Song Zhewu, who was taken aback by Ye Qing's actions, also neatly took out the pistol on his waist, but at this time, he had no possibility of raising a gun to shoot, and he was already surrounded by the guards who came up later.

"Don't get me wrong!" Mengxi, who was immediately behind the man who came out first, wearing civilian clothes and glasses, shouted loudly.

Song Zhewu also saw the person from the gap at this time, it turned out to be Sun Sirong, who was dressed in civilian clothes, and was stunned in front of the crowd.

Mengxi stepped forward and grabbed Sun Sirong and complained loudly: "You are too reckless, if you take two steps faster, even ten small lives will be gone, why don't you apologize to the commander quickly!" ”

Song Zhewu saw that Sun Sirong's face was pale and stunned, separated everyone, waved his hand to Ye Qing and said, "Put away the guns, it's your own people, don't scare Lieutenant Colonel Sun." ”

Ye Qing and the others put away their guns and retreated to the back. Sun Sirong came to his senses at this time, his face was full of anxiety, and he said loudly: "Commander, you want to save my second brother!" ”

Song Zhewu knew that Sun Sirong asked for leave to go home yesterday and wanted to say hello to his parents, although Song Zhewu tied Sun Sirong strongly, but he couldn't prevent Sun Sirong from going home at the door of the house, so he agreed to his request and arranged for two guards and Sun Sirong to change into civilian clothes and go home.

Sun Sirong rushed back today, and asked him to save people, thinking that this must be something big at home, otherwise Sun Sirong would not be in a hurry to come back. When he saw that there were many people in the courtyard, he waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, let's talk about it in the house." ”

Tao Rong, Sun Sirong, Mengxi, and Liang Bi followed Song Zhewu into the house, and before Song Zhewu could sit down, Sun Sirong hurriedly said, "Commander, please save my second brother!" ”

Tao Rong pulled Sun Sirong to sit down and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Sun, don't worry, speak slowly, and only after you have made it clear to the commander-in-chief can you find a way." ”

Sun Sirong hurriedly explained the truth of the matter.

It turned out that Sun Sirong's father, as early as the 4th year of the Republic of China, saw that Zhengzhou had developed transportation, businessmen from all over the world gathered in Zhengzhou, and the population increased, which brought business opportunities for the development of western medicine. So the financing in the north of Datong Road rented three storefronts to open a Western pharmacy, the distribution of Western medicine all from the coastal cities to buy, hence the name "Chinese and Western Pharmacy", this is the earliest Western pharmacy in Zhengzhou. Western medicine was also known as "foreign medicine" at that time, but in fact, there were not many types sold at first, just iodine wine, aspirin, Da'an tablets, 606 injections, etc., and most of the medical practitioners were wealthy officials and wealthy households. 1 606 injection of German origin costs 5-6 silver dollars. As Zhengzhou's population grows more and more, it has gradually developed into a large commercial port in the Central Plains, and the pharmaceutical business has become more and more prosperous, and the Sun family's pharmacy business has also become better and better.

There are three brothers in the Sun family, the eldest brother Sun Sigui and the second brother Sun Sihua. Due to business reasons, my grandfather often traveled back and forth to Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai and other places, and was well-informed and open-minded, and realized the benefits of Western knowledge. After meeting the French businessman Fuller in Shanghai, he helped send Sun Sihua and Sun Sirong to France to study. Later, during the Second Northern Expedition, the central government assigned some engineers and technicians, including Sun Sihua, to several arsenals to strengthen military production to strengthen the strength there. Sun Sihua and three other young overseas personnel were assigned to the Gongxian Arsenal for temporary posts.

A few months ago, because the relationship between the central authorities and the Northwest Army was gradually deteriorating, it was natural that they would no longer be willing to let their talents help the Northwest Army in military production, so a letter was sent to transfer Sun Sihua and four others to return to Nanjing to take up their posts. Now that the Northwest Army is vigorously preparing for war, it naturally refuses to let them go, and even forces them to join the Northwest Army. Since Xinhai, due to the continuous wars and autonomous governments in various places, ordinary people have a very indifferent sense of understanding of the central government. However, during this period, the vast majority of highly educated people, especially those who returned from studying abroad, had a strong identification with the central government, and Sun Sihua and others were naturally unwilling to help the Northwest Army confront the central government. Soon after they got into the car, they were discovered, but the Northwest Army was retreating westward, and there was no garrison along the way, so they telegraphed Pang Bingxun in Zhengzhou and asked him to capture them in Zhengzhou, since they were unwilling to help the Northwest Army, they could not be allowed to return to Nanjing and be shot on the spot in Zhengzhou. A friend of my grandfather's at the police station got the news and immediately told my grandfather. In a hurry, Grandpa had no choice but to hope that Sun Sirong would come to Song Zhewu to save people.

"What time does the train arrive in Zhengzhou?" Understanding what was going on, Song Zhewu hurriedly asked.

Song Zhewu was almost out of shape with excitement, and sighed in his heart, it seems that it is not good to hide in Taihang Mountain all the time! This trip to Hubei is really worth it.

This trip not only didn't cost his own money, but he should have made a lot of money, not only swept away the materials stored in Hankou, but also got millions of oceans; Several battles have also greatly tempered the troops, and their actual combat experience has been markedly improved, which is far from being achieved by conducting a few more exercises. Moreover, not only did Chiang Kai-shek feel more at ease with himself, but also made good friends with He Yingqin and Song Ziwen, who were strong reinforcements from the high-level leaders of the Nanjing Central Committee, although they were not Chiang Kai-shek's absolute henchmen, but the power in their hands was not small, which was of great benefit to his future development; The strength of the unit has been expanded, and tens of thousands of elite officers and men of the Gui family have also been obtained, as evidenced by the confrontation drills of the three regiments, and these more than 30,000 officers and men can quickly integrate into the unit with a little training. There were also planes that suddenly came to his door automatically, allowing him to start his own air force at least two years early; Of course, what makes him happiest is that he has received many talents. Tao Rong brought two military doctors in the military hospital of the original 19th Army in the United States, one of whom turned out to be a doctor of medicine, although he was from Guangxi, he still had resistance to the Fourth Route Army, but as long as he saw what he did in the future, coupled with the persuasion of Tao Rong and others, it would not be a problem to sincerely obey the Fourth Route Army. After making a final effort, Wang Xinggang recruited two engineers who worked for the Hankou Telegraph Bureau to study electronics, and this time in Zhengzhou, the chief of the military quartermaster even recruited Guo Wenyuan, an engineer who was purchasing munitions at the "Zhida Egg Factory" to make a new type of egg-beating machine that could even automatically separate egg shells, egg yolks, and egg whites. Li Wentian and Sun Sirong didn't talk about it, this time there were military talents he urgently needed to send them to the door, and there were four of them at once!

Sun Sirong saw Song Zhewu asking about the arrival time of the train, and knew that Song Zhewu had promised to save his second brother, so a stone fell to the ground in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "I will arrive at twelve o'clock on time." ”

Song Zhewu looked at the watch on his wrist, the time is now eleven o'clock, the time is enough, but you have to hurry, the farther away from Zhengzhou, the better it is to save people, "Adjutant Liang, ask Ye Changgui and Li Dayong, the commander of the guard company, to run to the headquarters." "The reason why I want the guard company to save people is also Song Zhewu's last resort, the cavalry brigade has not come back from crossing the river, and the cavalry of other units only has reconnaissance and communication troops, and only this company is equipped with horses at hand.

"Chief of Staff Tao, I will send a telegram to Chief He Yingqin and He, who are still living in Hankou, and the content is: Sun Sihua and four others from the Gongxian Arsenal have been punished by the Northwest Army for desertion because they have been ordered to return to Nanjing by the Nanjing Ordnance Workers, and have now been rescued by our department. The four of them should be transferred to the Fourth Route Army, and General He should contact the Nanjing Ordnance Engineer on his behalf. ”

When Sun Sirong heard that Song Zhewu was going to detain his second brother, he opened his mouth to say something, but hesitated for a moment and finally did not speak, after all, saving lives is the most important thing now.

Li Dayong's guard company lived next to the headquarters, and soon ran to the headquarters, and Song Zhewu was not verbose: "Company Commander Li, immediately take your guard company, and Lieutenant Colonel Sun go west along the railway, the farther away from Zhengzhou, the better it is to intercept the passenger car from Gongxian, there are four people on the car who need you to bring me back safely, and set off immediately." ”

Li Dayong did not leave immediately, but asked, "Commander, what if you encounter obstacles?" "Li Dayong, the commander of the guard company, is not just anyone who can do it, not only needs to be careful, but also smart, he is afraid that in case he encounters the obstruction of the Northwest Army, it is better to ask for clarity.

Song Zhewu understood what Li Dayong meant, not only was he not unhappy, but he was a little relieved, looked at Li Dayong and said word by word: "If you encounter obstacles, you can take any means, but you must ensure the safety of those four people and Lieutenant Colonel Sun." ”

Li Dayong, who was authorized, said loudly, "Yes, the safety of personnel must be guaranteed!" Turned around and hurried out with Sun Sirong.

As soon as Li Dayong left, Ye Changgui also arrived, and he had already heard what Li Dayong said in the courtyard. Song Zhewu ordered Ye Changgui: "You will personally lead a regiment and then pick up Li Dayong." In case of obstruction, it can be resolved by force. ”

Ye Changgui didn't say a word, he turned around and left after Lizheng agreed, but he wished that someone would stop him.

Seeing Ye Changgui leave the headquarters, Song Zhewu looked excited again, knowing that the commander-in-chief's mistake of recruiting talents had been committed again. Tao Rong said worriedly: "Even if they don't have a conflict with the Northwest Army, we rob people, and the relationship with the Northwest Army will be tense." If there's a conflict, we just don't want to fight them, and they don't necessarily give up. This is different from the original intention of the commander. ”

Song Zhewu also calmed down from the excitement, thought for a while and said: "It's okay, Pang Bingxun's department is not an old unit of the Northwest Army, and he is also a miscellaneous card in the Northwest Army, he will not clash with us for these few people who have nothing to do with him." Before Sun Liangcheng arrived in Zhengzhou, even Feng Yuxiang would not risk turning his face with us. ”

(To be continued)