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Chapter 407 Pull the gang into faction

The train was moving forward quickly, Feng Zicai sat upright in military uniform, watching the scenery of retreating quickly disappear from his eyes, and felt deeply moved. More than a year ago, he was still waving a sword at the Taiping Army in the Qing army camp, but he never thought that he was now a colonel commander of the Taiping Army.

Hou Yutian, opposite, poured him a cup of hot tea and said with a smile: "It seems that you are worried about your love in Huzhou?"

Feng Zicai said seriously: "Brother Hou must not talk nonsense. This time he led his troops to Huzhou to fight. How dare I act randomly?"

Hou Yutian smiled and said, "Brother, I've been married for a year, why don't you consider getting married? Your group's field battle rescue hall and the group's direct publicity department also have many Wu Ninth women, so you should be able to see your eyes."

Feng Zicai shook his head and said with a stern face: "I only focus on the war, but now I don't want to. Now that the soldiers are in danger, I may ascend to heaven one day, and I don't want to drag others down."

Hou Yutian frowned and said, "You are already the regiment commander. You have more than a thousand new army under your command. Even if you face several times the Qing Yao, you will not be afraid of him. If you, the regiment commander, will die at any time, it will be too damaging the combat power of our new army. There are also many families in the army. If you die in battle, your family will be well-maintained by the West Palace. What are you worried about?"

Feng Zicai said lightly: "Why do you want to be a family before the Han Dynasty has flourished?"

Hou Yutian smiled and said, "You are so old-fashioned. The Han family has not been prosperous for more than ten years, so you will not leave your Feng family for more than ten years?"

Feng Zicai took a sip of tea without answering, then changed the question and asked: "This time the Ministry of War suddenly summoned us back to Shanghai but didn't know why."

Hou Yutian said: "Didn't the Ministry of War say that it is said in the official document of the Ministry of War. Returning to Shanghai to report to the King of West. The East Palace finally withdrew its troops temporarily. I hope that His Highness, the King of West can reconcile with the King of East."

Feng Zicai sneered: "Brother Hou seems to be reluctant to fight with the East Palace."

Hou Yutian said sadly: "After all, they are all soldiers in the Kingdom of Heaven, and fighting each other is not a good thing."

Feng Zicai said lightly: "No wonder the third regiment led by Brother Hou in the previous Guangde Battle finally arrived at the blocking battlefield and let go of the troops from the East Palace for nothing."

Hou Yutian was slightly shocked. His face turned red and white. After a while, he said: "Don't talk nonsense. I explained to the division that it was because the guide and the map said that it was not consistent with what the verification path was. He delayed the itinerary and failed to enter the position according to the combat plan."

Feng Zicai took another sip of tea and didn't say anything. After the two were silent for a while, Feng Zicai said, "Brother, the West Palace is the main master. In my eyes, the Heavenly King is nothing. You also see what kind of situation is Su Qixian under the rule of the Western King. The Western King who can revive the Han family in the future is the Western King. You and I are both surrenders from the Qing Dynasty. The Western King is willing to recreate our kindness and recreate our great demeanor. You must not be confused in the great festival."

Hou Yutian said after a while: "For brothers, save it." Hou Yutian and Feng Zicai used to be soldiers under Zhang Guoliang, the Qing army. Later, Hou Yutian was captured in Changsha and joined the Taiping Army. Feng Zicai was later also been defeated by the Taiping Army. Both were powerful generals in the West Hall. After the new army was trained, both of them served as regiment commanders in the New Third Army.

The whistle of the train rang out and slowly stopped at Shanghai Hongqiao Station. Hou Yutian, Feng Zicai and other more than ten officers who returned to Shanghai to report their duties got off the train. Several carriages were parked outside the station and waiting for everyone.

Hou Yutian wanted to ride in the same car with Feng Zicai, but was stopped by two reception officers. The two asked Hou Yutian to get on the last carriage with expressionless expression. Feng Zicai felt a little strange. When he wanted to ask a few more questions, a chief of staff of the division beside him pulled his sleeves and whispered: "Don't care about Nangan, that's the Intelligence Department taking people."

Feng Zicai was surprised and said, "What did Brother Hou do to take him? He is the commander of the third regiment, and if he wants to take him, it is the Ministry of War to take him. Why should the Intelligence Department take him?!"

When Feng Zicai wanted to ask again, the chief of staff pulled the carriage into the carriage. There were two regiment commanders in the same carriage, both of whom looked at Feng Zicai strangely. Feng Zicai ignored the two men, who were two infantry commanders of the Second Division. During the New Third Army, they often fought with him and had no friendship. At that moment, Feng Zicai hurriedly asked the chief of staff: "Chief Zhang, what has Brother Hou committed? Why should the Intelligence Department take people?"

The Chief of Staff Zhang was named Zhang Mingjing, who was surrendered to the Taiping Army in Changsha. He was originally a teacher, but later served as the Chief of Staff of the Third Division where Feng Zicai was located. Zhang Mingjing whispered: "There is something wrong with him."

Feng Zicai felt even more confused when he saw Zhang Mingjing pointing to his own head. A commander of the second division on the side said sarcastically: "Sure enough, those who surrendered from Qing Yao have many thoughts."

Feng Zicai was furious, and Zhang Mingjing hurriedly persuaded him and shouted: "You don't say a few words, what's wrong with Qing Yao surrendering? If you surrender to Taiping, you will still be a good man in our Han family!"

Another regiment commander sneered: "What's your three divisions so proud? In the last battle of Guangde, if your three divisions had not stopped in time and had Hu Yihuang's troops retreated, our New Third Army would have long since disarmed all of Hu Yihuang's troops."

Feng Zicai could no longer hold back, and the tiger roared and punched him, and the few people started to fight in the carriage. It was not until the reception officer and the military police arrived that they pulled the few people away. Then he saw that the four of them were all bruised and swollen. Zhang Mingjing finally couldn't help but attack because of the two regiment commanders and the third division where he was.

The reception officer was happy when he saw it: "Okay, the two commanders of the Second Division and the chief of staff of the Third Division, and one commander fought. Let's see what kind of face you have to meet the King of the West later!" The four of them couldn't help but feel uneasy when they heard this.

The carriage soon came to the martial arts lecture school, and the reception officers led Zhang Mingjing, Feng Zicai and others to Xuanwu Tower. After Feng Zicai got off the carriage, he found that several of the more than ten officers who came back from the same carriage were missing, and not only Hou Yutian was taken away. Feng Zicai didn't know where Hou Yutian was taken by the people of the Intelligence Department, but he knew that the Intelligence Department had always been directly under the jurisdiction of the Western King's Lady, and sometimes even the Western King could not get in.

Zhang Mingjing's eyes turned dark, Feng Zicai broke the corners of his eyes, and when he looked at the two team leaders in the same car, they were all embarrassed to fall at the end of the team, and they all hurried in the back.

The King of the West and the Minister of War Li Kaifang were both in the Holy Martial Arts Hall. Li Kaifang returned to Shanghai to report his duties. The Fujian War Zone was handed over to Lin Qirong. Seeing the officers coming in, the King of the West signaled everyone to sit down. Zhang Mingjing and Feng Zicai sat at the end, but the King of the West saw the four of them in a slightest sight. He then laughed and said, "Mr. Zhang, I didn't expect you to hit people too? I remember when you first joined the army in Changsha, you said every day that you should be convinced with virtue."

The King of Westerners always called Zhang Mingjing Mr. At that time, scholars were rare among the people who joined the army in Changsha, and they respected them very much. Zhang Mingjing did not expect that these years have passed. The King of Westerners still remembered this. He stood up and said a little embarrassedly: "It is wrong for me to beat people. Please punish me."

The King of Western waved his hand and put away his smile, and said coldly: "You four are indifferent to military discipline and superiors and subordinates, Chen Feng and Gao Di, you two are colonel commanders, how can you attack the chief of staff of the division headquarters?! Is there any difference between military-level high ground? Well?!"

Chen Feng and Gao Di were the two commanders of the Second Division. Upon hearing this, they hurriedly stood up and stood attentively to admit their mistakes. The King of Westerners didn't say anything. He looked at Li Kaifang, and Li Kaifang said in a singular manner: "You are not superiors and subordinates, you should be demoted to one level and be whipped twenty times. Can you two be convinced?!"

Chen Feng muttered in a low voice: "It was Captain Feng's move first."

The palace was silent. Although Chen Feng's words were light, Li Kaifang still heard it. Li Kaifang snorted and said, "The mistake Feng Zicai made has been dealt with. I just ask if you agree with your actions?"

The two of them hurriedly stood attentively and shouted: "No problem!"

Li Kaifang nodded and said, "After the meeting is over, go to the Military Law Department to lead the whip by yourself!"

The King of Westerners tapped the table with his fingers, cleared his throat and stood up and said, "There have been frequent wars recently. Although there are many military affairs, we cannot relax. This time we call you back, we found that there have been many problems in the new army recently. Some people formed gangs in the army, and divided them into old brothers in Guangxi, brothers in the Tiandihui, and officials in the Qing army. I ask you, are your soldiers supported by these gangs?! Hum?!"

When the officers heard this, they all felt uncomfortable. Whether it was the officers and soldiers in the West Palace, they were all divided into factions, and some were even divided into factions according to their regions, such as the Hunan regiment, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regiment, etc., as well as the Guangxi brothers, the Heaven and Earth Association brothers, etc. Although they had not caused any substantial damage to the army, the Western King did not allow such factions to appear in the new army. At that time, the new army was in chaos and re-engineering. Unexpectedly, the factions began to recover in just a short time.

This cannot be blamed for anyone. People are social animals living in groups. Whenever they go, they always like to find fellow villagers and people with the same experience as themselves. This is easy to take care of. This is inevitable. Although it is impossible, the King of Westerners hopes that it can be improved through regular ideological education. At the same time, officers also need to be transferred frequently to ensure balance. Therefore, this time, the officers are recalled in batches for education, and at the same time arrange the matters of officers to be transferred.

After some educational words, Xiao Yungui didn't know how much they listened to, but he could only talk about this verbally. It depends on the officer's mobilization. He hopes to balance some factional forces in the army through the mobilization of officers, suppress some people, and elevate some people, and always keep the new army in a balance.

Especially in this special period, we must calm the hearts of the people in military and political affairs, and keep everyone in the same voice, so that we can continue to fight with Tianjing and Qing army. It is easy to deal with the officers who formed gangs in the army, but in the army, some people in the government offices will always stand in the wrong team. For these people and those fence-bearing widows, the West Palace must be removed this time. This even more difficult thing is done by the Intelligence Department under Hong Yuner. Xiao Yungui is very grateful to this virtuous support. In Hong Yuner's words, she came to Shanghai to help the Western King stabilize the internal affairs. She doesn't mind carrying some infatuation. After all, someone has to do this kind of thing, and she doesn't mind being the "Empress Lü" of the Western King.
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