Chapter 309: Attacking the Heart
With benefits, the bandits couldn't help but mumble to each other, and the originally monolithic camp was quickly divided.
Lu Yonggui's gang was formed by the merger of dozens of large and small mountains, and the reason why Lu Yonggui was regarded as Guigao was only because he had a plan and responsibility, not because he had the most heads. Since Zhang Zongchang privately met with a group of minions leaders, his life has not been easy: today a group of bandits have recruited peace, and tomorrow a group of people will be "anyway". The crowd has a agglomeration effect, and the bad news is becoming more and more frequent, and some of the originally determined bandits on the mountain have also made waves.
At this time, Zhang Hanqing struck while the iron was hot, and he announced in the name of the Jilin Security Command that all bandits who surrendered to Cheng and who were unwilling to become soldiers could pay their way home, and the local government would not discriminate; Those who are willing to accept the adaptation can directly become a formal army that eats imperial food. This army will be organized into a number of regiments, and the bandits who defected in the early stage will be given the rank of commanders at all levels of regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads, depending on how many of their men and horses have been drawn, and the establishment will basically remain unchanged. And the supreme commander of this team is Zhang Zongchang.
Yes, Zhang Zongchang saw the strength of the Guards Division with his own eyes in Jilin, and also heard that Zhang Zuolin's soldiers had a lot of food, and he had already had the idea of "changing jobs". He came, and he had already made his attitude clear, but he hadn't confirmed it before.
And once the bandit army that resists to the end is captured during the battle, it will be confirmed that the rebel general is a rebel general. If the heavy one is killed and shot, or the light one is reformed through labor, it is definitely a chore.
I heard that Zhang Zongchang was the leading brother, and even some hesitant bandits were tempted. Although Zhang Zongchang has various shortcomings, he is still very open-minded to his subordinates, and his reputation is outstanding. It's a bit too good to describe him as "righteous and talented", but this gangster is nightmare, believes that there is wine today and drunk today, and it is a big advantage to make friends and be willing to make money, otherwise the bandits in the Northeast will still remember his kindness and righteousness a few years later.
His team, Zhang Hanqing named the "Northeast Mixed Brigade". This "bastard" is a bastard of three religions and nine streams mixed together, and it also has the meaning of a bastard---- Zhang Hanqing actually looks down on him a little. However, Zhang Zongchang is a big old man, and he was personally appointed by the young marshal, but he was beautiful when he became the brigade commander, and later Zhang Hanqing was a little unhappy.
The great victory of "collecting bandits" in the southeast, Gao Shiwei did not know that he was still dreaming of bargaining with Zhang Hanqing because he was surrounded in Changchun. If the Second Mixed Brigade has its own territory, whether it is Tonghua, Baishan or Yanji, it is an excellent arrangement for itself---- first, it is remote and can be self-contained, and second, it is very close to Lu Yonggui. You must know that the number of beards in the Northeast is so large and its distribution range is that it is rare in the world.
Zhang Hanqing also had a dialogue with him on a side-by-hand basis, and the two sides either "if you surrender, I promise not to adapt" or "if you promise not to adapt, I will surrender" to play word games back and forth, which is simply a copy of "no armed forces, no independence" and "no independence, no armed forces, no armed forces" between the mainland and Taiwan in post-history.
But when Meng Enyuan came to his territory again and demanded that he recognize the situation, Gao Shifu woke up like a dream: he wanted to delay time in order to prepare, and Feng Jun also had this idea. It's just that his defensive circle has not been reinforced much, and his peripheral forces have been basically emptied. If the battle starts, he will really be a bandit, and he will be a lonely bandit!
Meng Enyuan didn't know what Lu Yonggui had become, but it was a fact that Zhang Zongchang, who was heavily dug up by Zhang Hanqing, armed three regiments, and these were all recruited empty-handed, and Meng Enyuan saw it with his own eyes and said it with his own mouth. Moreover, it is said that the main force of Hu Zi has retreated to the vicinity of Huichun on the Sino-Korean border, and the news that the Jilin Security Command has requested that government personnel be dispatched to Dunhua, Antu, and other counties to carry out local management shows that the Hu bandit army has at least lost its dominant position in the central and eastern parts of Jilin.
Lu Yonggui: What's wrong! Didn't he have tens of thousands of horses? How did it collapse so fast! This is not over, and there is news that Lu Yonggui also sent someone to throw stones at the young marshal to ask for directions, to see if there is a chance to get a piece of the pie, and the young marshal is still considering it. I don't know where this news came from, but it spread very evilly, not only did it not show physical evidence, but even the scene of the conversation was vivid.
People are bandits who have become the Beiyang Army, but now they want the Beiyang Army to become bandits, which makes Gao Shiwei's team unstable. The old boss reprimanded Gao Shiwei in public, which caused ripples among some officers.
In fact, Meng Enyuan doesn't want to be this lobbyist: these are all brothers who started by themselves, and they are all his former cronies! However, Zhang Hanqing made it clear this time that once the matter of absorbing the Hu bandits is completed, he will free up his hands to subdue the Gao Brigade by force. At that time, the Gao Brigade will be declared a rebel, so as the former Overseer and his uncle, Meng Enyuan will definitely not be able to get out of it. His relatives and friends in Jilin will not only be linked, but Zhang Hanqing will also urge the three eastern provinces to inspect the embassy and ask the central government to seize Meng Enyuan's family property in Tianjin. The war has led to the misery of the people, and Meng Enyuan will also be severely punished because the initiator is listed as a sinner in the Northeast!
Zhang Hanqing's words were so strong that Meng Enyuan did not dare to doubt that if this happened, Zhang Hanqing would do so without hesitation, thinking of the young marshal's character of not being afraid of heaven and earth and the ruthlessness of moving when he said it.
Yes, Zhang Hanqing is preparing to do this. As a nascent regime, it needs artillery fire to rely on, and it also needs blood to thrive for it. Otherwise, how can he show his seriousness, heaviness, and the vicissitudes of history? The Soviet regime established by its northern neighbours is violently overthrowing the old order, and as a new feudal regime, it may need to sweep away the old power with a stormy action. In this way, he can carry out all kinds of construction in his heart in the Northeast with peace of mind, and not be resisted or resisted by various forces. In this sense, it is a good thing that the cow ghost and snake god are exposed first.
Therefore, this time Meng En's entry into Ji was far from being a two-faced hand who seemed to obstruct the real and vertical for the first time, but a sincere opposition. As soon as he opened his mouth, some half-hearted people were the first to waver. Meng Enyuan is their old chief, and it must be right to follow the old chief.
But Gao Shifu's feeling is: people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.
Bad news came one after another, and Zhang Hanqing, who was still "preparing for the appropriation fee", tore off the veil of warmth, not only did he not have the "appropriation fee" of 500,000 yuan, but also declared the Gao Brigade a rebel army and regained Changchun by high-profile force.
Zhang Hanqing's propaganda campaign a few days ago began to bear fruit, and it was aimed at only Gao Shiwei alone. first counted his evil deeds, and then changed the conversation, explaining that in order to push his uncle back to power, Gao Shifu tied the entire Second Mixed Brigade to his chariot and engaged in a confrontation of luck. Victory is a personal turning point for him; Failure will lead the whole brigade to the boundless darkness: don't do the work of eating the emperor's food, but go to the mountains to be a bandit?
In order to divide it from the inside, Zhang Hanqing took out a heavy reward: unless Gao Shiwei took the initiative to lead the whole brigade to surrender, he could make up for it. Otherwise, once the war starts, those who take Gao Shifu, whether they live or die, will be rewarded with 100,000 yuan; Lead an army "anyway", the officer is promoted to one level, and each soldier brought out is rewarded with ten yuan. There must be brave men under the so-called heavy reward, and a small investment can be exchanged for a big return, so that the Northeast is better than anything else.
Its stimulus was not only divisive, but also seriously affected Gao Shiwei's prestige in the army. Now except for the pro-soldier company, Gao Shifu looked at everyone as if he was going to take someone else's head as a reward, so his eyes were full of scrutiny, and this was what the neighbor said when he stole the axe. This made the officers under him express that they were under great pressure, and they were just weak in being thieves, and they were weak in not being thieves.
In the long run, there will be no need to fight this battle. However, Gao Shiwei did not want to cooperate with Zhang Hanqing's arrangements for him: after defecting to Chengcheng, the whole brigade was reorganized, and Gao Shiwei left Jilin to go to Tianjin to join his Uncle Meng.
Gao Shifu felt the need to unify the thinking of the officers, and he convened two successive meetings of senior officers to discuss the situation. Unlike in the past, a considerable number of officers believe that they should not make too much trouble with the Jilin Security Command and that they should leave a way out for themselves. Their reason is that they are all from the northeast line, and the officers and men are all natives of Jilin, and it is extremely irresponsible for their subordinates to have no place to stand.
The point is that in the situation of being outnumbered in front of us, the only way out after the war is to become bandits, which is completely different from the previous outcome of Gao Shifu's propaganda of achieving the self-contained system of the mixed brigade outside the Feng system through demonstrations. Although they keep saying that "it's a big deal to be bandits", it is quite difficult to take this step.
Someone neutralized and said: "Is it possible to communicate with the young marshal, so that we can leave Changchun and go to Jidong safely?" We give him an intact Changchun, this condition may be acceptable, right? "Fighting in Changchun, it can be called a "rebel army". It is easy for some of them to run away with guns, but the family is all over Jilin, although it is not as bad as his wife and children, but he is always sick, isn't it? It is better to avoid the things that can be avoided as much as possible, leave a line of favor, and meet in the future. Besides, they don't have any deep hatred with the young marshal, and it's not a big deal to surrender to the Feng department. Moreover, the Feng system was gradually formed after accommodating many forces.
As soon as these words came out, many people echoed them. Speaking of which, it was not Zhang Zuolin who took away Meng Enyuan's overseer, but Bao Guiqing! Although we don't have any dealings with the young marshal, we don't have any enmity, do we? If you want to complain, it is also Gao Shifu who has complaints.
Gao Shifu saw that everyone who was usually with him was planning to deal with him at this time, and he knew that it was going to be bad. Don't look at these people who call them brothers and sisters in front of them, but behind their backs, they don't care about exchanging other people's heads for money! He made up his mind to talk to Zhang Hanqing first, and it would be best if he could leave peacefully.
The army's spirit is scattered, and if it continues to stiffen, it will be a worry for his life.