Although the meeting was very hasty and there were not many participants, this meeting affected the pattern of the whole of China.

After the meeting, the Beijing government sent Foreign Minister Shi Yuewang to Nanjing to negotiate with the Beiyang government in Nanjing. Shi Yuewang moved Feng Guozhang with his incorruptible tongue, and Feng Guozhang agreed to cancel the name of the Beiyang Central Government and resigned from the title of president. With the provinces of the Central Plains currently under its control, the Beiyang Governor's Office was established. With the letter of appointment of President Li Yuanhong, Shi Fatzi personally appointed Feng Guozhang as the vice president of the Republic of China and concurrently the governor of the Beiyang Governor's Palace. Duan Qirui is the deputy governor of the Beiyang Governor's Office. As for Wang Shizhen, Zhang Xiaozhun and his ilk were selectively ignored by the Beijing government. At the same time, Shi Yuewang negotiated with Beiyang on the plan to reorganize the Beiyang Army into the National Defense Force. Feng Guozhang did not object too much to this negotiation of reorganizing the Beiyang Army into the National Defense Force, after all, after Yuan Shikai became president in Beijing, the first thing he did was to reorganize the whole team. The whole ** team has been reorganized, and it is also to limit the power of those local powerful factions in the country through the establishment. Feng Guozhang is clear about this. The Beijing government was very generous and directly gave the establishment of the three armies. The Wehrmacht 21st, 22nd, and 23rd armies, respectively.

But after all, this is just a title, and the Beijing government only gives the establishment of a title, and it is impossible to pay the salary. And it is impossible for Beiyang to be bound by those establishment titles, anyway, their salaries and silver are distributed by the Beiyang government, which is now the Beiyang Governor's Office. The size of the army is not yet up to the Beiyang Governor's Palace.

Feng Guozhang has given up the orthodox position of the Beiyang government. Naturally, it will not be entangled with the Northeast in these details.

After Feng Guozhang agreed to these conditions, Shi Yuewang, on behalf of the Beijing government, formally signed a non-aggression pact with the Beiyang Governor's Office. At the same time, it is ensuring that one million recruits in Shandong will be transferred and left one after another. There will be no excessive increase in the number of troops in Shandong. With this guarantee, the Beiyang side was finally able to relax a little. Although it has given up the status of central orthodoxy, it has gained valuable time for development, and now the training of recruits and the transformation of the old army in Beiyang are very smooth, and hundreds of thousands of troops have begun to take shape, and they are now being intensively trained. It didn't take too long, in half a year, they were able to complete the training and form a battle. At that time, Beiyang was really safe. As for whether this non-aggression agreement can be supported for half a year, Feng Guozhang is not sure, but now it is to fight for a while more, and it will be one more opportunity for Beiyang.

News of the negotiations between the two sides spread throughout the country in a very short period of time. The reaction of various forces across the country has been mixed. Tang Jiyao in the southwest had a touch of helplessness in his expression. Although he is close to the Northeast, after Cai Yi's accident, the Northeast also gave him great support. But Tang Jiyao is different from Cai Yi, Cai Yi's personality is not suitable for being a leader of one party, and he does not like to deal with troublesome government affairs, so Cai Yi, the southwest governor's party, is boring. But he Tang Jiyao is different, Tang Jiyao was in charge of Yunnan before, and he was used to being addicted to the soil emperor, so he naturally didn't want to give up the power in his hands easily. Although now because of the actions of the Southwest Business Alliance, the four southwestern provinces have existed in name only, but Sichuan Province is still in his hands, and the population of Sichuan Province far exceeds that of the other three provinces. In addition, he has 30,000 people in his hands the most elite first division of the new army, and 30,000 relatively elite troops. The total number of troops is 60,000. It's elite. At the same time, Tang Jiyao also issued a conscription order in Sichuan Province, in the name of avenging General Cai Yi, and tried his best to expand his strength. Although because of the propaganda of the Southwest Business Alliance, coupled with the previous massacre of Tang Jiyao, some people in the entire Sichuan Province panicked. But after all, Tang Jiyao has some means, and through a series of means, he has gathered a lot of popular support. The conscription process was also carried out in an orderly manner.

In the face of the contract signed between the Northeast and Beiyang, Tang Jiyao believes that the Northeast is to concentrate on dealing with the southwest, and with a giant like the Northeast involved, it is really debatable how the southwest will end.

"Vice Governor, Beijing Emergency!"

Tang Jiyao opened the telegram from the Beijing government. The look on his face was extremely complicated, with a hint of joy and a hint of disappointment.

"What exactly does Northeast mean?" The Northeast telegram was simple, appointing Tang Jiyao as the acting governor of the Southwest Governor's Office. During General Cai's recuperation from his wounds, he dealt with the entire Southwest Four Tones. At the same time, the Southwest New Army was officially reorganized into the National Defense Force. Two armies were formed, namely the 24th Army and the 25th Army. This is equivalent to a formal appointment by the central government. The significance of the representation is extraordinary, and with the authority of the current Beijing government, it will greatly strengthen his positive influence in the southwest. After all, he Tang Jiyao is in charge of the southwest, and there is no major stain, and the matter of General Cai Yi is just a rumor, and no one has evidence that he did it.

Chongqing, the residence of the Southwest Business Alliance.

"Envoy, is this true?" The head of a large family in the Southwest Business Alliance said with some excitement.

"Naturally, if you don't believe it, you can take a look at the letter of appointment." A young man said with a proud expression. This person was the one who assassinated the Southwest Bureau, and was ordered to come and deliver the order.

"The Beijing government wants to reorganize us?" The leader of the Southwest Business Alliance, the head row of the Robe Brothers' Association, said with a strange expression.

"Yes, this is the appointment letter of the great president of the government! Please take a look! The young man said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"The 28th Army of the Wehrmacht? Feng Shaoshuai is really generous! Xiong Lao looked at the letter of appointment in his hand and said with disdain.

"Old Xiong, do you mean that you can't look down on the central government's fate?" The young man looked directly at the old bear. There was no fear of the tense atmosphere here.

"Nope! Please telegraph to the president, we have taken this appointment! Old Xiong changed his words. A more amiable smile also appeared on his face.

"In that case, I will take my leave." The young man left very simply.

Looking at the departing young man, Xiong Lao's face gradually became gloomy.

"Old Xiong. What's wrong? With the appointment of the central government, can't we act in an open and honest manner? Why are you still worried? A housekeeper asked.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't you think this thing is weird? Although we have no real evidence, we also vaguely detect that General Cai Yi intends to merge the southwest into the northeast, and our actions can be said to have directly muddied this matter. Let the Northeast lose the opportunity to take the southwest without bloodshed, for us, the Northeast should be hated to the bone, why would it give us a formal establishment? It's weird! Elder Xiong whispered.

"Old Xiong, are you saying there is a conspiracy in it?" A housekeeper asked.

"I don't know, I don't know what benefits Tang Jiyao has gotten, so it's not good to jump to conclusions. Moreover, the Northeast threw an olive branch to us, and we can't help but continue, and there is no benefit in offending the Northeast at present. We can only take one step at a time now. Xiong Lao said helplessly.

Liangguang, who had already arrived in the Yulan area and was preparing to besiege Li Zongren, had a tangled look on his face. This is only because of a telegram and appointment letter from the Beijing government.

For the Liangguang Gui system, the Northeast Army gave the establishment appointment of the 26th Army of the National Defense Army. The 26th Army has two divisions, each with two brigades, with a total strength of 50,000 troops. This is a good thing, after all, the total number of regular troops in the entire Gui system is only 50,000, and as long as the establishment is slightly adjusted, it can adapt to the 26th Army, and he will become the lieutenant general of the Beiyang government.

However, what made Lu Rongting extremely entangled was that in this compilation book, Li Zongren's name was written in the column of the colonel and brigade commander of the 1st Brigade of the 51st Division under the 26th Army. What the hell is this grandma's name? Li Zongren is obviously a traitor to their Gui family, and he is only a small camp defector, even if he has some troops and has achieved writing achievements, there are only thousands of soldiers available in his hands, how can he serve as the commander of the most elite first brigade of the Gui family. And the two sides have already gone to war as mortal enemies. There is no possibility of working together.

"Father, I'm afraid this is a conspiracy of the Beijing government, and the position is to give Li Zongren time to breathe. Otherwise, this kind of preparation would not have been given at this time. Lu Yuguang said in a deep voice. The failure last time made him mature a lot, and the original flying look on his body was also a lot more restrained.

"Of course I know that, but it's one thing to know how to deal with it. Now that the Beijing government has completely become China's orthodoxy, we can't ignore it! Lu Rongting said helplessly.

"Father, there is no need to do this! Although the Beijing government is strong, and its Northeast Army is even more known as the largest in Asia, as long as they do not reach the two Guangzhous for a day, they will not be qualified to meddle in the affairs of our two Guangzhous for a day. Liangguang is our Liangguang, and we must not let a villain like Li Zongren mess up. I suggested that my father send troops now to eliminate Li Zongren. As long as they are completely eliminated, the crisis between the two regions can be fundamentally resolved. Lu Yuguang said nervously.

"Let me think about it." Lu Rongting hesitated. Although the current pattern is somewhat similar to Beiyang in the period of Yuan Shikai. Moreover, the territory controlled by the Northeast is not as good as Yuan Shikai, but it cannot be denied that the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army is not comparable to that of the Beiyang Army back then. Now the Beiyang government has relented. Removing the name of his own central government, will his own confrontation cause retaliation in the northeast. It was precisely because he was worried about the retaliation of the Northeast that Lu Rongting couldn't make up his mind for a long time.

When Lu Rongting was not entangled in order to fight, in the night. Thousands of troops escaped easily through the mountain paths, and entered Guangdong from the southeast of Guangxi. Successfully completed the shelling of the golden silkworm.

When Lu Rongting made up his mind to attack the next day, all he saw was an empty county town in Yulin and a messy camp.

"Damn, let Li Zongren go. It will become a big problem for the heart! Lu Rongting thumped his chest and was very annoyed.

"Father, according to the locals, Li Zongren should have escaped last night by taking advantage of the night. Moreover, it is very likely to enter the territory of Guangdong, and we must return to the army immediately, otherwise Guangdong may really be turned upside down by it. Lu Yuguang suggested.

Lu Rongting nodded, after last night's hesitation and current chagrin, Lu Rongting became extremely decisive and vowed to catch Li Zongren. As for the letter of appointment from the Beijing government, it was left behind.

(To be continued)