At the reception banquet, Zhao Dongyun can be said to have given Meng Enyuan enough face, then Meng Enyuan is not a pedantic person, although he doesn't want to get involved in the factional dispute in Beiyang, but he will not offend Zhao Dongyun for no reason, so since Zhao Dongyun gives him face, he will not put on an unkind appearance and stay away.

So, the two of them talked and laughed at the reception banquet.

However, this situation has a different feeling in the eyes of others, maybe Meng Enyuan just socialized with Zhao Dongyun with the mentality of not offending people, but what Meng Enyuan didn't expect was that his behavior and Zhao Dongyun's almost public co-optation were enough to make many people misunderstand.

"I don't think this Meng Enyuan is a good person, he just came here and hooked up with Zhao Dongyun, as soon as these two join forces, it will be difficult for us to intervene in the right mark of the horse team!" Shi Congbin's face was indignant, and he had a lot of contempt for Meng Enyuan in his words: "He Meng Enyuan is almost fifty years old, and he grovels to Zhao Dongyun, who is only in his twenties, and he is not afraid that his son will laugh at him!" ”

Shi Congbin was good friends with Feng Guozhang in the early years, and at the end of last year, he was able to win the position of the fifth bid and the second battalion management band in the third association of competition and incentive, and Feng Guozhang made a lot of efforts from it. Just like the relationship between Zhao Dongyun and Duan Qirui, although they never say anything about priority or refuge, outsiders regard Zhao Dongyun as Duan Qirui's descendant, and Shi Congbin is naturally considered by outsiders to be Feng Guozhang's subordinate.

After coming to the third association, Shi Congbin was also the same as Yang Baoshan, the third battalion of the fifth standard, and Sun Hanchen, the third battalion of the sixth standard, and deeply felt the strong pressure from Zhao Dongyun.

In order to control the real power and not be overshadowed by his subordinates, Shi Congbin inevitably sought the assistance of Chen Guangyuan.

In addition, the situation of Yang Baoshan and Sun Hanchen is similar to Shi Congbin, and they inevitably have to seek Chen Guangyuan's help, plus some middle and lower-level officers under their command, a small hill headed by Chen Guangyuan has been formed in the Third Association to fight against Zhao Dongyun and others.

In fact, this can be regarded as a microcosm of the battle between the Beiyang factions, in the high-level battle, it is Wang Yingkai, Feng Guozhang and others who unite to fight against the strongest Duan Qirui, and within the Third Association, it is the people of many factions who are integrated by Chen Guangyuan to fight against the strongest Zhao Dongyun.

Duan Qirui's faction in this period was very strong, for example, in the Guangzong Civil Revolution last year, led by Duan Qirui, and Zhao Dongyun was specifically commanded, these two people almost took all the credit for the Guangzong Civil Revolution, so that Feng Guozhang and others in the back couldn't even drink some soup dregs, so that in the recommendation of Yuan Shikai to the imperial court last year, Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun were in the limelight, one was promoted from the third rank to the second grade Taoist, and the other was promoted from the fourth rank to the third grade.

At the end of last year, Duan Qirui single-handedly planned the compilation and training of the Third Association, and smoothly pushed Zhao Dongyun to the position of the leader of the Third Association, and it was precisely because of this incident that Wang Yingkai, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen and others felt threatened, and even began a semi-joint way to counter Duan Qirui.

In this way, at the end of last year, there was a dispute between the two leaders of the Third Association.

In the final analysis, it was because Duan Qirui, Zhao Dongyun and others were too strong, and Yan Zòng squeezed the living space of the other factions in Beiyang, forcing them to unite against Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun.

Now in the Third Association, the same situation has occurred, Zhao Dongyun, in order to seek complete control of the Third Association, used strong means to install the lineage, squeezed out Chen Guangyuan, Shi Congbin and others, and co-opted Meng Enyuan and a few other neutral people, which also made Chen Guangyuan and others feel the threat of Yan zhòng.

"That Meng Enyuan is not a bad person, otherwise he would be able to sit on the right side of the horse team, General Manager Feng said, this person is a wall grass, and he will fall over there when the wind is strong. Now that Zhao Dongyun's family is dominant in the third association, he naturally fell to him, otherwise since it is a grass on the wall, then we can also win him over, at least we can't let him follow Zhao Dongyun! ”

Chen Guangyuan, who was sitting in a high position, looked at the problem much farther than Shi Congbin, and he also inquired before Meng Enyuan came, knowing that this person didn't look at him as a neutral, but he was a real Beiyang lineage, and he also had some weight in Yuan Shikai's heart, otherwise he would not have been directly approached by Yuan Shikai to take up the position of the commander when the position of the horse team's right standard was disputed.

You must know that Yuan Shikai's hand was greatly unexpected by Duan Qirui, Wang Yingkai and others, according to the usual practice, the positions of commander and manager are generally discussed by several of them, and then put forward candidates for Yuan Shikai to make the final decision. After all, Yuan Shikai is the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, he is not only the supervisor of the Beiyang Military and Political Department, but also has a bunch of other things in his hands besides the affairs of the Beiyang New Army.

In a certain way, this can be regarded as a kind of beating by Yuan Shikai to them, indicating that a few of you are making trouble, but don't affect the business!

Meng Enyuan was directly sent by Yuan Shikai to the right mark of the horse team, which shows that he still has some weight in Yuan Shikai's heart, and if he despises it, he will be unlucky.

Chen Guangyuan continued: "Tomorrow, I will invite that Meng Enyuan to drink, and when the time comes, a few of you will also come, so we can't let people think that we despise him!" ”

In the face of Zhao Dongyun and Chen Guangyuan's co-optation, Meng Enyuan was far from being an embarrassing situation of being a sandwich biscuit, but was like a fish in water between these two, and it was an opportunity for both sides to win him over, properly reorganize the right mark of his horse team, and take away several officers under various pretexts, and these people are all Zhao Dongyun and Chen Guangyuan's people without exception.

In the face of Meng Enyuan's rejection of dissidents, Zhao Dongyun did not feel too surprised, after all, Meng Enyuan is the leader of the right standard of the horse team, he and Chen Guangyuan just took the opportunity to install many people, and now that he has taken office, it is naturally impossible to leave all these people behind, and he has to make room for his own descendants.

However, although there was a slight loss, it was not big, at least Hua Zhenji, the commander of the first battalion installed by Zhao Dongyun, continued to be his cavalry pipe belt steadily, and as for the lower-level officers, a few were cleaned up, which could not affect the overall situation.

When Zhao Dongyun, Chen Guangyuan, Meng Enyuan and others were playing in the Third Association to exclude dissidents, they did not forget their own serious business, after all, fighting for power and profit can only be regarded as amateur entertainment, and this training of the new army is their main business, and if anyone affects the business because of amateur entertainment, let alone fighting for power and profit, Yuan Shikai's board will be played down immediately.

Therefore, since the end of last year, Zhao Dongyun and Chen Guangyuan have been very happy, but the speed of the Third Association's training has not fallen behind at all, whether it is the recruitment and training of new recruits or the reorganization of Su Yi's pro-army, it has been carried out very quickly.

Now is also, when the three senior officers in the Third Association are playing intrigues, they also continue to train the new army, and Chen Guangyuan continues to be responsible for the reorganization of the Yuanzi Battalion Infantry Team, this drudgery makes Chen Guangyuan secretly scold Zhao Dongyun more than once, but he still doesn't have the courage to shirk it, and even he has to find a way to do it better.

Because it didn't work well, it was he who was unlucky first!

The reorganization of the Baoyang Horse Team and the Yuanzi Battalion Horse Team is much easier than the reorganization of the Yuanzi Battalion Infantry Team, and the ordinary cavalrymen are eager to enter the new army, as for those officers, the senior officers are naturally arranged by Yuan Shikai personally, and most of the middle and lower-level officers are sent to the training army and the Huai army, and a small number of them are retained.

In addition, Meng Enyuan was originally a senior officer in the Baoyang horse team, and it is clear who can and can't use it in the cavalry of the old army, which is much better than Zhao Dongyun at the beginning.

After all, Zhao Dongyun had never played cavalry in his life, and if he was an infantryman, he would still be able to rely on the memory in his original mind to train according to the script, but it would be much more difficult for cavalry or artillery.

In fact, although the reorganization of the old army is also important, the core of Zhao Dongyun's work is not focused on these, since he served as the third assistant commander, the work and delicacy have always been on the recruitment and training of new soldiers.

It can be said that the six infantry battalions of the Third Association are the core combat effectiveness of the Third Association, and only when these six infantry battalions are formed can the Third Association be called an army.

"Since the end of last year, our recruits have been trained in four batches with a total of more than 2,600 people every month, and the above recruits who have undergone preliminary training have been assigned to each battalion according to the plan, but because the number of recruits is still insufficient, in addition to the first and second battalions of the fifth standard, the remaining four infantry battalions are still missing a part of the number of soldiers!"

Lin Yongquan, who is the general manager of the new barracks, opened the account book in his hand as he spoke: "In addition, we have recruited more than 100 fewer recruits this month than last month!" ”

Zhao Dongyun listened to Lin Yongquan's words, and then said: "If this batch of recruits is concerned, the fifth bid will still be allocated first, well, the third battalion will also be filled, and the rest will be arranged to Liu Fu's battalion!" Can't let Liu Fu's battalion have fewer people, so Chen Guangyuan, who is exempt, will stuff all the old Yong of the Yuanzi battalion to him! ”

"As for the lack of recruits this month, what's going on?" Zhao Dongyun was a little puzzled, there are fewer and fewer recruits, this situation is not normal, if it continues, won't his troops even have recruits?