Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Wang Liqun sighed with an extremely ugly expression: "Who said it wasn't? The Pang family is now the lackeys of the Fuso people. The Fuso people have now set up an embassy in Yanzhou City and have given the Pang family a lot of economic and military assistance. Even President Yang of the Northern Frontier Government has to give the Pang family some face now."

Liu Gangding angrily slammed the table and said, "Liqun, what's the point of staying in the Jiangbei Army like this? Give me a definite answer whether you will follow me or not."

Wang Liqun showed a trace of embarrassment, and after a moment he spoke again: "If I leave, the upper echelons will definitely take out their anger on the soldiers of the 108th Regiment and the lower-level officers. I have brought up all the members of the 108th Regiment. What will they do if I run away?"

After thinking for a moment, Liu Kangding came up with an idea.

"Liqun, you can take away all the low-level officers of the entire 108th Regiment. The young commander is in need of people right now. No matter how powerful the Pang family is, they won't take it out on the lowest-level soldiers."

Wang Liqun hesitated for a moment and nodded, "That's a solution, but we need to plan this carefully so as not to attract the attention of the Pang family."

"There is a big shortage of officers in the Northwest Revolutionary Army. The young commander has high hopes for me this time. See if you can find another group of officers who still have feelings for the Su family, and find a way to persuade them to defect and bring them back to the Northwest together."

Wang Liqun shook his head and said, "The only ones we can really rely on are our old brothers. We can try to persuade Shi Dazhu from the 155th Regiment to defect. As for the others, I think we should not act rashly. If the news leaks out, it will be a disaster."

Liu Gangding thought about it for a while and felt that what Wang Liqun said made sense. This kind of thing could only be done secretly and never in a high-profile manner. He had to find someone he could trust. Otherwise, once the news leaked out and the Pang family reacted, it would be hard to say whether he could bring these officers back to the northwest, or even if he could get out of Yanjing City.

However, before he set out this time, Su Zhengyang had already issued a death order, requiring him to recruit at least 100 officers to defect to the Northwest Revolutionary Army. But given the current situation, this goal is obviously difficult to achieve.

Including all the officers of the 108th Regiment, there are only 115 to people. Even if the th Regiment can be successfully instigated to rebel, there will only be to people in total, which is obviously some distance from Su Zhengyang's goal.

Liu Kangding expressed his thoughts.

Wang Liqun patted Liu Gangding on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother, you still don't understand it clearly. Many of the Su family's old subordinates have been kicked out of the Jiangbei Army. Although these people are not leading troops now, they still have the ability to lead troops in battle. There are even some senior generals among them. If these people are counted, it will be more than enough to achieve the goal of the commander-in-chief."

Liu Gangding patted his head and said with bright eyes: "You are smart, why didn't I think of it? In this way, you will be responsible for instigating Shi Dazhu of the 155th Regiment to rebel, and I will find someone to contact the former generals of the Su family who were kicked out of the Jiangbei Army."

After some discussion, the two of them worked out a detailed plan.

An hour later Wang Liqun walked out of the inn in a hurry.

Yan Shuangying appeared in front of Liu Kangding like a ghost.

"Deputy Commander, I will personally keep an eye on him. Although he is your old brother, people's hearts are different. This matter cannot go wrong at all. For everyone you contact in the future, I will have my men keep an eye on their every move to prevent the news from leaking out."

It’s better to be cautious. Liu Gangding nodded in agreement.

Yan Shuangying walked out of Wutong Inn and followed Wang Liqun closely, observing his every move.

After returning home, Wang Liqun did not delay too much. After saying goodbye to his mother, he left Yanzhou City and rushed to the 200th Regiment’s base 155 miles away.

Shi Dazhu, the commander of the 155th Regiment, was an honest man with no ulterior motives. When Wang Liqun suddenly visited him, Shi Dazhu did not think about the reason behind it. Instead, he warmly invited him into the base, set up a table for a banquet, and prepared to have a few drinks with Wang Liqun.

"Brother Shi, we can drink later. Now I have something very important to discuss with you."

Shi Dazhu looked at Wang Liqun's serious expression.

He shouted impatiently, "Just say what you want to say. I hate your dithering the most."

After Wang Liqun explained his purpose, Shi Dazhu's expression became serious.

"Brother Wang, I'm going to tell you the truth. I've had enough of staying in the Jiangbei Army. There has never been a traitor in our Shi family for eight generations. Now the Pang family is flirting with the Fuso people every day and worshipping them like grandfathers. It makes me upset to see this."

"Since the young commander has a good place to go, I will do it with you without saying anything. I will gather the officers under me later. The officers I bring with me have the same temper as me, so there shouldn't be any problem. It's just that my mother is old, so you have to think carefully about how to take her away without arousing the suspicion of the Pang family."

"I'm alone and live in the barracks every day, so I don't have any worries."

Wang Liqun picked up the wine glass and took a big gulp.

"I've thought about it. Let's first arrange for those officers with families to evacuate to the northwest in batches. We will leave last."

"After all, our positions are not high. Even if the Pang family is wary of us, they won't watch us too closely. It shouldn't be a big problem."

"Okay, then it's settled. Let's go to the northwest together and do something big under the command of the young commander. If I can return to Jiangbei one day, I will definitely deal with this traitorous dog of the Pang family."

Ten days later, Liu Gangding also persuaded many of the Su family's old subordinates.

The people from the Northwest Intelligence Bureau arranged some horse-drawn carriages to transport the families of these people to the Northwest in batches.

Things went relatively smoothly. It might be because the Pang family's actions were too disgusting, and these people were grateful to Commander Su for his kindness.

There were no obstacles in the process, and no one betrayed their friends for personal gain and revealed the news to the Pang family.

After the families of these officers were safely sent away, Liu Gangding also led this group of nearly 200 officers back to the northwestern Linzhou Province.

By the time the Pang family realized something was wrong, Liu Gangding had already led his men into the five northwestern provinces.

It can be said that Liu Kangding completed the task assigned to him by Su Zhengyang extremely well, even exceeding Su Zhengyang's expectations.

With the addition of this group of officers, the Northwest Revolutionary Army could carry out large-scale expansion.

You have to know that the Jiangbei Army is famous for its ability to fight tough battles. The officers from the Jiangbei Army are all experienced in command and have real skills in leading troops in battle.

Moreover, unlike the remote and barren northwest, there is no shortage of professional and technical personnel among the officers who can command artillery and drive vehicles.

Su Zhengyang's move greatly alleviated the shortage of officers in the Northwest Revolutionary Army in the short term.

As long as we wait until the Northwest Military Training Academy begins to gradually provide blood transfusions to the Northwest Revolutionary Army, the Northwest Revolutionary Army will no longer lack these troop command talents in the future.