Zhang Kuian lives in Xi'an Liansheng Inn, which is a three-hundred-year-old inn, which was first opened in the Ming Dynasty for the talents of Xi'an, Xijing Province. There were few talents in the northwest, and from the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the northwest wars continued, and the Muslims continued to fight for independence, and this kind of battle lasted until the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing army could not bear it during the Kangxi period, and sent a large army to exterminate it. Later, Emperor Kangxi carried out large-scale Han immigration in the northwest, and Han immigration exacerbated regional ethnic contradictions. How can these Northwest talents have the heart to devote themselves to their studies, which leads to the fact that the number of Northwest schools is far inferior to that of the Jiangnan region. In order to support Northwest Studies, the imperial courts of all dynasties will focus on supporting Northwest Studies (refer to the current college entrance examination score line...... This is the case of this Liansheng Inn, where the Northwest School lived when it was taking the exam, providing food, clothing, housing and transportation. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, after Cixi banned the imperial examination, the Liansheng Inn lost its role, and after the imperial court's support was gone, it was bought, and then became a private property, and also became the most famous time-honored inn in Xi'an.

The senior officers of the Northwest Army were all Fengjun officers who ran over from the northeast, so the hospitality to Zhang Kuian was a big bowl of wine and a big bowl of meat. As soon as he arrived at the Liansheng Inn, Zhang Kuian half-lay down and put on a sober rest, and after a while, the secretary Yun Lishan threw a towel and walked in, handed it over and said, "Minister, use a towel to apply a dress." ”

Zhang Kuian took the towel and smiled, "Thank you." ”

Yun Lishan is a native of Shaanxi Province and graduated from Hubei Wubei School in his early years. After graduation, he stayed in the Hubei Army, and then went to Jing after Shaanxi made trouble. Then Jing ** perished in the strangulation of Zhang Zuolin and Yan Xishan, and Yun Lishan recuperated with injuries for several months. Upon learning that the Kuomintang had been changed to the Kuomintang, the veterans of the Kuomintang were disheartened. At this time, Wang Maoru fought the real battle of the Chinese people in Europe and Italy, and was rendered a national hero by the country, and the pursuit of the Northeast Army at that time also became a trend. So Yun Lishan thought that the rise of the Northeast Army to save the Republic of China was not far away, so he defected to the Northeast Army outside the Guan. Yun Lishan is twenty-six years old. In Jing**, he became a battalion commander, but after arriving in the Northeast, he could only start as a small soldier. After spending half a year in the army, he was admitted to the Yakeshi Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy. Because of his rich experience, he was valued by the Military Intelligence Department and the Central Intelligence Department, and only studied at the military academy for one year. He was robbed of talents by the CIA, became the head of the Shaanxi Station of the CIA, and returned to Xi'an to develop the CIO offline.

This time, Zhang Kuian came to Shaanxi, and Yun Lishan was promoted to Zhang Kuian's secretary. The head of the Shaanxi station of the CIA has another person to serve. Yun Lishan also from trembling intelligence officers. Walked out of the darkness and became a secretary officer of the General Staff in the bright and bright light.

"Minister, the officer's side is secretly stuffing money, the minimum is two hundred, and the maximum is eight hundred." Yun Lishan said with a cold face, people from intelligence have this expression all day long.

Zhang Kuian nodded and said, "Don't worry, don't give too much." It's all for the family, right? ”

"Yes."

"That's good, don't rush it." Zhang Kuian nodded. "We have to stay in Xi'an for a while longer, and we are not in a hurry, and we have not yet grasped the character and temperament of the people of the Northwest Army, so we should not act rashly. The low-ranking officers of the Northwest Army are from the Northwest, but the senior officers are all from the Northeast, and if you think about it, there must be a contradiction between the two sides. By taking advantage of the contradictions in this regard, we may be able to seize the northwest without spending a single soldier. ”

Yun Lishan nodded, knowing it in his heart, he left the inn to find the new stationmaster of Shaanxi Station privately, and saw that there were no followers on the left and right, so he went to an incense and candle shop. On the surface, this is an incense and candle shop opened by Henan people, because of the drought in Henan, the family has just moved from Xinxiang, and it is forced to open this incense and candle shop. But this incense and candle shop is actually a new intelligence agency for the Wehrmacht, with paper people and paper horses tied at the door, and there are three coffins as soon as you enter the door, which patrol officer is willing to come in to check.

The matter of the Northwest Army is complicated to say, but in fact it is simple, it is only a matter of money.

When Zhang Zuolin led the Feng army exiled from the northeast to level the northwest, the three armies in the northwest fought chaotically, and the people were miserable. And Zhang Zuolin led the Feng army to quell the war, calm the people's cultivation, and really pacified the war in the northwest for the first time. Later, Zhang Zuolin bribed the Northwest Hui Army by various means, pacified the Northwest by moderate means, occupied the land of the four provinces, and became a veritable king of the Northwest.

However, the northwest was poor, and in order to strive for a better life, the Northwest Army united from top to bottom, which also made the combat effectiveness quite strong. However, the Northwest Army has a fatal flaw, that is, after Zhang Zuolin expanded the army in the northwest, Fengjun, who was born in the northeast, either became a squad leader or a company commander, and out of the strangeness of the soldiers from the northwest, the northwest soldiers were not reused. In the ensuing battle, after four months of fighting with the Jin army, the Northwest Army suffered heavy casualties and was forced to withdraw from Shanxi. After losing the battle, contradictions naturally breeded, and the low-ranking officers resented the ineffective command of the senior officers from the Fengjun army, and the senior officers complained about the ineffective fighting of the soldiers in Shaanxi.

And the West

The biggest problem facing the Northern Army now is the problem of compensating the fallen soldiers, and the officers from the Fengjun Army have a pension for their sacrifices, while the Shaanxi soldiers are only hastily buried when they die. This incident made the low-ranking officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army from Shaanxi dissatisfied, and the morale of the army was low.

After learning the news, Zhang Kuian became more confident, and when he came to the Northwest Army, he found that the Northwest Army was weak. He immediately reported to Wang Maoru, and after Wang Maoru got the news in Beijing, he laughed and said to Jiang Fangzhen: "The ability to set the country is indeed extraordinary, and with this person, it is enough to resist half of the country." ”

Jiang Fangzhen shook his head and said: "This word should not be spread outside, it is enough to cause jealousy if people hear it." ”

Wang Maoru said: "That's right, Brother Baili, you are steady." ”

At this time, the mansion of the marshal of the Northwest Army in Xi'an was also full of smoke clouds, Zhang Zuolin never smoked big cigarettes, and his subordinate officers were not allowed to smoke big cigarettes in front of him. Several officers looked worried, and Zhang Zuolin slapped the table and said angrily: "Are there really deserters?" it! Killed, all killed! ”

Qin Hua, the commander of the military police, hurriedly dissuaded: "Dashuai, you can't be killed, you can't be killed." ”

"Why can't you be killed?" Tang Yulin said angrily, "Damn, I've become a deserter, so why don't you die." ”

Qin Hua said: "Why do they want to be deserters, you have to listen to their reasons." Anyway, I can't do it, and I won't do the job of killing deserters. ”

Tang Yulin said: "If you don't do it, I'll do it!" ”

"it, what are you arguing about?" Zhang Zuolin stopped the two of them from arguing with a scolding voice, and glared angrily: "Erhu, you sit down for me." Qin Hua, tell me, why can't we kill the deserters? This deserter was shot, it has been a matter of course since ancient times, why can't he be shot? ”

Sun Liechen also said: "I have also done this military police commander, and I have also done the matter of shooting deserters, why can't I kill them?" ”

Qin Hua sighed and said, "I can't say this, let's let the deserters say it." After a while, a sturdy non-commissioned officer of the Northwest Army, with angry eyes, was waiting for a room full of officers.

"What's your name?" Sun Liechen said.

"Tong Dongwa." The officer said.

A few people laughed, this name is interesting, Dongwa, you know that this person is from a hard background when you hear the name, and no one in the family knows how to take a serious name.

"What are you laughing at, what are you laughing at!" Tong Dongwa shouted, "Your name is good? Do you have a good name? Zhang Dashuai's name was changed later, wasn't the previous name also ugly? ”

Zhang Zuolin smiled: "It's so small, even I dare to take it out and say something." Tell me, why are you a deserter? ”

"Why? It's not because you don't care whether our soldiers live or die! Tong Dongwa said, "Why don't we have a pension for the death of our Northwest Army?" The Wehrmacht died a person, and the family had two oceans a month, twenty-four oceans a year. When our soldiers are crippled, they will be driven away, and when the soldiers of the National Defense Forces are injured, they will be arranged to be officials in their hometowns, and the youngest is also the chief of the tun. Why is it different? I was also born and raised by my father, why is this? ”

"So you're going to join the Wehrmacht?" Sun Liechen asked sharply.

"What's the matter, if you can't live, you won't let people find a way to live? Who doesn't want to live? Tong Dongwa shouted, "Today I also know that I will definitely die, so I will tell you about my heart." We Shaanxi people don't like to talk, it's not that we're stupid, it's that we Shaanxi people are used to doing practical things. We Shaanxi people foam at the mouth and do what we say, so we never like to talk nonsense and polite words. Let me tell you who are big officials, if there are not ten big wives and small wives in each family, there must be four or five, right? You and I, I'm all platoon commanders, but I still have to watch my favorite woman in our village marry the landlord as an aunt. Why, because I have never been greedy for soldiers' money, I am poor, but I am poor and comfortable. My soldiers followed me and maybe it would be gone that day, and their twenty-year-old guy said that it would be gone, what should their father do? How do you raise your father? Before we hit Shanxi, I told us that it was good, and everyone would get rich if we beat Shanxi, but we fought in a platoon and went to Shanxi, and 26 people came back alive and 18 of them died, and half of them died in Shanxi. I don't even have a settling-in fee, I don't even have a settling-in fee! I led the troops to fight to block the attack, and said to my brothers that I would fight hard for Zhang Dashuai and die at home. But so far, we haven't gotten a penny, not a penny. According to this, how can you have the face to see them as a platoon commander? I took the lead as a deserter, not for myself, but for my brothers, and I can't let my brothers die in vain. ”

After a while, Zhang Zuolin walked in front of Tong Dongwa, pulled out the dagger in his boots, cut the rope on Tong Dongwa's body, and then walked up to him, and suddenly bowed deeply to him, and everyone was stunned. (To be continued.) )