"Dashuai, occupying Chifeng is really a wonderful move. Jin can attack Chengde, retreat can protect Tongliao, and can also threaten Feng Delin, as long as it is used well, the whole situation of Fengtian will be leveraged. ”

Yang Yuting said and drew a stroke on the map, and his finger fell on the line of Jinzhou, from Chifeng to the east, that is, Chaoyang and Jinzhou, which is Feng Delin's rear, if he is stationed in Chifeng, it is equivalent to surrounding Feng Delin.

Lao Zhang stood in front of the map, looked at it carefully, and nodded frequently, it is true that if Fengjun can be at the heel of Chifeng Zhanzhu, he will be able to contain Feng Delin's flank, Lao Zhang originally focused more on the three eastern provinces, but now he sees that Rehe is in the soft underbelly of Fengtian.

Only by solving this can we let go of the north and lay down the two provinces of Heiji, of course, the most important thing for the time being is to unify Fengtian and lay a solid foundation.

"Lingge, I'm going to expand Wu Junsheng's cavalry brigade, what do you think?"

"The cavalry brigade is holding Taonan, which is a barrier in the western part of Mukden, and it can just stop the Mongolian bandits from fleeing eastward, so it is very necessary to strengthen the cavalry brigade. But I think this expansion must break Wu Junsheng's control over the cavalry brigade, and the officers must be rotated. ”

The status is different, the problem is different, and now Zhang Zuolin naturally wants to restrict his subordinates from becoming bigger, and Yang Yuting's suggestion just hit his heart.

"For the time being, let Wu Junsheng guard Chifeng, and then open the martial arts hall in the next year, and officers at all levels must be retrained, and then dispersed and assigned!"

There are more and more troops under his command, and relying on the original set will not work, so Zhang Zuolin has made up his mind to completely change the Feng army, first of all, to improve the quality of officers, of course, this is also to strengthen his control over the Feng army.

Lao Zhang thought about it. said with a wry smile: "Wu Junsheng has a good arrangement there, but the trouble is clumsy, first he eliminated Babu Zabu, and now he has captured Mi Zhenbiao alive, how should these two credits be handled?" ”

When it came to Zhang Tinglan, Yang Yuting closed his mouth very interestingly, he and Zhang Tinglan had a very close relationship, and it was easy to make Lao Zhang think too much no matter what he said. And this is indeed a big trouble, according to Zhang Tinglan's merits, it is logical to take another step. When the independent brigade was expanded, he happened to be a brigade commander, not to mention other merits, that is, the combat exploits were enough.

Babu Zab has been a bandit for many years, and no number of people have eliminated him. As a result, he died in the hands of Zhang Tinglan in a daze, and the biggest tumor in Mongolia was cut off. Even Yuan Shikai issued a commendation order. However, since Zhang Tinglan had just served as the head of the regiment, Lao Zhang was temporarily suppressed.

As a result, Mi Zhenbiao has now been captured alive, this is not a trivial matter, Mi Zhenbiao is the second person in the Yi Army, the first battle of Tongliao, and the Feng army won more with less. greatly increased the military prestige, and the Fengjun occupied Chifeng by the way, and this credit cannot be unrewarded.

But Lao Zhang is also very embarrassed, there are more monks and less porridge. If Zhang Tinglan is promoted to brigade commander, it will be equivalent to being on an equal footing with Zhang Jinghui, and the older generation will definitely be uncomfortable. In addition, Lao Zhang is also a little selfish, now Zhang Xueliang has not officially entered the army, if Zhang Tinglan is promoted too quickly, Zhang Xueliang will be completely suppressed, and Lao Zhang obviously does not want to see this situation.

Left and right, Lao Zhang turned around and around on the ground, and suddenly found a report on the table of work for relief handed in by Wang Yongjiang. Lao Zhang's eyes lit up, and he finally thought of a solution.

"Neighbor Ge, last year's frequent floods in Fengtian, many refugees were displaced, I am going to set up a cantonment army, brigade-level establishment, responsible for organizing the work of the disaster victims, let Humble Yan be responsible, what do you think?"

When Yang Yuting heard Lao Zhang's idea, he also secretly picked his thumb, this method is really good. In the case of relief in cash, the relief of Tuntian was proposed by Zhang Tinglan, and he was just asked to implement it, and he was promoted to the level of brigade commander, Zhang Tinglan must be satisfied. At the same time, the Tuntian troops do not seem to be front-line battles, and they do not excessively stimulate the group of old people, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

"It's a good way to be handsome, let's arrange it."

Lao Zhang was thinking about how to reward Zhang Tinglan here, and Zhang Tinglan himself was not idle, he wiped out the Yi army, and the local chaos still had to be dealt with. In particular, when many Mongolian bandits heard that the Feng army and the Yi army were fighting, they thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they harassed various places one after another, wanting to fish in troubled waters.

Zhang Tinglan naturally would not be polite, he dispersed his soldiers and resolutely fought against the Mongolian bandits who were looking for provocation. The advantage of the Mongolian bandits lies in their strong mobility ability, they can win battles, and they run away if they can't win.

The advantage of the Feng army was that it had strong firepower, especially equipped with heavy machine guns, and the cavalry of the Mongolian bandits could no longer go unpunished. Therefore, the Feng army adopted the measure of exploiting its strengths and avoiding its weaknesses, and by bribing merchants, it grasped the information of the Mongolian bandits' movements in advance, and then adopted the tactics of encircling and ambushing, concentrating firepower, and severely beating the Mongolian bandits.

For the Yi Army, Zhang Tinglan will try to catch some prisoners, for these bandits, I'm sorry, I am not polite at all! As long as they encountered, they were all wiped out, and no one was left, and in just a few days, more than 300 Mongolian bandits were killed, and they were thrown on the snow without even covering their bodies, and they did not worry about rotting maggots.

It's cheaper for those wild wolves, they can easily get food, and the stumps and bones are everywhere, like hell. However, it was precisely this kind of thunderous method that completely curbed the rampant momentum of the bandits and made them all dispel their thoughts of taking advantage.

The common people in the Tongliao area experienced a war, and finally looked forward to a rare peace, and the independent brigade was stationed here, and the Mongolian bandits that often appeared in the winter of previous years also disappeared, and everyone was finally able to prepare for the New Year lively.

In the past, many people did not dare to post Spring Festival couplets and set off firecrackers, just for fear of attracting the attention of the bandits, but now they can finally breathe a sigh of relief, looking at the lively scene, Zhang Tinglan is also infected by this strong New Year's flavor, and is also looking forward to returning to Fengtian as soon as possible.

At this time, Wu Junsheng of Chifeng sent a telegram, and as soon as he came up, Lao Wu was like Zhang Tinglan asking for help. Wu Junsheng occupied Chifeng as soon as he left, he was also complacent, of course, he couldn't be too proud, after all, there were more than 10,000 people in the Yi army, if he attacked desperately, Lao Wu would have to spend a lot of time.

Wu Junsheng built fortifications along Chifeng, wanting to block the Yi army, but who knew that the trouble did not come from the Yi army, but from ordinary people.

After he occupied Chifeng, it snowed heavily for two days in a row. Many farmers and herdsmen have suffered from the disaster, a large number of livestock have frozen to death, and farmers and herdsmen who lack food and clothing are hungry and cold. In addition, before Mi Zhenbiao went to war, he made a big scavenger, the Chifeng Mansion was empty, the merchants also suffered a lot of losses, and a large number of refugees gathered in Chifeng.

Wu Junsheng is not a benevolent person, but he has just occupied Chifeng. If a large number of people were starved to death and the people's hearts were lost, how could he keep it, so he sent a report to Zhang Tinglan for help.

Zhang Tinglan also knows that it is a matter of the people's will and cannot be taken lightly. So I found Cheng Tianci.

"Head Zhang, what do you command? The villain must try his best to get it done. ”

"Brother Cheng. There are a large number of victims in Chifeng, which is very unfavorable for us to control Chifeng, so we need to find ways to provide disaster relief. ”

A trace of astonishment flashed on Cheng Tianci's face, and then he said with some bitterness: "The villain is willing to donate 200,000 yuan for disaster relief." ”

"Haha, Brother Cheng misunderstood. I'm not asking you to pay, I'm asking you to help with something, Tongliao has just established a woolen mill and a canning factory. You arrange for people to go to the herdsmen's homes to buy livestock, dead or alive, and send the furs to the woollen mills, and the flesh and bones to the canneries. In addition, I am contacting the Jin merchants and transporting some New Year's goods to the Chifeng area, so that most of the people can survive this winter. ”

When Cheng Tianci heard Zhang Tinglan's words, his face showed a hint of embarrassment, daring to love his lover did not care about asking for money, but on the contrary, he still gave himself a big business, he immediately patted his chest and promised that he would do things well.

With Cheng Tianci such a head snake, the pressure of the disaster must be much smaller, and Zhang Tinglan made a move to Lao Wu, asking him to hire those helpless victims at a low price and send them to Fengtian, which is all Haode labor at the beginning of spring next year, Zhang Tinglan has already thought about it, and he must vigorously introduce immigrants from next year to jointly develop Fengtian.

The Feng army was busy dealing with all kinds of things, but at this time Yuan Shikai was anxious, Cai Yi's army was fighting with Beiyang in southern Sichuan, and the Beiyang army was defeated and retreated due to low morale, and was beaten to the head of the rat.

The other two ways of the national army also killed in Guangxi and Hunan respectively, the old Yuan three ways to attack Yunnan not only did not succeed, but was also kicked back by others, the resentment in the heart can be imagined, but at this time, the Feng army and the Yi army fought again, the Feng army was unexpected, quickly wiped out the Yi army, and occupied Chifeng.

Lao Yuan hurriedly gathered all his advisers together to discuss how to deal with them, and these advisers under him did not have the vigor of some time ago, and they were all depressed, especially Yang Du, who hoped that Junxian could save China, but not only did he not save China, but also made China more torn, and Yang Du was completely confused.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Jiang Gui sued Feng Jun, accusing Feng Jun of brutally killing the soldiers of the Yi Army and occupying the important town of Chifeng, what do you think should be done?"

"Bixia, the accusation of the Feng army is in Fengtian, but they have encroached on the territory of Rehe, which is obviously wild and untamable, and has to look at Shu, the minister suggested that Bixia severely punish the culprit Zhang Zuolin, and give these bandits Zhang Zhang rules." Since the last trip to Beijing, Liang Shiyi and Zhang Zuolin have never missed any opportunity to cause trouble to Lao Zhang, even if they have formed a feud.

Yang Shiqi on the side snorted in his nose: "Liang Caishen, what you said is good, but do we still have an army to threaten Fengtian?" Without force oppression, can Zhang Zuolin spit out the meat that reaches his mouth? ”

Yang Shiqi questioned one after another, leaving Liang Shiyi speechless, if Lao Yuan still had extra troops, he would have been sent out to fight Cai Yi a long time ago, where would he still have the energy to deal with Zhang Zuolin.

"Bixia, as the saying goes, a slap doesn't make a sound, Yijun is also responsible, Mi Zhenbiao took the initiative to invade Fengtian, let Zhang Zuolin seize the opportunity, and teach him a hard lesson, it is understandable, the minister thinks that he should be appeased, Zhang Zuolin is a tiger, and he can't let him make trouble in the three eastern provinces."

Yang Shiqi didn't mention Jiang Gui at all in his words, obviously he didn't care what this old coffin skin thought. At this time, Old Yuan quietly listened to the words of the strategist, and his mind kept thinking of ways to deal with it, and in only a month or two, age spots appeared on Yuan Shikai's hands and face.

The originally huge body also began to shrink, as if it had changed into a different person, and the people close to him looked a little sad.

Yang Du thought for a while and said: "Bixia, Zhang Zuolin invaded the neighboring provinces without authorization, setting a very unpleasant precedent, if other provinces also follow the same example, the world will be completely chaotic." It must be punished, and the minister has a suggestion, Bixia can send a holy decree to Zhang Zuolin, let the Feng army enter the customs to fight, and jointly exterminate Cai Yi's rebels, if Zhang Zuolin does not listen, you can let Meng Enyuan, Zhu Qinglan, Feng Delin and others deal with Zhang Zuolin together. ”

Yang Du undoubtedly wanted to put Zhang Zuolin's army and act in accordance with the holy decree, which was equivalent to handing over the precious army to Lao Yuan as cannon fodder, but he didn't listen, and gave Lao Yuan Jin a pretext to start, although Yang Du was depressed, but his brain was still very flexible, and he thought of a good way to put Zhang Zuolin in a dilemma.

Yuan Shikai finally opened his old eyes at this time and nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with this method. (To be continued......)