Since the Feng army entered the customs, there have been many generals of other factions in Beiyang who have taken the lead and surrendered to the Feng army, some of whom were forced to surrender after the defeat and surrender, and some of them took the initiative to surrender, the most famous of which are naturally Bao Guiqing, the commander of the First Mixed Brigade, and Lu Yongxiang, the commander of the First Division.

In addition, in the process of fighting in the three provinces of Zhili, Henan, and Shandong, there were also many generals of the Zhijun, Lu, Henan, and Hubei armies who chose to surrender or surrender to Cheng, but the impact was not great, some of these people announced that they would leave the field and leave the military circles, and some continued to stay in the Feng army to serve and be loyal to Zhao Dongyun.

In this case, Zhang Dianru said that he would follow Lu Yongxiang's example and join the army, which made the conference room fall silent for a while.

Including Liu Chaolu, many of the generals present changed their faces rapidly, and after a long time, Liu Chaolu said tentatively: "Boss, have you already been in contact with the north?" ”

Zhang Dianru nodded slightly: "It's not a secret, when I was in Suqian, someone from the Northern Intelligence Department came to look for me, but I rejected them at that time, and they came to me again last night!" ”

When a group of low-level people heard Zhang Dianru say this, they already knew that Zhang Dianru suddenly brought up this topic today, definitely not on a whim, but after detailed consideration, and it was even possible that he had reached some kind of agreement with the north that no one knew.

Zhang Dianru continued: "The north has promised me that as long as we are loyal to the central government anyway, then they can give us a division number, and everyone here can continue to serve in the current ranks. If you are not willing to continue to serve in the army, the north will also give you an appropriate special retirement payment! ”

Liu Chaolu said: "The number of a central division? And what about military spending and equipment, what do you say over there? ”

Zhang Dianru said: "They promised that if we can do it anyway, then Yiqiē will follow the regulations of the First Division, not only give us the number of the Central Division, but also bear our military expenses, equipment and soldiers." ”

At this time, someone asked, "I don't know what to say about this special retirement pension?" ”

Not everyone wants to continue to fight in the army, some are tired of the war or don't have much confidence in themselves, or they are afraid that Zhao Dongyun will clean up in the future, even if they surrender, then they will take the severance money and become a rich man at that time!

Zhang Dianru said: "I see that everyone also has this mind to look at their conditions, and I don't count a lot of what I said, let's let the people in the north let it!" ”

As soon as his words fell, a colonel wearing the dark blue military uniform of the Anhui army in winter walked in behind the door, but although this person was wearing the military uniform of the Anhui army, he said: "Contemptible An Longyun, he is the chief of the third section of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Department under the Command. ”

This An Longyun looks about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, and from his demeanor, it can be seen very lightly that this person is from a military background, not only is this person a soldier, but in fact, the intelligence department is a military organization, and all the intelligence officers under it are active soldiers.

After a brief self-introduction, he didn't pay attention to the frightened eyes of those people, but said directly: "You all know that our army has always given preferential treatment to colleagues who are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, whether it is General Bao or General Lu, they are now the core high-level generals of our army after abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, and they are in charge of the army. If any of you who are willing to join our army, then I can guarantee that you will be treated in the same way as General Bao and General Lu.

If you are willing to continue to serve the country and the nation, then the original military rank will be retained in the original position!

If you want to be disarmed and returned to the field, then a large amount of special retirement money will be issued according to different grades, with the battalion commander receiving 3,000 yuan, the regiment commander receiving 8,000 yuan, the brigade commander receiving 15,000 yuan, and the division commander receiving 30,000 yuan. ”

To tell the truth, this reissued retirement pension is very ordinary, because in fact, Zhao Dongyun does not want to surrender a troop by himself, and then the officers of this army will return to the field with the retirement money, what he wants is that they are really anyway, and they will switch to the army to serve him Zhao Dongyun, so he will not offer a sky-high retirement pension.

In fact, the biggest attraction of the Fengjun to the senior generals who recruited the troops was not money, but the retention of the original title.

Although they all know that once the troops are included in the Fengjun system after surrendering, and then a large number of middle and low-level officers in the Fengjun army will be transferred in, and the original middle- and low-level officers will be transferred, but for the senior generals, they are generally not moved, that is to say, these people who will sit again after surrendering will continue to serve as new division commanders and brigade commanders.

I have to say that this kind of condition is extremely attractive to Zhang Dianru and others, who are already desperate, this retreat is also death, and if they don't retreat, they will die.

This is also the reason why Zhang Dianru accepted the conditions of the intelligence department and took the initiative to help persuade several other generals under him, because only by persuading these people to surrender together, and taking the more than 13,000 people from Suining to surrender together, can he Zhang Dianru be able to serve as the commander of the reorganized Central Division, otherwise he would be a bald commander and run to Fengjun to surrender, and Zhao Dongyun would not dump him.

Liu Chaolu, Li Chengbing and others are you look at me, I look at you, the conference room was silent for a while, even if their hearts were already a little shaken, but it was still difficult for them to make up their minds, the psychological pressure brought by being a traitor to the enemy is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Seeing that they didn't speak, An Longyun spoke again: "The generals also know that the 10th Division of our army has advanced westward, and with the cooperation of the 1st Mixed Brigade, the Gui army in the direction of Xuzhou is unable to escape, and the defeat of the Anhui army is inevitable, do you really want to fall into the abyss of no return with Duan Hefei?"

Now that our army is in its heyday, after taking Jiangbei, it will be able to quickly move south to other areas of Liangjiang, and the day of unification of China is just around the corner.

Even Wang Dashuai of Hubei has put aside his prejudices, made his own efforts for the unification of China, and chose to be loyal to the central government. ”

The words of temptation and intimidation that An Longyun said did not really affect the thinking of these senior generals here, for them, verbal intimidation and temptation are of little use, if they can fool others into surrendering with one mouth, Zhao Dongyun doesn't have to fight, just fool Duan Qirui and they all want to.

Zhang Dianru and Liu Chaolu are thinking about the gains and losses of reality, and they naturally have their own considerations in their hearts!

So An Longyun can only continue to wait!

After half a ring, Liu Chaolu looked up at Zhang Dianru: "My old Liu Rongma has never been a traitor in his life, but my old Liu is even more reluctant to be a national sinner." Boss, as long as you decide, no matter what the decision is, I, Lao Liu, will support you! ”

It seems that the two sentences before and after are not in tune, but it has been directly explained that he is already willing to join the Fengjun with Zhang Dianru.

Li Chengbing also gritted his teeth: "For the reunification of the country and the great cause of the republic, I, Li Chengbing, am also willing to pay my own efforts!" ”

After these high-ranking generals expressed their attitudes, several other people also spoke one after another to agree, and a few of them must be willing, but looking at those Zhang Dianru's guards outside the conference room, they knew that as long as they said anything against today, they would immediately get a head on the ground, so they didn't dare to object.

Seeing this, An Longyun showed a smile on his face: "On behalf of tens of thousands of people, I thank the generals for making the right decision!" ”

More than 13,000 remnants of the Liangjiang Fifth Division and the Liangjiang Second Mixed Brigade in the Suining direction, under the leadership of three major high-ranking generals, Zhang Dianru, Liu Chaolu, and Li Chengbing, officially announced their allegiance to the republican government in the north.

After learning that the ministry had surrendered, Zhao Dongyun, who was in the Beijing Division, was in a good mood, and specially called An Yutong, the director of the Intelligence Department: "Zhixuan, this time Suining's affairs are done beautifully, and Zhang Dianru's is enough to greatly damage the morale of the enemy anyway!" ”

An Yutong naturally didn't dare to take credit: "The president has a good reputation, and the intelligence department has these achievements, all of which are taught by the president on weekdays." ”

Zhao Dongyun smiled: "You don't have to be restrained, who is the person who went to Suining?" can persuade tens of thousands of troops to surrender, and the role can be comparable to that of a brigade. You're going to reward him well! ”

An Yu Tongdao: "An Longyun, the chief of the third section of the intelligence department who ventured to Suining, was born in the third phase of the rapid communication department of the Fengjun Military Academy, he is bold and careful, and he has been quite effective since he presided over the Jiangbei military intelligence work!" ”

An Yutong knew that being able to personally mention this person's resume to Zhao Dongyun on this occasion would be of great benefit to An Longyun's follow-up career, after all, the Soviet Union had two terms of military and political affairs, and there were so many middle and low-level officials and officers, Zhao Dongyun remembered it, and those who could make Zhao Dongyun remember his name were all major generals or above, and the government was also a director or director at the very least.

And An Longyun's subordinate has outstanding ability, plus the two of them have the same surname, and they were still a family five hundred years ago, so they also have the intention to promote this junior.

Zhao Dongyun said: "This person's ability is good, you have to add more burdens to him in the future!" ”

With Zhao Dongyun's evaluation of 'good ability', then An Yutong will be able to reuse An Longyun in the future.

However, how to reward and reuse it is not Zhao Dongyun's business, the intelligence department will naturally arrange it, and Zhao Dongyun's current business is to give Zhang Dianru and them a new central division number.

It just so happened that the previous 12th Division had not been able to recover after the number was revoked, so Zhao Dongyun gave this number to Zhang Dianru's troops with a stroke of the pen, and then officially appointed Zhang Dianru as the commander of the division, Li Chengbing as the commander of the 23rd Brigade, and Liu Chaolu as the commander of the 24th Brigade.

Therefore, after some officers were transferred from northern Jiangsu to replace their posts, the original officers were basically retained.

After Zhang Dianru obtained the number of the 12th Division, and after receiving the rank of lieutenant general of the army awarded by the Quanxu Department of the General Headquarters, he still seemed more excited, you must know that although he also said that he was a lieutenant general before, but this lieutenant general was only privately awarded by Duan Qirui, at most he was a lieutenant general of the Liangjiang Army, and his own rank in the Quanxu Department of the Beiyang Republic Government was actually a major general.

It is mentioned here once again that although several major warlords in Beiyang are still at war, they are not independent of each other, Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen have not declared independence or established a central government, they still recognize that the republican government of Jingshi is the central government, they just don't recognize Zhao Dongyun as the president.

And Zhao Dongyun in order to avoid letting the southern provinces set off a wave of independence, so Cheng Dùshang also maintained restraint in politics, at least so far, he still has not revoked the number of those central divisions, for example, the fourth division led by Duan Qirui has always maintained the number of the central division, and Duan Qirui himself is still the chief of the War Department, and the army general recognized by the Quanxu Department.

This has to be said to be a rather ironic thing!

But the Quanxu Office in the north only recognizes the military ranks of those big warlord leaders who have more influence, but you don't expect Zhao Dongyun to issue military ranks to those warlords' subordinates, so the military ranks obtained by the generals of the northern warlords in the provinces are basically awarded by the Quanxu Office in the era of Wang Yingkai, and the military ranks are generally low.

Although most of the division commanders, mixed brigade commanders, and infantry brigade commanders of many other warlords call themselves lieutenant generals and major generals, the official military ranks recorded in the Quanxuan Department are generally one or two levels lower, and it would be good to have major generals, and many of them are school officers.

For example, Zhang Dianru, his military rank in the Quanxu Office is only a major general, but in the Liangjiang Army, he is the commander of the first division, and after Zhao Dongyun became president, he was privately awarded the rank of lieutenant general by Duan Qirui. Logically speaking, the rank of this lieutenant general is uncountable, but when he surrendered, Zhao Dongyun admitted it.

The lieutenant general of the army recognized by the Quanxu Department is the real lieutenant general of the army, and it is not comparable to the lieutenant general privately awarded by those warlords.

The same is true for Li Chengbing and Liu Chaolu, who previously recorded their rank in the Quanxu Office as a colonel, and now they have also been awarded official major generals.

Although the total strength of the new 12th Division was 13,000, neither Zhang Dianru nor several other high-ranking generals of the Feng Army expected that this new 12th Division would be able to display any combat effectiveness.

After the division was transferred to the Second Army, Xu Bangjie ordered the division to rest in place and continue to be stationed in Suining!

The 10th Division, on the other hand, crossed Suining and continued to advance in a northwesterly direction, and two days later the Division and Bao Guiqing's 1st Mixed Brigade successfully converged, and then continued to advance to the south of Xuzhou.

On the one hand, he ordered the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Liangjiang Army to continue to stubbornly resist the westward advance of the 10th Division, and ordered the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of the Liangjiang Army to launch a counteroffensive against the Feng army in front of Xuzhou.

However, on the other side, he quietly led more than 30,000 people from the Fourth Division of the Yan Department and the First Brigade of the First Division of the Liangjiang Army to retreat in the southwest direction overnight, and retreated more than 20 kilometers south overnight.