Shanghai: The First Warlord of the Republic of China

Immediately take people to the south and north of the Yangtze River to control the territories of Li Chong and Zhao Mingfei.

Jiangnan and Jiangbei are indeed two very large provinces in the southeast. If we control these two provinces, the power of our Longmen can be expanded at least several times.

Jiangnan Province and Jiangbei Province rank relatively high among the southeastern provinces.

Moreover, these two provinces have a lot of territory and manpower. By controlling these two provinces, Longmen's power will increase greatly.

It will be even more powerful.

Ding Li said: "I understand, Brother Qiang, I will take people to Jiangnan and Jiangbei immediately."

After saying this, he took some of the people on the battlefield away and went to occupy the south and north of the Yangtze River.

Because the situation on the battlefield is now basically clear, there is no need for more people to stay here.

Let’s occupy the territory first.

Xu Wenqiang stayed where he was and continued to control the battlefield.

The two men took action at the same time.

Both on the battlefield and when Ding Li led his men to capture the two provinces of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, everything went very smoothly.

Because Li Chong and Zhao Mingfei were already dead, basically no one in the two provinces of Jiangnan and Jiangbei could pose a threat to him.

In addition, Ding Li led a large number of people and heavy weapons, so he almost swept the whole way.

It took about two or three days to occupy the two provinces of Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

These two provinces are now under the control of Longmen.

On the battlefield, things were also going smoothly. Xu Wenqiang kept a close eye on Li Chong and Zhao Mingfei's men. Almost no one escaped from the battlefield. All of them died under the Longmen artillery fire.

Only after making sure that Li Chong, Zhao Mingfei and everyone else were killed did Xu Wenqiang lead his men away.

At this point, Longmen's battle with Zhao Mingfei and Li Chong was over.

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A few days later, Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li returned to Shanghai one after another.

In Lido, Ye Yunfei met Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li.

He smiled and looked at the two of them and said, "Wen Qiang, Ali, it seems that I have to celebrate your success. You have made a great contribution to Longmen by taking over Jiangnan and Jiangbei."

Because there has been a steady stream of news from the front line in the past few days, Ye Yunfei already knew that Ding Li and his men had taken control of both south and north of the Yangtze River.

Ding Li chuckled and said, "Brother Fei, this is all because of your good command. If you hadn't commanded us to chase Li Chong and Zhao Mingfei, we wouldn't have been able to kill them, let alone take over two large areas of Jiangnan and Jiangbei."

"Brother Fei, I took people to Jiangnan and Jiangbei to see that they are really big, much bigger than Shanghai. It feels like Jiangnan alone is as big as several Shanghais."

“Although the economy there is not as prosperous as Shanghai, the place is really big.”

Ye Yunfei said: "Jiangnan and Jiangbei are two relatively large provinces in the Republic of China. They are economically backward, but have a large population."

"In terms of area, Shanghai cannot be compared with Jiangnan and Jiangbei."

Although Ye Yunfei had never been to the south or north of the Yangtze River, he was relatively familiar with these two places.

Because Jiangnan and Jiangbei are not far from Shanghai, in fact, both places are close to Shanghai.

Therefore, it is quite familiar.

At this time, Xu Wenqiang said: "Although the economy of Jiangnan and Jiangbei is not very good, the geographical location is still very important."

"Moreover, what's even more advantageous is that after taking over Jiangnan and Jiangbei, our Longmen can continue to expand."

"There are a lot of people in the vast areas of Jiangnan and Jiangbei. We can use these two places to recruit a large number of soldiers for our Longmen."

"By then, our Longmen will develop even faster."

What Xu Wenqiang saw from the south and north of the river were people.

With the territory, there will be people. By controlling these two territories, we can recruit a large number of people for Longmen.

The number of people is crucial to Longmen’s development.

In Shanghai, they have already recruited a lot of people.

Now they can hardly recruit many people in Shanghai.

Therefore, the number of people in Longmen did not continue to increase.

Now, after controlling the two huge territories of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, we can recruit more people for Longmen.

After listening to Xu Wenqiang's words, Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "Wenqiang is right. With these two places in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, we can indeed recruit more people."

"It's not just people, but also taxes. Taxes from the south and north of the Yangtze River will also fall into our hands. So, we can not only receive people, but also get money."

"One kill kills several birds with one stone."

Ding Li said: "That's right, no matter what, taking over these two places will only benefit us, not harm us."

"In addition to Shanghai Beach, we have two more territories in Longmen. The area we control has expanded several times more than before. I am excited just thinking about it."

Ye Yunfei said: "Taking over these two territories is certainly a good thing, but it is not enough to just take over, we also have to defend these two territories."

"The warlords in the Republic of China are now fighting fiercely for territory, and everyone wants to control more territory."

"If Jiangnan and Jiangbei fall into our hands, there will definitely be a lot of people who are jealous. So, Wen Qiang, Ding Li, you two have to guard these two territories well."

"We must not let these two territories fall into the hands of others."

Ding Li said: "Brother Fei, don't worry, I have already made arrangements. Before I came back, I left 40,000 people in the south and north of the Yangtze River."

"The south of the Yangtze River is guarded by Chen the Cleaver, and the north of the Yangtze River is guarded by Chang Gui. These two have been with us for many years, and both of them have outstanding abilities."

"And I left them a large amount of weapons and equipment. There will be no problem for them to defend the south and north of the river."

"Besides, there are telephones everywhere now. If something really happens in Jiangnan or Jiangbei, they can just call us directly, and we can take people to kill them, and there won't be any problem."

Hearing Ding Li's arrangement, Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "Just make the arrangements. I have great trust in you."

"It's just that we have just occupied Jiangnan and Jiangbei. Don't disturb the local people, and don't let the Longmen disciples mess around in Jiangnan and Jiangbei."

"We are not in Shanghai now. We are so far away that we cannot control them directly. If we let them cause trouble, that would be bad."

Ding Li said: "I know Brother Fei, I will arrange for them to manage their subordinates well and never mess around."

"Ah."

Ye Yunfei then nodded.

After discussing for a while, Ye Yunfei stood up and said, "You two just came back from the front line. You must have worked hard. Let's go. I'll treat you today and take you to a good meal as a reward."

Upon hearing this, Ding Li immediately laughed and said, "Really, Brother Fei? Then I'm going to give you a good meal today."

Xu Wenqiang shook his head helplessly. Ding Li, even though he was the boss of hundreds of thousands of people, was still a little stupid.