Sure enough, Ji Jinchun only hesitated for Zhang Zuolin's request for a meeting, and replied that he would attend on time.

As a pure soldier, he has long been dissatisfied with Feng Delin's previous pretentious behavior, but it is only because of his love for many years. Now that Feng Delin is in a daze, he is willing to risk the world's condemnation to carry out restoration, then his political life will be finished sooner or later, so he is strongly opposed to this matter.

But Feng Delin had made up his mind, and he had no choice but to wait for the situation to deteriorate further with worry. Sometimes he is also thinking, if the incident happens, Zhang Zuolin uses the country's righteousness to threaten himself, how will he get along? Feng and Zhang have bad friends, but he has no ill will towards Zhang Zuolin, and he especially appreciates Zhang Hanqing's performance. The Fengjun outside the Guanwai is a family, and it is unimaginable that he will really fight, and whether he can control the army in a real fight is also between the two, because many of his subordinates have all kinds of relationships with Zhang Zuolin openly and secretly, and he knows it, but he doesn't say it.

With Zhang Zuolin's forbearance, he wanted to bring the entire 28th Division under his command, and he needed his own help. He also wanted to ask Zhang Zuolin in person to see his attitude towards him. So when I received this notice, I already had an idea, and that was to go.

But some disagreed.

Tang Yulin, who defected, did not want the two families to have contact. The meeting at this point in time is nothing more than to discuss how to eat the 28th Division, and with his understanding of Zhang Zuolin, eight or nine are not far from ten. If the 28th Division is gone, he will not even have a place to live.

So he said to his eldest son, Feng Yong: "Han Qing, the eldest brother is not in the army, and the 28th Division is all decided by Ji Jinchun." You know, we have always been at odds with Zhang Zuolin, is it a bit inappropriate to hold a meeting at this point in time? What if Zhang Zuolin detains him and uses it to threaten us? Or Ji Jinchun directly surrendered to the enemy and served us all in one pot! ”

Feng Yong is also playing drums in his heart, although he is in the army, he has no influence at all, and all military orders are mastered by Ji Jinchun. He was also afraid that the army would be swallowed by Zhang Zuolin, and at that time, his father's foundation would be lost, so what would happen if the restoration was successful? What's more, he is not optimistic about this matter, and his father will not even have a way to retreat at that time!

So he said to Ji Jinchun: "Uncle Ji, now that my father is not here, it is up to you to decide the 28th division." If you go to him, if Zhang Zuolin has a bad plan, then what should we do? ”

He said it very tactfully, but the implication was that Ji Jinchun heard it very clearly, because he was afraid that he would turn against him. But Lao Ji is a straightforward person, and he doesn't engage in those hypocrisy, and said bluntly: "Holding a meeting at this point in time is nothing more than that matter, I know this." It's just that the 28th Division is the army of the country, and he is the overseer, so I can't listen to it. But I go to a meeting, with only two ears, and I do what is in line with my identity; If you don't match your identity, wait for the division commander to come back and let him decide. As for personal threats, Yuting hasn't done that yet, so don't worry about this. ”

Speaking of which, Feng Yong couldn't persuade him again, so he could only watch him go.

Zhang Zuolin was in power, and he had heavy troops in hand, so he went to his territory to "be a guest", but Ji Jinchun only brought a platoon of guards. It's not that he holds it up, in fact, no matter how many soldiers there are, it's useless, and it's not to go to war, it's better to be single.

Zhang Zuolin held a very grand welcoming ceremony for him, and not only the heads of the 27th Division, but also the leading figures in the Fengtian political circles were all present. Rao is Ji Jinchun had been prepared for a long time, but he was still a little surprised by such an over-standard treatment.

He held Ji Jinchun's hand and said to everyone: "I am at odds with Ge Chen, and everyone in Fengtian knows about it, so some people say that I will take this opportunity to lure Haifeng to Fengtian, coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and then capture the 28th Division in my hands!" If it were someone else, my old Zhang might really do it! But who is Haifeng? That's a well-known loyal man in Kanto! Ge Chen dared to hand over the 28th Division to him, how could I be embarrassed by the loyal people? The main reason for inviting you here this time is to eat and drink and catch up with the old days, and by the way, to demarcate the defense areas of several troops, so as to avoid future conflicts. ”

This is a good pretend! Even Zhang Hanqing despised it. Last night, several backbone members of the Guards Division and the 27th Division were still studying on the map how to deal with it militarily if Ji Jinchun did not come or the 28th Division entered the customs, and today they brought out the flowers on the knife.

His boldness made Ji Jinchun also guard against it. From the beginning, he bet that Zhang Zuolin would not do the Hongmen banquet, and now he is finally relieved. He didn't even dare to say it, and thanked Zhang Zuolin and said: "This seat, Ji should be the host, please overseer and you!" Thanks to Zhang Du, Jin Chunsheng accepted it. The 27th and 28th divisions were originally in the Fengtian lineage, and they were easy to say anything. Ji came here to resolve the unhappiness of the past. ”

Sun Liechen had already been signaled, and he said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, and it's all between teachers and elders, so our relationship can't change." They were all from the green forest, and they originally had a good relationship, but they were only estranged because of the unhappiness between Feng Delin and Zhang Zuolin, the two "teachers".

Zhang Hanqing also said: "Yes, the brothers are here, we will smile and enmity when we meet, let's look forward hand in hand." "He is the commander of the Guards Division, although he is younger, but in the field, he is second only to Sun Liechen, of course, Zhang Zuolin has left this class.

Ji Jinchun and Zhang Hanqing are also old acquaintances, and when they saw Zhang Hanqing's heroic spirit, they couldn't help but say with emotion: "The young marshal is already a division commander in charge of tens of thousands of people, and his reputation is well deserved." The young marshal has done a good job in training, suppressing bandits, and land reform, and my ears are callousing when I listen to your name in Beizhen. ”

Zhang Zuolin smiled and said: "It's pure nonsense, fortunately there is no big mess", he pointed to Zhang Zuoxiang, Sun Liechen and others and said: "It's all their uncle's tolerance, otherwise Xiao Liuzi can do these things?" ”

Everyone laughed and said some humble words, and then talked about some old feelings, drank some wine, and had a good time.

The banquet was half drunk, and Zhang Zuolin only "mentioned" some defense areas of the two armies, but it was only "to restrain the soldiers, not to make trouble, and to inform the other party in advance of major activities so as not to miscalculate." This is the proper meaning, Ji Jinchun and Sun Liechen of course said yes again and again.

Seeing that he had already provoked the reason, Zhang Hanqing cut into tonight's theme: "Uncle Ji and Uncle Sun's behavior is clear, and it is clear that we are good at learning, so that our people in Fengtian will be much more stable." However, I heard that Feng Shibo went to Beijing to do some restoration, which is not a good sign. After all, it is politics, and it is inconvenient for our soldiers to participate, otherwise he wants to support the little emperor and his father supports the republic, and if there is a stalemate between the two of them, he really wants to fight, and the people of Fengtian will suffer. ”

Some things are difficult for others to find out, but he, a "junior", is very easy to say. Seeing Zhang Hanqing say this, the people in the audience are all smart people, why don't you know what Zhang Zuolin means? They all looked at Ji Jinchun to see how he answered.

Ji Jinchun had already made up his mind when he came, and he said with a smile: "What the young marshal said is right, Ji is a soldier and will never participate in politics. Division Commander Feng has his plans, and I can only follow the orders of the state. Before the restoration is decided, I can only help each other, and the 28th Division will definitely maintain a neutral attitude. ”

That's what I want!