About half an hour later, under the cover of darkness, He Zhuguo and Liu Duoquan each led dozens of elite guards to leave the headquarters and arrived at the Tianjin Pier.

On the pier, there was a foreign merchant ship flying the Italian flag waiting for a long time. With the help of an acquaintance, the two led their men to board the ship smoothly.

At the same time, the Northeast Army Headquarters in Tianjin City.

Shen Ke and others are waiting for He Zhuguo. He just excused himself to go out to do some things, but he has not returned yet.

Finally, Shen Ke became impatient with waiting, stood up, and shouted to the guard outside the door: "Guard, guard."

A guard guarding the door quickly came in: "Sir, what are your orders?"

"Where did Commander He go? Why haven't you come back yet?" Shen Ke asked.

"Commander He left half an hour ago with dozens of his personal guards. I don't know where he went." The guard answered truthfully and shook his head.

"Leaved with the guards?" Shen Ke was confused when he heard this. Zhang Tingshu, Taodong Fan and others present also looked at each other and started talking among themselves.

Suddenly, Shen Ke suddenly realized, slapped his thigh and said, "No, Commander He may have run away."

"Run away?" Zhang Tingshu, Tao Dongfan and others were shocked when they heard this, and said in disbelief: "Can't you?"

"I don't know either. Just send someone to take a look." Shen Ke said and arranged for people to search for it.

Not long after, someone rushed back to report: "Sir, I searched all the temporary division headquarters of each division, but there is no trace of Commander He. The commander of the independent 105th Division Liu Duoquan and his guards are also missing. "

"It seems that Commander He and Liu Duoquan escaped alone." Shen Ke said.

Zhang Tingshu and others obviously couldn't accept it, and they were all angry and shocked.

Shen Ke pondered for a while, then turned around and said to Zhang Tingshu and others who had not yet come to their senses: "Everyone, since Commander He has abandoned everyone and fled alone, we can no longer sit back and wait for death to waste time."

Zhang Tingshu, Taodongfan and others looked at each other, and Taodongfan said to Shen Ke: "Mr. Shen, just make up your mind. What should we do now?"

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In Beiping City, Zhang Xinghan had just finished dinner when the communications soldier ran in excitedly and saluted before he could: "Commander, Commander, good news. The Northeastern Army in Tianjin City called. They have decided to surrender to us."

"Really?" Zhang Xinghan obviously did not expect that the Northeast Army in Tianjin would agree so quickly.

He immediately stood up and ordered the communications troops: "Immediately send electricity to Huang Xiansheng and Sabuli, tell them the news, and immediately prepare to accept the surrender of the Northeastern Army in the city and take over the defense of Tianjin."

After the surrender, send me all the division-level Northeastern Army generals in the city to Beiping City, and I will personally receive them."

"Yes." The signal soldier couldn't restrain the joy on his face, nodded immediately, turned around and left as ordered.

After the two sides exchanged telegrams, at around nine o'clock in the evening, the Northeastern Army in the city received an order to lay down their weapons and leave the city to surrender.

These Northeastern officers and soldiers, who had no intention of fighting for a long time, carried out the orders cleanly and thoroughly.

Nearly 70,000 Northeastern Army prisoners filed out of the city from three directions and surrendered to various units of the Northeastern Border Guard outside the city.

At around 12 o'clock in the evening, the surrender operation basically ended. More than 60,000 Northeastern Army prisoners were all controlled by the Northeastern Border Guards. At the same time, Liu Jianguo's command post was fully stationed in Tianjin.

On the official road from Tianjin to Peiping, two military trucks full of soldiers escorted a car speeding towards Peiping.

The bright and dazzling lights are particularly eye-catching in the dark night. They are like two dazzling light dragons.

In the compartment of the car in the middle, there were several lieutenant generals and several officers with the rank of major general sitting there. If you look closely, you can see that Shen Ke, Zhang Tingshu and others are among them.

They were the brigade-level officers of the Northeast Army divisions in Tianjin who had just surrendered and not much had happened.

"Mr. Shen, you said they would take us to Peiping as soon as we surrendered. Zhang Xinghan won't do anything to us, right?" Zhang Tingshu asked Shen Ke, who was sitting opposite him, with some worry.

Shen Ke leaned against the carriage and said calmly: "Don't worry, it won't happen. Not only will he not harm us, he will also reuse us."

"Oh? How can Master Shen see this?" Zhang Tingshu asked curiously.

"Because if he harms us, no one in the world will dare to surrender to them from now on.

Therefore, in order to create a good reputation for himself, not only will he not harm us, but he will also reuse us to show that he is broad-minded and does not care about past grudges." Shen Ke explained.

Zhang Tingshu and others nodded repeatedly after hearing this, it was indeed true.

At the same time that the Battle of Tianjin came to a successful conclusion, Ge Quanwu's new division's pursuit of the 53rd Army was also forced to stop at dark.

At night, it will be much easier for the defeated generals of the 53rd Army to escape.

However, up to this point, Ge Quanwu's recruits had also gained a lot. The 53rd Army's more than 40,000 troops escaped during the day's battle, and more than 30,000 people were captured. Wan Fulin's troops were no longer even a regiment. .

When he withdrew to Yu County and Guangling County, the total number of defeated troops gathered was less than 10,000. Of course, this is a story later.

In Beiping City, Marshal's Mansion, Zhang Xinghan had just read the good news from Ge Quanwu and was very happy to have the communications corps return the call and commend Ge Quanwu and others.

As soon as the communications troops left, a guard walked in quickly and saluted Zhang Xinghan: "Commander, Shen Ke, Zhang Tingshu and other captured generals of the Northeast Army have arrived."

"Oh?" Zhang Xinghan stood up with a look of surprise on his face and said, "Come on, come with me to greet them in person."

Outside the gate of the Marshal's Mansion, the escorting officers and soldiers on the two military trucks in front and behind had jumped out first, and were on guard in front of and behind the vehicles.

Shen Ke, Zhang Tingshu, Tao Dongfan and more than a dozen lieutenant generals and major generals also jumped out of the car one after another.

After looking around, Tao Dongfan was a little surprised and said: "Hey, isn't this the Young Marshal's Mansion?"

Shen Ke looked a little sad and said: "It's the Young Marshal's Mansion, but it has changed hands now."

As soon as Shen Ke finished speaking, he heard a rush of footsteps in the yard. Everyone turned around and saw a young officer wearing a general's uniform striding towards them with a smile on his face.

"Everyone, it's been a hard journey. I wonder which one is Master Shen Keshen, and which one is Master Zhang and Master Tao?" Zhang Xinghan asked loudly with a smile as soon as he stepped out of the gate.

Seeing Zhang Xinghan wearing a brand-new general uniform. How could everyone in Shen Ke not know who the visitor was? They immediately stood up and saluted Zhang Xinghan and said, "I have seen Commander-in-Chief Zhang before in this humble rank."

"Haha, don't be polite, don't be polite. Xinghan has admired your name for a long time, and seeing you today is so comforting for the rest of my life!" Zhang Xinghan said with a smile.

"Commander-in-Chief Zhang has commended me. I am Shen Ke, Commander of the 106th Independent Division." After introducing himself, Shen Ke pointed sideways at Zhang Tingshu, Taodong Fan and others and introduced Zhang Xinghan one by one.

Zhang Xinghan smiled and shook hands with them one by one. After some pleasantries, everyone felt that Zhang Xinghan was more approachable and more enthusiastic than they expected.

Then he felt relieved and followed Zhang Xinghan chatting and laughing into the Young Marshal's Mansion, which was now Zhang Xinghan's temporary headquarters.

When we walked into the living room, the orderlies had already prepared tea.

After Zhang Xinghan invited everyone to sit down, he cut to the point and said straight to the point: "My colleagues, you understand the righteousness deeply, take the righteousness of the nation as the most important thing, and stop fighting for peace, thus saving tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Tianjin citizens from the destruction of war.

Xing Han admires me very much. Please rest assured that I will not miss you in your positions and military power. I hope that from today on, you can work together to serve the country and work hard for our Chinese nation."

Everyone obviously did not expect Zhang Xinghan to be so cheerful, and they were all surprised. Shen Ke took the lead in standing up and expressed his attitude to Zhang Xinghan: "Thanks to Commander-in-Chief Zhang for his love. From today on, we will do our best to serve the Commander-in-Chief. Under your leadership, we will serve our country loyally."

Zhang Xinghan smiled and waved his hand and said: "You have joined our Northeast Frontier Defense Force. First, I welcome you home. Second, from today on, we are Paoze brothers. We are also loyal to the country and deal with the nation. No. Distinguish each other, do not distinguish each other.”

Although Zhang Xinghan was so polite, Shen Ke and others did not dare to show off, and they all stood up and pledged their allegiance to Zhang Xinghan.

Zhang Xinghan nodded and accepted them all. Naturally, he could not guarantee that all the dozen or so senior generals of the Northeast Army would return to him so quickly.

But he is confident that as time goes by, they will be convinced and loyal to him.

As the saying goes, without the diamond, one would not dare to take on the porcelain work. Since he dared to take them in, give them military power, and entrust them with important tasks, Zhang Xinghan was not afraid that he would not be able to control them.

My own Secrecy Bureau is not a vegetarian.

Moreover, he did not intend to keep these surrendered and captured Northeastern Army troops outside the Pass, but to bring them back to the Northeast.

As he just said, letting them go home should be what the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army desire most at this time.

After this is accomplished, all Northeastern officers and soldiers will be grateful to themselves and their goodwill will double.

Early the next morning, the complete results were compiled.

According to the summary of reports from each unit, the Northeast Frontier Defense Force captured a total of more than 103,000 people in this battle, of which 68,000 people surrendered directly from Tianjin City.

It is worth mentioning that the 200th Division and the 203rd Division captured three artillery brigades of the Northeast Army and more than 200 large and small artillery pieces, which was a small surprise.

In addition, hundreds of thousands of old rifles and machine guns were seized, and the number of bullets was incalculable.

After this battle, the Northeastern Army's forces in the Pingjin area were uprooted. After excluding those who escaped, those who died in battle, and those who were captured, the Northeastern Army was left with two fully organized cavalry divisions, plus the remnant of Wan Fulin, and the total strength was Less than thirty thousand people.

The Northeastern Army, which was adapted from the warlords of the Feng clan, relied on Zhang and his son for survival. The Northeastern Army, which was once powerful for a while, disappeared and ceased to exist. It just withdrew from the stage of history.

However, Marshal Zhang also has two navy fleets stationed in Qingdao, with more than 3,000 people and a dozen large and small warships.

After daybreak, Zhang Xinghan ordered the troops to escort the prisoners out of the customs in batches and return to the northeast. At the same time, he ordered the troops to continue to maintain fighting status and be ready to fight against the Jinsui Army, Shandong Army and the Central Army that might move north from Baoding and Cangzhou.

As soon as the more than 110,000 captured Northeastern officers and soldiers heard that they were going back to the Northeast, they all jumped with joy and cheered, and they were very cooperative.

Therefore, the Northeast Frontier Defense Force only needed a very small number of troops to escort them out of the border, and Zhang Xinghan also sent a telegram to Zhao Zhenfan, ordering him to send some troops to prepare to assist.

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The Pingjin area changed hands overnight. After receiving the news, the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army's hundreds of thousands of troops, who were closest to Pingjin, immediately stopped advancing and stood by in place.

At the same time, the situation was quickly reported to Yan Xishan and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing.

In Taiyuan City, after Yan Xishan heard the report from his adjutant Xu Youde, the blue and white porcelain teacup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. He said with a shocked look on his face: "What, what do you mean? Pingjin was lost?"

Xu Youde nodded and said: "Yes, Chairman, of the 170,000 Northeastern Army, nearly 120,000 were captured. Others died or escaped. There are less than 30,000 survivors. Pingjin and the surrounding vast areas

All fell into the hands of the Northeast Border Guards."

Yan Xishan opened his mouth slightly, and after a long time, he murmured to himself: "Zhang Xinghan, this little bastard, is incredible, incredible. The hundreds of thousands of Northeastern troops are so vulnerable in front of him. It is really unbelievable."

At the same time, in the office of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's official residence in Nanjing.

Jiang Gong also suddenly stood up from his chair and said in shock: "Ci Xiu, what did you say? Peking was lost?"

Chen Cheng, who came to report, nodded: "Not only Beiping, but also Tianjin was captured by Zhang Xinghan's Northeast Frontier Defense Force, and they were captured without a single blow."
To be continued...