There are more than thirty students sitting in the Martial Arts School of Weihaiwei, Shandong.

Duan Qirui, a teacher, was talking dryly and selflessly. Suddenly, he heard a creaking sound from the door. When he looked back, he found a strange person coming into the school. He was short and fat, smiling like a Maitreya Buddha. He was wearing the military uniform of a battalion officer. As soon as he entered the door, he sat behind and looked at him with a smile. Duan Qirui in front of the stage couldn't help but feel strange. He didn't seem to know this person.

Duan Qirui finally finished the class, but after walking out of the church, he found that the stranger also followed him. It seemed that he was looking for him. Duan Qirui couldn't help but stop and turned around and asked, "What's the point of doing behind me?"

The fat man was Shintoki, who heard this and walked up generously, asked with a smile: "Is this Duan Jun, who graduated from Tianjin Martial Arts School and studied artillery knowledge in Berlin School in Germany?"

Duan Qirui looked up and down suspiciously at Mihito Shigo and replied, "I am, who are you?"

When I heard Duan Qirui's affirmative answer, my face suddenly became excited. I grabbed Duan Qirui's hands and looked at him with hopeful eyes and said, "It's really Duan Jun, you, I have traveled through mountains and rivers, and have gone through thousands of relatives and have come to find you from the capital. Here are two letters, please read them and you will know what's going on!"

Duan Qirui picked up the letter curiously, opened one of them and found that it was a letter from Yinchang, who was the organizer of the Tianjin Wubei Academy. The letter roughly explained the reason for the letter, saying that the Zhili Admiral Ye Zhikui was eager to recommend talents if he wanted him to recommend talents on his behalf. However, Yinchang thought that he was quite talented, so he recommended it to Ye Zhikui.

Another letter was written by Ye Zhikui. The letter did not hide his admiration for him, hoping that he could go to Tianjin to help train the new army, and promised a position of division and commanding two battalions of troops. It was a very large position.

Duan Qirui's eyes glowed green after seeing it, and he thought to himself that no wonder he was stepping on shit this morning. It turned out that this is the time to do it, so he wants to have good luck. Duan Qirui has been a teacher for many years and has been tired of it. He has long thought of leading troops himself. Unfortunately, there is no one in the court, and secondly, he has not encountered any big battle, so he can only endure it silently. He knows that Ye Zhikui wants to train a new army. It has already caused a lot of controversy and spread in the army. But he didn't expect that he would find himself. God finally opened his eyes.

When I saw Duan Qirui standing without saying anything or responding, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious. This person was the one that Mr. Ye personally told him to take down, so I said, "Mr. Duan, we Mr. Ye attach great importance to you. If he had not had urgent matters in the capital, he would have come to visit him in person. I don't know what you think. If you are not satisfied, we can still discuss it."

Duan Qirui woke up from his dream after hearing this and replied quickly: "My lord, there is no problem. I will resign from the superiors and go to Tianjin with you."

What happened to Duan Qirui was just a small part of many similar things. From the moment Ye Zhikui received the order to train troops, the military students who were once "the generals of the Huai Army laughed" began to be summoned to Tianjin to train the new army. Ye Zhikui also wanted this effect. He actually didn't like old-style officers very much, because most of these people had some old bureaucratic habits. These military students who had not graduated for the first time were in their prime, and were all excited at the age of not having the intention of making achievements! They were the best candidates for training the new army.

On December 15, Ye Zhikui sorted out the things in the capital and led everyone from the capital to Tianjin. Long before he left the capital, Ye Zhichao had already gone to Jiangsu to take office. Ye Zhikui visited all the big shots in the capital again, and finally said goodbye to Li Hongzhang. During the separation, Li Hongzhang looked at him and said seriously: "Congyun, you are young and talented, I only give you a word. The wood is in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Young people must remember not to show their sharpness."

Ye Zhikui nodded and remembered it solemnly. Ye Zhikui was not an ungrateful person. He remembered it in his heart that Li Hongzhang helped him a lot. It was because of himself that he won the victory of the Sino-Japanese War, avoiding the destruction of Li Hongzhang's reputation for half his life. Who can clearly explain the cause and effect relationship in this!

Tianjin, the old territory of Beiyang, the residence of the Beiyang ministers, was the second largest industrial and commercial city in China and the largest financial and trade center in the north. The existence of the concession made the city prosper abnormally. Many generals in Beiyang regarded Tianjin as their second hometown, and most of them bought real estate here, and some even lived there for a long time. For example, Sheng Xuanhuai also settled here for a while in order to facilitate foreign affairs.

As soon as Ye Zhikui entered Tianjin, he did not go to Ye's mansion first, but visited his immediate superior, Wang Wenshao, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang. Wang Wenshao was an old bureaucrat and was extremely sleek in his work. During his tenure as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, he suppressed peasant uprisings and Miao people's uprisings many times, and did not object to the Westernization Affairs Office. He could basically be regarded as a capable minister.

When they first met, Wang Wenshao was neither cold nor too enthusiastic about Ye Zhikui. He just told Ye Zhikui that he would come to him if he had any difficulties when he was training the new army in the future. After that, the two of them had no words in common. After a few words, Ye Zhikui stood up and left.

Then Ye Zhikui and Feng Guozhang and others met at Ye Mansion in Tianjin, took a short rest, and rushed to Lutai the next day. At this time, the North Korean Tiger Warrior Army had begun to withdraw from the country and continued to be stationed in Lutai, Tianjin, and was temporarily led by Nie Shicheng. Of course, in addition to the Tiger Warrior Army that Ye Zhikui withdrew from North Korea, some of these troops were soldiers recruited by Nie Shicheng, and had not yet taken shape.

After Ye Zhikui arrived at the military camp, he first went to Nie Shicheng's tent alone. When he walked in, he saw that Nie Shicheng was studying military books. When he heard the noise, he looked up and saw that Ye Zhikui came in and couldn't help but smile. He put down the military books and said, "From Yun Xian, he finally came. I am still waiting to rush to Shandong to take office!"

Ye Zhikui smiled and congratulated: "I haven't seen you for more than a month, and my uncle has been promoted again. I am the governor of Shandong. I'm so envious of my nephew."

Nie Shicheng smiled bitterly and said, "I am really coming and going in a hurry every time. I am a hardworking life. I have no envy. I am relieved to give this Lu Tai Army to you."

Then he patted Ye Zhikui on the shoulder and said, "I am going to Shandong here, I am afraid that we will meet again in the future. Training the new army is not a matter of a day or a night. Cong said, you must avoid being eager for quick success and instant benefits. Your uncle and I are not around, so you must do it yourself in the future." In ancient times, when we were so far apart, we usually never meet again when we die. Therefore, it can also be said that this is the last time the two met.

Ye Zhikui couldn't help but think of his encounter with Nie Shicheng in North Korea, his selflessness, his care and support for him, his unreservedness and his impending separation, and his tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes. The man had tears and did not flick his eyes, but when he was not sad, he said with a grudge: "My uncle Meng took care of him from all walks of life and cared for him, and now he wants to leave. He really can't repay him, so he can only bow down three times to thank him."

Ye Zhikui kowtowed a few times to show his gratitude to this person whom he respected so far. Nie Shicheng also expressed his true feelings and did not stop him. He just waited for him to kowtow and hugged him gently, comforting him: "If you and my uncle are destined to be together, are you still afraid that you will not have the chance to meet in the future?"

Then he joked: "Congyun, you are now all the people who have become the admiral. You are still crying here. Are you not afraid of your soldiers seeing jokes?"

Ye Zhikui wiped away the tears, suppressed the faint sorrow in his heart, and said with a smile: "Uncle said yes, I will be drunk and return tonight."

The two talked at night with candles. Nie Shicheng taught all his experience in training and leading troops, and even gave him several military books. The next morning, Ye Zhikui watched Nie Shicheng lead several personal soldiers, riding military horses, and disappearing on the horizon.
Chapter completed!