However, Zhang Zuolin also knew that these rifles were not easy to take, not only did they have to really buy strength for the People's Army, but they also had to accept the supervision of the People's Army. And he can't refuse, after all, he has already defected to the People's Army.

Although Zhang Zuolin still maintained considerable independence after accepting the Qing court's recruitment, at that time, due to the chaos in the northeast at that time, and the weakness of the Qing court itself, local officials also needed to rely on Zhang Zuolin's troops to maintain local stability, so Zhang Zuolin still had some confidence to bargain with the Qing court, but in front of the People's Army, Zhang Zuolin did not have many cards, and could only accept that the Bijing People's Army was not the Qing court, but it was much stronger than the Qing court.

So Zhang Zuolin could only say: "Thank you, Commander Qiu." ”

Qiu Yahui also nodded, although he is still very young, only in his early 30s, but after the experience of the big battles in the past few years, he is now a general who has tens of thousands of troops in his hands and can take charge alone. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin's mentality, Qiu Yahui can generally understand one or two.

In fact, Qiu Yahui's consideration is much larger than Zhang Zuolin's pattern, although Zhang Zuolin's strength is now second to none among the bandits and insurance teams in the northeast, but after all, it is only one of them, and there is no qualitative leap, and in addition, such as Du Lisan, Feng Linge, Jin Shoushan and other large forces, their strength is not under Zhang Zuolin. Qiu Yahui wants to use Zhang Zuolin's team to suppress bandits, but he is not playing the trick of killing people with a knife, so that Zhang Zuolin and other bandits and insurance teams will fight to defeat both, but to build Zhang Zuolin into a sharp blade, because there are now many bandits in the northeast, and it will take at least 1 or 2 years to eliminate all the bandits, and in the next at least half a year, the main energy of the People's Army will be to deal with the British, French, Japanese, and Russian coalition forces, so the task of suppressing bandits still needs to rely on Zhang Zuolin's team. Then it is appropriate to enhance Zhang Zuolin's strength, so that Zhang Zuolin has an absolute advantage over other bandits and insurance team forces, and it should be.

And Qiu Yahui is not worried that Zhang Zuolin will take the opportunity to sit big, because it is still the same sentence, the East China government is not the Qing court, Zhang Zuolin can take the opportunity to expand his strength, but it is impossible to replace the East China government and become the king of the Northeast in this time and space. Therefore, not to mention giving Zhang Zuolin 500 rifles, it is not a big deal to give him 5,000 rifles, after all, the number of the People's Army is 100,000, and it is also equipped with artillery, armored trains, airplanes and other weapons, which is beyond Zhang Zuolin's reach.

In fact, it doesn't have to be so complicated, as long as the supply of bullets to Zhang Zuolin is controlled. For bandits and insurance forces, the number of guns is only one aspect, and whether there is enough ammunition supply is also part of the strength, because it is impossible for the bandits and insurance forces to produce bullets on their own, and they can only obtain them by purchasing, but this is limited by their own funds and supply channels.

Now Zhang Zuolin's team is equipped with new rifles mainly Hanyang-made Type 88 rifles and Japanese Type 30 Yucun rifles, but the caliber of the former is 7.92 mm, and the latter is 6 mm, and the People's Army intends to give Zhang Zuolin is a Russian-made M1891 Mosin Nagant rifle, after the victory in the Shenyang Campaign, the People's Army captured more than 200,000 Russian-made M1891 Mosin Nagant rifles, with millions of bullets.

However, the caliber of the M1891 Mosin Nagant rifle is 7.62 mm, which cannot be used with the bullets of the Hanyang-made Type 88 rifle and the Japanese Type 30 Amamura rifle, so as long as the People's Army cuts off the supply of bullets to Zhang Zuolin, no matter how many rifles are firecracked, they will become burning sticks. In fact, the East China government also has a considerable amount of ammunition for the Hanyang-made Type 88 rifle and the Japanese Type 30 Yucun rifle, which can be supplied to Zhang Zuolin, but it depends on how Zhang Zuolin's bandit performance is.

And sending a company to Zhang Zuolin's team, of course, has the intention of monitoring Zhang Zuolin, but this is also a way to increase Zhang Zuolin's strength. Although the number of a company is not large, it is equipped with 6 60 mortars and 9 general-purpose machine guns, and there are 18 grenadiers, such firepower is definitely powerful enough for bandits, so with the addition of this company, coupled with Zhang Zuolin's familiarity with other bandits and geographical environment, then he will have an absolute advantage over other bandits or insurance team forces. On the other hand, it is also to show Zhang Zuolin the strength of the People's Army, don't look at the strength of just a company, but the firepower is strong enough to make the bandits desperate, so Zhang Zuolin wants to turn his face with the People's Army, so he has to weigh it carefully.

In short, if Zhang Zuolin is sincerely attached to the People's Army, then these conditions and requirements are of course beneficial to Zhang Zuolin, but if Zhang Zuolin's attachment to the People's Army is only an expedient measure, or if he intends to use the People's Army to develop his own strength and prepare for further separation from the People's Army in the future, of course, it will be unfavorable.

From now on, Zhang Zuolin's unit will be officially renamed the Xinminfu Brigade of the People's Army, with Zhang Zuolin as the captain and Sun Liechen as the deputy captain, and the posts of sub-captain and squad leader will be appointed by Zhang Zuolin himself, and the People's Army will not interfere. The People's Army first provided Zhang Zuolin's troops with 500 M1891 Mosin Nagant rifles, each with 100 rounds of ammunition. Zhang Zuolin is also very happy, in fact, for the People's Army, 100 rounds of ammunition is not much, less than 2 bases, a battle may be all over, but for Zhang Zuolin's team, 100 rounds of ammunition is not a few, enough to fight 2 or 3 battles.

So Zhang Zuolin and his entourage stayed in Shenyang for one night, and the next day the People's Army handed over the selected 500 M1891 Mosin Nagant rifles to Zhang Zuolin, each gun was in good condition, at least seventy percent new, and it was also equipped with a special bayonet, and a company stationed in it was also selected, plus mortar and machine gun troops, a total of more than 200 people. In the future, Zhang Zuolin's troops will be held accountable for their contact with the People's Army.

In one night, Zhang Zuolin also provided the People's Army with a list of bandits and insurance teams in Northeast China, listing more than 30 bandits or insurance teams with a certain bandit nature, and listing 6 bandit forces that should be the first to be exterminated, and the first place is Jinshoushan in Zhong'anbao.

In fact, Zhang Zuolin's arrangement, somewhat of a communiqué personal vendetta, initially Zhang Zuolin was funded by his father-in-law Zhao Hengchang to set up an insurance team, the insurance area from Zhaojiamiao to Zhong'anbao. At that time, there was already a large group of Lianzhuang Society defending the ground in the area of Zhong'anbao, and its leader was Jin Shoushan. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin included Zhong'anbao in his insurance area, which naturally touched Jin Shoushan's interests, which caused Jin Shoushan's hatred for Zhang Zuolin. In order to regain the territory, Jin Shoushan colluded with the Russians and raided Zhang Zuolin during the Spring Festival of 1901. And Zhang Zuolin was caught off guard, so he had to brave the wind and snow with his armor off, take his family, and with the assistance of Tang Yulin, Zhang Sifei and others, escaped from Zhong'an Fort overnight. Zhang Xueliang was born on the way to this escape. Later, Zhang Zuolin came to the Octagonal Platform and merged with Zhang Jinghui to recover his vitality.

Although Zhang Zuolin's strength rose sharply later, and accepted the Qing court's recruitment, but Jin Shoushan's strength was not weak, and he was attached to Russia, Zhang Zuolin did not dare to move him easily for a while, and after the Russo-Japanese War began, Jin Shoushan took refuge in the Japanese side, and Zhang Zuolin still cast a bogey on him. Now that Japan and Russia have been defeated by the People's Army, Zhang Zuolin took the lead again, took refuge in the People's Army, and surrendered the bandits on the orders of the People's Army.

In addition, this is the first battle after Zhang Zuolin defected to the People's Army, Zhang Zuolin also wants to fight a beautiful battle, show his ability in front of the People's Army, but the opponent is weak, and he can't show his ability, Jin Shoushan is the strongest among the bandits in the Northeast, although it is not as strong as Zhang Zuolin, but it is not much different, but now Zhang Zuolin has 500 rifles supported by the People's Army, and his strength has increased greatly, plus there is a company of the People's Army to help the war, Zhang Zuolin also thinks that there is enough certainty to defeat Jin Shoushan, so he will first take Jin Shoushan to start the knife。

And Qiu Yahui has no objection to this, he also knows a little about the grievances between Jin Shoushan and Zhang Zuolin, but as long as it is a bandit, it will be destroyed, it doesn't matter who comes first and who comes last.

Seeing that Qiu Yahui did not object to his arrangement, Zhang Zuolin was also very happy, and explained to Qiu Yahui that the company where the People's Army was stationed would not return to Xinmin Mansion for the time being, but would go to Octagonal Terrace. Octagonal Terrace is Tai'an County, Anshan City, in the old time and space, and now it is also Zhang Zuolin's station, and most of Zhang Zuolin's army and family members are in Octagonal Terrace. In addition, Zhong'an Fort, the station of Jinshou Mountain, is Zhong'an Town, Zhenbei City, in the old time and space, about 45 kilometers away from Octagonal Terrace, so it is naturally much better to send troops from Octagonal Terrace to fight Jinshou Mountain.

Qiu Yahui said that Zhang Zuolin decided all matters concerning the suppression of bandits, and that the People's Army did not interfere, and that a company of the People's Army stationed in Zhang Zuolin's department also obeyed Zhang Zuolin's command. So Zhang Zuolin immediately made corresponding arrangements for the personnel he brought, and he and Sun Liechen took the People's Army directly to Octagonal Terrace to station, and let Tang Yulin and Zhang Sifei return to Xinmin Mansion with 10 soldiers, because Zhang Zuolin also has a part of the army stationed in Xinmin Mansion, and Jin Shoushan's strength is not weak, although Zhang Zuolin's strength has increased greatly, but to deal with Jin Shoushan, it is necessary to go all out, so it is necessary to concentrate all his troops. As for the transfer of the army, the garrison of the Xinmin Mansion will be empty, but Zhang Zuolin is not worried, first, Zhang Zuolin has withdrawn most of the materials, and there will be no big losses if the Xinmin Mansion is lost, and second, you can ask the People's Army to help guard for a period of time, which is also to show the People's Army that he has no second heart, and even his hometown can be handed over to the People's Army.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Zuolin left Shenyang with his army.