Chapter Seventy-Seven: Su Bingwen
Hu Fei led hundreds of cavalry to approach the village, and the soldiers at the entrance of the village immediately became vigilant, fortunately Hu Fei shouted in advance that it was his own people, otherwise he would really be able to make a mistake that people regret.
Hu Fei knew that his sudden return with a cavalry was easy to arouse suspicion, so he simply left his troops outside the village entrance. He himself brought Liu Dong, Li San and the commissioner Zhao Qiujie into the village to meet Zheng Runcheng.
Zheng Runcheng had already heard the news of Hu Fei's return and was waiting for him in the Land Temple. Commander Zheng didn't expect that Hu Fei's surprise to him was not only that he won the battle and captured the war horse, but also brought back a commissioner!
Although Commissioner Zhao told Hu Fei of his task, he refused to tell Zheng Runcheng about it at this time. At that time, it was not only the middle of the night, but also in the wilderness, plus he was injured, and he was afraid that Hu Fei would be unfavorable to him, so he told the truth. Now that he has arrived at the headquarters of the National Salvation Army, Zhao Qiujie certainly has no such worries.
In the face of Zheng Runcheng's question, Zhao Qiujie only blindly emphasized that he was a special commissioner of the Beiping Army Branch, and he had 100,000 urgent secret missions that he had to meet General Su Bingwen face-to-face.
Zheng Runcheng is a real soldier, although he has never met any commissioners, but he also knows that the people from Beiping must be extremely important! Maybe they were ordered by the young marshal. You must know that the chairman of the Beiping Military Branch is now Zhang Shaoshuai!
Therefore, he didn't dare to stay longer, and directly told Zhao Qiujie that he would lead the troops to personally escort the commissioner to Hailar to meet Commander Su.
Zheng Runcheng is not guarding his second line of defense? He is going to lead the troops to retreat to Hailar? Hu Fei, who was skeptical of the news, heard the clues from Zheng Runcheng's words, but he didn't ask too much. To retreat is to lose the battle, why should you ask a few more words and pour salt on other people's wounds?
The dozens of horse-drawn plows that Hu Fei saw at the entrance of the village were used by Zheng Runcheng to retreat. After the loader was also seated, the soldier who was driving the plow shook his whip, and the horse-drawn plow began to start slowly. It was slow at first, but after walking for a while, it was fast to get up. The faster and faster he ran, he was on a par with a horse-drawn carriage on the road.
Of course, Hu Fei was riding a horse, and Zhao Qiujie was unwilling to sit on a plow, so he still rode the snow-green horse and acted with Hu Fei's cavalry. Zheng Runcheng sat on the plow and looked at Hu Fei's cavalry, although there was no abnormal expression on his face, he was very surprised in his heart.
He knew what Hu Fei looked like before he set off, and the more than 100 recruits who couldn't even use guns were the prototypes of the interspersed detachment. At that time, these people were sent out, and there was also a reason why Zheng Runcheng was determined to spend them on them. Captain Zheng didn't like to see a bunch of beards dangling in front of his eyes all day long.
It's only been a long time, not even ten days, and the original chaotic army has turned into a majestic cavalry unit! The people are still in that group of people, and there are a few Zheng Runcheng in it who look a little familiar, but the spirit is ten times stronger than the original?
Last time, when Hu Fei left, he handed over the gun of Yang Zhanbin's company, and Regiment Commander Zheng still held back a fire in his heart. I heard that Hu Fei came back and he was going to go to Hu Fei to settle old accounts, but he didn't know that he had brought back a commissioner! The commissioner had an urgent matter and had to go to see Commander Su immediately, so that Zheng Runcheng had no chance to trouble Hu Fei if he wanted to.
At this time, sitting on the climbing plow and looking at the galloping cavalry unit next to him, he didn't know where to fly if he wanted to find Hu Fei for an explanation, and Zheng Runcheng actually had some appreciation for Hu Fei. We are both soldiers and have common enemies, and it is inevitable that we will cherish each other. I just don't know if Hu Fei will also feel sorry for Zheng Runcheng.
The horse-drawn plough only brought the personnel and materials of Zheng Runcheng's regimental headquarters, and the combat troops below retreated separately, anyway, as long as they rushed to Hailar at the specified time. It turned out that these thirty or so horse-drawn climbing plows were still a little lonely, but now with Hu Fei's hundreds of cavalry, it looks quite imposing.
Hu Fei sent twenty cavalry to the front to serve as scouts, and sent another twenty to serve as the rear guard; Ten on the left and ten on the right, and there were only about two dozen people left around him. This can be regarded as Hu Fei's rehearsal of the mutual cooperation between the cavalry.
It was not far from Zhujiakan to Hailar, and the horse-drawn plough walked for less than three hours before reaching the place. At that time, Hailar was a small border town, the city was not large, and there were not many residents in it. After Su Bingwen stationed his headquarters here, this small border town directly became a large military camp. The Hulun County Government is Su Bingwen's headquarters.
When Hu Fei came, Hailar was busy, the streets were full of soldiers with guns and knives, and there were very few ordinary people. Zheng Runcheng parked his horse-drawn plough outside the city, but Hu Fei entered the city with his cavalry company with Zheng Runcheng.
When I arrived at Su Bingwen's National Salvation Army General Headquarters, the people in the compound were very busy, as if the entire Hulun County was busy. I don't know if it's always been like this, or if something important happened today, Hu Fei looked at the people who were in a hurry, and everyone had a stern look on their faces, and they brought out a trace of nervousness in the busyness.
This was the first time Hu Fei saw Su Bingwen. He has a round face, shiny eyes, short hair, and a medium build. Dressed in a neat military uniform, he looks full of energy, and when he opens his mouth, he speaks standard Northeast official dialect and has a loud voice.
Zheng Runcheng saluted as soon as he saw Su Bingwen go up, and then briefly reported on the situation of the Ninth Regiment he led to fight against Japan. These things have probably been said in the exchanged telegrams for a long time, so Zheng Yuncheng just made a brief introduction. For the retreat, he just casually mentioned it.
Next, Hu Fei was naturally introduced first. Hu Fei is still the brigade commander of the Volunteer Army under Zhang Haitian and belongs to an outsider, Su Bingwen shook hands with Hu Fei like a guest. Of course, Hu Fei naturally wouldn't mention anything about moving rescue soldiers at this time. Zhang Haitian has withdrawn to the Guannei, even if he moves to rescue the soldiers, what's the use?
When the commissioner Zhao Qiujie was introduced, Su Bingwen's expression changed significantly. At this time, he didn't care about any image, so he directly pulled Commissioner Zhao into the office inside to discuss in detail, and Hu Fei and Zheng Runcheng let them hang here.
Hu Fei felt a little awkward in his heart, Zheng Runcheng didn't care so much, he should sit and drink tea, just like in his house. Hu Fei looked at it, yes, let's not pestle. He pulled a chair and sat down there, and Li San poured two glasses of water. Hu Fei drank water and chatted with Zheng Runcheng.
Speaking of which, the two of them have met several times, and it is the first time that they have sat down quietly to talk and chat like this. Zheng Runcheng is a serious soldier who graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, and he is very good at training and fighting wars, but he is not so proficient in other crooked and evil ways. Although Hu Fei is not very old, due to his complex life experience, he knows more about the dark side of various societies.
It is said that these two can learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and they should be able to talk together, but chatting with Zheng Runcheng, Hu Fei can always think of a sentence in Ouyang Xiu's poem: Words are not speculative, more than half a sentence.