The news of Sun Yat-sen's death was transmitted to Xingning on the 13th, when there was no major battle in the Eastern Expedition, and after the capture of Xingning, the colonel army entered the rest, and the task of pursuing Lin Hu was carried out by the Chen Mingshu Brigade of the Guangdong Army and the Wu Tiecheng Brigade of the Guard Army.

After the defeat of the Mianhu army, Lin Jun saw the banner of the school army and left, Lin Hu wanted to hold on to Xingning, waiting for the situation to change, Chiang Kai-shek adopted the method of encircling three and one, concentrating troops to attack on three sides, thinking that there would be a fierce battle, but as a result, the city entered the city in an hour, and the Eastern Expeditionary Army suffered less than 100 casualties, but captured a large number of weapons and ammunition stored by Lin Hu in Xingning.

14 said, outside the north gate of Xingning Da Diao House Dam, the north of the dam set up a simple wooden platform, the banner at the top of the wooden platform is "Memorial to Premier Sun and the Memorial Conference of the Eastern Expedition", the banner is surrounded by pines and cypresses, white flowers dotted; In the center of the stage hangs a large photo of Sun Yat-sen, just above the photo is a huge white flower, two black yarns are hung on both sides of the white flower around the photo frame, and the banner "Clever with the sky, erudite with the ground" is hung on the white flower, and the elegiac couplet on both sides of the photo frame is "Ism promotes China and foreign countries, and the elves say the moon". The elegy of the fallen soldiers is: "I die before I make meritorious service against rebellion; Charge to destroy the enemy. The banner reads: "The Flower of Ism". The whole venue was solemn. Eight soldiers of the school army training regiment lined up on the left and right with guns to protect the sacrifice. The dam was filled with people from all walks of life who participated in the public memorial service, all wearing black gauze on their arms and white flowers on their chests.

Zhuang Jihua had tears in his eyes, and stood side by side with Zheng Dongguo in front of the whole camp, but even Zheng Dongguo beside him didn't know that he wasn't really sad about Sun Yat-sen, because since Sun Yat-sen went north, he thought Sun Yat-sen was dead, and his grief today mainly came from the pain of the dead soldiers.

Since the Eastern Crusade, several major battles have been initiated or taken as the main force by the school army, especially in the first battle of Mianhu, the first regiment of Jiao suffered heavy casualties, and nearly half of the officers and men, including Cai Wenju, the party representative of the third battalion, were killed, of which Liu Zhi's third battalion was killed by two and seven of the nine platoon commanders were killed. After the war, Chiang Kai-shek inspected the battlefield and was so distressed that he almost cried on the spot. The Russian adviser also changed his contempt, and Gallen told all the officers and men that the Soviet Red Army was famous for its bravery, but it was difficult for the Red Army to fight such a battle as Cotton Lake, and he unsheathed his sword on the spot and gave it to He Yingqin.

At the meeting, the colonels were shrouded in grief, 3,000 soldiers and horses came out of Whampoa, and now the casualties are up to one-third, including many friends, who trained together more than a month ago, discussed the revolution together, and talked about ideals, but now they have been separated by heaven and man, and they have no time to think during the battle, and now sadness is irrepressible in their hearts. This feeling is not difficult for people in it to experience.

Chiang Kai-shek officiated and read the sacrificial message:

"On March 14, the 14th year of the Republic of China, the disciple Jiang Zhongzheng paid tribute to the spirit of Prime Minister Mr. Sun and said: Woohoo! The mountains are collapsing! Liang Mu is bad! Three thousand students, the whole army, what will they rely on and entrust their lives! Twenty years of follow-up, once forever, who did it, and made it here. ...., last year, parting to the north, with the military academy completed, the successor of the people, the doctrine can be done, although the death has no regrets, and in the place of suffering in the past, leave this Mingjiao to commemorate, how can the two Ying's laying dream in my teacher,...。 ”

In Zhuang Jihua's view, the most important thing in Chiang Kai-shek's sacrificial text is "there are people who follow, the doctrine can be done, and there are no regrets even if they die", what does Chiang Kai-shek mean, this is to say to everyone, the prime minister entrusted me with the future, what is the future? Promotionism, so how can it be promoted? The identity of the head of the military academy is definitely not good.

Zhuang Jihua admired in his heart that Chiang Kai-shek's methods of important officials were much more clever than many people in his previous life, and this memorial must be sent to Hu Hanmin of the Kuomintang in Guangzhou and the members of the Central Committee of Yanjing, but I don't know if they can understand it.

Of course, Zhuang Jihua is blindly worried, some people understand, and there is more than one.

After Chiang Kai-shek read out the memorial speech, he led all the officers and men of the school to swear an oath to the premier: "All party members of our army military academy will abide by the will of the premier, inherit the will of the premier, and carry out the national revolution until death." I swear. ”

After Lin Hu fled Guangdong, Hong Zhaolin's troops, with the support of Zhou Yinren, the overseer of Fujian, began to harass the Fujian-Guangdong border, and the second division of the Guangdong army had small battles on the front line of Dapu, Chayang, and Songbai Pass, and the fighting in other places had subsided.

On the second day of the public memorial, Chiang Kai-shek took a small steamer to Shantou in Shuikou to discuss the aftermath of the Dongjiang River with Xu Chongzhi. After passing Shekeng, along the way, seeing many soldiers guarding the river and checking the passing ships, Yu Jishi approached Chiang Kai-shek and whispered: "This is the scattered officers and soldiers of the Second Division of the Guangdong Army searching for Lin Hu's troops. Chiang Kai-shek asked coldly, "Really?" ”

Yu Jishi said with confidence: "Yes, our army is advancing too fast, and many small groups of Lin troops have no time to retreat, and they are wandering in this area. Chiang Kai-shek was noncommittal after hearing this, Yu Jishi looked at the sky and reminded: "The principal should go back to the cabin, it will rain." Chiang Kai-shek shook his head, at that time there was no rain on the side of the ship, Yu Jishi was mainly worried about safety, the forest army in this area had not been cleared, and it was very dangerous to stay on the deck.

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek refused to return to the cabin, Yu Jishi gave Wang Shihe a look on the side, and Wang Xin understood that he would turn around and go to arrange a guard.

A light drizzle of rain fell in the sky, rippling on the water, and from time to time a small boat or two drifted in the drizzle, undulating in the waves stirred up by the small steamers.

The rain washed away the dust in the air and the smoke from the soldiers; The rain also drove away the hustle and bustle, leaving only the silence of the wilderness.

Chiang Kai-shek enjoyed enjoying the scenery on both sides of the strait on the boat, and from time to time he talked and joked with Yu Jishi and Wang Shihe, and the guards were all relaxed when they saw that Chiang Kai-shek was full of interest.

When he was about to arrive in Meixian, Yu Jishi asked Chiang Kai-shek for instructions on whether to stop in Meixian, but Chiang Kai-shek vetoed it without the slightest consideration, which made Yu Jishi feel a little uneasy, Meixian is where the second division of the Guangdong Army is located, and the second division is still under Chiang Kai-shek's command.

After deciding not to dock in Meixian, Chiang Kai-shek went back to the cabin to rest, and the guards were even more relaxed, except for those who stood guard, they all gathered together to make trouble, and the sound was inevitably a little loud.

After a while, Chiang Kai-shek's irritable scolding came from the cabin: "Niang Xipi, what are you making trouble, and you won't let me rest." Yu Jishi hurried over and asked them to be quiet, and then quietly stood outside Chiang Kai-shek's cabin door.

Yu Jishi, who had been an aide-de-camp for a while, had some understanding of Chiang Kai-shek's temper, and he knew that Chiang Kai-shek had something on his mind, but he didn't dare to ask, and he couldn't ask.

The next afternoon, the ship arrived in Shantou, and after Chiang Kai-shek got off the ship, he went directly to Xu Chongzhi's commander-in-chief's Xingyuan, which was located in the former Chen Jiongming Xingyuan Lin Ancestral Hall.

After entering the line, Chiang Kai-shek went to Xu Chongzhi's office, and there was a young officer sitting outside the door of Xu Chongzhi's office, and when the officer saw Chiang Kai-shek coming, he stood up and saluted Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek did not return the salute, so he wanted to push the door, "President Chiang, Commander Xu is not here." ”

Chiang Kai-shek didn't care at first, what made him strange was that he asked Xu Chongzhi where he went, but the officer looked embarrassed, it turned out that Xu Chongzhi went to Shantou's famous Jiyuan Sea Flower; If you ask someone else, the officer will definitely not, but Chiang Kai-shek is Xu Chongzhi's ally brother and has a close relationship with Xu Chongzhi, and Chiang Kai-shek may have something important from Xingning, so he does not dare to hide it.

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned when he heard this, and then turned to leave, he did not go to Xu Chongzhi, but took Yu Jishi Wang Shihe to find a hotel to live outside the line.

In addition to the main building, there is a yard covering an area of dozens of acres, the courtyard imitates the Suzhou garden and built a lot of rockery pavilions, a stream meanders from the yard, the girls' room is hidden in the green bamboo flowers on both sides of the stream. The girls in the courtyard are mainly from Jiangnan, and a small number are from Hunan; Jiangsu and Zhejiang girls are white and delicate, and Hunan girls are famous for their affection, and then they are trained, and they are all seductive with a smile, of course, these girls are used to receive high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, and ordinary people have to be busy for half a year. As for the local dark, thin girls, they stayed upstairs to entertain ordinary guests.

Just when Chiang Kai-shek was in charge, in the room of the Oiran Xiao Diao Chan, the flower master of the sea, Xu Chongzhi and a middle-aged man were lying on the couch swallowing clouds and spitting fog, and the little Diao Chan sat next to Xu Chongzhi either lighting a cigarette or serving tea, and occasionally gently pinched Xu Chongzhi's leg twice with his white and tender little hand.

Xu Chongzhi felt that the addiction to smoking was almost over, so he put the cigarette gun on the coffee table on the bed, and the little sable cicada passed the teacup to his mouth very obediently, Xu Chongzhi took two sips on the little sable cicada's hand, and then said to the middle-aged man: "Brother Yalong, you go back and tell them, our Guangdong army must be united, the competition and the prime minister fell out a few years ago, the responsibility is not on them, as long as they definitely come back, I Xu Chongzhi will definitely welcome it." ”

Yalong put the cigarette gun on the coffee table, then sat up, took the teacup handed by the girl next to him, touched the girl's little hand again, and then said: "Commander Xu, don't worry, I will definitely bring this to me, at that time, Commander Hong and Commander Xie sent me back with such a meaning, everyone listens to Commander Xu's orders, everyone earns money, everyone smokes cigarettes, why bother calling around." ”

"That's right, as long as our Guangdong army unites and realizes a great alliance, what is the Yunnan army and the Gui army, it's not just a bunch of shit." Xu Chongzhi smiled, his eyes narrowed into a line.

"We in Guangdong were originally outstanding people, but we have been ruined by those people from other provinces over the years." After Yalong finished speaking, he twisted it on the girl's face, and the girl smiled coquettishly: "I hate it, aren't people from other provinces also from other provinces." ”

"Haha, a provincial person like you, you like it." Wulong laughed.

Xu Chongzhi looked at the appearance of the wulong with a smile, and couldn't help but put two soft models on the thighs of the little sable cicada, and then asked, "Brother Hong, Brother Xie, do they have any requirements?" ”

"Well, Commander Hong just wants to return to Chaoshan, and Commander Xie means the same, but Lin Hu hasn't been contacted yet, so I'll wait until I go back." Wurm's hand was already in the girl's arms.

"It's easy to say, I've been in that place in Fujian, poor mountains and bad waters, not to mention military salaries, it's good to have a stutter, how can there be a good place." Xu Chongzhi finally couldn't help but put the little Diao Chan into his arms.

"However, Commander Xu, in terms of military salaries and equipment, the generalissimo must be treated equally, and the past cannot be investigated."

"Don't worry, the prime minister is dead, and my Xu Chongzhi's words on the one-third of an acre of land in Guangzhou are still effective. Brother Wulong, can't you still trust me?"

"There, there, who in the world doesn't know Commander Xu's tiger might, the colonels under his command are brave and good at fighting, invincible; Mr. Sun made a wedding dress for the commander. Wulong smiled and complimented, but a smug look flashed in his eyes.

(To be continued)