Zhang Zuolin, who became the king of Fengtian, did not dare to be negligent and was very strict with the troops. He has a habit of liking private interviews with microservices. Of course, he knows the abilities of the commanders who have followed him for a long time, but he still has the heart to take the school examination for many of the newly promoted officers promoted by Zhang Hanqing.

One night, Zhang Zuolin cranked a paper folding fan, wore a melon skin hat, wore a silk robe, wore soft cloth shoes, dressed as a businessman, did not bring an adjutant, did not bring a guard, and quietly walked out of the south gate of the Shuai Mansion alone. He was going to privately inspect the defense of the army in Mukden City. Taking advantage of the darkness, he first suddenly came to the military police headquarters under the command of the guard brigade, and the officer on duty was startled, but he did not expect that the marshal would make a secret visit. Zhang Zuolin inspected the duty situation of the headquarters and was very satisfied when he saw that it was in good order. Then, he went to the headquarters of the 27th Division alone, and the officer on duty received the commander with a surprised face. Seeing that the division headquarters was in order, the marshal quietly retreated.

Zhang Zuolin didn't let anyone escort him, and walked back by himself. It was about 2 a.m., and the streets were sparsely populated and the night was dark. Zhang Zuolin walked towards the Shuai Mansion unhurriedly, he wanted to go home from the east gate, and slowly approached the east gate of the Shuai Mansion. The lights in the east gate alley of the Marshal's Mansion were dim, and Zhang Zuolin vaguely saw the sentry box at the east gate of the Marshal's Mansion, and felt that a sentry was standing guard on duty. Seeing that he was about to get home, Da Shuai walked happily and relaxedly.

When he was only more than 100 meters away from the east gate, Zhang Zuolin suddenly heard a stern shout: "Stop!" Password! ”

Zhang Dashuai was stunned for a moment, looked around, thought he was warning others, didn't take it seriously, calmed down, and continued to walk forward. At this time, the marshal heard the sound of the bolt of the rifle and the bullet being loaded. The battle-hardened commander knew that this was a preparatory shooting action. At the same time, I heard a more stern shouting and scolding: "Bastard, you are looking for death!" If you don't stop, I'm going to shoot you back to your hometown! ”

When Zhang Zuolin heard the guards scolding him for being a bastard, he couldn't help but be furious, and said loudly: "I'm Zhang Zuolin!" The marshal thought that as long as he revealed his identity, he could clear up the misunderstanding and go home smoothly.

didn't admit it, the guards were very vigilant, and they didn't believe Zhang Zuolin's answer at all, thinking that they were lying to him, so they continued to scold him sharply: "You are Zhang Zuolin's father, you have to get out of my way quickly." Otherwise, I won't be merciful with this shot! Zhang Zuolin was stunned when he heard this, little bastard, he dared to scold me. I just wanted to get angry, but I immediately calmed down, thought about it, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Good boy, you have a kind!" Okay, okay, I'll go, I'll go! ”

It was killed in a rain of bullets, and Zhang Zuolin realized that this guard was an extremely serious person. At the same time, he was blinded by the black light, he was wearing civilian clothes, and he did not bring guards, and he was alone, unable to prove his identity. Once the other party fires, it's not a joke. He made a quick decision, and immediately turned around and walked towards the east end of the alley.

Zhang Dashuai calmed down, took a shortcut and went straight to the machine gun squadron headquarters of the teaching team in the east of the road in Da Nanmen, which directly belonged to Wang Yizhe of the teaching group. When I arrived at the squadron headquarters, I called the squadron leader Wang Guansan. Wang Guansan was originally his personal guard, and after the guard team was promoted to a brigade, Wang Guansan also rose to the top, and as a veteran of the guards, he was promoted to the captain of the second lieutenant squadron, and he was a very credible person.

Wang Guansan is the second monk---- he was confused, and he didn't know what to ask him to do so late. The marshal told him to hang up the phone at the marshal's mansion and asked the staff officer on duty of the guard brigade to come out and pick him up and return to his house. At that time, the person who answered the phone happened to be Guo Songling, chief of staff of the Guards Brigade. As soon as Guo Songling heard that the marshal was calling from outside to ask someone to pick him up, he thought that something big had happened, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately gathered the pistol company, ran to the squadron headquarters, and took the marshal back to the marshal's mansion.

Zhang Zuolin returned to the office of the Shuaifu, and before he could sit down, he immediately said to Guo Songling: "Go and call the guard standing guard at the East Gate, I have something to say." Guo Songling didn't know what to do, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he gave the order to go. Soon, the commander of the company on duty that night brought a capable soldier in his 20s. He felt very strange that the marshal summoned him so late.

Zhang Zuolin saw the guard and asked solemnly, "What's your name?" ”

The guards didn't know what was going on, and replied in a stunned voice: "My name is Li Debiao!" ”

Zhang Zuolin listened to Li Debiao's accent and recognized that it was this guard who had just met him.

He whispered to himself, "It's this kid! He looked at this young man carefully, and saw that he was stupid and coarse, and his face was loyal, and he secretly liked him in his heart, and then he pretended to be stern and said, "Why didn't you let me enter Dongdaemun just now?" I also said that my father couldn't do it! Don't you listen to me?! ”

At this point, Li Debiao knew that the person who was scolded just now and was not allowed to approach the east gate was really Zhang Dashuai. He was overwhelmed, panicked, and knew he had hit a stubble. However, it has come to this point, and it is useless to regret it. Afraid? Of course, it is even more unhelpful. If you want to kill or chop, you can do whatever you want. However, he thought that he had to explain the situation and argue for himself, so he stubbornly said: "Report to the commander, the company commander has an order!" ”

The big marshal asked sharply, "What order?" ”

The guards replied loudly: "Stand guard at night, and no one is allowed to enter or leave the marshal's mansion without orders and passwords from above." Li Debiao emphasized that "no one is allowed", ---- you Zhang Zuolin is also one of them.

Zhang Zuolin slapped the table: "Is Lian growing up or am I older?" You company commanders have to listen to me! ”

Company Commander Chu was beside him, afraid that this stubborn little soldier would be hung up, and said: "The marshal, the young marshal has taught, 'The general will not be subject to the orders of the king', and said that 'soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty', and the young marshal's order is that no one is allowed to enter and leave the marshal's mansion at night." The young marshal said that the calmer the night, the more vigilant we must be. Since last month, no one has been allowed to enter or leave the marshal's mansion at night without orders and orders from the brigade headquarters, and violators of the sentries will be severely punished by military discipline. "He thought to himself that there is a conflict between your father and son, of course, it is better to communicate than us outsiders.

"Good boy!" Zhang Zuolin glanced at the company commander standing aside, and said approvingly: "I can't see that your kid will lead soldiers!" After speaking, he asked Li Debiao how old he was, where he was from, how many years he had been a soldier, whether he had married a daughter-in-law, and his family status. It turned out that Li Debiao was a native of Faku County, northern Liaobei, 21 years old this year, and had been a soldier for two years, and had not yet married a daughter-in-law because of his poor family.

Zhang Zuolin nodded. With tonight's actual encounter, and after some verbal investigation, Dashuai is already confident. He decided to reward Company Commander Chu and the young guard, using them as an example to encourage other soldiers.

He called over Guo Songling, chief of staff of the Guards Brigade, and ordered: "Mao Chen (Guo Songling's character), promote the company commander to be the battalion commander, and promote Li Debiao to the second lieutenant officer." Tell the Quartermaster Department to reward the company commander with 500 silver dollars and Li Debiao with 2,000 yuan. This is my personal reward for them, and let the Quartermaster take note of it first. ”

Guo Songling agreed: "Yes!" ”

However, Zhang Zuolin smiled at Company Commander Chu and Li Debiao and said: "'Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty', which is a good saying. But you young marshals have to listen to me, hahaha. ”

He was still unsatisfied, thought about it, and said, "Tell Yang Yuting to come to see me tomorrow morning!" Guo Songling said in his heart that he was in tune, and the marshal wanted to make further arrangements for Li Debiao.

Zhang Zuolin asked casually: "What is the password tonight?" ”

Company Commander Chu, who had just received the compliment, suddenly drooped his head, and even Guo Songling immediately fell silent. Zhang Zuolin wondered in his heart, isn't it just a password? Although the secrets are confidential, they are all conveyed from the headquarters of the Guards Brigade, and he, the commander, wants to know if there is a leak, right?

Li Debiao was still simple and blurted out: "Report to the marshal, tonight's password is 'young marshal mighty'!" ”

Zhang Zuolin: "..."

The next day, Yang Yuting, the general staff member of the Fengtian General Administration, came to see Zhang Dashuai, and Zhang Dashuai politely said to him: "Neighbor Ge (Yang Yuting's character), I will introduce you to a small fellow villager in your county." "Yang Yuting is also from Faku. Yang Yuting asked who it was, and Zhang Zuolin called Li Debiao and introduced them to each other. After the introduction, Zhang Zuolin told Yang Yuting what happened last night, Yang Yuting listened to it and laughed: "It's really a handsome man who meets a soldier, it doesn't make sense!" ”

Zhang Zuolin praised Li Debiao for "having a kind", and said again and again: "I, Zhang Zuolin, like hard bones." Soldiers, of course, take responsibility and listen to orders as the first, like Li Debiao, this kid, strictly implements military orders, no matter who it is, it's really rushing, it's really kind! ”

Then, Zhang Zuolin instructed Yang Yuting two things: first, ask Yang Yuting to be responsible for choosing a big girl of the same age as Li Debiao as his daughter-in-law; The second thing is to immediately send Li Debiao to the lecture hall to go to school.

Since then, Li Debiao has become a well-known figure in the Northeast Army. This ordinary soldier from a poor family has since changed the trajectory of his life. He was very competitive, not only entered the eyes of the old handsome, but also entered the famous military school lecture hall, and graduated with excellent grades. Of course, in the army, he also performed very well, and then commanded properly in a series of battles with the young marshal to suppress bandits, and made great achievements, and by the tenth year of the Republic of China (1921), he had been promoted to the colonel commander of the main force of the 27th Division.

Zhang Zuolin very much appreciated Zhang Hanqing's proposal that "soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty". If this is the case, as the supreme commander of the Feng army, who has the ability to take away military power from him? Officers and soldiers are not afraid of death, what battle can not be won? From then on, this phrase spread from the Guards Brigade to the entire Twenty-seventh Division, and was firmly remembered as the first rule for soldiers to enlist.

Good military discipline allowed the Fengjun to gradually emerge in the armies of various places at that time, and it was true that its combat effectiveness was enhanced, and it also won the support of the people of Fengtian. Of course, Guo Songling's rigor in governing the army is also rumored to be a good story. Since then, as a rising star within the Fengjun, Guo Songling has officially entered Zhang Zuolin's sight. As one of the descendants of the young marshal, he also officially stepped onto the stage of the core of the Feng army.