Chapter 37: Encounter on the Street

  Just after discussing the training of each department with Wang Huai and Cheng Peng, Fourth Son came in holding a large name card and said: "Captain, there is a gentleman outside who wishes to see you. He says his master has some business to discuss."

  Since returning from Tibet, Yang Xing has been deeply respected by the people of Sichuan for his significant contributions in the Western Expedition, and is often invited to attend gatherings to accumulate connections.

  He took over the name post and saw that it was Mr. Zhang Lan's, in order to elect the President, decided to convene the National Assembly in 1913 (early 1913), Mr. Zhang Lan, with his passion for revolution, decided to resign as the Pacification Commissioner of Northern Sichuan and run for the National People's Congress.

  Tonight's founding evening will be held at Wangjiang Pavilion in Chengdu, and Yang Xing is specially invited to attend.

  At once worried, Yang Xing's past experience told him that this time the National Assembly member was absolutely a virtual position and could not play the role expected by the Constitutionalists, the Kuomintang and others. ?? Patriot warlord 37

  Yuan Shikai, in order to restrict the role of the National Assembly and to resist the Kuomintang's formation of a cabinet, ruthlessly killed Mr. Song Jiaoren, a founding elder of the Kuomintang, thereby triggering the Second Revolution.

  Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhang decided to run for this National Assembly member, and immediately decided to go to the meeting to persuade Mr. Zhang.

  He said to Wang Huixu beside him: "Brother Wang, Mr. Zhang is going to participate in the National Congress election and invites us brothers to go congratulate him today. I'll head to the military school first, we'll meet later."

  Wang Xiu heard this and also took out an invitation: "Captain, I've also received one. We'll go too, right?"

  Yang Xing asked in surprise, Wang Xun replied with a smile: "Captain, how could you forget? I am from Xichong, and I am a fellow townsman of Mr. Zhang's."

  The two men looked at each other and burst out laughing, and Yang Xing immediately went to the Army Officer School to see his sworn brother.

  Since returning to Chengdu, Wang Mingchang and Li Jiayu had also visited Yang Xing twice, but due to busy military affairs, they have not returned the visit so far, which made Wang Mingchang somewhat dissatisfied.

  Besides, everyone will graduate next year. Why not gather old classmates at that time? In this way, we can take the initiative in the future Sichuan warlord struggle. It is worth knowing that Liu Xiang's victory in history was based on his quick-witted classmates.

  With four babies in tow, they arrived at the Army Officer School in less than an hour.

  Everyone was on a break between classes, Captain John saw Yang Xing come back and was very happy. He said to Yang Xing: "Hey, Yang, long time no see! Finally back at our alma mater. This morning's subject is tactical explanation, just in time to share some tactics with everyone. I have never had the experience of fighting against an army of tens of thousands."

  Yang Xing was also quite happy and originally wanted to take this opportunity to reunite with his classmates and strengthen their bond, so he immediately agreed.

  Wang Mingzhang saw Yang Xing coming and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "Zhengdong, I thought you had forgotten about your brothers. It's been over a month since we returned to Chengdu, and we've come to see you twice, but you didn't even bother to visit us."

  He immediately turned around and said to Li Jiayu: "Big brother, second brother has come to see us."

  Li Jiayu's behavior has always been stern and serious, but when he saw Yang Xing, he shook hands with him and said to Wang Mingzhang: "Zizhong, I told you not to blame Zhen Dong. You don't know how complicated things are when you're in office. You've always complained that your second brother didn't come to see us, but now he's here."

  After everyone had a warm conversation, Yang Xing explained the Western Expedition to everyone.

  Everyone felt strange, facing the 8,000-strong rebel army, the model regiment was suddenly attacked at night, but not only did they not panic, but instead calmly responded and defeated the rebels.

  As soon as he sat down, everyone asked him questions one after another. In order to win over more comrades in the future, Yang Xing patiently shared with them, from combat will, tactics, firepower deployment, fortification construction, and so on, until noon when everyone was still reluctant to part with him.

  To win over these former comrades, Yang Xing immediately invited everyone to visit the Model Troop when they were free, to inspect the military appearance and discipline of the Model Troop on the spot, and welcomed everyone to come to the Model Troop for development.

  In the afternoon, when I saw that the time was almost up, I immediately reported to Captain John and also helped Li Jiayu and Wang Mingzhang ask for a leave. After shaking hands with everyone, I left. ?? Ai Guo Jun Fa 37

  On the road, Yang Xing told Li Wang and others about the situation of the Model Troop and what happened after Yin Changheng left as the Grand Governor, including some people's attempts to dissolve and split the Model Troop.

  Wang Mingchang was furious as soon as he heard it, saying: "These officials only know how to fight for fame and fortune, buy and dissolve, do they still look like revolutionaries? How can the revolution be successful, but everyone is still doing things in the same way as the Qing government in the past, despicable and shameless."

  Yang Xing laughed and said: "The Wuchang Revolution, the revolutionary situation in various parts of the country has just begun, but most of them are only superficial. Many people still hang democracy and freedom on the wall, and talk about loyalty and filial piety. If this continues, China may have big problems."

  Li Jiayu also said: "Some revolutionaries now feel very disappointed, jokingly saying that they only drove away an emperor, but a situation of vassals contending with each other has appeared."

  Yang Xing also echoed: "Yes, looking at the current domestic situation, it's quite complicated. Moreover, Beijing is determined to undermine the revolutionary forces and expand the Beiyang warlord faction. If things get out of control, there might be decades of turmoil."

  Greatly shocked, Wang Mingzhang asked: "How can this be? What shall we do?"

  Li Jiayu pulled at Wang Mingzhang's sleeve and said: "Zi Zhong, don't be in a hurry. Zheng Dong has probably already thought of a plan and is coming to ask for our opinions."

  Yang Xing burst out laughing: "Still, big brother understands little brother. Little brother has an immature opinion and brings it out for the two brothers to examine and see if it's feasible. After Commander-in-Chief leaves, on the surface Hu Jingyi controls all of Sichuan, but who knows what hidden undercurrents are surging beneath? The Northern warlords in the north have already controlled Shaanxi, with their military might pointing straight at Sichuan. Our neighbor Yunnan has a powerful National Army, and Cai E is one of the three heroes of the Republic. Yunnan's land is scarce and its people are few, the lives of its people far from comparable to those of us in Sichuan. After solidifying their hold on Yunnan, it's highly likely they'll expand into our Sichuan. Moreover, the National Army in Wuchang and others all want to occupy this treasure land of Sichuan, a heavenly kingdom with rich resources, where people live in abundance, and as a foundation for vassals to contend for hegemony. These things, that Commander-in-Chief sees but doesn't notice, single-mindedly thinking of eliminating our pro-Yuan forces, if we stay in Chengdu, sooner or later we'll be calculated by him. Why not leave Chengdu and retreat a step, with the vast ocean and sky?"

  At the sound of this, Wang Mingzhang nodded repeatedly and asked hastily where he was going, where he was going?

  Li Jiayu smiled and said: "Zi Zhong, this is also one of the reasons why General Zhen brought us to meet Mr. Zhang."

  They immediately understood, and Wang Mingzhang smiled: "It seems that you two are both wise debaters, I'd rather admit defeat."

  Yang Xing laughed and said: "Brother Zi Zhong, are you a good person? I won't expose your cunning ways one by one."

  Wang Mingzhang loudly cried injustice, using his hand to push Yang Xingdao: "Zhengdong, how could I be as cunning as you, actually secretly learning English without letting us know."

  Yang Xingyi was caught off guard and was countered by Wang Mingzhang with a slanted move, causing him to fall to one side.

  Decades later, when mentioning this matter again, Wang Mingzhang firmly refused to admit it, always thinking that Yang Xing was a rascal, seeing a pretty girl next to him and actually colliding with her.

  Cutting to the chase, with Wang Mingzhang's push, he retreated several steps and bumped into someone, feeling soft, and immediately cried out in alarm.

  He hastily turned around and saw that he had bumped into a girl. The woman was of medium build, wearing a green cloak, and was knocked forward, almost falling to the ground.

  Steady herself, looking at the troublemaker, although her face was still not holding up, but only contained complaints, her red face seemed to be asking for a reason.

  Yang Xing stared blankly at the woman, who was very beautiful, especially her face, which was extremely clean and delicate, making people want to pinch it.

  Yang Xing helped up the green-cloaked woman and held her small hand foolishly.

  In the early days of the Republic, although the atmosphere was quite open, the distinction between men and women was extremely strict. For a young military officer to hold someone's hand in public like that was a shocking thing.

  The woman looked away, feeling embarrassed, and quickly pulled back a small amount, her face flushing red to the neck. ?? Nationalist warlord 37

  A woman in a red cloak pushed Yang Xing aside and scolded, "What are you doing? In broad daylight, you dare to be a rascal in public."

  Turning back to see Wang Mingzhang and others foolishly smiling, he knew that his behavior was really too much, so he immediately made a fist and said: "Miss, it's me who is being rude, I was just playing with my friends earlier, very sorry."

  Turning around to face the green-haired girl who had been knocked down, he said: "Miss, are you hurt? Let me have my guard escort you to the hospital for a check-up."

  That woman in red cloak blocked the way and said to Yang Xing: "You little scoundrel, what do you think you're doing? In broad daylight, is this a place for you soldiers to run amok?"

  Wang Mingzhang was furious, saying: "This young lady, you look like a refined person, how can you speak so unpleasantly? My brother accidentally injured your friend and is apologizing, why do you start talking about fighting as soon as you open your mouth? Such talk is also quite unpleasant."

  Knowing it was his fault, Yang Xing apologized again. The woman in the red cloak continued to scold and curse, saying that she had simply encountered a bandit, so barbaric.

  Wang Mingzhang's face turned red with rage, and he bellowed: "You dare to scold people like this! If I didn't see that you're a girl, I'd beat you up, believe it or not?"

  When she heard that Wang Mingzhang was going to whip himself, the red-cloaked young woman flew into a rage and shouted: "Quickly come see, the soldier is going to whip someone!"

  Yang Xing hastily stopped Wang Mingzhang and apologized repeatedly.

  That green cloak girl pulled the young woman and said: "Sister, don't shout, look at this big brother isn't apologizing vigorously?"

  The young woman, upon hearing this, thought of her own urgent matter and immediately pointed at the crowd, saying: "What are you being tough about? If you have the ability, go be tough with the model troops. Look at the model troops, do they look like you guys, coming out and yelling nonsense at us women?"

  Upon hearing the praise for the model troops, Yang Xing was overjoyed and said: "Thank you for your admiration of our model troops. Here, I represent all the officers and men of the model troops to express our gratitude."

  The young woman listened and was overjoyed: "Oh, you represent the model regiment, you represent the model regiment, so what does General Yang Xingyang represent?"

  Yang Xing hadn't spoken yet, when Wang Mingzhang asked from behind: "Sister, it seems you know Commander Yang Xing? Can you introduce us to him later, so we can get into the model regiment?"

  The young woman heard this and frowned, saying: "A soldier like you wants to join the model regiment? How could Yang Xing accept a good-for-nothing like you who would harm the people?"

  Wang Mingzhang originally liked noisy people, and as soon as he heard the young woman say this, he immediately made a joke: "Sister, don't you know Yang Xing, and you're cheating us here?"

  The young woman immediately glared and said, "Auntie doesn't know Commander Yang Xingyang, but our family's aunt does. She knows Commander Yang, you'd better stop spouting nonsense, or else the model company brothers will come to clean up you soldiers."

  As soon as they heard that the woman in green cloak was hit, Yang Xing and Li Jia Yu were shocked. They stared at Yang Xing, seemingly saying: "You rascal, where did you get into a romantic affair?"

  Embarrassed by being stared at, Yang Xing had no choice but to ask: "Miss, I'm very sorry, may I ask how you know Yang Xing?"

  The young woman saw Yang Xing staring tightly at her little sister, and immediately shouted: "Get out, get out, or else the model team will come to clean you up."

  The girl raised her head and said lightly: "This military officer, I am not very familiar with Yang Xingyang. A few years ago, we were classmates at Pengzhou Elementary School, so we know each other."

  Suddenly he exclaimed: "General, what's your name? Who are you?"

  When asked by the beauty, Yang Xing had no choice but to reply: "This classmate, I am Yang Xing, deputy head of the model team. However, although the young lady looks a bit familiar, Xing suddenly can't remember."

  The woman listened and immediately felt a little disappointed: "Oh, you noble people often forget things. You are a hidden hero, a fierce general of the Sichuan army, so it's natural that you wouldn't remember us unknown people."

  At once he was about to pull the young woman and say: "Sister-in-law, let's go."

  The young woman also felt surprised, with eyes wide open, the obedient young military officer from just now was actually Yang Xing, and her own little sister had grabbed onto her wanting to leave, for a moment she didn't know what to do.

  Yang Xing saw the situation and immediately intercepted the way: "Miss, it's really embarrassing that I forgot your name, please forgive me." He immediately made a very civilized bow.

  Li Jiayu also explained: Miss, it seems you really misunderstood this brother. During a military training exercise before the new year, Brother Yang was seriously injured and when he woke up, he was dizzy and confused. Some things from the past he remembered very clearly, while others he didn't remember at all!!!