On October 8, Han Zheng, who had already occupied the city of Xuzhou, suddenly received a telegram from Duan Qirui before receiving an official appointment from the north.

If it was just a telegram, it would not be enough to surprise Han Zheng, but the content of the telegram made Han Zheng's brows furrow tightly, on this telegram, Yuan Shikai suddenly appointed his subordinate Lu Jianzhang as the head of the military and political affairs of Xuzhou, took over Xuzhou, and rectified the arrangements for local erosion!

This news is too sudden, even if Han Zheng has already prepared, after he takes Xuzhou, it is very likely that the north will make a move, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, and he actually wants to destroy all his efforts!

But no matter what the north thinks, for Han Zheng, although he has been prepared, it does not mean that he is willing to spit out the fat in his hand like this!

After paying a lot of price, he drove Zhang Xun's pigtail army out of Xuzhou, but he didn't expect that he was praying mantis to catch cicadas, and Yuan Shikai actually came to a yellow finch behind!

Therefore, although Han Zheng could not directly oppose it, he was thinking about the next response.

At that time, this telegram was sent at night, Han Zheng was really tired in the past few days, not only to deal with local affairs, but also to deal with some local villagers and big households, in order to stabilize the Xuzhou boundary, these are indispensable actions, the following about the garrison and the arrangement of administrative personnel must be seen by Han Zheng, some benefits are not simple, if you don't get it right, the situation in Xuzhou that has just stabilized will be eroded again.

At the same time, it is necessary to arrange a garrison, after driving Zhang Xun away, the task of pursuing the remnants of the army was handed over to the second brigade under his command, and at the same time, some troops took over the blank left by Zhang Xun's department, and the first brigade has also been transferred back to its own territory in northern Anhui, although there are already their own garrisons in various places under their hands, but there is no regular army there, after all, it is not very reassuring.

Therefore, Han Zheng finally found time today, and rested early, but he didn't expect that he would receive this emergency call in the evening.

Although the guards had been explained by Han Zheng before, if there was nothing important, don't bother themselves, but when the guards received this telegram, they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and sent it directly to Han Zheng.

Han Zheng had already dressed at this time, and it was still dark outside, but Han Zheng looked at the content on the telegram, but he no longer felt sleepy.

On the telegram, Duan Qirui didn't know what the considerations were, and told Han Zhengrang to let him not have to be taboo about this matter, let alone be polite to Lu Jianzhang, if he could stand up to Lu Jianzhang, it would be the best, if not, it would be okay to drive the other party away, and Duan Qirui would take care of him.

Han Zheng had already sniffed out some flavor from Duan Qirui's tone, it seemed that as he imagined, the spearhead of the struggle for power had begun to appear within Beiyang, and he also knew that if he refused to accept the order, he would be reprimanded by Yuan Shikai at most, and if he let Yuan Shikai take actual military action, it seemed that it would be a little difficult, so it seemed that he had more room to turn around.

But after all, Han Zheng's wings have just grown now, and it is not enough for Han Zheng to soar, and Lu Jianzhang was personally arranged by Yuan Shikai, the president, after all, everything must be taken into account Yuan Shikai himself, even if he disobeys, Yuan Shikai is very likely to let himself go for various reasons, but he still needs to have a good enough reason to make everyone still feel peaceful.

Thinking of this, Han Zheng had already made up his mind, and then threw the telegram into the fire and sat quietly at his desk.

I don't know how long it took, Han Zheng, who had been quiet, suddenly smiled, because at this time, Han Zheng suddenly realized that he didn't know when he dared to think about resisting Yuan Shikai's order, once upon a time, he was still a small soldier in order to survive, and at this time, unconsciously, he had slowly taken a solid step out of his own!

At this moment, a complicated emotion surged in Han Zheng's heart, since he had come to this day, he couldn't compromise this time anyway!

Otherwise, there will be a next time, in case Yuan Shikai thinks of his territory in Anhui, how should he deal with himself at that time? This time, I have to express my position no matter what!

Near noon on October 10, Yuan Shikai's appointment of a place in Xuzhou was officially handed down to Han Zheng, and he praised Han Zheng's righteous act of asking for the people's life, supporting the republic, and eliminating the guilty without guilt.

But at the same time, he also blamed Han Zheng for opening the sword soldiers without authorization, so that Xuzhou and Huaibei were ruined, and the people suffered.

However, it seems that in order to compensate Han Zheng, he sent his cronies in private to provide Han Zheng's first division in northern Anhui with 300,000 yuan of military expenses, and 1,000 rifles and corresponding ammunition, but there were no heavy weapons at all.

It seems that Yuan Shikai is very generous this time, but compared to the whole of Xuzhou, it is simply a heaven and an underground!

This time, the First Brigade has returned to northern Anhui, and only the officers and soldiers of the Second Brigade are stationed in Xuzhou to maintain order below, and in Xuzhou City, only more than 1,000 people from the regiment and guard directly under Han Zheng's division headquarters maintain order in the city and protect the safety of Xuzhou City.

But when Han Zheng made up his mind, he had already thought of the next way to deal with Lu Jianzhang in his heart!

For this reason, in the time before Lu Jianzhang's arrival, Han Zheng also began to act, with Han Zheng's arrangement, more than 1,000 people in the city began to act step by step, but in this process, Han Zheng did not arrange for the first brigade soldiers scattered to all over Xuzhou to be transferred back, and the other party in the province had taken precautions, and Han Zheng believed that it was more than 1,000 people in his hands who were enough to do this well!

Lu Jianzhang didn't know at this time that Han Zheng was about to get busy for his arrival, in his heart, it was impossible for Han Zheng to dare to disobey Yuan Shikai's order, and naturally he would not suspect anything.

At this time, Lu Jianzhang felt a little satisfied and proud, for him, he was finally able to leave Beijing and have his own territory, although he used to be by the president's side.

But seeing that everyone else has their own forces and power in their hands, even Yuan Shikai seems to be a little jealous, this kind of thing, Lu Jianzhang has been following Yuan Shikai for a long time, and he knows this. This Lu Jianzhang's pursuit has also begun to become different, an ant who can be pinched to death at any time, no matter how beautiful it is, is still terrified and trembling, if he has his own strength, he will naturally no longer worry about the day when the master is unhappy and presses himself to death.

It is estimated that Yuan Shikai himself did not think of Lu Jianzhang's thoughts at this time, otherwise he didn't know if he would be angry to death.

However, in order to show that he was loyal to the president, and in order not to appear that he was too ugly this time, after receiving the order, he endured it for two days, drank twice with some colleagues who came to practice, and then felt the envy in the eyes of those people, so he rushed to Xuzhou in a little dazed.

Although Lu Jianzhang was in a hurry on the way, he couldn't raise the speed of the train after all, so he had to take the train and think about Xuzhou slowly, and at the same time always pay attention to the movements in Xuzhou, ready to see when those northern Anhui troops will withdraw.

In order to be able to build his team smoothly this time and prevent some accidents from happening, although Lu Jianzhang does not think that Han Zheng dares to make unwise moves, it is always a big mistake to be careful.

In this way, Lu Jianzhang also brought with him the 2,000 soldiers transferred by President Yuan, after all, this time it was said that the order of the president was taken over from Xuzhou, but in essence, it was almost the same as robbing other people's jobs.

However, for the future plan, Lu Jianzhang has thought about it countless times in his heart, and he has already made up his mind.

Once Lu Jianzhang settles down in Xuzhou, in order to cultivate his own military center, Yuan Shikai will naturally move some of the key departments among his soldiers and completely grasp this army in his hands.

As the saying goes, there is power in your hands, and there is no confusion in your heart.

In fact, most of the troops in the army who followed Lu Jianzhang this time were pieced together by various armies under the order of Yuan Shikai, so that there was naturally a lot of water in it, and I don't know how many people were mixed into the sand in the army.

Following Lu Jianzhang, this is a brigade formation, more than 1,000 people stuffed the entire train, although most of these soldiers look like ruffians, but they are also veterans, although the march looks chaotic, but it exudes bursts of fierce atmosphere.

After several days, on the afternoon of October 15, a train carrying Lu Jianzhang's ambition finally slowly drove into Xuzhou Station.

When Lu Jianzhang's feet stepped on the land of Xuzhou under his feet, Lu Jianzhang stepped on his feet fiercely without outsiders noticing, this is Lao Tzu's place! Who the hell knows that Zhang Xun, the old immortal and Han Zheng, are eager to live and die, but they are cheap!

Thinking of this, Lu Jianzhang almost laughed three times to declare his ownership of this land!

The soldiers came down one after another, and after Lu Jianzhang relieved his muscles, he noticed from a distance that a young officer wearing a military uniform without any mark, at most twenty-three or four-year-old, was escorted by the guards, walking towards him with a smile on his face.

Lu Jianzhang was stunned for a moment, reacted instantly, thinking about the news he got, and knew that this was probably the legendary Han Zheng, he was really young, so young that he seemed to be a little jealous!

After seeing this person coming over, he didn't see Lu Jianzhang speak, so he hugged Lu Jianzhang from a distance, then saluted, and said directly: "General Lu is finally here?" The little brother is so anxious to wait, this is really like looking forward to a long drought. Seeing the reception of Xuzhou, but I didn't expect that there were so many miscellaneous things, the younger brother is still young, and he has no experience in many things, but he made a lot of jokes, when the president notified me here, I knew that General Lu was coming, and I thought that I was finally relieved, General Lu can arrive today, and I am here to be regarded as a complete merit. ”

Then a group of reporters appeared out of nowhere, and from time to time they pressed the spotlight in their hands to film Han Zheng holding Lu Jianzhang's hand.

Lu Jianzhang was a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect Han Zheng to be so enthusiastic, and he didn't adapt to this feeling of flickering in the spotlight, he used to see President Yuan often walking in the spotlight, and he was envious in his heart, but he didn't expect that he also had today, this time it can be regarded as fulfilling a wish, although he was uncomfortable, but he was extremely happy in his heart.

But to be honest, whether what Han Zheng said is true or not, it makes Lu Jianzhang a little unsure of what the young man in front of him thinks and why he behaves like this, but then he thinks that this is an order given by the president himself, and the other party does not dare to mess around even if he is full of it, presumably the other party also thought of this, so he decided to have one more friend and multiple paths, and there was no intention of stiffening the relationship.

"But that's fine, the province itself has to teach this junior a lesson, and it makes people laugh." Lu Jianzhang muttered to himself in his heart, thinking like this, his face quickly relaxed, and then a group of smiles appeared, becoming more and more brilliant.

Just when the two of them were sympathizing with each other and seemed to be confidants and friends, there was a sudden shout next to them, which disrupted the harmony at this time, and attracted the attention of the people here for a while, and those reporters looked over there. (To be continued.) )