zuolin also guessed a few points, Bijing People's Army wants to fight the Japanese army, the Russian army does not need itself at all, but only in the matter of capturing bandits, they can only be useful, although the combat effectiveness of the bandits is not strong, but they are familiar with the terrain and are not easy to deal with, and the People's Army is a newcomer after all, and the place is not familiar, and the conscription and suppression of bandits is of course not as powerful as their own team. Of course, this is also an opportunity for Zhang Zuolin to perform, and he immediately said: "Please rest assured, Commander Qiu, Zuolin promises to destroy all the bandits in the northeast." ”

Qiu Yahui said: "Very good, but even if you have joined the People's Army, I can't let you work in vain, I plan to give you 500 rifles first to strengthen your strength, and will transfer a company to cooperate with you in combat, and by the way, they will also teach you the discipline, training, and tactics of the People's Army." Although you have not been reorganized, but you have joined the People's Army, you must respect the discipline of the People's Army. ”

Zhang Zuolin was surprised and delighted in his heart, because for him, 500 rifles is not a small number, although he has nearly 3,000 people, but the real guns, less than half, the rest of the people can only use cold weapons, and even if there are people with guns, guns are also varied, old-fashioned flintlock pistols, single-shot rifles are available, and now there are only more than 600 popular pull-bolt repeating rifles, of which almost half are funded by Japan. In fact, not only Zhang Zuolin, but also other bandits or insurance teams, such as Feng Linge, Du Lisan, etc., are also in a similar situation, and it is not easy for Bi Jing to buy the latest pull-bolt repeating rifle, so with these 500 rifles, it can indeed greatly improve Zhang Zuolin's strength.