The marching sequence taken out by the 10th Joint Staff Office was originally the 19th mark at the beginning, the supplementary standard and the direct team in the center, and the 20th mark at the back. But this plan, which was not approved by Zhou Yi, was vetoed by Feng Lun, the deputy co-ordinator who was specifically involved in the matter, and said to the chief of staff Lan Xinzhi very unceremoniously, "Isn't the limelight marked by the nineteenth standard enough?" Do you want to let the nineteen standards be robbed of all the achievements? Swap the positions of the 20th and 19th bids! ”

It is said that Lan Xinzhi does not accept Feng Lun's leadership, and the deputy co-commander at Feng Lun's head has no command over the chief of staff - Long Qian emphasized the command system of the troops several times, unless otherwise explicitly stated, the chief of staff is the first person to take over the commander's command when the commander is not at his post.

There are special times, that is, the Bailing detachment four years ago, Long Qian considered that Deng Qinghua had more plans and fewer decisions, and specially specified that Lushan's "No. 1 successor" was Fan Deping. When Shi Dashou arrived outside the Guanwai two years later, Long Qian's arrangement for Shi Dashou was the first deputy commander - the second person in the Guanwai team. However, due to a series of battles such as the suppression of bandits and the Battle of Fengtian, the subordination of the troops has been well run-in, and in order to cover the eyes and ears of the imperial court, Shi Dashou's name and position did not appear when Liangbi inspected the eighteen towns, but internally, Shi Dashou's position is clear, he is the deputy commander, the second person above the chief of staff Deng Qinghua.

The topic is far away. Because of Feng Lun's qualifications, Lan Xinzhi had to succumb and put Feng Lun's twentieth standard in the forward position.

This plan was not opposed by Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi felt that it was very suitable. Although the 19th Standard is the main force of the 10th Association, Du Sanli, the standard commander, has a gap in all aspects compared with Feng Lun. Commanding the forward attack with the sub-standard is also in line with the tradition that the Mengshan Army has formed.

Long Qian, who followed the action of the Tenth Association, didn't care about such specific arrangements. In Long Qian's eyes, quelling the chaos is a march, just to hone the troops. His energy was more focused on how to navigate Guangdong.

The reason why he wanted to seize the task of the vanguard, Feng Lun held his breath, not only to compare with the feudal pillar who made decisive contributions in the battle of Hunan and Jiangxi last winter and this spring, but also to breathe a sigh of relief for himself who seemed to have "fallen out of favor".

The armed forces are the most tightly organized armed groups in the history of mankind, and the tighter the organization, the more serious the phenomenon of internal emphasis on rank and seniority. It has been more than eight years since the Mengshan Army began to take shape as a modernized army in the spring of 1899, and it has inevitably been "bureaucratized" within itself.

Feng Lun thought to himself that he could sit on the sixth and seventh "chairs" in the Mengshan Army. Long Qian didn't have to say. Zhou Yi, Lu Shan, Ning Shijun, Wang Mingyuan, and Feng Guozhu were either at the same level as him or above him, and the rest included Situ Jun, Ye Yanbing, Song Jinguo, and Jiang Yun. The qualifications and military exploits are not as good as him. Not to mention Shi Dashou, Fan Deping, Wu Nian, Cheng Erhu, and Xiong Xun. But with the expansion of the troops. His position seems to have been "solidified", and until now he is actually a standard, and the deputy assistant is only consoling. There is no real power. After the meeting, he asked Long Qian, Fan Deping and Cheng Erhu were already co-unified, that is, Wu Nian, who stayed in Shandong, jumped from the deputy standard to the commander of the first brigade, and he was in charge of three regiments, which was as many as 8,000 people!

The only thing that can be compared to himself is Feng Guozhu, but Feng Guozhu, who was born in the old eighth team, has a much deeper personal relationship with Long Qian than himself! I don't know when, Feng Lun always felt that Long Qian had two hearts for himself, otherwise why would he transfer the nineteen standards of one-handed training to the twenty standards? Why did he stay in his seventeenth standard?

This time to quell the rebellion in Lianzhou, I will show Long Qian, even if he brings the twenty standards that are not trained by himself, he will no longer use other troops, relying on more than 2,000 people under his command, it is enough to fight another great victory in Hunan and Jiangxi!

After asking the staff office for the map, Feng Lun convened a meeting of officers above the commander of the 20th standard company, and after assigning the task, he said murderously, "This time Lao Tzu is determined to fight a beautiful battle!" Without the 19th standard and the supplementary standard, let alone any roundabout detachment of the 9th Association, Lao Tzu's troops alone will sweep away those revolutionary parties! I don't ride a horse, I go with you! If a deserter falls behind in any company, the company commander will be dismissed on the spot! I still have this power! This time, I'll show Commander Long, the twenty bids are by no means inferior to the seventeen bids of Lao Feng! ”

Feng Lun has a set of rules for governing the army, his style of leading troops is a bit like Zeng Guoquan, he is well versed in the twelve-character secret of "spending money like earth, killing people like hemp, and having a heart of stone", he is the most neglected military discipline among the senior officers of the Mengshan Army, as long as you can fight, the military training is good, and he will not be able to see the violation of military discipline. However, many of the officers who were privately rewarded were not handed over in accordance with the military regulations of the Mengshan Army. The punishment for officers who violated the general's order was also severe, and confinement was rarely used, and a meal of military stick poison was intended to be light. Therefore, the nineteen standards he brought out were the most murderous, and they were all brilliant and bloody in the exercises with the Germans and in the Zhangde autumn exercises.

Without waiting for Zhou Yi's order, after reorganizing the troops, Feng Lun immediately set off. Because of his example and strict military law, the speed of the 20 standard daily marches was more than 40 kilometers, and the most day (cool climate) actually exceeded the record of 65 kilometers! Far left the main force of the Tenth Association behind.

Long Qian was not worried about the sudden advance of the twenty standards. For the combat power of the four old infantry targets of the Mengshan Army, Long Qian is very relieved, not to mention dealing with a group of people who lack weapons and basically have no training, it is against the elite of Beiyang, in a one-on-one situation, as long as there is no serious negligence in command, they will never be defeated.

Before the main force of the Tenth Association was dispatched, Long Qian met with Liu Daoyi and Cai Shaonan, two allies, who were captured. He didn't care about the rest of the people, but for these two people, Long Qian still attached great importance to them.

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Cai, it's been hard all the way. To hide from the two of you, this time our army went south to Guangdong, and it was ordered by the imperial court to flatten the uprising launched by your party in the Lianzhou area. No, Mr. Liu, don't say it, listen to me, although I, Long Qian, am not Han nationalists, but I have always hated the civil war, and I am deeply ashamed to kill my compatriots to obtain military merits. But it's hard to disobey the fate, so Long discussed one thing with the two. ”

Liu Daoyi snorted, "Don't be pretty." ”

Cai Shaonan asked, "What are you discussing?" ”

"Long wants to let one of the two go and go to Lianzhou to inform the person in charge of your alliance that there is no hope of fighting, and you don't even have half a chance of winning. Therefore, we must be aware of current affairs, immediately lay down our arms, and accept the reorganization of our army. I can guarantee the safety of the leader of the uprising as I have done with both of you. ”

"Yes." Liu Dao thought to himself, as long as he let Lao Tzu go.

Mr. Liu agreed so happily, did he have the idea of letting the birds fly out of the cage? To be honest, I don't care. Even if you go to the tip, it doesn't hurt to tell the Rebels about the strength of the Fifth Town. The power of doctrine is enormous, but not all of it can be transformed into strength. In this world, strength is what determines everything. During this time, the two of you are also familiar with the Fifth Town, do you think that a rabble of the Hui Party can fight our army? Stop dreaming! Mr. Liu is very anxious, then I will let you go. I will send cavalry to escort you there, and if you see Mr. Sun Wen or Mr. Huang Xing, please convey my greetings to them, and say that I admire them, but I hope that they will not make trouble in the places under my jurisdiction, otherwise it will only increase the unhappiness and be unbeautiful. ”

"What about Shaonan? Why are you still holding on? Liu Dao was very happy when he heard that Long Qian was going to let him go, and finally he didn't forget that there was also Cai Shaonan.

"Mr. Liu, I am the governor of Guangdong appointed by the imperial court, what will it be to detain a few alliances? Also, you have to remember that you are already dead! Don't forget that! It is said that Mr. Sun Wen was very sad when he learned of your sacrifice, and he also made a song "Seven Laws" to mourn you, Ha Luha, I will let him see if I, Long Qian, am an executioner who kills people without blinking. ”

Liu Daoyi was speechless, and said for a long time, "General Long, you are a Han Chinese, even if you grew up in the United States, you are also my Chinese Miao descendant, a good man, why bother to work for the Tartars?" ”

"As I said, I'm not a Han nationalist. The Manchus are also Chinese, even if your revolution succeeds, you can't kill all the Manchus, right? Also, you can think about it, really overthrowing the Manchus and establishing a Han Chinese regime would solve all problems? So how did the Ming Dynasty lose the world? If your alliance succeeds in the revolution, will the country really become rich and strong? Revolution is not difficult, but construction is difficult, please tell the leaders of the League what I said. If they have the courage to come to my Admiral's Mansion in Canton to discuss with me, I would like to welcome them. ”

Liu Daoyi received a Junjian war horse and provided him with a spare horse. Under the "escort" of a cavalry platoon equipped with two horses, he embarked on the road of "going home", and on the third day, he surpassed the 20 standard infantry in front of him and galloped in the direction of Lingshan, and the daily journey was more than 100 miles, and the horses had to change to ride, otherwise they could not stand it. The driving for days wore out his thighs, and he was in hot pain, but Liu Daoyi endured it and did not complain. Eight days later, the cavalry company stopped in a woods more than ten miles away from Lingshan, and the cavalry company commander Cui Pingshan handed him a German-made box gun and 30 rounds of ammunition, as well as ten silver dollars and a bag of dry rations. You go, grab these things, and be careful on the road. Cui Pingshan smiled, "We don't know each other." My soldiers captured you, and now I am commanded to send you back. ”

Thinking of Company Commander Cui's care for him along the way, Liu Daoyi sincerely thanked him. In the past six months, although he has been a prisoner, he has not been tortured or abused, and he has really suffered nothing except that he is not free.

"I hope we don't fight on the battlefield, you're not opponents. Ha Luha, it's better to be friends. Cui Pingshan beckoned to him and motioned for him to go.

"Please tell you the Dragon Commander, and I will tell him what he said." Liu Daoyi hugged his fists and saluted, stuffed the silver dollar bullet, clamped the horse's belly, and galloped towards Lingshan. On the second day, he met Ding, a patrol soldier in the uniform of the new army, and was captured before he could shoot to resist, and when he was interrogated, he recognized Ma Han, and was surprised to learn that it was Zhao Sheng's troops who had already taken over Lingshan in Ludao. (To be continued......)