It was not only Qi Xieyuan, Lu Yongxiang and others who were stunned by the change in Jiangdong, but Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, who were far away in Beijing, were even more overjoyed.

Xinhua Palace, the presidential palace, in the inner bath, Cao Kun was lying on the couch with a bath towel, Li Yanqing gently massaged his shoulders and asked, "Third master, are you comfortable?" ”

President Cao Da squinted his eyes, and the bones in his body were not double: "Comfortable, comfortable, a little further to the left, hey, this is it." ”

Li Yanqing pinched the strength accurately, and took the opportunity to say: "Third master, I know such a person, quite capable, I think if he becomes the overseer of Jiangdong Province, he will be able to take Lu Yongxiang down." ”

Cao Kun closed his eyes: "You say." ”

Li Yanqing said an unfamiliar name, and said with praise: "This is a graduate of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and when it comes to fighting, he is a first-class fierce general......

Before he finished speaking, Cao Kun stood up suddenly, and his face changed: "What are you, can you also protect the provincial overseer!" Ridiculous! Monkey business! ”

Li Yanqing's face turned pale, and he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but Cao Kun ignored him and went away.

The president came to the official room after changing his clothes, and Wu Peifu was already sitting here waiting for him.

"President, Jiangdong can't be left without an owner for a day, who do you think can do it?" Wu Peifu asked.

Cao Kun smiled: "Someone has already recommended a candidate for the Jiangdong Overseer." ”

Wu Peifu's face changed slightly: "Who?" ”

Cao Kun said: "I don't care who comes to recommend, I will refuse, Duan Qirui handed over the Hunan that Ziyu you worked so hard to fight to Zhang Jingyao, what was the result?" I, Cao Kun, can't be that cronyistic dumb official. ”

Wu Peifu said: "The third master means to let Chen Zikun be the overseer?" ”

Cao Kun said: "Chen Zikun is a little younger, but in extraordinary times, you have to deal with it very much, Zhang Yuting's 150,000 Feng army is about to fight, and the southeast is no longer stable, our direct good days are over, I am ready to promote him to lieutenant general, appointed to supervise the aftermath of Jiangdong Province's military affairs, and then awarded the rank of Xiaowu general, Ziyu, what do you think?" ”

Wu Peifu said lightly: "It's too heavy." ”

Cao Kun patted the back of Wu Peifu's hand: "It's not heavy, it's not heavy at all, Ziyu, we have a direct successor, wait for Xiao Chen to level Zhejiang and Shanghai, transfer him north to deal with Zhang Yuting, and let the Kanto beard see the power of Jiangbei Beard, I heard that this Chen Zikun started from scratch, and his hands are full of bandits from Zhao'an, it's really not simple, it's not easy!" ”

A smile appeared on Wu Peifu's face: "Chen Zikun is good at using strange soldiers, and it is a good move to transfer him to play Zhang Zuolin." ”

Cao Kun said: "Without further ado, you can't let the meritorious people chill, this matter must be done quickly, and the whole country must be electrified." ”

Wu Peifu said: "Jiangdong was initially decided, but Sun Kaiqin's main force is still there, Chen Zikun's troops are thin, and he is attacked by the enemy, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold on. ”

Cao Kun said with a smile: "It's easy to do, the president of this university will order him to supplement 200,000 ocean military expenses, 5,000 guns, and 1 million rounds of ammunition." ”

Wu Peifu smiled at this time: "I thank the third master for this kid." ”

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On 10 September, the Beijing government issued a telegram dismissing Sun Kaiqin, the former Jiangdong Governor, and appointing Chen Zikun, the former Jiangbei Protector Envoy, as the Jiangdong Provincial Military Affairs Supervisor, and a lieutenant general of the Jin Army.

When the news reached the Beijing News Office in Beijing, Ruan Mingchuan was pleasantly surprised: "I didn't expect that my old friend has become the superintendent, and this matter has to be reported, and it will be reported big." ”

The editor asked, "How long?" ”

Ruan Mingchuan said: "Full page! ”

The editor said: "I'm afraid the editor-in-chief can't say it." ”

Ruan Mingchuan said: "Listen to me, that's right. ”

Beijing Daily is a newspaper with a large circulation in Beijing, a full-page used to publish Chen Zikun's uniform photos, the effect is quite good, the newspaper Chen Zikun is wearing a major general gown, young and handsome, Yushu is in the wind, for a time the newspaper is out of stock, had to be reprinted, the old men and old ladies keep the newspaper as the door god New Year's paste, the ladies and ladies keep it on the bedside as movie stars, the capital blows a small Chen whirlwind, of course, this is a later story.

Bank of Communications Building, Vice President Yao Qizhen sat behind the desk with a pipe in his mouth and leisurely, the servant bowed down and retreated after delivering today's newspaper, President Yao picked up the newspaper and glanced at it casually, his eyes were suddenly attracted, such a large full-page photo is not his son-in-law!

Look at the following annotated text: Chen Zikun, the new military affairs supervisor of Jiangdong Province, is the second youngest lieutenant general in the country.

Yao Qizhen's pupils contracted, his son-in-law has such a ability, he has been promoted from the protector to the overseer in just one year, and he has also been promoted to the rank of first-class, he is a lieutenant general at the age of twenty-five or sixteen, and the only comparable one is Zhang Xueliang of the Fengjun, but Zhang Xiaoliu is relying on having a good father, what does Chen Zikun have, six years ago, he was still a stinky coolie pulling foreign cars in Beijing, and today he is a feudal official, a provincial overseer!

When I picked up the phone and wanted to call my home, it was my wife who answered the phone: "Hey, where?" ”

Yao Qizhen said: "It's me, your daughter has good eyesight." The voice trembled slightly.

Mrs. Yao was puzzled: "What, what trouble did Lei Lei cause again?" ”

"I didn't cause trouble, it's our son-in-law, who was appointed by the president as the military affairs supervisor of Jiangdong Province, and he is the former overseer! Lieutenant General, Mighty General! ”

There was suddenly no sound on the other side of the phone, and then I vaguely heard the voice of going downstairs and shouting from afar: "Lei Lei, great joy, Chen Zikun is an overseer!" ”

Half a minute later, Yao Yilei panted and picked up the phone: "Daddy, what's going on?" ”

Yao Qizhen said the report in the newspaper again, and said: "Today's Beijing News, go buy it and read it." ”

Yao Yilei put down the phone and ran out, and Mrs. Yao chased after her: "Lei Lei, you slow down, be careful of the little supervisor in your belly." ”

In the end, Mrs. Yao sent servants to the street and bought all the newspapers for the newspaper on several nearby streets. ”

After thinking about it, he said: "Forget it, I'll go by myself and let Jianbing be happy." ”

The two of them fled the war and returned to Beijing temporarily, Yao Yilei lived with her parents to facilitate care, Jianbing lived alone in the house in Dongwenchang Hutong, and was bored, Yao Yilei came excitedly and showed the newspaper: "Look, Chen Zikun is an overseer." ”

"Ah, we're the Overseer's wife." Jian Bing said happily.

The two women smiled happily and joined together.

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Yesterday, someone spent 200,000 yuan to ask him to make a speech in front of the president, and he was promoted to be the governor of Jiangdong, but he was not only sternly rejected by the third master, but also scolded himself.

Li Yanqing sprinkled his anger on the head of the newspaper, and he pointed to Chen Zikun's portrait and said: "How can you be virtuous, the president values you so much, I don't believe it, you can go down with this supervision!" ”

The next person came to report: "An official letter from the presidential palace." ”

Li Yanqing took it and saw that it was Cao Kun's approval for the transfer of military salaries, firearms and ammunition to Jiangdong Province, and he lazily threw the approval document into the drawer, and said to himself: "If you want to get money from me, wait for you." ”

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On the south bank of the Huaijiang River, the rain is falling, the sky and the earth are white mist, this rain has been falling for a week, the pace of the provincial army's northward march has been blocked, the heavy rain is pouring, the ferry can not cross the river, the artillery can not fire, tens of thousands of troops are trapped in the muddy riverside, can not advance or retreat.

There was news in the provincial capital for a long time, saying that Chen Zikun led his troops to attack and had captured Sun Doujun alive, Duan Haixiang ordered the news to be tightly sealed, for fear of disturbing the morale of the army, he sent people back to the provincial capital to inquire about the situation, while continuing to send troops to force the Huai River to reinforce Xia Jingqi's eleventh regiment.

The spies sent out were like mud oxen into the sea, and never returned, but the supply of materials to the provincial capital was interrupted, and the food and drink of the 60,000 army, the chewing grain of thousands of livestock, and the ammunition of 36 cannons and tens of thousands of guns were all replenished by the rear.

Now sitting in Duan Haixiang's tent is Ma Chun, the commander of the garrison brigade who fled from the provincial capital, who fled to the army after nine deaths, and told Duan Haixiang with tears in his eyes how Chen Zikun was rampant and reckless in the Overseer's Office.

"Master Duan, hurry up and raise troops to fight back, eradicate Chen Zikun, and avenge the brothers." Ma Chun said eagerly.

Duan Haixiang said: "Brigade Commander Ma, do you know how many soldiers and horses Thief Chen brought into the provincial capital?" ”

Ma Chun said: "According to his own words, there are only five hundred people, so we must start as soon as possible, and it will be too late when he recovers." ”

Duan Haixiang pondered for a moment and said, "I'll think about it, you go down to rest first." ”

Ma Chun was unwilling: "Commander Duan, you are the sworn brother of the overseer, you can't see death without saving!" ”

Duan Haixiang sank his face: "Come on, send Brigade Commander Ma down to rest!" ”

Ma Chun was taken away, Duan Haixiang convened a meeting of his brigade commanders and regiment commanders, and said that the fall of the provincial capital was a matter of everyone, and everyone was frightened and discussed, some proposed to immediately wave troops to help the provincial capital, some people said that they would continue to go north and besiege Wei to save Zhao, and some people said that we should simply support Division Commander Duan as the overseer.

Duan Haixiang's heart is also alive, although he is Sun Kaiqin's sworn brother, but when the matter comes, he has to think about himself, the era of Sun Inspector has passed, and now he has 60,000 troops in his hands, and he can attack and retreat and defend, in this troubled era, why not go out and fight!

"Pass my order, pull out the camp and start the village, and return to the provincial capital!" Duan Haixiang finally made up his mind.

Coincidentally, as soon as he gave the order, the rain outside stopped for days, and in an instant, the sun shone in the sky, and the sky cleared.

All the generals said that this was a good omen, and Duan Haixiang thought it was true and was proud.

Suddenly, a brigade commander asked, "What about the 11th Regiment on the north bank?" ”

Duan Haixiang said indifferently: "Keep them to contain the main force of Jiangbei." ”