With Zhang Zuolin's big move in Fengtian Province, Feng Delin, who was an official in the same province, was unwilling to let Zhang Zuolin specialize in the front, and also wanted to expand his troops. The reason is that since Zhang Zuolin, as a general, can expand the ten battalions, he cannot show weakness as a military assistant.

Thinking about it, he was originally worth the same as Zhang, and when he expelled Xiao Duan, he also echoed in Guangning, the defense area. Now when I was picking peaches, I found that it was my turn to be deflated and small, and of course I was very dissatisfied.

Zhang Zuolin seized the opportunity, drove away Duan Zhigui, and fought for General Shengjing, which is equivalent to the Fengtian overseer, with an administrative governor's power. Although the position of provincial governor in a military regime is far inferior to that of the overseer, he can justifiably influence the distribution of various resources and take advantage of all opportunities. And he only got an empty military assistant, and now who in Fengtian City is not ridiculing himself for not being a human being and making wedding clothes for others in vain?

Feng Delin sent a telegram to the Central Committee, saying only that "the 28th Division needs to be expanded, please allow the recruitment of seven battalions," and designated Beizhen County as the location of the Military Affairs Assistance Office, and asked the President to order General Shengjing to allocate all the funds for the establishment of the Office and the salaries and equipment needed for the increase in troops. Beizhen County is Feng's hometown, and the famous Yiwu Guanshan Mountain in the Northeast is in the county.

Not only that, Feng Delin ordered the Fengtian Finance Department to allocate 500,000 yuan for the training of the air force (i.e., the air force).

The Fengtian Finance Department was in Zhang Zuolin's hands, and of course it would not take Feng Delin's words as a holy decree, so it would naturally immediately report it to Zhang Zuolin for instructions. Zhang Zuolin naturally did not comply, and he rejected this unreasonable request on the grounds of financial constraints. Joke, Lao Tzu is an Overseer and Governor, isn't it? Paid for your army expansion, was your head pumped?

But no one expected that Feng Delin would come to the province in person, and this time it was not a resignation. Instead, they came to the door and threatened it.

On May 20, Feng Delin led the five battalions of infantry, horses, and artillery to enter the city, and set up an office of the 28th Division in the south of Fengtian City, facing Zhang Zuolin's general's mansion. Zhang Zuolin knew that Feng had come to the province, so he personally went to Feng's office to visit and tried his best to express his favor, but Feng Delin's heart knot had not yet been opened, so his attitude was not friendly and unreasonable.

Feng Delin had soldiers and guns, and relied on the weakness of the central government's jurisdiction and fearlessness, and put forward three conditions to Zhang: "First, the rights of the assistant are equal to those of the general; second, mutual consultation in the administration of employment; Third, allocate 500,000 yuan to buy an airplane for Feng---- needless to say, this is a trick of his son Feng Yongzhi, using public funds to play private work, he loves this.

Zhang Zuolin was greatly disappointed, and he began to taste the bitter fruits of his bosses Zhang Xiluan and Duan Zhigui. In order to deal with this unruly "subordinate", he arranged for his allies Wu Junsheng (then the commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade in Fengtian and the town guard envoy of Taoliao (now Taonan City)) and Ma Longtan (the town guard envoy) to come forward to "persuade the driver" and persuade Feng Delin to do his best to take up his duties. These two men, along with himself and Feng Delin, were the four important military figures in Mukden. Feng knew that Wu and Ma were lobbyists for Zhang, so they blocked the drive. Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to visit Feng in person, and whispered to Feng many good words about the blessings and blessings of the brothers in distress. Feng still angrily put forward the conditions for taking up his post, that is, to set up a separate military affairs assistant office, whose organization, expenditure, and establishment are all the same as those of the general's office, and it must have flesh and blood, and there should be a chief of staff and four sections, and the establishment and funding should be exactly the same.

Zhang Zuolin's anger gradually rose, isn't this too deceitful! Thinking about his own military post some time ago, all the figures with heads and faces in Fengtian came, only Feng Delin, not only did he not come, but he didn't even arrange a person to congratulate, and he refused to take up a post as a military assistant. I've been disgraced for a while, and I'm angry when I think about it.

He had just been appointed as a general, and when he was about to show his strength, he didn't expect Feng Delin to be a constraint! However, the battle for positions is nothing more than a matter of willfulness and the use of force, and there is no very reasonable excuse for oneself, but it will give others a pretext of arrogance. And although he is a general of Fengtian, all he can mobilize is his own 27th division. Feng Delin has been in battle for a long time, and if he really meets each other, he may not have the upper hand. He has the heart to make peace, and he is willing to make concessions, but he is not willing to give in to this point.

Zhang Hanqing persuaded him: "Let him make trouble, and it will be good for everyone to rebel and leave their relatives and centrifuge up and down." He wanted to save face, and his father tried to give him face. Anyway, my father grasped the overall situation and was a righteous Fengtian chief, and we biased our resources to the 27th Division, and he was helpless, just as my father couldn't help him. However, Fengtiancheng knows that his father is affectionate and righteous, and no one will ridicule him, but Feng, all kinds of faces are hateful. Now that Feng Delin has become notorious in Mukden, his father will add to the fire and report his notoriety to the central government. ”

Zhang Zuolin nodded in agreement, so he called Yuan Shikai to "ruling".

Although it is said that it is a long drought and nectar, but it is big, and Lao Yuan cannot violate the national system, otherwise it is not revenge, but to add to his own blockage. However, reprimanding Feng Delin like this will make Zhang Zuolin a fisherman. After thinking about it, Yuan Shikai replied to Zhang Zuolin: "The establishment of the assistant office is not in line with the system, and it is not approved, but the office expenses of the military assistant office are allowed to be 150,000 yuan per month. This not only refuted Feng Delin, but also made Zhang Zuolin bleed---- these money, but it was all from Fengtian's finance.

Zhang Zuolin deeply admired Yuan Shikai's solution to the mud, but there was no better way. He took the telegram and 150,000 yuan of the first month's office expenses to see Feng, thinking that Feng would agree. Unexpectedly, Feng refused to accept it, and at the same time sent a telegram to Yuan asking for resignation.

Zhang Zuolin returned to the General's Mansion, and Feng Delin did not go back to worship. That night, Zhang prepared wine for Feng at the General's Office, but Feng Tui said that he was uncomfortable and refused to go to the banquet. Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to move the bottle to teach, carry the banquet to Feng Delin's office, and summon courtesans to come and drink. Feng sat in the chief, like a wooden man, and did not move.

The next day, Zhang Zuolin thought that his continued "show of weakness" could give the stubborn and self-esteem Lao Feng some steps to step down. He once again came to the door to pay homage to Lao Feng with great fanfare, but saw that people went to the empty building and Huang He went. It turned out that Lao Feng did not wait for Yuan's reply at all, and led his troops back to the original defense of Guangning early in the morning, on the grounds of "inspecting defense".

Beizhen is your territory, you have been in it for a few years, what defense needs to be inspected! Zhang Zuolin was slapped in the face.

At this point, Zhang Hanqing felt that he could justifiably tear his face with Feng Delin. However, he has been giving in until now, but Zhang Zuolin does not want to fall short. He still used soft workers for Feng, hired a large number of craftsmen to repair the provincial office of the 28th Division, and renovated the interior, especially Feng's office was exactly the same as his own, and then sent his own general counselor Yang Yuting to Beizhen to welcome Feng's assistant to take up his post in the province.

Zhang Hanqing persuaded him: "With Feng Delin's personality, no matter how luxurious the office is, it will not touch him in the slightest." My father repeatedly tolerated it, but Senior Commander Feng repeatedly pressed it, such a person is afraid that no matter how many conditions he has, he will not be satisfied, unless his father gives up his position as a general. Otherwise, it will increase the prestige of the other party, and make the whole province have doubts about the prestige of his father. ”

Zhang Zuolin was also very angry, he looked at Zhang Hanqing, and said in a deep voice: "Little Liuzi, if I didn't care about the cranes and mussels competing with each other and the fishermen profiting, how could I let Feng Delin, who has a mother, be embarrassed with me everywhere?" ”

Feng Delin, who was far away, sneezed and said stupidly: "Damn Zhang bandit, just talking about it sounds good, Lao Tzu looks bright, and I haven't reaped any benefits, and people still think that I am not satisfied with how many benefits I have gained." ”

Not to mention, Zhang Zuolin also has a bit of a "saliva self-drying" temperament.

Zhang Zuolin turned to soft tactics and sent Sun Liechen, who was the former commander of the 54th Brigade and had taken over his post as commander of the 27th Division, to Guangning, Feng's defensive area, with gifts and 300,000 yuan in cash, to reward the army and gently and respectfully persuade Feng to return to the province. Feng Delin's attitude became more and more tough, and he was quite likely to have a showdown with Zhang, but Zhang Zuolin still made compromises and did not want to really turn his face with Feng.

However, Feng Delin made trouble, but he was checkmate by Zhang Zuolin on the big scene, which was quite a bit of a kick on the nose and face. Killing people is not enough, Zhang Zuolin is already like this, what do you want? From the central government to the twenty-seventh division, they all felt that he was really unreasonable, even his own twenty-eighth division, and many people privately slandered him, saying that this assistant was not authentic and was too willful.

After all, what is the strength of the "soft dough" like Zhang Zuolin? Zhang Zuolin, a strongman outside the border, has repeatedly given you face, and you have not been relenting, it is not a negotiation, but a competition, and it is a battle of spirit.

In this situation, although Feng Delin knew that he had suffered a loss, he did not dare to really fall out with Zhang Zuolin, so he got off the donkey down the slope and finally reluctantly agreed to be this military "assistant".

The two strong people outside the border are fighting more than once, which is quite a headache for the center.

On June 6, Feng brought a large number of people to the province and proposed three "minimum" conditions to Zhang. The first two are still in the same format as a few days ago, and they are not even the same, but the asking price of the third one has been changed a little: the original request was 500,000 yuan, and now only the Finance Department is required to allocate 200,000 yuan for the purchase of additional aircraft for the 28th Division. Zhang asked Feng to give way, Feng resolutely refused, and Zhang went to see Feng in a low voice, but Feng actually blocked the car.

Originally, Zhang Zuolin still pinned his hopes on the mediation of the "central government". How do you know that Yuan Shikai, an old traitor, has always been divided and controlled in terms of employing people, fighting with Zhang and Feng, and secretly rejoicing in his selfish intentions, because he is accustomed to making his subordinates contain each other, and he is unwilling to cultivate a local figure who dominates one side. However, the imperial system failed, and he didn't want Fengtian to have any more disputes, so he asked his old brother Zhang Xiluan to ask him to serve as a mediator in Fengtian with the qualification of his old boss. ”

Zhang Zuolin couldn't bear it anymore, so he telegraphed Yuan to resign and asked Yuan to send Zhang Xiluan Keri to maintain local order. At this time, it was the time for "Emperor Yuan" to return to heaven, the world was spinning, Beijing was busy with major affairs, and no one had time to care about their affairs.

Feng Delin returned to the Quang Ninh base area on the same day, and the mediation was terminated.