At the end of February in Guizhou, the clouds were still light and the sun was bright. Deng Zhenguo, the commander of the 4th Division, sat under the green shade of the woods, opened his shirt, and let the breeze gently blow the coolness of his underwear. The green sea was vast, and I don’t know where the shore was. I occasionally raised my head to look up, ah! Yes, whose wonderful hand was it, collected all the jade in the world, inlaid into this boundless jade curtain, covering the blue sky with no gap, and covering it with a faint green shadow.

Just as he was intoxicated by the flawless beauty of nature, the guards beside him reminded: "Captain, look, Commander Wang, and the others are here." Deng Zhenguo raised his eyes and looked into the distance. Seeing Wang Dahai alone with the guards, he quickly walked up to him, waved his hand and shouted: "Teacher Commander, they have just received a report from the Pioneer Battalion. They have arrived on the ping and reunited with the local division formed by the Western Route Army." Wang Dahai stepped forward and said with a smile: "Okay, Deng Zhenguo, you are still very happy. Let's go to the ping and go to the ping and the new local division commander Xie Zhixianye has been on the ping. He just received a telegram from him, asking us to go to the ping and discuss the plan for attacking Anshun."

"What? All local divisions are equipped with radio stations?" Deng Zhenguo asked in surprise: "Then are our regiments about to be equipped with radio stations?" "You think beautiful! This time, because of the needs of the combat plan, Commander Zhang specially equipped the headquarters radio station to the local division. Originally, our division was planned to go directly to Guanling, but now Commander Zhang ordered our division to cooperate with the local division led by Xie Zhixian to take Anshun and wipe out Liu Houcai's troops in Anshun." At this time, the guards brought Deng Zhenguo's horses, "Terminal Commander, then let's go to the ping-up quickly?" Deng Zhenguo turned around and said to the guards: "Xiao Li, stay and turn around and said to the political commissar, and I and the division commander went to the first battalion." After that, the two of them let go of the horse rope and ran south and followed the marching route of the troops.

"Captain Xie, no, you should call me Commander Xie. Look at my benign head." Jia Pingwa, the former deputy commander who replaced Xie Zhixian as the leader of the regiment, stepped forward to report to Xie Zhixian. "Old Jia! Commander, Commander, or Call me Xiao Xie, these are not important. What's going on in Anshun?" Teacher Xie smiled comfortably and said.

"This is the situation." Then Commander Jia introduced Anshun's enemy intelligence. Anshun actually has more than 20,000 troops left, of which the troops directly under Liu Houcai had one division and two regiments, and more than 14,000 people. The security regiment under the pseudo mayor of the Anshun government had three strengthening regiments, with more than 7,000 or 8,000 people. In addition, there were four or 5,000 miscellaneous troops and security regiments who fled from various parts of Guixi to Anshun. Our intelligence personnel learned that Liu Houcai's troops had the strongest combat effectiveness, while the Anshun Security regiment had the best equipment. Old Anshun

The people commonly call the security group a double robbery security group. One is holding a gun that can kill people and the other is holding a smoke gun that poisons his own lives. The combat effectiveness can be imagined. The power of the miscellaneous army can be ignored. The pseudo mayor Diao Dequan reorganized the miscellaneous army into two regiments, and it is impossible to form effective combat effectiveness in a short period of time. However, Liu Houcai's independent strengthening regiment cannot be underestimated in terms of equipment and personnel quality. It is also the ace army in Liu Houcai's hands. The guardian army has always been stationed in Anshun City, and its treatment is higher than that of other troops.

Since Anshun has two forces, Liu Houcai and pseudo mayor Diao Dequan, they demanded a balance between the troops' configuration, for fear that their opponents would take the opportunity to weaken their troops' strength. Therefore, they deployed their main forces in the northeast and northwest Anshun, Cai Guan and Erpu in the northeast are Diao Dequan's main reinforcement regiments and two regiments of the miscellaneous army. The front line of Puding in the northwest is Liu Houcai's division lacks one regiment. Anshun city defense was also divided into two by them. Liu Houcai's troops were responsible for the west of the city, north of the city, and Diao Dequan's security regiment was responsible for the south of the city and east of the city. There were sixteen artillery pieces, and the ammunition was unknown.

"It seems that the enemy's strength is not as strong as we imagined." Before Xie Zhixian finished speaking, Wang Dahai's loud voice sounded at the door, "It's not as weak as you imagined! Congratulations, Master Xie for his promotion!" Wang Dahai said as he stepped into the threshold. Xie Zhixian stood up politely to greet him. After all, Wang Dahai was the commander of the main division, but he was the new commander of the local miscellaneous division.

"I didn't expect that Commander Wang would arrive so soon, so I'm not welcome you!"

"Where are everyone, why are you polite? Let me introduce to you, this is Deng Zhenguo, the main commander of the Fourth Division, and also the famous Zhiyan of the Fourth Division." The people in the room were polite to each other, and the Fourth Division was on the left along the long table, and the Fourth Division was on the left, while the Yibin local first division sat on the right. Jia Pingwa once again explained the military intelligence of Anshun again. Xie Zhixian conveyed the reasons why the Western Route Army changed its combat plan and the pros and cons of attacking Anshun.

"In short, with the full force of our two divisions, it is no problem to take down Anshun. Now the most important thing is how to drag the enemy in Anshun City. Liu Houcai and Diao Dequan deployed heavy troops outside the city of Anshun 60 kilometers away from Anshun. They wanted to use the favorable terrain near Puding to establish a defense line to block our army. If it is broken through, it is estimated that Liu Houcai and Diao Dequan will give up Anshun and retreat to Guiyang, which will also increase the difficulty of liberating Guiyang. Therefore, I suggest using a jumping combat plan. In Puding and Cai Guan, Erpu, each of them uses two regiments to attack the enemy head-on and try to hold the enemy back, so that they cannot make up their minds to escape. The Fourth Division dispatched two strengthening regiments to the east and seize the opportunity to go together.

The only way to pass by Guiyang is Tianlong Town, cutting off the enemy of Anshun. Then, our army launched an attack on Anshun from three sides at the same time. Finally, we forced Liu Houcai and Diao Dequan to give up Anshun City. After all, if we attack Anshun forcing him, we will suffer a lot of losses in casualties and destruction. The enemy's escape routes are only west and the two routes to the south. There are the main force of the Western Route Army commanded by Commander Zhang. They will not surrender to their own death. Therefore, only the escape south is left, and there will be no climate. That will not affect our army's next plan. After all, our army's main combat target is the Yunnan Army!" Xie Zhixian stood by the map and explained his combat plan with agility: "This is the specific situation. Please let Commander Wang see what you need to add?"

Wang Dahai kept frowning, listening to his combat plan like a primary school student. He admired Xie Zhixian's incisive analysis and ideas from the bottom of his heart, and felt that he was a rare general. "I have no objection, so I will follow the combat plan of Commander Xie, and all the soldiers of the Fourth Division will obey orders at any time!" "I think it is better for Commander Wang to be responsible for full command. The Fourth Division is the main division of our army. Regardless of the quality of the soldiers, the weapons and equipment are better than our division." When Xie Zhixian heard it, some of them were embarrassed to say.

"But the Fourth Division lacks military command talents like you. Commander Xie, I have a clear understanding of my ability. Don't be polite. Just settle it, hurry up and issue a combat order!" Wang Dahai quickly stopped it and wanted to humbly Xie Zhixian. Xie Zhixian saw Wang Dahai's firm expression and said nothing. He glanced at everyone sitting and issued an order.

Order Yibin’s first local 1st Division and the Second Regiment attacked the Puding defense line head-on, but did not break through and strive to kill the enemy. The Third Regiment bypassed Puding and marched to occupy Wusulong and then went on the spot. Turned back to cooperate with the First Regiment and the Second Regiment surrounded the Liu Houcai army of Puding. Since the First Regiment and the Fourth Regiment are now closest to Tianlong, the Second Regiment ordered the two regiments to turn and must arrive within four days to cut off the enemy’s retreat, leave two battalions to garrison, and the remaining troops attacked the Second Regiment. The Second Regiment of the Fourth Division was ordered to turn and make sure to arrive within four days to cut off the enemy’s retreat, leaving two battalions to garrison, and the remaining troops attacked the Second Regiment.

The regiment, the third regiment attacked Cai Guan from the front, and strived to take Cai Guan at one time. After the Second Regiment advanced westward to assist the local division in annihilation of Liu Houcai's troops. The Third Regiment and the Fourth Division and the Fifth Regiment, as the General Reserve, advanced eastward to cooperate with the elimination of the enemy troops in Erpu. Let's take a look at the 27th afternoon. I hope that the regiments will start operations tonight. The battle in Puding must be launched at dawn the day after tomorrow. Four days later, the eastward troops occupy Tianlong. Do you understand?

The originally quiet mountain town was very lively, and nearly 50,000 people's army troops were crowded in a small place. The people in the town looked at this neatly dressed and well-equipped army with concern and curiosity. They did not disturb the people, and greeted everyone they met warmly and kindly. No soldier in the army forced to enter the people's homes without permission, but all sleeping in the open. The propaganda teams at all levels of the People's Army were small on the streets.

The alley publicizes the basic policies of the People's Army, calls on the general public to actively participate in the formation of the new regime, and encourages young people to sign up for the local armed brigade formed by the People's Army to protect their families and the people, and completely overthrow and overthrow some big landlords and bullies who oppress the people. Protect the petty bourgeoisie and small landlords who are patriotic, civilized, and rational business. As long as the people are not seriously exploited, the government will provide personal and property safety.

* "Now, there are not many troops taking care of the people like this!" An experienced old man stood on the street and watched the propaganda team members who were gradually moving away, and said to the people around him with deep feelings. "Uncle Gu, I'm afraid they are passing by! Once the troops leave, those hateful bullies will come back, and they will bully us." The middle-aged man next to him said worriedly. "Didn't the propaganda team say that! We should organize our people to form their own armed brigade. In that case, the bullies will return to the hometown group and fight for it!" He kept listening to the right, and the young man who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, retorted unconvincedly.

The words of young people resonated with some young people around them, and they all wanted to go to the registration station to register. Everyone discussed for a while, but they all went to the registration office.

In the evening, nearly 1,400 people came from the registration office that originally planned to recruit 300 people. More of them asked to join the army directly. Finally, the cadres responsible for the registration work had to ask Xie Zhixian for instructions. Xie Zhixian himself did not expect that the people of Guizhou would be so enthusiastic. He couldn't help but excitedly thought that the troops could be expanded using seized guns and ammunition. On the one hand, the reduction caused by combat could be solved, and on the other hand, the newly formed troops could be used to escort food, grass and ammunition. Therefore, he agreed to the recruitment office to form a direct transportation regiment and draw effective cadres from the other three regiments to enrich the transportation regiment, striving to make the transportation regiments form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

"Teacher, the third regiment has set off, the first and second regiments will leave later. I wonder if I will also go with the third regiment?" The new division political commissar Hong Liang saw Xie Zhixian standing at the gate of the courtyard pondering, and stepped forward to interrupt and report the situation of the troops. "Political Commissar Hong, it's okay, the third regiment commander Lu Ming has insufficient heroic strategy in war. The regiment level is not equipped with a radio station, so it is inconvenient to contact me. I am really a little worried. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly." Xie Zhixian and Hong Liang and the other two walked and said, "After occupying Wusulong, you can rest for one to two days according to the situation, and turn back to cut off the retreat route of Puding's enemy. Otherwise, Liu Houcai and Diao Dequan who are in Anshun will be scared away." "Okay, division commander, don't worry, I will cut off the enemy's retreat on time." Hong Liang stopped and reached out to hold Xie Zhixian's hand and held Xie Zhixian's statement. Xie Zhixian nodded with relief, watching Hong Liang who was gradually moving away.

Xie Zhixian returned to the town command center. The first regiment commander and the second regiment commander were already waiting in the command post. He couldn't help but stand up when he came back, "Oh! Everyone is here, I have said the specific combat plan. I would like to remind you, don't put your own interests first! The parochialism must be eliminated!" "Teacher, don't worry, we guarantee that we will complete the task! Show the prestige of the local division and never embarrass the troops!" Commander Jia of the first regiment made his statement first.

"Teacher Commander, the three regiments of Liu Houcai formed a defensive position in the shape of a Pinzi near Puding. The division headquarters, the first regiment and the artillery unit were guarding Puding City. The second regiment was in Xiaozhuang on its left wing, the fourth regiment was in Liuzhen on its right wing, and the Puding Security Regiment was in front of its division headquarters. The distance between its divisions was only an hour away, so I suggest that we two regiments, to first gain the attention of the right wing, and to cover the third regiment and secretly cross the periphery of Puding." The political commissar of the first regiment made his own suggestions on the Puding Battle Plan. "Yeah! Very good, let's do it!" Xie Zhi thought for a while and felt it made sense: "I hope you can cooperate well with each other. I will leave in the afternoon and go to the Fourth Division. Puding will all rely on you!"

Wang Dahai looked at the watch in his hand anxiously, not looking into the distance immediately. He originally agreed to lead two regiments into Tianlong and commanded the battle at Cai Guan, but he has not arrived yet. Don't have something happened on the road? Wang Dahai couldn't help but worry, "Deng Zhenguo, I asked you to send troops to meet Commander Xie, have you sent?" Wang Dahai asked Deng Zhenguo a little anxiously, "Terminal Commander, you have sent it, I guess he should meet Commander Xie because of it." "I'm sending a platoon to ride a fast horse!" "Yes!" Deng Zhenguo immediately arranged a reconnaissance cavalry company directly under the regiment.

Time passed slowly for a long time. Wang Dahai saw the reconnaissance cavalry team gradually approaching in the distance, and probably had received Commander Xie. Finally, Wang Dahai saw Commander Xie's familiar figure, and was relieved of his heart. When Xie Zhixian was still far away, Wang Dahai asked in a scattered manner: "Teacher Xie! Why did you come like this? I should set off two hours ago as planned?" Xie Zhixian, with a slightly embarrassed body, said a little shyly: "I came in a hurry, and two guards came. In order to arrive early and go short, I didn't expect to meet Liu Houcai's patrol team halfway. If it weren't for the reconnaissance and comrades' quick response, I would have reimbursed." "You are the commander, and you have two guards, so you are too brave to defend your title?" Wang Dahai said in surprise.

"You must pay attention next time." "There is another time?" Wang Dahai said with a serious expression and firmly: "You are a senior commander. If you don't pay attention to your safety, where will the troops be? There is absolutely nodding and admitting your mistake!" Xie Zhixian could only nod and admit his mistake. After Wang Dahai said it, he saw that Xie Zhixian's neat military uniform looked a little messy, the military cap on his head was gone, and there was a trace of blood on his right arm.

"Okay, since you have arrived here, I should hurry up. I will take the radio station in the division, contact each other every morning, midday, and late." Then, Wang Dahai advised Xie Zhixian again and again. Finally, Xie Zhixian sent Wang Dahai away and returned to the ping-front to get the command post. Behind him, he followed the remaining cadres of the Fourth Division of the Fourth Division. He said with a smile: "Please sit down, don't be restricted. Speaking of which, we only met for the second time today. We don't know each other very well. If there is anything wrong, everyone is welcome to propose it and study it together. After all, a person has narrow thinking and limited abilities."

Xie Zhixian saw that everyone just smiled at each other, but no one spoke. He smiled and said, "Why, everyone has concerns? The combat plan of each regiment needs to be supplemented. At the same time, I am not familiar with the situation of each regiment. I want to take advantage of the eve of the battle to go to the regiment for a tour. I wonder if the leader of the regiment, the political commissar welcomes it?" "Teacher Xie, how can we not welcome it? I also hope that the commander Xie will give suggestions on the construction of the troops!" The commander of the Second Regiment of the Fourth Division first proposed to inspect the Second Regiment first. "Okay, let's go, everyone will check the pre-war morale of the soldiers! By the way, it's also a dinner. I haven't eaten yet?" Xie Zhixian also wanted to know how powerful the Fourth Division troops are, so he couldn't wait to stand up and asked everyone to go together. This shocked the political commissar of the Second Regiment and quickly went out to instruct his guards to go back to the regiment to ask someone to prepare for inspection.

The cold and coldness in the north is really not something that these Sichuan people can adapt to in a short time. At this moment, Sichuan should be full of flowers, spring is endless, sunshine nourishes the earth, and all living things are full of vitality. In this icy and snowy north, there is a lasting depression of winter. The thick snow has no sign of melting, and the snowflakes that drift from time to time cover people's sight.

Liao Yuan was alone in a warm thatched house, writing about the past since he arrived in the Northeast. Looking back on this difficult journey, he couldn't help but miss the beautiful and relaxing days in Sichuan. Now he still clearly remembered the situation when he was called to the office by Political Commissar Xie. He looked at Political Commissar Xie with serious expression and signaled himself to sit down and look at himself carefully from top to bottom. At that time, he was in a state of great mood and didn't know what happened. He was restless and looked at Political Commissar Xie in confusion. "Liao Yuan, how is your regiment army recently? Commander Lin and the General Staff decided to transfer all the first and second divisions to east Sichuan. Do you have any ideas and suggestions on this?" Xie Ping walked back to his office chair and sat down and asked.

I looked at Xie Ping in surprise, thinking that such a major decision should not be necessary to ask my regiment political commissar! I still have to answer. I thought about it in my heart and replied: "Political Commissar, the two divisions are transferred eastward. I personally think it is very necessary. First, it can prevent Yuan Shikai's troops from entering Sichuan in the east, and second, it can prevent the enemy troops in Gansu in the north, and third, it is necessary to cooperate with our army to advance south to shock the Hunan Revolutionary Army troops and prevent them from entering Guizhou and Sichuan. Should the political commissar send our regiment into Guizhou to participate in the battle?" Xie Ping smiled on his face, shook his head and disappointed Liao Yuan, who was a little excited.

Xie Ping stood up and walked to the small pitiful national map of the office, and said seriously: "Liao Yuan, you are the one we came together. You will not know the battle between Zhang Zuolin and Guo Songling in the northeast to determine the fate of the three eastern provinces. Now Guo Songling is studying in our Military Academy. Guo Songling has progressive ideas and has the courage and ability. Through short-term military thinking, he will become a qualified patriotic warrior. Since history has decided that he will have this battle with Zhang Zuolin, after research, he will send you to assist him in the Northeast to develop his own armed forces and strive to capture the Northeast in one fell swoop. In the history of the Liberation War, Chairman Mao sent a hundred thousand troops into the Northeast, but now we are not able to do it. He can only send Guo Songling and you to lead a small armed force of more than 100 people into the three eastern provinces. After discussing the specific marching route with Guo Songling, you will report to me and will satisfy you as much as possible in weapons and equipment!"

* "Political Commissar, Captain Guo asked you to go there immediately." The guard's shouts interrupted the memories of Liaoyuan. He turned around and agreed. Before going out, he picked up the fur coat hanging on the wall and put it on. He walked on the thick snow in the sky with difficulty, making a boring "squeak, squeak". Two days after Xie Ping met him, he secretly established the first brigade of Advance to the Northeast in Chengdu, appointing Guo Songling as the captain, himself as the political commissar, Zhang Minghong, former deputy commander of the 1st Division, as the deputy commander and chief of staff, and Zhu Guangzhao, head of the communications section of the 2nd Division, was the radio station leader.

As a logistics administrator, the advancing brigade personnel were all elite soldiers and generals drawn from each unit, with a total of 147 people, of which there were only eleven female soldiers. After the troops were replaced in Chengdu, all the team was equipped with new Xin-12 rifles. Each squad was equipped with a light machine gun, each of the three squads was equipped with heavy machine guns, and the entire brigade was equipped with six light and heavy mortars. Seeing these equipment, it can be seen that the headquarters attached importance to this entry, and Guo Songling was even more excited. After twelve days of strict urgent training, the troops disguised themselves as caravans heading to the north for business.

In early December, we entered Inner Mongolia through Gansu. Because the old Qing forces in Inner Mongolia were still relatively strong, they hated the revolutionaries and Yuan Shikai, and set up many checkpoints in various places to closely investigate the Han people. The caravan led by Liao Yuan and Guo Songling, who originally wanted to conduct revolutionary publicity and education in Inner Mongolia, had to give up. They took a detour as much as possible. After entering Suiyuan, the situation gradually improved and the caravan supply was solved. In mid-February, the brigade truly entered the northeast. The caravan entered the small Siziwohut in Kangping County, which was located in Liaoning, Northeast, Jilin and Inner Mongolia. The troops were rested and equipped all the hidden weapons and ready to go into battle at any time.

Liao Yuan still recalled the difficult advancement. Now he has finally arrived in Liaoning, Northeast China. In the future, this army will not receive any personnel and ammunition. How to gain a foothold in the chaotic Northeast China is a crucial issue. Liao Yuan walked to Guo Songling's door and instinctively pushed open the door. The heat coming from his face made him wake up from his meditation. Guo Songling, Zhang Minghong and Zhu Guangzhao sat on the kang in the room. Seeing Liao Yuan coming in, he quickly gave up a seat beside the kang. Liao Yuan was not polite and just nodded and sat down next to him.

"Okay, everyone is here to have a meeting. This is the first meeting of our Advance Brigade in the Northeast. I would like to talk about the current situation." Guo Songling said first and introduced the local armed forces in Kangping in detail.

Kangping County is located on the edge of the Daxinganling Mountains in Liaoning, to the east and north of the Liao River Plain formed by the erosion of the Liao River. Kangping belongs directly to Kaiyuan Prefecture (city), and lives in the Han, Manchu, Hui, North Korea, Xibe and other ethnic minorities, among which Manchu and Han ethnic groups account for the vast majority of the population. In this small area, there are about twenty forces of all sizes, including four more influential ones. Kaiyuan City is controlled by Manchu bureaucrats led by former Qing government officials. After the Qing emperor abdicated, he changed his ranks to join the governor of Fengtian Zhao Erzun. He has a regular brigade and two security regiments. He still implemented the system of the former Qing Dynasty, but the government orders cannot be reached a hundred miles. The border areas of the three provinces are controlled by the local forces of the Han, Manchu and Hui ethnic groups. The local armed forces of the Han ethnic groups headed by Cai Yunlong of the Iron Fa, and the Hui ethnic group next to Changtu and the Xifeng area controlled.

The Manchu Ertai. These three forces are relatively large, and there are serious ethnic disputes between them, but sometimes they join forces to threaten Kaiyuan. For this reason, they fought a battle with the Kaiyuan government security forces in Ciqing Temple north of Kaiyuan, and they both suffered heavy losses. The Xiaosiziwozhang, where we are now located, is located on the edge of the Daxinganling Mountains. This area is where bandits are mostly inhabited. The landlords and Laocai have all gone to the county town to live, so the people here basically rely on hunting to live. There are less than 300 security teams, personnel, equipment and poor people in Kangping County, can only rely on the city wall to resist the attack of the bandits. After hearing the introduction, Liao Yuan and others quietly fell into a brief meditation in the room, and the air was filled with the smell of cigarettes and coal smoke. Everyone was thinking about how to carry out the next step of the work they were responsible for?

"I think the situation here is complicated now, and the grain production is insufficient. It is easy to solve the problem of the internal team not being large in the short term. From a long-term perspective, it is better to develop towards the Liaohe Plain. First, food is easier to solve, and second, there is a large population of Han people there, which is easy to strengthen the troops." Guo Songling had to take the initiative to propose the development direction of advancing into the brigade when he saw no one spoke.

"Captain Guo, what you said makes sense, but you should note that weapons and ammunition are now very poor, and our power is not enough to compete with these local forces. I think the most important task at the moment is to publicize our policies more. Every soldier in the army must play the role of a propaganda officer and establish a foothold. Kangping's security team is not large in number and equipped with tea. At the same time, the wealthy landlords in this area are hiding in the city. Our brigade can disguise themselves as ordinary people and enter the county town in batches and take them down in one fell swoop. First, the security team can be used to expand the troops, second, the landlords' bullies' property will be confiscated, and the military pay will be supplemented. Third, the army's influence will be expanded."

Zhang Minghong then explained the difficulties the troops encountered. Liao Yuan walked out of the bed in a heavy mood, came to the paper-paste window, looked out through the broken paper, turned around and looked at everyone, thinking in his heart that everyone had a reasonable point, but whether to develop towards the Liaohe Plain or to gain a foothold here. The most glorious person in the Northeast is probably Zhang Zuolin. If time is not accelerated, when Zhang Zuolin's strength continues to grow, the situation in the Northeast will become extremely complicated, and the People's Army will find it difficult to achieve its expected goals. For a moment, Liao Yuan couldn't take his attention and walked around the room hesitantly, and the eyes of others turned with his movements. Finally,

Liao Yuan stopped and said with a serious expression: "Comrades! How to open up the situation in the Northeast? How to build our own armed forces? These will be the difficulties we face. Zhang Minghong just said that because we should attack Kangping, from a tactical point of view, it can indeed solve the temporary supply of the troops. However, it is difficult for the troops to grow rapidly in the mountains for a long time, and the talents, raw materials and technology we need cannot be solved. It is the cold winter, and the strength of each local area takes the opportunity to accumulate strength, and for their own irreconcilable contradictions and interests, it will inevitably develop into armed conflicts. It is very important for us to make good use of the conflict between them."

When Liao Yuan was about to continue speaking, the dilapidated door was pushed open by "squeak, squeak, squeak". A gust of cold wind blew in the originally warm room. When he walked into a layer of thin snow, he lowered his head to slap the snow on his body after entering the door, and shouted in his mouth: "Captain Guo, I have contacted Mr. Chen from Tieling. Mr. Chen knows that you are back, so don't mention how happy you are." He finished speaking with a smile, but did not hear the captain's echo. He looked up. Zhuo Shi jumped up. The room was filled with all the leaders who advanced into the brigade. He stood there in surprise and was at a loss, rubbing his cold hands awkwardly.

"Three days ago, I asked Zhao Jun to go to Tieling. There was a distant uncle in my room. He was a famous local grain gentry. I wrote a book to him just to learn about the situation in Fengtian." Guo Songling explained.

"Oh! Okay, Zhao Jun, you go to the kang first and talk about the information you learned along the way to Tieling?" Liao Yuan's expression relaxed slightly, and he told Zhao Jun who was standing at the door. Zhao Jun did not take a step forward, but told him what he encountered, heard, and saw along the way.

Recently, the most important thing that happened in the Northeast was that Zhang Zuolin plotted against Zhao Er, the governor of the three eastern provinces. President Yuan Shikai and others joined forces to use the Northeast Joint Emergency Association President Zhang Rong to win Zhang Zuolin over to stand on his side. On the evening of January 23, Zhang Rong invited Zhang Zuolin at Kanglideyi Building in Fengtianping. After drinking and eating, the two entered the room of Feihong Pavilion that had been prepared. While smoking opium, they talked. After a while, Zhang Zuolin said goodbye. Zhang Rong did not doubt that he was still intoxicated by the sea of ​​clouds and smoke. He suddenly rushed into two soldiers and raised his guns and shot them repeatedly.

Zhang Rong died on the spot without any chance of fighting back, and blood flowed all over the bed. These two soldiers were the lackeys that Zhang Zuolin admired, one named Gao Jinshan and the other named Yu Wenjia. Afterwards, Zhang Zuolin killed the revolutionaries in Fengtian one after another, forcing the revolutionaries stranded in Fengtian City to leave one after another. Zhang Zuolin was immediately adapted by Yuan Shikai into the 27th Army Division. Zhang Zuolin was appointed as the commander of the lieutenant general. His confidants Tang Tianlin, Zhang Jinghui, Zhang Zuoxiang, Sun Liechen and others were appointed as brigade commanders and regiment commanders, stationed in the provincial capital. They became an important figure in Fengtian.

Under the leadership of Cai Yunlong, the Han army of Iron Fa has been expanded to 3,000 people. The weapons and ammunition have been greatly improved with the secret support of Zhang Rong. Most of the fleeing revolutionaries have already arrived at Iron Fa. They shouted that Cai Yunlong led his troops to attack Fengtian and severely punish Zhang Zuolin. It is estimated that Cai Yunlong will lead his troops to leave Iron Fa and only rush to Fengtian's provincial capital in the early spring. At the same time, other troops led by the revolutionary party near Fengtian will advance to Fengtian.

Mr. Chen in Tieling has the final say in everything. He urgently hopes that you can go back to Tieling and lead the militia to protect the family and the people. He said that the Tieling militia now has nearly 3,000 people, and there is no shortage of weapons and ammunition, but there is a lack of commanders who can fight. Then, Zhao Jun explained the living conditions of the people nearby, doing business, industry, mining, and manufacturing. He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Guo Songling and said, "This is the letter Mr. Chen asked me to hand it over to you. I beg our brigade to go to Tieling and be willing to provide all the necessary supplies."

Guo Songling opened the envelope and carefully read the content through the light through the window, and said, "Dad Chen, whose real name is Chen Yongjin, is my distant uncle from my mother's family. He grew up in his family for a while. He was knowledgeable and supported Kang Youwei's reforms before. After the failure of the Hundred Days Reform, he resolutely turned to sponsoring the revolutionary party and generously donated money to the villagers in the village. He has a high prestige in the people of Tieling. Since Mr. Chen invited us to go to Tieling, it is better to take the opportunity to recruit militia, unite patriots of Tieling, and form our army's first base in the Northeast. Political Commissar, what do you think?"

Liao Yuan took the letter from Guo Songling and looked at it, saying, "The captain has a good opinion. For the Northeast, we are a group of foreigners, and it will be difficult for us to accept our People's Army for a while. But we can borrow Mr. Chen's reputation and expand the influence of the People's Army in the Northeast. What other opinions do you have here?" "No!" "Agree."

After two days of preparation, the Northeast Advance Brigade lacked the trust of the people in the Kangping area, and the people were also full of doubts about this army from Inner Mongolia. In this case, after research and discussion, it was necessary to go to Tieling and temporarily rely on Chen Yongjin's militia in Tieling. Although the militia was crowded with people and guns, it was seriously lacking in military training. It was the kind of people who went forward bravely when they won the battle, and then tweaked their butts and ran away if they failed.

Because Mr. Chen trusted Guo Songling very much, he still handed over the command of the militia to him and told him in detail the complex situation here. In addition to the militia, there were also patrol battalions directly under Fengtian, with nearly 2,000 people, and their equipment was better than the militia. After discussing with Guo Songling and Liao Yuan and others, they decided to allocate all commanders and fighters who advanced into the brigade to the militia units. According to the actual situation of the militia, they were reorganized into two small groups, each with two battalions and a reconnaissance company. They also required the militia to dress uniformly, all weapons and equipment were consistent, and some of the most primitive and backward guns were eliminated, and the soldier signs were established near the urban and rural areas of Tieling, and the general public was called on to join the militia to protect the family and the people. Finally, the reorganization training plan was reported in detail. Mr. Chen agreed.

After Guo Songling and Liao Yuan handled all the matters, they resolutely pulled the troops to the sparsely populated mountainous areas for training, gradually eliminated some unqualified soldiers in the training, and selected poor people from the new recruits from the signs to join the army. The soldiers of the Northeast Advance Brigade had already experienced the test of blood and fire. Under their iron discipline, they trained under the cold winter training for just one and a half months, the combat effectiveness of the militia was rapidly improved. Regardless of physical fitness, tactical skills, and soldiers' shooting skills, they were completely renewed, and they were definitely better than regular troops. During the training, Liao Yuan guided the soldiers to recall who they were fighting for and who were exploited and oppressed by the people the most. They told the soldiers that the current domestic and international situation that in order to establish a government that did not oppress the people, they must stand up bravely and fight for it, and there was no pie falling from the world.

Spring is here, and it is for this northeastern neighboring Siberia to be blocked in the winter with ice and snow for several months, and is threatened by the cold cold all day and night. Spring is somewhat meaningful to everyone! Especially for these soldiers from the south, although they survived the harsh winter training and trained a militia that was not considered an army into a disciplined iron army, and put in an unimaginable effort by ordinary people.

When the militia appeared in front of Chen Yongjin, he was deeply shocked and was surprised that Guo Songling could change the quality of the militia in such a short time! Mr. Chen had a feast at the mansion to entertain them, and the host and the guest sat at the round table at will. "Uncle, I didn't have time to talk about it in detail before, and today I have a rare time~" * Guo Songling was halfway through his words, looking at the servant standing behind him. Mr. Chen waved his hand knowingly to signal that all the irrelevant people would go out. "Songling, just say it! Your cousin, I still know you." Chen Yongjin gently stroked his beard with his right hand and said with a smile: "Since you came here, I saw that you have been excluding the militia.

Some gangsters deprived them of leadership. I know all of these, and there are many people complaining to me now. Some people say that you are the revolutionary party in the south, and some people say that you are here to steal my territory." He stood up and walked to Guo Songling, patted Guo Songling on the shoulder and said, "Actually, I don't care about these things. I feel relieved to see that you trained the troops so well. Yesterday, the patrol camp sent people to say that a small group of troops sent by the Sichuan People's Party lurked to the northeast, and may deliberately destroy them and demanded that all regions strengthen prevention." After saying that, Chen Yongjin looked at Guo Songling and the others' changing faces with bright eyes, and understood everything in his heart.
Chapter completed!