"Young marshal, should we do something, or send someone? We can't let the southwest go on like this. Li Yang suggested.

Regarding Li Yang's suggestion, Feng Yong thought carefully and said, "Who do you think is suitable?" ”

"My subordinates don't know, I think I should send someone to declare our existence in the Northeast." Li Yang thought for a while and said.

Feng Yong shook his head and said: "Now is not the time to send people, although General Cai Yi promised to merge the southwest into the Beijing government, but after all, it has not been put into practice, and now we are still in competition with the southwest, and we may not be welcome to do so within the southwest." If we send a general to the southwest at this time, it will only be used by people with good intentions and become the fuse for the deterioration of relations between us and the southwest. Feng Yong is not a fool, where the turmoil in the southwest came from Feng Yong knows very well and understands that now is not the time to add fuel to the fire. Regarding the current chaos in the southwest, Feng Yong had the intention to intervene, but Cai Yi did not agree at that time, and Feng Yong did not insist. Now that Cai Ye has an accident, it is difficult for the Northeast to intervene. A third-party force like Beiyang will never watch the northeast annex the southwest.

"Send a telegram to Tang Jiyao and tell him my judgment. Hopefully he can be trusted. Feng Yong said. Cai Ye has always regarded Tang Jiyao as a good partner, and he did not hide many things, and the idea of merging the southwest into the northeast was also discussed with him, and Tang Jiyao also came to the northeast as a special envoy to investigate. At this time, Feng Yong could only choose to believe in Cai Yi's vision. According to Feng Yong's judgment, if this incident was really the hand of Brother Pao, they would definitely use this matter to make a big fuss. Cai Ye was assassinated, even if he was lucky enough not to die, he would not be able to serve in a short period of time, and it can be said that he has been kicked out of the chaos in the southwest. At this time, the heavy responsibility of whether the southwest could maintain stability fell on Tang Jiyao, the deputy governor of the southwest. If Tang Jiyao can be eliminated at this time, then the entire southwest will be completely messed up, and then the Pao Brother Association and those big families can calmly clean up the mess with the relationship in their hands and completely control the four southwest provinces. And the best way to deal with Tang Jiyao is nothing more than to blame Tang Jiyao for the assassination of Cai Yi. After all, Tang Jiyao is the biggest beneficiary after Cai Yi's accident, and there are too many things in China where fathers and sons turn against each other and brothers kill each other for the sake of profit. If Brother Pao will use their influence to add oil and vinegar to urge, then Tang Jiyao will really be yellow mud falling in the crotch of his pants, not but.

"Young Marshal, can Tang Jiyao stabilize the situation in the southwest?" Li Yang said with some skepticism.

"Tang Jiyao was able to dominate Yunnan under the turbulent situation back then, which is enough to show that he is not a simple person. Moreover, Tang Jiyao was able to cooperate with Cai Ye so sincerely, which is enough to show that this person has extraordinary vision and knows that it is difficult to resist and succeed with the strength of the four southwestern provinces, after all, the general trend of unifying the whole country in the Northeast has been initially formed, and it is better to take advantage of the trend than to take advantage of the situation. Compared with General Cai Yi, Tang Jiyao is a relatively mature politician. Feng Yong said carefully. Tang Jiyao's reaction after Cai Yi's accident is enough to show that this person's control is still good. For such talents, Feng Yong also attaches great importance to them.

"I hope he won't live up to the young marshal's hopes!" Li Yang said with some envy. Those who can be looked at by Feng Yong will be reused as long as they are invested in the Northeast. And Feng Yong's current actions also have the meaning of testing Tang Jiyao, if Tang Jiyao can really stabilize the southwest, then he will definitely not be buried after joining the northeast in the future, and the soaring yellow is just around the corner.

"In addition, tell Jing Tong that if the news from the southwest that Tang Jiyao instigated this assassination incident came out, the first thing to do was to walk the news that the assassin was a dead soldier carefully cultivated by Brother Pao. Since there are people who want to make a profit, then I will let the water of this pool be completely muddy, and no one will want to profit so easily. A ruthless look appeared at the corner of Feng Yong's mouth. In Feng Yong's heart, the Southwest Robe Brothers Association and the family that support them have been put into the ranks of nirvana, if it weren't for the fact that the southwest is too sensitive now, Feng Yong is worried that the northeast's intervention will have the opposite effect, I'm afraid that the southwest would have changed dramatically by now.

"Yes!"

Southwest, Doge's Palace.

After more than two hours, the room where Cai Ye was finally opened. Six doctors came out sweaty, and the last of them was a Western doctor covered in blood. It was also the doctor who operated on Cai Ye urgently this time.

"Dr. Liu, how's it going? What happened to the Governor? Tang Jiyao asked anxiously.

"The bullet has been removed, but luckily it didn't hit the heart. However, the conditions here are too simple for me to guarantee the success rate of the operation, so I suggest that Mr. Governor be sent immediately to the big hospital in Shanghai for treatment. Dr. Liu took off his mask and said with a somewhat vain face. It seems that the two-hour operation took a lot of physical exertion.

"Isn't our hospital in the southwest good?" Tang Jiyao asked nervously.

"I'm afraid not, we don't have such good equipment and anti-virus conditions here. Moreover, many medicines are not complete, and I am afraid that only a metropolis like Shanghai in China can treat Governor Cai Yi well. Dr. Liu said.

"But how can the Governor, who is seriously wounded, withstand the turbulence of the ship? Doctor, do you think you're trying to find another way? Tang Jiyao said that this kind of injury, long-distance action is very dangerous, if General Cai Yi dies on the road, then the matter will be troublesome.

"Don't worry about that, the Lieutenant Governor, I can use anesthetics to get the Governor safe on the road. And it is guaranteed that the injury will not deteriorate within 24 hours, and it will not work for a long time. Dr. Liu said. After all, Western medicine is more dependent on drugs than traditional Chinese medicine, and supplies in the southwest are already in short supply, and now that the West is in war, medicine is an extremely scarce strategic material, and it is expensive. This time, it was a fluke to be able to find enough medicines to perform surgery on Cai Yi's anesthesia. In order to ensure Cai's recovery, the poor medical conditions in the southwest are really uncertain.

"Good! I'll send someone to mobilize ships to Shanghai immediately! Tang Jiyao said in a deep voice. He understands that if Cai Ye leaves the southwest, the entire southwest will become difficult, but if Cai Ye dies, then the entire southwest will be really in trouble. The lesser of two evils. Coupled with the friendship between Cai Ye and Tang Jiyao, Tang Jiyao did not hesitate to choose to let Cai Ye go to Shanghai for treatment of his injuries in order to save his life.

Naturally, the actions of the Governor's Palace could not be concealed. Especially such a big thing as the transfer of ships. In addition, Shanghai is an international metropolis, but it is controlled by the Beiyang Navy along the way. If Beiyang is intent on making things difficult, then the plan to send Cai Ye to Shanghai may be difficult to realize.

"As my vice-governor of the southwest, I will contact the Beiyang government in Nanjing. Told them that General Cai Ye would take a boat to Shanghai to heal his wounds, and that time was pressing, and asked the Beiyang Navy to let him go along the Yangtze River. Tang Jiyao said in a deep voice.

When this news came out of Nanjing, it immediately made Beiyang collectively lose its voice. There was already a feud between the southwest and Beiyang controlled by Cai Yi, and later the strength of the northeast made Beiyang gradually let go of this hatred, and the voice of internal support and southwest alliance became louder and louder. It was only later that Cai Ye suddenly led his army north to support the Northeast, which made the Beiyang interior and exterior feel uneasy. Originally, many voices hostile to the southwest had a tendency to rise again, but now that Cai Ye was seriously injured by the assassination and wanted to go to Shanghai to recuperate, some people naturally thought that there was an opportunity. began to jump up and down, wanting to put Cai Ye to death.

In the end, Feng Guozhang, the president of Beiyang, personally made the decision - let him go. This made many generals in Beiyang admire Feng Guozhang's decision.

After receiving a call back from Beiyang, Tang Jiyao breathed a sigh of relief and sent Cai Ye to the fastest gunboat in the shortest time. And one of the most elite companies was drawn from the 1st Division to serve as a guard. Seeing Cai Yi's ship leave, Tang Jiyao sighed deeply.

"I hope the Governor will return safely!" Tang Jiyao said faintly.

"Report to the Lieutenant Governor, Tohoku Emergency."

"Give it to me!" Tang Jiyao said in a deep voice. Anyway, General Cai Ye left. The southwest that they have single-handedly established must not be chaotic. And Tang Jiyao also wanted to see Feng Yong's attitude towards this matter. Tang Jiyao agreed to merge the southwest into the northeast, first, because the northeast forces are indeed very strong, and even if the southwest and Beiyang join forces to fight, the possibility of victory is not great. The second is the trust in Cai Yi. After all, Cai Yong's eye for people is still good, and according to intelligence, Feng Yong's performance is indeed impossible to fault.

After reading Feng Yong's telegram, Tang Jiyao's originally frowning brows relaxed. Looking at the surging river, he said to himself: "No wonder Young Marshal Feng can achieve such great achievements in a short period of time, this courage alone is not comparable to ordinary people." Tang Jiyao said with emotion. In this telegram, Feng Yong recounted his speculation about Cai Yi's assassination in detail, and there was no doubt about him Tang Jiyao in his words. Moreover, Feng Yong did not put forward any opinions or suggestions on the situation in the southwest. This is clearly to let Tang Jiyao preside over the affairs of the southwest, and Feng Yong is so unabashedly and directly in contact with Tang Jiyao, it is also to convey a meaning to Tang Jiyao, the southwest will be handed over to you to deal with, rest assured to do it, the northeast will be your strong backing, and will not distrust you because General Cai Ye is gone.

This telegram made the scheming Tang Jiyao have the mind of dying as a confidant, no wonder the young Feng Yong was able to gather such a group of capable generals around him.

"Let's go! Back to Chengdu. The blood of the governor shall not be shed in vain. It's time for the southwest sky to change color. Tang Jiyao said with a murderous face. Since launching the Protectorate War with Cai Yi, he Tang Jiyao has always appeared as Cai Yi's deputy. With the brilliance of Cai Yi, everyone seems to have forgotten that he Tang Jiyao was also a decisive boss. Now Cai Ye is gone. The southwest may really be about to change. I just don't know who is the sandpiper and who is the fisherman. However, it is undeniable that Cai's departure will definitely become the fuse of the change in the form of the southwest.

(To be continued)