Baoding Army Military Academy is located in the northeast of the old city of Baoding 5 miles, with a total area of about 1,500 acres. It is more than two kilometers long from east to west, crossing the east east road in the south and crossing both sides of the east and west roads in the north, and more than one kilometer long from north to south. It is a large-scale formalized higher military academy in China's modern history.

It was originally a temple with a thousand acres of temple property, the temple of 100 Guandi Temple, later changed to a barracks, Guangxu 26 years (AD 1900) was burned down by the Eight-Nation Alliance. When the military academy was built, it was built by using the original temple property and expropriating adjacent land. There are four parts of the school: the main branch, the branch school (including the small teaching field), the large playground and the shooting range. The school headquarters is located in the center, covering an area of more than 180 acres. Its architectural pattern is modeled after the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and it is a complex of brick and tile buildings with strict weather. There are tall walls on all sides, and there is a river ring outside the wall, and the ancient willows on both sides of the river are in rows. The gate of the military academy is on the south side, and there is a tall wall across the river to face it. The gatehouse is tall, with three rooms wide, and the majesty of the momentum can be compared with the gate of the Governor's Mansion in Zhili. The vermilion lacquer gate is decorated with copper nails and copper rings, and a horizontal plaque with six big characters of "Army Military Academy" is hung on the lintel. There are high stone steps in front of the door, and the south road in front of the steps leads to the river bank. There are a pair of stone lions on both sides of the south road, and they are tall and high. A flat bridge was erected over the river to open to the large playground. The school-based part is the north and south colleges. The North Courtyard is the living area. The South Academy is the center and teaching area of the military academy, and is divided into eastern, central, western and three courtyards. The east and west courtyards are classrooms and student dormitories, each with ten rows of blue brick houses with corridors, the layout is symmetrical, there are corridors between each row of houses, every two rows form an independent courtyard, the courtyard wall opens a moon-shaped door, and each courtyard lives about one student, commonly known as a single road. The middle courtyard has the school office and the Shangwu Hall. The tall Shangwu Hall sits in the north and faces south, surrounded by stone railings, carved beams and painted buildings, the momentum is magnificent. There are sub-couplets on both sides of the hall door, which reads: "Shang Father Yin Fu, Wuhou Tao Strategy, concise and concise into a hall; Serve the country, tie your hair from Rong, and look forward to the students. "There is a long corridor in front of the hall that leads directly to the school gate. To the north of Shangwudo is a large empty courtyard. There are two ancient poplars that stand side by side with a height of more than five zhang, and a bronze bell hangs between the two trees. Because the governor often gave lectures and orders here, it was regarded as the center of the whole school. On the east side of the school headquarters is the branch school, which covers an area of 92 acres. The shooting range is in the north of the branch, covering an area of more than 330 acres. The large playground is in the shape of "[", which is arched by the north, west and south sides of the school headquarters, covering an area of more than 880 acres, and the area of the west is the largest.

When Cai Ye and Wang Zhenyu took a group of people to the gate of this military academy that left a strong mark in the history of the Republic of China, they did not have too much sense of sacredness, because the famous Baoding Department in history is still a group of poor boys studying in it. And as far as Wang Zhenyu knows, these graduating students are basically not assigned except for those trained by the Beiyang Commission. What does it mean to go to a military school without allocation, it means that it's a fart. And local powerhouses like Cai Ye and himself are likely to become their future employers strictly speaking, after all, the employment scope of the military academy is so wide.

Wang Zhenyu's fourth brother, Wang Zhenpeng, is currently studying in the first phase of the Baoding Army Military Academy, and has been studying for almost a year and a half, and his relationship with his classmates is getting better and better. But Wang Zhenpeng belongs to the kind that is more individualized and independent, he has never mentioned to anyone that he has a handsome third brother, because deep down in his heart he thinks that he also has the ability to do it or even do it better, so he will not look up to his three, he has to rely on his own ability to get out of his own way. Under the influence of this knot, for Wang Zhenyu, the third brother with infinite scenery, Wang Zhenpeng has a little less sibling affection, and more resistance and disgust.

Therefore, when the newspaper said that Wang Zhenyu agreed to hand over the post of military affairs supervisor of Hunan and Guizhou and take up his post in Beijing, Wang Zhenpeng, like other students, was very happy and applauded loudly for the reunification of the country.

But after the excitement, Wang Zhenpeng is now facing a very serious problem, after November next year, where should he go to work?

The students who are admitted are different from the commission trainees, they are not assigned, some people want it, and if no one wants it, they have to go home and make their own mistakes. Of course, when he went to the third brother's army, he was the most disadvantaged as a company commander, but this road was exactly what Wang Zhenpeng was most unwilling to take.

After leaving home to study, Wang Zhenpeng never returned home. Almost all of my current living expenses are earned by doing odd jobs in Beijing and Tianjin during the holidays, including using my military status to resell some cigarettes or something. This winter vacation, Wang Zhenpeng has made an appointment with his roommates Tang Shengzhi, Yan Daogang, Sun Zhen, Sun Chu, Wang Tianpei and others to go to Beijing to pour some dry goods, and in May next year, everyone will go down to practice and lead the troops.

Just thinking about it, the district captain suddenly ran in and shouted: "Scholar Wang Zhenpeng"

"To," Wang Zhenpeng reflexively jumped up and responded.

"If you have relatives looking for you, go to the school gate quickly" The district captain did not drag his feet when he spoke, and left after speaking.

"Family?" Wang Zhenpeng was stunned for a moment, and then he felt a warm current in his heart about to come out, from July last year to now, it has been 18 months, and he has not seen a relative, and he heard that his relatives are looking for him, and tears almost flowed down. Wang Zhenpeng hurriedly adjusted his military uniform, and then walked out.

"Brother Wenzheng, you are waiting for your brother here, brother, I will first go to find my old classmate who is the principal, I want to ask him if he has a shelf after becoming an official, my old classmate is here, why don't you come out to pick it up? This person, it's not the same to have official authority" After the officer on duty, everyone walked into the campus, 1,800 acres is indeed a bit big, everyone didn't hang out, just chatted at the school gate, Cai Yi planned to go directly to the god in this temple to worship.

"Cai Songpo, Cai Songpo, you can't change your vitriol wherever you go" Before Wang Zhenyu could answer, he saw a soldier of the same age as Cai Ye in a major general's uniform walked over, and with a smile, he punched Cai Ye in the chest.

"This general is not strange, below is Jiang Baili, who has an official frame and official authority in Cai Songpo's mouth." Jiang Baili didn't look too healthy, his face was pale and bloodless.

Cai Songpo seemed to guess what Wang Zhenpeng was thinking: "This is Wang Zhenyu, the former military supervisor of Xianggui who was transferred to Beijing like me, and his words are correct." Oh, by the way, Wen Zheng, you don't know the feat of my classmate, a few months ago, because the government owed the military school fees, I played a caesarean section on the platform in front of me, and the result was that the person didn't die, and picked up a Japanese wife, how can this person not be angry than a person, it's really rare to be able to play Yanfu by committing suicide. ”

Jiang Baili's old face flushed: "You can continue to lose, I don't plan to continue to be this principal anyway." ”

Then he arched his hand at Wang Zhenyu and said: "It turns out that you are Xiang Guiyu Shuai in the newspaper, fortunately, fortunately, I happen to be studying several classic examples of this second revolution, then you have to help me and tell me about the battle process in Guangxi, it is indeed a clean fight." Let's go, go to my office, I'm going to quit in a few days, and I'll drink all the tea in it now......"

"Hello principal" Wang Zhenpeng trotted all the way, and saw his third brother standing at the school gate in a lieutenant general dress from a distance, talking to people, and when he got closer, he was actually his own principal, and immediately gave the principal a military salute according to the rules.

Jiang Baili returned the salute and was about to take Wang Zhenyu to the office, Wang Zhenyu hurriedly said: "Brother Baili, Brother Baili, this is the fourth child in my family, I came today to see him for my family, I told Brother Cai all the way about the war in Guangxi, or please ask Brother Cai to talk about it on my behalf." ”

When Jiang Baili heard this, he looked back again: "Well, it's really a brother, and they all look the same, well, then let you go first, and you will come over later." Walk, pine slope. ”

Wang Zhenpeng looked at the third brother here and had mixed feelings, but people, after being away from home for many days, naturally family affection had the upper hand.

"Zhenpeng, you are really much thinner, and your life in the military academy is fine. I haven't seen you write to my family, my parents are very worried, and I have been busy with official business. This time I'm free, so let's take a look at our four boys. Wang Zhenyu spoke to the fourth brother in a harmonious voice......

So that afternoon, there was a very peculiar scene in the playground of the Baoding Army Military Academy, where Wang Zhenpeng, a student of the first phase of the infantry department, actually accompanied a lieutenant general in a circle.

"I didn't see it, our Wang Xiucai actually knows the lieutenant general," Sun Chu stood in the classroom and was the first to sigh.

"Really, why haven't you heard him mention it himself? I'm still worrying about the assigned things every day," Sun Zhen said suspiciously.

"Ah, you people, who should I be, do you remember the supervisor who went to Beijing with Governor Cai Yi said in the newspaper before? Isn't this Wang Zhenyu, a bigwig in our Hunan military circles? Why did he come to our Baoding Military Academy, wait, Wang Zhenyu, Wang Zhenpeng, you say, will they be brothers......"

Yan Daogang glanced at it and didn't speak, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Wang Tianpei exclaimed: "Oh, Wang Zhenpeng has such a brother but doesn't tell us, it seems that he is afraid that we will climb high, I didn't say it, I will slaughter him at night." ”

"Yes, you will slaughter him severely," everyone responded......

"Life in the military academy is quite good, at least half a day a day to teach courses, in addition to military tactics, weapons, surveying and mapping, fortification, and model orders, there are also physics, chemistry, mathematics, history, geography, etc., each class is one and a half hours. Third brother, I have learned a lot of useful things here, and even if I have nowhere to go in the future, I can go to a new middle school to become a teacher. ”

"You really don't want to go to the third brother's army to develop, it doesn't matter if there is no one in our family in the north, you have to rely on yourself for everything?"

Wang Zhenpeng nodded and said, "Third brother, I envy your achievements today, so I also want to rely on my own ability to make a career." ”

Wang Zhenyu seemed to understand his brother's thoughts, he smiled and said: "Okay, it's up to you, anyway, the family doesn't need to say that they understand too much, this is a 200 yuan Bank of Communications deposit certificate, which was given to you by your mother, you take it, raise your body better, this is the capital of the revolution." ”

"Revolution, what revolution?" Wang Zhenpeng was stunned for a moment.

Wang Zhenyu hurriedly changed his words: "It's the cost of your work, you can't do anything if you don't have a good body, okay, I'll go and visit your Principal Jiang, you can study hard......"