The 500,000 military spending, Chen Zikun finally confiscated, he said that the central government is not rich, at this time should be the same hatred of the enemy, in the same boat, Chiang Kai-shek moved speechlessly, holding Chen Zikun's hand for a long time and not letting go.

Chairman Chiang was a kind-hearted man, and gave Chen Zikun the establishment of three divisions, and the provisional divisions that had been recruited before were transformed into regular troops, and in addition, Chen Qilin's regiment was assigned to Chen Zikun for moderation, and the guns and ammunition from the Hanyang Arsenal were transported by just a telegram, and the strength of the Jiangdong Army was greatly increased and its morale was boosted.

The war soon began, and the Jiangdong Army was opposed by Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, and the two sides fought more than a dozen battles.

The Northwest Army lacked food and ammunition, that is, there were many soldiers, so they took their lives to fill up, usually jumping out of the trenches and launching a charge after firing a row of guns, and it didn't take much effort to be fired back by the machine guns and mortars of the Jiangdong Army, leaving dead people all over the ground.

Sometimes it can also rely on the tactics of the sea of people to rush over, the Northwest Army is good at using the big knife to break the enemy, it happened that Chen Zikun had obtained this knife book from Feng Yuxiang, and the Jiangdong Army also had drills, so when the white-knuckle battle was not seen, the bayonet was not seen, only the big blade and the red silk flew up and down, and it was not pleasant to chop melons and vegetables.

The two armies fought on the Longhai line for two months, and a lot of people died, but the battle line did not move at all, and the two generals Gai Longquan and Chen Shou both felt that the opponent would meet good material in chess, and this battle was not easy to fight.

Yan Su also said that Feng Yuxiang governed the army strictly, and Feng Jun lived a hard life, like an ascetic, so he was brave and good at fighting, and he had more troops than us.

Chen Zikun said: "It's not a way to go on like this, I have an idea, you might as well give it a try." When people asked him what he had in mind, he laughed and didn't answer.

Half a month later, a train of floats from Beitai to Longhai line stopped, a car window opened, a grease powder painted face and colorful cheongsam appeared in front of the window, the soldiers were stupid, many people bumped together, and some people walked and walked carelessly stepped into the mud puddle, the group of girls leaned forward and backward, and the laughter echoed on both sides of the railway.

The mortars of the Jiangdong Army fired at the Northwest Army, but the shells fell but did not explode, but the colorful leaflets flew in the wind, and the soldiers of the Northwest Army hiding in the trenches picked them up and looked at them.

To put it simply, in one sentence, Chairman Chen welcomed the brothers of the Northwest Army to come over to play, eat, drink and have fun, and give back money, of course, only for officers above the rank of second lieutenant.

At first, no one believed it, as a joke, and then there was a small platoon leader who didn't eat meat for three months, and a bird faded out of his mouth, so he simply went out and ran to the opposite position, and was really warmly received, and was invited to the float, hot bath, flower girl, braised pork brandy and cigarettes at the front door, which can be made vigorously, and before leaving, he also gave twenty pieces of the ocean, and the shopkeeper smiled and said: "Sir, come again next time." ”

The small platoon commander was moved to tears, and he didn't say anything.

The next day, the platoon commanders of the Northwest Army came in droves, and they were still received in the same way.

On the third day, the battalion commanders also came secretly.

On the fourth day, the head of the regiment also came, and it was still Chen Zikun's old acquaintance, Wang Dongliang, a foreign coachman from Ziguang Depot. I think that the honest and honest farmer of Changxindian is now the colonel's regimental leader, and he still can't get rid of that rustic atmosphere, eating and chirping, learning from Feng Dashuai's style, wearing leggings and wearing a coarse cloth military uniform, being the head of the regiment is extraordinary, ordering two girls to fly together, and drinking all the brandy in the float.

Chen Zikun heard the rumor and came to meet Wang Dongliang in person, and when he saw his old club, Wang Tuan's tears fell: "Boss, we have a hard time...... This poured out the bitter water.

The life of the Northwest Army is really hard, Feng Yuxiang's territory is large, almost occupying the entire northwest, Ningxia, Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi These provinces are already poor, the Northwest Army has many soldiers and horses, hundreds of thousands of people eat horses and chew, who can raise it, let alone ordinary soldiers, even an officer of Wang Dongliang's level, life is tight, the savings in hand are only a few thousand oceans, and he has not even married a daughter-in-law.

"Our brothers in the Northwest Army can fight a war, but they can't do two things, one is that they can't see women, and they can't walk when they see women, and the other is that they can't see money, and they can't open their eyes when they see money." Wang Dongliang said, and took another sip of wine, this is not a gold medal brandy from Shandong, but a bottle of incense brought by Chen Zikun from Nantai, with a high degree.

Wang Dongliang drank so much that his tongue didn't obey the call, but he didn't speak confused: "At first, when I ate food and became a soldier, I felt that the commander-in-chief was kind and reliable, and he didn't oppress the people, but now it seems that the commander-in-chief did these things, did they do it, and they didn't talk about stabbing knives in the back or something, and beat and scolded us who were division commanders and brigade commanders like grandsons, and didn't give any face, and I endured it, but the brothers couldn't even eat enough, what do you think is the matter......

As he spoke, his voice became quieter and quieter, and he began to snore gradually.

The next day, Wang Dongliang returned to his position, leaving behind a battle plan that indicated that there would be a large-scale offensive operation in three days.

Three days later, the Jiangdong Army was in full array, at zero o'clock, the gunfire was loud, the cannon rumbled, but there was not a single bullet, a shell ran to the position of the Jiangdong Army, and the joint was all released towards the sky, so this side also cooperated, shooting towards the sky, and the two sides "fought fiercely" for most of the night, and the casualties were zero.

Since then, the two sides have had a tacit understanding, and the war will no longer be serious.

The Central Plains War is in full swing, and another war without gunpowder smoke is also continuing, as early as when Feng Yan declared war, Zhang Xueliang outside the customs was able to mediate while increasing troops in Rehe and Shanhaiguan, Zhang's tendency, directly determined the outcome of the war, so the representatives of all parties gathered in Fengtian, Feng Yuxiang's people, Yan Xishan's people, Wang Zhaoming's people, and of course Chiang Kai-shek's people, Zhang Xueliang and Chen Zikun played mahjong afterwards when they talked about this matter as a joke, saying that Yan Xishan's representatives only brought 5,000 yuan to the event, Feng Yuxiang's deputies simply did not bring any of them, while Wu Tiecheng, who was sent by Chairman Jiang, brought a full 2 million yuan to carry around the activities.

With such a gap in financial resources between the two sides, the anti-Chiang faction is undefeated, and this detail also determines Zhang Xueliang's choice.

In early August, the anti-Chiang faction came out again, and Yan Xishan and Wang Zhaoming held an enlarged meeting of the Kuomintang Central Committee in Beiping, at which it was decided to form another central government and elect Yan Xishan as chairman of the Nationalist Government.

On 9 September, Yan Xishan was sworn in at the Huairen Hall in Beiping, as if he had become the head of state.

At this time, Zhang Xueliang announced the general mobilization of the Northeast Army outside the Guan, and used troops against Yan Feng, as soon as the news came out, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and Yan Xishan only served as the chairman of the National Government for nine days before he went into the wilderness in embarrassment, retreated to the old nest in Shanxi, and Pingjin Zhili gave it to Zhang Xueliang.

Feng Yuxiang shrank his forces and fought the trapped beasts, but the army's heart was shaken, and each sought a way out, surrendered and ran, and hundreds of thousands of Northwest Army collapsed in an instant.

The Central Plains War lasted eight months, mobilized 1.4 million troops, 250,000 casualties, tragically defeated the Northern Expedition, Yan Xishan lost the Pingjin Zhili Chahar place, the Jin army of 100,000 people was absorbed by Zhang Xueliang, and he also went to Dalian, Feng Yuxiang was even more miserable, lost ninety percent of the troops, and since then he has been in a slump, Wang Zhaoming has fled to Hong Kong and continued to engage in the great cause of opposing Chiang.

The biggest harvest is Zhang Xueliang, who almost bloodlessly got the Pingjin Zhili, and he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force, second only to Chiang Kai-shek, and he was only thirty years old to achieve such a position, which can be described as a young and promising.

Chiang Kai-shek did not forget the help he gave in times of difficulty, and promised Chen Zikun the position of member of the National Government and vice minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

At this time, Chen Zikun was already interested in becoming a prince and had no interest in becoming a knight.

Provincial capital, Fenglin Road Mansion, in the grassy garden, there are white maple tables and chairs, Chen Zikun is wearing a white suit and looking at "Huaijiang Daily" with Erlang's legs crossed, Yan'er has grown into a chubby little girl, playing crazy on the grass, Aunt Wang is chasing her behind, tired and panting.

"Aunt Wang, take a break." Chen Zikun persuaded that since she moved from Beijing to Jiangdong, Aunt Wang's body has become stronger and stronger, although she is nominally a servant, but the whole house respects her as an old lady, she does not have to worry about food and clothing, and her health is naturally good, but the old man was born in a crop and couldn't stay idle, so he took the initiative to take care of the young lady.

"Little Ancestor, you slow down." Although Aunt Wang was tired and panting, she was happy in her heart, walked to Chen Zikun and sat down and said, "If my son is alive, I'm afraid he will have a child." ”

"I'll help you keep an eye on it, as soon as there is news from Gaobeidian's hometown, we will know here." Chen Zikun comforted her.

Aunt Wang just wanted to say a few words, but Yan Su and Gong Jiaxiang came, so she avoided it.

"Chief of Staff, President Gong, look at the reports, the Central Plains War, the trenches are crisscrossed, the bones are all over the field, the crops have not been harvested, the houses have collapsed, the ten rooms are empty, the plague meteors, the drought is raging, the soldiers and bandits are raging, the victims are 15 million, and 1,000 people are starving to death every day, what's wrong with China!" Chan tapped on the newspaper, shook his head and sighed.

Yan Su said: "It is for this reason that I have come for this, the number of refugees in North Thailand has surged, there are 300,000 people, and it is increasing every day, and there is not enough food to eat. ”

Chen Zikun said: "If you don't have enough, buy it, import American wheat and Siamese rice, and you can't watch people starve to death." ”

Gong Jiaxiang said: "The finances are exhausted and there is no money. ”

"What about the money, where is it spent? I need to look at the expense statement. Chen Zikun said in a deep voice.

Gong Jiaxiang had already been prepared, and took out a thick stack of papers, all of which were approved and reimbursed forms signed by Chen Zikun, military expenditure was the largest amount, and then the construction funds of Beitai, design fees, construction costs, material costs, supervision fees, expenses for the purchase of machinery and equipment, sheltering refugees, opening porridge sheds, free lunches for students, salaries of government civil servants, and so on, there were no less than hundreds of items, and the total expenditure was as high as 7 million.

Chen Zikun's head is big, and every expense can't be saved, how can this be good.

"Isn't it okay to issue public bonds again?" He asked tentatively.

"There are enough public bonds issued, and there must be a limit for credit overdrafts, and if there is a run on banks, the consequences will be unimaginable." Gong Jiaxiang immediately dispelled his thoughts.

Chen Zikun once again set his sights on the expenditure statement, and finally fell on the military expenditure, the Jiangdong Army is now fighting more and more, and there are 150,000 yuan, and eating, drinking, and Lazar are astronomical expenses every month.