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Chapter 26 Yicheng (2)

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    After coming out of Hu Congjun's place, the more Zhang Xian thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Hu Congjun asked him what he was doing for no reason.  There must be something going on here, but Hu Congjun didn't want to tell it, and he couldn't ask too much, so he had to ask Adjutant Liu sideways to see what happened.

    Zhang Xian invited Adjutant Liu out and asked him to sit at the most famous Yicheng Restaurant in Zhumadian.  Zhumadian is actually a relatively large town, under the jurisdiction of Queshan County. In the Ming Dynasty, a post station was set up here. It was not until the Pinghan-Han Railway was built that it gradually formed a market town. During the warlord period, this place  It became an important military supply point, and it has been passed down ever since, and it became an important military stronghold for the Chinese army on the Pinghan-Hankou Railway.  At this time, there was only one street in Zhumadian, which was paved with cement bricks instead of the traditional bluestone slabs, so the locals called it "foreign street".  This Yicheng Restaurant is located in the middle of this foreign street. It is said to be a restaurant, but in fact it is just a two-story loft-style building. It is hidden among a bunch of gray and white bungalows, which makes it stand out a bit.

    Noon is the time when there are the most customers, but because of the war, and the headquarters of the reorganized 18th Army are here, the vigilance is especially heightened. The business of this restaurant is not very good. There are only sporadic restaurants under the hall.  There were several diners sitting on the ground.

    When Zhang Xian and Adjutant Liu came in, the boss was extremely polite. He knew that Zhang Xian was of high rank at the first sight, and quickly let them into the best private room on the second floor facing the window.  There is a river at the end of the long street, but the scenery is not bad.  Zhang Xian asked the store owner to open the door, which created a cross-wind with the windows. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, which is June in the solar calendar and May in the lunar calendar, the weather has turned hot, and this kind of wind is very comfortable.  In fact, another reason why Zhang Xian left the door open was to prevent anyone from eavesdropping outside the door.

    The food and wine were quickly put out, and the two of them drank wine. For Zhang Xian, he had long wanted to invite Commander Hu's personal adjutant to drink.  From Wang Jinna's letters home, Zhang Xian knew that he was very satisfied with the house that Hu Congjun gave him, and that the house in front of him was personally selected by Adjutant Liu.

    At the wine table, of course, they first exchanged some insignificant polite words, and the two complimented each other. Zhang Xian changed the topic, and then asked about Hu Congjun's mood today, saying: "Old Liu, Commander Hu has been  They are all mentally disturbed, what happened?"

    Adjutant Liu took a sip of wine, sighed, shook his head, and said helplessly: "Commander Hu is about to be promoted again!"

    "Oh? This is a good thing. Why is he unhappy?" Zhang Xian was very surprised.

    Lieutenant Liu said: "This time, Chief Bai wanted Commander Hu to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Wuhan Suppression General, but Commander Hu did not agree!"

    Zhang Xian was stunned for a moment, vaguely aware of something, but he asked without knowing it: "The deputy commander-in-chief of the Wuhan Suppression General, which is equivalent to the deputy commander-in-chief of the war zone, why doesn't Commander Hu agree?"

    Adjutant Liu said: "What Commander Hu is thinking is that if he takes office as the deputy commander-in-chief, who will lead the 18th Army?"

    Zhang Xian smiled and said to him: "Commander Hu seems to have thought too much. He can still work part-time as the commander of the 18th Army!"

    But Adjutant Liu shook his head and said leisurely: "Brigadier Zhang, how do you know the reason for this?" As he said this, he explained to him.

    In fact, the conflict between the Chiang Clan and the Guangxi Clan has been around for a long time. There was a great war between Chiang Kai-shek and Guangxi, but later they separated and reunited. During the Anti-Japanese War, the two factions were still united to fight against foreign invasion.  But after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, conflicts inevitably occurred.  In this presidential election, although Li Zongren of the Guangxi faction lost to Chiang Kai-shek, he still defeated Sun Ke, who was nominated by Chiang Kai-shek, to become the vice president of the Republic of China. In this process, Bai Chongxi's role cannot be underestimated.

    Therefore, in order to retaliate against Bai Chongxi and prevent the threat from the Guangxi clique, President Chiang took advantage of the cabinet reshuffle to remove Bai Chongxi from the post of Minister of Defense and appointed He Yingqin as Minister of Defense.  In fact, this also stemmed from the People's Liberation Army's threat to Central China. President Chiang took the opportunity to transfer Bai Chongxi to Wuhan as the commander-in-chief of the Wuhan Suppression General.  Zhang Xian is also very clear about the occurrence of these things.

    However, President Chiang was still a little worried about Bai Chongxi who was sent to Wuhan, and was afraid that he would support his troops. So after much deliberation, he finally decided to divide the national army troops in the Huanghuai Plain of the Central Plains into two, with Xuzhou suppressing them in the north.  General, and to the south is the Wuhan Suppression General, forming two combat units that are not subordinate to each other, and appointed his confidant Liu Zhi as the commander-in-chief of the more important Xuzhou Suppression General.  Liu Zhi's appointment puzzled many people because everyone knew this.The person with the legs was Qiao Shuqiang, the captain of the reorganized 11th Division search team. Just now, they were condescending and could only see the helmet on the man's head and the collar badge on his body, but not his face.

    "Squad leader Li, you came just in time, help me get this woman out of the way!" Qiao Shuqiang loudly begged for help.

    Monitor Li and everyone laughed, thinking that he had committed something, but they were trying to save their face. While persuading the girl, the two of them went over and dragged her away.

    The girl cried even harder, as if she was mourning her heir.

    Zhang Xian frowned. These soldiers were all soldiers of the 18th Reorganized Division. Cheating with a girl on the street like this really affected his image. People who didn't know the truth would think they were bullying good people. Now  After speaking to Adjutant Yang, he quickly ran downstairs.

    When we arrived at the door of the building, there were many onlookers standing here. When they saw Zhang Xian wearing the uniform of a national army officer, they all consciously made way for him. Before Zhang Xian could walk over, he smelled a very familiar smell.  The aroma that hits your nostrils.

    "What's going on?" Zhang Xian shouted sharply.

    At this time, the girl had been pulled aside, but she was still crying with compassion.

    All the soldiers saw Zhang Xian and stood at attention and saluted. In the reorganized 18th Army, there were very few people who did not know Zhang Xian.

    "Brigadier Zhang!" Qiao Shuqiang immediately stood up and walked up to Zhang Xian in embarrassment, explaining to him: "I just went to see Brigadier Xu on something important, and when I was riding by, I knocked him down.  I didn¡¯t bring any money with me for this girl¡¯s flowers, so I told him to write me an IOU to compensate her, but she didn¡¯t do it and she just pestered me!¡±

    "So that's it!" Zhang Xian finally understood and looked at the flowers scattered on the ground. It turned out that it was the gardenia that was in full bloom at this time. The fragrant flower smell spread in the air, and it was unusually fresh.  It's just that the flowers in this basket have been trampled to pieces by the onlookers, and there is almost no good one.  Seeing these flowers, Zhang Xian immediately thought of Liu Manli, and the scene in Chongqing when he was trying to save the girl selling gardenias, and Liu Manli sacrificed herself to save him.  When I looked back at the girl, I felt a very warm feeling, as if I had returned to five or six years ago.

    "Captain Qiao, you must pay attention in the future. Even if there are urgent matters, you must be careful when passing in crowded places!" Zhang Xian taught him a lesson.

    "Yes!" Qiao Shuqiang answered with a loud voice.

    Zhang Xian then came to the girl. The girl seemed to recognize Zhang Xian's identity, stopped crying, and looked at him blankly.  Zhang Xian took out a piece of silver from his body. The basket of flowers was not worth the money, but he still put the piece of silver in her hand and apologized to her: "I'm sorry, little girl.  This is considered as my compensation for your money on his behalf!"

    The girl was stunned, rubbed her eyes, looked very embarrassed, and told him: "I don't have money to find you!"

    Zhang Xian smiled and asked her: "Girl, what is your name?"

    "Tian Chunni!" she answered.

    "Haha, Chunni, what a nice name!" Zhang Xian said casually, and told him at the same time: "You don't have to look for it!"

    Chuni nodded and said, "Thank you, sir!"

    Seeing that the excitement ended like this, the onlookers marveled in admiration and dispersed soon after.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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