Chen Yi's words made Jiang Zunwei and Jiang Fangzhen both ponder.

Speaking of the relationship between these three people, it is also a bit ingenious, because Jiang Zungui, Jiang Fangzhen, and Chen Yi are all non-commissioned officers, and together with Zhou Chenghua, they have formed a foreign faction called Bolaipin, Zhu Rui, Ye Songqing, etc. are Nanjing Lushi faction, self-proclaimed orthodox, Lu Gongwang, Tong Baoxuan was born in Baoding, that is, an appendage, and the rest of Gu Naibin, Xia Chao, and Zhou Fengqi were born in Zhejiang Wubei School, that is, local goods.

After Jiang Zunwei took office as the governor of Zhejiang, he promoted Chen Yi and Jiang Fangzhen, and there was a great momentum of leaving non-commissioned officers and students to unify Zhejiang's military affairs.

Although the position of the governor of Zhejiang has been turned into a part of the domestic political struggle under the fierce competition between the League and the Restoration Society, since the defeat of the Restoration Society and the victory of the Alliance, the struggle for the position of the governor of Zhejiang has evolved into a persuasive struggle within Zhejiang.

To some extent, this has evolved from political wrestling to military fighting.

Although Jiang Zunwei, Jiang Baili, and Chen Yi are all in high positions and have been in control of Zhejiang for three or four months, they have not controlled too much military force except for a small number of troops such as the Metropolitan Guards, and although Zhou Chenghua, who came back from Nanjing one step earlier, has a 25th Division, on the one hand, the personnel and equipment of the 25th Division are seriously insufficient, and on the other hand, Zhou Chenghua did not completely surrender to Jiang Zunhua. Instead, he maintained a subtle neutral attitude among Zhu Rui and Jiang Zunwei, which was to put it bluntly. In addition, regardless of how strong its combat effectiveness is, the question of his belonging has not been resolved, and several brigade commanders and regiment commanders are all local officers in Zhejiang, and several of them have a close relationship with Zhu Rui, and only the commander of the third regiment is Jiang Zungui's old subordinate, and he can still use it. But at the critical moment, if Zhu Rui and the others really overwhelmed the border, that regiment would have no effect.

In this way, it can be seen that Jiang Zunwei does not have an advantage in this battle, if he doesn't want to do anything else, then he has to obediently resign from the position of governor under Zhu Rui's persecution.

In this case, Chen Yi asked for reinforcements, but it was the Nationalist Army in Fujian that was invited, which had to make Jiang Zunwei cautious.

The occupation of the national army in the south of Zhejiang has attracted the attention of many people, and there are many people who are dissatisfied with this in the Zhejiang military and political axe, but before the national army was in the name of supporting the Northern Expedition and the Southern Coalition Army, and also cleaned up a large group of former Qing old troops, although garrisoning Shaoxing and other places, but the local political axe is not interfered with at all, and usually helps to fight bandits and the like. Moreover, it has been repeatedly stated before that it is to defend Zhejiang and prevent the Beiyang Army from going south, so in this case, the Hangzhou military and political axe can only turn a blind eye.

But if Jiang Zunwei invites the Nationalist Army to Hangzhou again, there may be a series of reactions at that time, and Zhu Rui and others are afraid that they will blatantly oppose themselves.

Even if the Nationalist Army is invited, people will send a division at most, and I heard that a division of the Nationalist Army is only about 10,000 people, how can this resist Zhu Rui's second division, you must know that this second division is nominally a division, but the actual number has exceeded 30,000, if you add the 25th Division and the Zhejiang First Division that Zhou Chen talked about, it is almost 50,000 people.

Besides, Chen Jingyun is not a fool, it is impossible for him to ask for help by himself, and he will pay something in total, and looking at the cards in his hand, Jiang Zunwei really can't think of what kind of price he can pay to let Chen Jingyun send troops.

Seeing that Jiang Zunwei and Jiang Fangzhen didn't speak, Chen Yi said again: "What are we working so hard for in the revolution, isn't it just for the prosperity of the republic, but now, Zhu Rui is fighting his army to snatch the position of governor, what is this, this is not only the army interfering in politics, but also the last thing to study talents, and the people of Zhejiang will suffer from it at that time!" ”

"For the sake of the people of Zhejiang, Zhu Rui must not be allowed to sit on the position of governor!" Jiang Fangzhen also said this sentence after being silent for a long time.

Jiang Zunwei looked at Jiang Fangzhen, looked at Chen Yi, and then his eyes fell on Chen Yi's injured leg, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, for the sake of the people of Zhejiang, I will shamelessly beg Chen Jingyun for a hand!" ”

Seeing Jiang Zunyi's painful decision, Chen Yi's face was overjoyed and at the same time, he said secretly: "Zhu Rui, I, Chen Yi, will not be a person if I don't avenge this broken leg!" ”

Now that I have made up my mind, I still have to discuss in detail how to do it.

"Logically speaking, I should have gone to Fuzhou to meet my old classmate in person, but now I'm on this leg!" Chen Yi smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that if I come back and forth, I will have to delay time." ”

Jiang Fangzhen said: "There is no need to trouble Brother Chen in this matter, you can write a letter, and I will take it to Fuzhou to meet that Chen Jingyun!" ”

Jiang Zunwei also nodded when he saw Jiang Fangzhen taking the initiative to ask for help: "The people who are suitable to go are just you, and if your status is low, I am afraid that you will not even be able to see people in Fuzhou when you go to Fuzhou." In this way, I will also write a letter by hand, and you will work hard for a hundred miles, and go to Fuzhou for a trip! ”

After Jiang Zunzhen and Chen Yi and others discussed, Jiang Zungui and Chen Yi each wrote a letter, and Jiang Fangzhen took the preparation to set off to Fuzhou by boat, but unfortunately the foreign steamer to and from Fuzhou turned out to be broken, and it would take three days before navigation could be resumed, and the anxious Jiang Fangzhen naturally couldn't wait for three days in vain, so he didn't go directly to Fuzhou but went to Shaoxing.

Shaoxing is only dozens of miles away from Hangzhou, and it will be arrived in one day. After he found the headquarters of the First Division, he reported his name, and then successfully met Yuan Fang, the current commander of the First Division.

After Yuan Fang naturally became the commander of the First Division, he also kept an eye on the situation in Hangzhou, which was not far away, and even most of the information known from Fuzhou was reported by the First Division, so Yuan Fang naturally understood the situation in Hangzhou. Now when he saw Jiang Zungui's henchman, the general staff of the Zhejiang military and political axe, came to Shaoxing quietly, which surprised him.

And when Jiang Fangzhen said that he wanted to see Chen Jingyun, and when he asked the First Division to move the garrison forward to Hangzhou, Yuan Fang realized that things were likely to take some kind of change, and he naturally did not dare to make a decision on this kind of major matter related to the trend of a province, so he sent a telegram to Chen Jingyun in Fuzhou on the same day, and reported the matter to Chen Jingyun.

In addition, Yuan Fang also ordered all divisions to raise their vigilance and prepare for battle.

After Chen Jingyun in Fuzhou received Yuan Fang's telegram, he immediately convened another military meeting, and the scale of this military meeting was much larger than the previous one, and among the people who came, in addition to the commanders of the guard division and the fourth division, there were also the three commanders of the headquarters and the commanders of several important departments under the three major departments, such as the operations department of the general staff department, the strategy department, and so on. There were also several political officers from the newly created Political Department, as well as several senior military advisers from the Command

At first glance, there were more than 20 people,

Chen Jingyun looked at the twenty or thirty people seated, and after his eyes swept over, he said: "You all heard from Staff Officer Feng just now, the situation in Zhejiang is unstable now, and the military and political axes will collapse at any time, so Jiang Zunwei said that he would invite our army into Hangzhou, what do you think about this!" ”

As the chief of staff, Feng Qin was always the first to speak: "I think that this time can just become an opportunity for our army to continue to go north and completely control the northern part of Zhejiang!" Before, we couldn't continue to go north because of the opposition of the Hangzhou military and political axe, but now that we have Jiang Zungui's active invitation, no one can say anything! ”

But as soon as the words fell, Sun Guangliang next to him said: "I thought it was inappropriate." The reason why our army did not move and stopped at the Jinhua and Shaoxing lines was not that it could not continue to go north, but that it was unwilling to continue to go north! If the situation in the whole country has gradually become clear, Yuan Shikai in the north has already assumed the presidency, and even the people's army near Nanjing has been disbanded, if our army rushes north at this time, what will the rest of the country think of us, and what Yuan Shikai will think of us. If we don't get it right, we will have to carry the name of provoking a civil war, and how can the Beiyang army protect itself when the border is pressed? ”

Sun Guangliang's words can be said to represent the minds of many people, so it was recognized by many people for a while, and Wang Lin, who only accepted Chen Jingyun's invitation not long ago, and served as a senior military adviser to the National Army, said: "The current situation is indeed not very good, and it is difficult to predict what impact it will have if you rush to send troops!" ”

However, Lin Chengkun said: "What are you afraid of, there have been several wars and conflicts before the north-south peace talks in Sichuan have ended, and now Li Junlie and several local military leaders on the Jiangxi side have had several wars, not to mention that Yunnan Cai Yi directly sent Tang Jirao into Guizhou, and now Tang Jirao has served as the governor of Guizhou." ”

Lin Zhaomin said: "Zhejiang's important surname is not comparable to Guizhou, Guizhou is located in the southwest and no one pays attention, and the turmoil in Sichuan cannot affect the overall situation of the country, but Zhejiang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, close to Shanghai, Jiangsu and other places, every move is watched by the whole country, and a careless handling may lead to an unpredictable situation."

Seeing that everyone was talking more and more intensely, Chen Jingyun suppressed his hand, and then said to Feng Qin on the side: "If our army wants to enter Hangzhou, what plan does the staff have on the side!" ”

Feng Qin said: "The Operations Department of the General Staff Department has always prepared a battle plan for the Zhejiang side and updated it at any time!" ”

"Oh, what it looks like!" Chen Jingyun looked at Shen Gang, director of the Operations Department, at this time.

Shen Gang is the fourth phase of the cavalry section of Lu Shi, originally served in the Beiyang Army, and later was excluded by the Beiyang Baoding faction and resigned and returned to his hometown, after Xinhai was introduced by Feng Qin to join the National Army, from the beginning of the second-class staff officer, to the first-class staff officer, and finally was appreciated by Chen Jingyun and transferred to the Operations Department as the director.

Under the staff system of the National Army, there are operational divisions, strategic divisions, communications divisions, transportation divisions, etc., the most important of which is the post of operational division.

Shen Gang saw Chen Jingyun looking at him and knew that it was time for him to answer, so he immediately said: "According to the military intelligence collected by the Military Intelligence Department in the Hangzhou area, the Operations Division has currently planned two operational plans, one is to capture Hangzhou for the purpose, and the second is to completely seize the northern area of Hangzhou.

If it is to seize Hangzhou, at present our army's troops in Zhejiang are sufficient, with the first division as the main force, the second division is sure to take Hangzhou in a short time, and then form a confrontation with Zhu Rui's second division and the twenty-fifth division in the north, if you want to completely seize northern Zhejiang, you need to eliminate or defeat Zhu Rui's second division and other divisions, and the combat division is expected to need reinforcements from one division. ”

"According to what you say, our two infantry divisions in Zhejiang still can't beat Zhu Rui's second division and other miscellaneous cards?" Chen Jingyun was a little dissatisfied with this expected result. In his army building plan, a division has to resist the attack of a Beiyang division, and the two divisions together can defeat a Beiyang division in an offensive battle.