However, Zhang Zuolin also knew that this batch of rifles was not easy to take. Not only did they really buy power for the People's Army, but they also had to accept supervision from the People's Army. The company sent to assist in suppressing bandits and training the army in famous discussions, but in fact it was the military supervisor sent by the People's Army. And he could not refuse, after all, he had defected to the People's Army.

Although Zhang Zuolin had maintained considerable independence after accepting the Qing court's envoy, at that time, due to the chaos in the Northeast at that time and the weak Qing court itself, local officials still needed to rely on Zhang Zuolin's troops to maintain local stability. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin still had some confidence to bargain with the Qing court, but in front of the People's Army, Zhang Zuolin had no trump card and could only accept that the People's Army was not the Qing court, but it was much stronger than the Qing court.

So Zhang Zuolin could only say: "Thank you, Commander Qiu."

Qiu Yahui also nodded. Although he was still very young, in his early 30s, after years of experience in major battles, he is now a general who holds tens of thousands of troops and can be the only one. He is not the Maotou Xiaojie who had just traveled through time. Although Zhang Zuolin's face changed for a long time just now, he was discovered by Qiu Yahui. Therefore, Qiu Yahui can generally understand Zhang Zuolin's mentality.

In fact, Qiu Yahui's considerations are much greater than Zhang Zuolin's situation. Although Zhang Zuolin's strength is now among the bandits in the Northeast region and the insurance team, it is only one of them after all, and there is no qualitative leap. In addition, large forces such as Du Lisan, Feng Linge, and Jin Shoushan are not inferior to Zhang Zuolin. Qiu Yahui wants to use Zhang Zuolin's team to suppress bandits, but he is not playing the trick of killing people with a knife, so that Zhang Zuolin and other bandits and the insurance team will compete with each other.

Both sides suffer losses, but to make Zhang Zuolin a sharp blade, because there are so many bandits in other areas of the Northeast, it will take at least 1 or 2 years to eliminate all bandits. Moreover, in the next six months, the main energy of the People's Army is to deal with the British, French, Japanese and Russian coalition forces. Therefore, the task of suppressing bandits still needs to rely on Zhang Zuolin's team. It is also appropriate to enhance Zhang Zuolin's strength and give Zhang Zuolin an absolute advantage over other bandits and insurance teams.

Moreover, Qiu Yahui was not worried that Zhang Zuolin would take the opportunity to become a big shot, because the same sentence was still the case, the East China government was not the Qing court, and Zhang Zuolin could use the opportunity to suppress bandits to expand his strength, but it was impossible to replace the East China government and become the king of Northeast China in this time and space. Therefore, let alone giving Zhang Zuolin 500 rifles, it was not a big deal to give him 5,000 rifles. After all, the number of the People's Army is 100,000, and it was equipped with cannons, armored trains, aircraft and other weapons, which was beyond the reach of Zhang Zuolin.

In fact, it doesn’t have to be so complicated. Just control the supply of bullets to Zhang Zuolin. For bandits and insurance teams, the number of guns is only one aspect. Whether there is enough bullet supply is also part of the strength, because bandits and insurance teams cannot produce bullets themselves and can only obtain them by purchasing, but this is limited by their own funds and supply channels.

Now the new rifles equipped by Zhang Zuolin's team are mainly Hanyang-made Type 88 rifles and Japanese Type 30 Yucun rifles, but the former has a caliber of 7.92 mm and the latter is 6 mm. The People's Army intends to give Zhang Zuolin the Russian-made m1891 Mosinnagan rifles. After winning the battle of Shenyang, the People's Army seized more than 200,000 Russian-made m1891 Mosinnagan rifles and had millions of bullets. Therefore, it was only a drop in the bucket to Zhang Zuolin.

However, the caliber of the m1891 Mosinnagan rifle is 7.62 mm, and the bullets of the Japanese Type 88 rifle made in Hanyang are not universal. Therefore, as long as the People's Army cut off the supply of bullets to Zhang Zuolin, no matter how many rifles are, they will become fire sticks. In fact, the East China government also has a considerable inventory of bullets made in Hanyang Type 88 rifle and the Japanese Type 30 Yucun rifle, and can be supplied to Zhang Zuolin, but it depends on how Zhang Zuolin's performance in the bandit suppression.

Sending a company to Zhang Zuolin's team certainly has the intention of surveillance Zhang Zuolin, but this is also a way to increase Zhang Zuolin's strength. Although a company has a small number of people, it is equipped with 6 60 mortars, 9 general-purpose machine guns, and 18 grenade launchers. Such firepower is definitely strong enough for the bandits. Therefore, with the addition of this company, coupled with Zhang Zuolin's familiarity with other bandits and geographical environment, it will have an absolute advantage over other bandits or insurance teams. On the other hand, it is also to show Zhang Zuolin the strength of the People's Army. Although it is just a company's force, the firepower is enough to make the bandits desperate. If Zhang Zuolin wants to turn against the People's Army, he must consider it carefully.

In short, if Zhang Zuolin sincerely surrendered to the People's Army, then these conditions and requirements are of course beneficial to Zhang Zuolin, but if Zhang Zuolin surrendered to the People's Army is just a stopgap measure, or if he intends to use the People's Army to develop his own strength and prepare for the future separation from the People's Army, it will of course be unfavorable.

The two sides quickly agreed on the conditions for surrender. From then on, Zhang Zuolin's troops will be officially renamed the People's Army New Minfu Brigade, with Zhang Zuolin as the brigade, Sun Liechen as the deputy brigade, and other positions, and Zhang Zuolin appointed himself. The People's Army did not interfere. The People's Army first provided Zhang Zuolin's troops with 500 m1891 Mosinnagan rifles, each with 100 bullets. Zhang Zuolin was also very happy. In fact, for the People's Army, 100 bullets were not too many, less than two bases, and one battle might be exhausted, but for Zhang Zuolin's team, 100 bullets are not a small number, and it can fight 2 or 3 battles.

So Zhang Zuolin and his group stayed in Shenyang for a night. The next day, the People's Army handed over the 500 M1891 Mosinnagan rifles to Zhang Zuolin. Each gun was of good quality, at least 70% new, and was equipped with a special bayonet. A company stationed also selected, plus the mortar and machine gun troops, a total of more than 200 people. In the future, this company was responsible for the connection between Zhang Zuolin's troops and the People's Army.

During one night, Zhang Zuolin also provided the People's Army with a list of Northeast bandits and insurance teams, listing more than 30 bandits or insurance teams with certain bandit nature, and listing 6 bandit forces that should be conquered first. The first is Jinshoushan in Zhong'anbao.

In fact, Zhang Zuolin's arrangement was somewhat avenge. At first, Zhang Zuolin established an insurance team with the support of his father-in-law Zhao Hengchang, and the insurance area was from Zhaojiamiao to Zhong'anbao. At that time, there was a Lianzhuanghui Group that defended the ground in Zhong'anbao, and its leader was Jinshoushan. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin included Zhong'anbao in his own insurance area, which naturally touched the interests of Jinshoushan, which aroused Jinshoushan's hatred for Zhang Zuolin. In order to regain territory, Jinshoushan colluded with the Russians and attacked Zhang Zuolin during the Spring Festival in 1901. Zhang Zuolin was caught off guard and had to throw away his armor and brave the wind and snow, and with the assistance of Tang Yulin, Zhang Sifei and others, he escaped from Zhong'anbao overnight. It was Zhang Xueliang who was born on this escape. Later, Zhang Zuolin came to Bajiaotai and merged with Zhang Jinghui to recover his vitality.

Although Zhang Zuolin's strength increased sharply and accepted the invitation from the Qing court, Jin Shoushan's strength was not weak and he was dependent on Russia. Zhang Zuolin did not dare to touch him easily. After the Russo-Japanese War began, Jin Shoushan defected to Japan, and Zhang Zuolin was still afraid of him. Now that Japan and Russia were all defeated by the People's Army, Zhang Zuolin took the lead and surrendered to the People's Army. He was ordered by the People's Army to surrender the bandits, so naturally he ranked Jin Shoushan first.

In addition, this is the first battle after Zhang Zuolin defected to the People's Army. Zhang Zuolin also wanted to fight a beautiful battle and show his ability in front of the People's Army. However, if the opponent is weak, he cannot show his ability. Jin Shoushan is a strongest among the bandits in Northeast China. Although it is not as good as Zhang Zuolin, it is not much different. However, now Zhang Zuolin has received 500 rifles supported by the People's Army, and its strength has increased greatly. In addition, there is a company of People's Army to assist in the war. Zhang Zuolin also believes that he is confident enough to defeat Jin Shoushan, so he first uses Jin Shoushan to attack.

Qiu Yahui had no objection to this. He also knew a little about the grudge between Jin Shoushan and Zhang Zuolin, but as long as it was a bandit, it would be destroyed, and it didn't matter who first or later.

Seeing that Qiu Yahui did not object to his arrangement, Zhang Zuolin was also very happy and explained to Qiu Yahui that the company stationed by the People's Army would not return to Xinmin Mansion for the time being, but went to Bajiaotai. Bajiaotai is Tai'an County, Anshan City in the old time and space, and is now Zhang Zuolin's garrison. Most of Zhang Zuolin's army and family members are in Bajiaotai. In addition, Zhong'anbao, the Jinshoushan station, is Zhong'an Town, Zhenbei City, in the old time and space, about 45 kilometers away from Bajiaotai. Therefore, it is naturally much better to attack Jinshoushan from Bajiaotai.

Qiu Yahui said that the matter of bandit suppression was decided by Zhang Zuolin, and the People's Army did not interfere, and a company stationed by Zhang Zuolin's troops also obeyed Zhang Zuolin's command. So Zhang Zuolin immediately made corresponding arrangements for the personnel he brought, and he and Sun Liechen took the People's Army directly to the Bajiaotai, and asked Tang Yulin and Zhang Sifei to bring 10 soldiers back to Xinmin Mansion, because Zhang Zuolin also stationed some troops in Xinmin Mansion, and Jinshoushan's strength is not weak, although now

Zhang Zuolin's strength has increased greatly, but to deal with Jin Shoushan, he has to do his best, so he must concentrate all his troops. As for the transfer of the army, the defense of the Xinminfu became empty, but Zhang Zuolin was not worried. First, Zhang Zuolin had already withdrawn most of the supplies, and there would be no big losses if the Xinminfu lost it. Second, he could ask the People's Army to help guard it for a period of time. This was also to tell the People's Army that he had no intention and could even hand over his hometown to the People's Army.
Chapter completed!