Northeast Marshal's Mansion.

Feng Yong received Zhang Xiaoshan's telegram without the slightest surprise on his face. After he heard that the Pioneer Regiment of the Western Military Region had been wiped out, he had already determined that the person who did it must be the unruly Ma Jiajun. As for the Feng Yuxiang Department of the Beiyang Army. Feng Yong didn't think about it at all. If ten years later is Feng Yuxiang's era, at this time, Feng Yuxiang is still just a cutting-edge general in the Beiyang Army. And it was not long after he was transferred to Rehe Province. The foundation is not yet solid, how can he hack his own vanguard group. Feng Yong, who came from later generations, never underestimated the Ma Jiajun, although the Ma Jiajun was a local armed force in the northwest, and it was a feudal army with family and religion as the means of control, it stands to reason that such a force should have little combat effectiveness. But the people of the Northwest are fierce. The Northwest children are stubborn and not afraid of death. Moreover, Ma Jiajun has been operating in the Ganning area for decades, and it has long been deeply rooted. No matter which forces are stationed in the Ganning area, it will arouse the hatred of the entire Ma Jiajun army. Although Feng Yong did not study history, he still knew about the most tragic expedition to the west in the history of the Red Army. At that time, although the size of the Red Army, which had just completed the 25,000-mile Long March, was greatly reduced, the remaining Red Army was all elite and extremely strong in combat. There is even a saying that the combat effectiveness of the Red Army, which went through the Long March, can be compared with that of the most elite Japanese soldiers. It was such a force with rich combat experience and strong fighting will, 21,800 people marched west to the Ganning region, preparing to open up the Ganning area, and get in touch with the Soviet Union through Xinjiang, but they were blocked and besieged by Ma Jiajun on the way. The losses were heavy, and only more than 700 people were left who managed to reach Xinjiang. Although there were reasons for the Red Army's decision-making mistakes in this expedition, the combat effectiveness of the Ma Jiajun should definitely not be underestimated. What is more like the world to show the strong combat effectiveness of the Ma Jiajun is that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, only two new divisions of the Ma Jiajun participated in the Anti-Japanese War, but these two new divisions played a great reputation on the battlefield of resistance against Japan. There was even a tragic incident in which hundreds of horsemen were unwilling to be captured and committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river. From this point, we can also see Ma Jiajun's firmness.

And now the Ma Jiajun can silently swallow an elite regiment of the Northeast Security Army, which shows its terrifying combat effectiveness. But the stronger the Ma family's army, the more Feng Yong had to destroy it as soon as possible. Because with the border between the northeast and the Ganning region, it will bring heavy pressure to the Ganning region, and under this pressure, the leaders of the Ma Jiajun will definitely not sit still, and they will definitely spare no effort to expand their forces in order to keep their small court. If it is possible to successfully swallow the Ganning region with 60,000 to 80,000 elite soldiers now, then after a period of time, when the Ma Jiajun is fully prepared, I am afraid that it will take hundreds of thousands of elite troops to be able to gnaw it down. Feng Yong had big ambitions, and before he got Mongolia, his idea was to get Mongolia and expand the strategic space. But now that he has obtained the Mongolian steppe, Feng Yong has long Wangshu and is ready to continue westward and directly penetrate his sphere of influence into Central Asia. Although this will make the area of the Northeast more narrow and long, the strategic space and room for circulation are much larger. More importantly, the Northwest has a large population, and the people of the Northwest have strong personalities and have the potential to become the most first-class troops. Of course, Feng Yong didn't want to miss the majestic Northwest Army in later generations. He had a plan in mind to expand the army, that is, in the event of turmoil in Russia, his elite troops should reach 500,000 to 800,000. In this way, you can maintain a strong deterrent against the enemy who comes to grab the peaches.

Although because of the policies in the Northeast, the population of the Guannai is being attracted in a steady stream, but in order to maintain a regular army of about 500,000 to 800,000, the population under the jurisdiction of the Northeast must reach about 30 million. In this way, the proportion of the army and the population is within the acceptable range. Now the population of the entire Northeast has reached 20 million, and it will be impossible to grow to 30 million in a few years.

The Western Military District stationed.

Because of Feng Yong's strict orders, Zhang Xiaoshan could not make the slightest move before Li Jun's chief of staff arrived, and Feng Yong was also afraid that Zhang Xiaoshan would be hot-headed and attack the Ganning area now. After all, the grasslands are too vast, and the supply of the Western Military Region has become very difficult. Tsarist Russia had a Trans-Siberian Railway that could transport supplies quickly, but there were no railways in the Mongolian steppes. Not only is the cost of delivering supplies staggering, but even the speed is death-slow. Although the Northeast Governor's Office has long had plans to build the Mongolian Railway, the railway cannot be built in a short period of time, let alone the railway that runs through the entire Mongolian steppe.

Therefore, depending on the situation when the material supply is not in place, Feng Yong forbade the Western Military Region to take action.

Although the trucks produced in the Northeast do not look very good, their performance is very good, and none of them have problems across the long Mongolian steppe. But after all, it is not a highway, although the grassland seems to be flat, but in fact it is not easy to walk, and the bumps on the road almost broke Li Jun. When he arrived at the Western Military District station, his face was pale and frightening.

"Chief of Staff, you can rest first! Anyway, things are not in a hurry in these days. Looking at Li Jun's pale face, Zhang Xiaoshan said with some concern.

"No need, Commander Zhang, you can report to me the situation in the Ganning area immediately." Li Jun waved his hand, not caring at all about the exhaustion he was all over. Be the first to know what's going on on the ground.

Zhang Xiaoshan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported the situation in the Ganning area they had explored during this time to Li Jun.

"In this Ganning area, there are four large forces, namely the Western Army, the Ning Navy, the Anning Army, and the New Army of the Governor's Palace, and there are five or six small forces of all sizes in addition to the two, and the leaders of these small forces are all surnamed Ma without exception. It was separated from the Western military system. And at present, the forces in the Ganning region are in a state of balance. That's a bit tricky. Li Jun said with a frown.

"Chief of Staff, this is the information we have obtained through the Warriors, and it is similar to the situation that our scouts are probing. Our intelligence forces in the west have developed too late, and there is no very useful information coming out yet. Zhang Xiaoshan said ashamedly. In the final analysis, he is really not good at intelligence, and his political commissar is no longer around. Just dealing with both military and political matters is enough to make him anxious.

"Warriors? Is this a family in the Ganning region? Li Jun asked curiously.

"Yes, the Zhan family is a Han family in the Ganning region, and it used to be the largest clan in the Ganning region, but with the rise of the Ma surname a few decades ago, there was frequent turmoil among the Hui people. As a result, the power of the Han people in the Ganning area was greatly reduced. However, the Zhanjia had a very good reputation among both the Han and the Muslims. is the so-called tree big move, the warriors have been suppressed by the Ma Jiajun, and their strength has deteriorated, and now they are even in danger. By the way, the chief of staff, the heir of the Zhan family is now in the army. It was their fighters who saved the head of our vanguard regiment. And the heir of the Zhan family has always wanted to see our principal. I haven't had time to pay attention to it. Zhang Xiaoshan said.

"Oh? If that is the case, bring him to me. With a good reputation, this may be the best opportunity for us to quickly enter the Ganning region. Li Jun was keenly aware of the role of the Zhanjia in the Northeast Security Army. Although the Northeast Security Army can launch an attack on the Ganning area under the pretext that the vanguard regiment was ambushed, in the final analysis, the Northeast Security Army is an external force for the people in the Ganning area, and it is unpopular with the people. But if there is a warrior with a good reputation in the northwest region as a cover, he can buy off a part of the hearts and minds of the people in the Ganning region, so as to justifiably intervene in the forces of the entire Ganning region.

Zhang Xiaoshan thought about it and roughly understood what Li Jun meant. After thinking about it carefully, I felt that this thing was feasible. So he asked his own soldiers to invite the heir of the war family.

The camp tent of the eldest lady of the war family.

"Miss, don't take off your face towel, if things can't be done, we can find another way. If you let the officials in the Northeast see your appearance, I'm worried about ......"

"Okay Ting'er! After observing in the past few days, I have found that the army in the northeast is a dynamic force. And the morale of the troops is above board, it is not like it is able to do such a nasty thing. Besides, my appearance may be first-class in this Ganning area, but it is not worth mentioning when I get to the Northeast, or even in the Guannai! What kind of beauty has this Northeast official never seen, how can he be interested in me. Don't go this time, just wait for me to come back in the camp with peace of mind. The eldest lady of the Zhan family said indifferently.

Ting'er still wanted to say something, but looking at her young lady's confident appearance, she swallowed what she wanted to say again.

In the central tent, the veiled lady of the Zhan family walked in. This Chinese military tent is completely different from what she imagined. There are no other superfluous things in the tent, there is a map hanging in the innermost, and there is a sand table in the center, but unfortunately the sand table is not known to Miss Zhan, and now she has no heart to pay attention to it. As soon as she entered, she was attracted by the somewhat pale man standing in the center of the group.

The man was young and looked a little older than himself. Medium-sized, on the thin side. His face was a little pale. The tiredness between the eyebrows could not be concealed. There was a look of surprise in his eyes. I don't know why, the always hearty and generous Miss Zhan beat violently the moment she saw this young man. The pretty face behind the veil was a little red. The temperament of the whole person has become reserved.

Not to mention Miss Zhan, Li Jun, who was standing in the middle of the crowd, was also stunned at first, he didn't expect that the heir of the Zhan family would be a woman. But as he observed, Li Jun was attracted by the intellectual temperament that she unconsciously exuded. The people of the northwest are fierce, and the women's personalities are also more cheerful than those in the gates. And the rare temperament of intellectuality only appears in women who have wisdom or experience. Li Jun didn't expect to see a woman with an intellectual temperament here. And judging from her smart eyes, she should be younger than herself. Li Jun's flat heartstrings couldn't help but be plucked.

(To be continued)