Tang Cheng and Huang Chengzhong were chatting in the room, and Lao Dongbei came up from downstairs with a strange face, "There is a colonel in the inn, saying that he is a regiment commander under the 133rd Division of the 20th Army, and he wants to see you by name." Listening to Lao Northeast's words, Tang Cheng was also confused, he didn't know what the 20th Army was, and it seemed that there was no such number in the sequence of the national army.

"The 20th Army is the Sichuan Army, and it is Yang Sen's heart, and during the Battle of Songhu, the 20th Army suffered a lot of casualties." As soon as Huang Chengzhong said this, Tang Cheng had some impressions, and after leaving Shanghai, he did hear Xie Bo say that the Sichuan army participated in the war. The number of the 20th Army, he knew it for the first time, but Tang Cheng already knew a lot about the name Yang Sen. Yang Sen is a native of Guang'an, Sichuan, Yang Sen, together with Deng Xihou, Liu Xiang, Liu Wenhui, and Wang Lingji, is known as the Five Elements of the Sichuan Army, and once served as the chief of staff of the 2nd Army of the Yunnan Army and the head of the Independent Regiment. In April 1920, he broke away from the Yunnan Army and served as the commander of the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Sichuan Army, the guard of Luyong Town, and the commander of the 9th Division. [In 1924, he served as the Sichuan Military Affairs Supervisor, determined to build a new Sichuan, and in May 1925, Duan Qirui dismissed Yang Sen from the post of Sichuan Military Affairs Supervisor and transferred to Beijing as the acting chief of the General Staff. In February 1926, Liu Xiang was forced to sue for peace with Yang Sen, and after Yang Sen returned to Sichuan, Yuan Zuming knew that he was unable to compete with Yang Sen, so he led the Dian army to retreat into Yunnan. Yang Sen's strength and territory greatly expanded, with more than 60 regiments and more than 70,000 troops, controlling the counties in the eastern part of Sichuan, and once again becoming a hegemon in Sichuan.

The reason why Tang Cheng is so familiar with Yang Sen is because Robert once preached in Chengdu when he was a child in Tang Cheng, and Yang Sen also joined the League, in the eyes of many Sichuan people, Yang Sen is a heroic hero. Sichuan is talking about Yang Sen, how can Robert and Tang Cheng who stretch out Sichuan not hear it, especially Tang Cheng is young and ignorant, and he worships big heroes and heroes the most, if Robert didn't take Tang Cheng to Shandong later, I'm afraid Tang Cheng would have already mixed into the robe brothers' club.

I heard that the people of the 20th Army came, Huang Chengzhong's face had already shown joy, Yang Sen had been in the Yunnan Army, and no matter how he was, he would never use them, the people of the Yunnan Army, as cannon fodder. Tang Cheng didn't think about it so much, just got up and nodded at Huang Chengzhong, and followed Lao Dongbei out of the room. "There were only three people here, a regimental commander and two guards, and I couldn't tell what they were here for." When he went downstairs, Lao Dongbei whispered to Tang Cheng and bit his ear.

"You're Tang Company Commander Tang Cheng, right?" The colonel waiting in the inn hall didn't seem to be so difficult to speak, and before Tang Cheng could speak, the other party had already opened his mouth first, and after getting Tang Cheng's acquiescence, the colonel from the 20th Army smiled and stretched out his right hand. "Brother Tang is really young and promising, he is already the captain and company commander of the dignified 88th Division at such an age, and his future is unlimited, and his future is unlimited. Brother, I am so old, if it weren't for the old army commander who has been carrying me with his old feelings, maybe I would have to salute when I meet Brother Tang this time. ”

As soon as the other party said this, Lao Dongbei remembered that Tang Cheng had not saluted before shaking hands with the other party, the other party was a colonel, and Tang Cheng was just a captain, so it was no wonder that the other party had thorns in his conversation. Lao Dongbei was secretly worried, but Tang Cheng didn't seem to care at all, let go of the other party's hand, Tang Cheng just stretched out his hand and motioned for the other party to sit down, as for saluting or something, Tang Cheng seemed to have completely forgotten about it. Seeing Tang Cheng like this, the colonel of the Sichuan Army who came to the door had to sit down first, but there was an indescribable meaning in his eyes.

Tang Cheng didn't hear the hidden meaning in the other party's words, he was just still thinking about why the other party suddenly came to the door, since the other party came to the door, why did he still make an aggressive appearance, what else did it mean? Tang Cheng was thinking about the other party's intentions like a movie in his mind, and Lao Dongbei, who didn't know whether to speak or not, had to close his mouth and sit still, and the hall instantly became embarrassed, and the colonel of the Sichuan Army had to cough twice and speak again.

"Company Commander Tang should know Zhang Leshan, right?" As soon as the other party said this, Tang Cheng immediately understood the other party's intention, the 20th Army is the Sichuan Army, and Zhang Leshan is also the Sichuan Army, and the designation of revealing his whereabouts to this colonel is Zhang Leshan, does the 20th Army also need to look for weapons and ammunition for the Japanese army like Zhang Leshan? "Zhang Leshan and I were friends when we were in the officer training class, although we are not in the same unit, but the private contact has not been broken, Zhang Leshan has great respect for Tangcheng Company Commander, your ability to fight."

The other party said this, Tang Cheng was not easy to answer, so he had to shake his head slightly with a smile, at this time, answering the call was undoubtedly adding powder to his face, Tang Cheng couldn't do such a thing. Seeing that Tang Cheng still didn't speak, the colonel sitting opposite was a little angry, and said in his heart that I, a colonel, accompanied you a little captain to talk, even if it is not an official position, only his own age, Tang Cheng, who is not the same, actually dares to take a shelf, I really don't know why Zhang Leshan praised this kid in the telegram.

The other party was muttering something in his heart, but Tang Cheng didn't know, but Tang Cheng had already seen some suspicion from the other party's expression, but the impatience in the other party's eyes was enough to make Tang Cheng wake up. "Company Commander Tang, we don't talk darkly, since I've already come to the door, then let's just talk about it." The colonel of the Sichuan Army, who had been forced out of anger by Tang Cheng's impassivity, took out a telegram and handed it to Tang Cheng.

"This is the original telegram sent to me by Zhang Leshan half an hour ago, the troops he sent across the Fushui River have annihilated two Japanese squads in a row, and the captured weapons and ammunition, plus the batch of supplies you helped him get, are enough for him to equip a reinforced company. Zhang Leshan said that he would continue to fight across the river with such a small force, and it would be best to replace all the weapons of the soldiers under him. "The other party has already said everything to this point, if Tang Cheng still doesn't understand the other party's intention, then he is really a fool.

Although he had roughly understood that the intention of dealing with it was related to Zhang Leshan, Tang Cheng still looked at the other party with some puzzlement after reading the telegram. "Helping Commander Zhang is just a small agreement between us, I have a lot of wounded and need a safe place to treat and rest, and we are also short of ammunition, so we will cooperate with Commander Zhang to cross the river to ambush the Japanese army. As for the matter of sending additional troops to cross the river later with Regiment Commander Zhang, I don't know, but I can confirm one thing that Regiment Commander Zhang has more than one company of Japanese-style weapons in his hand. ”

Since Zhang Leshan sold himself to the people of the 20th Army, Tang Cheng naturally had no obligation to help him speak, and the weapons that Tang Cheng brought back from the other side of the Fushui River were enough for Zhang Leshan to equip a company. As for why Zhang Leshan wanted to conceal the actual trophies figures, Tang Cheng guessed that he was just afraid that other Sichuan troops would go to Longgang Town to fight the autumn wind.

"Company Commander Tang, that's not the point, and I don't want that bit of Japanese weapons and ammunition." Tang Chengken spoke, and the tone of Colonel Nachuan Jun softened slightly. "What I want is to kill the enemy is a war merit rather than some trophy, I have more than 1,000 thousand brothers under my command, if I also fight Zhang Leshan's mind, I'm afraid I have to kill more than 1,000 thousand little devils to enough for my brothers to change weapons, if I wait until then, the daylily will already be cold."

Only killing the Japanese army but not paying attention to the capture, what kind of mind is this, Tang Cheng is very puzzled, but looking at the meaning of the other party, it seems that he does not want to explain more to himself. "Company Commander Tang, I know that you are a member of the 88th Division, and the 88th Division is the descendant of the national army, and it is the meat baby bump in the chairman's heart. It's a pity that your 88th Division was transferred to rest elsewhere after the Battle of Wuhan, and Company Commander Tang, you and these people around you may have been reported as martyred by the 88th Division. You come to my regiment, don't say anything else, I will immediately give you a battalion commander to do it, and these brothers under you will also give a platoon commander and company commander, what's the matter? ”

Lao Dongbei, who was sitting next to Tang Cheng, secretly stretched out his hand and stabbed Tang Cheng, he didn't covet the other party's bargaining chip, he was afraid that Tang Cheng would be light, so he agreed to the other party. Although his group has become a complete rout, but along the way without worrying about food and clothing, it is quite comfortable, if you really enter the Sichuan army that is not treated by the Ministry of Military Affairs, then there is some hardship, Zhang Leshan's soldiers don't even have a decent weapon, and the 20th Army may not be any better.

It turned out that he came to recruit himself, and Tang Cheng only understood the other party's true intentions when he arrived at this time, but his thoughts were the same as those of Lao Dongbei, and he would never join the Sichuan army. "If you don't think it's good, let's also think that I and Commander Zhang will be the same, you will hand over your command to me, and then we need to find the Japanese army to fight, and the war exploits and booty will belong to you, we only need a small amount of ammunition, but we have to replenish the salaries and supplies of our people."

Tang Cheng gave such a condition, which basically positioned his people as the identity of the guest army, since it was a guest army of cooperative relations, then there was no zài to be absorbed or annexed by the 20th army. The colonel, who was still annoyed, had to secretly praise Tang Cheng's brain for spinning quickly, but at the same time, he also secretly sighed that Tang Cheng was bold enough, and there were only more than 20 people, so he dared to negotiate conditions with himself, the colonel commander who commanded more than 1,000 people, but he didn't know if the people of the 88th Division were so bullish.

Tang Cheng's conditions naturally did not match the results expected by Colonel Nachuanjun, and several people discussed in the hall of the inn for a long time, but finally failed to reach a consensus, until they returned to the inn with Liu Shishi, who had eaten a lot of food, and the two sides had to disperse. "I knew he wouldn't agree, Xiushui is full of troops from the national army, where will there be Japanese troops coming, this goods simply wants to take us in." Seeing off the other party, Tang Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately exclaimed again, "Oh, after chatting for so long, I still don't know what that surname is." ”