When Zhang Zuolin was still eyeing Feng Delin, Zhang Hanqing's eyes had already pointed to Jilin and Heilongjiang.

If the People's Party wants to become the People's Party of China, not a local party in a corner of Mukden, these two provinces must be eaten. Based on the experience of history, there is now a good opportunity. He was full of hope to rely on the Northeast to change the future situation, and he felt that time was running out. And his ambitious "father" Zhang Zuolin, because he was competing with Feng Delin in Fengtian, was unable to look north.

According to the situation in the northeastern provinces, the father and son thought that Meng Enyuan in Jilin was very wary of himself, and his subordinates formed a group, and it was difficult to start in a hurry. Moreover, Jilin's economic conditions are second only to Fengtian, while Heilongjiang is relatively weak, and in terms of volume, it is not difficult for Fengtian to eat and digest it. In addition, there is infighting in the Black Province, which is relatively easy.

Even so, the father and son still worked together for a long time, thinking that it was not enough to use their hands directly, and it was better to use other people's hands to remotely control Jiang Province. The two of them stared at Xu Lanzhou at the same time... So they hit it off and discussed a way to "borrow chickens to lay eggs", that is, to control Heilongjiang Province through Xu Lanzhou, and first take Heilongjiang, which is relatively easy to solve.

Xu Lanzhou, commander of the First Division of the Army stationed in Heilongjiang, is a native of Nangong Balizhuang. He learned Confucianism and martial arts at an early age, and was recommended to study in the Hunan Lecture Martial Arts Hall at an early age, and joined the Beiyang Army after graduation. In the third year of the Republic of China, Xu Lanzhou served as the commander of the army lieutenant general, and Zhang Zuolin, Feng Delin, and Jilin Meng Enyuan were ranked among the three eastern provinces, and he was the No. 1 real power figure in the military circles of Heilongjiang Province.

Xu Lanzhou had a close personal relationship with Zhang Zuolin, and during his tenure as division commander, he was ambitious and always wanted to seize the military and political power in Heilongjiang Province, and was known as the "Zhang Zuolin" of Heilongjiang Province. Zhang Zuolin also vigorously supported Xu Lanzhou's act of squeezing out the people in power in Heilongjiang Province, and promised to promote him to be the overseer of Heilongjiang after the matter was completed, and promised to give him financial assistance, and he assured Xu Lanzhou: "If Jiang Province wants to use the money, I can delay the repayment of Japan's 3 million yuan foreign debt and divert it to you for use first."

After Li Yuanhong succeeded to the presidency, he ordered Bi Guifang, a "Russian expert" who had been the governor of Heilongjiang Province, to take office again and take up the post of governor of Heilongjiang Province and the military superintendent. Bi Guifang was originally a banner man, and later changed to a direct subordinate nationality, a diplomat background, and served as an attaché of the Qing Legation in Russia. This Bi Guifang, who went and returned, made Xu Lanzhou extremely jealous, and thought: "I worked hard, and I just squeezed out Zhu Qinglan, the right general of Zhen'an, to get a position as an assistant to military affairs, but you sit back and enjoy it, pointing fingers at me, you can't be so cheap!"

The opportunity has finally arrived! Bi Guifang is known for being afraid of his wife, in order to make his wife happy, on the occasion of his wife's birthday, he put on a banquet and feasted guests. Xu Lanzhou sent his cronies Li Jinglin and others to deliberately shout and shout at the banquet, causing Bi Guifang to clash with the officers. Ying Shun, the commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, and Ba Ying, the commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, were also dissatisfied with Bi Guifang, and conspired with Xu Lanzhou's henchman Ren Guodong and said: "We plan to ask Division Commander Xu to come out as an overseer, what do you say?"

Ren Guodong, who had already been instructed, immediately readily agreed, and made a wish that if Xu Lanzhou was made the overseer of Heilongjiang and Bi Guifang was driven away, Ba Ying'e could be promoted to division commander, and Yingshun could also serve as the town guard. The two sides hit it off at the wine table.

When the Governors of the Army stood up one after another to express their support for Duan Qirui, Xu Lanzhou, the Governor of Heilongjiang Military Affairs, also declared independence, not to the Central Committee, but to the Bi Governors. Because Bi Dujun at this time made a mistake politically: he advocated wait-and-see and was not in a hurry to declare independence, which was inevitably considered by Duan Qirui to be inclined to Li Yuanhong.

Xu Lanzhou felt that he had found a good opportunity, and he asked Bi Guifang to resign from his position as overseer. Bi Guifang negotiated with him, willing to let the governor give in and stay as the overseer, but Xu Banzhou wanted to be the overseer at the same time, so as to bargain. He believed that he held the power of the army, and instructed Yingshun and others to lead the troops to the Overseer Office to ask Bi Guifang to "let the virtuous".

Bi Guifang's name is Overseer, but there is not a single soldier. Under duress, Bi proposed to stay as governor, but Xu Lanzhou did not agree, not only asked Bi Guifang to give up all his positions, but also limited him to leave the country within 24 hours.

Bi Guifang was helpless, and without waiting for the central government's consent, he issued a notice to go to the field, recommending Xu to be an agent, and Dianyun: "Xu is shrewd and resolute, penetrating and clear, and can really help the times and become the pillar of the country." After handing over the two positions of overseer and governor to Xu Lanzhou, he resigned angrily and returned to Beijing.

Xu Lanzhou got his wish, maybe he felt embarrassed, so he also telegraphed and said: "Bi Dujun is humble and humble, resigning, adopting the technique of light, retaining, and resigning." I had to take care of it for the time being. ”

Forgetful, without waiting for the appointment of the Beijing government, he proclaimed himself the overseer of Heilongjiang. Later, he broke his promise and promoted the pro-trusted Guodong to be the division commander, and put aside Yingshun and Ba Ying, who were staring at this position.

After Ying and Pakistan were tricked, they were extremely angry, and the two began to turn their guns to deal with Xu Lanzhou. For a time, Heilongjiang had a strong taste, and war was about to break out.

Duan Qirui's cabinet didn't care about the dispute between Bi and Xu, and he had no intention of supporting Bi, but he didn't like to make trouble, so he called Xu to Beijing to talk. Xu Lanzhou called back and said: "There are two sect members in Heilongjiang, Yingshun and Ba Ying, and they must stay here to extinguish the bandits. He was unwilling to give up the position of overseer and governor in his hands, so he sent a telegram to Zhang Zuolin, hoping to get Zhang Zuolin's help.

At this time, Zhang Zuolin was quietly watching the changes in the current situation, and saw that the political situation in Heilongjiang was in chaos, and Zhang Zuolin was happy in his heart. However, he is still in the stage of stalemate with Feng Delin of the 28th Division, and he is powerless. was waiting to politely refuse, but Zhang Hanqing said: "Fighting cattle across the mountains is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, this is a good opportunity to brush up on your sense of existence." Father and Assistant Feng can't eat each other now, so it's a good idea to open up the situation from the Black Province. ”

Wake up the dreamer with a sentence, Zhang Zuolin decided to use the means of "seizing power in chaos" to take Heilongjiang in one fell swoop. He sent his confidant Sun Liechen to Jiang Province in the name of mediating the dispute between the two factions to win over both sides, so as to pave the way for a smooth seizure of power.

After Sun Liechen arrived in Jiang Province, he met with Yingshun and Xu Lanzhou successively. Yingshun and Sun Liechen were both trained in the lecture halls of the three eastern provinces. The old classmates were happy to see each other, and Yingshun gave Sun Liechen all the things in Heilongjiang Province.

Sun Liechen's trip was not in vain, and both sides of the Heilongjiang confrontation actually expressed their willingness to obey Zhang Zuolin's arrangement, which made Sun Liechen both surprised and delighted, and he rushed back to Fengtian to resume his life. Upon hearing the good news, Zhang Zuolin immediately sent a telegram to his power partner, Duan Qirui, a powerful figure in the Beijing government, recommending his son and daughter, Bao Guiqing, head of the Central Army's Martial Arts Hall, to take over as the overseer of Heilongjiang Province.