Zhang Zuolin is a talent, which is enough to judge from his later achievements. In such a complicated place in the three eastern provinces, he was able to start as a bandit, first become the leader of an armed gang at the village level, and then become a security guard in dozens of villages, and then set up a regiment to train and get appeased by the imperial court and eat public meals.

Later, in the Russo-Japanese War, he was left and right, and in the next two decades, he stepped on a seesaw between the two major military powers, and both Japan and Russia took him. is also one of the strongest people in the world. Compared to his impulsive and shallow son, he is I don't know how many times stronger.

Yang Hao looked at him unpleasantly, because he felt that this guy's vision was too narrow and there was no faith and righteousness. It's okay if you don't want to forge ahead and cut off the male, but you didn't see clearly the wolf ambitions of the Japanese and tightened the fence at the critical moment, but instead let the Japanese succeed step by step in the northeast, and eventually caused the tragedy of 918, which was wrong.

Not to mention the hindsight, in fact, among those warlords in the early years of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin has never been able to change his bandit style, on the one hand, he is reckless, and on the other hand, he constantly allows the Japanese to obtain the bridgehead of war, which is a serious crime.

And now it just so happened that Lao Zhang actually stood on the opposite side of Yang Hao, and the fledgling played such a trick on him, and Yang Hao felt quite angry.

Zhang Zuolin was at a loss for his reaction. This guy doesn't read much, has a lot of strategies, and is a very thoughtful person. He is now commanding hundreds of men and horses in front of the battalion officer, and befriending his boss can affect the strength of thousands of people along the way, if all of them are sold, this is a great feat. Plus the credit for the dedication of the city. Change to a serious commander. Shouldn't it be a big deal, right?

Shanhaiguan South Pass. The position of the right army of the Yi Army.

Zhang Zuolin pressed the top with one hand, looked down from the towering wall, and saw in the distance between the mountains and fields on the other side of the Shihe River, the attacking troops of the revolutionary army were like diligent ants, building an offensive position in a tense and orderly manner. Within the firing range that their city-head artillery could threaten, they dug trenches and opened up machine-gun positions, as if the attack was unfavorable, and they relied on the wide river to defend it to the death.

Looking farther away, you can vaguely see countless people building roads. They assaulted construction along parallel positions along the Jinyu Railway. The original narrow and rugged road was almost torn down and rebuilt, and the soft soil after the first rain in spring was directly shoveled and compacted by steam-powered engineering trucks, and then laid with thick sand and gravel on it, expanding into a wide avenue large enough for eight or two ox carts to move forward in parallel.

According to intelligence, this avenue extends all the way from Tianjin, with a total length of 400 miles. After completion, it can run a giant car weighing tens of thousands of catties without collapsing, and the cannon unloaded from Qinhuangdao Station will be easier to maneuver along the road to the adjacent position.

Thousands of engineers and strong laborers contributed together. The speed at which the highway stretched forward was amazing, and it took almost one night to run more than ten miles away. This madness. It was very shocking to the Qing army who were guarding the city.

To say that the Qing army below Song Qing really had no fighting spirit, they didn't even deploy troops to Qinhuangdao to intercept layer by layer, and now all of them are cowering in the city, everyone knows that this city wall will definitely not be able to withstand the direct fire of the cannon.

The more they couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, the more uneasy the Qing army became. Zhang Zuolin and the entire Right Army had the intention of letting go of water and surrendering to sincerity, but naturally they would not be bothered to rectify the defense affairs. But the problem is that they spread the news, and there is no movement on the other side, and they are still moving step by step, what is going on!

The more Zhang Zuolin looked at it, the more strange he felt, but he also knew that the troops opposite the people were world-class strong troops, and they had their own rules for doing things. Even if he knows that he is sincere, making a decision cannot be made in a moment and a half, so it needs to be reported layer by layer, and there must be a time difference, right?

But the years were only in his head, and then he felt as if it wasn't like that anymore! In the afternoon, the fortifications on the other side of the river were completed, and the three groups of engineers began to build a pontoon bridge on the river. "Hurried to the castle.

Song Desheng, the commander-in-chief of the right army guarding here, is also a lot older, and most of the commanders of the Qing army are generally fifty or sixty years old, and in the battle with the Japanese army, most of them have seen the inner emptiness of the Qing Dynasty, and they feel confused about the future. But in the same way, none of them want to be infamous as a retainer, without the boss above to speak, and they don't want to be traitors in a hurry.

This time it was Zhang Zuolin's initiative to pick the idea, although Song Desheng felt reluctant, he also knew that this was the only way. Otherwise, if you really want to serve the court, except for losing all your brothers and sisters and ending up with a ruined reputation, there will definitely be no good end - Yang Hao's essay on the historical sinner who obstructs the unification of the country and the nation is really terrifying, and none of them can hold it.

Therefore, Song Desheng acquiesced, and closed the city to the next qiē defense to the story, staying in the city and waiting for the news to come from the front.

Zhang Zuolin rushed in in a hurry, he was a little breathless and got up on the table, glared and asked, "How?" ”

Xiao Zhang replied hesitantly: "My lord, there is still no news ahead, and it seems to be ...... under the mark." ”

Song Desheng chuckled in his heart, slapped the table and shouted: "What does it seem, speak!" ”

Zhang Zuolin's body trembled slightly, and he replied with sweat on his forehead: "They seem to continue to attack the fortified city." ”

"How so?!" Song Desheng sat down in distraction, staring straight out of the door with his eyes hooked, only to feel that a darkness would cover the land of light at any time. After a moment of silence, he asked with a longing, "Is it that the person you are looking for didn't pass the word on?" ”

Zhang Zuolin shook his head with difficulty: "That person is also Brother Pao Ze in the past, and now he is a company commander in the revolutionary army, although he does not have the authority to go straight to the top, but he can pass on the news." ”

"That's weird."

Song Desheng thought about it and didn't understand, our side is going to surrender to Mingming'er, what's the big deal with you cooperating and making a show? Could it be that the dignified revolutionary army is so rigid that it has to do a full set of dramas? What is the origin of such a waste!

In his mind. All it takes is a burst of gunfire from the opposite side. Here sent several telegrams asking for help in a row. Let people in and you're done. This is building roads, building bridges, and putting on cannons, why do you spend so much energy!

They have never dealt with each other seriously, and they have smeared the tactics and routines of the revolutionary army, and there is no result after thinking about it, Song Desheng waved his hand for the last time: "Forget it, you will contact again." If the Yang family's army attacks strongly, I will do my best. ”

Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to turn around and leave when he walked to the door. I only heard a sentence from behind me: "Anyway, be careful." ”

His heart flickered, his toes mixed on the threshold, and he stumbled again and again, almost lying on the ground with a dog chewing.

"That's not a good sign!"

The superstitious Zhang Zuolin felt the clouds overwhelmed, wiped the sweat on his forehead with a wry smile, and hurried back to the position.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the three groups of men and horses on the other side of the Shihe River suddenly accelerated the speed of repairing the bridge, and first more than a dozen rubber boats rushed straight to the opposite bank, smashing the heavy steel pipes carried into the ground one by one. It is linked to the opposite bank with a stout steel cable. Hundreds of soldiers scattered in groups more than 100 meters away from the front, dug foxholes on the spot, and deployed machine-gun positions to stand for the battle.

Subsequently. The boat bridge on this side of the bridge rushed up, smashed the thick steel pipe piles into the water along the edge of the steel cable and linked them as a whole, erected beams and staggered skeletons, and then covered with steel plates, and quickly extended to the front in a neat and orderly manner.

Looking at the city from afar, you can clearly find the reflection of those steel structures, and then hear the crisp sound of the steel plate colliding, and all the Qing soldiers are amazed: "Good guy, you actually use fine steel plates to build bridges, this is really extravagant!" ”

Zhang Zuolin was even more shocked that the green tendons on his forehead jumped. This is a war, it's clearly showing off your wealth! Sure enough, the older generation said it well, fighting a war is to fight for money and food, and the guys on the opposite side can use steel to build bridges, what else can't they do? I'm afraid this thing is not good today!

He couldn't understand what the revolutionary army was thinking. The money for the construction of these three bridges alone can help a small landlord live a good life for a few years. Used in their Qing army, I am afraid that if it is not for the eating and drinking of this battalion, it will be dealt with for a while.

He didn't speak, and the soldiers didn't think much of it. In particular, some veterans have already thought about it, and as soon as the artillery fire on the opposite side sounds, they immediately smeared oil under their feet and slipped away, facing the two fools who did that. So they simply relaxed and held their guns and looked down at the Western scenery from the battlement, and they couldn't get up the slightest tension.

After all, Zhang Zuolin is different from others. His heart was hot on the one hand, and his neck was cold on the other. If you are enthusiastic about joining such an army, the benefits are endless. Now he is a small battalion officer, and he has reaped a lot of benefits in less than a year in office. Not only did he get ahead, but he even settled down properly in his family - in fact, he became a rich man.

What was chilling was that he saw the soldier on the other side, and he was so selfless and devotive, it was simply unimaginable madness for him!

Although the north has warmed up in March, the water left from the mountains is still bitterly cold. The soldiers building the bridge were not always safe, and they were carrying heavy steel pipes, steel plates, and tools in a hurry, and they could fall into the water if they were not careful. After a little longer, the limbs immediately froze and stiffened.

But Zhang Zuolin clearly saw that those soldiers who fell into the water didn't seem to think it was too dangerous, and after being rescued by the raft that was carrying parallel operations on the steel cable, they actually just drank something and jumped up to get busy!

At this time, the wind blows and the face is cold, and there is even a time when it freezes and snows when it encounters the cold of spring! How much money did those soldiers get, and how much money did they need to work so hard? Who will feed their family after they freeze out? I don't understand!

The revolutionary army never advertised its source of strength, and its internal military training was kept secret. Therefore, to this day, the outside world still feels vague about where they came from such a strong combat power, except for equipment factors.

Zhang Zuolin has been in the army for a short time, and his insight can only be attributed to the fact that the officers above are good at winning people's hearts, and the officers below are trying their best to serve each other, and they obey each other in life and death.

"Probably, it's just that those officers don't drink the blood of soldiers and don't deduct silver. Seeing that they are dressed so well, this errand is really cost-effective, but it is more real than returning to their hometown to farm. ”

Thinking so in his heart, he couldn't help but think about how wonderful it would be to be the commander of this army if it were him. Not to mention anything else, just for the offensive preparations in front of me, there are too many articles that can be done in it. Why does the bridge that should be used for a while have to be stakes of steel? Wouldn't it be the same to make it out of wood? Don't talk about anything else in the Northeast. How much wood you want. If you don't think it's strong, make it thicker, the planks are thicker, the processing is easy to lay and simple, and the one-foot-long nails are smashed into it, how to save money, labor and effort.

This group of revolutionary troops, their brains will not turn.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zuolin remembered the brother who was the company commander opposite, and occasionally came out with a few words. It is said that officers and soldiers in the revolutionary army are equal. The whole body is as close as brothers and sisters, and there is no bullying business, and no one drinks the blood of soldiers. Every soldier receives a good salary every month, and the old and young in the family benefit from it, and they have a bereavement pension for the dead, and they have to be resettled for the wounded, and they have no worries about food and clothing.

He thought it was nonsense, how could anyone in the world be so stupid? Those who serve as soldiers are cheap, and the so-called good men should not be soldiers. Isn't there really no way to live, who would have to suffer that sin!

Turn. Where does the army come from, and the obligation to care for you for the rest of your life? If you have something to eat, be content, so it doesn't affect the old and the young. I was able to give enough money. That's all the grace of the generals, what is one and the same, isn't this to mess up the number of etiquette?

Zhang Zuolin believed that this was a deliberate means of propaganda by them to the outside world, with the aim of confusing people's minds and demoralizing the enemy. What is inside is absolutely impossible to say the same.

This person is wise, and he naturally thinks more. What he saw in front of him was beyond his knowledge, and Zhang Zuolin couldn't help but be suspicious, and he couldn't make up his mind more and more.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and three bridges appeared above the Shihe River like long dragons, and from the wall, there were three straight black and dark long lines across the north and south.

As soon as the bridge deck was completed, dozens of steam cars rushed up with billowing smoke, crushing the new bridge to the ground, and it was obvious that it was about to fall down where it passed. But until it was completely crossed, none of the bridges collapsed in the middle, and it was much stronger because of it.

But the Qing army on the city wall was frightened by this scene!

Most of them had never seen a mechanical creature when they were so old, and a few of them had touched a bicycle from Tianjin, and they thought they had opened a foreign meat and bragged about it. But now I clearly saw dozens of steel monster-like guys rushing towards me, the steel tracks on both sides crushed over the bridge deck and rumbled, the sonorous sound of collision added another hideousness, and the smoke billowing into the air was like a mythical monster swallowing poisonous smoke .......

Dozens of cars pushed forward strongly along the bridge, and many people were scared to pee their pants at that time!

Subsequently, countless revolutionary soldiers rushed across the iron bridge quickly, and the momentum was like a dragon out of the water. When they reached the other side of the river, they unfolded and scattered into the position like a pool of mercury, each of them took out a short-handled sapper shovel from behind his back, and dug out a foxhole that was enough to cover him in the blink of an eye.

In the eyes of the Qing army on the wall, it was a time to take a breath, and the thousands of troops and horses on the opposite side turned from the ground to the underground, only dozens of steel giants were slowly advancing. This mysterious and incapable in the clouds and fog is simply unpredictable for heavenly soldiers and generals.

Someone exclaimed, "My mother! Is this still human! It is said that the revolutionary army is at stake, but now I know that his grandmother was not beaten by people at all. How to fight this battle! ”

Immediately, a veteran gave him corroboration: "Fart, hit, is that an ordinary person?" Yang Dashuai is a means of the immortal family, and the foreigners are powerful, aren't they? Didn't he let him die in three moves and two styles? Let's just dodge it, but don't hurt other people's weapons, and end up scattered, and you can't even be reincarnated in the underworld. ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded solemnly.

Not to mention that people are superstitious in these years, but Yang Hao's reputation has spread as if Yue Fei was alive and Emperor Guan was reborn. Countless ordinary people among the people said that his old man was the one who came to Pudu under the stars...... Is it really okay for Nima Eastern mythology and Buddhist theory to blend so naturally?

Zhang Zuolin listened to these inconsequential messes in his ears, and his heart was cold. He understood that even if he negotiated with the other party to make a show, he was afraid that the people on his side would not have to cooperate. What kind of pretense of shooting and firing guns, no one dares to force it at all!

He suddenly understood why people didn't pay attention to his little abacus at all. The morale of the Qing army is so high, they are so frightened that they want to surrender without firing a shot, why do they need to cooperate with him to engage in that unworthy deed? In the final analysis, people grasp the general trend, grasp the hearts of the people, and grasp the initiative.

Throw in the towel like that?

Zhang Zuolin stared at the dusty position in the distance, a cold light radiated from his eyes, his teeth were tight, his hands were grasping on the battlements of the city wall, and his nails didn't hurt when they were split.

"I'm not reconciled! is so gray and convinced, and when he turns around, he is not a prisoner like a big-headed soldier? Even if there are friends who say that there is a good match? People already look down on themselves, is it possible to obediently bow low and be small, and fiddle with them like waste? No, never! ”

Zhang Zuolin almost roared angrily, clenched his fist and hammered it fiercely on the battlement, and the rough stone cut a bloody hole on the edge of his palm. He stuffed his backhand in his mouth and licked it clean with his tongue, and then "stabbed" and tore off the strip of cloth and wrapped it indiscriminately, just pinched it, turned around suddenly, and went to greet a few of his own henchmen.

In the position under the city, it took less than 20 minutes for the attacking troops to build a preliminary bunker, and dozens of miles of steam engineering vehicles finally completed a row of heavy anti-artillery earth walls, and then slowly retreated to the river.

At 4:30 p.m., three red flares rose into the sky, followed by a sharp howl, and a cannonball exploded next to the city wall! (To be continued......)

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