As soon as the ceremony ended, Liu Jingxiao invited the officers and soldiers who came to pass the order for lunch. After finishing the lunch, he decided to set off immediately.

When he heard that Liu Jingxiao was leaving, almost all the officers and soldiers from the battalion came to see him off. Liu Jingxiao saw them standing on both sides to line up to see him off, and felt secretly proud.

Liu Jingxiao's original intention was to ride straight to Lingbei and return to Rehe, but the cadres under him refused to agree and sent a squad to escort and a carriage.

Liu Jingxiao opened the curtain of the carriage and saw that Wanyan Yuzhuo Qiushui looked at him. Her mind was waving. She couldn't help but lower her head, lowered her curtain, turned around and shouted: "Get off!"

In addition to a cavalry squad who came to escort, there were as many as fifty people escorting. Even the little thief who was not very eye-catching would take a detour when facing so many fierce Republican soldiers.

After traveling for about thirty or forty miles, Liu Jingxiao saw that the sky gradually became gloomy and the sky was covered with dark clouds, so she ordered to stay on the spot.

Among the group, Liu Jingxiao had the highest military rank, so he naturally obeyed his orders and found a high ground that was both wind-proof and rain-proof. Everyone built tents, made fires, and boiled water, and were busy.

Liu Jingxiao led the soldiers of that squad to lay out simple fences. Although the chance of encountering an enemy at this time was not high, Yan Aoshuang had taught Liu Jingxiao to be careful to sail the ten thousand-year-old ship. Liu Jingxiao also regarded Yan Aoshuang's instructions as the truth.

When he finished his work, the meal was just about to start. Li Tao and the deputy chief personally made a specialty mutton hotpot and asked Liu Jingxiao to come and enjoy it together.

The deputy chief, Wang Lie, who just arrived today, sat in front of the pot. He saw that he was tall, with a big beard and a tough look. His military cap was placed on the ground. Feng Ji buckle had been unbuttoned, revealing the strong muscles on his chest. With his tiger arms and bear waist, Liu Jingxiao couldn't help but secretly noticed the deputy chief who had few contacts.

Wang Lie stared at the pot. When the heat was almost done, he used chopsticks to pick up the mutton slices and rinse them in the pot, then dipped the mutton slices into the stomach with sauce. After eating a few pieces of mutton, he couldn't help but praise: "It's delicious! It's so delicious that you've faded out of the headquarters, and you're the most enjoyable!"

On this grassland, mutton is easy to make, sheep can be seen everywhere. If you spend money to buy one, you will be a little darker. Holding a rifle, you can take a few brothers to the herdsmen's house to "borrow" a few, but the various seasonings for mutton are not easy to make, such as sesame paste, sauce and tofu, etc., how can you see this grassland? Liu Jingxiao also took a lot of effort to get it.

So Liu Jingxiao's face turned lustful, picked up a piece of mutton, and said as she said, "How can this be done! Brother Wang is a hot and spicy food in the headquarters, and he must be much better than my poor place!"

Wang Lie smiled bitterly and said to Liu Jingxiao: "My deputy commander is worthy of name! But that's the case. I want to be a company commander! Then I have to ask your brother to take care of you!"

Wang Shancheng, the commander of the Dingbian Army, was not a cadre from the Ninth Division, but from the Fourth Division of Guangdong. He served the Feng army and was also a miscellaneous brand in the Feng army. This time, he led the Dingbian Army to volunteer to take on the labour. It is said that he also used all his savings to give gifts to get it done. He did not have his own team, and the command of the Dingbian Army could only rely on the battalion commanders.

Therefore, now the Dingbian Army is basically composed of three groups. One group is cadres from the corps such as Wang Lie and Li Tao. These people feel that they are not worthy of being used. There are very few people who serve as chief officials at all levels. The second group is cadres from the Northeast Military Academy. The second battalion is the world of this group and is quite powerful in other battalions. Only Liu Jingxiao's cavalry battalion cannot be inserted into the needle or splashed in the water. The third group is more than 80 Zhuque Military Academy students brought to the pass by Liu Jingxiao. They are highly valued in the Dingbian Army and have served as company-level cadres for many.

Of course, the most popular army in the Dingbian army are the newly recruited new recruits in the pass, but these new recruits have not yet formed their own power. Basically, the company platoon leader belongs to which faction they belong to.

Liu Jingxiao's small group is quite powerful, and each battalion and company can enjoy it. If Wang Lie wants to be the chief officer, if he can get the support of Liu Jingxiao and his group, the matter will be basically halfway, so Wang Lie specifically made the words clear and told Liu Jingxiao.

However, Liu Jingxiao was also puzzled for a while. According to the principle, the position of deputy commander should be much higher than that of the company commander, and is similar to that of the battalion commander. If he was released from abroad, he should be a battalion commander with real power, and he could never be a company commander.

But even though I was puzzled, Liu Jingxiao was still kind and kind: "Brother Wang, which camp are you going to? I also asked alumni to take care of you. As soon as I entered the Dingbian Army, I heard of your name. You beat Rouran people in Mobei and ran away in a hurry, and I admire you very much!"

When Wang Liele heard this, he became happy: "A hero doesn't mention his courage...why are you talking about that matter..."

"But based on your old qualifications, any battalion commander should be the battalion commander. How could you be a company commander?"

Wang Lie also saw Liu Jingxiao's confusion, and he said, "You don't know. Our headquarters has not paid any wages for more than three months. Now Staff Li also wants to come out to lead the troops!"

Liu Jingxiao did not expect that the headquarters' economy was in such a state of difficulty. She turned to Li Tao and said, "Brother Li, this is serious? If you really want to go down the camp, come to the cavalry camp. Although I am leaving, there are still a few people who can listen to what I say!"

Li Tao also complained: "The staff officer does not lead the commander, and the farts will not sound... What can I do as a combat staff officer? Why not be able to do anything? Why not take advantage of my youth now and come out and have a try!"

Wang Lie said: "I really don't understand... Why is the funding of the Dingbian Army so difficult!"

Liu Jingxiao replied: "Yes, logic is that the central government will have subsidies for troops like ours, and the nine northeastern provinces are endless. How could it be so difficult to get into this situation!"

After slapped his head, Liu Jingxiao said to himself: "Is it because someone in the headquarters..."

Wang Lie shook his head and said, "This is impossible. The headquarters' funding was collected by me and the division commander himself. It is only 10,000 yuan a month, how can it be enough!"

There is a reason why Wang Lie said that Wang Shancheng, the commander of the Dingbian Army, was the division commander. Since the founding of the Republic, he has always regarded the division as a strategic unit. The so-called "army" is just a temporary command organization, which generally has two to three divisions under its jurisdiction. It is temporarily established during the war and is immediately abolished after the war.

Although there have been permanent military-level units in history, such as the "Guards" that existed as strategic reserves in the past ten years of the Republic, and the "Imperial Guards" that have been repeatedly abolished in history, they have not existed for a long time, and only division-level units are the main force of the Republican Army.

The "military"-level units have no personnel or managerial power, and most of the time there is no direct troops. There is only one headquarters and the units of the divisions and brigades under their jurisdiction. The worst-case funds of each division and brigade have different settlement relationships.

The regular expenses of an elite division commander are about 140.5 million yuan a year, which may be more during the war, while the office funds of military-level units are only 30,000 to 40,000 yuan a year, so the "military" commander is not an enviable position.

For many times, the commander of the army is usually served by a subordinate division commander. However, because it is a temporary command organization during the war, many "army" may have four divisions today, and three divisions will be transferred tomorrow, leaving only one division. The most extreme situation is the Dingbian Army with only one strengthening regiment size.

The largest "army"-level unit in history was the "First Army of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan and Fujian" organized by the southern provinces during the 30th year of the Republic. The army had seven infantry divisions and five mixed brigades, and was equipped with seven special forces regiments, with a total of 130,000.

However, this "largest army in the history of the Republic" met Mu Tiehan, the "strongest general in the history of the Republic". After the battle, although this "largest army" did not immediately fall into ashes, under the attack of Mu Tiehan's three divisions, the army collapsed across the board and fled to the south, making Mu Tiehan famous for his lifetime.

Therefore, although Dingbian Army has the name of the army, its supreme commander Wang Shancheng prefers his subordinates to call him "Teacher Commander".
Chapter completed!