In the midst of the chaos, Qiao Zhen's news came, and he will return to Yucheng with the army tomorrow, which is definitely a happy event, now Sichuan has become a powder keg, if Qiao Zhen is still under Zhao Erfeng, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be involved, so it will be difficult to do, but fortunately, he came back at this time, not only strengthened Qiao Yu's power, but also avoided trouble.

However, in order to allow Qiao Zhen to leave the Sichuan side smoothly, Qiao Yu also secretly made efforts, bought Zhao Erfeng's master, and asked him to help speak, plus Zhao Erxun's telegram, Qiao Guangyuan's letters, and the words of his subordinates finally made Zhao Erfeng make up his mind to send Qiao Zhen to lead the team to guard Yucheng, Zhao Erfeng also received the matter of nationalizing the Sichuan-Han Railway, the old man only felt that the court was a little inconsiderate, he had been on the frontier for a long time, and put all his energy on stabilizing the Sichuan, and he had lost his due sensitivity to this kind of thing. I didn't think of the danger, but the old man still attached great importance to Yucheng.

Sichuan has two centers of gravity, one in Chengdu and one in Yucheng, the old man is still confident, as long as he returns to Sichuan, he can control Chengdu, but Yucheng is a little beyond the reach of the whip, the Qiao family has a strong force in Yucheng, just can use this force to stabilize Yucheng, and the old man knows Qiao Zhen very well, knows that he has no ambitions, and he is also assured to let him lead the troops back to Yucheng.

Before nine o'clock in the morning, I saw a stream of dust coming straight to the city gate, and soon saw a team of cavalry coming in front of everyone, and before the horses stopped, a person jumped off the horse, and knelt down in front of Qiao Guangyuan and Mrs. Bai after a few steps, it was Qiao Zhen, Qiao Zhiqing, who finally returned to Yucheng after three years of expedition.

Qiao Zhen has definitely been born and died in the past few years, plus she has been fighting on the plateau for a long time, both cheeks have become red, her skin is dry and rough, she looks a lot bigger than Qiao Chengdu, but her body is also more upright and strong, and a heroic aura is coming to her face, and the brothers have endless words to say when they meet.

"Zhiqing, let's talk about it when I go home!"

Qiao Zhen's face was embarrassed, "Big brother, I also brought back a few hundred brothers, if I don't settle them down, I won't go home first!" ”

"That's right, as an officer, do you love soldiers like a son, Shunqing, you accompany the second child to arrange the border guards first, those are all national heroes, don't slack off, let's go home and prepare first!" Qiao Guangyuan spoke, naturally no one didn't listen, everyone went home first, Qiao Yu chatted with Qiao Zhen, the two brothers have been the most affectionate since childhood, and they have been separated for several years, they are all very excited.

"Third brother, you have only been back for more than half a year and have become the co-ordinator, which is really powerful, but you are much stronger than your second brother!"

"Second brother, to be honest, I still envy you for galloping across the frontier and protecting the country's territory, this merit is enough to mark the history of the country, and glorify your ancestors!"

"Hey, how many robes have died on the plateau, although there is also a group of rabble, but there are many British devils in command, and they are not afraid of death when they fight, and our supplies can't keep up, it's really not easy in the past few years!"

Between the words, the team of people and horses has already arrived in the front, only to see that there are about 600 people, their faces are full of wind and dust, and their military uniforms are a little shabby, but there is a faint evil aura, it seems that they have crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and they are much more fierce than the recruits under their own hands, and it seems that if you want to have a strong army, it is not possible to go through war.

Qiao Yu led the way and took the border guards to the barracks, Qiao Zhen has been fighting for so many years, and has gained a lot of knowledge, but he has never seen such a neat and clean barracks, it seems that the third child is indeed a capable person, and he is willing to invest in the army.

The housekeeper Qian Tai came to the front at this time, and took these soldiers to the bathroom to take a bath first, the treatment of soldiers in this era is indeed not high, it is good to be able to eat enough, as for the rest, it is not extravagant, Qiao Zhen They fought on the snowy plateau, even in the future It is an extremely difficult thing, and now it is even more so, these soldiers have almost not taken a bath for several months, or even a year, and the smell on their bodies is a little bad, even Qiao Zhen is like this.

"Third child, you wait, I'll wash it too, I can't stand the smell myself!" While speaking, Qiao Zhen took off her clothes and rushed directly into the bathroom, the warm water slid across her body, not to mention how comfortable it was, Qiao Yu noticed that there were a few hideous scars on his body when the second brother was undressing, and it was really good to die nine times, seeing that Zhao Erfeng, who had never been masked, was also full of reverence here, the old man was crisscrossing the river in the year of the sixtieth year, maintaining the country's borders, and making great contributions, but a few months later, the old man was going to die on the streets of Chengdu, leaving behind a thousand years of hatred. It seems that no matter what, we have to find a way to save the old man, and we can't let the meritorious person die so miserably.

After the bath, the canteen has already wafted the aroma of food, the wine and meat are ready, the rice and white noodles are enough, these border soldiers may not be able to have such a good meal during the New Year's Festival, so they all drink happily, very excited, seeing that the brothers under him are arranged very properly, Qiao Zhen is relieved to go home with Qiao Yu.

"Second brother, did you see that Xichuan was still too peaceful along the way?"

"How can there be any peace now, everywhere is talking about the Sichuan and Han Road, the crowd is excited, how can there be such a bastard court, even the people's hard-earned money will be nationalized, and there are many people in the army who are talking about it, if I didn't wear this military uniform, I would have been against the court with those ordinary people!"

Qiao Yu nodded slightly when he heard this, the idea of the second brother represents the thoughts of ordinary soldiers and civilians, and he doesn't know what is going on behind it, blaming the Qing court for everything, of course, the Qing court is not clean, and they nationalized it not for the construction of the railway, but for the right of way for loans, which is the same shameless.

Hearing Qiao Zhen say that there were also people in the army talking about it, Qiao Yu was immediately alert: "Second brother, are there any people in your army who know the party or the revolutionary party?" ”

"Why not, they often talk about some revolutionary truths, I hear them all right, and it is indeed for the good of this country, and some people persuade me to join the League, if it weren't for the kindness of Lord Zhao, I would have joined it a long time ago!"

This time it's interesting, I'm afraid I'm already a thorn in the side of the Alliance, a thorn in the flesh, but the second brother has some dealings with them, and this border guard is not safe anymore, it must be dealt with, otherwise there is a time bomb next to him that will explode at any time.

After returning home, the family sat around, talking about what they had seen and heard in the snowy region, and talking about Western anecdotes, so unhappy, Qiao Zhen also knew that Qiao Yu had fallen out with the Alliance, and she was suddenly a little embarrassed.

"Third child, I see that the alliance is still full of passionate people, can't you get along peacefully?"

"Second brother, there are some things that can't be seen on the surface, according to the revolutionary party's set, it will only disrupt the country, for example, what they advocate for the establishment of the eighteen provinces, that is, to give up all the border areas, second brother, you are a person who has shed blood in Tibet, will you be willing to split out there?"

Qiao Zhen was immediately speechless, she had vaguely heard of this statement, and she hadn't thought about it at the time, but now it seems that it is indeed as the third brother said, what is wrong! Qiao Zhen lowered her head in some pain.

"Zhiqing, you have the ability to be a general, but you don't have the talent to be a commander, you should listen to your third brother in everything, the revolutionary party is a group of rabble, and there is absolutely no good result in following them!" Old Man Qiao also spoke, since the appearance of the imperial cabinet, Old Qiao has no hope for the Qing court, even if he doesn't want to rebel, others will rebel, it is better to let his son be able to fight for a more advantageous position in the future.

"You brothers must be single-minded, troubled times are coming, you must not go the wrong way!"

"Third brother, you are my brother, but those people were also born and died with me, so you must not treat them badly! Otherwise, I won't have the face to be a man! ”