From the very beginning of the meeting, Zhang Zuolin behaved very humblely, not only sat upright, but also completely panicked when answering Qin Zheng's questions, and anyone who changed would be satisfied with Zhang Zuolin's attitude.

However, Qin Zheng knows the details of Zhang Zuolin, in the old time and space, Zhang Zuolin can dominate in this era and achieve a career, especially at this time, that is, in the northeast region, Zhang Zuolin is not the object of expectations, but in the end can stand out among many forces, once reached the peak of China, in addition to Zhang Zuolin's unique vision, extraordinary scheming, his figure is soft, because it is in the early stage of its business, very good at enduring burdens, and not stingy with money, sometimes even groveling, skillfully in the Qing court, the Republic of China, Japan and many other forces, in order to find their own development opportunities, is also an important reason, so of course Qin Zheng would not be deceived by his superficial skills.

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, your official military status has been decided, but this time you are asked to bring the team to Shenyang, there is an important task to be handed over to you." It's to guard the railway line. ”

Zhang Zuolin said: "Please rest assured that Zuolin will do his duty and complete the task." ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said: "The current situation is that Britain and France have sent troops to participate in the war, and Japan and Russia are also mobilizing troops and preparing to make a comeback, we have decided to send troops to attack Manchuria and defeat the Russian army first, so the railway line will be our important reinforcement line, to ensure the safety of the railway line, in order to ensure the supply of materials on the front line, so this is a very important task, I hope you will not let me down." ”

Zhang Zuolin stood up with a "whew", and said: "Zuolin originally went to the soup to fight the fire, and he did not hesitate to temporarily ensure the safety of the railway line." ”

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "It's good, but you have to be careful, because Japan, The activities of Russian spies during this period were very rampant, because they were Japanese spies, because the Japanese and Chinese are similar in appearance, so it is easy to make up and deceive, and Japan has always been eyeing China, and the northeast region is even more eager to get it, and has long trained a large number of intelligence officers, not only can everyone speak fluent Chinese, some are even proficient in several dialects, and they are also very familiar with China's national customs, and they have penetrated into the people in various capacities, which is very difficult to prevent. As far as we know, before the start of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan had hundreds of espionage activities in the northeast region, some spying on intelligence information, some sabotaging the logistics of the Russian army, and some bribing the green forest bandit forces in the northeast to help the Japanese army fight, so Japan's ability to defeat the Russian army in the Russo-Japanese War and achieve victory has a lot to do with the activities of these spies. ”

Zhang Zuolin listened to Qin Zheng's words, but his heart was beating hard, I don't know if it was because of his weak heart or other reasons, Zhang Zuolin always felt that Qin Zheng had something in his words, and he meant something. But after thinking about it carefully, these words were actually nothing special, so I didn't dare to respond, just hummed and agreed.

Qin Zheng said: "Now the Japanese and Russian armies have been defeated by us, but they are not willing to fail, and want to make a comeback, but they can't beat us on the frontal battlefield, so they pin their hopes on these spies, after we sent troops to participate in the war, we have captured more than 300 Japanese spies so far, but these Japanese spies are not giving up, and during this time, in order to cooperate with Japan, The counterattack of the Russian army, frequent attacks on our railway line, has had more than 10 attacks on the railway line, and also bought a group of green forest bandits, so your army to defend the railway line, to complete this task, but not easy, it is to guard against the Japanese. ”

Although Qin Zheng's words were indeed nothing special, just expounding the facts, Zhang Zuolin was still shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Zuolin will definitely take precautions and will never let the Japanese succeed, as long as the Japanese dare to come, they will be killed in a hurry and will not show mercy." ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Very good, you can go! Tomorrow someone will notify you to collect your military uniforms and weapons, determine the documents, and then arrange your defense area." Do a good job. ”

Zhang Zuolin said goodbye and left, and after coming outside, Zhang Zuolin found that his vest was all drenched with sweat. On the way back, Zhang Zuolin thought about what Qin Zheng said repeatedly, hoping to find some clues from it and judge how much the People's Army knew about his own affairs, but Zhang Zuolin carefully scrutinized every word Qin Zheng said, and until Zhang Zuolin returned to the camp where his army was stationed, he still didn't come up with a clue. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to think about it, anyway, he had already come to Shenyang, so he could only take one step at a time.

After returning to the barracks, Zhang Zuolin will meet Qin Zheng in the process of meeting Sun Liechen, Tang Yulin, Zhang Sifei, Wang Liping and others spoke in detail, and everyone was very happy, because the more than 2,000 people he brought could all be reloaded with Mosin Nagant rifles, which is a water repeating rifle, you must know that Zhang Zuolin's team, even if he added the 500 Mosin Nagant rifles given to him when he first joined the People's Army, the proportion of consecutive rifles is less than half, and among the 2,000 people brought by Zhang Zuolin, only 800 people are equipped with repeating rifles, which is equivalent to giving Zhang Zuolin more than 1,200 repeating rifles, and the proportion of Zhang Zuolin's team repeating rifles has also risen to 2/3 or so. As for the number, military uniform, etc., everyone is not excluded.

In the evening, Zhang Zuolin had a private conversation with Sun Liechen and others, and asked a few of them to help him divide the confession, whether Qin Zheng knew that he and the Japanese still had a connection. However, after everyone listened to Zhang Zuolin's speech, it was difficult to judge it, and in the end, Sun Liechen suggested to Zhang Zuolin that Zhang Zuolin was in Shenyang now, and he would take this opportunity to simply ignore the Japanese, and if the Japanese found here, they would avoid it, so that Zhang Zuolin could temporarily stop contacting Japan, and let Zhang Jinghui, who stayed on the Octagonal Terrace, be responsible for the contact with Japan, and also closely monitor the movements of the Japanese. Zhang Zuolin did his best to assist the People's Army in guarding the railway line in Shenyang, and if there were really Japanese spies attacking the railway line, he did not have to show mercy to them, and he was killed on the spot. Slowly observe the changes in the situation before making a decision.

Zhang Zuolin listened to it, and also felt that Sun Liechen's suggestion was good, and there was only this way at present, after all, it was indeed very dangerous to have dealings with the Japanese, so Zhang Zuolin also decided to follow Sun Liechen's suggestion.

Early the next morning, sure enough, someone sent Zhang Zuolin a list of items to receive military uniforms and rifles, and took Zhang Zuolin to the military warehouse in Shenyang, and handed over all the military uniforms, rifles, bullets and other materials to Zhang Zuolin. And Zhang Zuolin and others also carefully checked, and the rifles they received were at least 7 percent new, and they were well maintained, and all links were very flexible, Zhang Zuolin checked more than 20 in a row, all of which could be used immediately. The official in charge of the quartermaster also told Zhang Zuolin that if he found a problem after he returned, he could exchange it immediately, and then handed Zhang Zuolin a small manual, which wrote how to maintain the rifle, as well as the description and illustration of the main parts for replacing the rifle, and told Zhang Zuolin that he must go to the enemy according to the manual.

Zhang Zuolin stayed in the Qing army, knowing that at least 5 percent of the guns issued by the Qing army were problematic, and the soldiers needed to repair them themselves, but the parts had to be purchased from the officials in charge of military quartermasters, which was an unspoken rule in the army, and the upper echelons of the Qing army did not care about it, and if they would not repair, or had no money to buy parts, they could only consider themselves unlucky, so the guns of the Qing army could have a 7 percent availability rate It was already very good, and they could only wait until the battlefield to pick up the guns of their fallen comrades, or they were killed by the enemy. And the rifles that he took over from the People's Army are basically all qualified, and the records on the maintenance manual are also very perfect, Zhang Zuolin can't help but admire, the People's Army is really very different.

After returning to the barracks, Zhang Zuolin issued uniforms, rifles, and ammunition to the soldiers, and replaced them with new rifles, of course, the soldiers were very happy, and at the same time, Zhang Zuolin's team number did come down, for the 020th Regiment of the Shenyang Garrison Force, directly under the command of the Northeast Wartime Management Committee, with Zhang Zuolin as the regiment commander, Tang Yulin as the deputy regiment commander, Sun Liechen as the regiment chief of staff, Zhang Sifei, Wang Liping as the battalion commander, and the rest of the positions were appointed by Zhang Zuolin himself and reported.

In fact, the Shenyang garrison is also a temporary number, so this 020 regiment is even more temporary, only to appease Zhang Zuolin was established, and after the battle is over, this number will also be revoked, Zhang Zuolin's troops will be reorganized, of course, Zhang Zuolin's regiment commander military position will not change. However, Zhang Zuolin's official position in the Qing court was a pipe band, which was equivalent to a battalion commander, and now he is a regiment commander in the People's Army, and his military position has been promoted by one level, which is always a happy thing.

And Zhang Zuolin's defense area has also been determined, from Tieling to Siping, with a total length of about 120 kilometers. There are 6 small stations on the way, each of which is manned by 1 platoon of troops. Of course, Zhang Zuolin knows that he must guard this section of the railway in order to gain a foothold in the People's Army in the future, but it is not easy to guard this section of the railway, Bijing is 120 kilometers long, in the old time and space, it may be 1 hour's drive, if it is a high-speed railway, it will only take more than 20 minutes to be enough, but in this era, this distance must not be considered close.

After Zhang Zuolin and everyone discussed, he finally worked out a plan to guard, and divided the whole army into 4 batches, with Tang Yulin, Sun Liechen, and Wang Liping each bringing 600 people, evenly arranged along the railway, and each unit guarding about 40 kilometers of railway line, so that once there is something on the railway line, there can be an army to stop it immediately, and he and Zhang Sifei take the remaining 200 people as mobile troops, support the departments at any time, and send people back to the Octagonal Terrace, quickly send 200 war horses, and equip all the mobile troops with horses to strengthen their mobile ability.

After Zhang Zuolin's plan was reported to the Northeast Wartime Management Committee, it was quickly approved, and he also selected 300 horses for each station, with 100 horses for each station, so that the mobility was stronger. Zhang Zuolin was also very happy, it seems that the People's Army is indeed good.