Five days later, the main force of the First Cavalry Division of nearly 20,000 people arrived in Mukden, and Yuan Shikai personally greeted him, not daring to slack off in the slightest. Although nominally the troops of this division are under his command, but after all, the Northeast Theater is only a temporary setting, the first cavalry brigade adapted from the main force of the former Flying Tiger Army is the leading trump card unit in the revolutionary army, since the Jiaodong Uprising has made countless meritorious contributions, its brigade commander, and is also the current commander of the first cavalry division Chao Bao (that is, the original "Chao Gai") is still a veteran of the Datong Party, if Yuan Shikai dares to treat him as an ordinary subordinate, he has been in the Manchu officialdom for so many years.

After meeting Chao Bao, Yuan Shikai soon discovered that although the First Cavalry Division was a divisional establishment, it was quite loose in structure, and still used brigades as the highest level of independent combat units. As far as the current situation of the revolutionary army is concerned, the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages; anyway, with the combat effectiveness of the revolutionary army, even if there is only one brigade, it is basically invincible in field battles, and there is no need to concentrate the use of one division at a time.

After the 1st Cavalry Division arrived in Mukden, in addition to carrying out a large-scale training in full swing, it also exchanged some troops with the two infantry divisions.

First of all, the cavalry regiment of Commander Zhang was transferred to the First Cavalry Division to increase the proportion of veterans, and the dragoons belonged to the dragoons, but their combat effectiveness and combat experience were much stronger than those of the Mongol recruits, and they were more loyal and reliable, and their joining could greatly improve the ability of the First Cavalry Division to fight tough battles against the wind.

Although the officers of the 1st Cavalry Brigade all spoke Mongolian and had no obstacle in commanding the Mongol cavalry, Li Hui always believed that they should not be overly relied upon, otherwise they would repeat the mistakes of the Tang Dynasty and Western Rome. What's more, the Mongolian soldiers have better riding skills and are easy to train into excellent rangers, while the Han soldiers have a higher level of education, machine guns and cannons are inseparable from them, and the complementarity is already very strong, so this arrangement can be regarded as "1+1gt; 2" up.

Then, as compensation, the 1st Cavalry Division transferred more than 2,000 Rangers, who were urgently needed by the two infantry divisions, to reinforce their reconnaissance forces. And the "Regiment Commander Zhang", who had just received the appointment and took over a cavalry brigade, also met his friend Zhao Hu, who has now been promoted to battalion commander, if it weren't for this transfer, due to the different locations, and now it was the war period, it was not good to leave his post without permission, and he didn't know when he would have to wait until he wanted to meet.

In terms of qualifications, in fact, Zhao Hu is older than Zhang Xi, and his military exploits are not under Zhang Xi, but because he is older and is not a scholar, Zhao Hu has only just gotten rid of blindness until now, and according to the regulations of the revolutionary army, from the company commander upwards, a certain level of education is required as a threshold (because there is more knowledge that must be mastered, there is not enough cultural foundation, and even military maps cannot be understood. ), which greatly slowed down the speed of his promotion. If it weren't for the great credit, he estimated that he would still be only a company commander by now.

However, Zhang Xi is an honest man, and he did not change his attitude because of the change in the status of the two, and after the two chatted for a while, Zhang Xi suddenly asked, "I said Lao Zhao, where is your big herald?" ”

"Don't mention it, that kid almost caused me to break discipline, but fortunately, the top didn't investigate it", Zhao Hu replied with some tears and laughter, but thinking of the villain who reported the matter, his face was still shrouded in a layer of haze.

Zhang Xiden was curious, "What's wrong?" That kid got in trouble? ”

"I didn't cause trouble, it's just that I was careless at the time." , Although it has been many days, Zhao Hu still feels a little funny when he thinks about it now, "At that time, I saw that he was tall and big, and I thought he was an adult, so I directly received him at hand as a herald, and you also know this." But when I saw his brother later, Lao Tzu knew that this kid was only fourteen years old this year, and he was not yet thirteen years old according to his first birthday. ”

"What? He's taller than I am! It's that big? Zhang Xi suddenly felt incredible, and then remembered what Zhao Hu had just said, and immediately became interested, and asked, "You just said that he still has a brother, this kid is so tall at such a point, so isn't his brother a giant?" How tall is he? ”

Zhao Hu smiled, "You guessed wrong, his brother is about the same height as you, but a little shorter than that kid."

"How can this be? The two brothers shouldn't be so much taller, right? Isn't it the same father and mother? Or", Zhang Xi's reaction proves one thing, this honest man will also gossip

Zhao Hu shook his hand and asked the old man not to think about it, "They are really the same father and mother, you can understand by looking at the appearance, according to Yuxiang himself, he was ignorant when he was a child, and he shouted hungry when he didn't eat enough, and then his eldest brother gave him his own food, and as a result, this kid grew tall and strong, but his brother became short."

"I remember that the party leader said in his lecture that malnutrition during growth will seriously affect height, alas, children from poor families are miserable!" Although Zhang Xi is honest, his learning ability is quite strong, and he knows how to apply what he has learned, so he immediately connected with the general knowledge class taught by Li Hui himself.

When Zhao Hu heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and smile self-deprecatingly, and praised, "It's a shame that you still remember this, Lao Tzu has long forgotten about it."

Zhang Xi knew that Zhao Hu was not good at studying, but he never looked down on him because of this, after all, compared with a forty or fifty-year-old uncle and a young man in his twenties, his learning ability must be incomparable, in order to avoid Zhao Hu being sad, he immediately diverted the topic and said, "But Yuxiang's brother is really a good brother, he is also in the development period, and when he can't stand being hungry, he can still give food to his younger brother." ”

Zhao Hu nodded, and also praised Feng Yuxiang's eldest brother, "Well, Feng Jidao is a good young man, although he is not as tall and strong as his younger brother, and his brain is not as good as him, but he is honest and obedient, hard-working, and he is a cavalryman, he is also literate, and his performance on the grassland is also good, I am ready to promote him to platoon commander, and then send him to the non-commissioned officer school when the war is over, and after he comes out, he can be promoted to company commander." ”

"What about Xiao Yuxiang? Where did it go? Zhang Xi then asked about Feng Yuxiang's recent situation, although he had only met once, but the impression left on him by that kid was too deep (to be continued.) )