Years of the Republic of China 1913

When we arrived at the hotel, Xiong Shihui hadn't come back yet, Fang Zida was not in a hurry, he went into his room and closed his eyes to rest. After a few hours, he finally woke up with a light knock on the door, opened the door and Xiong Shihui came.

"Mr. Fang, Zhao Hengti's adjutant has seen it, but he said that Master Zhao is not in Nanjing for the time being..." Entering the room, Xiong Shihui reported the situation in a low voice, with a somewhat depressed expression, as if he felt that his work was not done well.

After carefully asking about the situation at that time, he repeatedly confirmed that Xiong Shihui went to see Zhao Hengti according to the way he explained. After asking, Fang Zida nodded, indicating that he knew.

"Mr. Fang, am I tomorrow..." Xiong Shihui asked hesitantly before leaving.

"No need, you can find a place for yourself tomorrow. It's rare to come to Nanjing. It's boring to be bored in the room. Remember not to cause trouble." Fang Zida waved his hand and said, Xiong Shihui was stunned, then seemed to understand something, nodded and turned around leave.

He had a good night's rest in the hotel that day, and when Liu Zhi and Xiong Shihui went out the next day, Fang Zida summoned Zhang Huchen to accompany him, found a book and sat by the window, and read it leisurely.

Time passed by every minute and every second, until the guests finally came near noon.

"Mr. Fang from Beijing lives here?" Zhang Huchen opened the door, and a young face appeared behind the door. Fang Zida had already told him that he just nodded and turned slightly to get out of the way.

The young man stood at the door and did not come in directly, but looked at the situation inside the house with his eyes. Seeing Fang Zida sitting by the window closing the book in his hand and smiling at him, the young man backed out of the door. In came the skinny man in the top hat.

"Fang Zida."

"Zhao Hengti."

Seemingly knowing each other's identity, the two approached each other and shook hands.At this moment, Zhang Huchen and the young man from just now quietly exited the room, closing the door behind them.

"This is a letter from Mr. Dunchu to Master Zhao." When Zhao Hengti sat down, Fang Zida took out the letter he had prepared and handed it over, then lit a cigar and smoked quietly.

The letter was not long and was read quickly, but Zhao Hengti did not speak, but read it several times carefully in his hand.

"Mr. Fang, I understand why you are here, but it's not easy to deal with this right now!" Handing the letter back to Fang Zida, Zhao Hengti shook his head and sighed.

"Oh, can you tell me the hard way?" After receiving the letter, Fang Zida struck a match and lit it, and asked with a smile in the light of the beating fire.

Zhao Hengti's political inclination is towards Song Jiaoren, otherwise he would not have sent Fang Zida to go on this trip. He was stunned for a moment, and then he said: "Tan Yankai, the Governor of Hunan Province, made a power call a few days ago, claiming that Hunan's troops are insufficient, and I need my first The Eighth Division supported dispatching a regiment to assist in the defense, and Lin Hu also proposed to me the day before yesterday to take a regiment to Jiangxi, these requests... I could not refuse."

Nodding slightly, Fang Zida expressed his understanding. Tan Yankai and Zhao Hengti had a very good personal relationship, and Zhao Hengti was able to sit on the position of the commander of the Eighth Division. Tan Yankai made a lot of efforts at the beginning, but now Tan Yankai is the governor of Hunan. The lack of troops requires the Eighth Division to assist in the defense. Hunan is originally Hunan. The human Zhao Hengti couldn't refuse.As for Lin Hu, this person used to be the head of Huang Xing's guard regiment. When the Eighth Division was reorganized, Huang Xing transferred Lin Hu's regiment to the Eighth Division in order to increase the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Division. Most of the division members were from Guangxi. After Lin Hu's regiment was integrated into the Eighth Division, it was incompatible with the Guangxi soldiers and officers of the original Eighth Division, and conflicts often occurred.In addition, Lin Hu and Li Liejun are classmates and friends, so they naturally thought of defecting to Li Liejun after staying uncomfortable in the Eighth Division. Moreover, under the current situation, Li Liejun, whose whereabouts are unknown, is likely to lurk back to Jiangxi. It must have been discussed with Li Liejun that Hu led the troops to Jiangxi.

"Have these things been done?" Fang Zida asked.

"Not yet, but it will be soon." Zhao Hengti smiled wryly and spread his hands, "To tell you the truth, Brother Zhang Ming, although I, Zhao, is the commander of the Eighth Division, but not all the troops under my command are under my command, and you know the current situation , the following regiment leaders are all ready to move, if they are forced to stay in Nanjing, there will be big troubles, if this is the case, it is better to let them..."

"This is absolutely impossible!" Fang Zida stood up suddenly, and said with a stern expression: "Mr. Zhao, the Eighth Division is a KMT team. It is the country's elite, not someone's profit tool. What is the army relying on? If not, it will be banned." What? Come whenever you want, leave whenever you want? Where is the Eighth Division?" Fang Zida cursed angrily, then pointed at Zhao Hengti and said unceremoniously: "Mr. Zhao, I know you are afraid of wolves and tigers What are you worrying about? Don’t you just worry about procedures and public opinion? These are the biggest concerns in your heart! But you have to know that revolution is not about treating guests to dinner, writing articles, or painting and embroidery. Gentle, courteous and frugal... You, a dignified commander, can't control the troops under him, do you think you are competent?"

Zhao Hengti was not angry, but just shook his head with a wry smile: "Brother Zhang Ming, I know what you said, but the Eighth Division is different from other troops! After Mr. Keqiang was reorganized, the Eighth Division looked strong and powerful, and was known as The strongest army in our party, but in fact there are many internal difficulties, especially the several regiment commanders are divided into factions, supporting their own self-respect, so what can I do as the nominal division commander?"

"How? Huh..." With a sneer, Fang Zida sat down again and asked Zhao Hengti to talk about the situation of the Eighth Division carefully. Tired enough, in the eighth division, his confidant team only has one regiment, and the other regiment leaders are stronger than him in terms of qualifications and abilities, so Zhao Hengti was not convinced to be the division commander.What's more, after the reorganization of the Eighth Division, it seems to be powerful, but there is just one of the worst things in China, that is, the xenophobia of fellow villagers. Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan soldiers in the hands of Zhao Hengti have always had conflicts with each other. Still, their strength can't hold back the main group leaders. Although they intend to integrate, they can't do anything after several attempts.

"The biggest difficulty lies in the military pay. The eighth division has two mixed brigades, each brigade has two regiments, plus the artillery regiment, cavalry regiment, and Lin Hu's independent regiment, a total of seven regiments, together with the engineering battalion, the supply battalion, and the division. There are more than 8700 people in the Ministry, the brigade and the logistics, and the monthly military salary alone is nearly 35 yuan. The Eighth Division simply cannot afford this huge sum of money. Right now, it can only barely make ends meet with half the salary." Zhao Hengti wrenched his fingers bitterly. Counting with a straight face, he also told Fang Zida something even more shocking.Just the day before yesterday, Zhao Hengti's confidant came to tell him the shocking news. It is said that a few people were ordered by Sun Wen and Chen Qimei to secretly come to Nanjing from Shanghai these days, and they were buying the battalions of the Eighth Division with 2 taels of silver. , the company commander, and ordered him to kill the senior officer of the Eighth Division and replace him.

"What did you say!" Fang Zida couldn't believe his ears, he stared in astonishment and asked, "Is this news really reliable?"

"Of course it's reliable. If the company commander they found was not my loyal old subordinate, I'm afraid that my head, Mr. Zhao, would have moved by now." Zhao Hengti said with a lingering fear, Fang Zida finally understood why Zhao Hengti was so careful, I deliberately put on makeup today to meet myself.