Cai Tingkai, who was angry, heard Jin Zhao's words and immediately pointed the finger at Jin Zhao, "You are embarrassed to say that half of your subordinates have run away, don't think that I don't know about the small actions you made in private." ”

As the commander of the column, Jin Zhao was in charge of three regiments and more than 4,000 people, but when he returned to Fujian, only more than 2,000 people remained, and half of them ran away. Cai Tingkai thought of Li Long in North China, and guessed that this must be Jin Zhao's manipulation, even if it was not Jin Zhao's order, it was also the result of Jin Zhao's encouragement and connivance, so Cai Tingkai was so angry with Jin Zhao.

Cai Tingkai's saliva sprayed Jin Zhao's face, and Jin Zhao, who knew that he was at a loss, could only lower his head and stop talking, there was no way to crush people to death at the level of the official! Tan Qixiu, who was next to him, saw that Jin Zhao was scolded too badly, and couldn't help but intercede for Jin Zhao, "The military seat is angry!" Meng Bo is also to resist. ”

After scolding for such a big effort, Cai Tingkai was also tired, and couldn't help but snort coldly, "Resist!" If it weren't for your sake, Lao Tzu would have withdrawn you a long time ago! But the resistance must also pay attention to strategy, if the generals of the 19th Army are like you, the 19th Route Army will be dispersed, and without the 19th Route Army, what will we do to resist! ”

Cai Tingkai sat on the chair, panting heavily, and he didn't know if he was angry or too tired from scolding. Jin Zhao hurriedly stepped forward, poured a cup of tea for Cai Tingkai, and said with a sincere face, "The military seat is angry!" Humble and wrong! It's all to blame for being dumbfounded for a while! ”

Seeing Jin Zhao apologize so sincerely, Cai Tingkai's anger disappeared a lot. After all, the matter has already happened, no matter how angry you are, how can you not blame Jin Zhao is already useless, the reason why Jin Zhao was reprimanded so harshly is mainly to remind Jin Zhao and let Jin Zhao not be too presumptuous. After scolding for so long, Cai Tingkai was indeed a little dry, so as a result, Jin Zhao took a sip of the tea handed over, and as soon as he put down the teacup, Jin Zhao felt relieved, so he glared at Jin Zhao, "Hmph!" Don't think that's it! After returning to Xianyou, I was confined for three days and thought about it! After speaking, Cai Tingkai turned his head to Tan Qixiu and said, "As for you, give you a serious warning, if there is a next time, you will never be spared!" ”

"Yes!" Jin Zhao and Tan Qixiu immediately retracted their feet and answered loudly.

At this time, Cai Tingkai's face looked better, and Jin Zhao had the courage to say when he saw this, "Junzao, this time I ran for nothing, not only wasted hundreds of thousands of military expenses in vain, but also seriously hit the morale of the soldiers, we can't just forget it, right?" ”

Cai Tingkai glanced at Jin Zhao and said casually, "If you have anything to say, you can say it directly, it's not like your style!" ”

Jin Zhao slandered in his heart, damn, you just scolded Lao Tzu, where does Lao Tzu dare to speak. Jin Zhao said with a smile, "We have suffered such a big loss this time, so we have to let the central government compensate us!" In the name of resettling the advance column to aid Reze, the military seat may ask the military committee for the numbers of the two divisions. ”

When Cai Tingkai heard this, he couldn't help but show a hint of joy, he was angry before, and he didn't have time to consider the placement of the troops, Jin Zhao's idea not only solved the problem of the placement of the troops, but also expanded the troops of the two divisions, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. "That's a good idea, but will the chairman agree to it?"

Jin Zhao said with a smile, "Junzuo, now the commission has to count on our 19th Route Army to help him exterminate the **, this time the matter of going north to resist has caused the dissatisfaction of the officers and soldiers of the 19th Army, in order to appease us, I think the chairman will definitely agree!" ”

Tan Qixiu also heard that Jin Zhao's idea was good, so he persuaded on the side, "Junzao, I think what Meng Bo said is reasonable, and the chairman of the committee will agree." ”

Cai Tingkai couldn't help but nodded, but then he understood, looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "You two just want to be promoted?" "The two columns applied for the number of the two divisions, so the two commanders, Tan Qixiu and Jin Zhao, naturally became ready-made candidates for division commanders.

Tan Qixiu, who was seen through by Cai Tingkai, was a little embarrassed. It's just that Nuo Nuo said, "We are also thinking about our Nineteenth Route Army." ”

Jin Zhao smiled nonchalantly, "Napoleon said that a soldier who doesn't want to be a marshal is not a good soldier, who doesn't want to be promoted and get rich!" However, after all, my qualifications are too shallow, and even if the chairman really agrees to give us two more divisions, it may not be my turn. I'd better go back and be honest as the commander of my Reading Brigade! Anyway, I'm still young, isn't it a matter of time before I get promoted to the rank of teacher? ”

Cai Tingkai glanced at Jin Zhao angrily and said, "You are quite real!" But what you said is right, your qualifications are indeed too shallow, and you all know that this army is very particular about this. Many of Meng Bo's old bosses, such as Ding Rongguang, are still only a regiment commander, but Meng Bo has already become a brigade commander, and he also serves as an administrative inspector, holding the military and political power alone. ”

Jin Zhao frowned and said, "Junza, don't say it, if you say it again, I will be called a warlord by you!" Jin Zhao's words caused the three of them to laugh.

Later, Cai Tingkai repeatedly applied to the Military Committee in accordance with Jin Zhao's suggestion, and finally Lao Jiang was forced to agree to give the 19th Route Army the number of one and a half divisions, the reason why it is said to be a half division, is because Lao Jiang's order was to reorganize the first column of aid into a supplementary division, and Tan Qixiu became the division commander as he wished. Jin Zhao's second column was merged with the 49th Division, and the B Division was upgraded to the A Division, and Zhang Yan was still the division commander, while Jin Zhao still returned to Xianyou to continue to serve as the commander of his Reading Brigade and the administrative inspector.

Originally, Jin Zhao's second column had three regiments, one of which was Jin Zhao's descendant troops brought out from the Reading Brigade. However, most of the people in this group had already run away from the halfway point, and according to Jin Zhao's instructions, these people naturally went north to join Li Long. Therefore, of the more than 2,000 people in the second column, only a few hundred are Jin Zhao's descendants, and the rest are drawn from various divisions. Jin Zhao generously gave all these troops to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan, who thought he had made a profit, also invited Jin Zhao to visit the kiln in Zhangzhou for a night, but he didn't know that Jin Zhao's purpose in doing this was just to mix sand with the 49th Division and prepare for his plan a year later! Thinking that there is still a year to go, Jin Zhao can't help but feel a little anxious in his heart, but Jin Zhao can only wait patiently for the opportunity, after all, his strength is still very weak, and if he is not careful, he may end up in a situation from which he will never recover. Thinking of these Jin Zhao, I can't help but envy Li Long and others in North China, they should be living quite a good life! What Jin Zhao didn't know was that during the time when Jin Zhao rushed back to Fujian, Li Long was really not doing well, and he was quite aggrieved. (To be continued.) )