"What? The bridge was destroyed! ”

Song Zhewu didn't believe his ears, this is in Shanxi, and it is not far from the place where Feng Yuxiang was placed under house arrest, could it be that someone wants to rob Feng Yuxiang?

The two officers of the Jin Sui Army who followed Li Dayong were a major and a second lieutenant, and in response to Song Zhewu's question, the major looked at Zhao Pilian, stepped forward and saluted Song Zhewu, the general, without humility or arrogance: "Report to General Song, the bridge was blown up by my order in the morning, and it is now being repaired, and it needs to be completely repaired tomorrow morning." ”

"What? It's the bridge you blew up! ”

This Jin Suijun major's answer surprised Song Zhewu even more! "What are you going to do to blow up the bridge?" Song Zhewu asked in surprise.

In response to Song Zhewu's question, the major did not answer, but looked at Zhao Pilian on the side.

Zhao Pilian glared and scolded: "This is General Song Zhewu, the former commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, and now the Fourth Route Army has been included in the sequence of the Jin Sui Army, and the commander-in-chief of Song is now the deputy commander-in-chief of our Jin Sui Army. ”

Only then did the major re-establish himself and salute: "Zhao Chengxia, commander of the guard battalion of the Du Chunyi Division of the Eighth Army, reported to the deputy commander-in-chief that he was ordered to guard the Xihui Villa and be responsible for Feng Yuxiang's safety ......."

Zhao Chengxia reported the reason for his bombing of the bridge to Song Zhewu in detail. However, listening to Zhao Chengxia's report made Song Zhewu a little crying and laughing.

It turned out that since He Yingqin used the secret gendarmerie hidden in Shijiazhuang to rob Feng Yuxiang who lived in the Jin Ancestral Hall, and even did not hesitate to kill him to prevent future troubles, Yan Xishan transferred Feng Yuxiang to his Xihui villa in Jian'an Village, and sent the guard battalion of the Du Chunyi Division of the Wutai garrison to protect Feng Yuxiang.

When sending Feng Yuxiang to Xihui, Yan Xishan once carefully arranged a very warm welcome scene. When Yan Xishan accompanied Feng Yuxiang to the bus station of Hebian Village, he saw the loess mat road, clear water sprinkled on the street, and slogans were posted everywhere on the wall, which was very enthusiastic. The students held high the banners of 'Flags and halberds are coming, look up to the same relatives' and 'Jinmao is strong, and think of light together', and lined up on the west side of the road of the East Railway Station to welcome them, shouting 'Welcome to Commander-in-Chief Feng!' and other slogans. Even Yan Xishan's father, Old Lady Yan, was waiting in front of the platform to welcome Feng Yuxiang.

After Feng Yuxiang came to the 'Xihui' villa with his family and attachés, he was arranged to live in the 'Zijin Building'. When it was said, Yan Xishan held a grand banquet for Feng Yuxiang to move to a new home. Feng Yuxiang and his wife live in the 'Purple Tower', although they live luxuriously and treat each other with wine and meat, but their movement is restricted. In front of and behind the house of Feng Yuxiang's residence, there were guards on the roof, and the village was cordoned off all around, and all vehicles and personnel crossing the river to Xihui had to be personally approved by Yan Xishan, and Feng Yuxiang was effectively placed under house arrest. This is really what Feng Yuxiang expected! Feng Yuxiang was furious, and scolded Yan Xishan every day for breaking his word and breaking his word, 'It's not a thing'!

Today, for some reason, Feng Yuxiang suddenly started a fire again, asked his own guards to drive out of the car, and claimed that he was going to Taiyuan to find Yan Xishan. The deputy commander of the guard battalion stepped forward to stop him, and was slapped by the angry Feng Yuxiang and knocked out two teeth. Then, Feng Yuxiang took out a pistol and fired a threat, and whoever dared to stop him again would be killed. After saying that, the guard who commanded him drove out in a car.

Although Yan Xishan put Feng Yuxiang under house arrest in Xihui, in addition to restricting Feng Yuxiang's actions, he has always treated Feng Yuxiang like a guest, if Feng Yuxiang really kills the guard's soldiers, it will be a waste of killing, not to mention that no one in the guard battalion dares to shoot Feng Yuxiang, even their division commander Du Chunyi does not dare, if anyone hurts Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan will definitely shoot the perpetrator on the spot in order to appease Feng Yuxiang.

Zhao Chengxia, who received the report, was in a hurry and urgently ordered the bridge guards to blow up the bridge immediately, and he himself ran to the entrance of the village to stop Feng Yuxiang's car. Feng Yuxiang, who had lost his mind, pointed a gun at Zhao Chengxia and asked him to give way immediately, otherwise he would shoot. Zhao Chengxia knew that Feng Yuxiang could do what he said, and he would never mind killing him with his own hands as a small battalion commander. But he couldn't get out of the way, there were only a dozen miles from the village entrance to the river, and the car was only a few minutes away, and the explosives were probably not ready at this time.

Zhao Chengxia knew that it would definitely not work with someone like Feng Yuxiang, so he knelt in the middle of the road in a hurry, no matter how angry Feng Yuxiang scolded and threatened, he didn't give way, and finally Feng Yuxiang ordered his guards to step forward and forcibly drag Zhao Chengxia away.

But such a toss was more than ten minutes, until there was an explosion by the river, and Zhao Chengxia got out of the way. Although Feng Yuxiang, who heard the explosion, was a little suspicious at first, he saw that Zhao Chengxia looked indifferent, and knew that it was Jin Suijun's ghost. By the time Feng Yuxiang arrived at the river, the bridge had been blown up by the Jin Sui army guarding the bridge. The platoon commander of the Jin Sui Army who blew up the bridge was very clever, knowing that Feng Yuxiang could do anything under his anger, and the soldiers of the two squads leading the east of the bridge had already run away.

Although the river is only more than half a person deep and can be crossed, the bank is so steep that cars cannot cross it. And it's winter, and if you can't cross the river far, you'll be frozen. When I wanted to settle accounts with Zhao Chengxia again, Zhao Chengxia had disappeared, and Feng Yuxiang, who was so angry, shot a pistol at the checkpoint of the Jin Sui army on the other side of the river, so that the Jin Sui soldiers on the other side of the river lay behind the sandbags and did not dare to show their heads. Feng Yuxiang tossed by the river for more than half an hour before he was persuaded to go back by Li Shucheng, who was chasing after him.

Seeing the smile on Song Zhewu's face, Zhao Chengxia scowled his neck dissatisfiedly and said: "What's so funny about this, I, Zhao Chengxia, kneel down to heaven and earth, kneel down to my parents, if it weren't for Commander-in-Chief Yan's strict order, 'If there is any mistake in guarding Feng Yuxiang, all the officers of the guard battalion will be dismissed from their posts and will never be used, and the soldiers of the whole battalion will be deducted from their salaries for one year. 'He Feng Yuxiang likes to go wherever he wants, I don't bother to pay attention to it, it's a big deal to remove me, I can just go home and farm. ”

For the rudeness of Zhao Chengxia, the small battalion commander, not only Song Zhewu was very unhappy, but even Liang Bi and Ye Qing and more than a dozen of Song Zhewu's personal guards also changed color. As soon as Ye Qing rolled up his sleeves, he was about to step forward to teach this Zhao Chengxia who "ate leopard gall" a lesson.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Zhao Pilian next to him was startled, and hurriedly scolded loudly: "Chengxia, don't be rude to the deputy commander-in-chief." ”

He hurriedly said apologetically to Song Zhewu: "Wen Ge, don't be surprised, this is my nephew, who has been spoiled by my eldest brother." ”

"Oh! Your nephew? ”

Zhao Pilian sighed helplessly and said, "Yes! My eldest brother has three sons, the eldest is working in the family farming and keeping the family business, the second is now working in the Suiyuan Civil Affairs Department, the third is this Chengxia, my eldest brother originally sent him to study military affairs in Yueben, and after he came back, he was able to find a position in the Jin Sui Army, but he didn't expect this Chengxia to be too uneasy, he was not interested in fighting and killing, but he was very concerned about flower and plant farming, and he secretly went to Tokyo Agricultural University to study agriculture in Yueben. After coming back, he made my eldest brother so angry that he became seriously ill and forced me to find something to do for him in the Jin Sui army. ”

"Mr. Zhiqing is from Wutai, so it shouldn't be a problem to find a place for his nephew in the Jin Sui Army." Song Zhewu said in a slightly mocking tone.

Zhao Pilian waved his hand to signal Zhao Chengxia to step aside, and said to Song Zhewu with some embarrassment: "Wen Ge, I won't tell you anything, Baigong has always given priority to Wutai and northern Shanxi. 'Rumors. In fact, this rumor is not true, Baigong likes to reuse his hometown Wutai and the people of northern Jin, but it also depends on whether the person is talented, and it is by no means generalized, which is especially true in the Jin Sui army. In the Jin Sui Army, Baigong attaches the most importance to military exploits and abilities, such as Yang Aiyuan, Wang Jingguo, Xu Daiyu, Du Chunyi, Xu Zizhen, Zhao Chengshou, Zhang Rongshen, etc., most of them graduated from Baoding Military Academy; Zhou Yu, Liang Ruzhou, Xu Yonglu and others, although they are all from northern Jin, these people are all capable and not comparable to ordinary Wutai people and northern Jinbei. ”

"There are also Fu Yisheng who are from Ronghe and Li Shumin who are from Jincheng, they are not from northern Jin, let alone Wutai, but they are brave in battle, and they are all great talents in commanding troops. Bai Gong often said, 'The work is to win souls, and if you can't find someone to do something, you can't do anything.' It is the one who does this thing, and there is a way to do it, and he will do it. And he said, 'Those who value intimacy lightly, and those who neglect those who are alienated from them, will fail.' And 'the length of employing people is a hundred times greater than the long-term effect of using oneself, because the infinite number of people is limited' and so on. All this shows that the world has misunderstood more than 100 people! Although Baigong reuses people close to him, he insists on meritocracy, based on the principle of loyalty and competence, and will never abolish the public because he is a Wutai person and a native of northern Jin. ”

Zhao Pilian sighed and continued: "My eldest brother has always hoped that there will be not only children in agriculture and politics in the family, but also soldiers, so that my Zhao family can last for a long time in Shanxi. Therefore, although Cheng Xia was not studying military affairs, my eldest brother still forced me to give Cheng Xia a certain position in the Jin Sui Army. ”

"I was also forced to be helpless by my eldest brother, knowing that Chengxia was not the material for being a soldier, and I went to Baigong with a thick old face. Baigong looked at my thin face and asked Cheng Xia to be an errand under Du Chunyi, but Cheng Xia Yi did not study military affairs in Yueben; Second, I have no experience of studying at the Northern Military Academy. With Chengxia's qualifications, at most, he is just a mixed regiment leader. But he didn't accept my uncle's affection at all, and he wanted to go home again and again to carry out his agricultural reforms, and if it weren't for my eldest brother's pressure, this kid would have run home a long time ago. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Pilian spread his hands helplessly.

Except for what Zhao Pilian said at the beginning that Zhao Chengxia graduated from Tokyo Agricultural University, Song Zhewu didn't listen to Zhao Pilian's rest of the words at all, but just looked Zhao Chengxia up and down with interest.

Although Zhao Chengxia is dark and thin, he doesn't look like a rich kid, but when he looks closely, he still has a delicate and weak demeanor.

The fact that an intellectual, who studied agriculture and did not have any military education, actually entered the Jinsui Army and was also an officer is not only a waste of talent, but can even be said to be irresponsible for the lives of hundreds of soldiers.

"It's a pity! It's really a pity for Cheng Xia to be the battalion commander! Song Zhewu stared at Zhao Chengxia "greedily".

"What's the pity?" Zhao Pilian asked puzzled.

Song Zhewu did not answer Zhao Pilian's words, but asked Zhao Chengxia: "Chengxia, it is not easy for people who are interested in learning agriculture now, although our country is a large agricultural country with a history of thousands of years, but in terms of cultivation technology, we are still using the ancient way, basically farming with experience, we really need to promote new agricultural technology." I set up a Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Water Resources in the Taihang Public Office, and now Feng Rui, who used to be engaged in rural construction in Dingxian County, has a doctorate in agriculture from Cornell University in the United States, and is the minister, specializing in agricultural technology innovation. ”

When he heard that he could not be a battalion commander and could engage in the career he loved, Zhao Chengxia's eyes lit up with joy, but he, the battalion commander, was driven to the shelves by his father and this uncle, and forced him to do it. But when he thought of his father, Zhao Chengxia's eyes quickly dimmed again, he knew that his father's hard work would not agree to him leaving the Jin Sui Army, and Zhao Chengxia had no choice but to turn his head and look at Zhao Pilian for help.

"Good! Cheng Xia is not quick to thank the deputy commander-in-chief. The excited Zhao Pilian impatiently urged Zhao Chengxia.

"Uncle, it's just that my father ......" Zhao Chengxia looked at Zhao Pilian very worriedly.

Zhao Pilian urged repeatedly: "Big brother, I'll go and tell you, you can follow the deputy commander-in-chief with confidence." ”

Zhao Chengxia didn't understand Zhao Pilian's thoughts, in Zhao Pilian's view, after Song Zhewu officially entered the Jin Sui Army, his status in the Jin Sui Army was second only to Yan Xishan, after the success of this anti-Jiang campaign, Song Zhewu would not only be a high-ranking official in Nanjing, but it was normal to have a few provinces in the territory, if his nephew could get Song Zhewu's favor, his future career would be smooth sailing. This is much better than mixing a regiment commander in the Jin Sui army, and at the worst, he will be an official position such as the director of civil affairs in that province.

Although Zhao Pilian still has some pedantic spirit, after all, he has been mixed in the officialdom for so many years, and he still has a vision, although the Taihang Administration is only a very small administrative unit in the ravine, but Song Zhewu is very concerned about running it, and there are all departments such as agriculture, industry, commerce, learning, and transportation, and even military industry, aircraft factories, and even more, he has even set up a research institute to recruit talents in various fields. In today's powerful factions in various places, those who have the heart to do this are definitely not small-minded, and their nephews must not be wrong with such a person.

As soon as he heard that Zhao Pilian at home went back, Zhao Chengxia's face immediately smiled, and he hurriedly saluted Song Zhewu. "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Xie! Chengxia is willing to go. ”

caught another precious talent, which made Song Zhewu very happy, but he hadn't forgotten the business of this trip, and said to Zhao Chengxia with a smile: "Okay, hurry up and arrange the bridge repair, if you see Feng Yuxiang, you will go back to Taiyuan with me, I will personally go to ask Commander-in-Chief Yan for someone, and then you go home for the New Year first, and then go to the source to report after the New Year." ”

(To be continued)