"Yes," the adjutant immediately turned around and went to do it. The fortifications were to be repaired tomorrow, and naturally people had to be found today. The adjutant sent out a large number of soldiers. The soldiers carried guns on their backs to find the land security guards, and went door to door with the land security guards to arrest the people. , the people who lived in the cold weather for several days were unlucky. There were few people in the town, so the soldiers went to nearby villages to arrest them. After much trouble, they gathered 20,000 people and started building fortifications the next day.

At the same time, on the northern defense line of Yanzhou, Huawei sent 500 veterans with guns and live ammunition to watch the more than 4,000 newly recruited recruits reinforce the fortifications. The weather was too cold to be conducive to civil construction, but there was no other way around the imminent war. The person in charge of publicity kept shouting: "Work harder. Whoever performs well will receive an increase in military pay."

“Don’t be afraid of the cold weather, you’ll stay warm if you move around.”

"Who is being lazy? Don't eat lunch, and don't drink the bone soup that will be served later."

At around 10 o'clock in the morning, Huawei brought people over for inspection. At the same time, the cooking team brought bone soup. The so-called bone soup means that there are a few sheep bones in the soup, mainly because there is a lot of ginger. Don't look at it without content, but drink it. Warm.

When Huawei returned to the headquarters from the construction site, Liu Tianling was drinking tea leisurely.

"Captain, I always feel that Zhu Yupu is really an old fox. He led 20,000 troops to attack Wenshang in a menacing manner. Why can't he come over?" Huawei asked.

Liu Tianling shook his head: "The spies just reported that Zhu Yupu forced 20,000 people to build construction projects and also built fortifications on Wenshang. Could it be that he plans to stay there for a long time?"

"I can't understand what chess he is playing,"

"Anyway, you have asked the newly recruited troops to repair fortifications in the past few days. As for the elite soldiers under your command and the new recruits who have been trained similarly, they have to train more, mainly in the coordination of infantry and tanks. When necessary, I will bring out the Gray Wolf tanks hidden in the mountains,"

"Okay, I understand,"

In fact, the firepower of Zhu Yupu's 20,000 soldiers is not weak, and they have more than 50 artillery pieces. According to their old-fashioned method, they first attack the position with artillery fire, then follow the soldiers to make a tentative charge, and then use artillery fire to destroy the exposed positions. After killing the firepower point and charging again, he was basically successful. With this style of play, Zhu Yupu was considered a number one figure in the warlord melee. Being able to become Zhang Zongchang's number one warrior relied on more than just his brains. It’s even more strength.

The two sides have been in a stalemate for five or six days, without even a tentative attack. They are like two unrelated construction teams. Zhu Yupu is repairing fortifications in Wenshang and Hua Wei is repairing fortifications in Yanzhou, each doing his own thing.

Suddenly, a heavy snow fell. On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the snow fell half a foot thick. The land in Lunan turned into a silver-white world. Even the battlefield positions were no exception. The trenches and bunkers were all covered in white. Even the barbed wire fence was covered with snow.

The fortifications were almost completed, and the veterans no longer pressed them. The recruits held shovels and sat around the fire in the shell-proof hole to warm themselves up. It was warm and their life was quite comfortable.

The fortifications built by Zhu Yupu in Wenshang are far from simple compared with the fortifications in Yanzhou. The people who were forcibly recruited during the heavy snow have all gone home. Of course, Wenshang town is not big in the first place. After the construction of 20,000 people, it has become It's like an iron barrel. It's not that easy to break through. You have to eat and drink in the town, and your life is beautiful.

If the life was most miserable for Zhang Zongchang, the adjutant came in from Zhang Zongchang's house in Jinan: "Commander, Marshal Zhang will arrive at Jinan Railway Station at noon."

"I know, let's go down," Zhang Zongchang said feebly. The loss of the Bohai Fleet and Bi Shucheng's surrender made the Shandong governor deeply feel powerless. Liu Tianling, who had always thought he was an upstart, had now revealed his feelings to him. After losing his fangs, he also viciously tried to lose half of his strength. Now he only has more than 50,000 soldiers, and the infantry is okay. The fleet took away the money and there is no place to buy it.

More importantly, Zhang Zuolin, the Northeastern king who had always supported him, became angry and became increasingly dissatisfied with Zhang Zongchang. When the Northeastern king became angry, he, the Shandong king, became ineffective.

The adjutant did not leave, but asked cautiously: "Commander, you'd better go and greet him, after all, you have to rely on the young marshal to deal with Liu Tianling,"

Zhang Zongchang was speechless. After waiting for a while, he asked: "How many thousands are there in the warehouse?"

"It's less than five million and it's an ocean away, but there's still plenty of food," the adjutant replied.

"Okay, okay, with such a big ocean, let the people in the recruitment department hurry up and recruit troops. I will still have a hundred thousand troops before long," Zhang Zongchang said happily.

"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away," the adjutant turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, arrange the guards, I'll go to the train station to pick up Xiao Liuzi at noon,"

"yes,"

At this time, the young marshal already occupied a high position in the Feng army. Zhang Zuolin wanted to promote him, and many important matters were left to the young marshal. However, the backbone of the army, including Zhang Zongchang from Shandong, was They grew up watching the young marshal, so sometimes everyone likes to call him Xiao Liuzi.

Zhang Zongchang called Young Marshal Xiaoliuzi just to show that he was of higher rank and that he was the one who conquered the world together with his father.

The young marshal's train arrived at the train station at 12 noon. Just after 11 o'clock, the train station was alerted by Zhang Zongchang's guards. Soldiers carrying long guns and wearing riding boots walked every three steps.

At 11:50, the sidecar motorcycle cleared the way and three cars drove into the train station. Zhang Zongchang was wearing a military uniform and a long windbreaker.

The special train pulled into the station, and the old steam car sprayed white gas, whine, whine, whine, whine, whine, whine, whine, whine, whine, whine, whine, and brake, and the patent came to a stop like a tired old cow. When they got down, Zhang Zongchang was accompanied by more than a dozen people, including those from the city hall and the provincial government. Almost all of Zhang Zongchang's civil servants and generals were present.

Chichi, chichi, the train farted at last and stopped.

Several carriages opened at the same time. Zhang Zongchang and all the civil and military officials arranged their clothes and planned to go over to greet the young marshal. Don't look at secretly calling someone "little six", but they had to call him "young marshal" when they met.

Something surprising happened. The carriages opened, and what came out was not the young marshal, but wolf-like soldiers with submachine guns that were rare in the Feng army. Without saying a word, Zhang Zongchang's guards opened fire. , chug, chug, chug, like bullets raining down, several nearby guards were beaten to a pulp on the spot.

Dozens of soldiers rushed towards Zhang Zongchang and others, as fast and fierce as tigers. Zhang Zongchang's guards were not vegetarians. When they saw that the situation was not good, they immediately fought back. They shot at close range with no shelter. It was all about whose gun was faster. .

Zhang Zongchang was not an idiot. He yelled: "This situation is not right. Give me a good beating. Reinforcements will arrive soon."

After that, Zhang Zongchang and everyone hid behind a concrete platform above the platform.

The battle was extremely fierce. Soldiers were sent out from four carriages. There were more than 200 Zhang Zongchang's guards. Bullets were flying everywhere, and soldiers died in droves. The officers in the carriage were furious. They didn't expect Zhang Zongchang's soldiers to be so fierce. , scolded: "Idiot, smash the window, set up a machine gun, and jump out of the window,"

The Fengjun soldiers in the four carriages were distressed because the door was too small. After being reminded by the officer, one by one they picked up the butts of their rifles and banged them, smashing the glass. The machine gun was placed on the window, and bullets were hitting like raindrops. Fengjun soldiers jumped directly from the window to join the battle.

Soon, more than half of Zhang Zongchang's guards were killed or wounded. The Fengjun soldiers became more and more courageous as they fought. They pounced on and beat the last few guards around Zhang Zongchang to death. Blood spattered Zhang Zongchang's face.

The wolf-like Fengjun came over and pinned down the arms of all these military and political dignitaries. Two soldiers grabbed one, and soon they all were caught. These usually bully guys were so scared that their legs were like sieving chaff. A few of them were timid and peed on the spot.

At this time, the door of the train carriage opened, and two rows of soldiers came out, standing straight on both sides holding rifles with bayonets. The young marshal walked out wearing riding boots.

Zhang Zongchang scolded: "Xiao Liuzi, you are so brave. What are you going to do? Aren't you afraid that your father will know about skinning you?"

The young marshal smiled, took out a document, and said proudly: "Commander Father said that when you were governing Shandong, you oppressed the good, plundered the people, and made the people miserable. This time I came here to take away your military power." The document was handed to Zhang Zongchang.

Zhang Zongchang's literacy was limited, but he still recognized Zhang Zuolin's handsome seal, and he immediately felt chilled.

"Did you see it, Uncle Zhang? This is not the eldest nephew's nonsense,"

Zhang Zongchang was speechless. It would be useless to talk about it now.

The young marshal angrily scolded the soldiers who were grabbing the civil and military officials: "Are you blind? You are only allowed to control Uncle Zhang. Who asked you to catch them? Why don't you apologize?"

"Yes," the soldiers quickly let go of the civil and military officials from Shandong.

The young marshal smiled and said: "Zhang Zongchang bullies the people, and the people are very resentful. He has nothing to do with you."

"Yes, yes, that's right," everyone echoed.

"You all still stay in your posts and assist me in stabilizing the situation in Shandong. The 50,000-strong army under my leadership has passed through Dezhou and will arrive tomorrow," the young marshal continued. "As for Governor Zhang, he is my uncle no matter what, so he said, Suffering from serious illness and retiring,"

The young marshal made up all Zhang Zongchang's lies.

Moreover, the young marshal was well prepared. In addition to the 400 elite soldiers responsible for the attack, there were more than 500 ordinary soldiers on the train. The group left the train station and the young marshal and Zhang Zongchang sat in the same car and arrived at Zhang Zongchang's house. The Marshal's Mansion forced Zhang Zongchang to leave the field. Zhang Zongchang's troops were originally from the Northeast Army. The Marshal came to control it. It was not very difficult. It only took half a day to gain the support of part of the Jinan garrison, and then a meeting was held. At the press conference, the Marshal announced that Zhang Zongchang was already old and seriously ill, and that he would be responsible for all important military and political affairs in Shandong.
Chapter completed!