"Chief of Staff, the early arrival of reinforcements has put an end to our plans. Do we choose to fight, with our current strength, even if we can't swallow the entire Ganning region in one battle, there is no problem in taking half of it. Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the map and said. Now the total strength of the northeast has exceeded the sum of the Ma Jiajun in the Ganning region. The Northeast Security Army now occupies only one-tenth of the entire Ganning region. Such a territory simply cannot demonstrate the deterrent power of the Northeast Security Army.

Li Jun didn't answer, just quietly looked at the map on the wall.

"Let our people come back! In the current situation, it's not interesting to try to provoke. It makes people laugh at our little family in the Northeast. Li Jun looked up and said.

Zhang Xiaoshan nodded. In order to sow discord between Zhuma, Zhang Xiaoshan sent several battalion-sized elite detachments into the hinterland of the Ganning region. Judging from the nervous state of the horses, they have achieved certain results. But now because of the pressure from the northeast, Zhuma is completely tightened together, and these elite detachments will definitely be noticed by Ma Jiajun as soon as they make a move. In the final analysis, in the Ganning region, Ma Jiajun is the head snake, if Ma Jiajun determines that there are elite forces in the northeast infiltrating their defense area. They will definitely mobilize all their forces to sweep the entire defense area. These elite detachments are very difficult to dodge and will eventually cause large losses in the troops. That's a bit more than worth the cost.

"Dispatch troops and take down Gulang County and Yongchang County first. At this time, defeating or driving out the Ning Navy can deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Ma family's coalition army! Also, inform the fighters that it's time to move closer to the northeast! Li Jun's expression was solemn. He knew that if he continued to give this order, it would definitely cause a big shock in the Ganning region, and the calm in the Ganning region would not be there, and there was a great possibility of a major war.

"Yes!" Zhang Xiaoshan said excitedly. As a military general, only war can excite him. Although he learned a lot of other knowledge from Li Jun during this time, these things were not as exciting as the confrontation on the battlefield.

The transfer in the Northeast was not concealed in the slightest. 20,000 cavalry directly sent troops to Gulang County. Li Jun is not Zhang Guangjian, and the Northeast Security Army is not the Gansu New Army. Even so, in the face of the 3,000 remnants of the Ning Navy, Li Jun still did not relax in the slightest, and sent two brigades of cavalry. With almost ten times the number of troops. With the momentum of a lion fighting a rabbit, he is ready to swallow these two counties in one fell swoop.

Gulang County!

"Big brother, Bu Qing has already left with this material. Sister-in-law and Bufang have also been transferred to Yinchuan. Don't worry about safety. Big brother, are we going to fight or escape? You always have to have an idea. In the face of the army in the northeast, even Ma Lin, who has always been brave, lost the will to resist.

"Withdraw! Let's go north and take refuge in Ma Fuxiang! Ma Qi's expression was extremely gloomy. Although he didn't think that the Northeast would send troops to deal with him, it was really beyond his expectations that things came so quickly. Moreover, the importance of the Northeast to his Ma Qi was also unexpected, and it even sent 20,000 cavalry troops to deal with its own 3,000 remnants. The combat power of the two sides is not comparable at all. Faced with this kind of war with no chance of winning, Ma Qi can only choose to retreat. Originally, because of the high spirit of defeating the new army in Gansu, he was completely deflated in front of the army in the northeast. In the face of the menacing Northeast cavalry, Ma Qi had only two choices, one was to flee and the other was to surrender. If Ma Qi surrenders before the arrival of reinforcements from the Northeast, he will definitely be valued by the Northeast, and his future is limitless. But now that the strength of the Northeast has increased greatly, and a large army has been sent to attack it, if he chooses to surrender, needless to say, he will definitely not receive much attention. Therefore, Ma Qi, who was never willing to be under the people, chose to escape. And the Ning Navy, which has lost the last two county seats, is like a rootless duckweed. It can only be sent under the fence. At present, the only capable forces in the Ganning area are Ma Anliang of the Western Army and Ma Fuxiang of the Anning Army. To say that Ma Anliang's Western Army is much stronger than Ma Fuxiang in terms of territory and strength, but Ma Qi finally chose Ma Fuxiang. Because the Ning Navy was separated from the Western Army. Those feelings back then have also been lost with the confrontation over the years. If the Ning Navy returns to the Western Army, it will be impossible to maintain a certain degree of independence. Although Ma Anliang is not strong, he is not at the mercy of others. After thinking about it for a long time, Ma Anliang still chose Ma Fuxiang. Although defecting to Ma Fuxiang will inevitably be subject to a lot of restrictions, Ma Qi believes that in Ma Fuxiang's eyes, he will definitely not completely annex the Ning Navy, after all, although the strength of the Ning Navy has been greatly damaged, but without his own nod and agreement, any force that wants to swallow the Ning Navy must think about whether they can bear the loss. And Ma Fuxiang's own strength is weaker than that of the Western Army, and his joining just makes up for the gap between the strength of the Anning Army and the Western Army. It can also greatly strengthen Ma Fuxiang's voice in the Ma family coalition army.

The movement in the Northeast was very fast, and Ma Jiajun got the news for the first time. Since it was determined that he had lost 5,000 elites, Zhang Guangjian was completely dormant, and even more cooperated in his capacity as the overseer of Gansu to lodge a stern protest to the central government, demanding that the northeast withdraw from the Ganning region. Although there is no news from the central government, the spread of this news still gives Ma Jiajun the reputation of righteousness. The presence of the northeast has become a source of instability in the Ganning region.

After receiving the Northeast Public Security Army's attack on Gulang County, the Ma Jiajun did not send troops to assist the Ning Navy in defending the city, because it was unrealistic, and the entire Ma Jiajun system was basically based on cavalry, and he was not good at defending the city at all. In addition, the geographical location of Gulang County and Yongchang County is extremely remote compared to the Ganning area. Now the main force of the Western Army is gathered in Tianshui to prepare for the next step in the northeast. This Gulang and Yongchang have been strategically abandoned by the Ma Jiajun. Therefore, after receiving the news of the dispatch of troops from the Northeast, Ma Anliang and Ma Fuxiang called Ma Qi as soon as possible, asking him to exercise restraint and choose to retreat in order to preserve the strength of Ma Jiajun. and invited the Ning Navy.

Ma Qi borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and directly fled towards Guyuan County, Ma Fuxiang's jurisdiction, with the remnants of the Sanqianning Navy who had already been ready to recover. By the time the cavalry from the northeast arrived, all they got was two empty cities that were not defended. The cavalry from the northeast did not pursue it. It seems that he is already very satisfied with taking these two counties. It's just that the local powerful forces in these two counties have suffered. After all, the Ma brothers have been operating here for many years, and they have a wide range of contacts, and the Ning Haijun withdrew very suddenly, and some people close to Ma Qi were not taken away. Of course, the Northeast Security Army will not let go of these unstable factors.

Northeast, Marshal's Mansion.

Feng Yong's face was full of joy and looked at the appointment letter in his hand. At the same time, I sighed in my heart. No wonder Li Yuanhong can't fight Duan Qirui. This can be seen in the courage of both sides. Li Yuanhong came to lobby for his support, but he just drew a very tempting pie, and he couldn't even see any tangible benefits. But Duan Qirui was different, first very formally appointed Cao Rulin, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to come to the Northeast on business, and then handed over this blank appointment letter to himself "by the way". The demand is very simple, the northeast remains neutral, and does not get involved in the struggle in the Kannai.

"Yong'er, who are you going to let do the job of overseer of Gansu?" Feng Delin said with a smile.

"This is not in a hurry, although we have this letter of appointment, but we still have to report the name of the person, and then get the official approval of the Republic of China government to count. Father, do you think we should put more pressure on Duan Qirui, so that the next time we send it may be the appointment letter of the Northwest Patrol Envoy! Feng Yong said with a smile.

"Huh! The beauty you want. Just look at the situation in the Northeast. Even if we really occupy the three eastern provinces, Duan Qirui is not stubbornly holding the position of the Northeast Patrol Envoy and not giving it to us, and he is not afraid that we will occupy the complete righteousness. But that's okay, with the appointment of the Gansu Overseer, almost the entire Ganning region can be swallowed by us. The population of the Ganning area is quite large, which can greatly alleviate the weakness of population scarcity in our northeast. Feng Delin really wanted to open it. The Feng family's stride in more than a year is too big. Even if he himself was involved, it still made him feel like he was dreaming. He never imagined that he would be able to become governor of the three eastern provinces. The Feng family was able to become the first family in the Northeast. Although they had appointed themselves to the governor, no one felt that he was inappropriate to sit in this position. That's the benefit of being strong.

"The benefits of the president are too illusory, and we are not sure that we will be able to eat the benefits. On the contrary, it is not as tangible as Premier Duan's tangible benefits. And the Beiyang Army has not fought for several years. None of us know their combat effectiveness, and after all, the Beiyang Army is a government army, and I, Feng Yong, don't want to be charged with rebellion. Father, I think we will swallow the Ganning region, and then gradually encroach on the entire northwest region. Let's use this bitter cold place outside the Guan, which the Central Plains people can't look down on, to surround the entire Central Plains hinterland step by step. Feng Yong's eyes flashed with excitement. Imagine that the Northeast Security Army completely occupies the northeast and northwest, and its own forces have formed a kind of large encirclement of the hinterland of the Central Plains, and at that time, the Northeast will not be able to compare with each other in terms of strength and influence. Another important point is that the feudal power outside the Guan, whether in the northeast or northwest, is not strong. He can carry out one-step reforms in these areas. Although doing so would make his reputation in Guannai worse, Feng Yong didn't care at all, anyway, he already had the consciousness of being scolded to death when he was engaged in land reform.

"Yes, I think let's hurry up and report the good news to Chuanxin! I believe that with this righteous name, he can swallow the Ganning region more easily! Feng Delin thought of the telegram from the Ganning area. It seems that Li Jun has not made much progress in the Ganning area now.

Feng Yong nodded. But in his heart, he was thinking about the candidate for the overseer of Gansu. The position of supervising the army, which is both military and political, will not appear in the current system in the Northeast, and Feng Yong has always strictly implemented the strategy of separating the military and the government in order to have absolute control. And Li Jun's situation is special, and Li Jun's command of the army is only temporary, and when the northwest affairs are over, he will continue to serve as the president of the Executive Yuan.

(To be continued)