Chapter 45 Just get by on face

"Big brother, the current situation is clear, we can't do this budding bird!"

Chang Ruiyuan wore the tweed uniform of the Beiyang Army, carried the rank of captain on his shoulder, followed Chang Ruiqing, and walked on the tall and sturdy city wall of Fengtai County. The head drooped, and the facial features on his face wrinkled into a sad word, and he couldn't see the joy brought by the promotion at all.

Chang Ruiqing was dressed in a white-washed soldier's uniform, with leggings wrapped around his legs, looking hard and simple, looking at a newly built position outside the city with his hands behind his back and his head held high, and his eyes were full of confidence.

The position outside the city was built under the supervision and command of Bai Chongxi and Lu Yixuan, and there were two zigzag trenches connected by communication trenches, more than a dozen firing points that were located as mounds or graves, and anti-artillery tunnels dug on the inner walls of the trenches, and in front of the positions were obstacles composed of horses, deer barricades, and barbed wire. There are four such defensive zones, which guard the four gates of Fengtai County, and on the city wall of Fengtai County, dozens of machine-gun fire points made of sandbags are also set up, which can condescendingly control a large area outside the city with firepower. The shooting boundary outside Fengtai County has also been cleared, and some of the shops on the street that were originally built outside the four city gates have also been demolished after giving some compensation. The tiny county town of Fengtai has now been transformed into an impregnable fortress, at least by the standards of China's civil war.

Chang Ruiqing raised his right hand and waved it lightly, and the dozen or so soldiers standing guard on this section of the city wall retreated from the city head together after saluting him. Chang Ruiqing turned around at this time, looked at the one behind him, and looked at the younger brother who seemed to be a little more mature. On that handsome face, it seems to be wrinkled now, and I don't know if I'm really worried about my parents or pretending to be my brother.

Chang Ruiyuan took a step forward and said in a sincere tone: "Big brother, the handsome man is not thin on our Chang family!" Our family can have this family business now, all thanks to the blessing of the handsome! This time, the big marshal didn't want to embarrass the eldest brother, not only that, but the big marshal also planned to wait for the situation in Beijing to settle down, and then promote the eldest brother again...... The errand of a mixed brigade commander plus the Chongqing town guard will be you, big brother! ”

Chang Ruiqing's eyes flashed, and he finally had a little more warmth: "Second brother, I haven't been at home all these years, and the wealth in the family has been earned by you as a little messenger with Zhang Xun...... I know the truth that a companion is like a tiger, and now that your brother and I are also the head of the regiment, you might as well come over to help my brother and stop keeping Zhang Xun by his side. ”

Chang Ruiyuan's eyes were slightly red, but he still sighed: "Big brother, it doesn't matter where I stay, I know that Zhang Dashuai has long distrusted me, and the key now is you!" What are you going to do? As he spoke, he pointed to the fortifications outside the city: "Do you want to rely on this small Fengtai county town to fight with Zhang Dashuai's 18 battalion elite soldiers, and really disregard the safety of your father?" ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled faintly, turned his head, and looked at the fortifications outside the city: "Zhang Xun won't touch his father's mother...... If he can take down this Fengtai county, there is no need to do such a bad thing, if he can't beat it, hehe, Zhang Wensheng will still listen to him? Second brother, don't forget, brother and I are the celebrities in front of Xu Youzheng, and we will be the first contributors to Duan Qirui's return to Beijing at that time! He Zhang Wensheng is too late, how dare he touch my father? ”

Chang Ruiyuan gritted his teeth, and looked at his brother's eyes with a little more awe, this brother was much more ruthless than he imagined! Mom and Dad can still analyze the stakes so calmly and clearly, this is a hero! He leaned into his brother's ear and lowered his voice: "Big brother, are you planning to go against Zhang Dashuai according to this Fengtai City?" Are you really not optimistic about Zhang Dashuai's restoration at all? In case his restoration can be troubled for a year and a half, even if it is like Yuan Datou, you will probably be ...... Fengtai City."

Hearing that his younger brother seemed to be really planning for himself, the expression on Chang Ruiqing's face softened a lot, he shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Ruiyuan, if it's not your brother, I look down on you braided soldiers, and the restoration of your handsome family will only take ten days and half a month at most!" Our Fengtai City has a solid wall, and we can hold it no matter how much time we have, so you can rest assured that your brother will stay here, and when Duan Zhiquan comes back, my brother will be the commander of a mixed brigade, or it won't be long before an errand for a town guard can always be found. Ruiyuan, my brother has a town guard, will there be no shortage of you? ”

"But my father and mother ...... "Chang Ruiyuan's family is not crossing, it is his own father and mother!" The feelings are naturally different, as soon as he thought that his parents had fallen into Zhang Xun's tiger's mouth, his eyebrows wrinkled tightly, and he subconsciously wanted to shake his head, Chang Ruiqing hurriedly continued: "Zhang Xun has my own way to explain, he is loyal to the old master now for restoration, and I am also loyal to the old master now according to the city, my old master is Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng, don't say that he is a town guard, even the overseer can't let me betray Zhi Lao and Zheng Gong!" As for the restoration of the Qing Dynasty, it is not something that people of my level can ask about...... As long as Zhi Lao and Zheng Gong order me to be an official of the Qing Dynasty, I will be an official of the Qing Dynasty! If Zhi Lao and Zheng Gong want me to oppose the Qing Dynasty, then ask Zhang Dashuai to send troops to Fengtai to fight! ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter he had just written from his pocket and handed it to his younger brother: "Here is a handwritten letter from me, as well as a warrant given to me by Xu Zhenggong, you can bring it to Zhang Xun." Since he regards himself as the leader of Beiyang, he must not do things that go too far. After the explanation is finished, you will resign from Zhang Xun and help me do things, you and I are brothers of the same heart, are you afraid that you will not be able to achieve a career? ”

Chang Ruiqing actually doesn't think much of his cheap younger brother, and thinks that he is not much like a soldier, but more like a man in the rivers and lakes, but then again, who is not a warlord in this era who is not righteous, friends enough, and accustomed to the rivers and lakes? Even that revolutionary pioneer, isn't he also a Hongmen brother? In this era, the boundaries between the rivers and lakes and the military and political circles are very blurred, and the development direction that Chang Ruiqing arranged for his younger brother is precisely the rivers and lakes.

Chang Ruiyuan's eyebrows relaxed, changed his contemplative expression, and whispered to himself: "Since there is Xu Shuzheng's warrant, then you can be justified by guarding Fengtai City, and the above matters should naturally be discussed by Dashuai and Zhi Lao, but you just need to guard Fengtai City, but don't make any more trouble, Duan Zhi's old protégé is all over the world, I am afraid there are few people who can repay like you, right?" ”

"That is, how can I compete with Zhang Xun's army of seven or eight thousand? Besides, Duan Zhi Lao and Xu Zhenggong just asked me to guard Fengtai County, maybe this is a bargaining chip, everyone is a Beiyang family, what can't be discussed? Chang Ruiqing replied with a smile, but he was relieved in his heart. If there is anything he is not worried about at the moment, it is that Zhang Xun did not restore immediately when he entered the city of Beijing, but first found a way to embarrass his own regiment. Now that there is such a confession, and his own cheap parents are hostages in Xuzhou, Zhang Xun must be able to boldly carry out the restoration with confidence, so that the wheel of history can roll forward and crush Zhang Dashuai's pigtail army into powder, right?

Chang Ruiyuan didn't know what his eldest brother was thinking in his heart, so after hearing this confession, he naturally put his mind at ease, took the envelope in his brother's hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll go to see Dashuai, hand him the letter, and ask Dashuai to resign by the way." Big brother, don't worry, in fact, the big handsome is also very righteous, the eldest brother is now sticking a knife in Duan Zhi's ribs, and the big handsome will definitely take it very seriously, as long as everyone can get by on the face, the big handsome will not embarrass the eldest brother. ”

Just get by on the face...... Chang Ruiqing smiled secretly in his heart, this is the warlord melee of the Republic of China, it is really more chaos than war!

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