On July 1st, the training of the First Mixed Brigade officially kicked off. [New] Novel]
Fortunately, most of the soldiers in the regiment were from the old brigade of the 79th Brigade. They were very aware of Yuan Su's style and naturally admired Yuan Su greatly. In other words, after a few words of encouragement from the brigade officers, many of them immediately
I regained my morale and determined to grit my teeth and complete all the training.
As for Sun Desheng's third battalion, although it was incompatible with the old 79-biao unit, Sun Desheng himself was die-hardly loyal to Yuan Su. Therefore, during the training process, he didn't even wear a raincoat and just walked back and forth in the rain.
Walking around, urging his subordinates to follow the instructions at the top of his voice.
In the whole of early July, there was only one or two days without rain, but even during these two days it was rare to see sunshine.
Yuan Su insists on walking around each battalion every day, rain or shine, and sometimes goes for a morning run with the soldiers. When he has time, he will also visit the reserve headquarters, although his current focus is on the training of the First Mixed Brigade.
Above, the militiamen training in the heavy rain also need encouragement.
As soon as the sun finally came out, Yuan Su hurriedly took the brigade officials to Tanghai and Leting to inspect the training situation of the second regiment. The group stayed in Tanghai for two days and visited various camps every day.
, encouraged the soldiers to persist in training, and also found several outstanding soldiers as representative models to personally meet and praise them [ ]
I planned to continue to Changli County on the third day, but I didn’t expect that it would rain heavily again just after a few days of clear weather. Everyone felt that this summer was unusual. With such continuous rainfall, I was afraid that many places would be troubled again.
Flood disasters occur.
It's just that these natural disasters are beyond human control, and they are not something Yuan Su can care about now.
After staying in Tanghai for another two days, the brigade team rushed to Changli County while the rain subsided.
Senior brigade officials frequently traveled to various counties to inspect training work. During this period, they shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, which still won the hearts of many grassroots soldiers. They had never seen people who were high-ranking officials be so attentive. It can be seen that Yuan Hujun made great use of
An extraordinary person. It was this emotion that boosted the morale and energy of the whole brigade training.
On the afternoon of the second day after Yuan Su and his party arrived in Changli County, Luanzhou suddenly forwarded an urgent telegram.
The telegram was sent to the Communications Office of the Third Regiment Headquarters. After receiving the telegram, the correspondent immediately sent it to the regiment leader Li Jinfu.
Li Jinfu first read the content of the telegram, and immediately his expression changed. Then, regardless of the heavy rain outside, he hurried out of the regiment headquarters and rode in the rain to the temporary residence of Yuan Su and his party in the city. Yuan Su did not live there.
At the headquarters of the Third Regiment, I temporarily stayed at the county government guest house, but it was not too far away from the headquarters of the Third Regiment.
When Li Jinfu dismounted and ran into the guest house door, several brigade guards on duty in the lobby looked surprised, and one of them quickly ran to notify Du Yu.
"Where is Lord Yuan? Where is Lord Yuan?" Li Jinfu wiped the rain off his face with his sleeve and shouted in a quick voice.
"The guard just came back from the camp and is probably changing his clothes now. Why is Master Li in such a hurry?" A guard brought a dry towel to Li Jinfu and asked in passing.
"Something has happened. It's a telegram forwarded from Luanzhou. Please read it as soon as possible, Mr. Yuan." Li Jinfu said quickly while continuing to wipe his face with a dry towel.
While he was talking, Du Yu had already trotted over from behind. The guard briefly said what Li Jinfu said before, and Du Yu realized that the situation was urgent. He asked Li Jinfu to take a rest in the lobby first, and then ordered the attendants in the guest house to prepare.
After drinking hot tea, he quickly went to the backyard to report to Yuan Su.
Yuan Su went out to inspect the military camp early in the morning. After lunch at the military camp, he rushed over in the rain. He had already taken off his soaked coat and trousers, and was only wearing a short shirt and summer jacket.
After Du Yu knocked on the door to announce, Yuan Su quickly followed Du Yu to the lobby without even bothering to wipe his face.
Li Jinfu took a few sips of hot tea and saw Yuan Su coming from the backyard corridor from a distance. He quickly put down his teacup and went to greet him.
When the two met, Yuan Su asked seriously: "Commander Li, why are you in such a hurry?"
Li Jinfu took out a half-wet telegram form from his pocket and handed it to Yuan Su, saying: "This is the telegram sent by the Shanhaiguan Garrison Office this morning. It was just forwarded from Luanzhou. I haven't received the telegram for a moment."
Stop slacking off and submit it to your lord as soon as possible."
Yuan Su was not in a hurry to speak. He took the message and read it carefully, frowning slightly.
Chen Wenian and He Qigong, who were in the backyard, heard the commotion and rushed over one after another at this time. After seeing Yuan Su read the telegram, Chen Wenian couldn't wait to step forward and asked: "Master Yuan, what happened?
?”
Yuan Su sighed and said with a worried look: "There is a famine outside the pass, and tens of thousands of refugees are pouring into the pass. Wu Chenglu, the guard of Shanhaiguan, is worried that the refugees will cause chaos when entering the pass, so he refuses to open the door. However, the large number of refugees has blocked the railways.
Leading to traffic paralysis inside and outside the customs."
After hearing what Yuan Su said, Chen Wennian and He Qigong both changed their faces.
Chen Wennian said profoundly: "When we entered the customs from outside the customs last year, although we heard that some areas had poor harvests due to various disasters, it was not like tens of thousands of people had fled to the customs today."