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Yang Xingguo finally spoke.

"I'm satisfied with your answer......

"From your answer just now, I have summarized the following: talk heart-to-heart, tell the soldiers about the shamelessness of the powers, tell the soldiers about the incompetence of the court and the oppression of them, and of course, tell the soldiers to be patriotic, know why they want to join the Liaodong Army, who they are fighting for and why they are fighting after joining the Liaodong Army......

Seeing that dozens of subordinates nodded in agreement, Yang Xingguo continued.

"Here, I would like to add one more to you, that is, complaining about ......"

"If I guessed correctly, more than ninety out of five of the soldiers who joined my Liaodong Army were ordinary people who couldn't even eat enough."

"We can let them know why they are so tired and tired that they don't even have enough to eat in the end. And the landlords and gentry who exploited them, even if they didn't do anything, could still be clothed and fed......"

"You can also let them know through complaints that only by following my Liaodong Army will their family not continue to be oppressed and exploited."

"And the reason why I joined the Liaodong Army is that in addition to not being able to survive, I am paid as a soldier. One of the most important reasons is to protect their families from continuing to be oppressed, so that their families can live a good life under the protection of the Liaodong Army......"

"I believe that after letting the soldiers know this, the soldiers will become fearless on the battlefield......

"Because, they are not fighting for me on the battlefield, they are fighting for themselves, for their families......"

Seeing everyone's thoughtful expressions, Yang Xingguo's tone changed and he continued.

"Of course, that doesn't mean what you say isn't important."

"In my opinion, only by combining all these methods can you truly grasp the thinking of the army and unify the thinking of the soldiers. Morale was high before the war......"

"I decided to give you three days to write a paper based on what I just said......

"After you graduate. Whether you are serving as the battalion political commissar, the regimental political commissar, or the division political commissar, in addition to their respective graduation grades, this thesis of yours. It will also play a decisive role. Therefore, I hope that everyone will take this paper seriously......"

Yang Xingguo left the Political Department and returned to the headquarters, before he had time to catch his breath.

Zhang Shaozeng, the commander of the artillery regiment who had just left, came over.

"Head Zhang...... What's up? In such a hurry, could it be that there is a problem with the more than fifty field guns I just gave you? Or do you think that I let you concurrently serve as the artillery staff officer of the headquarters and the deputy captain of the teaching team, do you think it is too low......"

"No...... Commander, it has nothing to do with me and the field artillery regiment......" Zhang Shaozeng hurriedly waved his hand and denied.

"Uh......" Yang Xingguo immediately showed an interested expression and asked subconsciously.

"Then you came in a hurry?"

After a short hesitation, Zhang Shaozeng replied: "The commander should know that I am from the Beiyang New Army......

"Just now. Lord Yuan, the commander of the Beiyang New Army, sent someone to me and asked the last general to introduce him to the commander, saying that he had something important to discuss with the commander. ”

"Beiyang New Army? Yuan Shikai? Yang Xingguo asked expectantly and puzzled.

At this time, although Yang Xingguo got an affirmative answer from Zhang Shaozeng's mouth.

However, Yang Xingguo, who had a vicious eye, still keenly saw a flash of dissatisfaction on Zhang Shaozeng's face.

Yang Xingguo knew without thinking about it that Zhang Shaozeng must have been dissatisfied when he heard himself call Yuan Shikai's name.

It can be seen that at least for now, Zhang Shaozeng's heart is still in the Beiyang New Army and Yuan Shikai.

And for Yang Xingguo, it directly means that Zhang Shao could not be used for himself in a short period of time.

But. Regarding the arrival of Yuan Shikai's envoy, Yang Xingguo was still very interested.

Therefore, Yang Xingguo only said after a short hesitation: "It must be a good thing to come to my Liaodong Army at this time...... Fast. Bring the envoy in! ”

After some pleasantries, the envoy went straight to the point and said what he wanted to buy weapons for.

"Rifles...... Yuan Shikai actually bought a rifle from himself......" Yang Xingguo almost couldn't believe his ears, and asked loudly in his heart.

After seeing the puzzled expression on Yang Xingguo's face, the special envoy did not hesitate and directly stated the fact that the arms market was monopolized by Japan and Russia.

After finishing, the envoy said directly: "Commander Yang." Our adults said that no matter how many extra rifles the Liaodong Army has, even heavy machine guns and artillery, our Beiyang Army can buy them. ”

"Commander Yang, if you want silver, we will give it to you...... Commander Yang asks you for food, and we will give you food ......"

"I didn't expect that the weapon I seized from Lao Maozi would be so popular......" Yang Xingguo was pleasantly surprised, and secretly thought in his heart.

However, happy to be happy, Yang Xingguo was not stupid enough to agree to the envoy's request on the spot.

After smiling, he said in his calmest tone possible, "Please go down and rest first...... In three days at most, I will give the Special Envoy a satisfactory answer...... However, there is one thing I can give the envoy a guarantee, I, Yang Xingguo, will never let the envoy return empty-handed. ”

As soon as the envoy sent by Yuan Shikai left, Yang Xingguo brought Zhou Zhongju and Sun Liechen over.

After explaining the situation just now, Zhou Zhongju, who was in charge of the logistics of the Liaodong Army, said excitedly.

"Commander, that's great......"

"As long as we can exchange all the remaining 9,000 rifles for food, we will have no problem accepting another 2 million refugees in the five counties of central Liaoning...... In exchange, you must exchange all the food back. “

Sun Liechen, who already knew some of the situation, followed and said.

"Commander, with the population, there will be a steady stream of soldiers and soldiers. Therefore, we must reserve enough food and take advantage of the opportunity of refugees from the Russo-Japanese War to reserve as many people as possible......"

"Therefore, being able to exchange the extra rifles for food is definitely beneficial to us."

Both of his subordinates supported him in doing so, and he had already had this idea in his heart.

After only a brief hesitation, Yang Xingguo made a decision.

"Okay, then we'll promise him......"

Two days later, when Yang Xingguo was about to give an answer to Yuan Shikai's envoy, the envoy sent by Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, happened to find the headquarters of the Liaodong Army and found Yang Xingguo.

"You said you also want 10,000 rifles......" After listening to Zhang Zhidong's special envoy's request, Yang Xingguo, who had obviously not thought about this issue, asked rhetorically with a look of disbelief.

The envoy nodded and replied, "Yes, if Commander Yang has more, we can also buy it......"

"In addition, if Commander Yang has heavy machine guns and artillery, we can also buy them. Grain, gold and silver, we can all give ......" (to be continued.) )