Chapter 84 Zhang Zuolin's visit

Like all modern armies, the Third Mixed Association also has its own small treasury. I don't know how the small vaults of other troops are accumulated, but Zhao Dongyun, a small treasury of the Third Mixed Association, previously relied on the accumulation of rebates for ordnance procurement, but before this was only small money, and the big head still came from the garrison. Zhao Dongyun received about 600,000 taels of silver from the household department of the Qing court for these three sums alone.

Later, Zhao Dongyun was not extravagant and did not spend much. In addition to the high cost of supplementary ammunition, there was still about half left.

However, this money cannot be used easily. These days, the troops are quite independent, and it is impossible to guarantee food and salaries all year round. Even Yuan Shikai's direct line in the six towns of Beiyang in history can't receive sufficient funds every month. Shortage and extension are common things, so Zhao Dongyun Part of the funds must be set aside for emergencies.

In addition, he also expects to use this amount of money to add a new ordnance gun to himself.

As for the funds needed for the expansion of the army, the maintenance funds are mainly due to the misappropriation of the funds of the Jinzhou patrol battalion and the defense expenses allocated by Fengtian, while the cost of purchasing ordnance at the training place can only be slowly found.

Anyway, the war did not break out so quickly, and there are many old guns in the hands of the Third Mixed Association. There are more than 1,000 Mauser single-shot rifles of the 1871 series alone, and there are many other Martini rifles. Most of these rifles are used by the Third Mixed Association before.

With the gradual replacement of Fuyuan-made Type 88 rifles, these old single-pack rifles were not thrown away directly, but are still in stock. On the one hand, they are used to train new recruits, and on the other hand, they are in reserve.

In addition to the third mixed association's own stock of old guns, more than 1,000 old guns were also obtained in the process of reorganising the Jinzhou patrol camp.

Therefore, although the new fast grab is still insufficient in the Third Mixed Association, there are many old guns. It is enough to train the newly expanded troops in the early stage. It is not too late to slowly purchase the rifle production of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory.

"I don't know what to call this new label?" Although the expansion of the army has been decided, Lin Yongquan still can't decide on these general directions, but seeing that the new soldiers recruited from Zhili have arrived, and the original old soldiers have also been trained. It won't be long before they can be integrated into an infantry standard, and they can't be without a name.

Zhao Dongyun said, "It is naturally impossible to continue to use the name of Jinzhou patrol battalion, but you can't let the other side of Jinzhou patrol camp become empty shelves, otherwise I'm afraid that there will be opinions after the superiors look at it. In this way, the new troops will transfer a battalion of old army to the jurisdiction of Jinzhou patrol battalion, and the remaining old army and newly recruited soldiers will be organized into two battalions. Build a supplementary bid."

"Additional mark?" This noun is very fresh, and Lin Yongquan heard it for the first time: "I don't know what the constitution is?"

Zhao Dongyun looked up at Lin Yongquan and usually felt that this man was smart. Why did he have such a low awareness today? He immediately said slightly dissatisfiedly, "As the name implies, to supplement the combat power for the reserve!"

After thinking about it, he said, "You take care of this supplementary mark first!"

Although Lin Yongquan's performance is a little slow today, he is Zhao Dongyun's confidant anyway, and it is more reassuring to give him the supplementary standard to control Zhao Dongyun.

In addition, although there are many officers in the Third Mixed Association, there are not many officers who can find an officer who can serve as the first standard, and there are fewer people who can make Zhao Dongyun trust. Pei Lianying, the tenth standard gang is one, but because Zhao Dongyun is also the tenth standard leader, Pei Lianying is actually responsible for the tenth standard affairs. Later, Zhao Dongyun also planned to hand over the tenth standard to him.

Except for Pei Lianying, several other battalion officers and assistants are slightly less qualified, so although Lin Yongquan has always been Zhao Dongyun's deputy to deal with sundries and has never served as the chief officer of the army, Zhao Dongyun can only let him have a try.

Zhao Dongyun took the salary from the bottom of the Jinzhou patrol camp and used this to compile a supplementary bid. In addition, Zhao Dongyun did not completely abolish the Jinzhou patrol camp. At least he also left a battalion, which made the local officials in Jinzhou and the people sent by Feng Tian Zengqi feel relieved at all. It is known that most of the military expenditure they gave has been misappropriated by Zhao Dongyun.

The preparation work of the supplementary target is very low-key. Outsiders don't even know that Zhao Dongyun has expanded his army, but it has caused a great impact within the Third Mixed Association. Why? Because there are three battalions in the newly compiled Jinzhou patrol battalion and the supplementary target, which represents a unified belt and one One gang, three management leaders, three gang leaders, and twelve team officers.

Few people are willing to go to the Jinzhou patrol camp, and those team officers are even unwilling to be in charge, because the Jinzhou patrol camp and the Beiyang New Army are different systems. Although this Jinzhou patrol camp is under the jurisdiction of Zhao Dongyun, what will happen after the third mixed coordination leaves? This Jinzhou patrol camp has to be re-owned by Fengtian.

In this way, those Beiyang direct officers were willing to serve. In the end, there was nothing he could do. Zhao Dongyun could only choose a few people from a few team officers and platoon leaders who were willing to serve. The management of the Jinzhou patrol battalion was the former ninth standard third battalion rear team officer.

Compared with the Jinzhou patrol and defense battalion, no one is willing to go, but many people want to go to supplement the standard. Although this unit is not yet officially formed by Beiyang, it is at least a non-staff force of the Third Mixed Association. This transfer is still regarded as the Beiyang system, and the transfer was generally promoted in the past, so it is very Many middle and low-level officers aimed at the positions of the two battalion officers.

Finally, Lin Yongquan also served as the general leader of the supplementary bid. Qin Longbiao from the third battalion of the previous 10th Bid was transferred to the supplementary standard gang. Yu Yuanqin, the former team officer of the 2nd Battalion of the 10th Bid was transferred to the management belt of the 1st Battalion of the supplementary bid. Yang Jiayi, the right team of the 2nd Battalion of the 9th Bid was transferred to the management belt of the 2nd Battalion of the supplementary bid. The rest of the gang leaders and team officers were not mentioned for the time being. .

In order to compile this supplementary bid, the Third Mixed Association has been busy with this matter almost throughout late July and early August. In addition to Zhao Dongyun, Lin Yongquan and other directly related personnel, even Chen Guangyuan, who has little to do with it, is busy. Zhao Dongyun took a fancy to his ability to reorganize the old army, and almost handed over the preliminary consolidation of the Jinzhou patrol camp to him.

It can be said that Chen Guangyuan integrated the Jinzhou patrol camp before editing and training supplementary standards. Moreover, due to the large number of old soldiers retained, Chen Guangyuan was also at the request of Lin Yongquan to go to the supplementary bid and Jinzhou patrol battalion to help Lin Yongquan rectify the old. Military soldiers.

In late August, Zeng Qi heard that the reorganization of the Jinzhou patrol camp had been quite effective. He said that after he had trained into the new army 500, he praised Zhao Dongyun, and asked Zhao Dongyun to send new army officers to train another Fengtian patrol camp for him, that is, Zhang Zuolin's patrol. Anti-horse guerrillas.

Hearing the news, Zhao Dongyun couldn't laugh bitterly and went to help Zhang Zuolin train troops? Just kidding!

Zhang Zuolin, a famous warlord in later generations, is now just a small bandit. Last year, he was incorporated into an officer and army, from a bandit to an official bandit. This year, with the spring breeze of the establishment of the Jinzhou patrol camp, Zhang Zuolin's headquarters and the Xinminfu patrol battalion were jointly organized into the Fengtian patrol battalion Mabu guerrillas, and he also said bluntly. We should follow the example of the Beiyang Standing Army and reorganize it into a new army.

More than a month later, it is estimated that he knew that it was impossible to train a new army by relying on bandits. In addition, after seeing that more than 500 new troops were trained by Zhao Dongyun in Jinzhou patrol battalion, he had the idea of asking Zhao Dongyun to help him train a new army.

However, in Zhao Dongyun's view, this kind of thing is purely idle. He is not Zengqi's subordinate. Although Zhao Dongyun took part of Fengtian's cooperative pay, this is not what Zhao Dongyun asked for, but what Zengqi had to give. To put it rudely, Zengqi was General Shengjing, but Zhao Dongyun didn't pay attention to him.

Now a large China, only Yuan Shikai is qualified to dictate to Zhao Dongyun, and Zhao Dongyun ignores the rest!

Zengqi asked him to send someone to train Zhang Zuolin. If it was clear that Zhang Zuolin's troops would be handed over to him for consolidation and control, then Zhao Dongyun would definitely raise his hands to welcome him and immediately recruit Zhang Zuolin's troops, but that's not. Zengqi asked him to send someone to help Zhang Zuolin train troops.

This kind of thing is beneficial to others, and in the long run, it is even harmful to others!

So Zhao Dongyun didn't give Zengqi any face, and directly refused on the grounds of the shortage of officials and other reasons. It was originally said that this matter was over. Zengqi could not force him to help Zhang Zuolin train soldiers, but what he didn't expect was that there was a follow-up to this matter!

In late August, Zhao Dongyun, who had just returned to his daughter's township after going to Songshan Town to inspect military affairs, heard the report of his subordinates and said that Zhang Zuolin asked for a meeting!

"How did the bandit leader come to see himself?" Zhao Dongyun was a little confused. You should know that he had no contact with Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin in later generations may be a great warlord, but now, he is a bandit leader of only a few hundred people under him. In Zhao Dongyun's heart, he is one of the people who can be ignored.

Because he is at the core of the Beiyang, there are a lot of warlords in later generations, so Zhao Dongyun has long been curious about those so-called historical celebrities. Although he has heard about Zhang Zuolin after coming to Jinzhou, Zhao Dongyun has never paid much attention to him. He is busy expanding the army and preparing for war. A small role.

Zhao Dongyun was too lazy to guess why Zhang Zuolin came to see him, because he didn't plan to see him at all. If any cat and dog wanted to see him, he would have to be very busy, so he waved his hand directly: "Just say I'm busy and let Dongping send him away!"

After learning that Zhao Dongyun did not see him, Zhang Zuolin's face was full of disappointment, but he did not dare to be presumptuous when he looked at the headquarters of the Third Mixed Association. Finally, he followed Zhao Dongping's pace, but he still did not give up and said to Zhao Dongping, "Mr. Zhao, I'm working in Zhenyi Building at night. Please be sure to appreciate it!"

While talking, a silver ticket has appeared in the palm of your hand!

Zhao Dongping's eyes were very good. At a glance, he saw that the amount on the silver ticket was 500 taels of silver. He immediately took it quietly and said, "Then nag Zhang Guan for a meal!"