The train was moving forward rapidly, Feng Zicai was sitting in a military uniform, watching the rapidly retreating scenery disappear from front of him, and he sighed with emotion in his heart. More than a year ago, he was still waving a saber at the Taiping Army in the Qing army camp, but he never thought that he was now a colonel and regimental commander of the Taiping Army.

Hou Yutian, who was opposite, poured him a cup of hot tea and said with a slight smile: "Seeing that you are preoccupied, why do you want to be good with Huzhou?" ”

Feng Zicai said with a straight face: "Brother Hou, don't talk nonsense, this time leading the troops to Huzhou is a campaign, how dare the younger brother act indiscriminately?" ”

Hou Yutian smiled and said: "Brother, I have been married for a year, why don't you think about starting a family?" There are also a lot of Wu Nong women in the Field Rescue Hall and the Propaganda Department directly under your regiment, so you should have your eyes. ”

Feng Zicai shook his head, but still said with a straight face: "I only concentrate on the war, and I don't want to do it now." Now that the soldiers are in danger, I may go to heaven one day, and I don't want to drag others down. ”

Hou Yutian frowned and said: "You are already the regiment commander, and there are more than a thousand new troops under your command, even if you are against several times the Qing Demon, you are not afraid of him, if you are a regiment commander who will die at any time, it will be too much to bury the combat power of our new army." There are also many families in the army, and the family that died in the war has its own West Temple, what are you worried about? ”

Feng Zicai said lightly: "The Han Dynasty is not prosperous, how can it be home?" ”

Hou Yutian said with a smile: "You are too old-fashioned, the Han family has not been prosperous for more than ten years, so you will not leave your old Feng family for more than ten years?" ”

Feng Zicai took a sip of tea and didn't answer, then changed the topic and asked, "This time, the military department suddenly summoned a few of us back to Shanghai, but I don't know why. ”

Hou Yutian said: "Didn't the official document of the Ministry of War say that I will go back to Shanghai to report to the King of the West." The East Palace finally temporarily withdrew from the army, hoping that His Royal Highness the West King could rebuild the old friendship with the East King. ”

Feng Zicai sneered and said, "Brother Hou seems to be very reluctant to meet with the soldiers of the East Palace. ”

Hou Yutian said gloomily: "After all, they are all soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom, and it is not a good thing to fight each other." ”

Feng Zicai said lightly: "No wonder the three regiments led by Brother Hou in the Guangde Battle rushed to the battlefield and let go of the soldiers and horses in the East Hall in vain. ”

Hou Yutian was slightly startled, and his face was red and white. After a while, he said: "Don't talk nonsense, I explained to the division that it was the guide who did not match what the map said, and the verification of the path delayed the trip, and I failed to enter the position according to the combat jihua." ”

Feng Zicai took another sip of tea and didn't speak, and after the two were silent for a long time, Feng Zicai said: "Big brother, the West Hall is the main master, and in my eyes, any Heavenly King and Eastern King are nothing." You also see what the situation of Sufu Province is under the rule of the Western King, and it is none other than the Western King who can revive the Han family in the future. You and I are both people who surrendered on the side of the Qing Demon, and the King of the West treats me with grace and reconstruction, and we must not be confused in the big festival. ”

Hou Yutian was dumbfounded for a while before he said, "Save it for my brother." Both Hou Yutian and Feng Zicai had served as soldiers under Zhang Guoliang of the Qing army, and Hou Yutian was later captured in Changsha and joined the Taiping army. Later, Feng Zicai was also taken by the Taiping Army, and both of them were fierce generals in the West Palace. After the formation and training of the new army. Both held the position of regimental commander in the New Third Army.

The train whistle blew. Slowly stopping at Shanghai's Hongqiao Station, Hou Yutian, Feng Zicai, and a group of more than 10 officers who had returned to Shanghai to report on their work got off the train, and several carriages were parked outside the station waiting for everyone.

Hou Yutian wanted to ride in the same car with Feng Zicai, but was stopped by two receiving officers, and the two asked Hou Yutian to sit in a carriage with a blank face. Feng Zicai felt slightly strange, and wanted to ask a few more words. was pulled by a division chief of staff beside him, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry about Nangan, it's the Intelligence Department that is taking people." ”

Feng Zicai was taken aback and said, "What did Brother Hou do to take him?" He is the commander of the third regiment, and if he wants to take it, he will also take people from the military department. Why does the Intelligence Department take people?! ”

When Feng Zicai wanted to ask again, he was pulled into the carriage by the chief of staff, and there were two regiment commanders in the same car, both of whom looked at Feng Zicai strangely. Feng Zicai also ignored the two people, these two people were the two infantry commanders of the Second Division, and they often fought with themselves during the New Third Army competition, and they had no friendship, and Feng Zicai hurriedly asked the chief of staff: "Chief of Staff Zhang, what did Brother Hou do?" Why does the Intelligence Department take people? ”

The chief of staff Zhang was named Zhang Mingjing, the Taiping Army in Changsha, who was originally a teacher, and later served as the chief of staff of Feng Zicai's Third Division. Zhang Mingjing said in a low voice: "There is something wrong with him here." ”

Feng Zicai saw Zhang Mingjing pointing to his own head, and his heart was even more confused, and a regiment commander of the second division on the side said in a strange manner: "Sure enough, the people who surrendered from the Qing Demon have a lot of thoughts. ”

Feng Zicai was furious, Zhang Mingjing hurriedly persuaded him, and shouted: "You don't say a word, what's wrong with the surrender of the Qing Demon?" Voted for Taiping, it is still a good son of our Han family! ”

The other regiment leader sneered: "What are you three divisions angry about? In the last battle of Guangde, if it weren't for the fact that your three divisions did not close in time and let Hu Yihuang's soldiers and horses shrink back, our New Third Army would have disarmed all Hu Yihuang's soldiers and horses. ”

Feng Zicai couldn't bear it anymore, the tiger roared and hit the old fist, and several people fought in the carriage, until the receiving officer arrived with the military police to pull a few people away, and then at a glance, the four of them were bruised and swollen, Zhang Mingjing Zuihou couldn't help but move because the two regiment commanders insulted the third division where he was located.

The receiving officer was amused: "Okay, the two commanders of the second division and the chief of staff and one regiment commander of the third division are fighting, and we will see what face you have to go to see the king of the west later!" The four of them couldn't help but feel uneasy when they heard this.

The carriage soon came to the lecture hall and the receiving officer led Zhang Mingjing, Feng Zicai and others to the Xuanwu Building. After Feng Zicai got out of the carriage, he found that several of the more than ten officers who came back from the same carriage were missing, and it was not only Hou Yutian who was taken away. Feng Zicai didn't know where Hou Yutian was taken by the people of the Intelligence Department, but he knew that the Intelligence Department had always been directly under the West Wangniang, and sometimes even the West King couldn't intervene.

Zhang Mingjing's eyes darkened, Feng Zicai broke the corners of his eyes, and then looked at the two regiment leaders in the same car, and the four of them were a little embarrassed to fall into the team, until they reached the Holy Martial Hall, and the four of them shrank behind.

The king of the west and Li Kaifang, the secretary of the military department, were both in the Shengwu Hall, Li Kaifang returned to Shanghai to report on his work, and the Fujian Theater was handed over to Lin Qirong to command. Seeing the officers coming in, King Xi motioned for everyone to sit down, Zhang Mingjing and Feng Zicai sat in Zuihou, but King Xi still saw the embarrassment of the four at a glance, and followed Hahadaxiao up and said, "Mr. Zhang, I didn't expect you to beat people too?" I remember that when you first joined the army in Changsha, you said every day that you should convince people with virtue. ”

King Xi has always called Zhang Mingjing Mr., at that time among the people in the army in Changsha, reading people are rare, and they are very respectful up and down, Zhang Mingjing did not expect that all these years have passed, King Xi still remembers this stubble, and stood up and said a little embarrassed: "My subordinates are arrogant, it is not right to beat people, please punish Your Highness." ”

King Xi waved his hand and put away his smile, and said coldly: "The four of you have no military discipline, no superiors and subordinates, Chen Feng and Gao Di, you two are colonels and regimental commanders, how can you do something to the chief of staff of the division headquarters?!" Is there a distinction between military highlands? Well?! ”

Chen Feng and Gao Di were the two commanders of the Second Division, and when they heard this, the two hurriedly got up and admitted their mistakes. King Xi didn't speak, he looked at Li Kaifang, Li Kaifang said calmly: "There are no superiors and subordinates, when you are demoted by one level, you will be punished with twenty lashes, can you two take it?!" ”

Chen Feng muttered in a low voice, "It was Regiment Leader Feng who made the first move." ”

The hall was silent, although Chen Feng's words were light, Li Kaifang still heard it, Li Kaifang snorted and said: "Feng Zicai's mistake is dealt with in other ways, I only ask you if you are satisfied with your treatment?" ”

The two hurriedly stood up and shouted, "No problem! ”

Li Kaifang nodded and said, "After the meeting is over, go to the Judge Advocate General's Office to lead the army whip!" ”

King Xi's fingers tapped lightly on the table, cleared his throat and stood up and said, "There have been frequent wars recently, although there are many affairs in the army, we can't relax. This time I summoned you back to find that there have been many problems in the new army recently, some people have formed gangs in the army, what are the old brothers of Guangxi, what are the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society, and what are the Qing army demotion factions, this king asks you, will your soldiers be fed by these gangs?! Well?! ”

When all the officers heard this, they all immediately became uncomfortable, and the officers and soldiers in the West Hall were also divided into some factions, and even factions were divided according to regions, such as the Hunan Regiment, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Regiment, and so on, and there were also those according to their origins, such as the Guangxi Old Brothers, the Tiandihui Brothers, and so on. Although it has not yet brought any substantial damage to the army, the king of the West will not allow such a faction to appear in the new army. At that time, the training of the new army was disrupted and reorganized, and it was unexpectedly that in a short period of time, the faction began to recover again.

This can't be blamed on anyone, people are social animals, everywhere they always like to find fellow villagers, find people with the same experience as themselves, so it is easy to have a care, which is unavoidable. Although it was unavoidable, Xiwang hoped that it could be improved through regular ideological education, and at the same time, officers also needed to change positions from time to time to ensure balance, so he called the officers back in batches this time for education, and arranged for the transfer of officers at the same time.

After some educational rhetoric, Xiao Yungui didn't know how much they listened, but he could only talk about it verbally, and then it would depend on the transfer of officers, he hoped that through the transfer of officers, he would balance some factions in the army, suppress some people, elevate some people, and always let the new army maintain a balance.

Especially in this special period, the military and politics must calm the hearts of the people and let everyone always maintain one voice, so that they can continue to fight with Tianjing and the Qing army. The officers in the army who are ganged up are easy to clean up, but there are always some people in the army and in the government who will stand in the wrong line, and for these people and those who ride on the wall, this time the west hall must be removed. And this more tricky thing is done by the Intelligence Department in charge of Hong Yun'er, Xiao Yungui is very grateful for this virtuous help, in Hong Yun'er's words, she came to Shanghai to help the West King stabilize the interior, she doesn't mind being burdened with some infamy, after all, this kind of thing has to be done, she doesn't mind being the "Queen Lu" of the West King. (To be continued......)