With Zhu Rui's defeat and suicide, after the Nationalist Army officially marched into Hangzhou, the First Division of the Nationalist Army and the Second Division of the Nationalist Army continued to advance northward, and then controlled the entire northern Zhejiang region, and Jiaxingfu, Huzhou and other places also stationed troops of the Nationalist Army one after another. Judging from the overall situation, the Nationalist Army has used Hangzhou as a support point to spread to the entire northern Zhejiang region, and if it advances eastward, it can deter the Shanghai region, while if it goes north, it can directly reach Jiangsu and even threaten Nanjing, and if it advances westward, it can also deter the Anhui region. From a strategic point of view, the Nationalist Army has emerged from the predicament of Fujian being a remote mountainous area in southern Zhejiang.

In the process of the Nationalist Army's large-scale march, there was another military force near Hangzhou, that is, the 25th Division of Zhou Chenghua and other places.

In the battle between Zhu Rui's second division and the national army, Zhou Chenghua has always maintained a bystander attitude, and in order to avoid being misunderstood by Zhu Rui, he even took the initiative to move 20 miles north with his troops, in the early stage to preserve his strength, and later in two or three days, seeing that the Zhejiang army was progressing smoothly, Zhou Chenghua also sent someone to talk to Zhu Rui about it, and the implication was naturally to take refuge.

But the situation changed before they could talk about it, and Zhu Rui, who was originally favored by Zhou Chenghua, committed suicide in defeat within a few days, so Zhou Chenghua immediately sent people to contact the National Army, talking about the neutral attitude of the 25th Division, as well as the faintly revealed tendency to take refuge.

Neither Yuan Fang nor Lin Zhaomin had the right to make a decision on this kind of matter, so it was reported to Chen Jingyun layer by layer.

When he received this report, Chen Jingyun happened to invite Jiang Fangzhen to lunch, and immediately handed the report to Jiang Fangzhen: "Brother Baili, what do you think Chenghua is thinking this week?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen saw that Chen Jingyun handed the report directly to him, and didn't even say anything else but asked his opinion directly, although he was a little reluctant in his heart, but he still said: "This Zhou Chenghua and I were classmates of Lu Shi in the third period, and we still have the ability, and we have done our best since the revolution." However, this person cherishes feathers too much, and he was elected as the governor of Zhejiang at the beginning, and later Zhu Rui led the rebellion as well! ”

Jiang Fangzhen was extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Chenghua, originally among several of them, Jiang Zunhua, Chen Yi, Jiang Fangzhen and Zhou Chenghua were all graduates of Lu Shi, that is, Zhu Rui and others were foreigners, but he Zhou Chenghua was unmoved by the attraction of Jiang Zunwei and others, and he had been wavering in the dispute between Jiang and Zhu during this time, so Jiang Fangzhen looked down on Jiang Fangzhen very much, thinking that Zhou Chenghua was a wall grass, so he didn't have anything good to say about Zhou Chenghua in his words.

Regarding Jiang Fangzhen's words, Chen Jingyun just smiled, but said to Feng Qin who was present: "What do you think of the General Staff?" ”

Feng Qin put down his chopsticks, took a sip of tea, and said: Zhou Chenghua has actually had contact with us before, but it has not been too deep. Also, now Zhu Rui's second division in Zhejiang is gone, and the 25th division is only seven or eight thousand people at best, and its equipment training is extremely limited. It's good if you can take the initiative to throw it over, if it doesn't work, then just send two regiments over and clean it up."

After the victory of Hangzhou in the First World War, Feng Qin also had the confidence to kill more than 30,000 people of Zhu Rui's second division.

Chen Jingyun also agreed with Feng Qin's words, he Zhou Chenghua took the initiative to take refuge, but fortunately, if he didn't, Chen Jingyun would be ready to directly forcibly take refuge.

But Feng Qin's words made Jiang Fangzhen feel a lot of emotions in his heart. You must know that he and Chen Yi and others were forced by Zhu Rui to almost vomit blood, and they were ready to resign and give up the power of the governor of Zhejiang, but the national army under Chen Jingyun had a fight with Zhu Rui's second division in the past, although he Jiang Fangzhen could not know the specific battle situation, but some general situations were still known, and in the course of this battle, the national army was put into operation at the beginning of only one division, and later a regiment was added. The main battles in front were basically fought by these regiments, but it was such a weak force that defeated Zhu Rui, thus completely establishing the victory. I also heard that a regiment of the Nationalist Army was surrounded for many days, in which it faced the siege of more than 10,000 people of the Zhejiang army and fought to the death and finally repelled the enemy.

Such a war example may be hilarious for ordinary people, but for insiders like Jiang Fangzhen, they feel that the National Army is unusual. was able to defeat Zhu Rui's second division with a small number of troops, and it is estimated that only the Beiyang Army can do it if you look at the country.

Maybe the Nationalist Army is worse than Beiyang now, but it will inevitably be on top of it in time. Jiang Fangzhen thought of this and glanced at Chen Jingyun again, and sighed in his heart. Compared with people like Chen Jingyun and Cai Yi, they are tens of millions of miles worse, and when a few of them were still playing tricks with others in Zhejiang, they had already pulled out tens of thousands of troops.

picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and then looked at Feng Qin and Lin Chengkun present, Jiang Fangzhen also understood that these people were all for himself today.

The news that Chen Jingyun was going to win him over had spread a few days ago, and even the details were thrown out, and Chen Jingyun's words that he asked him to pick a position at will were also spread. Under such circumstances, Chen Jingyun specially invited Jiang Fangzhen to have dinner with him today, and also called Feng Qin and Lin Chengkun, two high-level officials of the national army system, to come over as accompaniments, which can be said to have given Jiang Fangzhen enough face.

Jiang Fangzhen also understands Chen Jingyun's thoughts, he has been in Fuzhou for a long time these days, and he has also been to the garrison of the Guard Division and the Fourth Division, and the Nationalist Army has just won a battle, which has greatly increased Jiang Fangzhen's good impression of the Nationalist Army. Although he already had the intention of seeking a job in the National Army, Jiang Fangzhen couldn't agree to it for various reasons.

One of the most important is that the relationship between him and Jiang Zunzhen is not just as simple as a subordinate boss, the two of them are still classmates and friends, the reason why Jiang Fangzhen came to Zhejiang was because he was invited by Jiang Zungui, if he switched to Chen Jingyun's account halfway, this really made Jiang Fangzhen unable to let go of that face.

Therefore, for Chen Jingyun's wooing, he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb and continue to drag on.

Chen Jingyun did not think too much about the handling of the 25th Division, and directly instructed that the 25th Division would have two paths, either to fight with the Nationalist Army or to accept the reorganization of the Nationalist Army.

In the face of the high-pressure attitude of the Nationalist Army, Zhou Chenghua quickly made a compromise and was willing to accept the reorganization. After the news reached Chen Jingyun's ears, Chen Jingyun immediately sent a telegram to Hangzhou, conferred the rank of major general of the Nationalist Army, and transferred him to the headquarters of the Nationalist Army as a senior military adviser. Although Zhou Chenghua knew that going to Fuzhou meant that he had no military power, he still sighed and went to Fuzhou.

After the 25th Division was reorganized, it immediately abolished the number system, laid off a large number of unqualified officers and soldiers, and reorganized it into a regiment and temporarily stationed in Hangzhou.

When these military actions continued, Jiang Zungui also returned to Hangzhou from Shaoxing, but this time Chen Yi did not come back with him, but went to Fuzhou with the personnel of the temporary First Army Headquarters and Lin Zhaomin and others.

Chen Yi is different from Jiang Fangzhen, he had already planned to resign from the Zhejiang military and political axe, and then he didn't leave just because he wanted to avenge Zhu Rui's broken leg. And he also sees it very thoroughly, the Nationalist Army has now controlled the entire Zhejiang, even if Jiang Zunwei goes back to be the governor, I am afraid that he will not be able to control the military, and staying in the Zhejiang Governor's Mansion is a waste of life.

Although he was injured in one leg, but he didn't want to sink like this, it just so happened that Chen Jingyun personally sent him a handwritten letter, inviting Chen Yi to serve in the national army, so Chen Yi also asked Jiang Zunwei to resign from the Zhejiang military and planned to go to Fuzhou.

Regarding Chen Yi's plan, although Jiang Zunwei sighed in his heart, he did not stop his friend's choice.

Not to mention that Chen Yi would choose this way, even Jiang Zunwei himself was a little hesitant, when he fought with Zhu Rui before, he had already felt the pain of having no soldiers in his hands, and now Zhu Rui's second division is gone, but in exchange for a more powerful national army. When the time comes, how will he, the governor of Zhejiang, deal with himself?

With such worries, Jiang Zunwei returned to Hangzhou, but after returning to Hangzhou, the situation surprised him a little. Because of Zhu Rui's mutiny, a small number of high-level military and political leaders in the original Zhejiang military and political axe who were loyal to Jiang Zunwei were taken to Shaoxing, and a few neutral people also resigned and returned home.

After Jiang Zunwei arrived in Hangzhou, Chen Jingyun's secret telegram was once again delivered to Jiang Zungui: "If Zhejiang can follow the example of Fujian's separation of military and government, it will be a blessing for tens of millions of people in Fujian and Zhejiang." ”

The content of this secret telegram has been said quite explicitly, that is, the Zhejiang military and political axe is required to implement the separation of military and political affairs, and like the Fujian military and political axe, the military and political axe only manages government affairs, while military affairs are under the jurisdiction of the national army headquarters. Although he was unwilling in his heart, Zhejiang is now under the control of the National Army, and even if he wants to oppose it, he has no capital to oppose it.

Besides, Jiang Zungui had never controlled military power before, and he couldn't even control civil affairs, and now if he can be a civil governor with real power, Jiang Zungui thinks that he has no loss.

Regardless of Jiang Zunwei's reluctance, Chen Jingyun's handling of Zhejiang has already been decided. It is not feasible to pull Jiang Zunwei down with great fanfare, and then make his own people to be the governor

Because he ostensibly sent troops at the invitation of Jiang Zungui, he supported Jiang Zungui, and if he pulled Jiang Zungui down as soon as he took Zhejiang, he would be nakedly exposing his ambitions to the Chinese people. It doesn't matter if it's seen through by other powerful warlords, but it's not good if the ordinary people see through it, so the necessary cover-up is still needed.

On the other hand, if Jiang Zunwei is pulled down, then who will be elected as the governor of Zhejiang, if it is to choose people from the non-national army system, then there is no difference from continuing to support Jiang Zungui. But if people in the national army system are selected, such as Lin Zhaomin and Yuan Fang, then Chen Jingyun has to worry that the national army in Zhejiang will split at any time.

People are ambitious, Chen Jingyun dares to guarantee that if he pushes Yuan Fang or Lin Zhaomin to the position of governor of Zhejiang, they have an army in their own hands and financial power, not to mention a few years, it is estimated that it is difficult to guarantee whether they will be able to listen to themselves in a few months, it doesn't matter if his subordinates have ambitions, but they must pay attention to proportion, don't give them the opportunity to inflate this ambition.

Therefore, Chen Jingyun would rather let someone else be the governor of Zhejiang, rather than let his subordinates be the governor of Zhejiang.