After receiving Sun Yat-sen's telegram, Hu Hanmin immediately called Xu Chongzhi, the minister of military affairs, and the four of them, the adviser Gallen, to discuss the issue of the Whampoa Academy's participation in the war. Xu Chongzhi has always valued Chiang Kai-shek's talent, and Chiang Kai-shek was personally promoted by him to be the chief of staff of the Guangdong Army, so Xu Chongzhi led the Whampoa Academy Army to participate in the battle on the southern front, and Chiang Kai-shek served as the commander-in-chief of the southern front, and unified the command of the Guangdong Army's Zhang Minda Division, Xu Ji Brigade and Whampoa School Army to launch an offensive on the southern front; Gallen also believed that the offensive forces on the southern front should be strengthened, and it was natural for the school army to join the southern front to fight, and the attitude of these two people made Chiang Kai-shek very happy, and the northern and central lines were used as foils for others, and neither Yang Ximin nor Liu Zhenhuan would let him command their army.

The discussion was decided, and Hu Hanmin issued an order in the name of the acting marshal: The Whampoa Academy Army Teaching Regiment No. 1, the Teaching Regiment No. 2, and the students of the Military Academy formed a student brigade to join the southern front, and appointed Chiang Kai-shek as the commander-in-chief of the southern front.

Out of the conference room, Chiang Kai-shek let out a long breath, before receiving Sun Yat-sen's reply, Chiang Kai-shek has been nervous in his heart, when he handed in the letter of request for war, he knew that he had no way out, if Sun Yat-sen still did not accept the invitation of the teachers and students of Whampoa, he had to resign to maintain his reputation among the teachers and students of Whampoa.

Yu Jishi was waiting outside Hu Hanmin's office, and when he saw Xu Chongzhi and Galen being called in, he had already guessed that the request of the Huangpu teachers and students to ask for war had been approved, and he was also very happy, but as Chiang Kai-shek's chamberlain secretary, the surname that went directly to the battlefield was too small, so he was a little disappointed.

After Chiang Kai-shek came out, Yu Jishi immediately went up and put on the black cloak in his hand for him, Xu Chongzhi then came over and said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Third brother, you let go of the command, you don't have to worry about the Cantonese army, I will greet them, your order is my order." "Xu Chongzhi and Chiang Kai-shek are sworn brothers, and in private the two have always been called brothers, Xu Chongzhi is the eldest brother, Chiang Kai-shek is the third brother, and the second brother is Zhang Jingjiang.

Chiang Kai-shek said to Xu Chongzhi: "Thank you big brother for your care." Then he said goodbye to Xu Chongzhi.

Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, was waiting at the door of the building, and when he saw Chiang Kai-shek coming down, he immediately called the car over, and then opened the door. After Chiang Kai-shek got into the car, Yu Jishi got into the car from the other side, Wang Shihe sat in the front seat of the car, two guards jumped on both sides of the front door of the car, and the rest of the guards sat in the other car.

After leaving the gate of the Generalissimo's Mansion, Yu Jishi asked, "Headmaster, where are we going?" ”

"South Causeway." Yu Jishi knew that Chiang Kai-shek was talking about the Guangzhou office of the Huangpu Military Academy at No. 2 Nandi, so he said to the driver: "No. 2 Nandi, office." ”

A few streets away from the South Causeway, the car was blocked by a group of marchers with slogans coming from the opposite side, many of whom were young soldiers wearing various military uniforms, such as gray Cantonese military uniforms, earthy yellow Guijun uniforms, and blue-green Yunnan military uniforms, which were easy to distinguish from a distance.

The driver honked his horn sharply, looking anxious, while Wang Shihe looked nervously, and the pistol sleeve was opened. Chiang Kai-shek asked Yu Ji with some confusion: "Is this the case?" How did these soldiers march in the streets? ”

Since the union of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Guangzhou parade has been very common, and there are always so many times a month, but it is probably the first time that so many soldiers have marched, and it is also the first time that all armies have it.

Yu Jishi suddenly smiled when he thought about it, and said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Principal, you have forgotten that today is the day of the establishment of the Young Servicemen's Federation. Wushan: They held the inaugural meeting at Guangdong University, and it is estimated that it was a parade after the meeting. ”

Only then did Chiang Kai-shek remember that He Jinhan had sent him an invitation two days ago and invited himself to attend, but as soon as the matter of the war came out, he forgot about it.

"Oh, forgot." Chiang Kai-shek patted his head: "It shouldn't be." I didn't attend the meeting of representatives of the Wushan organization, so I should have gone to the federation this time. ”

"It's not the headmaster to blame for this, it's the Military Commission to blame, they directly let us go to war, and the headmaster can't go to their inaugural meeting." Yu Ji, Chiang Kai-shek was a little annoyed, so he distinguished him.

"Hmm, what have you been doing lately?" Chiang Kai-shek suddenly remembered the paper full of fingerprints of the Seventh Company.

"* I don't know what I've been thinking lately, but I don't move my nest in the seventh company. Brother Shoushan said to me the day before yesterday, * and Wushan had a quarrel in the Seventh Company. ”

"Oh." Chiang Kai-shek is a little strange now, and the Whampoa duo quarreled? Since entering the school, although the two of them are not from the same party, their friendship has always been very good, this time Zhuang Jihua got into trouble, Jiang Xianyun did not come forward to attack, but hid far away, what made them quarrel? Chiang Kai-shek was suddenly interested.

"Why?"

"It seems to be for the Young Servicemen's Federation. * At the beginning, he came forward to run for this, and later faded out and handed over to Wushan and Junshan; Wushan invited him to attend the inaugural meeting of the federation this time, but he didn't expect * to refuse, and refused to participate in the federation, Wushan was angry, and the two quarreled. ”

"Why don't you join the federation?" Chiang Kai-shek asked strangely. This federation was incubated from the congress, Zhuang Jihua was the initiator of the congress at the beginning, and he faded out of the organization of the federation, Chiang Kai-shek could understand, after all, he was in big trouble at the beginning, why he didn't even want to participate. Besides, Jiang Xianyun is such a stable person that he wants to fight. Chiang Kai-shek shook his head at the thought of this.

"I don't know, Shoushan said that he wasn't in the company when they quarreled." Yu Jishi explained.

At this time, the marcher crowd on the opposite side came over, and the sound of slogans came into the car.

"The Crusade will be won!"

"Down with Chen Jiongming!"

"Down with imperialism!"

"Down with the Beiyang warlords!"

"Long live the laborers!"

….

"Jiang Xianyun,...., He Xinhan,...., that's Director Zhou." Wang Shihe saw all the Whampoa classmates in the newspaper.

The driver had already parked the car on the side of the road, but Chiang Kai-shek's Citroen, there was no one who did not know the Whampoa Military Academy classmates, and some people in the procession squeezed over to this side.

Wang Shihe also saw this situation, and asked Chiang Kai-shek if he wanted to get off the car and go to the south embankment, anyway, it was not far away, and Chiang Kai-shek said lightly that he didn't need to. The guards sitting in the back car had already disembarked and stood around, forming a cordon unobtrusively, also because there were so many people with guns in this year that the citizens watching the parade only looked at them twice and stopped paying attention to them.

Yu Jishi looked around outside the car for a while, and suddenly saw Zhuang Jihua and Song Xilian standing diagonally opposite the street with two soldiers, talking to Li Zhilong, Chen Geng, and a few young men and women who looked like students.

Seeing this situation, he got into the car and Chiang Kai-shek said: "Zhuang Jihua is still here, with Song Xilian, there, that..."

Chiang Kai-shek got out of the car and looked in the direction pointed by Yu Jishi, and through the countless colorful small flags, it was indeed Zhuang Jihua and Song Xilian who were with Li Zhilong and others. What caught Chiang Kai-shek's attention were three of the girls, Zhuang Jihua seemed to say something that caused two of them to tremble, Chiang Kai-shek was a little unhappy, chatting with women on the street, and..., said to Yu Jishi: "Go and see, what are they doing?" ”

Yu Jishi squeezed through the parade as soon as he agreed, and when he got closer, he found that Zhuang Jihua and two of the women actually knew each other: Pan Huiqin and Jin Huishu, he secretly complained in his heart, this Jin Huishu left a deep impression on too many members of the Blood Flower Drama Club. But another schoolgirl with short ear-length hair he didn't know. When he was still a few steps away, Song Xilian had already seen him.

(The newcomer appears, and the ticket is brought in.) ）