Several major forces in the south have intensified under the covert impetus of the northeast.

Beiyang, Xu Shuzheng, Zhao Wei and others have openly opposed the actions of the Beiyang direct family to eliminate dissidents. Yan Xishan and Zhang Xun telegraphed their support. For the Quartet pressure. The Beiyang Governor's Mansion did not compromise and retreat as everyone imagined, and then start negotiations, but chose to go-for-tat. The frequent troop movements have made the entire Beiyang ruling area feel like a storm is coming.

In the southwest, Tang Jiyao personally took care of the problem, led the first division of the Southwest New Army as the vanguard, and directly set off to attack Chongqing, wanting to complete the battle. The Southwest Business Alliance also moved quickly. Yuan Zuming, the commander of the army, led 50,000 men to launch a posture in the Chongqing area, to compete with the Southwest Governor's Palace.

In Liangguang. Li Zongren, who easily jumped out of the encirclement of the Gui system, entered the territory of Guangdong, and easily captured a county town, playing the name of an independent brigade of the National Defense Forces. The prestige began to spread in Liangguang. And Lu Rongting, who followed behind, almost vomited blood in anger after this news. If they don't know at this time that this is a Northeast method, it will be pigs. But knowing is knowing, the situation still has to go according to the Northeast script. Because the plan of the Northeast is a yang plan, it is to let you know that you have to jump down knowing that it is a plan of the Northeast. This makes the always arrogant Lu father and son embarrassed. However, looking at the growing Li Zongren's troops, he could only pursue them at all costs, and ordered the Gui troops in Guangdong to surround and intercept them.

Lu Rongting transferred a large number of troops in Guangdong, which greatly reduced the control of the Gui family over Guangdong, and the bandits in various places became active all of a sudden, and a force that was originally hidden and waiting for the time finally began to act. It's just that because they have a small range of action, they haven't caught the attention of the Gui family yet.

In the midst of the turmoil in the south, the Beijing government has embarked on vigorous economic construction. Not only have a large number of economic projects been launched, but restrictions have also been relaxed to encourage the development of private industry and commerce. For a time, the Northeast became a fertile ground for economic development.

At the same time, the Beijing government and the Yan Xishan government of Shanxi Province signed a trade agreement, so that Shanxi's cheap coal began to enter the Beijing government's market.

On the government side, the Northeast has corrected bad folk habits, dispatched officials to popularize new ideas, and vigorously developed education. Feng Yong knows that the century-old cause is education-oriented. Fortunately, the current Beijing government is the dictatorship of his Shaoshuai Feng, and his orders can be fundamentally implemented, and Li Jun also supports Feng Yong's opinion on strengthening the construction of education. I am also very interested in the compulsory education proposed by Feng Yong.

Of course, in this era of opportunity, it is unrealistic to implement nine-year compulsory education for future generations. Therefore, the current so-called compulsory education is more like a literacy class, so that the people at the bottom can read and write. As soon as this policy was announced, the public reacted differently. The three eastern provinces are very cooperative. The Mongolian steppes are nomadic, and it is difficult to establish education, and literacy education is not suitable for them. Other provinces are not so agreeable. Advantage those pedantic scholars who believe that only those who can read are qualified to read and write, and those peasants who face the loess with their backs to the sky have what qualifications are literate. It's just that the Northeast has adopted a high-pressure policy on this matter, and there are soldiers with rifles to force it, and no one dares to resist.

A series of large-scale measures in the northeast have made all forces feel incomprehensible. But at the same time, they also know that Beijing really has no intention of interfering in the south, which makes the struggle between all parties more intense.

The war in the southwest was fast, and with the strong firepower of the first division, Yuan Zuming's 20,000 vanguard was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and the remaining main force had no choice but to retreat. Tang Jiyao chased after him. Later, Tang Jiyao fell into Yuan Zuming's ambush, although he broke the enemy's ambush with the strong firepower of the first division and caused great damage to the enemy, but his own casualties were not small. Since then, Tang Jiyao has marched a lot more cautiously, which made Yuan Zuming fully prepared, and the two sides began to entangle in the mountains and forests in the Chongqing area. It took seven days for Tang Jiyao's troops to reach the city of Chongqing. It's just that now the headquarters of the Southwest Business Alliance has been moved to Guiyang. The whole of Chongqing became a fortress. Tang Jiyao launched a fierce attack, but there was still no result. There was a state of anxiety between the two sides.

With the replenishment of Tang Jiyao's weapons, the firepower level of the First Division decreased, and the pressure on Chongqing was greatly reduced. Tang Jiyao's Southwest Governor's Office immediately sent people to contact the Northeast, hoping that the Northeast would support a batch of weapons and ammunition. Feng Yong agreed to support a little. But for the Southwest, it was simply not enough to sustain a protracted war. Tang Jiyao can also understand the attitude of the Northeast, after all, after Cai Yi's accident, he Tang Jiyao was in power, and he chose to shelve Cai Yi's proposal to agree to merge into the Beijing government. Neither agree nor oppose. For the benefits given by the Northeast, eat it with peace of mind, and for the Northeast Order, it will be perfunctory if it can be perfunctory, anyway, the official governor of the southwest is still Cai Yi. Tang Jiyao, this is another big side ball. After all, the Northeast has made it clear that it will not send troops. Of course, Tang Jiyao didn't want to stick it upside down like this.

Since the Northeast does not give ammunition, he Tang Jiyao can only pay for it. Fortunately, the southwest has recovered financially some time ago, and although it is not enough to support an unusually protracted war, it can always purchase a batch of ammunition from the northeast to solve the urgent need.

Compared with the Southwest Governor's Palace, the Southwest Business Alliance itself is under greater pressure. The base of the Southwest Merchant Alliance army was the rebellious New Army. These new troops themselves have weapons, but they are basically old rifles, which are the bandit rifles captured in the Northeast that General Cai Yi bought from the Northeast at that time. Although it was improved by the Northeast Arsenal, it was not complete, and later the Northeast expanded the production line of new guns, and did not renovate this Japanese-made 30-style rifle. Therefore, the rifles in their hands are even more faced with the situation of no bullets, after all, the rifles circulating in the southwest are basically imitation German rifles from the Hanyang Arsenal, and the bullets are all 7.92 mm. It's really not easy to get 6.5mm rifle bullets.

Although the Southwest Business Alliance is rich, weapons and ammunition are so expensive, it is naturally difficult for them to buy good goods. If it weren't for Brother Pao's preparations, some weapons and ammunition were stored, I am afraid that this battle would not last long.

The war in Beiyang was no less smooth. In the face of the aggressive Xu Shuzheng, Zhao Wei and others, Feng Guozhang took decisive action. Wu Peifu, who was entrenched in Kaifeng, took the lead. Although Zhao led the army to resist with all his might. However, Wu Peifu's army is the elite of Beiyang. It may not be good to compare with the Northeast Army, but it is very easy to deal with Zhao Wei's miscellaneous army. In just three days, Wu Peifu took down three county towns in Zhao. Zhao Kui's power has shrunk significantly, and he has no choice but to ask for help from Yan Xishan in the north. After Zhao Kui was squeezed out of Kaifeng by Wu Peifu, his power suffered serious losses, and his power recovered during this time, but because his influence in Henan decreased, he currently only had 40,000 troops in his hands, half of which were still recruits who were anxious during this time. Naturally, it was powerless to resist Wu Peifu's 50,000 army.

Yan Xishan was also interesting enough, and on the spot of receiving the news, he ordered his confidant Yang Aiyuan to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to the south to assist Zhao Qi.

Zhang Xun also took up the 40,000 pigtails army in his hand and rushed directly to Nanjing, the seat of the Beiyang Governor's Palace, wanting to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Forced Wu Peifu to divide his troops. As for the 30,000-strong newly formed army not far from Nanjing, Zhang Xun didn't see it at all, and what combat effectiveness a group of troops composed of pure recruits could have.

It's a pity that Zhang Xun is destined to pay the price for his carelessness. On the way forward. Caught in an ambush by the new army. After a big battle, Zhang Xun lost more than half of his troops, and the army led by him frantically regained his lair.

The momentum of the newly formed army did not let people go, and it directly hit Zhang Xun's lair. At this time, as the initiator of a different kind of internal turmoil, Xu Shuzheng finally made a move. During this time, new recruits were constantly being trained internally. Wu Peifu trained 30,000, and Zhang Xiaozhun trained 30,000. Although Cao Kun did not train his troops, he annexed the defenders of Fujian and Jiangxi, and his power naturally advanced greatly, and his total strength exceeded 50,000 people, and his combat effectiveness was also quite strong.

When Xu Shuzheng made his move, Cao Kun and Chen Bing acted immediately on the border of Jiangxi and attacked Hunan. For a time, the entire Beiyang Territory was full of wolf smoke.

Beijing.

Marshal's Mansion. Feng Delin, Feng Yong, Li Jun, Jiang Baili, and Zhang Zuolin surrounded the map. Originally, Li Jun did not have to attend such a military meeting. After all, his current position is the president of the Government Affairs Yuan, and the government affairs of more than a dozen identities in the entire Northeast are pressed on him, so he is naturally extremely busy. It's just that this time the form of Beiyang is progressing too fast, and Feng Yong is a little dizzying, let alone others. In addition to being the president of the Northeast Government Council, Li Jun is also the chief of staff of the Northeast Army, of course, this is a part-time job. It's just that Feng Yong still attaches importance to his opinion.

"Everyone, this time the Beiyang all-out war, what should we do to make this war last longer!" Feng Yong said without hesitation. War is to the death. However, all the people present here are the spokesmen of the Beijing Government, and their own interests have been linked to the life and death of the entire Beijing Government, so naturally the interests of the Beijing Government should be put first in all considerations.

"For the Southwest, I suggest that the balance of the battlefield can be maintained by controlling the size of weapons and ammunition on both sides. Tang Jiyao's attitude is unclear now, and we should not indulge him too much. As for Beiyang, we should take another look, now that the war has just broken out, it is not yet known what the outcome of the contest between the two sides will be. However, Beiyang has the upper hand. Zhang Zuolin thought for a while and said.

"Yes, the problem in the southwest is easy to solve. It's just that on the Beiyang side, I hope that we should contact Yan Xishan's side, and we can strengthen their strength with cheap weapons and ammunition, so that the war is relatively balanced. However, the Beiyang War may not last long. After all, the direct Beiyang forces have the absolute upper hand. Jiang Baili said in a deep voice.

"Yes, the southwest is more urgent, and the north can be put first. However, business can be done, but the price needs to be adjusted. Li Jun said.

(To be continued)