The two regiments of the Fourth Division were expanded into three regiments and headed for Xiangyang. Liu Qinghua wants to use honor to prove that the Fourth Division has not forgotten that it is the People's Army. Song Qingling and He Long inspected the unit with Zhang Chun. The neat military appearance, advanced equipment, every soldier is armed to the teeth, and the people's army song is earth-shattering. It's just a newly formed regiment, and although He Long's veteran regiment doesn't want to lose momentum, no matter what, it can be seen at a glance.

"Commander, now that I'm convinced, I still have confidence in my soldiers, but I didn't expect the gap to be so big?"

Song Qingling looked at the two of them with a smile: "Can you tell who is whose soldier?" I look pretty much the same, my eyes are glazed, and they're all good boys. ”

He Long said embarrassedly: "In terms of military appearance and momentum, Division Commander Liu's soldiers stand like nails, their body swings very little, their hands holding guns are very stable, their waists and legs are very straight, and the distance between the front and back of the team is very small, which shows that each of them is very familiar with each other, knows how to work as a team, and trusts their comrades." You see those soldiers, they are my soldiers, although the momentum seems to be similar, but the lack of these details shows that their training is much worse. ”

Song Qingling looked at it carefully: "After you say this, it's really like this." ”

"Not only that, their backpacks and leggings are neat and meticulous. The guns were smoothly sharpened, which was due to the constant maintenance of the soldiers. My soldiers are not good, the backpack is obviously helped by others, most of them are not used to the backpack on their backs, and there are some small movements. The leggings are made by themselves, you see, the height and thickness are different. They don't understand the meaning of leggings, and they're afraid they'll suffer when they're marching. ”

Zhang Chun glanced at He Long with some admiration. This man was later able to become a marshal. Sure enough, it's not an ordinary person.

"Commander He, as long as you put your mind to it, you can also train good soldiers. I don't doubt that. Zhang Chun said with a smile.

The entire defense zone is changing guards. Three divisions of the First Army were transferred to Xiangyang, and Tang Jiaxing moved to Macheng with two garrison regiments to form the Ninth Division. Zhang Tian's Second Army moved to Jiangnan, and it was clear that Zhang Chun did not trust Chiang Kai-shek so much. He Longshi was stationed in Yichang, and Zhang Liang was stationed in Jingzhou. In case of accidents in Jiangnan and Yichang.

The staff headquarters was moved to Xiangyang by Mao Shishan. The Northern Expedition Forward Command was established, with Mao Shishan as the commander-in-chief. Wang Ruqin and Lu Jinshan themselves asked to be the chief of staff of He Longshi and Tang Jiaxing. Ma Jun was appointed commander of the 3rd Division, and Guo Longzhen was appointed chief of staff. The only female officer, the two of them have been interning in the 3rd Division. Li Tiancai was old and returned to Wuhan as the commander of the garrison division.

Large-scale mobilization in Hubei. made Wu Peifu extremely nervous.

And Feng Yuxiang swore in Suiyuan Wuyuan, served as the commander of the National Revolutionary Army, and announced that his subordinates would join the Kuomintang, but he was just saying that he supported Mrs. Sun Soong Qingling. Sun Chuanfang wants to negotiate peace with Zhang Chun. Wu Peifu was taken aback. Sun Chuanfang called back. Zhang Weimin has won many battles without any defeat, and now he is determined to go on a northern expedition and be invincible.

At that time, Cao Kun couldn't stay in Beijing and went to Henan to join Wu Peifu. The Beijing government appointed Du Xiqi as the chief of the navy as the acting premier, and established a provisional cabinet of Du Xiqi, and at the same time took over the functions and powers of the president. However, Du Xiqi has ten pure soldiers and no political power of his own. The actual power is held by Zhang Zuolin. Du Xiqi felt that the general trend of the Beiyang warlords was gone, so he actively promoted the navy to join the National Revolutionary Army. Freedom of action was granted to the First and Second Fleets.

The situation has reached this point, and Zhang Zuolin has a stricter grip on the government. Du Xiqi resigned.

Wu Peifu had no choice but to send a joint telegram to the whole country with Sun Chuanfang, and was willing to discuss the state of the country with the Communist Party.

In this way, the Northern Expedition could not be fought.

The Northern Expeditionary Army did not fight with Beiyang at all. Instead, he fought two battles in Hunan, or fought two battles with Zhang Chun.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Jiujiang, was very depressed. However, they could only telegraph to Li Jishen, Zhang Jingjiang, and the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, and send people to Wuhan to negotiate an armistice with the representatives of their immediate families. I also rushed to Wuhan.

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Since it is a peace talk, all parties want to elevate their status.

Sun Chuanfang is the representative of Duan Qirui. can show that he is different from Wu Peifu. Also there were Zhang Taiyan and Li Huanzhang.

Wu Peifu was to show respect for Cao Kun, saying that he was here on behalf of Cao Kun. Jiang Fangzhen also came.

On the Hubei side, Li Dazhao is chairman of the Hubei Party Department of the Communist Party of China, and Soong Ching-ling is chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Therefore, they were in a hurry to receive the representatives of the North and the South and preside over the meeting in the renovated government building. At the same time, Cai Yuanpei and Mao Shishan also rushed to Wuhan, plus Zhou Enlai. Hubei sent five people to join the association.

Since Zhang Guotao, chairman of the Communist Party of China, did not attend the talks, Zhang Jingjiang, chairman of the Kuomintang, did not attend the meeting, but Chiang Kai-shek, Li Jishen, Bai Chongxi, Sun Ke, and Song Ziwen attended the meeting. Feng Yuxiang came, but he said that he listened to Mrs. Sun.

Zhang Chun took Lizhi and Guo Hua to visit Hanyang Machinery Factory and Daye Iron and Steel Plant with Feng Yuxiang.

The production line of Hanyang Machinery Factory has not yet been fully completed, but the scale is already very large. Spare parts factories and assembly plants of various types appear to produce various types of vehicles and machinery, but they already have the initial capacity to produce armored vehicles.

"Revolution is not the fundamental goal, the most important thing after a successful revolution is to govern the country."

Feng Yuxiang, who was nearly fifty years old, had a weakened prestige in the Northwest Army, but it was still very high. The most important thing is that he did not participate in the peace talks, but came to meet Zhang Chun, saying that since Beijing was forced to leave, he decided not to participate in the spoils sharing meeting.

Zhang Chun laughed when he heard this.

Zhang Chun and Feng Yuxiang chatted about the issue of governing Mongolia and governing Hui. Zhang Chun believes that Mongolia is the first priority, and Outer Mongolia cannot be lost.

Feng Yuxiang was in awe of Wu Peifu, but he had no good impression of Cao Kun at all, saying that no matter whether the peace talks were successful or not, he would also fight Henan.

As soon as the two of them returned to the Nanhu barracks, Wu Peifu came running. Wu Peifu didn't care about Feng Yuxiang's feelings at all, and directly said that he came to see Zhang Chun on behalf of Zhang Zuolin personally this time.

"The Northeast is threatened by Japan and Russia, please tell Zhang Dashuai that there is not much benefit in fighting for the rights of the central government, and it is fundamental to govern the local government well, enrich the people and strengthen the army, and not let the Japanese take advantage of it." Zhang Chun was also not polite and directly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Wu Peifu conveyed Zhang Zuolin's greetings and also put forward his own requirements, because the veterans under his command are all from Hubei, and they are now stationed in Xinyang and Zhumadian. He is also old and willing to resign from all positions and accept reorganization.

"I have reached an agreement with the national government, if it is reorganized, I can't keep Zhumadian Xinyang." Zhang Chun said with a smile.

Wu Peifu sighed: "I don't collect money, I don't take concubines, and I serve the country loyally, how can I just do it for that little bit of land?" There are only two major regrets in my life, and I thought about it today. I'll talk about it with Brother Huanzhang in a moment. Ziyu once held a heavy army, and wanted to give the people a stability, and he didn't do anything wrong when he asked himself, but in the end he got nothing, and he asked the people to solve their doubts. ”

Zhang Chun smiled: "There are two big mistakes, but for me to say, one is really wrong, and the other is not." The predecessors were in the army, but they didn't know An Min. In war, civil affairs are the most important and military is secondary. The predecessors put the cart before the horse, and failure is deserved. In this respect, both the Beiyang and the Southern Army are going to fail, it is only a matter of time. My predecessors know that I pay attention to science and technology, but science and technology should also be based on the people, Xinmin College was only an agricultural school at the beginning, and now Hubei also attaches great importance to agriculture. If the seniors are interested, they can go to Hubei for agricultural investigation, agriculture in Hubei is not only growing grain, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery are all agricultural categories. If there are more agricultural products, they will be processed, which will give birth to the chemical and machinery industries. Chemical machinery has given birth to the military industry. Agriculture-oriented, people-oriented. Win the hearts of the people and strengthen the military industry. So even if my predecessors win one or two victories, they won't break my roots."

Wu Peifu and Feng Yuxiang fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Wu Peifu nodded and said, "It's me who is stupid." ”

Zhang Chunzheng said: "Another thing is what I admire most about my predecessors. Your worst enemies aren't warlords, they're just two. One is the people, which has already been said earlier. One is a foreigner. In order to obtain benefits in China, foreigners do everything possible to find spokespersons. Which one is not like this, Japan, Great Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union? The predecessors and Britain and the United States entrusted a false snake, but they did not really sell the country. But there were many traitors, and even the military leaders under the seniors were disobedient, so the seniors were defeated. Foreigners once said that their predecessors were the first people in China, and it was inevitable that they would be co-opted. ”

Wu Peifu let out a long sigh and arched his hand: "I have been taught." ”

Feng Yuxiang raised his head: "Brother Ziyu, a great talent, but he is not a person." Cao Kun, who is it? For the presidency, the 170 counties directly under the government borrowed 10,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan each. Why should I protect the president who has won such a job? And even Zhang Zuolin, as he said for the people, didn't rely on foreigners. Brother, I also rely on foreigners now, but I don't sell the country, and I don't have anything to sell in the poor land. Ladies and gentlemen, if you beat me today, and tomorrow I will beat you, and I don't see any hope. I wanted to find my own way, but I couldn't. Brother Ziyu, even if it is an army of hundreds of thousands? There is no hope. ”

Feng Yuxiang raised his head and laughed self-deprecatingly: "What if I say that I am a defective general?" If you betray the country and harm the people one day, I will turn against you and beat you up. Unless I'm dead and can't move. ”

Zhang Chun and Li Zhen bowed deeply to Feng Yuxiang. (To be continued......)