Chen Zikun was born to wear a clothes rack in military uniforms, a crisp Verding thin wool military uniform was worn on a straight body, with shiny high-waisted riding boots, and against the backdrop of a group of black and thin officers from Guangzhou, he was simply the most handsome man in the headquarters.

It is said that a second lieutenant officer cannot wear a woolen military uniform, let alone a second lieutenant, even a captain only has a Xia Bu military uniform, but Chen Zikun is Tan Haoming's adjutant, so he naturally has this treatment, his daily work is very simple, that is, to accompany Tan Haoming to hang around.

Tan Haoming once had a title, called the commander-in-chief of the Hunan-Guangdong-Guizhou coalition army, led the 45 battalions of the Guangxi soldiers, and the 35 battalions of the Guangdong soldiers formed the Liangguang Protector Army, and fought until Changsha, Hunan, and the Beiyang government opened troops to see the battle, and the fight was inextricable.

If it were someone else, he would definitely be punished for this defeat, but Tan Haoming was Lu Dashuai's brother-in-law, and no one dared to do anything to him.

However, the days in the army were not comfortable, although he had the title of second lieutenant adjutant of the Adjutant Office of the Overseer, but what he did had nothing to do with the army, and every day he was holding a teapot, a fruit plate, and a towel to stand in the living room to play mahjong with his aunt and wife.

Tan Haoming has a big wife, five aunts, all of whom are masters of the Bird Altar, plus the aunts and wives of Gui generals such as Chen Bingkun, Lin Hu, Shen Hongying, etc., play cards in the living room of the Tan family all day long.

Chen Zikun's task is to serve the wives to play cards, originally Tan Haoming wanted to keep him by his side as a horse, but he couldn't stand the wives' begging, so he lent Chen Zikun to these warblers and Yanyan.

"Xiao Chen, light a cigarette for me."

"Xiao Chen, come and give a thump on the back."

"Xiao Chen, come and fight for me."

Chen Zikun's ears are full of such voices all day long, muddy, dizzy, the most terrible thing is that the coquettish fifth aunt often teases him intentionally or unintentionally, he feels miserable in this kind of day, but there are still people who are jealous of him.

Originally, there was a lieutenant adjutant named Huang Yongfu in the adjutant's office, who was responsible for serving the wives to play cards, this person was good at slapping horses, bending to welcome, and loved to haunt in the pile of fat powder, Chen Zikun occupied his position as soon as he came, how could he not hate it, so he always wanted to find Chen Zikun's handle.

In this state of life, Chen Zikun simply doesn't want to stay for a moment, if he really wants to leave, I'm afraid that no one can keep him, but thinking of Tan Haoming's kindness, he can't say goodbye, under the double torment, he can only borrow wine to drown his sorrows, but he can't even find a person who drinks together.

The Guangxi army has a very strong sense of locality, and the senior generals are all sworn brothers who gathered in the Wuxiao Mountains and Forests with Lu Rongting back then, and the middle- and lower-level officers are their brothers, nephews, and fellow villagers, while Chen Zikun is an outsider who is not even proficient in the vernacular, so he can't integrate into it at all.

The weather in Guangzhou is not as hot as in the mainland, and in autumn it is still as hot as ever, Chen Zikun went to the post office to write two letters, one to the Yao Mansion in Beijing, and the other to the Sima Road in the British Concession in Shanghai.

Coming out of the post office, strolling on the bank of the Pearl River, the white sails in the river are dotted, the scenery is beautiful, it is refreshing, the depressed mood is slightly better, and suddenly I saw passers-by quickly gathering to the dock, Chen Zikun also came over to see the excitement, he is tall, standing in the back row can see clearly.

A group of ruffians are robbing the people's daughters, and the robbed are the female actors of the Red Boat Opera Troupe, and the martial artists of the troupe have empty martial arts, but they dare not speak out, because the soldiers have guns in their hands, and the class owner begged bitterly, but was kicked aside by the hooligans.

Chen Zikun was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent, so he separated everyone and walked into the venue, shouting: "Stop!" ”

The soldiers are all old fritters in the army, so naturally they don't take him as a little second lieutenant in their eyes, and a little officer with a crooked hat came over and said: "Boy, do you know who I am, I am a relative of Lu Dashuai!" ”

Chen Zikun spun around in place with a big mouth, and scolded: "Robbing the people's girls in broad daylight, the face of the handsome man has been lost by you scum." ”

Hitting people without slapping the face, scolding people without revealing the shortcomings, the little officer was furious, reached out and took out the gun, Chen Zikun's movements were much faster than him, he snatched the pistol against his head, and all the soldiers raised their guns one after another, Chen Zikun said: "There is a kind of don't use a gun, I'll let you go together." ”

The soldiers couldn't ask for it, put down the gun and rolled up their sleeves and rushed up, but they were beaten by Chen Zikun, and the soldiers were in a hurry, one of them picked up the rifle and pulled the bolt with a bang, and was about to shoot, but was kicked over from behind, and was about to scold angrily, but swallowed back.

I saw three young officers with straight uniforms and shiny riding boots coming over, and seeing that the epaulettes were a major and two captains, the major looked around at everyone and said: "Forcibly robbing people's women, gathering crowds to fight, and bullying the few with more, the reputation of our Guangxi Army has been ruined by you scum." ”

A captain shouted: "There is still a handsome in your eyes, and there is still military law!"

Another captain also said, "Don't get out of here!" ”

No matter how rampant the soldiers were, they didn't dare to confront a group of officers, so they had to let go of the people and walk away.

The major was only thirty years old, although his appearance was ugly, but there was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, he looked Chen Zikun up and down, and arched his hand: "I don't know the name of Brother Taigao, in which part is high?" ”

Chen Zikun replied: "The surname is Chen, Chen Zikun, and he is an adjutant in Vice Marshal Tan's mansion." ”

The major said: "It turned out to be Adjutant Chen, disrespectful, brother Li Zongren, commander of the first battalion of the Fifth Brigade of the Second Army of the Guangxi Army." ”

The two captains also introduced themselves: "Brother Bai Chongxi of the Guangxi Army Model Battalion." ”

"Guangxi Army Model Battalion Huang Shaohong."

After the ceremony, Li Zongren said: "Adjutant Chen is brave and courageous, upright, and has a handsome martial arts, Li admires, it is better to find a teahouse to drink tea together." ”

Chan readily agreed.

During the conversation, Chen Zikun knew that Li Zongren was the oldest of the three, and he was only 28 years old this year, Huang Shaohong and Bai Chongxi were both 25 or 6 years old, and the three of them both graduated from Guangxi Army Primary School, and Huang Bai and Huang Bai were top students of the Baoding Army Military Academy.

They are both soldiers, and they are like-minded, the three of them came out of the teahouse, and then entered the restaurant, and after a hearty drink, Chen Zikun saw that the three of them were bold and generous, so he opened his heart and told the bitterness in his heart.

Listening to his experience, Li Zongren said: "Adjutant Chen is so honest, that brother is not hiding it, in my opinion, Lu Dashuai will not last a few years." ”

As soon as these words came out, the three of them all had a gleam in their eyes, and Chen Zikun said: "Why did Brother Li say this? ”

Li Zongren said: "The Gui family guest army is in Guangdong, indiscriminately issuing banknotes and expropriating money, the marshal is nepotistic, mercenary, for his own selfish interests, he actually squeezed out Sun Wen and monopolized the power, people from the green forest are often short-sighted, although they temporarily control the two vast powers, but it is a matter of time before they are expelled. ”

Bai Chongxi's eyes rolled wildly, and he said, "Delin is drunk." ”

Li Zongren smiled bitterly and said: "I only spit out the truth after drinking, in all fairness, Lu Dashuai is a generation of heroes, but he is not Cao Liu's generation after all, at most he is the level of Gongsun Zhan, the high-level of the Gui family loves money like life, and does not want to forge ahead, such an army, at most, can only protect itself, and wants to plot the world, that is a fool's dream, 100,000 taels of the French army was beaten by Wu Peifu in Hunan, which is the proof." ”

Huang Shaohong said: "There are no outsiders today, we might as well speak freely, Delin, in your opinion, who is the hero of the world?" ”

Li Zongren said: "I have observed the situation for a long time, and now the confrontation between the north and the south of China is full of heroes, and there are quite similarities with the Three Kingdoms period, but there are very few who can be called heroes, and Wu Peifu, the commander of the third division of the Beiyang Army who is currently in Hengyang, can be counted as one." ”

"Wu Peifu?" Chen Zikun groaned, today is not the first time this name has been mentioned, it seems that in the eyes of everyone, this person's evaluation is quite high.

"Yes, Wu Peifu, this person was born in a show, threw his pen from Rong, and was not reused for a long time, and then soared into the sky, led the troops south, and was like a bamboo, and he was known as a victorious general, but when he arrived at the gate of Guangdong, he did not move, and he was telegraphed against the civil war, which shows that this person is very politically minded, and he is by no means a martial artist."

Bai Chongxi said: "I think Wu Ziyu is just an opportunist, stationed in southern Hunan and not moving, that is because he is dissatisfied with the position of Hunan overseer given to Zhang Jingyao, and deliberately gave eye medicine to those people in Beiyang." ”

Li Zongren said: "Jiansheng, you see the problem is too simple, Wu Peifu is only a division commander, but he has repeatedly telegraphed against the war and supported the students to make trouble, is it just for the position of an overseer?" I think he has a big vision, and sooner or later he will have to make something earth-shattering. ”

Everyone nodded secretly.

Huang Shaohong said: "Delin, in addition to Wu Peifu, how many heroes are there in the world?" ”

Li Zongren said with a smile: "All the gentlemen here are heroes. ”

Everyone laughed.

After laughing, Li Zongren said: "Zongren is a slight officer, today through the wine and nonsense, let everyone laugh, I see that Adjutant Chen is definitely not a thing in the pool, when the future is developed, don't forget these poor friends." ”

Chen Zikun said with a smile: "I, Chen Zikun, am just an adjutant who waits for the wives to play cards, the three brothers are all officers with soldiers, and having a gun in their hands is the last word. ”

The three readily agreed, and the four high-spirited young officers paid homage to their brothers in the restaurant.