When the war in Bei'an County was progressing smoothly, Lin Hongfei also welcomed 6 old classmates from the military academy in Jiangdu County.

Previously, in order to use the power of the Pei family in Pingcheng County to eliminate the Pingcheng County militia, Lin Hongfei sent a letter to his junior student Pei Zongze in the military academy, hoping that he could create a bridge.

At the same time, Lin Hongfei also wrote a few more sentences in the letter, meaning that if Pei Zongze has colleagues who are also from Baoding Military Academy, he can bring them to Jiangdu with him, so that everyone can get together.

As a result, it was because of these few words that Lin Hongfei originally planned to invite only Pei Zongze to Jiangdu County. In the end, 6 people came, two of them were from the 5th term, and Pei Zongze and four others were from the 6th term.

As for why these five people are willing to come to Jiangdu, the reason is very simple. They don't think they have a future by following Lin Hongfei.

Everyone graduates from the military academy and joins the military.

But now, everyone is still working for lieutenants and majors, so it would be good to have two or three hundred brothers under them.

But as for Lin Hongfei, he became a general and became the garrison of Jiangbei. I heard that recently even Lingzhong and Lingxi areas were under his control, and most of the military affairs of Lingnan Province were under Lin Hongfei's control.

Perhaps even Lin Hongfei himself did not realize that in the eyes of many people, he was already a big tree that could be attached to.

Lin Hongfei was also familiar with these five people. When he was in the military academy, he had a good relationship with them. Naturally, he would not turn away these classmates who knew everything about them.

Moreover, the new 16th Division under his command has a strength of 13,000. It is a time when the army is expanding and mid-level officers are needed. The arrival of these five people can be regarded as resolving his urgent need.

After chatting with everyone for a while, Lin Hongfei asked Li Kui to arrange accommodation for everyone and let them rest first and go to Huixian Tower to gather together in the evening.

But not long after everyone left, Pei Zongze returned to Lin Hongfei's study.

Pei Zongze is a handsome and slim young man. He pays great attention to personal appearance. His chin is always clean-shaven without a trace of stubble.

When the two met in private, there were not so many polite words. Lin Hongfei said bluntly:

"Zongze and Pingcheng County must be under my control. For this purpose, I will not hesitate to raze the entire county to the ground."

"It's just that if this happens, your Pei family will definitely suffer great losses."

"I am a person who values ​​friendship. You and I are both classmates. I don't want you and my brother to turn against each other because of this incident."

"So, I hope you can convince your uncle to cooperate with me in taking over Pingcheng County."

"Afterwards, I will ensure that the Pei family's interests in Pingcheng County remain unchanged. Your uncle can continue to serve as county magistrate, but not as magistrate of Pingcheng County, but as magistrate of Bei'an County."

"I hope you can understand this."

After listening to Lin Hongfei's blunt words, Pei Zongze was not angry at all, and even felt a little grateful.

After all, before entering the county seat, Huo Yunshan took Pei Zongze and others to visit the Jiangdu military camp. Pei Zongze had a very intuitive understanding of the strength of the newly formed 16th Division.

More than 1,000 soldiers of the 16th Division were enough to sweep through the entire Pingcheng County. Neither the Pei family nor Chen Ze, the commander of the militia, could stop them.

Therefore, Lin Hongfei was able to discuss this matter with him in advance, which was already a compliment to the Pei family.

Pei Zongze even believed that if he were not from the Pei family but from Bei'an County, it might be Pingcheng County that was attacked by the Sixteenth Division at this time.

Therefore, Pei Zongze did not hesitate and immediately nodded and said: "Senior, don't worry, my uncle is not a pedantic person. He knows the pros and cons."

"I'm here to guarantee you that from now on, everyone in the Pei family will obey your orders, senior!"

Pei Zongze is one of the few outstanding children of the Pei family, and his uncle Pei Feng regards him as his nephew as the successor to carry the banner of the Pei family in the future.

Therefore, Pei Zongze's oath is not rhetoric and is groundless.

Lin Hongfei nodded with satisfaction: "Very good. If you agree, it means that you have not forgotten the friendship between our brothers."

Having said this, Lin Hongfei stood up and patted Pei Zongze on the shoulder: "Zongze, from now on, you are the battalion commander of the fifth battalion of the third regiment of the first brigade of my new 16th division, with the military rank of lieutenant colonel!"

"You're new here, so I can't promote you to a higher position."

"But don't worry, after the matters in Pingcheng County are settled, I will immediately promote you to the head of the Eighth Regiment!"

"Teng!"

Pei Zongze immediately stood up, saluted Lin Hongfei with a somewhat excited expression and said, "Zongze, thank you, senior, for the promotion!"

"From now on, the entire Pei family will do their best to assist our seniors in establishing their business in Lingnan Province!"

Pei Zongze did not stay in Jiangdu County for too long. Two days later, he and Wang Deming, who served as Lin Hongfei's special envoy, went to Pingcheng County to discuss the matter of getting rid of the militia commander Chen Ze.

The other five military school classmates stayed in Jiangdu County, and their families would be picked up by Lin Hongfei.

Because the newly formed 16th Division is at a critical juncture of army expansion, there is a huge demand for grassroots officers.

Therefore, Lin Hongfei deliberately reorganized the original independent regiment teaching brigade into Jiangbei Jiangwu Lecture Hall, and he served as the principal of the Lecture Hall.

In addition to being appointed as battalion commanders by Lin Hongfei, these five classmates who had received formal military school education were also sent by him to serve as instructors in the martial arts hall to urgently train a group of professional grassroots officers for Lin Hongfei.

At this time, Lin Hongfei's matters at hand were proceeding in an orderly manner, including the direct troops of Hubei Province on the other side of the Yangtze River. They had been timid of the two ironclad ships on the river and had not crossed the river to attack the Jiangbei area.

It was at this time that war between Zhili and Anhui finally broke out in Zhili and the suburbs of Beijing. At the same time, Fengjun, who had formed an alliance with the Zhili, also pressed forward with its army, passed through Shanhaiguan, and approached the capital and Tianjin area.

During this period, everyone was predicting the final direction of the war, and some even thought that the battle would take at least one or two years to determine the outcome.

However, I don’t know whether the Anhui clique is too weak or whether the Zhifeng and Zhifeng families are too strong.

Or perhaps, both warring parties are already bad chess players, and it just depends on who is more bad.

In short, the outcome of the victory came so quickly like a tornado that many people did not expect it.

In less than two weeks, the Anhui army was defeated by the direct-to-Fengtian coalition forces. President Xu Da, as the nominal head of the country, issued an armistice order, requiring all ministries to stop attacking and maintain the current defense line.

At the same time, Marshal Duan, the leader of the Anhui clique, also energized his troops and left the field. Many generals of the Anhui clique broke away from their troops and fled to the concession, evading punishment abroad.

The Zhili and Fengxi armies also sent vanguard troops to take over the defense of the capital, effectively controlling the highest authority of the country.

At this time, many key positions occupied by members of the Anhui clique were greedily targeted by the Zhifeng and Feng families like pieces of fat.
Chapter completed!