Republic of China: My great warlord, many children, many blessings.

Back in 1912, the negotiations for a democratic republic were successful.

Yuan Shikai gave Zhang Zuolin a secret letter to reassure him.

The letter stated that as long as Zhang Zuolin supported the Republic, he would be granted all military power in the three northeastern provinces after the Qing emperor abdicated.

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Zhang Zuolin immediately replied, expressing his firm support for the republic and eagerly anticipating the arrival of the appointment letter.

But I never expected to be tricked.

On February 12, 1912, Yuan Shikai ousted the young emperor Puyi from the throne and assumed the position of provisional president, seizing power.

At this time, Zhang Zuolin's appointment letter arrived, but after reading it, Zhang Zuolin cursed.

Yuan Shikai reorganized Zhang Zuolin's patrol battalion into the 27th Division of the National Defense Army and appointed Zhang Zuolin as the division commander.

The real power of the Fengtian Governor-General fell into the hands of Zhang Zuolin's "godfather," Zhang Xiluan, which was clearly a way of suppressing Zhang Zuolin.

Although Zhang Zuolin was dissatisfied with this arrangement, he outwardly supported it while secretly expanding his own troops.

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Zhang Zuolin firmly believed that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Under the pretext of suppressing bandits, he asked Yuan Shikai for money to expand his troops. Gradually, his power in Fengtian became unshakeable.

Now that Zhang Zuolin has gained enough power, he no longer takes his 70-year-old "adoptive father," Zhang Xiluan, the military governor of Fengtian, seriously and has begun to plot how to take over.

At that time, there was a saying in Fengtian: "If you want to become an official, go to Zhang Zuolin." Zhang Zuolin had no administrative power, so why go to him?

It turned out that although Zhang Xiluan was the Governor-General of Fengtian, he had no troops under his command. If he disagreed with the personnel appointments proposed by Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zuolin would lead his guards to the Governor-General's Mansion to cause trouble. The 71-year-old Zhang Xiluan really had no way to deal with his adopted son.

Shen Hao was one of the people Zhang Zuolin was trying to win over.

How could Zhang Zuolin not befriend a young talent who could take down two brigades from a county magistrate?

Moreover, with one in the south and one in the north having no conflict of interest, they are the best allies.

Shen Hao also received a telegram from Zhang Zuolin.

First came congratulations, followed by an expression of their desire to get married.

Zhang Shoufang is Zhang Xueliang's older sister. The actress who plays Zhang Shoufang in "The Young Marshal" is the same actress who plays the eldest sister-in-law, Gao Ye, in "Wildfire".

Shen Hao was very satisfied with the appearance.

He immediately replied, expressing his willingness to personally travel to Fengtian to arrange the marriage.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai also sent a telegram to Shen Hao.

On January 15, 1913, more than 7000 guns and a batch of bullets ordered by Li Liejun, the governor of western Jiangxi, from the Japanese pirates had arrived in Jiujiang.

I ordered Ge Ke'an, the garrison commander of Jiujiang, to detain the weaponry on the grounds that it had not been approved by the Ministry of War.

"You should immediately send troops to intercept this shipment of weapons."

146. You underestimated Commander Shen's power.

Shen Hao never expected that the reason Yuan Da sent the telegram was to deliver weapons to him.

More than 7000 firearms and a batch of ammunition—that's the equipment of a division. Clearly, Li Liejun has also begun planning military buildup and is preparing to expand his army.

This batch of weapons definitely wasn't approved by the Ministry of the Army; it was smuggled goods, only bought from the Japanese.

Yuan Shikai didn't dare to deal with the Japanese, but he could easily bully Li Liejun.

Ge Ke'an, the garrison commander of Jiujiang, was clearly a man of Yuan Shikai.

Shen Hao was very excited; it would be foolish not to make money when there was an opportunity.

A single Japanese rifle is more expensive than a Hanyang rifle, costing at least 50 silver dollars. 7,000 would add up to at least 350,000 silver dollars.

How could I refuse money that's being given away for free?

They've been training as new recruits for so long, it's time to take them out into battle.

Shen Hao immediately summoned Li Yunlong.

"What is it, Commander?" Li Yunlong was in the middle of a heated training session when he was suddenly summoned, still looking puzzled.

Shen Hao said, "Li Liejun, the military governor of western Jiangxi, has a batch of military supplies that has been seized by Ge Ke'an, the garrison commander of Jiujiang. President Yuan has ordered us to take them over immediately, and I'm going to send you there."

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up; this was clearly a robbery.

"Wouldn't this offend Li Liejun, the military governor of western Jiangxi, known as '030'?" Li Yunlong asked.

Shen Hao snorted and said, "So what if we offended him? We'll fight him anyway. We'll have to fight each other sooner or later."

"If I don't defeat him, who will give me my position as governor?"

"Yes, Commander," Li Yunlong replied excitedly.

If Shen Hao were the governor, he would be promoted to division commander, which is a lieutenant general – truly impressive.

"Immediately mobilize two brigades, lightly equipped, for this mission. We're not going to fight; we're going to seize weapons, understand?" Shen Hao said.

"Understood," Li Yunlong replied with a salute.

"go"

Shen Hao was in a great mood after Li Yunlong left.

In terms of equipment, Shen Hao's equipment at this moment is absolutely the elite of the elite. In terms of tactics, Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei are decades ahead of them. How can they fight this battle?

Besides, there's also the help of Ge Ke'an, the garrison commander of Jiujiang.

Who is afraid of whom?

At the same time, a scream echoed throughout the inn.

When Duanmu Mingyue regained consciousness, she found a corpse lying next to her bed—it was Wei Yunwen.

He also had an extra dagger in his hand.

At this moment, Wei Yunzhi rushed in with his men.

Everyone also saw Duanmu Mingyue holding a dagger.

"Killed!"

"How did this man die? He was killed by this woman."

"It's definitely true, no need to ask."

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Duanmu Mingyue's mind went blank; she had no idea what had happened.

Wei Yunzhi's lips curled up slightly, and then he disappeared.

"Get out, all of you!"

After driving everyone away.

Wei Yunzhi said, "Mingyue, my cousin treated you well, how could you kill him?"

Startled, Duanmu Mingyue hurriedly dropped the dagger in her hand, tears streaming down her face. She shook her head in terror, saying, "It wasn't me, it really wasn't me!"

"The facts are right in front of you, and you still want to argue?"

"It really wasn't me, I don't know either, my mind is completely blank, I have no memory of it at all."

Wei Yunzhi comforted him, "Now listen to me, and don't be afraid."

Although it appears at the scene that Wei Yunwen was drunk and intended to kill you, but you ended up killing him, there are other ways to prove that you…

Before she could finish speaking, Duanmu Mingyue shook her head in fright, desperately trying to explain, "I didn't kill him, I really didn't kill him, I have no memory of it at all."

"I didn't kill him."

I was completely terrified.

Seeing the speechless Duanmu Mingyue, Wei Yunzhi said again, "Don't worry, regardless of whether you killed the person or not, no one will dare to touch you."

Duanmu Mingyue asked in confusion, "Why?"

"Because your two daughters, Qingrou and Qingyu, are now Commander Shen's concubines, understand?"

"Who is Commander Shen?" Duanmu Mingyue was completely bewildered. Didn't she say she was going to marry Brigade Commander Shen? How come it's Commander Shen again?

The military's organizational structure and terminology were only changed last October.

Women like Duanmu Mingyue simply don't understand what a brigade commander or a division commander is.

Wei Yunzhi said, "Brigade Commander Shen has been promoted and is now a division commander and also the garrison commander of Guangdong Province. He wields immense power."

Everyone now believes that you killed my cousin Wei Yunwen.

It's no use trying to argue.

After all, my cousin treated you badly, constantly beating and scolding you, and even gave your daughter to Commander Shen. You held a grudge, so you had a reason to kill him.

This was everyone's first thought.

Duanmu Mingyue was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at Wei Yunwen on the ground. Sometimes she really wanted to kill him. Could it really be that she killed him? Why did she have no recollection of it?

There was some silence for a while.