Chapter 2 Chapter 2 The Story of Suppressing Bandits

Not long after the good times, troubles came again. After the First Sino-Japanese War, the society was in chaos for several years, and then gradually stabilized.This is not good news for Hu Zi and the security guard, both of whom are facing the crisis of being laid off.Seeing that the job was about to disappear, at this time, the big tree of the Chamber of Commerce played a role that other owners could hardly play. They joined forces and formally recommended Zhang Zuolin to the prefect (as opposed to the mayor) Zeng Yun, saying that this person is a rare talent and must be reused.Money has always been able to pass through the gods, and other people's face may not be given, but the chamber of commerce's face must be given.Mayor Zeng also wanted to see who this person was, so he sent an order to meet him.

When we met, guess what? The saying "A person should not be judged by his appearance" failed again, and Lao Zhang's deceptive appearance and conversation once again moved Mayor Zeng. The opportunity coincidentally coincided with General Shengjing (equivalent to the commander of the military region) Zengqi issued a document requesting the following to "turn robbers into good" and recruit local militias.According to the spirit of the document, Mayor Zeng made a report to Commander Zeng, put the security team led by Lao Zhang on the list of inclusion, and went to the city to accept the order (that is, to check the number of troops) on the same day.

During the conversation with Mayor Zeng, in order to raise his own value, Lao Zhang inevitably had to brag, saying that his security team had a battalion of people (in fact, there were only a hundred people).Seeing that it was time to order in a few days, Lao Zhang hurried back to Bajiaotai, posted recruitment lists everywhere, and finally recruited all the people in a battalion, and he himself became an assistant (deputy battalion commander) as he wished. . After that, Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang's main job was to establish good relations with people like Mayor Zeng and Commander Zeng.Then, based on his post, he was down-to-earth and promoted step by step, gradually from deputy battalion commander to battalion commander, and then to regimental commander, brigade commander, and division commander, until he mastered the military and political power of the three northeastern provinces.

In the process, he dealt with his superiors and struggled with his colleagues, from a low-level security captain to a feudal official. Just being good at gambling and being a gangster, no matter what, he is only at the level of an ordinary gangster, far from the standard of a generation of tyrants.In fact, Lao Zhang can still fight. Being able to fight does not mean that Zhang Zuolin can only play tricks single-handedly.He is willing to go out and dare to do anything, but he can be courageous and resourceful when he does it.The main example is his story of suppressing bandits. Lao Zhang suppressing bandits?You heard me right, he himself escaped from the bandit's den.

That's right.Lao Zhang has suppressed bandits, and he has achieved great success in suppressing bandits. The logic of the development of things is like this: just because you have been a bandit, you have to suppress the bandits, and you can suppress the bandits well. Pack up the real estate first.Everyone else was invincible, but one person didn't buy it.This beard's surname is Du and his name is Lisan. He has always been very bullish and has made the place a mess.However, he is still a tough guy who is difficult to deal with. He holds a gun in both hands and never misses a shot.The site he defended was strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the officers and soldiers had no choice but to become the number one registered supervisor in the province to handle major cases.After Lao Zhang, who was the head of the regiment at the time, came, he thought of many ways, such as sealing the official and making a wish, trapping and chasing him, but they were all unsuccessful.In the end, he played a trick, which was to make a move on his adoptive father.

Lao Zhang's adoptive father, Du Panlin, a Heishan scholar, is Du Lisan's uncle of the same clan.Du Xiucai was a nerd, and after being coaxed by Lao Zhang, he wrote a personal letter to his nephew, tricked Du Lisan out, and finally won him in one fell swoop. Du Lisan was the most difficult bandit in western Liaoning at that time, once this bandit was eliminated, the remaining bandits would naturally just disperse.Lao Zhang was also promoted from regiment commander to brigade commander because of his meritorious service. The second time to suppress the beard in other places.This is a group of Mongolian rebels mainly active in the northwestern part of Liaoning.Northwest Liaoning is full of vast prairie. The environment is harsh. Mosquitoes fly around and hungry wolves run wild. In addition, all the Mongols are light cavalry. When they come out to make trouble, they often use surprise attacks. , a spare horse, it comes and goes like the wind, its whereabouts are erratic, it kills people, loots the goods, and then pulls the horse away, making it impossible for you to catch up.

Hundreds of years ago, grassland tribes used this method to invade the border of the Han nationality.Hundreds of years later, the trick still works.The Han army with ineffective cavalry still had nothing to do with these Mongolian cavalrymen, and the government called them "giant bandits".Lao Zhang used to be a horse master when he was young, and later when he was a soldier, he was "fine cavalry". He was a good cavalryman in history, so he naturally trained cavalry well.But he couldn't hit the Mongols at first, but he quickly found a way. This method is called: Infernal Affairs.

Brigadier Zhang sent a character like Yang Zirong to infiltrate the rebels, obtain information, and slowly caught the rebels by their tails.In the end, not only did they beat this group of people hard enough, but they also chased them for eight hundred miles, driving them out of the country. Lao Zhang contributed a lot to maintaining the tranquility of the northeast border.The fierce pursuit of the Mongolian bandits reflects his courage and resourcefulness to fight, dare to fight, and be good at fighting at critical moments. Having said so much, I just want to make one point: Lao Zhang's titles of "Dashuai Zhang" and "Northeast King" are by no means in vain.This is a person who combines the cunning of a fox and the bravery of a liger.

talent.If you want to fight with him, you can play dirty or ruthless.As far as opponents are concerned, the old ones are old and the young ones are young. In short, they have found the wrong person and the wrong object. In fact, when the Japanese were looking for agents in Northeast China, they were not very interested in people like Zhang Zuolin at first.They favored the so-called Zonal Socialist Party. The Socialist Party is not a party, but a group. Speaking of it, the two core figures of this group are related to a notorious traitor and spy in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. This person is Yoshiko Kawashima.There are two cores, one is Yoshiko Kawashima's father, Prince Su, and the other is Yoshiko Kawashima's adoptive father, Japanese ronin Naniwa Kawashima.Together, the two tried to launch the "Manchurian and Mongolian Independence Movement" in different ways.In this way, it suits the appetite of Japanese politicians.

However, the idea is good, but it is not so easy to turn it into reality.Prince Su is not Lao Zhang. He has no skills and lack of luck in gambling, so he lost the first game, and he lost cleanly and thoroughly—the old man risked all kinds of hardships and borrowed huge sums of money to buy a large number of people. The ammunition was going to be smuggled to Inner Mongolia, but was intercepted by Zhang Zuolin's brothers, and nearly 50 carts of ammunition were given away for nothing. Naturally, there was no way to talk about the "independence movement". Foreign aid is not enough, so we can only rely on our own people on the grassland.The Socialist Party then wooed the Mongolian rebel leader Babu Zhabu.Babu Zhabu was also unequivocal, he was a little happy to be a gunman, and immediately gathered a crowd in Inner Mongolia to revolt, and personally led 5,000 cavalry to kill Fengtian (Shenyang).

As mentioned earlier, Lao Zhang already had some experience in fighting Mongolian cavalry, and with a few uppercuts, he knocked down the rebels.Although Babuzabu himself rode in a heroic manner, he couldn't stand the fierce artillery fire of the Feng army, and finally "died" gloriously. The Japanese watched the Zongsha Party go from high-spirited to defeated, and finally understood a truth: after all, the fighters of the Ado type cannot become weapons. Zhang Zuolin wasted no time in extending an olive branch to frustrated Japanese politicians. At this time, Lao Zhang was promoted again.After the Qing emperor abdicated, Yuan Datou became the president, and the national army was reorganized. Zhang Zuolin was appointed as the commander of the 27th Army Division.From the perspective of local military positions, this is the end. But Lao Zhang thinks that this is only the first step of the Long March, and he still needs to continue to strengthen his own strength and pull up a private armed force that can compete for world hegemony. Without the backing of the great powers, this will always be an impossible dream. After the Russo-Japanese War, among the great powers, Japan was the one that could really play in the Northeast.Although it failed to obtain any war indemnity from the defeated country Tsarist Russia as it wished (White Russia is famous for asking for money or life), it has inherited the lease rights of the "South Manchuria Railway" and Luda, and is stationed in A certain number of troops. If they don't help or nod their heads, Lao Zhang can't really develop.Therefore, before the "Old Day" had time to fool Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang had already started preparing to fool "Old Day". As soon as he became a division commander, Zhang Zuolin greeted the Japanese Kwantung Governor (the predecessor of the Kwantung Army Commander) and said a lot of good things.It is nothing more than two meanings. One is that I have a good impression of Japan, and I am an out-and-out "pro-Japanese faction". After fooling the soldiers, he immediately fooled the politicians.Lao Zhang then took the initiative to visit the Japanese Consul General in Fengtian, expressing the same meaning, but more expressive. However, Lao Zhang's enthusiasm did not impress the hearts of these Japanese military and political officials at first.The reason is very simple. At that time, there were too many people who came to flatter and speculate, and they all lined up to come with cigarettes and alcohol. It was not uncommon to see officials who were bigger than Zhang Zuolin. After Lao Zhang left, they just snorted: another trick.He casually threw Lao Zhang's business card into the wastebasket.