Chengdu.

The group took advantage of the night to enter the city. It was secretly received by the people of the Southwest Governor's Palace. The leader is a young man in his twenties, although the young man is dressed ordinarily, but he can hardly hide a heroic spirit.

"Young Marshal Lu, now the situation on the front line is tense, the general asked me to receive the young marshal, I hope that Young Marshal Lu will forgive me if there is anything wrong!" Liu Yunfeng, the acting governor of the southwest, said with a smile.

Liu Du said with a smile, it was Yuguang's recklessness to come rashly. Liu Du was able to receive us and others in his busy schedule, and Yuguang was already grateful. It's just that Yuguang came to carry an important mission this time. This matter concerns the future of the Southwest Governor's Mansion and my Liangguang Army. So I hope Liu Du Haihan. Lu Yuguang said with a smile. Liu Yunfeng's qualifications are very high, and Lu Yuguang's father Lu Rongting is also a robe, and he can be regarded as his elder Lu Yuguang. In addition, Liu Yunfeng is a well-deserved No. 3 person in the Southwest Governor's Palace. Assist General Cai Ye in commanding the entire military and political power of Xinnan. Extremely powerful. His opinions can influence policy throughout the Southwest.

Young Marshal Lu smiled. The young marshal Xing'an is famous all over the world, and its brilliant achievements make my generation feel old. "Liu Yunfeng has a good impression of Lu Yuguang. Lu Yuguang is young, but there is no arrogance on his body. When it comes to the victory that made him famous all over the world, there is no pride on his face, which is rare. Liu Yunfeng and Lu Rongting have a good relationship, but they have different political views, and the two have embarked on different paths. Therefore, Liu Yunfeng still treats Lu Yuguang as a junior. In addition, he can guess a little about Lu Rongting's operation, although Liu Yunfeng is very calm, but the actual situation in the southwest has reached the most dangerous moment.

After a polite exchange between the two sides, Liu Yunfeng got up and left, letting Lu Yuguang, who had been tired from the journey, take a rest.

Although the southwest's finances are now on the verge of collapse, at least the face still needs to be maintained. And because of Li Chun's wanton killing in northern Sichuan last time, the southwest family moved closer to the governor's mansion, and it also made the southwest's finances easier. But after a month's confrontation, the wealthy families in the southwest are about to lose their strength. At this time, the young marshal of the Gui family personally got up with an attitude, an attitude that the Gui family wanted to ally with the Southwest. This is a blessing in disguise! It is impossible for Liu Yunfeng not to pay attention to it.

Now militarily, the new army is not suffering too much. And as the recruits gradually adapt to the battlefield and slowly transform into veterans, the situation on the battlefield becomes more and more balanced. Of course, all this is under the premise that the southwest will send a large number of resources to the front line, and in this very short period of time, all kinds of mines in the southwest have exchanged military supplies from the northeast in the form of mortgages. Because of the harsh environment in the southwest, many mineral resources are buried in the mountains, and it is impossible to find out all the things in the southwest governor's palace in a short time, and they cannot sell the things that are related to the lifeblood of the southwest. God knows if you can get it back if you sell it. The southwest section does not have the strength to pit the northeast. Although both sides now the well water does not interfere with the river water. But who knows what the form will be in the future.

"Young marshal! What do you think? Lin Junting said with a smile. After a long journey, he was indeed tired.

"The southwest seems to be really tight. It can be seen from our reception banquet tonight. But no matter what happens in the southwest, we must form an alliance with the southwest. Then open the trade route between Guangxi and Guangzhou, and aid the southwest. Lu Yuguang said.

"Young marshal, didn't the marshal let you inspect the situation in the southwest before making a decision! How did you? Lin Junting said in surprise.

"In the current situation, let's take one more minute, and the southwest will be in danger. Our Gui system is not the Northeast, the Southwest has collapsed, and the Northeast is still the Northeast. At that time, Beiyang will have to worry about whether the Northeast will attack them while it is weak. And our two Guangzhous are different. Our strength is limited, and there are only two provinces in the region, so Beiyang will not be the slightest polite. Therefore, the relationship between the southwest and us is cold. Lu Yuguang said faintly.

"Young marshal, what are you going to do?" Lin Junting asked.

"I'm going to negotiate with Governor Liu Yunfeng tomorrow, and strive to settle the alliance as soon as possible, and then electrify the whole country!" Lu Yuguang said with firm eyes.

"Electrified all over the country? Will this lead the Beiyang Army to the south of Liangguang immediately? Lin Junting said.

"Probably not, even if it will, it is impossible for Beiyang to mobilize too many troops. Now it is not known whether Beiyang still has the ability to fight on both sides! Besides, as long as it is not the Beiyang Yan Jīng Rui troops who enter Liangguang, what is there to be afraid of in those local overseer joint forces. Lu Yuguang said confidently.

"Alright! Whatever you decide, I've got your back! When he came, Lu Rongting had already handed over all the decision-making rights of this trip to Lu Yuguang. Now that Lu Yuguang has made a decision, Lin Junting can only support it. After all, what Lu Yuguang said is reasonable.

South-Western Front.

"General, news has come from the Tang Overseer Army that our defense line has retreated for another thirty miles, losing a regiment of troops!" Luo Peijin handed over the latest information on the battlefield on the South Road to Cai Yi.

"Got it!" Cai Ye responded indifferently. Then he turned his head and asked, "Where is Wu Peifu's main force?" ”

"Its vanguard has entered the ambush zone. It's just that the large forces in the rear seem to be a little hesitant! ”

"Hesitation?" Cai Yi frowned. Cai Ye had to sigh that this Wu Peifu was worthy of his title of famous general, leading the troops cautiously and with sharp vision. Although his own policies were not seen through by him, his army was always entangled with the new army, and the main force never set foot in this low-lying area.

"Order the troops to build a defensive position in Lin Village! This time I'm going to organize a big battle here! Cai Ye said with a calm face. Wu Peifu was not fooled, and his plan for a quick solution was ruined. With the continuous entanglement, the weapons and ammunition of the new army in the southwest have been extremely tight, and each soldier of the new army can be equipped with less than five rounds of ammunition. Because of the depletion of finances, the logistical supply is becoming less and less. This is also the reason why Cai Ye avoided a large-scale war with Beiyang as much as possible. After all, the bullets are gone, but there is nowhere to replenish them.

"Dashuai, Lin Village is located in the zhōng yāng area of a dry lake, if we are bitten by the Beiyang here, we can't use the flood strategy!" Luo Peijin said.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger! For a cautious general like Wu Peifu, the only way is to put him to death and come back to life. Cai Ye said with a calm face. With him in the north, he can still trap Wu Peifu. However, in the battle of Guizhou in the south, the new army was always in a state of defeat, and the defense line retreated again and again. The losses of troops were not small. In just half a month, he lost nearly two brigades of troops, and this was still the situation that Tang Jiyao tried to avoid a hard fight with Beiyang.

Linzhuang is also a big village in this area. There were four or five hundred men, women, and children in the village, but after the war began, most of them fled, and there were very few who were unwilling to leave. But in this case, it is not possible to leave without leaving, after all, the army from the southwest has marched in and transformed the entire village into a defensive fortress.

Although Cai Ye was a famous general, he was also deeply influenced by Rìben's military thought, that is, advocating offense. However, after all, he has received a formal military education, although positional warfare is not commonly used, but it is more used in sports warfare, but it does not mean that he himself does not know positional warfare, on the contrary, Cai Ye still has a certain amount of research on the position, after all, he is different from Jiang Baili, Jiang Baili jīng force is more on strategy, and Cai Ye is better in tactics.

The movements of the new army were immediately detected by the Beiyang army.

Wu Peifu's command.

"Did the new army really occupy Lin Village, and also built the entire village into a defensive fortress?" Wu Peifu said.

"Yes! Our men captured a villager who had escaped from Lin Village, and according to him, at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops had gathered around Lin Village, and the village was full of tunnels. ”

"Positional warfare? Isn't this Cai Yi's style? Wu Peifu looked at him suspiciously, this short time and Cai Yi's fighting method made him extremely tired. The whole person is much older. On the contrary, Cao Kun, as the commander of the army, was not affected.

"Ziyu, what is there to consider here, the enemy is going to fight with us! Then hit! What are you afraid of, our Beiyang is strong, with plenty of ammunition, and we are afraid of the new army that lacks robberies and medicines. Cao Kun was not in the least worried that this was a ploy, because Lin Village was surrounded by a small plain, and there was no suitable terrain around it for an ambush. It is only because this land is located in a low-lying area that Wu Peifu has always been reluctant to enter. Even if they entered, only some soldiers would be dispatched.

"Dashuai, I'm worried that this is Cai Yi's yīn scheme."

"yīn conspiracy? What yīn scheme? You and I basically know how many troops the new army has, and I can still conjure up a large army. What's more, now that the South Route Army is winning one after another, the vice president is already feeling the pressure. We are required to achieve certain results and block the mouth of the world. Cao Kun said helplessly. He Cao Kun was only interested in the supreme power, and he was really not interested in war, and if he had not relied on the army to climb up, he would have left the army a long time ago.

"This ......"

"Ziyu, don't be afraid of wolves and tigers! The finances of the southwest are already on the verge of collapse, and the strength of the new army will be consumed, and when they run out of ammunition and food, it will be the time for us to beat the water dogs. Cao Kun said with a smile.

"Marshal, it's too early to be happy, everything will have to wait until after defeating the new army." Wu Peifu didn't listen to Cao Kun's opinion at all, and in the military, Cao Kun still trusted himself.

"But since Cai Yi wants to fight us, then we have to send troops anyway. Dashuai, I am going to divide the army into two parts, of which 50,000 people will be led by me to attack Lin Village, and Dashuai will lead the remaining 20,000 people to inspect the Yangtze River defense line, and we must not let the Southwest New Army take advantage of the loopholes and blow up the embankment. ”

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