Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 297

In a spacious and bright room in the farm, a long table made up of five or six square tables occupies most of the room, and some dried fruit preserves, teapots and tea bowls are placed on the table.

The bandit leaders took their seats one by one, and looked at Zhang Zhiqing who was sitting on the main seat. Their eyes were full of expectation and excitement. These people were waiting for Zhang Zhiqing to announce their appointment!

At this time, Zhang Zhiqing stood up, cleared his throat and said, "I will announce the appointment of the provincial government to you!"

"From now on, the provincial government has decided to establish the Yasukuni Army of Lingnan Province, and I will serve as the commander-in-chief of the Yasukuni Army!"

"Han Wenkui and Mu Hongbin will serve as lieutenant generals and deputy commanders of the Yasukuni Army!"

"Han Wenxing is the commander of the first brigade of the Yasukuni Army, Mu Hongfeng is the commander of the second brigade of the Yasukuni Army, and Xu Leiyong is the commander of the third brigade..."

The first people to be called were members of the five gentry families in Dongjiang City. These people paid people and money. Zhang Zhiqing naturally wanted to give these people high-ranking officials.

Although these admirals, lieutenant generals, and major generals are the titles they added to themselves, they didn't get permission from the capital at all.

But this group of people seemed to be too deeply involved in the drama, and they really felt that they had taken the title of general, and they were all very excited!

Then, it was the turn of the bandits from Zhegu Mountain, Heitou Valley and other places!

"Appoint Zhou Yanchang as the colonel and brigade commander of the Sixth Brigade!"

"Appoint Yao Dajiang as colonel and brigade commander of the Seventh Brigade, and Li Baishui as colonel and brigade commander of the Eighth Brigade..."

Following Zhang Zhiqing's announcements one by one, Zhou Yanchang and others also stepped forward one by one, and took from Zhang Zhiqing the letter of commission with the seal of the Yasukuni Army stamped on it!

The seal stamped on it was recently engraved by Zhang Zhiqing. As for why he didn't use the big seal of the provincial government, it was because the seals of the provincial government were taken away by Chu Liangyi's troops.

No, you can't say rob, Chu Liangyi didn't rob, he just surrounded the provincial capital with more than 500 Jiangbei Army soldiers.

Then, Zhang Zhiqing thought that the provincial government seal was too valuable and it was not safe to keep it in the provincial government, so he took the initiative to ask Chu Liangyi to keep it for him.

Chu Liangyi didn't force Zhang Zhiqing, he did it voluntarily!

The seal of the provincial government is now in the hands of Lin Hongfei of Jiangbei City, which is why Zhang Zhiqing is a puppet governor, he doesn't even have a seal!

Everyone held the letter of appointment that they had just received, all of them were smiling. Since ancient times, if they wanted to be an official, they murdered and set fire to be recruited.

Everyone is a senior bandit who fled in Lingnan Province and Shaanxi Province. After killing so many people and setting so many fires, they were finally recruited today!

But if you're happy, you're happy, bosses like Zhou Yanchang, Yao Dajiang, and Li Baishui, who have thousands of subordinates, still have a thorn in their hearts.

The reason is also simple. Thousands of brothers under him have been named a colonel and brigade commander. There are a few bandit leaders who have only a few hundred people under their command, and they are also colonel brigade commanders.

Isn't this fucking on an equal footing with Lao Tzu?

Do they have that qualification!

But Zhou Yanchang and the others didn't have an attack either. It's not that they have a good temper, it's mainly because they make trouble on such occasions, and they are easily disgusted by Zhang Zhiqing.

Zhang Zhiqing has money and guns in his hands. He has promised that after the recruitment, he will give everyone military pay and guns.

For the sake of military pay and firearms, Zhou Yanchang and others endured it for the time being.

At this time, the Yasukuni Army had not yet been reorganized, and internal cracks had already appeared.

The officials have been sealed, and the next step is to eat and drink!

However, these bandit leaders are also veterans. Although there is a good wine on the altar in front of them, they just took a few sips.

Getting drunk in other people's territory is purely because you think you have lived too long.

After drinking and eating, the bandits didn't just leave. They didn't come here just for a commission.

This group of people are also masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles. If you want them to carry guns and die with a piece of broken paper, you really underestimate them!

Zhang Zhiqing also understood the meaning of these people, and immediately took out part of the military salary and distributed it according to the number of people on each hill.

Immediately afterwards, some of the old guns purchased from the Zhensong Army were taken out and distributed to the bandits.

With money and guns, the bandits at this time finally showed a satisfied expression, and they immediately patted their chests and promised that as long as Zhang Zhiqing gave the military order, they would immediately bring their men over, and whoever they asked them to hit, they would hit. .

The bandits got the benefits, and they really chose to take refuge in Zhang Zhiqing, and then they left the farm one after another and returned to their cottages.

However, Zhang Zhiqing left the "two-gun wolf" Lang Kun alone in the Black Head Valley. Now Lang Kun should be called the commander of the Ninth Brigade of the Yasukuni Army!

"Brigade Commander Lang, I know you came from the army, unlike Zhou Yanchang and Li Baizi, you know military skills!"

"Therefore, I would like to invite you to serve as the chief of staff of the major general of the Yasukuni Army, and you will continue to serve as the commander of the Ninth Brigade."

"I don't know what you want?" Zhang Zhiqing looked at Lang Kun and said.

As early as when they met in the morning, Zhang Zhiqing was very satisfied with Lang Kun, and he had the intention of soliciting him in his heart.

Although Zhang Zhiqing claimed to be the commander of the Yasukuni Army, he did not have a direct line of troops. The soldiers in each brigade were either recruited by wealthy gentry or bandits.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Zhiqing is a bare-bones commander.

The reason why everyone is willing to listen to Zhang Zhiqing's orders is because he has the support of Zhang Dashuai, and he feels that following Zhang Zhiqing has a future!

Therefore, Zhang Zhiqing intends to recruit Lang Kun to his subordinates and become his direct line of troops!

Naturally, Lang Kun agreed in surprise. Originally, he didn't look down on the bandits around him. Now that he was recruited, he was still on an equal footing with them. This made Lang Kun very dissatisfied.

Now, Zhang Zhiqing took the initiative to promote himself, Lang Kun is naturally very willing!

"My subordinates are very grateful to the commander for his promotion, and I will go through fire and water in the future, and I will never hesitate!" Lang Kun said with a face full of promises.

Zhang Zhiqing nodded in satisfaction, and then asked his followers to lift off the felt cloth beside him, revealing the army green long wooden box underneath.

"Chief of Staff Lang, open it and have a look!" Zhang Zhiqing said with a smile.

Lang Kun opened one of the wooden boxes, and ten brand-new rifles came into view. Lang Kun couldn't help picking up one and fiddled with it a few times, admiring:

"Good gun!"

"This is much better than those old guns I just got!"

At this time, Zhang Zhiqing said with a smile: "A good gun needs a good man to use it!"

"Chief of Staff Lang was born in the army and is good at running the army. Only when these new guns are in your hands can they really play a role."

"If it's Zhou Yanchang and the others, no matter how good the gun is, they won't be able to shoot accurately!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhiqing looked at Lang Kun and said: "I will hand over these new guns to you, Chief of Staff Lang. I hope you can improve the combat effectiveness of the Ninth Brigade and become the elite of our Yasukuni Army!"

Lang Kun was very excited, and immediately saluted and said: "Please rest assured, the commander, the subordinates will definitely train an elite army for the commander!"

Zhang Zhiqing wants to get a direct line army, while Lang Kun wants to become an officer of the regular army and get rid of his identity as a bandit.

The two hit it off and formed an unbreakable alliance!