Hebi was lost, Wu Peifu's army went all the way south, Puyang, Xinxiang local guard general Fang Youtian led the headquarters of the people and horses to surrender, Wu Peifu immediately ordered him to continue to be in charge of the affairs of northern Henan, and to Xinxiang as a base, appointed officials, recruited strong men, supplemented the establishment, and further increased the offensive on Luoyin City, perhaps with the lessons of the Hebi War, Wu Peifu's strategic offensive changed from the previous soldiers to the speed of the battalion, this move was steady and steady, greatly expanding the direct power in Central China, and improving the military quality of the recruits, It pushed the battle line to Luoyin City, and with Wu Peifu's propaganda strategy, the gentry of the entire Central China Province began to pour into Wu Peifu's military camp to surrender their sincerity, gifts, and show loyalty. I have never encountered a little bit of resistance and complaints, since entering the border of Central China, those unfriendly rural self-defense organizations have also sent pigs and sheep and other things to reward the three armies, there are not many things, but they also show their attitude, but there are also a few old Bi family's dead friends, that is, stubborn and unwilling to submit, but these people did not stop Wu Peifu's advance, so Wu Peifu is too lazy to care about these people in general, anyway, as long as he defeats Chang Zhenbang, occupies Luoyin City, and pacifies Central China, These people don't want to obediently bow down to him for the sake of their own small lives.

When the army arrived at the periphery of Luoyin City, the gentry of several nearby counties organized the people to carry out a grand welcome ceremony, but after seeing the reality of these places, he couldn't help but gasp, perhaps because he knew that Luoyin City was about to usher in a big war, the local young and middle-aged people fled one after another, leaving only some old and weak people left here, not only could not give Wu Peifu any support, but also smeared Wu Peifu if he was careless, but Wu Peifu was not an idle person, and immediately let the reporters with the army take pictures truthfully, In the newspapers, they hyped up the misery of the people in Central China because of Chang Zhenbang and Lao Bi's family, and called on the people inside and outside the province to denounce the atrocities of Lao Bi's family and Chang Zhenbang's aid.

Chang Zhenbang seems to have been prepared, and the Central China Daily, Central China Times, etc., almost simultaneously exaggerated Wu Peifu's atrocities, calling on the people of Central China to unite to drive Wu Peifu away and resume his old life.

The two sides have not yet officially engaged in war, and the two sides are fighting in public opinion, and both are desperately trying to buckle the basin that caused the displacement of the people on each other's heads. Take it? was preached by the southwest as a dog-eat-dog.

The newspaper war continued, Wu Peifu thought about the current situation of the army, and before launching an offensive against Luoyin, he asked his henchmen to gather the nearby gentry to come over for a meeting, and when these people arrived at the barracks,

He first organized the whole army and went through the military, and showed the demeanor of the Beiyang Third Division in front of these people, only to see the neat military uniforms of the officers and soldiers of the Third Army who were majestic and heroic, and when they raised their feet when they went out of the exercise, they were all at once, just like the earth shook the mountains, and a call was made by thousands of mouths, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the soldiers these gentry saw on weekdays were not bandit soldiers like Bi Zehua who came up and did it, or the bully army of Qian Defa who bought and sold with white stripes, how could he have seen such outstanding soldiers in the military formation, and the eyes he saw at that time were almost about to pop out of his sockets, I couldn't speak for a long time.

Wu Peifu saw the stunned looks of these gentry, smiled knowingly, and said: "Cao Sanye's army is a civilized army, a mighty army, and a tiger and wolf army. ”

These gentry are either submissive or flattering, they don't care what the army is like in their direct lineage, as long as they can fight and don't harass the locality, especially if they don't fight their autumn wind idea, that's good, as for what kind of civilized army, mighty army, tiger and wolf army, these are all nonsense.

Wu Peifu looked at these gentry or submissive, or smiling and flattering, he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, the world is the world of the world, but it's a pity that the people of the world here are not referring to those peasant men who face the loess with their backs to the sky, let alone those small merchants and hawkers who walk the streets and alleys and work hard, but these gentry in front of them, the world is theirs, only a family of old and young people who have no worries about food and clothing are qualified to talk about the world's major affairs, otherwise a few white-faced buns can be bought. How can we take on the responsibility of the world?

These subservient gentry are the basis of the rule of the entire Central China, only they are qualified to influence the hearts and minds of the people in a region, as long as the powerful armed forces lose their support, in order to be a lost dog, they can only hold their tails and walk away, Wu Peifu saw them here like this, and his mind seemed to see the scene of Chang Zhenbang getting out of Central China.

"As long as you obey the central government and obey the imperial court, the Erlang will never take a stitch from you, everything is used in a clear time, never buy and sell, and never harass the people, this is the so-called civilized teacher!"

"If this is the case, wherever the adults go, the people of Central China will definitely welcome the king!" A pot-bellied landlord Lao Cai said. There are not a few gentry who sing praises with him, but more gentry don't say anything, after all, whoever comes to say this kind of thing, not to mention Li Zicheng, Huang Chao, the recent Qian Defa, Bi Zehua didn't say less, but how many people can do what they say?

"Shandong's Xiangma, Henan's bandits are all famous, I don't know how General Wu decided to kill these bastards after he won Central China? It's still under the banner of suppressing bandits and codifying these hated things. ”

Not all of the gentry also had one or two people who did practical things, how could these people not be slippery? It's just that they pay more attention to the interests of the people than themselves, this questioner knows that asking such a question may make himself hated by Wu Peifu, but there are some things that are not clear, I am afraid that it will be difficult to say in the future, turn around and do not admit that this is a congenital gene that every winner who makes a promise must have, although this person also knows that even if Wu Peifu answers now, he will not necessarily abide by it, but he still asked, I don't know if he is innocent and cute, stupid and pitiful, Or does he have a passion for the land?

Everyone looked sideways, Wu Peifu's eyes also shot out several cold lights, the cold light was like a knife, but it flashed, but he said with a deep face, "My direct army is called to come, come to fight, the battle will be won, Henan bandits have been since the Zhu Ming era, and they have been going on until now, but I am directly confident that these evil bandits will be wiped out, so that they can be called a mighty army!" After glancing at the gentry around him, he continued: "Now there are ten rooms and nine emptiness near Luoyin City, all because I, Wu Peifu, am late in leading the troops. It is said that the first-class really rich and powerful people here, whether it is Chang Zhenbang or Wu Peifu, are completely unafraid, and still do what they should do, these people generally live in big cities, which are very few, and the second-class rich and powerful people have moved their children and grandchildren and assets to other provinces early, but most of these people's assets are land, and they are reluctant to buy them, so they have to leave themselves to look forward to the future, most of these gentry who came to welcome Wu Peifu are second-class figures, as for the third-class rich people, they don't have much money, and they don't have much land. The wife and children are not hungry, as soon as the war comes, they will take their wives and children to other places to settle down and buy a house, the most important are those poor people, there is not much food, there is not much money, it is impossible for the whole family to escape, so they have to flee to the neighborhood alone to avoid the limelight. It's my fault! If I, Wu Peifu, had hanged the people earlier, these people would not have been separated from their wives and fathers and sons, but rest assured, my Beiyang Third Division is a mighty division, and I will definitely be able to lose Chang Zhenbang, capture Bi Jinjian alive, and return the fathers and villagers in Central China to a bright future! ”

"Your Excellency is mighty! The elders of Central China can be regarded as promising. After listening to Wu Peifu's righteous words, a gentry couldn't help but burst into tears.

The person who asked the question couldn't help but shake his head, there is a place in Central China called Xiangcheng, this place is not big, but it is famous at home and abroad because of the birth of such a famous figure as Emperor Yuan Shikai of Hongxian, how to say that it can be regarded as the place where President Yuan's dragon flies, but even when the president is alive, the bandits in Henan cannot be quelled, you Wu Peifu is just a leading general, how dare you say that the bandits in Henan will be wiped out quickly? It's okay if you can do it, but if you can't do it, won't you lose face and become a laughing stock? Besides, this thief, robber, bandit and other things are endless, whether it is the Republic of China, the emperor, or even the guy who calls himself the Red Sun, how can you say it so justifiably?

Wu Peifu saw the disdain in the man's eyes, for fear that he would arouse bad emotions and disturb his arrangements today, so he hurriedly said in a cold tone: "For friends and good people, our army is a civilized army, but against the enemy, these Erlang will be like wolves and tigers, even if you go to the sky and go down, they will tear you to pieces." With a wave of his hand, after the horses around him went out, he came back quickly, bringing many black-faced guys, these guys knelt in front of the gentry and Wu Peifu in a straight line, and before the gentry could react, there was a burst of gunshots, and these guys fell one by one in a pool of their own blood, and the conversion of life and death was accompanied by a deafening gunshot, which greatly shocked the gentry's mind, and even some people were paralyzed on the ground.

Wu Peifu smiled, waved his hand and asked the soldiers to help these gentry up, those soldiers saw some people in the past who were so frightened that they peed their pants, and couldn't help laughing, and the gentry were ashamed and arched their hands to Wu Peifu and left in a hurry.

Wu Peifu saw that these gentry were showing off their might when they came, but now they were leaving in such an embarrassment, and couldn't help laughing, and those who should have died in a pool of blood in the laughter slowly stood up, let go of the rope on their arms, and went with a smile and a smile, it turned out that this was just a trick to coax people, and he believed that after today's events were told by these gentry, the surrounding people and gentry were honest regardless of whether they were true or false, just when he was quite proud, suddenly There was a cacophony of footsteps.

"Report!"

A communications soldier hurriedly rushed to Wu Peifu and respectfully handed over the telegram in his hand, Wu Peifu's face became a little blue after reading it, and when the adjutant and staff officers saw this situation, they guessed that something must have happened, and they all whispered, guessing what was wrong.

"Report!"

The second communication soldier hurried to Wu Peifu and respectfully handed over the telegram in his hand, Wu Peifu's face became much more ugly than just now, as if he had touched the black ash at the bottom of the pot, and the adjutant and staff officer stretched their necks to lean over, wanting to see what made Wu Peifu's face so ugly.

"Report!"

The third communication soldier rushed to Wu Peifu in a hurry, and respectfully handed over the telegram in his hand, Wu Peifu was immediately furious after reading it, his hair was all open, and he kept cursing loudly, this scene is completely the practice of the market hooligans, and he who was strict with himself in the past is completely two pictures, which can frighten these staff adjutants, one of them cleverly immediately picked up the telegram that was torn by Wu Peifu and thrown to the ground and stepped on a few feet, and gently stretched it out and flattened it up. Only then did they understand the contents of these telegrams, and when they saw everything written on this telegram, they couldn't help but gasp, and they couldn't help but gasp, and they couldn't wait to find an excuse to get out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and then they would roll far away, and it was best not to step into Central China again.

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