At eight o'clock in the evening, Ouyang Longxing took Zhang Zuolin, Huang Wei, and Chen Qing'an to the city on time, and in addition to the six veterans sent by Shenyang this time, there were also Fang Zhongping and two other naturalized cadres, one named Tian Qihe and the other named Liu Tongjiang, who were all responsible persons among the naturalized cadres in Jinzhou, and the other was Gao Jin's assistant Geng Jinyan, who was responsible for making meeting minutes.

After everyone arrived, Gao Jin said: "Everyone has arrived, it's so late, and everyone's rest time is delayed, so I won't talk nonsense, although the situation in Jinzhou is not critical, but it is also very critical, so solving this bandit attack is our current top priority in Jinzhou, so we gathered everyone to discuss, how to eliminate this bandit." Director Fang, can you first introduce the current situation in Jinzhou?"

Fang Zhongping said: "To be honest, the situation in Jinzhou is very bad now, because of this bandit attack, and the capture of Guangning and Xingcheng counties, our prestige in Jinzhou has been greatly reduced, and we have only stationed troops in the following counties, and have not sent cadres to stay, only officials retained by Chunting, and now these people have changed their minds a little." ”

Gao Jin's eyebrows raised slightly, and he said, "How did you say this?"

Fang Zhongping said: "On the 15th of this month, it was originally the time for county officials to come to Jinzhou to report their work, when Guangning and Xingcheng had been broken by bandits, but none of the left-behind personnel from the other four counties came. ”

Gao Jin said: "At that time, the situation was critical, bandits were rampant, and it was important to defend the city, so it was understandable that they did not come to Jinzhou to report their work, and it did not mean that they had changed their minds." ”

Fang Zhongping said: "We thought the same way at the time, but Jinxi is close to Jinzhou, and there are no people here, so it is too much to say." Later, we learned that after the bandits occupied Quang Ninh and Xingcheng, they sent letters to other counties, asking not only for money and food, but also for them not to obey our orders, so they did not come. Later, it was the troops of Regiment Commander Zhang who came, and the bandits withdrew from Xingcheng County. ”

And Huang Wei and Chen Qing'an lowered their heads, because the two were the commanders of the Jinzhou garrison, but they were defeated by the bandits' army, it can be said that they should be mainly responsible for the current situation in Jinzhou, although Ouyang Longxing and Gao Jin did not blame them, but they were still very uneasy in their hearts.

Tian Qihedao: "Not only the remaining officials in these places, but also the big families and regimental training in many places have also received letters from the bandits, and they have also sent a lot of money and food to the bandits. This time the mayor came to Jinzhou to take office, and we sent the news three days ago, asking the counties to send people to report on their work and greet the mayor casually, but still none of them came, and they only sent a leave of absence paper, saying that bandits were rampant and did not dare to leave their posts without permission, but in fact, Regiment Commander Zhang's troops had come, and the activities of the bandits had been somewhat reined in. Most of them are active in the north, except for Yiju, Jinxi, Suizhong, and Panshan have basically calmed down, but still no one comes, obviously they are all waiting. ”

Gao Jin nodded, Guangning County is located in the north of Jinzhou Mansion, and said: "I understand, don't care about them for now, anyway, there are troops stationed in the following counties, and I am not afraid of how big the waves they can make." ”

At this time, Ouyang Longxing said: "What is the deployment situation in the following counties now?"

Huang Wei said: "Xingcheng County was just taken over by us, so we stationed a battalion, two companies each in Yizhou, Jinxi, Suizhong, and Panshan, and the rest of the troops were in Jinzhou. ”

Ouyang Longxing said: "So there is still a garrison regiment in Jinzhou?"

Huang Wei said: "The 1st Regiment has two battalions, but it was defeated after fighting with the bandits, with a total reduction of 316 people, and the 2nd Regiment has one battalion, but including the original defenders of Quang Ninh County, reduced 187 people. ”

Zhang Zuolin said: "After our unit arrived in Jinzhou, there were a total of 5 battles with the bandits, 4 times for the company scale, 1 time for the battalion scale, it was a battle with the cavalry of the bandit army, a total of 189 people were killed, including 12 cavalry, 37 people were captured, including 5 cavalrymen, and 3 horses were captured, we sacrificed 32 people, 21 people were wounded, and 10 people have returned from injuries. According to our interrogation of the captives, it has been determined that the cavalry of the bandit army is of Mongolian nationality, and the leaders are the famous Mongolian bandits Taoketaohu and Baiyin Dajiao. ”

Ouyang Longxing nodded, then looked at Gao Jin, who immediately continued: "Do you have any good ideas for eliminating this group of bandits?"

Huang Wei said: "Commander-in-chief, mayor, it's not me who grows the prestige of bandits, extinguishes our own spirit, this bandit is really difficult to deal with, when I was in Shandong, I also participated in the suppression of bandits, but the bandits we met this time are completely different from the bandits who were expropriated and suppressed in Shandong." ”

Ouyang Longxing said: "You can talk about it, why is it different?"

Huang Wei said: "First of all, the number of people, when in Shandong, a group of bandits is only a few hundred, at most more than 1,000 people, and the number of this gang of bandits is more than 3,000 people; Single-shot guns, even old-fashioned flintlock pistols, and this bandit army basically has a rifle, and most of them are made in Hanyang, and there are also a small number of Mosin Nagant 1894 rifles; secondly, the bandits in Shandong basically have no rules and regulations in the war, that is, they rush in a swarm, as long as they encounter a little stronger resistance, they will be immediately defeated, but this bandit army still has some rules in the battle, although it cannot be compared with the people's army, even compared with the garrison army, but obviously has received some formal military training, it is still much stronger than ordinary bandits; in addition, this gang of bandits also has a cavalry army to fight togetherThis is also the difference between the bandits we met this time and the bandits we encountered when we suppressed bandits in Shandong, so we cannot use the same method to deal with the bandits in Shandong to deal with this bandit army. If we talk about dealing with Shandong bandits, we can use 1 enemy against 10, and against this bandit army, I think we can only use 1 enemy against 3 at most. ”

Ouyang Longxing listened while writing it in his notebook, and after Huang Wei finished speaking, he said: "That's very good, then how do we deal with this bandit army? ”

Everyone else was silent, and then Zhang Zuolin said: "Commander-in-chief, Mayor Gao, I thought that to deal with this bandit army, I could only outwit it, not attack." ”

Ouyang Longxing said: "Then how to outwit it? Does Head Zhang have any good ideas?"

Zhang Zuolin said: "I don't have a good idea, but I have a suggestion, maybe it's okay." ”

Ouyang Longxing said: "If you have any suggestions, you might as well say it and listen to it, you can think of a way together." ”

Zhang Zuolin said: "I won't tell you anything, I have a little friendship with Du Lisan, the leader of this gang of bandits, and I am willing to persuade Du Lisan to surrender Zhao'an, but this is fake, that is, to lure Zhao'an, as long as Du Lisan believes, then whether it is to surrender or to negotiate, as long as he is alone, or only brings a few people, we can take the opportunity to kill Du Lisan, as long as Du Lisan dies, the bandit army is leaderless." Of course, I can't guarantee whether this will work out or not, but as long as the two of you are willing to give it a try, I should do my best to do it. ”

Ouyang Longxing and Gao Jin glanced at each other, both had some ironic feelings, before they came to Jinzhou, they made up for the history of the old time and space, knowing that in the old time and space, after Zhang Zuolin accepted the Qing court's surrender, he used Tou'an as a lure, and also invited Du Lisan's uncle Du Panlin as a lobbyist, and as a result, Du Lisan was ensnared and killed in the east. I didn't expect to go back to this road in this time and space.

Gao Jin thought for a while and said: "Commander Zhang, if it is just this incident of the bandit attack, your suggestion is very good, I think there is indeed a great chance of success, but I can't use your suggestion, because since the date of our establishment in East China, it is based on faith and righteousness, and if it is true, it will be fruitful, so that we can win the trust of the people, then we say that Zhao'an is the real Zhao'an, and we must not use Zhao'an as a lure to kill a Du Lisan, which will damage the credit, which will never work." ”

Zhang Zuolin was quite unhappy in his heart, because Gao Jin's words seemed to say that he was using a trick, but his face did not show it, and said: "Yes, yes, Mayor Gao said yes." ”

However, Gao Jin is also a shrewd person, and immediately saw that Zhang Zuolin was unhappy, smiled, and said: "Commander Zhang, you don't have to be careful, I don't mean to blame you, it's good that you can put forward such a suggestion, but this suggestion of yours is only considered from a purely military point of view, and when we adopt it, we need to consider it from all aspects, it is politics that determines the military, but not the military that determines politics." But if you have any ideas in the future, you can be bold and don't have any scruples. ”

Although it has been more than half a year since he took refuge in East China, Zhang Zuolin has also understood a lot of new words, but Gao Jin's words still seem to be understood, but he also understands that Gao Jin means that she does not blame herself for this suggestion, but she does not take it, so she feels a little more comfortable.

Ouyang Longxing said: "In fact, now Commander Zhang's troops, plus the army of this battalion we brought, to defeat this bandit army, even if the Mongolian cavalry is included, it is more than enough, but this must lead this bandit army to take the initiative to attack and fight with us." ”

Huang Wei said: "It's not easy, now the bandit army has retreated to the front line of Buxin and Quang Ninh, which clearly means that they don't dare to fight our army head-on, is there any way to lure them out?"

Zhang Zuolin also said: "Du Lisan is cunning by nature and is very suspicious, I'm afraid he won't easily lead the army to attack." ”

Gao Jin said: "I have a suggestion, which may not be feasible, but everyone can discuss it." ”

Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Gao Jin, and Zhang Zuolin was still secretly thinking in his heart, not knowing what this woman would think.

Gao Jin said: "I know that the current atmosphere is generally very contemptuous of women, so if Du Lisan knows that Jinzhou has sent a woman to be the mayor, what will he think in his heart, I think he will be very contemptuous and look down on us, so let's think of a way from this aspect, can we lead Du Lisan out?"