At a time when all forces in the country were paying more attention to the war in Beiyang and Southwest China, a telegram from Xi'an caught all forces off guard.

Shaanxi telegraphed: "Chen Shufan, the overseer and governor of Shaanxi, during his reign in Shaanxi, acted perversely, and the people were not able to make a living. The people toiled hard for a year, and the harvest was not enough to pay the taxes. The people depend on wild plants and leaves for their survival. As a provincial overseer, Chen Shufan did not seek the welfare of the people, but sheltered the local tyrants and oppressed the people, which was actually aiding and abusing. Hu Jingyi, the leader of the Shaanxi People's Party, led troops to oppose Chen, overthrew Chen Shufan's reactionary rule, established the Shaanxi Revolutionary Government, announced the implementation of a new policy, and ensured that everyone had food and clothing! ”

In the face of this call, the most unprepared was Duan Qirui, the leader of the Anhui warlords.

Beijing, Prime Minister's Office.

"Damn it! Where did this Hu Jingyi come from! How could Chen Shufan be killed so easily. How did Chen Shufan do things, and tens of thousands of troops in Shaanxi were stunned by a small person. Premier Duan scolded angrily.

"Report to the Prime Minister, Vice President Feng has arrived." Duan Qirui's attendant made his debut in a whisper. Facing the furious Duan Qirui, he didn't want to touch the mold.

"Feng Guozhang?" Duan Qirui was stunned, and then a trace of shame and anger appeared on his face. Feng Guozhang must have come to him at this time for the power of Shaanxi, and now newspapers across the country are reporting on this matter, and all of a sudden the barren Loess Plateau has become the focus of people's attention.

"Let him in!" Although Duan Qirui doesn't want to see Feng Guozhang very much now, it is not a good way to blindly escape some things, Duan Qirui is not an ordinary person after all. It didn't take long to calm down.

In the study, Feng Guozhang took a sip of tea very leisurely, although the interests of the two families in Beiyang are now entangled, but in essence, there is still a difference between the Anhui family and the direct line. Although both sides are known for their Beiyang lineage. However, the Anhui faction is regarded as the pro-Japanese faction in Beiyang, while the direct faction is the pro-European and American faction in Beiyang.

"Brother Qirui, what do you think about the situation in Shaanxi?" Feng Guozhang asked.

"Hu Jingyi jumping off the beam clown, it's not enough!" The name Hu Jingyi was only heard by Duan Qirui after the Xi'an Incident. Therefore, for this kind of little person, Duan Qirui has an instinctive contempt.

"It's not as simple as Brother Qirui imagined. Although this Hu Jingyi is only a small regiment commander in the Qin army in Shaanxi, his prestige is very high. It can even be regarded as the person who made the first contribution to the revolution in Shaanxi, and it is not necessarily a good thing for us that such a person with prestige and strength has grasped the military and political power in Shaanxi. And the most important point is that this Hu Jingyi is a Kuomintang party. and Huang Xing of the Kuomintang are inextricably linked. I am worried that the situation in Shaanxi will be taken advantage of by the Kuomintang. Feng Guozhang said. Now Beiyang's strength has been suppressed like never before, and every province is becoming more and more important to Beiyang. What's more, Shaanxi borders the northeast and southwest at the same time, and the strategic location is extremely important. Otherwise, when Chen Shufan surrendered, Duan Qirui would not be so happy.

"On the Kuomintang side, I am not worried, now that the Kuomintang has just moved into Liangguang, Sun Wen is jumping up and down to prepare for the construction of military academies and universities. Even the Kuomintang built a party army of 3,000 people with the support of Lu Rongting. Although these things are nothing to us, this is the Kuomintang's family business after all. They may not be willing to give up. Moreover, although Hu Jingyi is a member of the Kuomintang, he did not explicitly join the Kuomintang, and Huang Xing and Sun Wen are not harmonious, although he and Sun Wen are now walking together, but the master-slave relationship between the two sides has not been straightened out, otherwise Huang Xing would not always stay in Shanghai to recuperate. "For the Kuomintang, the Beiyang government has a special intelligence department to collect his intelligence, and it can be said that every move of the Kuomintang bigwigs is under the surveillance of the Beiyang government, and it can also be seen from here that the Beiyang high-level is afraid of the Kuomintang.

Although the strength of the Kuomintang was weak, its influence was too far-reaching, and the Kuomintang was very deep, and their revolutionary theory was very easy to deceive people, and no one could guarantee that the loyal people around him were not spies planted by the Kuomintang. The warlords on all sides were afraid of the infiltration of the Kuomintang, because such infiltration could easily collapse the rule of the warlords from the inside out.

"What about the strength of the Northeast Army in Shaanxi? If we don't make a decision early, and let the Northeast Security Army use Hu Jingyi as an excuse to invade Shaanxi, we will really be passive. ”

"This ......," Duan Qirui muttered.

"Brother Qirui, there are only two ways to deal with Hu Jingyi, the first is to eradicate him with the power of thunder, and never give him a chance to develop and grow, and the second is to appease him and absorb him into our own people, replacing Chen Shufan to govern Shaanxi and fight against the Northeast Army." Feng Guozhang said.

"Brother Huafu. I'm worried now that the Northeast Security Army is behind the scenes in this Xi'an incident. In this case, no matter what we do, it will be in vain. Duan Qirui sighed and said.

"Northeast Security Army? They don't have that long hands, do they? Feng Guozhang doesn't know much about the situation in Shaanxi, his forces are mainly concentrated in Hubei, Henan, Jiangsu, etc., plus there is a Shanxi in front of Shaanxi, and Yan Xishan, the overseer of Shanxi, is an authentic old man. The entire Shanxi Province is run by him. None of them, the Beiyang bigwigs, could get involved.

"No, the Northeast has already put its hand into Shaanxi. The Northeast Public Security Army has already had a partial division into Shaanxi, and now it has occupied the Yulin area of Shaanxi, and I accepted Chen Shufan's closeness at that time, and I also had the idea of using him to resist the Northeast Army's southward movement. If there is no involvement of the Northeast Security Army in this matter, I don't believe it myself. ”

"This ......, if the Northeast is really involved, we should do it before they act, I suggest that a large army be dispatched immediately to encircle and suppress Hu Jingyi. It must not be allowed to gain a foothold. Feng Guozhang said with a solemn expression.

"I want to fight, but the Qin army has a lot of troops, and the only force in our Beiyang in Shaanxi is Li Chunbu, which was routed in the southwest, and with a rout force like Li Chunbu, I am worried that it will be difficult for them to achieve victory." Duan Qirui is also a little disappointed in Beiyang's combat effectiveness now, but fortunately, Xu Shuzheng's and Cao Kun's troops in the Beiyang Army performed well, and they did not make him completely desperate.

"Don't worry about this, the reason why Li Chun's troops failed last time was not because our Beiyang Army's combat effectiveness was not good, but because Li Chun was too smooth and underestimated the enemy and fell into an ambush. And Li Chun's attack this time is not the Southwest New Army led by Cai Yi, but the Qin army established by Chen Shufan, now Chen Shufan has just been killed by Hu Jingyi, even if Chen Shufan's ability is poor, the troops he established will always have some feelings for him, and there will be many Chen Shufan's descendants in the army who are not satisfied with Hu Jingyi, now that the Xi'an Incident has just happened, Hu Jingyi will definitely not have time to clean up these internal hidden dangers, and the troops will definitely be unstable, as long as Li Chun is fast enough and ruthless enough, he will definitely be able to easily defeat the Qin army. When the time comes, the Qin army is defeated and Hu Jingyi is captured, even if the Northeast Army wants to make a move, it will be too late. ”

Duan Qirui thought for a while, nodded and said, "How is Li Chunbu's rest?" "Li Chun is a direct general of Beiyang, and he Duan Qirui is not a person all the way, and the replenishment of the troops is a matter within the direct line, although Duan Qirui is domineering, he is not so in the mood to know everything.

"It's basically a fight. It's just that the morale of the troops is not good. Feng Guozhang said helplessly. After all, it is a temporary patchwork unit, and its combat effectiveness is really limited. Coupled with the fact that it has just experienced a rout, it is already very good that the troops have been able to organize some combat effectiveness in such a short period of time.

The ancient city of Xi'an. In the Overseer's Palace.

Dressed in the camouflage uniform of the Northeast Security Army, the young man sat on the chair that originally belonged to Chen Shufan in the Overseer's Mansion. Standing opposite, Hu Jingyi, whose face was not very good.

"Brigadier Qian, what do you mean by that? Didn't you support us against Chen Shufan? Now why are your people even controlling mine? Hu Jingyi said angrily.

The young man of the Golden Knife in Malaysia is the commander of the First Brigade of the Northeast Public Security Army and the current commander of the Yulin Military Division, Qian Yansheng, who is also the No. 1 who disguised himself as a bearded man and infiltrated the ancient city of Xi'an.

"Head Hu, you misunderstood! We didn't mean to do this against you, but now that Xi'an is in chaos, the Qin army outside the city is ready to move, and in order to ensure the stability of the ancient city of Xi'an, we are also forced to do so. Also, now our Northeast Public Security Bureau is not suitable to appear in its original form, so we can only grieve the brothers of the Qin army and borrow us some military uniforms. Qian Yansheng said indifferently.

"You ......"

"Captain Hu, take a look! This is the commander who has just received an order from the major marshal. It is about the appointment of Head Hu. Our Northeast Security Army is different from other warlord forces, and in our Northeast, military personnel do not interfere in politics. If Commander Hu wants to join the army, the young marshal will reorganize the Shaanxi Qin Army into a brigade, and Commander Hu can serve as the brigade commander. As soon as Regiment Commander Hu becomes Brigade Commander Hu, he can no longer interfere in local government affairs. Of course, if Tuanchang Hu is interested in administration, the young marshal will appoint Tuanchang Hu as the head of civil affairs in Shaanxi to preside over the administrative affairs of the entire Shaanxi. Qian Yansheng said with a smile. He believes that the gift of the young marshal is tempting enough, whether it is in the army or politics, it is a very good choice for Hu Jingyi.

"This ......"

"Head Hu, it's not that I, Qian Yansheng, underestimate you, if it weren't for our Northeast intervention, your so-called Xi'an Incident would have been a joke. With your current prestige, you can't subdue the entire Qin army at all, and killing Chen Shufan now will only cause the entire Qin army to collapse. As a result, Li Chunbu in southern Shaanxi was nested in vain. "Qian Yansheng has received the news that Li Chunbu in southern Shaanxi has already shown signs of raising troops.

"I need to think about this!" The development of things was completely different from what Hu Jingyi expected. He felt that all these things were like a dream, and he made a wedding dress for the Northeast for the sake of his ideal revolutionary actions.

(To be continued)