Chapter 63: The Conspiracy Begins

Feng Yubei bit her lip lightly, looked at Xu Guoren for a moment, and asked calmly, "What do you want?" ”

"Give me back the salary, and I will withdraw my troops, and we will not blame the past. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "Xu Guoren said.

"Who knows if your kid will go back on his word?" Xing was domineering.

"If I want to destroy you, do I need to negotiate with you? My artillery can wipe you all out on the spot. Xu Guoren pointed to the artillery position behind him and said domineeringly.

At the beginning, you kidnapped Guo Shiling's little sister and threatened me, today is really a turn of feng shui!

"If I had known that there was today, I wouldn't have saved you, a white-eyed wolf, and let you die under the guns of those corrupt officials." Xing Ba was a little annoyed.

"I, Xu Guoren, am a man and a man, worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, if the second master of the criminal family thinks that it was wrong to save me at the beginning, then Xu has nothing to say, but you robbed me of my military salary and killed my Northeast Army soldiers This matter is indeed the truth, not that I deliberately wanted to trouble you." Xu Guoren calmly opposed.

Feng Yu said: "If I say that we don't know that this batch of military salaries is yours, do you believe it?" ”

Xu Guoren nodded and said, "Of course, I also believe that you are by mistake, otherwise I wouldn't have told you so much." ”

A hint of pleasure flashed in Feng Yu's eyes, and he immediately ordered: "Give them the military salary." ”

Although Xing Ba was unwilling, he also understood that this was their only choice, otherwise Xu Guoren, the cunning little bastard, might really bombard Yunling Mountain.

Before leaving, Xu Guoren glanced at Feng Yu meaningfully and said: "Although I let you go, it is not a trivial matter for you to kill the Northeast Army, so let's leave Yunling Mountain as soon as possible and find a safe place." ”

Feng Yu looked at Xu Guoren silently, nodded, did not speak, and did not know what she was thinking at the moment.

After regaining the military salary, Xu Guoren released the hard-nosed Green Fox Gang spy before.

At this time, nearly 1,000 recruits were recruited, and with more than 1,000 prisoners, the number of new and veteran soldiers owned by Xu Guoren had exceeded 3,000, reaching the scale of a brigade.

Military salaries, military uniforms, shoes, weapons and ammunition and other military supplies are also complete, and the time is ripe for formal reorganization into brigades.

So, Xu Guoren picked a good day and set up a military parade platform on an open field in the south of Pingyang City, where he was ready to hold the inauguration ceremony of the independent 88th Brigade and the inauguration meeting of Chen Zhiyuan as the county magistrate.

Before the inauguration ceremony began, Xu Guoren discussed with Chen Zhiyuan, Guo Hu and others to draw up the structure of the various units under the jurisdiction of the independent brigade and the military commanders.

After the reorganization, the independent brigade will have three infantry regiments, and the units directly under the original regiment will be upgraded to units directly under the brigade headquarters, and the establishment of the guard company and the reconnaissance company will remain unchanged, but the armament will be more equipped with some semi-automatic pistols and light machine guns to strengthen the firepower of the units directly under the brigade headquarters.

In addition, the large blades captured from the Northwest Army and the Jin Sui Army were also all equipped with troops, and basically every veteran of the former security regiment had one.

The artillery company was expanded into an artillery battalion because there were a number of infantry guns and mortars in the military equipment given by the young marshal.

In addition to this, each main infantry regiment was also equipped with an artillery battery with twelve mortars as fire support for the whole regiment.

The commanders of the three regiments will be Xu Guoren, Guo Hu, and Guo Danian respectively, and the commanders of the guard company and the cavalry reconnaissance company will still be Niu Dagen and Guo Xiaoliu.

It's just that the commander of the newly formed artillery battalion is served by a captured former artillery platoon commander of the Jin Sui Army, this person is named Wei Yong, an honest and honest man who has an extraordinary love for artillery.

After everything was ready, Xu Guoren, Chen Zhiyuan, Guo Shiyin and other major officers of the Independent Brigade all changed into brand-new military uniforms and suits, and went to the parade platform in the south of the city surrounded by guards.

At this time, more than 3,000 officers and men who had all changed into military uniforms of the Northeast Army had already assembled in front of the parade platform and were ready to standby. Around the parade platform, tens of thousands of people rushed to see the lively Pingyang people who heard the news.

Xu Guoren ascended the parade platform with high spirits, solemnly announced the official establishment of the 88th Independent Brigade, and then solemnly said: "Next, please ask Mr. Chen Zhiyuan, the new county magistrate of this county, to say a few words to you!" ”

After speaking, Xu Guoren took the lead in applauding, and for a while, the applause at the scene was thunderous.

Chen Zhiyuan's mood was inevitably excited, and he secretly calmed down, he took a step forward, and said loudly with a smile: "Contemptible Chen Zhiyuan, thanks to Brigade Commander Xu's love, he is promoted as the county magistrate, and he is not only frightened, but also determined to work with Brigade Commander Xu to maintain the safety of our Pingyang side and the peace of the people. ”

Chen Zhiyuan was a famous doctor in Pingyang, and many people had received his favor, so he had a high reputation in the minds of the people.

After the inauguration ceremony, Xu Guoren and Chen Zhiyuan performed their respective duties, the new county government was established, and the work of taxation and public security was carried out in an orderly manner.

Xu Guoren also launched a three-month high-intensity training for each regiment of the 88th Independent Brigade, but fortunately, two-thirds of the more than 3,000 soldiers and horses were veterans, and an average of two people brought one recruit, so they could quickly form combat effectiveness.

Three months have passed in a flash, eight or nine months have passed since the end of the Central Plains War, and the time has come to July of the 20th year of the Republic of China, that is, July 1931.

After three months of training, Xu Guoren's independent 88th Brigade reached a new height in combat effectiveness.

Under the governance of Chen Zhiyuan, Pingyang has basically recovered its vitality, and everything is developing in a good direction, Xu Guoren During this period, Xu Guoren repeatedly asked Guo Shiyin to send telegrams to Yu Xuezhong, Wang Shuchang and others in the name of the commander of the 88th Independent Brigade, asking them to remind the young marshal to pay attention to the Japanese army outside the Guan, just in case.

After all, it hasn't been long since the 918 Incident broke out.

Although Xu Guoren also knew that his reminder was likely to be lost, he understood that he had to do these things.

The replies of Yu Xuezhong and others were also the same, saying that they would report Xu Guoren's reminder to the young marshal, as for whether they reported or not, or whether the young marshal listened or not, only the ghost knows.

On this day, Xu Guoren received an order from Wang Shuchang, the provincial chairman and commander of the Baoding garrison, that the 88th Independent Brigade was stationed in Lingshou and Dingzhou to be responsible for the defense of the Zhengtai Line.

Xu Guoren understood that the Northeast Army's action to let itself grab territory began.

After all, it is too wasteful for one brigade to be stationed in the ravine of Pingyang.

The Northeast Army spent so much money to support the 88th Independent Brigade, and it would definitely not just let Xu Guoren take them to Pingyang.

However, Xu Guoren knew that the time had come to ask for money and continue to expand the troops, so he made a request to Wang Shuchang, asking Wang Shuchang and Zhang Xueliang to allocate another batch of military supplies and salaries under the pretext of insufficient military spending and insufficient troops, as a condition for himself to lead his troops to Dingzhou and other places.

The Northeast Army intended to train Xu Guoren to become a fierce tiger, so as to compete with the Jin Sui Army for the control of the Zhengtai Line and the Pinghan Railway, so Xu Guoren's requirements were naturally not allowed.

Soon, another batch of military supplies was transported to Xu Guoren.

Xu Guoren used them to recruit 2,000 new recruits again, and scattered them into various units of the 88th Independent Brigade, making the total strength of the 88th Independent Brigade more than 5,000 people.

This is already more than the motley divisions of many warlords, and they are well equipped and trained.

After discussion, Xu Guoren decided to personally lead the main regiment, the guard company, the artillery battalion and Guo Danian's three regiments, a total of more than 3,500 people, to Dingzhou and stationed in the Lingshou area.

Guo Hu was left to lead the second regiment and the cavalry reconnaissance company and stay in Binh Duong.

Among them, the cavalry reconnaissance company is mainly responsible for liaison and running around in various places, although Xu Guoren asked for a few radio stations from Zhang Shaoshuai when he asked for military supplies, but the entire independent 88th brigade, except for Guo Shiyin, no one can play it.

Therefore, the communication between the regiments and battalions and the brigade headquarters still depends on the cavalry.

Anyway, now that Guo Hu has accumulated rich experience in leading troops, Xu Guoren does not need to worry about training and other matters, and Chen Zhiyuan is on the side to assist, so let him lead a regiment to guard Pingyang, Xu Guoren is relieved.

However, just a few days after Xu Guoren arrived in Dingzhou, something happened in Pingyang.

A group of gendarmes from the provincial capital, together with a few agents, drove into Pingyang County on the pretext that they were ordered to go on business, and directly broke into the county government compound to arrest the county magistrate Chen Zhiyuan.

The platoon commander who led the team sent people to report to Guo Hu while leading his subordinates to confront the other party with guns, and the two sides refused to give in to each other.

Soon, Guo Hu heard the news and arrived with hundreds of capable soldiers, and he rode a horse to the gate of the county government compound, shouting: "Who dares to arrest people on the territory of my 88th Independent Brigade? Surround me! I'll see who dares to move! ”

The title of the second regiment is Xu Guoren and Guo Hu, and the three regiments below the 88th Independent Brigade have their regular establishment and number, which are the 166th Regiment, the 167th Regiment, and the 168th Regiment.

A leading agent was fearless in the face of Guo Hu's subordinates, and walked over and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Guo Hu, commander of the 88th Regiment of the 167th Independent Brigade!" Guo Hu asked, "Who are you?" Dare to come to Binh Duong to arrest people? ”

"I am Zhao Wen, head of the Baoding Sub-station Action Group of the Military Commission of the National Government, and I have been ordered to arrest the communists lurking inside the government!" The lead agent said word by word, rather indifferently.

"What Communists? Who are the Communists? Guo Hu shouted puzzled.

"Of course it's Chen Zhiyuan, the magistrate of Pingyang County, we have definite evidence, otherwise we wouldn't have rushed to arrest people, I advise Commander Guo, you'd better not stop it, because this is a capital crime! Even your brigade commander Xu Guoren, because he recommended this person to be the county magistrate, also has unclear joint and several responsibilities, so now, if you know each other, don't meddle in this matter, otherwise the consequences will be very serious! Zhao Wen said in a cold and threatening tone.

Guo Hu didn't know what was at stake, but he knew that the relationship between Chen Zhiyuan and Xu Guoren was Xu Guoren's father's life-saving benefactor, so he was a little sluggish, and immediately shouted: "That's not good, I have to ask our brigade commander for this matter, without the consent of our brigade commander, no one will want to arrest people on the territory of our 88th Independent Brigade!" ”

"Obstructing us from arresting communists is tantamount to conspiracy, do you still want to rebel?" Zhao Wen shouted sharply.

"Put your mother's bullshit, if you rebel or not, you have to listen to our brigade commander, what are you?" Guo Hu is not from a military academy, and he has no experience with other warlords, so for this secret investigation team, it can be said that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

In his eyes, the eldest of the heavens, the second of Xu Guoren, and other than that, he is not afraid of anyone.

So, he immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Come on, arrest them all for me, and wait for the brigade commander to deal with them!" ”