Chapter 904: The mutiny begins

Sujiatun, the temporary headquarters of the First North Army.

The temporary meeting held by Wu Shaoting had just ended, and officials of the Ministry of Defense and the Army Command successively left. He asked a guard on the side about the time, and the guard replied that it was almost eight o'clock.

At this moment, Wu Peifu packed up the meeting materials and came to Wu Shaoting and said, "Head of the People's Republic of China, will the battalion of our First Army in the North be changed then?"

Wu Shaoting thought for a while, then said, "If the camp is arranged reasonably, it will be decided like this. Of course, you are the chief of staff of the army. How should you arrange your headquarters to make your own ideas at that time? How to do science?"

Wu Peifu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and prepare first."

Wu Shaoting responded, and then brought several of his assistants to the third floor of the headquarters building, where there was a temporary head of state office. He ordered his assistants to clean up the place and then sent someone to call Zhang Xiaozhun over. Zhang Xiaozhun happened to talk to Long Yun in the corridor on the second floor, and ran up immediately after receiving the notice.

"First of the People's Republic of China, what orders?" Zhang Xiaozhun knocked on the uncovered door.

"You go to the city now, visit Governor Zhao, and ask him to come to Sujiatun tomorrow morning. I have some important things to talk to him." Wu Shaoting took action and placed some of his office utensils on the desk one by one, while without looking back, he ordered Zhang Xiaozhun who was standing at the door.

"Now?" Zhang Xiaozhun asked again.

"That's right, if nothing special, you just stay in the city tonight and come with Governor Zhao early tomorrow morning." Wu Shaoting added.

"Yes, I'll go now." Zhang Xiaozhun nodded and responded. Although he was a little confused, he still didn't ask much and immediately turned around and went downstairs to go.

Just when Zhang Xiaojun got into a car from the headquarters and left Sujiatun, he found that soldiers were being frequently mobilized near the 35th Division camp. Teams of fully armed soldiers were running forward, shuttled inside and outside the camp. He couldn't help but feel strange. It was eight o'clock in the evening, and what else could there be a task that needed such a rapid mobilization?

"What are they doing?" he asked with a frown.

"Maybe it was changing barracks. The 35th Division came to report in the afternoon. The east wind was blowing too hard tonight, and the direction of the tent was not in the right position, so now I hurriedly re-built the tent." An attendant sitting in the passenger seat replied, and he was only hearing about the news.

"Can you make such low-level mistakes? It's simply nonsense." Zhang Xiaojun snorted coldly.

"There's no way, Lord Zhang, you know that the military style of the 35th Division was not good before. It's already good to be able to achieve this level now." The attendant shook his head and sighed.

Just as Zhang Xiaozhun's car passed several checkpoints and was about to leave the barracks, another convoy appeared on the road facing him. Judging from the light of the headlights, there were at least seven or eight cars. Zhang Xiaozhun did not see the specific situation of the convoy, but when both sides passed by the checkpoints, he vaguely heard the leader of the convoy saying to the sentry: "Team Commander Zhang, Commander Feng, and Commander Xu have important matters to meet the head of state. Please inform me..."

Zhang Xiaozhun felt strange. How could Zhang Zuolin and the others come here so late? But before he could react, the car he was riding in had already driven far away. He sighed secretly and simply stopped thinking about anything more.

At this time, Zhang Zuolin, who was also sitting in the car, had a very serious expression. No matter how many ups and downs he had experienced, it was not as serious as today. His hands were even clenched unknowingly. Xu Lanzhou was sitting in the same car with him, and he must have a close relationship with them and often supported each other, not as powerful as Feng Delin's overestimating his ability to fight openly and secretly. Xu Lanzhou's emotions were not necessarily so comfortable. His hands had to change a movement every once in a while, either crossing them together, clasping his fists with force, or pinching his left hand with his right hand.

After the convoy passed the first checkpoint and began to move forward, Xu Lanzhou cursed with a dark face: "Old man Meng will not have a stomachache early or late, but we will make trouble when we set off. Isn't this a nonsense?"

The "Old Man Meng" he mentioned was the Jilin Governor Meng Enyuan. Yesterday, several leaders of the three northeastern provinces gathered together. Meng Enyuan was still fine at the time and said that he would make a big fuss today. Unexpectedly, today, it turned out that the old man had a big fuss, which almost delayed the entire trip.

Zhang Zuolin, who was standing beside him, sighed and said tactfully: "Shucun Gong is almost 60 years old. He is old and weak, and he can't afford to work hard. Besides, it's normal that he is a little unacceptable. Teacher Xu is worried that this matter cannot be mistaken. Although others did not come, his adjutant and his brother-in-law who is the captain of the guard are all following us."

Meng Enyuan (1856-1933), whose name was Shucun and also became Shucun. Shuchun was from Xinigu Village, southern suburbs of Tianjin. He was poor and lived on selling fish and shrimps for the first half of his life. He joined the Dingwu Army in the Machang in 1894. In 1895, Yuan Shikai founded the new army. Meng Enyuan, who was thirty-nine years old, began to join the army. From then on, he became the governor of Jilin and General Huiwei in the early years of the Republic of China. He owned a large area of ​​land in Mengqu, Daxin, Futian Sancun and Qinghe Farm in the Han region. He also invested in and operated industrial and commercial enterprises such as flour and cotton yarn in Tianjin. At that time, he could be regarded as the first rich and powerful company in southeastern Tianjin.

Xu Lanzhou snorted coldly. He was a martial artist and was not as good as Zhang Zuolin. He directly made the words clear and said: "I don't know Old Man Meng yet? This fisherman soldier had to sit at his current position in his early years by picking up Empress Dowager Cixi's phoenix hairpin. Not to mention that he had no ability, even if he didn't have the courage to join the army. Whatever he said was a diarrhea, this was obviously an excuse for making a mistake. I was not afraid to say it was just a simple matter. Old Man Meng was still afraid of letting us go into battle and he could sit and enjoy the fruits of his life."

Zhang Zuolin had heard of Meng Enyuan's deeds, but now he looks back on it, it's quite strange.

In 1896, Yuan Shikai trained troops at the small station to cause a sensation in the capital. When Empress Dowager Cixi heard about it, she wanted to show off. She first arrived in Tianjin under the name of patrol, and then accompanied by Yuan Shikai to the small station. In order to show her merits, Yuan Shikai ordered all the new troops to line up in the playground, allowing Cixi to observe the formation and inspect. Cilen was supported by eunuchs, and Yuan Shikai followed him and circled around the field.

At that time, Meng Enyuan was just an officer of a cavalry battalion, following Yuan Shikai as an escort. Cixi had never seen this formation in the deep palace of the capital, so she couldn't help but look around and fell off her head. The eunuch didn't see it around Cixi. Yuan Shikai was so big that he was embarrassed to pick it up when he saw it. It was unlucky to lose his hairpin on such occasions, and he was afraid that he would win over Cixi's excitement. However, just when everyone was embarrassed, Meng Enyuan approached the hairpin and picked it up.

When the circumference was over and Cixi was about to go back to her room to rest, Meng Enyuan ran forward in three steps and knelt at Cixi's feet with her hairpin in her hands. Cixi was stunned at first and was about to speak, but Meng Enyuan first reported: "The phoenix hairpin fell to the ground and returned to Foshan."

Cixi loved to hear people call her "Lao Buddha". After hearing Meng Enyuan's well-behaved words, she was not only not disappointed by losing her hairpin, but became more and more happy. After Meng Enyuan left, Cixi asked Yuan Shikai: "Who was the one holding the hairpin just now?" Yuan Rushi answered. Cixi also said: "Now, even one of the new army officers is so smart, which shows that Lord Yuan is good at training troops." Before returning to Beijing from Tianjin, Cixi explained to Yuan Shikai: "That

Those with the surname Meng can do something big." Seeing that Meng Enyuan was valued by Cixi, Yuan Shikai earned face for himself. After returning to the small station, he immediately mentioned Meng Enyuan as the Biaotong. Soon after he was promoted to the general of Nanyang Town, Henan Province, and General Zhen'an Zuo was in charge of military affairs in Jilin. After Yuan's death, Meng was favorable and was appointed by Duan Qirui as the general of the General's Mansion and General Huiwei of the General's Mansion. However, those who know his background call him "General Picking Hairpin".

Zhang Zuolin sighed slightly, and it has to be said that deep down in his heart, his view of Meng Enyuan was like rumors in the world, but it was meaningless to talk about these contents now. In short, it would be fine if one Meng Enyuan was present.

"When this matter is done, we will settle the accounts carefully." He said calmly.
Chapter completed!