Zhang Zuolin ordered his subordinates to carry down boxes of cotton clothes and shoes from the carriage, as well as warm clothes such as hats and gloves, and prepared another 40,000 oceans, all of which were distributed to these Beiyang soldiers.

Just now, Lao Zhang was beating the Beiyang soldiers violently, and now he has become a warm confidant leader, the role changes so fast, it is just like the face change of Sichuan opera, these people hesitated, and they were a little overwhelmed, peeking at Lu Lin, hoping that the regiment leader could come up with an idea.

"Commander Lu, it stands to reason that your military salary should be directly approached by the patrol envoy, Lao Zhang can't care about it. But since they are all on the ground in Mukden, they can't watch everyone starve, and it is not Zhang's business to stand by and watch. ”

Lu Lin is not stupid, Lao Zhang is a typical slap to a sweet date, although the whip did not fall on Lu Lin's body just now, but his face is also hot, people want face, he really wants to refuse these things, but when he looks at the longing of other Beiyang soldiers, he didn't dare, after all, this sweet date is still very tasty.

"Zhang Dashuai, on behalf of the brothers, I thank you, and I will send it when I get back."

"Send it now, in front of me." Lao Zhang said unceremoniously: "I am not rich, and these things are also squeezed out of the teeth, and they must be given to every brother fairly and reasonably." ”

As the so-called goose plucking, this is the fine tradition of Beiyang, things to Lu Lin's hands, each layer intercepts a little, zuihou to the hands of the soldiers can have half of it, this is Beiyang's habit for many years, as a result, Zhang Zuolin did not give them a chance at all, Lu Lin was full of resentment, but he couldn't attack again, and Zhang Zuolin pressed it. The soldiers below were also looking forward to it.

At this time, the Beiyang soldiers below were whispering, they had not paid their salaries in full for many years, and they had to face layers of exploitation, and now Zhang Zuolin actually wanted to pay their salaries in public, they were all excited, and their dissatisfaction with Zhang Dashuai quickly disappeared, replaced by respect and awe.

Zhang Tinglan has always been by Zhang Zuolin's side, and this idea was also his idea, and Lao Zhang made up his mind to prepare for the reversal, and this Beiyang Army was a bit of an eyesore. If they jump out at a critical moment, it may affect the overall situation, so seize this opportunity to use both soft and hard measures to intimidate them. can ensure the smooth operation of the reversal, Lao Zhang agreed to Zhang Tinglan's suggestion. That's why he rushed over with his soldiers with great fanfare.

In fact, it turned out that Zhang Zuolin also had the intention to incorporate these people into his subordinates. After all, Zhang Zuolin was also eager to expand Shili, but as soon as he saw their state, Zhang Zuolin knew that this army had been abolished, maybe they were still elite before, but after the lack of constraints, the combat effectiveness was attenuated too much.

And during this time, Yang Yuting and Zhang Tinglan also kept blowing wind in Lao Zhang's ears. It is suggested that it is necessary to strengthen the regularization and professionalization of the armed forces and to change the habits of the old armed forces. Originally, Zhang Zuolin didn't care too much, Lao Tzu had fought for so many years, and he still used two juniors to tell him how to fight!

Subsequently, however, several visits were made to the Independent Brigade. Zhang Zuolin was completely shocked, although the independent brigade has not yet been trained, but it has begun to have the temperament of a strong soldier, walking, sitting and lying are all strictly regulated, the temperament of the soldiers is also very different, the training is hard, and everyone knows how to be motivated.

Zhang Zuolin has many advantages, that is, he is as good as a stream, and since the facts are in front of him, it is very necessary to engage in regularization. Therefore, Lao Zhang looked down on the Beiyang soldiers with serious bad habits, and gave them things to let them be honest and not cause trouble.

All the Beiyang soldiers took the cotton clothes and the ocean, and they all showed happy smiles on their faces.

"Brothers, you have taken the things, I only have one request, that is, you must abide by the rules of Fengtian, you are in the barracks, you can toss as much as you want, if you do evil outside, Zhang will definitely not forgive, what the crime should be, how to deal with it."

There is really nothing to take in vain, these Beiyang soldiers also understand this truth, but they are afraid that they will be honest in the future, Lao Zhang turned around and was about to leave, and suddenly said to Lu Lin: "Commander Lu, there will be a batch of New Year's goods delivered in a few days, let the brothers also open meat and eat dumplings." ”

Lao Zhang played the skill of changing his face very skillfully, which made Lu Lin a little uncomfortable, so he could only honestly send Zhang Zuolin out of the barracks.

"Tinglan, if the Beiyang Army is like this, the combat effectiveness will not be very good!" Zhang Zuolin said with great emotion.

"Seven masters, there is a soldier in a bear, and there is a nest of bears, there is a commander like Duan Zhigui, and no matter how much the soldiers are abolished. In fact, there are still many capable people in Beiyang, take the non-commissioned officers and students who studied in Japan, almost all of them serve in Beiyang, and the quality of their soldiers is much better than ours. However, the bad habits are serious, and it is difficult to become a real first-class army, so as long as the Feng army catches up, it will definitely be able to surpass Beiyang in the future. ”

Zhang Tinglan already knows Zhang Zuolin very well, this Zhang Dashuai is ambitious, and he is not willing to be lonely, if he wants to identify Beiyang as a strong and middle-class cadre, maybe something will happen, so Zhang Tinglan wants to take a preventive shot, Beiyang is not something that the current Feng army can challenge.

Zhang Zuolin also knows very well that the strength of the Feng army is still a lot worse, Lao Zhang thought for a while and said: "The idea of training the independent brigade is very good, but we still have to work hard, and when it is almost time, I am ready to pull it out and confront the 27th Division, and our Feng army should determine a direction of development." ”

The vast majority of the soldiers of the Independent Brigade are children of two families, and their family backgrounds are innocent, even if there are some veterans, they have all been repeatedly trained by Yang Yuting and Zhang Tinglan, and the old habits on their bodies have disappeared. And the main body of the 27th Division is still those old brothers who crawled out of the bandits' den, and when it comes to old habits, they are not much worse than Beiyang, but Lao Zhang's restraints are tight.

The two troops actually represent the two paths of the Feng army, Lao Zhang asked the army to conduct exercises and confrontation, just to see which army has more combat effectiveness, but also to decide the development ideas of the Feng army, Zhang Zuolin knows best, how big the ambition is based on strength.

After the Beiyang soldiers were eliminated, within two days, the former Yunnan Governor Cai Yi and Tang Jiyao, Li Liejun and others issued a telegram announcing the independence of Yunnan, and at the same time formed a national protection army to openly oppose the imperial system by force.

Before that, Yang Du, Liang Shiyi, Duan Zhigui and other imperial cadres have been advocating the support of all the people, and Lao Yuan's ascension to the throne is in response to the people, even if there are some objections, it is also a grasshopper shaking the tree, and their propaganda once made Lao Yuan believe that the situation is indeed the case.

Cai Yi and others declared independence, completely shattered this dream, there are not so many people who support the imperial system, and Liliang who opposes the imperial system can not be ignored, Lao Yuan can only hurriedly mobilize his troops to encircle the national army from all directions.

After the order to mobilize the army was issued, Lao Yuan felt a little bad, those Beiyang generals couldn't command, these guys were all perfunctory, coldly watching, wanting to see Emperor Yuan's jokes, to this point Lao Yuan suddenly realized that he seemed to have been deceived.

But since he has come to this point, it is already difficult to ride a tiger, and Lao Yuan has to grit his teeth to hold on, and he is an official and a money, and he finally mobilizes the troops and prepares to meet Cai Yi.

Lao Yuan came to this point is actually to blame, this is not to say that the constitutional monarchy system is not good, if there is really a strong and wise emperor, China may not be torn apart, and there is even a danger of extinction.

But it is not so easy to become an emperor, you must have convincing merits, Napoleon is also called emperor, but before that, he has already made great achievements, defeated the anti-French coalition many times, and his prestige and merits are enough, and it is logical to call him emperor.

And Yuan Shikai has been smart all his life, but he chose the worst time to be the emperor, and in the first half of the year, there were just 21 troubles, and his prestige was seriously hit, and the main generals under him had a tendency to support the army and be arrogant. First, you can't control public opinion, and second, you can't control the army, and in this case, if you are called emperor, you have nothing else to say except for death.

Zhang Zuolin, who was in Fengtian, excitedly called his main henchmen over after hearing that Cai Ye had raised troops, but there was no Tang Yulin among these people, and it was obvious that Lao Zhang had marginalized Tang Yulin.

"Everyone, Yunnan Tang Jiyao and Cai Yi have already raised troops to fight against Yuan, should we also make some moves, so that His Royal Highness Duan can return to Beijing as soon as possible and solve problems for his father!"

"It stands to reason that the marshal said that we should still wait and see what happens, if Yuan Shikai quickly extinguishes Cai Yi's rebellion, our action will only attract Yuan Shikai's dissatisfaction, and then our situation will be even more difficult." Wang Yongjiang has always advocated acting prudently.

"What Min Yuan said also makes sense, my old Zhang is not ready to be a rafter in the future, and I still have to show my loyalty to President Yuan Da."

Lao Zhang said so, and did the same, he immediately went to find Duan Zhigui.

"General, Zhang was deeply favored by Bixia, and he couldn't repay him, and now I heard that the former Yunnan Governor Cai Yi actually joined forces with bandits and rebelled against Bixia, which is simply a big rebellion, Zhang is willing to contribute military funds to Bixia, help Bixia, and exterminate Cai Yi's bandits as soon as possible."

Although Duan Zhigui is a patrol envoy, the power in his hands is very limited, which makes him very depressed, and finally his godfather becomes the emperor, and His Royal Highness Duan is thinking of returning to Beijing. Now I heard that Zhang Zuolin was going to take the initiative to send money, his face showed joy, and now sending money can be described as sending charcoal in the snow, just to show his loyalty, in the eyes of Lao Yuan, it is definitely a great achievement, with this excuse he can go back to Beijing.

Therefore, Duan Zhigui smiled, and he couldn't care about Zhang Zuolin's offense in the past, so he grabbed Lao Zhang and asked, "Yuting, you are really a loyal minister, I don't know how much you are going to sacrifice?" ”

Zhang Zuolin showed a wry smile on his face: "General, Fengtian is not rich, and it is the end of the year, and there is not much money that can be taken out, I think we can temporarily suspend the army's salary for half a year, we are beyond the reach of the army whip, and we can't help Bixia to exterminate the rebellious party, so we will hand over these military salaries to the brothers who are fighting on the front line, and it can be regarded as our loyalty to Bixia." (To be continued......)