Dongyaozi is not too far from Zhangjiakou, but it was already evening when Zhuang Jihua arrived, the horse team stopped at the entrance of the town, Zhuang Jihua turned around and dismounted, threw the reins to the guards behind him, and walked into the town with Wu Ziniu, the sky was not completely dark, but the town was closed, and a few soldiers were wandering around the town with guns. Although it was time to eat, there was very little cooking smoke in the town.

"Boss, boss, please, boss, there is only this bit of food left at home, please..."

"Mom Labazi, how can I beat Xiaoyue if I can't eat enough." Several soldiers came out with a bag of food scolding, and a man pulled desperately in the back, and the soldiers behind him turned around and kicked her down, and then rushed up and punched and kicked her again.

"Boss, boss, let him go...."A woman cried out and threw herself on the man.

"Stop." Seeing that Zhuang Jihua's face was a little uncertain, Wu Ziniu immediately rushed up, and the soldiers looked at the military uniform on Wu Ziniu's body and immediately stopped. Wu Ziniu said loudly: "Give the things back to others!" ”

"Who are you?" A soldier glanced at him with disdain on his face and said, "What about the official?" We're going to eat too. ”

Wu Ziniu was about to get angry, Zhuang Jihua came over, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and then said to the soldiers: "What are you fighting for?" Isn't it just for the common people not to be bullied by themselves, what is the difference between you and yourself? ”

"Mom Labazi, you treat Lao Tzu as a little book!" The soldiers were immediately furious and pulled the bolts of their guns.

"Sir, we don't want to, we haven't been vague about playing Xiaoyueben, from Heilongjiang to Rehe, and from Rehe to Chahar, Ma Labazi, Lao Tzu has never tried anything, and he is dedicated to playing Xiaoyueben. But you have to eat, it turns out that we didn't eat or drink in the war, we ate tree roots, we ate wild vegetables, we didn't say anything, but when we got to our own place, there was still nothing, and it said that the political axe didn't recognize us, saying that we were beards, and we couldn't figure it out. The leader was indignant and full of resentment, and at the end the seven-foot-tall man had tears in his eyes.

Zhuang Jihua was also full of sourness, stepped forward and patted his shabby military uniform gently, he didn't expect the situation of these volunteers to be so difficult.

"I know that we are sorry for you," Zhuang Jihua said gently: "Don't worry, I am here to take care of you, prepare for you, and pay you." Zhuang Jihua said as he took a bag of money from the guards behind him and handed it to the soldiers: "Take it, save the emergency first." After finishing speaking, he turned to leave, but stopped and said to them: "Leave the grain, the common people are probably more difficult than you, Wu Ziniu, leave some money for the villagers, let them go to a doctor to see if they are injured." ”

Wu Ziniu agreed and took out more than a dozen oceans from his pocket and threw them to his fellow countrymen, and then said viciously to several soldiers: "Don't rob them of their money, otherwise military law will be involved." After speaking, he muttered angrily: "It's also a shame that you are in the Volunteer Army, and if you want to change to the commander, it will be enough to be shot." ”

A few soldiers stared blankly at their departing backs, and it took a while to react, "The political axe has sent someone!" "I was worried about the ocean in my hand, and when I heard the crisp sound, I still felt as if I was in a dream.

Zhuang Jihua didn't expect that he would receive the highest courtesy from Feng Zhanhai since he arrived in Zhangjiakou, and Feng Zhanhai took the main responsible officers of the headquarters to welcome him to the camp gate.

"General Zhuang, I'm looking forward to you." Zhuang Jihua saw the leading rough man, with a scruffy beard, wearing a shabby military coat, and a loud voice, thinking that it was Feng Zhanhai, so he hurriedly greeted him.

"It was too late to come down, and the brethren were afflicted." Zhuang Jihua didn't know Feng Zhanhai's military rank and didn't know how to call him, so he hurriedly used a title of Jianghu.

Zhuang Jihua did not make a mistake in judgment, the leading man was indeed Feng Zhanhai, he heard that the Beiping Military Branch had sent someone this morning, but then he heard that someone had gone to Zhangbei with Fu Zuoyi, which made him very disappointed, he was thinking about whether to send someone to Beiping to find Zhang Zuoxiang, but he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to arrive.

Zhuang Jihua's attitude made Feng Zhanhai's heart slightly sour, and the hardships and hardships of more than a year suddenly flooded his heart, thinking of those brothers who fell in the ice and snow, those brothers who fell in the rain of bullets; Looking at the starving brothers in the town, he didn't know what to say.

"Commander, let's go talk, General Zhuang has come from afar, I'm afraid he hasn't eaten yet." Seeing this, Chief of Staff Yan Mingzhi immediately reminded.

"Yes, yes, Brother Shoushan, let's go in first, and then talk" Another man in a big black shirt shouted loudly, his open chest, revealing a tuft of black hair, there is a long scar on the side of his left cheek, the scar is shaking slightly when he speaks, and there is a military saber hanging from his waist, and the whole person looks extremely strong.

"General Zhuang, don't be surprised, this is my righteous brother Lu Ruishan, he is a good hand on the battlefield, but there are no rules." Deputy Commander Gong Changhai explained with a smile.

"Well, General Lu's straightforward and fast speech is exactly what a man in the army should have." Zhuang Jihua looked Lu Ruishan up and down with a smile, and couldn't help but praise.

"Go, go," Feng Zhanhai pulled Zhuang Jihua and walked inside, Zhuang Jihua waved his arm slightly, breaking free from his big hand, but his face was still full of smiles.

A group of people walked into the lobby, Feng Zhanhai nodded, and someone immediately went out, and brought in several large pots of steaming dishes from the outside for a while.

"General Zhuang, the local area is simple, there is really nothing to do, please don't be surprised." Feng Zhanhai stood up and said, "But the wine is still our northeast burning knife, I salute the general with a glass." ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head and stood up and said, "Don't dare, I don't dare to accept this glass of wine." ”

Feng Zhanhai's generals' faces changed, there is no doubt that Zhuang Jihua's approach is a great disrespect to Feng Zhanhai, Gong Changhai and Lu Ruishan are about to attack, but Zhuang Jihua said very seriously: "I don't accept it, because I am not qualified to accept it, after the fall of the Northeast, the generals insisted on resisting the enemy, endured great sacrifices, persevered, fought thousands of miles, and repeatedly defeated strong enemies, which is rare in the history of world wars, so Zhuang admires inexplicably, so it is reasonable for Zhuang to respect the generals with a cup." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhuang Jihua was not finished, he continued: "However, I have a habit that words after drinking don't count, so let's get down to business first." ”

The hearts that everyone had just put down were brought up again, and they all looked at him, not knowing what else he was going to do. Feng Zhanhai asked in wonder: "I don't know what General Zhuang is talking about?" ”

"How many people are there under the general's command now?" Zhuang Jihua asked with a smile.

"About thirty thousand." Feng Zhanhai looked at Zhuang Jihua vigilantly.

"Oh, 30,000, according to the calculation of 12 oceans per person per month, it will cost 360,000 yuan a month, is this good, I will first supplement the general's military salary for three months, 1.2 million oceans, and then supplement the military uniform fee of 300,000 oceans, [***] 1.5 million oceans, general, you can see it."

With Zhuang Jihua's words, everyone showed expressions of surprise and joy, Feng Zhanhai stood up and said with a little choked up: "General Zhuang, thank you so much, you....don't know...., I'm almost dying of sorrow, looking....brothers... Hungry and cold, I'm... Helpless. ”

Feng Zhanhai almost couldn't speak anymore in the end, his eyes were full of tears, and his expression was miserable. Everyone present lowered their heads alone, Lu Ruishan picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip, then put it heavily on the table, wiped the wine drops on his mouth, and said indignantly:

"General Zhuang, you can send charcoal in the snow, I Lao Lu is grateful, but I don't understand, is there something wrong with our protests? Why doesn't the political axe recognize us? Starve us to death! ”

"General Lu is wrong, the central government has no such intention," seeing the situation of the volunteers, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but feel extremely dissatisfied with He Yingqin in his heart, no matter from that aspect, it is unreasonable not to help them at all, but now Zhuang Jihua has to distinguish for them: "In the Rehe War, Tang Yufu was defeated too quickly, and the central government was caught off guard, so he had to concentrate all his efforts to deal with the army that invaded the Great Wall, and all materials and funds were given priority to the front line of the Great Wall." Chahar couldn't help but say negligence. Now that the situation has improved slightly, the chairman of the committee has sent me to visit you. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Jihua turned his head and said to Feng Zhanhai: "Commander Feng, I'm afraid that the rest of the Volunteer Army is also in difficulty, I would like to ask the general to send someone to inform them to come overnight to collect their salaries." ”

"Okay, I'll send someone immediately, Adjutant Liu," Feng Zhanhai called out loudly, and a young officer wearing a military hat came in, Feng Zhanhai said to him: "Send someone to inform Fu Chun, Li Zhongyi, Deng Wen, and Huang Shouzhong immediately, and come to General Zhuang immediately to receive military salaries." ”

"Yes." Adjutant Liu replied loudly, his voice full of excitement.

"General Zhuang, the battle on the Great Wall is very tight, does Chairman He have any task for us?" Some people are still sober, Chief of Staff Yan Mingzhi asked cautiously, he doesn't know if there are any conditions for this sudden drop of large military salaries.

"Can you still fight?" Zhuang Jihua looked at them and asked with a hesitation.

"Of course you can!" Lu Ruishan stood up suddenly, his face flushed, he was very angry at Zhuang Jihua for looking down on them.

"Second brother, don't be rude," Gong Changhai pressed him to his seat, turned his head to Zhuang Jihua and said, "My brother's surname is reckless, and I ask the general for forgiveness." ”

He saw that Zhuang Jihua's surname was more refreshing, but the bookish atmosphere on his body was still very strong, such a person was not easy to accept the green forest, it turned out that when he was in Rehe, some people said that the green forest habits of the volunteers were too heavy, but in fact, the green forest was still good, and some people simply said that the bandit habits were too heavy and were not suitable for inclusion in the [***] team.

"General Gong is too worried, in fact, I like to deal with friends in the green forest, I think they are more straightforward than many of our [***] generals, and they don't have so many hearts." Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly, and then said with a straight face: "This time, I came to Chadong in addition to absorbing the Northeast Volunteers who retreated here and Rehe to save [***], but this mission requires you to volunteer, because he is very dangerous." ”

"Can General Zhuang tell me?" Feng Zhanhai asked.

"I'll talk about it tomorrow, and I'll only drink tonight." Zhuang Jihua smiled, then picked up the wine bowl and said loudly: "I respect the volunteers who sacrificed for the country in this first bowl of wine, they are not far away, and they can see us killing devils!" ”

After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he spilled the wine on the ground, and the people around him immediately poured him full, he picked up the bowl and said: "I respect the 30 million fathers and brothers in the Northeast for this second bowl of wine, they are the ones who have cultivated heroes like you!" ”

In the end, he picked up the third bowl of wine: "General Feng, this bowl, I respect you, I would rather die in battle than be a slave to the country!" ”

After speaking, he picked it up, drank it dry with a sip, and then showed the bottom of the bowl to everyone, and everyone applauded, you must know that this Northeast burning knife wine surname is extremely strong, known as burning when it encounters fire, and it is like a knife in the abdomen, even Northeast people rarely have such a mouthful and a bowl. Feng Zhanhai nodded and laughed: "My brother has a good amount of alcohol, and I will accompany my brother." After finishing speaking, he also drank dry.

Zhuang Jihua then picked up the wine bowl and said to Gong Changhai: "I respect the palace general for this bowl, I have heard people say that the general calls himself a fool, but in the face of great rights and wrongs, I am also willing to take the general as an example and be a fool like the general!" ”

After saying that, he drank this bowl again, Gong Changhai called himself a fool in the Northeast, he was originally a beard in the Northeast, that is, a bandit, he was recruited twice, and finally became the commander of the Northeast Army; After 918, his boss ordered him not to resist, he resigned angrily, took a few brothers back to his hometown to organize the Volunteer Army, and later joined Feng Zhanhai's troops, participated in the Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War, and then fought all the way back to Rehe from Harbin.

The people at the table are a little stupid, looking at Zhuang Jihua's appearance is to clear the customs, this Northeast burns knives, bowl by bowl, is what every two Northeast people on the table can do.

Gong Changhai looked at Zhuang Jihua with admiration, shook his head with a smile and said: "Brother, I'm really stupid, except for fighting and killing, I don't know anything else, but as long as it's a devil, just say what you have to say!" ”

Zhuang Jihua was happy in his heart, this palace Changhai is not stupid at all. But at this time, he felt a fire burning in his stomach, and this burning knife really deserved its name. But things have come to this point, and he can't be allowed to retreat. Zhuang Jihua walked around the table for a while, after a while, more than ten bowls were eaten, this stop, Zhuang Jihua felt a fire burning in his stomach, as uncomfortable as turning over the river and the sea, he quickly took off his coat, and then sat down to eat the food. Feng Zhanhai also hurriedly gave him vegetables, Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "It's like a fire in this stomach, and the Northeast burns knives really hard." ”

As soon as this foul remark came out, the people at the table laughed, and the atmosphere became more harmonious, Lu Ruishan picked up the wine bowl and laughed: "I didn't say it, the chief has a lot, the little brother admires it, I will give you another bowl!" ”

Zhuang Jihua's eyes rolled and he shouted: "If you want to rob while the fire is on, you can drink it, you can walk around first." ”

Gong Changhai smiled and pulled Lu Ruishan back: "Second brother, Brother Zhuang is right, he drank more than a dozen bowls, and you only drank two bowls, which is not enough to catch up with a fraction of others." ”

"Okay, come on, pour wine, I'll go too!" Lu Ruishan unequivocally agreed, and he shook the big gun, revealing his tangled muscles.

The humble dinner party is once again launched .............

(To be continued)