Asking for a monthly ticket, everyone who really practices martial arts, all of them are far away from pornography, gambling and drugs, so the meeting here is not like when Wang Maoru had a meeting, all of them are big smokers, but they are all drinking tea, and they are all curling. In the words of later generations, this meeting was really harmonious, which very much reflects the high quality, high life, and high requirements. It's just that the expressions of all the people attending the meeting are ugly, and they all frown tightly and bow their heads silently.

"Wang Maoru's people are really hoarding in Zhalantun? 20,000 people? Xu Lanzhou asked in disbelief, how could he have more than 20,000 people, how could he afford to raise more than 20,000 people? Don't talk about anything else, military salaries, ordnance, indifference is consumption, 20,000 people consume 600,000 oceans a year. 600,000 oceans, my God, all the taxes of Hei Province last year were only 1.2 million taels of silver, and the synthesis was less than 2 million oceans, so Wang Mao could eat it? But it is true that he ate it, and he also set troops to threaten the Heilongjiang Provincial Army. He is rich, he is indeed rich, and his identity as the richest businessman in North China is really worthy of his reputation.

Xu Lanzhou's henchman Zhang Fugui immediately answered and said, "Yes, Dashuai, except for a brigade left behind in the Hulunbuir grassland, the rest of the people are here." ”

"How can there be so many people?" Xu Lanzhou stood up and paced left and right, still in disbelief, and said, "Is it wrong, they have more than 10,000 people at most, the same as us, how can there be so many more people all of a sudden?" ”

Zhang Fugui scratched his head and said that he didn't know, Li Jinglin frowned and said: "This son harbors evil intentions, and the plan is not small, but it is not a Heilongjiang that can satisfy his appetite." Therefore, this guy must have an extraordinary meaning. Dashuai, his 20,000 people, but it's not empty talk. ”

Xu Lanzhou sighed and had to approve in his heart. Sit on the seat. He is not good at smoking and drinking, so he has to drink a good cup of tea. I took a sip of the tea poured by my son, and I always felt that the tea had no taste.

That Zhang Fugui was frightened by Wang Maoru last time, so he naturally wanted to show toughness and find his face in front of everyone, so he said: "What is that Wang boy, as long as our commander sends troops, he must be able to capture him." His words caused everyone to laugh in their hearts, who wouldn't tell the truth, but if he could say it, he could only deceive himself, and after saying it, he smacked it carefully and didn't even believe it. This Wang Maoru is like a poisonous snake. If you don't make a move, it's enough. If you shoot, it will be a fatal blow. It is often said that Wang Maoru has four King Kongs under him, namely Li Delin, Gong Xiaoqi, Zhao Zengfu, and Li Pinxian. The other three don't say. This Li Delin alone, at the beginning of the year, was on the battlefield in Hunan and beat the main force of Liu Shixian, the invincible protector of the Guizhou army, and fled back to Guizhou. And the cavalry of the palace Xiaoqi is also elusive, coming and going like a raging fire. Although I don't know how Zhao Zengfu is, but with his ability to hold Hulunbuir and deter the Russians, he also knows this person's ability, but this Li Pinxian is slightly less famous among the Four King Kongs.

Li Jinglin said: "Marshal, it's better to be like this, I will lead a part of my men and horses to Gannan County to guard Wang Maoru's army." If there is a fight, I can resist it for a while. I was going to conscript the local people in Gannan for temporary military service, and I thought that if Wang Maoru really did anything unfavorable, I would be able to resist it for at least three days. Give the marshal time to prepare early. ”

"The chief of staff is here, and the task is heavy." Xu Lanzhou said in a deep voice.

Li Jinglin smiled freely and said, "Zhishuai, humble and lowly Jianyi, I still need to temporarily expand the soldiers these days in case of accidents." Zhi Shuai took my kindness, and his humble position will definitely be repaid with death. ”

Then Xu Lanzhou's eldest son Xu Jiafu was very embarrassed, he was a staff officer and the chief of finance in charge of the whole division, how could he not know how much money the army in this province had?

This money was obtained from planting big cigarettes and taxes and centigold, which was not much, and because of the embezzlement of most of the Chinese Bank by Wang Maoru, now it can only support the military salary for three months. It is no wonder that most of the old warlords regarded the army as their private property, so how could they tell outsiders about their financial situation, and they were generally in the hands of their nephews.

Xu Lanzhou was full of arrogance, and said, "Well, temporarily expand by 20,000 people, hum." "He didn't see his eldest son crying with a sad face, and there were 20,000 people, which is too powerful, we have no money.

"Zhishuai, or ......" Hu Yunshan, the commander of the cavalry battalion, stood up and said with some hesitation.

"Say it."

"Either let's form an alliance with Bi Guifang and fight against Wang Maoru together." Hu Yunshan said.

"Fart!" Xu Lanzhou didn't speak, but Zhang Fugui jumped up and patted the table and said: "What kind of person is he Bi Guifang, who thinks every day about how to yin our handsome, Ba Ying'e, Yingshun, how did they pass?" It's all in his dark. If we unite with him, then we are really fighting with the tiger. ”

Xu Lanzhou said: "Xiao Zhang's words are right. ”

Hu Yunshan sat down, but Ou Chenglin, the commander of the artillery regiment, nodded at Hu Yunshan and stretched out his thumb in agreement, stood up and said, "Marshal, Commander Zhang, I have something to say." ”

"Speak." Xu Lanzhou Road.

Ou Chenglin said with a smile: "Is it better for us to sit and wait to be eaten by Wang Maoru's family one by one, or to follow the example of the Wushu coalition army that burned Chibi during the Three Kingdoms period?" Now it seems that Wang Maoru occupies our Heilongjiang Province, he is far away in Hulunbuir, and the middle distance is Daxinganling, and he can fight whenever he wants, if we go to beat him, it will really be a broken leg to get to him. After Bi Guifang won over Yingshun and Ba Ying'e, he ran to Helen, Jilin with his back to Hejiang, Jilin Province, with Meng Enyuan's independent regiment behind him, and Yingshun and Ba Ying'e were both cavalry, which was considered to be a geographical advantage. What about the marshal, your prestige has covered Heilongjiang for many years, it can be said that if the marshal is the overseer, it is far more popular with the people than Zhu Qinglan and Bi Guifang as the overseer, so the marshal you occupy the people. As the old saying goes, the time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. If it starts to fight, the big handsome will win, but we will both lose, then Bi Guifang will inevitably reap the benefits of the fisherman. It's better to unite with him for the time being and use him, what do you think? ”

"Okay, great idea." Change a word, the meaning is very different, cooperation and utilization, although the meaning is the same, but when you say it, it is still "use" to appear that you are the protagonist, and cooperation, that is a double protagonist, how can you highlight the role of our handsome.

"Dashuai, does Zhang Kuiwu need to be wooed?" Zhang Fugui reminded and asked.

Xu Lanzhou waved his hand and said, "Send someone over and let him arrive in Gannan County to support Chief of Staff Li's defense...... As for whether he will come or not, let him be, his little people and guns are nothing. ”

Then Xu Lanzhou sent a lobbyist to Helen to persuade Bi Guifang to cooperate with him, and it happened that Bi Guifang had already had this plan, and the two sides hit it off, and the two rivals actually came together to unite and prepare to fight against the aggressive Wang Maoru.

Yuan Shikai fell ill because of the abolition of the emperor, and the major national affairs now have to be handled by Secretary of State Xu Shichang, and the military is temporarily handled by Duan Qirui, and the Beijing government is also a strong struggle for power and profit, while the south has stopped the Northern Expedition, because the struggle for power has fallen into a scuffle, but no one cares about the dispute between the north.

At this time, Zhang Zuolin, the general of Shengwu, also returned to Shenyang City with his army, and immediately sent an envoy to persuade Wang Maoru not to use troops without permission. Wang Maoru replied that he had no intention of using force, but only a routine military exercise to prevent the army from being sluggish after a winter. Zhang Zuolin knew Wang Maoru's ambitions, so he also accelerated his actions, wooed Wu Junsheng and Feng Delin, first forced Duan Zhigui to leave Fengtian, and then fought with Feng Delin for power, wanting to compete for military and political power in Fengtian Province.

In the end, because of Zhang Zuolin, the civil and military officials of Fengtian Province expelled Duan Zhigui, and Duan Zhigui was forced to resign from the post of Fengtian Overseer. Zhang Zuolin, a Shengwu general, was finally able to initially control the whole province. It's just that at this time, Feng Delin and Wu Junsheng are also full-fledged, and Zhang Zuolin began to suppress the two again, Zhang Zuolin has no time to govern other people's affairs, and Wang Maoru's struggle for power in Heilongjiang is also easier.

Zhalantun, the barracks of the Second Army Division of Heilongjiang, in the headquarters, the small coal stove was burning red, the temperature in the room was rising, Wang Maoru was sitting next to the small coal stove roasting potatoes, and the three sticks on one side were drooling, looking forward to it.

Luo Hao shouted a report outside the door, and when he came in, he was followed by a young man of medium stature and ordinary appearance. This person is none other than the assassin who planted a bomb at Qiqihar Station at the beginning of the year and killed the four secretaries around Bi Guifang. After he successfully escaped, he continued his studies at the Yakeshi Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy. Wang Maoru instructed Luo Hao to bring the assassin, but this person was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was very surprised, how could he be so young, so he asked: "Your name, age, and origin." ”

The man immediately respectfully saluted a military salute and said: "The villain's name is Li Muyu, 22 years old this year, originally from Nanjing, and later the Kuomintang and the Beiyang Army fought several times in Nanjing, both sides were plundered, and my father said that now the safe land is only related to the outside, and the whole family moved to live in Changchun Mansion outside the Guan. The villain once studied in Nanjing Middle School for a year, and then studied at St. John's College in Shanghai, so he had some knowledge, and after coming to Guanwai, he worked as an apprentice in Changchun Mansion. When the marshal passed by Changchun Mansion, the villain ran over to be a soldier, and also participated in the battle with the 45th Brigade, and the snow thousands of miles to sneak Babu Zabu, after the establishment of the Yakeshi non-commissioned officer cadet, the villain was selected to study the infantry section of the non-commissioned officer cadet because he had read. ”

Wang Maoru nodded very satisfied, and Luo Hao introduced on the side: "This kid is the first in the infantry department, and he is a malleable talent, I saw that he was smart and asked him to come." At first, this kid was not happy, but now how good it is, you go to be an infantryman, and become a horse in the Year of the Monkey. ”

"You, just make excuses for yourself, look at the talent and don't let go, it's definitely a dog." Wang Maoru smiled again: "Yes, yes, Sergeant Li Muyu, now you have two choices, one is to enter the army and be promoted to a platoon commander, and the other is to join the intelligence department and serve as an assistant to Luo Hao, how about it?" ”

"I'd like to stay in the Intelligence Service." Li Muyu said loudly.

"Hehe, it seems that Luo Hao is still very charming." Wang Maoru praised.