Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Although the military power was lifted in a disguised form, the treatment is not lacking for everyone. According to the lieutenant-level treatment, Li Zongren was assigned to Villa No. 107 in Donghu Xinyuan Community. This is a three-story German-style villa. At the same time, Li Zongren was assigned a Ford car with five guards, a driver, a chef, and a health doctor.The total monthly salary is 2500 Chinese yuan, so Li Zongren specially brought his father Li Peiying, mother Liu Suduan, eldest brother Zongtang, third brother Zongyi, fourth brother Zongyao, and fifth brother Zongfan from his hometown in Guangxi.Anyway, my salary is enough to buy two thousand catties of rice every month, and I can feed a dozen people no matter what.However, it is clear that there are nine kinds of dragons, all of which are different. Li Zongren's other four brothers obviously do not have Li Zongren's talent in military affairs, and naturally no one is willing to join the army.Both the eldest brother and the third brother entered the military industry, while the fourth and fifth brothers were sent to study by Li Zongren.

In the original history, Li Zongren should have returned to Guangxi after the Revolution of [-] and married a woman named Li Xiuwen in his village.But history has shifted here. Although Li Zongren was still a beggar in Nanjing as in history, Li Zongren did not return to Guangxi in the end, but was inexplicably sold to Wang Zhenyu by Zhao Hengti, and finally became one of Wang Zhenyu's top five gold medalists. (Xu Yuanquan, Wan Yaohuang, Liu Xing, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi).Naturally, Li Zongren is now a bachelor, and his marriage has also attracted Wang Zhenyu's attention.

Wang Zhenyu didn't pay much attention to the marriage of his subordinates at first, because there are not many such opportunities. You must know that it is too early for men in this era to get married.Like Huang Xing, Huang Yiou was born at the age of 16.If this father's age is placed in later generations, it will definitely be on the headlines of the news, and then he will be scolded by netizens. It is estimated that we will start with Huang Xing's parents for analysis, and finally conclude that the family is unfortunate, and sex education must be grasped from an early age. come to a conclusion.

But when Wang Zhenyu learned that Li Zongren, who was one year younger than himself, was still a happy bachelor because he was busy with military affairs, his mind came alive.

For a long time, Wang Zhenyu has an indescribable feeling about the great generals in history such as Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and he needs to be reused and guarded against.

The reason for reuse is that Wang Zhenyu doesn't have many talents at his disposal, so if he catches one, he will count as one.Be wary because Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and the others are not related to themselves, and ambition will inevitably breed after holding military power.You must know that in history, these two men teamed up to make Lao Jiang's tears come out. They even took control of the National Government from 1927 to 1928, wiped out Sun Chuanfang's thirteen reorganization divisions in the north, and defeated Tang Shengzhi in the west. , Xiangnan beat Zhang Fakui to the field.The Xingui faction of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi once controlled the Jiangnan, Lianghu, Guangdong and Guangxi regions.If it weren't for the fact that there were foreign powers outside and Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols inside, and whether Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had such a powerful chaebol as Miss Song's family as their wives, they would not have been driven out of Nanjing by Lao Jiang in the end.The military is indeed only a continuation of politics, and the military alone cannot determine politics.

Sometimes the inertia of thinking still has an influence, maybe because of the textbooks, Li Zongren and Wang Zhenyu have the impression of being very kind and reliable, while Bai Chongxi is an ambitious existence.But now Wang Zhenyu is no longer a bystander but a leader, so he doesn't dare to believe in this textbook at all. He only believes in one thing. When a person has no conditions for rebellion, he will definitely not make rebellion.Therefore, he basically adopts a policy of suppressing the Guangxi faction represented by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in the youth army. Although they are reused, they will be left idle when they are used up.Whether it is the joint logistics of the three armed forces, the troika, or the withdrawal of troops to build brigades, the essence is to target Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, newly rising upstarts with outstanding military exploits.

But Wang Zhenyu knows that such an approach can only be prevented for a while, not a fundamental solution. After all, no one is a fool, and after many times, you will know what your plan is.Well now, the news that Li Zongren is still single, Wang Zhenyu looked at his younger sisters, well, his own sister Wang Ziqi is not married yet, she is already a big girl, but there is a reason why this Wang Ziqi is not married .Because of Wang Zhenyu's gaining power, the door of his family became taller at once. More importantly, because Wang Zhenyu's son was too strong, the power of the Wang family's patriarch was weak. He escaped from the feudal family.Wang Ziqi originally had no chance to study, but after entering the literacy class at the age of 13, she entered Anjiang No. [-] Middle School to study. After Wang Zhenyu entered Wuhan, Wang Ziqi went to Wuhan with the third brother's family, and then went to the National Wuhan University crying. In university, she majored in teacher training. According to her, she plans to become a Chinese teacher after graduation.Speaking of which, although my younger sister is not tall, she looks like a standard Xiang girl, she is beautiful.And it seems that Li Zongren is not tall. If Li Zongren becomes his brother-in-law, then he will be a family in the future. With this fierce brother as a relative, he will basically get the support of the entire Gui family, and He didn't intend to let his son take over at all, not afraid that they would not want his uncle.Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu really admired himself, and immediately decided to summon Li Zongren.

Although Li Zongren is one of the nine Standing Committee members of the Military Commission, in fact, he knows that that is false, and the army is not a place to talk about sex at all.So far, the Standing Committee of the Military Commission has never met once, and everything is at the discretion of the chairman Qiankun.Among the nine members of the Standing Committee, the only ones who can usually see Wang Zhenyu at any time are the Chief of General Staff Wan Yaohuang and the Minister of Armaments Ma Xicheng. Others have to make an appointment in advance to wait for the arrangement.For example, as a member of the Standing Committee, I haven't seen the chairman for four months since I was awarded the title.

Speaking of which, this chairman is one year older than himself, but he is indeed young and promising. Counting from the Revolution of [-], he was a small Hunan Army battalion commander to now commanding the nine provincial armies. From ancient times to the present, he is probably Tang Taizong Li Shimin To be able to accomplish such a feat at this age.

Just thinking about it, the car stopped suddenly.Li Zongren came back to his senses and asked, "Ah Huang, why did you stop?"

The driver hurriedly turned around and said, "General, check the post."

Li Zongren squinted his eyes and took a look. It was about 100 meters away from Wenlu. Seven or eight guards in full armor and wearing blue military uniforms set up checkpoints here to check the passing vehicles.Although the officer in charge of the inspection was very polite and polite, Li Zongren also had to lament that the chairman is not what he used to be, and this scene is not fake.After carefully checking and checking the pass, the officer checked Li Zongren's military ID card, and then gave a very respectful military salute: "Comrade Lieutenant General, we have received the order, please enter."

There are two other similar sentry posts, which made Li Zongren a little dissatisfied. Is it necessary to be so nervous?However, all dissatisfaction disappeared after seeing Wang Zhenyu. Li Zongren was directly introduced into the study by Wang Zhenyu's secretary Chen Bulei.

"Brother Delin, why don't you come to my place often? Are you now a lieutenant general and don't take me as the chairman of the committee seriously?"

Wang Zhenyu said half-jokingly, but Li Zongren was so frightened that he jumped up from the sofa, and saluted: "I will never forget the kindness of the commander-in-chief throughout my life (the generals of the direct line generally respect Wang Zhenyu as the commander-in-chief in private), and I dare not There is even a little bit of disrespect, please be aware of it, Commander-in-Chief."

Wang Zhenyu laughed loudly and said, "Just kidding, don't be nervous. Others don't know, but I don't know you, Li Delin? Sit down, sit down."

Wang Zhenyu's secretary, Chen Bulei, personally brought in the tea. Outside the study, Wang Chenhao was personally in charge of guarding, and no one was allowed to disturb him, including his wives. This was Wang Zhenyu's old rule of finding someone to talk to alone.

"Delin, how do you feel about your work in the General Staff Headquarters recently?" Wang Zhenyu didn't speak directly, but became concerned about Li Zongren's work.

Now Li Zongren's half of his butt is stuck to the sofa, but the sofa is too soft, so it's not comfortable to sit on.Hearing Wang Zhenyu's question, he quickly got up and said, "Reporting to the commander, I am currently in charge of the daily work of the three departments of communication, surveying and mapping, and training in the General Staff Headquarters. You and the commander-in-chief are taking care of you and the three departments. With the help of the bureau chiefs, everything is going smoothly. Thanks to the commander for your concern."

Wang Zhenyu was delighted when he heard it. Wan Yaohuang, why did he send Li Zongren to take care of errands? Except for training, these departments are all technical departments, which Li Zongren doesn't understand, and training is also a supervisory department. It can only be checked but not checked, which is very false.It is estimated that Li Zongren has also been suffocated in the past few months: "It is my old brother who has been with me from the beginning, sit down and talk, sit down and talk."

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Zhenyu decided to cut straight to the point: "Delin, I'm looking for you today, mainly because I've been thinking about assessing the Southwest recently, and now the various departments are roughly ready, but I haven't decided on the candidate for the coach. . .”

Before Wang Zhenyu finished speaking, Li Zongren, who had just sat down, jumped up like a spring: "I am willing to go to the humble post, and I will wipe out the Southwest for the commander-in-chief. I will do my best."

"Okay, what I want is this enthusiasm." Wang Zhenyu knew that Li Zongren must be annoyed by sitting on the bench of the General Staff.

"Hehe, Brother Delin, I heard that you are not married yet? Do you have a partner?" Wang Zhenyu asked suddenly.

Li Zongren's head was still excited about being able to lead troops to go out again, and he replied without hesitation that he didn't, and only remembered why the commander asked this after it was over?Li Zongren has been proud of his official career in the past few years. He has been promoted from a squad leader to an army commander and then to a military commissioner.Once this person is busy getting promoted, he can't take care of other things. After all these years, he only returned to his hometown once.Now that Li Zongren has a high status, there is no shortage of matchmakers. It's just that Bai Chongxi has been dispatched to Europe these days, and he himself has been suspended from a idle job.

What Wang Zhenyu said next made Li Zongren dizzy: "It's fine if you don't have it, it's fine if you don't have it. My family has a young girl who is [-] years old. She is very naughty and mischievous. I am looking for a husband's family. I think you are quite suitable... "

Chapter 316 Southwest Incident ([-])

In a courtyard of Xiong Kewu in Chongqing, Yang Du, who is about to be the director of the southwest camp, is sitting in front of a military map, silently drinking hot tea, all of which are premium Yunnan Puer tea.

Xiong Kewu and other members of the Sichuan National Socialist Party sat on the sidelines and did not dare to take their breaths, for fear of disturbing this person's thinking.Originally, Xiong Kewu didn't pay much attention to Yang Du, the remnant of Yuan Shikai's restoration, but all Tang Jiyao's actions and the direction of the i situation in the following were predicted by Mr. Xizi, wasn't it Zhuge Liang at that time?Then there is nothing to say, just listen to him and go with the party.

After a long time, Yang Du still didn't speak, Xiong Kewu finally got anxious: "Mr. Xizi, you are really saying something, if this continues, Luo Peijin will lay off our Sichuan Army, how will we get rid of it by then? Sichuan is brought under the jurisdiction of our national government."

Hearing this, Yang Du raised his head and smiled and said, "Brother Jinfan, don't worry about this matter. I wasn't worried about whether Sichuan could return to the embrace of the Nationalist government at all. What I was thinking about was how to make the whole Southwest feel easy." Go back to the embrace of the national government. So, don't worry about yourself. Mr. Keqiang is not in good health recently. The chairman has asked a doctor to treat him. I mean you should enter the center as soon as possible, otherwise Sun Wen will Once the line comes up, the industrial groups like Xie Chi and Lu Chao will gain power."

Xiong Kewu nodded, the news that Huang Xing was about to die was actually not hidden from him by Nanjing or Wuhan.At the same time, Huang Xing wrote a letter of recommendation to Xiong Kewu, asking the cadres of the nine-member regiment to continue to follow Wang Longzhong and Wang Zhenyu's nephew.Xiong Kewu couldn't see the situation clearly now, but it was impossible to follow Sun Wen anyway.As for following the nephew and uncle of the Wang family, Xiong Kewu probably knew that as long as he made special contributions to the Southwest issue this time, he would naturally have a position with the nephew and uncle of the Wang family.More importantly, the current Sichuan army is only the boss in name, and its strength is less than half. In the future, if the army is reorganized, as long as I can follow the right people, the brothers below will be there.Having figured this out, Xiong Kewu gritted his teeth and said: "Mr. Xizi, if you have any good ideas, just explain it, and Jin Fan will do his best to do it. This is what Mr. Keqiang specifically explained, so you can rest assured."

Yang Du nodded, put down his teacup, pointed at the map with his finger, and said like a general in long gown, "The Southwest issue lies with the Yunnan Army. As long as Tang Jiyao is cleaned up, the rest of the problem will be easy to deal with. I guess the Guizhou side It will also be attached.”

Xiong Kewu shook his head: "We also know the truth, but it is too difficult to deal with Tang Jiyao. Although we have five divisions in the Sichuan Army, it may be very difficult to deal with Luo Peijin and his three divisions. Jun. To put it bluntly, let’s not talk about punishing anyone, it’s good if we don’t get punished.”

Yang Du thought for a while and said: "Jinfan, you are too pessimistic. The matter is not as serious as you think, and I don't intend to let you Sichuan army go fishing. Your characters are used as bait, just lure the Yunnan army to take the bait."

Upon hearing this, Xiong Kewu hurriedly said: "Mr. Xizi has some clever ideas, let me tell you."

Yang Du chuckled: "Some things won't work if you say them out. If you do what I say, everything will go smoothly..."

On October 10, ***, the Governor of Sichuan Province concurrently served as the town guard of Chongqing, and the commander-in-chief of the Yasukuni Sichuan Army, Xiong Kewu, sent a telegram to the whole country.And he himself served as the acting chairman of the Sichuan Provincial National Government, and at the same time, in the name of the Sichuan National Government, ordered the Yasukuni First Army Luo Peijin and the Yasukuni Qian Army First Army Dai Kanbu to accept the reorganization of the National Government Military Committee, otherwise they would be regarded as rebels .

Tang Jiyao in Kunming and Luo Peijin in Chengdu had almost the same reaction when they saw the power-on, and they were both annoyed.

Tang Jiyao immediately removed Xiong Kewu from all positions in the name of Fujun Commander of the Southwest Military Government, and declared his troops to be rebels, and ordered Dai Kanluo Peijin's two troops to attack Xiong Kewu immediately, without any mistakes.

Luo Peijin was also dumbfounded, and immediately organized an army to prepare to attack.In contrast, the reaction of the Qian army was a bit weird. Liu Xianshi did not respond, but he just urged all parties in Sichuan to maintain peace in Sichuan and not to start the war lightly.The Dai Kan Department stationed on the Sichuan-Guizhou border did not see any news, and the hot-headed Luo Peijin actually ignored this unreasonable phenomenon.

If the Yunnan army knew the latest situation in Chongqing, they probably wouldn't be so eager to attack Xiong Kewu, but should immediately gather up their soldiers and horses and return to Yunnan obediently, taking advantage of the favorable location to defend it, maybe even Kind of hopeful.But this is exactly what Yang Du doesn't want to see, so this time the Southwest military operation is a bit like a thief.

Li Zongren arrived in Chongqing on October 10, and the 7 troops originally planned to be used in Pingchuan have been assembled in Yichang since the end of September. Deng Keng's No.14 Division is currently stationed in Fengdu County, Chongqing, and even more What is frightening is that in order to ensure the smooth operation of this military operation, Ma Xiren, who is in charge of the logistics of the Armament Department, adopted the method of equipment first. Although the other three divisions were still waiting to board the ship in Yichang, most of the equipment had already arrived in Fengdu.And Xiong Kewu, who was invited to inspect the No.14 Division, saw the strong young army, and immediately came to a clear judgment. It deserved to be the young army that defeated the Beiyang Army. This time, the Yunnan Army will suffer a big loss.

On October 10, at the site of the National Congress, the news of Sichuan's declaration of surrender came, followed by the power-up of the Yunnan Army announcing the crusade against Xiong Kewu.The congressmen who were still arguing over who should be the public prosecutor suddenly discovered that a war related to the interests of the national government broke out without warning! ! !

"We should send a message immediately to question Wang Wenzheng, Chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government in Wuhan, to find out what he did and why another war started in the Southwest. What we need now is peace, peace," said the deputy speaker of the National Assembly, who is also the director of the Finance Committee. Zhang Jingjiang was the first to speak out. Recently, his dissatisfaction with Wang Zhenyu has increased significantly. The reason is naturally that the bank reserve management committee plans to open on New Year's Day next year. You must know that Zhang Jingjiang's other official identity is the president of the National Bank. After the establishment of the management committee, the National Bank will be merged into this committee, and it will no longer be the governor of the central bank of the national government.This is a trivial matter, but the bigger crisis is that once this organization is established, the distribution rights of Huayuan will no longer belong to the national government, but will be controlled by the five major financial chaebols in the South. The Huang family and the Lu family have invested 5000 million pounds in Guangzhou to establish Nanyang Bank.Through the efforts of Hu Hanmin, Ye Zuwen finally let go, and the six banks jointly traded.Zhang Jingjiang faintly felt that in this way, even if democratic elections were really held, Wang Zhenyu and these chaebols would still be able to control the country, and this would be unfair to others.Therefore, Zhang Jingjiang's political position immediately turned to the side against Wang Zhenyu, and he uttered his own roar at the beginning of this meeting.

Liang Qichao, another deputy speaker and director of the Judicial Committee, shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhang is too anxious. It is a good thing that Sichuan is attached. And as far as I know, it is also President Li Yuanhong who abolished the Southwest Military Government and brought Southwest China, including Tibet, under the jurisdiction of the Nationalist Government. It was co-signed by Prime Minister Xiong Xiling, and the Congress in Beijing also approved it. Therefore, let alone Tang Jiyao and Xiong Kewu opened fire, it is reasonable and reasonable for the military committee to send our troops in, beyond reproach.”

"Mr. Liang's words are different. It has only been a few days since the end of the War to Protect the Nation. Sichuan has been the main battlefield of the War to Protect the Nation in the first half of the year. The local people have been beaten and displaced. Now that the war is starting again, I really don't know why. What is the meaning of the word?" Now, the non-partisan representative and the deputy chairman of the Economic Committee, Mr. Huang Yanpei, who stood up and opposed loudly, had limited feelings for Wang Zhenyu. I'm afraid it's a little easier than Lao Yuan's.

"You fart, you know what long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, no, if we don't unify the Southwest now, should we wait for them to become bigger, and then reunify in the future, I'm afraid the people will suffer even more..."

As he talked, he didn't know that the member of parliament was so desperate to jump over the wall that he was scolded, and actually threw a shoe towards the other party's face.I don't know if it hit the target, but the congress hall in the palace was bustling next.If Wang Zhenyu was here, his eyeballs would probably fall to the ground. Isn’t this the Taiwan Legislative Yuan of later generations?Those who waved their fists, fought against each other, and helped fight. The bustle was like a market. As the speaker, Zhang Taiyan knocked the gavel a few times to no avail. He himself chose to leave together with the deputy speakers Liang Qichao and Zhang Jingjiang. On the scene, the three of them were still smiling, obviously not surprised.The reporters who were interviewing on the scene took a few photos of the fight and then started chatting. Obviously, they are used to this scene now.

On October 10, Luo Peijin finally gathered 17 troops from three divisions of the Yunnan Army under his command and marched towards Chongqing.And Xiong Kewu didn't dare to show weakness, and personally led five Sichuan army divisions with more than 3 people to Nanchong and Luo Peijin for an encounter.

Before the battle, everyone was optimistic about the Dian army. After all, these young men only defeated the Beiyang army in Sichuan half a year ago.But the result surprised me. Relying on the large number of people, the Sichuan army played head-to-head with the Dian army. Gu Pinzhen and others under Luo Peijin obviously had reservations. Naturally, Luo Peijin was defeated and not only lost Nanchong Yes, and lost [-] people.Luo Peijin had to ask for help from the Guizhou Army and Yunnan, while retreating to Chengdu to wait for help.

And Tang Jiyao decided to go out in person, commanding Hu Ruoyu and his three divisions to fight in Sichuan. . .

Chapter 317 Southwest Incident ([-])

In the battle of Nanchong, Xiong Kewu and other Sichuan troops suddenly got violent, but Luo Peijin suffered a big loss. Fortunately, Luo Peijin was a battle-tested master and immediately led the team back to Chengdu.The Sichuan army naturally followed to Chengdu, and then put on an appearance of attacking the city. Naturally, it was unwilling to attack the city, but it was not difficult to shoot at the positions of the Yunnan army every day.Luo Peijin was very surprised by this and said, "Since when did the beggars from the Sichuan Army become so wealthy?"

Of course it is rich, these cannons and shells were shipped from Wuhan, there is no reason not to use things that don’t cost money.However, the Sichuan army was just like this. They attacked Chengdu several times in succession, but they were all repulsed by the Yunnan army. Xiong Kewu was also very straightforward. He ordered Chengdu to be surrounded for shelling.

After receiving Luo Peijin's rescue telegram, Tang Jiyao immediately ordered Hu Ruoyu, the commander of the Second Army of the Jingguo Yunnan Army and the commander-in-chief of Sichuan's rebellion, and the commanders Xie Ruyi, Li Xuanting, and Zhang Ruji to go out to fight in Yunnan.At this time, the main force of the Yunnan Army was less than 6, and almost [-] people were sent to Sichuan. Tang Jiyao didn't think it would be dangerous to do so.

Some deviations occurred in history at this time. On October 10, Huang Xing, who was supposed to pass away in history, was still receiving intensive care treatment in Nanjing Army Hospital, and his life was still going on.And Cai E, who was supposed to die of illness on November 31, may have heard the news of the outbreak of war in the southwest, and finally failed to survive the last day of October. He died of illness in Fukuoka, Japan this morning at the age of 11.Cai E's last words: "I commanded the First Army of the Protectorate of Yunnan Province in the Sichuan War and the personnel who died in the Sichuan War, I beg Luo Peijin and others to verify the petition for the award, in order to show justice; E has a short life and failed to do his best for the Republic of China, so he should be buried lightly. "

As a hero who changed this era, Cai E's death caused a great shock, but no one felt that there were Japanese hands and feet here, after all, the anti-Japanese sentiment at that time was not very strong.Everyone put more mood on paying homage to Cai E.In Beijing, in Shanghai, in Nanjing, in Wuhan, in Kunming, in Chongqing, in Chengdu, and in eight cities in Guiyang, public memorial sites have been set up for Cai E's tablet, allowing everyone to pay homage to this hero who protects the country.

Sun Yat-sen: In his life, he was generous to protect the guards;