Gunshots rang out, causing all the guards outside the headquarters to run in.

It's just that after seeing the scene inside the headquarters, these guards with guns are almost dumbfounded.

"Brigade Commander Lu...... This...... It's..."

After all, this kind of thing is impossible to say to ordinary guards, so after seeing Yan Meng lying on the ground, and Lu Chuan who was standing, these guards were suddenly startled.

However, at this time, Lu Chuan didn't say anything to them, but kept looking at Yan Meng who was lying on the ground and staring.

"I'm sorry, Lao Yan, I originally planned to take you along, but I ...... It's better to have this kind of credit alone than two, isn't it..."

The relationship between Lu Chuan and Yan Meng is not particularly close, but they can also be called friends, so Lu Chuan knows that Yan Meng is not the kind of person who will die for Yuan Shikai. So if you pull him to join him, the chances of success will be very high.

The problem is that surrender is one thing, and if the leader is two people, then the credit will be divided into two halves.

Combined, two brigades are basically no different from one division.

This means that if Lu Chuan himself enjoys the credit of this surrender alone, then he is likely to be appointed as the commander of this division. On the contrary, if he and Yan Meng are together, then the credit will be split in two, and the two of them will continue to be their brigade commanders as in the past.

Lu Chuan saw the current situation very clearly, Beiyang didn't dare to say that it was completely finished, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to last long.

As the saying goes, those who know the times are Junjie. Lu Chuan felt that he was only in his 30s, and he had a great future, and he couldn't afford to die for Yuan Shikai.

And...

"At present, Beiyang has fallen into the downwind. But at the moment, there is no team in Beiyang that takes the initiative to surrender, if I can make this start, plus my position, status and influence as a brigade commander, even if it is 'a thousand dollars to buy horse bones', that Yan Shao will definitely not treat me badly...

Many people know the story of buying horse bones, and even if they are not clear, they can be understood just by looking at the literal meaning.

At present, Beiyang is at a disadvantage. But until now, no officer on the Beiyang side has taken the initiative to surrender with his own troops.

What's more, he is still a brigade commander, you must know that Lu Dao has only more than ten brigades on the Beiyang side, so Lu Chuan still has some influence in the Beiyang Army. At this time, if Lu Chuan did this. Then even if it is for publicity, Yan Shao will definitely treat him well.

"Anyway, I'll definitely take care of your family in the future..."

In the softest voice, Lu Chuan squatted down and closed his eyes. Then he turned to some of the officers who walked in after him.

"Acting according to the original plan..."

"Yes!" Put your legs together. Several officers who had already known the plan in advance saluted.

If it is an ordinary battle, they are not afraid of no matter how fierce the fight is, but as an outcast...

This is not something they can accept, so when Lu Chuan just found them, they just hesitated a little and nodded in agreement.

Soon, a large number of Lu Chuan's subordinates rushed to the defense line that Yan Meng's department was responsible for and took over everything there.

Naturally, everything can't all go smoothly. After all, in any case, Beiyang is also a regiment that has existed for many years, and it is impossible to not even have a die-hard element.

So in the process of 'taking over'. There were still some firefights more or less, but even in Yan Meng's troops, there were many people who were very resistant to being an outcast, so soon Yan Meng's resistance stopped.

At the same time, after discovering that gunshots were constantly coming from the defense line of the Beiyang Army on the opposite side, Fu Xiuming and others were also on alert. Just when they were about to send some people over to check the situation, a group of people had already walked over with white flags.

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In the courtyard outside the Governor's Mansion, groups of soldiers of the Guards Regiment were nervously patrolling.

In the official residence, many officers of the Ministry of Military Affairs were also quietly waiting for news.

According to the plan, the front line is afraid that it is going to launch an offensive against the defense line of the Beiyang Army, if Fu Xiuming and they can take the defense line in one day, then as long as the delay on Zhang Ying's side goes smoothly, they can catch up with Feng Guozhang in a very short time.

As for what happened after that?

Then it's up to Fu Xiuming...

However, while the officers were waiting quietly in the corridor of the official residence or on the sofa in the living room, they suddenly saw an officer running from the direction of the communications office.

"What's going on? So flustered? ”

"Who knows, why don't you ask?"

"Forget it, don't be scared to ask, so as not to make yourself uncomfortable..."

Looking at the running officer, the officers who were already a little idle suddenly whispered, but it was obvious that none of them wanted to explore the secret.

The reason is also very simple, don't inquire about things that shouldn't be known, they still understand this simple truth.

About a few minutes later, the officer ran to Yan Shao's office on the second floor.

At the door of the office, several members of the Guards Regiment and the Special Affairs Bureau were standing guard in front of the door, and they were obviously a little surprised to see the appearance of the officer, but except for one of the leaders who stepped forward to ask what was going on, the others did not move halfway, just stared at him deadly.

"The news from the front line is urgent, and it must be handed over to the governor immediately..."

Seeing that those people were staring at him, the officer hurriedly explained his intention.

After listening to his words, the leader nodded, and then knocked on the door behind him. "Governor, there is an urgent report from the front."

"News from the front? Doesn't it mean that genius begins? Let him come in first..."

Inside the door, after hearing the man's words, Yan Shao's voice came from behind the door.

With Yan Shao's permission, a few people outside the door suddenly stopped obstructing.

After pushing the door open, the officer quickly saw Yan Shao in the office, and naturally saw several people who were also sitting in the office.

Arguably. More than half of the high-level leaders of the Anhui military government are basically concentrated in this room, and if anyone carries a bazooka and aims here at this time, then the entire military government will be paralyzed.

Fortunately. In this era, the bazooka has not yet been developed, so Yan Shao and them don't have to worry about it.

"Governor, Commander Fu, they just passed it back..."Seeing that Yan Shao and they were all in the office, the officer hurriedly took out the telegram he had just received from the communications office.

After receiving the telegram, Yan Shao immediately opened it and looked at it, and Li Liang and the others who were sitting on the side also showed curious looks. After all, the officer had already said the word urgent just now, which was not uninspiring. It's just that they also know that some things are better if they know less, so they didn't come over to see it.

Soon, Yan Shao finished reading the above content. It's just that after reading it, his face showed a trace of embarrassment.

The content written on this is actually the content of Lu Chuan's surrender.

Since there was no need to attack hard, Fu Xiuming naturally didn't want his subordinates to pay any more casualties, after all, in the past two months. Too many of his men have left here.

But before deciding to admit it. After all, he had to ask Yan Shao what to do first.

After all, he is just a commander, and it is Yan Shao who is really in charge in the National Socialist Army.

"Governor, is there something urgent?"

Seeing that Yan Shao saw the origin of this telegram, and his face showed embarrassment, Li Liang listened cautiously.

"It's nothing." Yan Shao shook his head. "It's just that the two troops left behind by Feng Guozhang have surrendered..."

"That's a good thing!" Hearing Yan Shao say this, Zong Wu's face showed joy. After all, it is impossible to be a bad thing to die at the expense of death.

"A good thing is a good thing, but it's a little difficult to do..."After speaking, Yan Shao said the matter again.

Although it is indeed a good thing. But someone like Lu Chuan who can kill his friends...

Although after 10 years of time, Yan Shao has become very 'realistic'. But he still doesn't like such a person...

If it's just an ordinary surrender, the problem is that he has also heard the saying that a thousand dollars buy bones, which means that for the sake of total influence, Yan Shao must treat Lu Chuan well, so that more people in Beiyang will choose to surrender instead of desperately resisting, which naturally makes Yanshui feel a little unhappy...

After listening to Yan Shao's words, Li Liang and the others obviously understood.

To be honest, this kind of person who can solve their friends with a shot in the back, they are not at ease, after all, no one knows whether this person will also give them a shot in the back, but since the other party has decided to surrender, then they must make some expressions. Otherwise, if the people of Beiyang decide to resist desperately because of this incident in the future, then their casualties will be too great.

This is especially true for Yan Shao, after all, in his heart, the Nationalist Army is used against the Japanese, not to kill each other among compatriots.

In other words, Lu Chuan is a horse bone to Yan Shao, but he has to buy a horse bone...

"In this way, you have to be kind to that person named Lu Chuan..."

"yes," he smiled wryly. That's why I'm worried..."

For Yan Shao, it's better for someone like Lu Chuan not to give too much real power, then...

"Let's just give me more money to compensate..."

Thinking of this, Yan Shao quickly came up with a solution.

The most important purpose of buying bones is to show your sincerity, and since this is the case, things will be easy to do.

"Aren't there two brigades? Just let him be a division commander, two brigades are exactly equal to a division, and another million is being given as a reward, so that he and the world should be satisfied..."Speaking of this, seeing that Li Liang's face became ugly, Yan Shao added. "I'm out of the money!"

Hearing this, Li Liang's face became even more ugly.

After all, is there anything more popular than this one in these years? It's just that he has no reason to refuse Yan Shao, because Yan Shao's reason is very normal, that is, he wants the world, especially the people in Beiyang, to see his sincerity, and at the same time he doesn't let these people occupy too high a position on his side.

It stands to reason that Lu Chuan was originally just a brigade commander, and now letting him be the division commander is already a promotion. But Lu Chuan already had two brigades in his hands, even if he didn't give him a division commander. In fact, he is also a division commander, so if it is only given to a division commander, the world will not see Yan Shao's sincerity at all. Later, Yan Shao will definitely have to let him take some positions, which is exactly what Yan Shao wants to avoid.

So the best way is to use money to open the way.

There are not many people in this world who don't love money, and one million may not be a lot for Yan Shao, but it is already a considerable amount for ordinary people, which is enough to show Yan Shao's sincerity, and at the same time will not cause more trouble...

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One million is indeed not a huge number. But it is enough to impress many people.

It's just that this matter has not been publicized for the time being, so there are not many people who know about it, and the final effect will take effect more than a week later.

Anyway. Lu Chuan did see Yan Shao's sincerity.

Of course, the officers and soldiers under his command also saw Yan Shao's sincerity, after all, it was impossible for Yan Shao to praise Lu Chuan alone, and ignore the more than 8,000 officers and soldiers under him.

Yan Shao first gave Lu Chuan an official number. The number is the 10th Division of the Anhui Army.

But for these Beiyang soldiers. The root of the number is floating clouds, only real money is the most combat, Yan Shao is also very clear about this, so soon Yan Shao broadcast 'anyway salary' to these 8,000 officers and soldiers.

The so-called anyway salary is a reward for them anyway.

It's not a lot of money, but it's definitely a lot, and each soldier has a salary of 30 yuan, and an officer has 100 yuan. By the way, this money was also counted on Yan Shao's head. Because the current military government can't come up with so much money—————— it's not really impossible to take it, but if it does, the treasury of the Ministry of Finance will probably be empty enough to starve rats to death.

For Yan Shao, the money is also well spent.

After all, the total of more than 8,000 officers and soldiers only used less than 300,000, compared with the 1 million given to Lu Chuan, Yan Shaohua was more willing.

It's a pity that it is the senior officers above who really dominate everything in these years, and it is these people who decide whether to surrender or not. Therefore, if you just give favors to the officers and soldiers and do not give them them, it will not have any effect, otherwise Yan Shao will be able to save Lu Chuan's money.

However, looking at the heavy thirty silver dollars in their hands, these officers and soldiers who had just surrendered and were anyway knew who they were working for...

"With a salary of 30 yuan per person, at least for the time being, there is no need to worry about anything wrong with them..."Looking at those elated former Beiyang officers and soldiers, Fu Xiuming sighed. Now it's up to Zhang Ying and them, I hope their task is done well..."

In order to properly accommodate these more than 8,000 people, they have spent a lot of effort...

"Don't worry..."Liu Guangyuan smiled and patted Fu Xiuming's shoulder. Vice Chief Zhang must be very capable..."

In fact, when Zhang Ying led more than 4,000 cavalry troops to harass Feng Guozhang along the way, Guo Qianfan had already taken another 1,000 cavalry and planted the mines he carried along the way.

By the time Feng Guozhang's troops entered the minefield and found that something was wrong, they had already buried a considerable number of mines in Qianfan, and they were still laying them—————— they were not worried about the Beiyang Army in Shandong at all, because some time ago Yuan Shikai had almost evacuated the troops from Shandong, and now the nearest garrison to Shandong is also in Tianjin, so there is nothing to worry about at all, even if there are some towns along the way, the defenders inside do not dare to come out after seeing so many cavalry outside.

Don't look at the cavalry is a bit outdated, at least the momentum is still very good...

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Lu Chuan's Tenth Division had just gone up anyway, so naturally it was impossible for them to go up and fight Feng Guozhang now. So after leaving some troops to assist (monitor) Lu Chuan, Fu Xiuming led a large army and began to catch up with Feng Guozhang in front.

At this time, Feng Guozhang's troops were still struggling because of the minefield.

No way, landmines are still a very rare thing in these days, at least in the country. And demining is definitely not an easy thing to do, which can be seen from later generations, and even more so now.

Feng Guozhang does not have professional demining tools and people with demining experience in his hands, so of course, there is nothing to be done.

It's just that he also knows that Lu Chuan and Yan Meng behind him (at this time, he didn't know that Lu Chuan was already anyway, and Yan Meng was also solved by Lu Chuan) couldn't resist much time, so after being ruthless, Feng Guozhang decided to use someone to go over...

The problem is that after knowing that there is a minefield in front of him, there are few people willing to do so, so Feng Guozhang has to order his subordinates to force others to move forward with guns.

Leaving aside the results of this for the time being, the inefficiency is certain.

Moreover, the morale was not very high, and it was completely destroyed because of Feng Guozhang's series of actions.

Fortunately, they didn't bring too many mines out this time, and they were divided into multiple sections. So after paying a certain amount of casualties, Feng Guozhang and the others quickly broke through the first minefield.

But it didn't take long for them to come across a second...

Behind them are the 'compatriots' who are forcing themselves forward with guns, and under the soles of their feet are mines that can blow themselves up to the sky at any time.

Therefore, when the third time they encountered a minefield, some of these people who acted as cannon fodder finally had a nervous breakdown. At this time, Fu Xiuming's vanguard was only 10 kilometers away from Feng Guozhang...

At such a distance, Feng Guozhang must have no time to repair the fortifications, so the next battle will be bloody...

"There are still 10 kilometers left..."The horse whip gently whipped the mount under his crotch, and Fu Xiuming whispered in his heart. (To be continued......)