But at this time, the advantage of Zhao Ming deliberately letting Lao Suntou and Wang Er go south together became apparent.
Old Sun Tou was indeed very experienced and was more careful about many things than young people. He took out several newspapers from his arms.
"Master Zhao, these are the newspapers I bought on purpose in the past few days in the city. I am illiterate. Can you see if you can gain anything?"
After taking the newspaper, Zhao Ming hadn't received any information from the outside world for a long time, and he felt nostalgic for the smell of ink on the newspaper.
Although Lao Suntou only bought two days' worth of newspapers, he was probably illiterate and was afraid of delaying Zhao Ming's important event, so he bought all the newspapers on the market and looked at the thick stack.
After flipping through it casually, Zhao Ming quickly found the Ta Kung Pao and started reading it.
He remembered that the Ta Kung Pao newspaper was leaning towards the national army and often had a good reputation for the southern authorities.
Licking the dog is a bit licking the dog, but people are very sensitive to information from the southern government.
After a while, Zhao Ming found the answer he wanted.
November 15th was probably the first day that Wang Er and his party arrived in Zhangjiakou, and this newspaper was probably bought the next day.
The distribution of newspapers these days also takes time, but it cannot be done as quickly as in later generations across the country.
Skipping some other trivial matters, my eyes quickly turned to one of the articles, which was about the authorities' accusations against Outer Mongolia and a series of other issues.
It also includes a black-and-white photo of diplomats taking a plane to Russia to build an airport for Outer Mongolia.
Half of the article accuses the other side of not practicing martial ethics and of unprovoked invasion southward, causing casualties in its own country.
However, it can be seen that the article is very cautious and does not acknowledge the legitimacy of the Outer Mongolian authorities, but it secretly satirizes that foreign countries should not interfere in the country's internal affairs.
The second part is about the principal's dissatisfaction with Yan Laoxi's inability to do things well.
The subsequent words were a bit vague, but Zhao Ming thought about it carefully, and the general meaning seemed to be that if you, Yan Laoxi, can't handle this kind of thing, then let us do it.
It also shows that the Central Army stationed on the front line in eastern Henan has completed its assembly. Once the situation in Chahar continues to deteriorate, it cannot be ruled out that the Central Army will intervene to quickly resolve the internal troubles.
Well, the principal is still very cautious in his words and still uses the term "internal trouble".
After reading the newspaper, Zhao Ming's mind was confused at first, but he still didn't understand the 180-degree reversal in Chief Zhang's attitude toward him.
But gradually, as the information in my mind was gradually sorted out, a clear context gradually took shape.
"Mr. Zhao, what does this mean? Isn't this officer always unhappy with us? It makes our uncle not love us and grandma doesn't love us.
Now that we have won the battle, are you coming here to take credit for our military exploits? "
The monkey cursed and was very dissatisfied with the unmasked Chief Officer Zhang.
But let’s not say it yet, he was actually right.
"Well, monkey, you're crazy!" Zhao Ming smiled and nodded.
The monkey choked, your brother Hou is already very smart, right?
"Yes! You are right, this chief officer is just to take advantage of our military exploits." Zhao Ming said helplessly.
"Ah! This son of a bitch is so shameless! He really dares to take advantage of our military exploits?" The monkey immediately became angry when he heard this.
"It's just a waste of military exploits, but it's also good for us."
Zhao Ming's words confused the monkey again.
Too lazy to pay attention to the monkey, Zhao Ming elaborated on his guess in the face of everyone's confused or curious eyes.
“If I’m not wrong, it’s probably the southern authorities that are putting pressure.
Yan Laoxi was losing face, so the pressure was put on our Chief Officer Zhang.
As a result, this chief officer suffered another big defeat recently. If I remember correctly, our chief officer Zhang is also a new officer, right?
Did you just take office at the beginning of this year?
Do you think he would be unlucky if something like this happened? "
"What bad luck! If I encountered this bad thing, I would be so angry that I would smash the table. But why should he be so unlucky that he can boast of our military exploits?" Monkey was even more angry.
"Because this can help him secure his position! I estimate that if Chazhong's defense line had not been defeated, we might not have gained any benefits.
At that time, Chunqiu's writing style was slightly changed, and all these military achievements were attributed to Zhang Li.
Now it is in our favor, and the victory is still ours.
But Zhang Li can also take advantage of his meritorious guidance.
These things and the military rank he gave were not for nothing. "Zhao Ming couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook his head.
So, don’t underestimate anyone, everyone is not a fool.
It turned out that Zhao Ming's army position number was indeed affiliated with Zhang Li, but he was still inextricably linked to Lao Song, and this could be found out after a quick investigation.
But after a wave of appointments and promotions, Zhao Ming had to accept Zhang Li as his chief officer.
It is not only to appease Zhao Ming, who is not in the same system, but also to give an explanation to his superiors.
If his guess was correct, Zhao Ming suspected that someone else had promoted him.
who?
After thinking about it carefully, he looked at the newspaper again, his eyes widening little by little.
No way?
Couldn't it be this one?
But after thinking about it, it seems that this person is the only one who fits the logic of this whole thing.
The authorities in the south want to promote him, and if they are pushed ahead of schedule, then it will be a unilateral dereliction of duty by Yan Laoxi and his faction.
But it is beneficial to both Lao Song and the principal. Lao Song can say that Zhao Ming was promoted by himself, and the principal can also say that Zhao Ming is our outstanding general.
This kind of cool operation doesn't even exist in this day and age.
After all, these days, the warlords' deployments and factions are mixed and mixed, which is even more chaotic than the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
And the principal had done some shameful things by appointing generals under other warlords in name only, which caused some internal conflicts for the other forces.
This is the benefit of grasping the nominal general trend, a proper conspiracy.
"But if this happens, do we really have to go head-to-head with the Mongolians? Doesn't this put us on the fire?"
Zhang Kai thought of the key point. He had taken away all the benefits. If he didn't make some achievements, it would really be unjustifiable.
"Well! Normally speaking, if we want to continue to ask for food and ammunition, we must achieve something."
Zhao Ming nodded, there was nothing he could do, Chief Zhang was not a fool either.
When Wang Er was asked to bring him back, he made it clear. The general meaning was that due to the severe blockade in Outer Mongolia, food and other supplies would not be delivered.
If you want follow-up supplies, then continue to beat the Outer Mongolians hard. When the time comes, I will have meritorious deeds worth reporting, and I will also send you more food and supplies.
"This is easy to handle! Mr. Zhao, please give me five hundred people. I will immediately lead people to intercept the escort team of the Outer Mongolians. Recently, I heard that they are robbing more and more supplies from the south. Let's do it right. Cut off the beard!”
As soon as he mentioned this, the monkey's butthole was full of energy, his eyes were gleaming, and he wanted to pick up the knife and kill the Mongolians.
Zhao Ming glanced at this guy and was too lazy to answer.
