Qiu Yahui nodded, this Zhang Sifei is really able to speak, just like the legend, and said: "Captain Zhang understands the righteousness, we should have personally gone to Xinmin Mansion to thank Captain Zhang, but there are too many military affairs now, and there are still 300,000 Russian troops in Shenyang City, we are really inseparable, so I also ask the two of you to apologize to Captain Zhang on my behalf." ”

Zhang Sifei hurriedly said: "Commander Qiu is too polite, such a trivial matter is nothing, it is worth thanking, and I don't dare to work on your big frame, but we Captain Zhang also said that if there is anything in the People's Army that we can help, please do our best." After a pause, he said, "If the People's Army doesn't dislike it, let us join the People's Army if we are willing to join it." ”

Qiu Yahui said: "Oh, is Captain Zhang interested in joining our People's Army?"

Zhang Sifei said: "Yes, yes! They also want to follow the People's Army to fight foreigners and give the Chinese a breath." ”

Tang Yulin also interjected: "Yes, what I am willing to join the People's Army is to fight a few battles with the big nose and the small nose, so that they can also know that the Chinese are not easy to bully." ”

Zhang Sifei said again: "I'm afraid that the People's Army will look down on us people from the green forest." ”

Qiu Yahui shook his head and said: "It's not a problem to be born in the green forest, there are also many people in our people's army who are born in the green forest, but now Captain Zhang is the official of the Qing court, and we have already fallen out with the Qing court, and now we are independent and self-contained, if Captain Zhang wants to join the people's army, isn't it going to betray the Qing court?"

Tang Yulin said disdainfully: "The court is a bird, don't hide it from Commander Qiu, my old Tang has long seen that the court is not pleasing to the eye, and he has no ability, seeing foreigners is like a mouse seeing a cat, but when he peels off the ground, he is more capable than the other, such a court, if he rebels, he will rebel, what's the big deal." ”

Zhang Sifei said: "Commander Qiu, when Captain Zhang took over the Qing court's recruitment, he was really forced to do so, they actually just set up an insurance team in the Zhaojiamiao area, just to protect the safety of their hometown in the troubled times, but this insurance team is not justified after all, don't look at the imperial court in front of the foreigners dare not let a fart, but in front of the Chinese than the bald tail dog, our insurance team was conscripted and suppressed by the imperial court as bandits several times, if it were not for our brothers who dared to fight hard, they would have been destroyed by the imperial court as bandits." It's just that we can't twist our small arms and thighs, so we found someone to take the door of Xinmin Prefect Zengyun and accepted Zhao'an. In fact, Captain Zhang, as well as a few brothers, don't look down on the court. But the People's Army is different, you are really not afraid of foreigners, regardless of the big nose and small nose, you really give the Chinese a bad breath, it is not hidden, Captain Zhang has long wanted to join the People's Army. ”

It turns out that Zhang Zuolin is different from ordinary bandits, that is, he has long seen that when bandits can not succeed, if you want to mix a good future, you must be recruited by the imperial court, from the establishment of the insurance team, Zhang Zuolin aimed at the imperial court's recruitment, so on the one hand, he restrained his insurance team not to disturb the place, not to extort the people, and indeed to protect the territory and the people; on the other hand, the officials of the Qing court are also very respectful, Shengjing general Zeng Qi took office, took his wife and family to Shenyang, when passing by the Xinmin Mansion, Zhang Zuolin sent troops to escort, all the way very courteous, (another said that Zhang Zuolin arranged for his subordinates to pretend to be bandits to rob Zeng Qi's familyAt the same time, Zhang Zuolin also paid great attention to making friends with local celebrities, such as Liu Chunlin, Li Yunong, Gongsheng Zhang Chengjiu, Xiucai Du Panlin, etc., all of whom had a close relationship with Zhang Zuolin, and also threaded the needle for Zhang Zuolin to accept the Qing court's recruitment.

However, after the People's Army entered the war, Zhang Zuolin was very keenly aware that the situation in the Northeast was about to undergo major changes, so Zhang Zuolin paid close attention to the development of the war on the one hand, and actively inquired about the details of the People's Army and the East China Government.

And with the development of the war, the People's Army won consecutive battles, Japan and Russia were defeated, in addition, Zhang Zuolin also inquired about the situation of the People's Army and the East China Government, from the heart, Zhang Zuolin is indeed quite admired by the People's Army, after all, the People's Army not only does not put the imperial court in its eyes, but also does not make mistakes to the foreigners, and really beats the foreigners, in addition, the situation in the Northeast has been very clear, although the People's Army is the last to come, but it is in the middle of the day, and will be the new master of the Northeast in the future, so Zhang Zuolin is glad that he did not choose to be the enemy of the People's Army on the one handOn the other hand, he also moved the idea of defecting to the People's Army.

It's just that although the group of local celebrities that Zhang Zuolin got acquainted with are inextricably linked with the Qing court, they really can't find much to do with the People's Army, and Zhang Zuolin doesn't know what the People's Army's attitude towards him is, so Zhang Zuolin is also very cautious and doesn't dare to take action easily, but just let the group of local celebrities he got acquainted with find a relationship to see if he can have anything to do with the People's Army.

At the end of 1905, after the mediation of the United States, tripartite talks were held, and the war in the northeast region was temporarily suspended, and the attention of the people's army also turned to the suppression of bandits, and in less than three months, more than 20 bandit forces of various sizes were eliminated, several of which were well-known bandits in the northeast.

Although the People's Army did not move to Zhang Zuolin's head, Zhang Zuolin also realized that his time may not be much, although he is now the official of the Qing court, but Zhang Zuolin knows very well in his heart that after all, he is a bandit, and his team still retains some of the nature of bandits; in addition, the relationship between the People's Army and the Qing court is not very good, and it can even be said that it is bad, and the Xinmin Mansion is less than 60 kilometers away from Shenyang, so the People's Army can be said to be able to destroy itself easily. And if you wait for the People's Army to come to your door, it will be too late to join the People's Army.

So Zhang Zuolin ordered that he and the families of the main cadres and the main army should be moved to Octagonal Terrace in Tai'an County. Although Zhang Zuolin first ran an insurance team in Zhaojiamiao in Montenegro County, the real place where he started was Octagonal Terrace, because Octagonal Terrace is a big town, there are more than 50 businesses in the town, and the economic strength is strong, and here Zhang Zuolin not only got acquainted with the local celebrity Zhang Chengjiu, but also the former Octagonal Terrace regiment commander Zhang Jinghui also joined Zhang Zuolin's subordinates, which strengthened Zhang Zuolin's strength. And now that Zhang Zuolin has moved to Octagonal Terrace, he is naturally temporarily avoiding the edge of the People's Army.

At this moment, the bandit leaders of Jinxi Red Snail Clam, Yuan Si and Yuan Wu, were bribed by Japanese spies and prepared to attack the stronghold of the People's Army, and they also wanted to pull Zhang Zuolin to do it together. Zhang Zuolin immediately realized that this was an opportunity to show goodwill to the People's Army, and although this move would offend the Japanese, he would not hesitate to do so, not to mention that now that the Japanese army had been driven to the Korean Peninsula by the People's Army, what kind of waves could it stir up.

So Zhang Zuolin pretended to agree to the fourth and fifth brothers, and then took advantage of his unpreparedness to lead the army to raid the red snail clams, not only destroyed the stockade of the fourth and fifth brothers, but also captured the fourth and fifth brothers, and sent Tang Yulin and Zhang Sifei to send the fourth and fifth brothers of Yuan, as well as a generous gift to the camp of the people's army in Shilihe, so as to form a good alliance with the people's army and test the attitude of the people's army.

At this time, Qiu Yahui said: "If Captain Zhang intends to join our People's Army, of course we welcome it with both hands, and we do have some things we want to ask Captain Zhang for help, but whether it is to join the People's Army or cooperation, it is not clear in one sentence or two, and it must be discussed in person, but I also said it just now, we really can't get out of it now, so please go back and send a letter to Captain Zhang, if Captain Zhang is free, please ask him to come to us and negotiate in person." After a pause, he said, "Please rest assured, we can guarantee Captain Zhang's safety." ”

Tang Yulin and Zhang Sifei glanced at each other, and Zhang Sifei said: "Okay, in fact, Captain Zhang has long wanted to come to see the military might of the People's Army in person, and this time I want to send someone over in person, but I have never been in contact before, for fear of causing misunderstanding, so I sent the two of us, and when we go back to tell Captain Zhang what Commander Qiu meant, he will definitely come to visit Commander Qiu in person." ”

In fact, Zhang Sifei's answer was ordered by Zhang Zuolin in advance, because Zhang Zuolin had already considered that no matter whether the People's Army accepted his surrender or not, it was very likely that he would let himself go there in person, and if the People's Army wanted to accept him, then of course he would personally go to negotiate with the People's Army about the conditions for his refuge, and if the People's Army did not want to accept him, he would take advantage of this opportunity to trap himself. But no matter what the People's Army's plans are, they might as well agree to it first, in order to show their sincerity, anyway, their legs are on themselves, and it is up to them to decide whether they go or not in the end. That's why Zhang Sifei agreed so simply.

Speaking of which, Tang Yulin and Zhang Sifei have achieved their goals this time, so Tang Yulin said: "Our affairs are done, and we don't dare to disturb Commander Qiu's official business anymore, so I will leave." ”

Qiu Yahui also nodded and said, "Okay, I won't keep the two of you." But there is another thing, our discipline is that we must never accept gifts, so we cannot accept the gifts that you bring to the table. Saying that, Qiu Yahui asked someone to bring in a large and a small box, and said: "The 3,000 taels of silver, you still have to bring it back, it is inconvenient to take away the livestock and grain, and we also need it, so we buy it at the market price." ”

Tang Yulin and Zhang Sifei couldn't help but be a little surprised, Zhang Sifei hurriedly said: "These are all a little bit of our Captain Zhang's thoughts......"

Qiu Yahui didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and immediately said: "I understand Captain Zhang's intentions, but these things must not be accepted, and there is absolutely no room for accommodation at this point, so you take these two boxes of silver money away." ”

In the process of receiving the two, Qiu Yahui was kind and pleasant, but at this time he had a serious face, although Tang Yulin and Zhang Sifei did not read much, but after all, they had been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and they still had a little bit of effort to observe words and expressions, and when they saw Qiu Yahui's attitude, they knew that there was no room for recovery, so the two of them stopped talking nonsense, and asked someone to carry the two boxes and leave.