The Liukou were annihilated, but the Jiangdong Army also paid a high price, sacrificing 35 cadets and seriously wounding 50 people, but also saving the lives of tens of thousands of people.

The funeral was held three days later, and it was a grand collective funeral for the soldiers, and the whole army of the Jiangdong Army sent 35 horse-drawn artillery wagons to carry the coffins of the fallen soldiers.

The farewell ceremony was set up in the square in front of the office, and not long ago, the cadets gathered here to admonish and ask the marshal to send troops to eradicate the warlords, but now it is their funeral that is held.

In the drizzle, the officers and men of the Seventh Mixed Brigade and the Cadet Brigade wore military uniforms and wore black gauze on their arms, standing upright in the rain.

The ceremonial officer drew his saber and shouted, "Shoot! ”

Seventy-two salute soldiers raised their rifles, shot into the sky, pulled the bolts, and fired again, the sound of which startled the birds perched under the eaves, and flew into the gray sky with their wings flashing.

In an alley in the distance, Zheng Zeru and Mai Ping took off their hats and mourned silently.

The bodies of the martyrs were taken away by their families and buried in ancestral graves, or buried in military cemeteries at the expense of the government.

Supervising the Office, the meeting of senior officers, Chen Zikun looked around at everyone and said: "Princes, I have made up my mind to send troops to support the National Revolutionary Army!" ”

Yan Su said: "Marshal, think twice, the Guangzhou army has suffered a defeat in Jiangxi, and the situation is still unclear." ”

Chen Shou also said: "We can't bet on the treasure indiscriminately, I think the chief of staff is right." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Let me ask you, what is the combat effectiveness of the cadets who have participated in the party? ”

Chen Shou said: "That's really not Gaide, it's like this life is not raised by my father and mother, it's a life." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I finally understand, Wu Yushuai was defeated at Hesheng Bridge and Tingsi Bridge, the National Revolutionary Army is an army of faith, and its combat effectiveness is not the same as that of the Beiyang Army, even if it loses one or two battles, the outcome of this war has been divided, although the situation is not clear enough, but wait to see it and then bet on it, is it still interesting?" ”

Everyone nodded yes.

Chen Zikun said: "After so many years of fighting, it's time to stop and stop, since the National Revolutionary Army has the ability to unify the whole country, let's give him a handful of charcoal, Chief of Staff Yan, you come up with a plan." ”

Yan Su said: "I have already made a plan, send the second division to attack Jiangsu, threaten Sun Chuanfang's back road, the first division is placed in the north, to prevent the Zhilu coalition army from going south, there is no need to move seriously, you can reduce the pressure on the Guangzhou army." ”

Chen Zikun shook his head: "No, since you want to bet, you have to bet heavily." ”

Yan Su said: "Kun Shuai means that he really beat Sun Chuanfang? ”

Chen Zikun said: "It doesn't matter whether you fight or not, the key is to have a formal name." ”

The crowd was puzzled.

Chen Zikun looked around at the generals: "I have decided to officially surrender to the Guangzhou National Government, change the flag, and change the Jiangdong Protector to the National Revolutionary Army." ”

"No!" Yan Su hurriedly persuaded, "Kun Shuai must not be like this, we are the authentic Beiyang direct lineage, even if we are put into the arms of the south, we are also raised by a stepmother, the best way out is to maintain the status quo of the separation of the north and the south, we will take Jiangdong as the foundation, develop slowly, and in time, it is unknown to seize the world." ”

Hearing the words of seizing the world, the generals present all showed excited eyes, but Liu Youjin, who was the secretary general of the provincial government, shook his head secretly.

"Secretary-General Liu, do you have anything to say?" Chan noticed his expression.

Liu Youjin said: "To be honest, Chief of Staff Yan's method is indeed the best way for us, at present, the heroes are competing for the deer, and the Feng system is not so strong after internal friction, Wu Yushuai is quite old, Sun Chuanfang and the National Revolutionary Army are fighting fiercely in Jiangxi, and the loss of strength is also huge. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, although Liu Youjin's words were slightly exaggerated, but Chen Zikun's strength was indeed unsurpassed in the Central Plains.

"But!" Liu Youjin took a deep breath, and everyone suddenly felt bad, and they were afraid of anything.

"It's the best way for us, but for China, it's just to increase civil strife for 20 years, and it's the foreigners who benefit and the people who suffer." Liu Youjin said leisurely.

Everyone was silent for a long time, Chen Shou said: "When the grass fell into the grass, I wanted to eat a full meal, now I am eating meat and drinking wine, but the villagers in the village are still the same hanging, eating bran and vegetables are not enough, if we throw to the south, the world can be peaceful, I am willing!" ”

Gai Longquan said: "I am also willing, anyway, we are all promoted and rich, and with Kun Shuai leading us, we are afraid that we will not be able to suffer." ”

The two army leaders voted in favor, Yan Su naturally had nothing to say, and sighed deeply and said: "Don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, forget it, for the sake of the world, just give up this opportunity." ”

The Jiangdong military and political officials unanimously approved the change of flag and banner and threw it to the Guangzhou Nationalist Government. Sun Chuanfang's Jiangxi front line was in chaos, and the north was shaken, and the Zhilu Army quickly sent two divisions south along the Jinpu line to deploy defenses on the Xuzhou front line to prevent the Jiangdong Army from attacking.

However, people of insight in Jiangdong Province breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Dashuai finally made a clear direction and completely fell to the south, the Jiangdong Army would not have a war with the revolutionary army, and millions of people escaped the catastrophe, which is gratifying, as for the threat of the Beiyang Army, it is not considered, and the strength of the Jiangdong Army, they are very clear.

The students of the Jiangdong Army Military Academy were the happiest at the marshal's defection to the revolution, and their military spirit was extremely excited.

In mid-autumn, Feng Yuxiang returned from Soviet Russia, obtained a large number of Soviet reinforcements, and served as the commander-in-chief of the national ** army in Suiyuan Wuyuan.

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Jiangdong Hu** was renamed the Jiangdong National Revolutionary Army, Chen Zikun abolished the post of Beiyang Military Affairs Supervisor, and proclaimed himself the commander-in-chief of the Jiangdong National Revolutionary Army, in charge of the military and civilian affairs of Jiangdong Province.

Chen Zikun as a veteran member of the Kuomintang, Sun Wenwei, the prime minister of the coffin officially fell to the south, just like toppling the dominoes, causing a series of chain reactions, Sun Chuanfang's rule of Zhejiang Province turbulent, Governor Xia Chao announced anti-Sun, after being suppressed, all departments of the Zhejiang Army have contacted the Northern Expeditionary Army, Chen Zikun's old acquaintance, Chen Yi, the commander of the first division of the Zhejiang Army, fell to the Northern Expeditionary Army, was appointed as the commander of the 19th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, although it was suppressed by Sun Jun, but Sun Chuanfang's rule has ended, and the scenery is no more.

Although the Zhilu coalition army drove to Xuzhou, it did not open the Jiangdong Army to start a war, ostensibly because Chen Zikun and Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Zongchang had a brotherly relationship, but in fact, the Zhilu army was afraid of the combat power of the Jiangdong Army, and there were planes and White Russian mercenaries, although the Jiangdong Army only had three divisions, but they were all tiger and wolf divisions, which could not be underestimated.

Zhang Xueliang even sent a personal representative to the meeting, hoping that Chen Zikun would change his mind, but Chen Zikun wrote a letter to persuade Zhang Xueliang to join the revolution.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Jiangxi, also wrote a handwritten letter to his sworn brother Chen Zikun, praising him as a revolutionary hero, and presented a bill of exchange of 500,000 yuan as military funds.

This money came at the right time, Chen Zikun was under great military pressure after changing the banner, and had to temporarily abandon the elite army policy, recruited 20,000 strong men, and expanded the army to 50,000 people, and it costs money to raise soldiers, and the cost of feeding a big soldier, military uniforms and salt and vegetables are all over the place, and it costs 120 yuan a year, 30,000 soldiers are 3.6 million, and 50,000 soldiers are 6 million (not miscalculated), and Jiangdong Province's annual financial income is only 900,000!

If you don't know the price of firewood and rice, Chen Zikun only understood why the warlords scraped the ground and planted opium, and why China's civil strife continued, all in the war disaster!

In order to maintain their rule, the warlords had to recruit soldiers and horses, and when they recruited soldiers, they could not afford to raise them, so they could only release the people to harm the people, and the more and more soldiers, the fewer and fewer peasants who farmed the land, and a large number of young and middle-aged people engaged in destructive wars, and after the defeat of the army, they became bandits.

Jiangdong Province is an agricultural province, the Huai River is often flooded, resulting in poor harvests, industry and commerce are not developed, since the ban on opium cultivation, the money to raise soldiers mainly depends on Shanghai's opium tax, which is also the reason why Chen Zikun has to garrison troops in Shanghai no matter what.

The implementation of the new policy is also a last resort, because the fastest and most obvious results can be achieved in agriculture, and if you invest in railways and factories, the amount of money is large, the cycle is long, and all kinds of raw materials, machinery and equipment, and workers cannot be put in place on time during the war.

The agricultural commissioners did not do their job effectively, not only smashed Chen Dashuai's new policy office, but also offended the local gentry, China's ancient regime only reached the county level, and the rule below the county level relied on the power of the squires and clans, and they really couldn't afford to offend them, but the new policy office of Nantai County was really good, Zheng Zeru, this kid deserved to be a top student of Jiaotong University, and the mass work was impressive.

In this way, 1926 passed in the smoke everywhere, and the land of China, which was deeply devastated by disasters, ushered in a new era.

Jiangdong Province, the General Headquarters of the Jiangdong National Revolutionary Army, that is, the former Supervision Office, knocked lightly on the door of the signing room twice, and Liu Ting came in in a light blue dress and said: "Commander-in-chief, Commissioner Zheng has arrived." ”

"Please!"

Zheng Ze came in like a dusty man, his face was full of excitement, he had dealt with Chen Dashuai a few times, but he didn't see it at all, and said excitedly: "Commander-in-chief, good news, a major victory!" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Where did you win without a war? ”

Zheng Zeru waved his fist: "The revolutionary masses have recovered the British concession in Hankow!" ”

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