When the 3,000 Guizhou army in Hunan was wiped out, the assassin sent by Yuan Zuming, the commander of the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Guizhou Army, assassinated Wang Wenhua, the overseer of Guizhou, at the Shanghai Great World Song and Dance City, which caused civil strife in the already leaderless Guizhou army. The commanders of the five brigades under Wang Wenhua's department fought for power and attacked each other, and Yuan Zuming immediately sent Zhang Pengnian to Fenghuang County to ask Yan Xishan to receive the reorganization of the national defense force. Yan Xishan accepted Yuan Zuming's request on behalf of the court, causing greater civil strife in the Guizhou army.

When the Sichuan army delegation left Sichuan, he learned that the Wehrmacht had won a great victory, and he was glad that he had chosen the right path, and the Wehrmacht fought different from the original Northern Expedition, the French Protector and other battles, first of all, from a moral point of view, the Beiyang government at this time was not a military government, although Wang Maoru used various means to influence the government, but unlike Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui's period, the legitimacy of the Beiyang government was further strengthened, and the battle of reunification and foreign warfare, the prestige of the Beiyang government in the people has been greatly improved. Secondly, there is no Kuomintang counterpart this time, for this party that occupies the front line of public opinion in the south, the legitimacy of supporting the Beiyang government will be conducive to Sun Wen's election for president in the future. The last point is that the Sichuan army itself is a consortium of dozens of large and small warlords, and it cannot be able to think in one place and exert its strength in one place, and each Sichuan warlord has his own small abacus and plans, while calculating against the national defense army, he must calculate that he will not be wiped out by his colleagues.

In February of the 10th year of the Republic of China, Lu Rongting, the overseer of Guangxi, announced on the day the Sichuan warlord delegation arrived in Beijing that the Gui army was willing to accept the reorganization of the national defense force, and the people sent by Sun Wen arrived in Yunnan. He was also actively trying to persuade Tang Jiyao to accept the reorganization of the National Defense Force, but he was rejected by Tang Jiyao, commander of the Yunnan Army. Tang Jiyao was never willing to be Wang Maoru's subordinate general, he was different from Guijun Lu Rongting. The Gui army, like the Guizhou army, was in civil strife, and Lu Rongting's acceptance of the reorganization was a last resort, but Tang Jiyao held absolute power and prestige among the Yunnan army.

The Gui warlords were divided into two factions, the old faction was headed by Lu Rongting and held the military and political power for a long time, and the new Gui faction was headed by Shen Hongying. At the same time, the new Gui faction within the Gui warlords defected one after another, and Lu Rongting had to retreat one after another, if it were not for the fact that the Wehrmacht army went south to arrive in Guangzhou. Lu Rongting had to go into the wilderness. Lu Rongting sorted out his army and retreated to Du'an County, Guangxi (now Nanning, Guangxi), and when he was able to survive, Shen Hongying, of the Xingui Department, announced that he would accept the reorganization of the National Defense Force. forced Lu Rongting to choose carefully. Whether to follow Tang Jiyao to resist to the end or accept the integration. At this time, Zhang Kuian arrived in Guangxi, sighed with Lu Rongting all night, and the next day Lu Rongting announced that he had accepted the reorganization, and the Guangxi campaign ended.

Today, there is only one independent province in the country, Yunnan Province.

Wang Maoru received a delegation of Sichuan warlords at the army yamen (that is, the Ministry of the Army), and he knew that Liu Xiang was in the War of Resistance against Japan, and he announced that the Sichuan army would go out of Sichuan to resist the war of resistance with his sick body. In 1938, he died in Hankou due to a recurrence of chronic illness, and left a will before his death: "Resist to the end." Unswervingly, that is, the enemy army will not withdraw from the border for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to its hometown for a day! Therefore, there is no doubt about this man's patriotism, but at this time he is somewhat fond of power struggles.

Based on this, Wang Maoru said to Liu Xiang that of the 100,000 Sichuan Army, I can give the public the post of general corps commander or deputy chief of the army of the Ministry of the Army, and they can be chosen.

Liu Xiang said that you Wang Maoru is so generous, and I am not ambiguous, people are originally sincere, so after thinking about the military with his subordinates, he thought that the army was still in hand, so he decided to accept the position of corps commander.

After the Sichuan army was reorganized, the CIA recorded the process of negotiations between the Sichuan army and Wang Maoru and put it in front of Wang Maoru's desk, and Wang Maoru was silent for a while about Pu Ji and Dongfang Hong's concealment of the fact that they were earning votes for the Sichuan Provincial General Election of the Youth Promotion Research Association, and then asked Pu Ji to rush back to Beijing immediately. Napu Ji thought that something had happened, so he immediately rushed back, Wang Maoru sighed with him for a long time, and Pu Ji left the next day, but he began to be a little defensive against Dongfang Hong, and he would no longer be stupid to give up all his power.

On May 7, the 10th year of the Republic of China, the War Department and the National Defense Force Command Center announced that they would officially accept the reorganization of the Hunan Army, the Sichuan Army, the Gui Army, and the Guizhou Army.

The Hunan army was reorganized into two divisions of 18,000 people, the numbers were the 38th Division and the 39th Division, and the division commanders were Cheng Qian and Zhao Hengxi, in fact, the army under both of them exceeded 18,000 people. The army of Tan Yanhong, the overseer of Hunan, was reorganized into two armed police brigades of 3,000 people, which were responsible for suppressing bandits in Hunan, and the rest of the retired soldiers were assigned to the police stations of various prefectures, counties, cities, and towns to become Hunan police. Although Tan Yanmin has removed his military position, he can serve as the governor of Hunan Province in a serious manner.

The Sichuan army was reorganized into three divisions, the numbers were the 40th Division, the 41st Division, and the 42nd Division, and the division commanders were Tang Shizun, Dan Maoxin and Xiong Kewu, but Xiong Kewu was the veteran of the Sichuan Army. Subsequently, due to Xiong Kewu's defeat and retreat to Xikang Province, it was decided that Xiong Kewu would serve as the governor of Xikang, the governor of Sichuan Province would be continued by Liu Cunhou, and the commander of the 42nd Division would be Liu Chengxun.

The Guizhou army was reorganized into two divisions, numbered the 43rd Division and the 44th Division, and the division commanders were Yuan Zuming and Lu Taoxiang, respectively. However, the central government then appointed Liu Xianshi to continue to serve as governor of Guizhou, and Liu Xianshi, who was in exile in Yunnan, decided to accept the appointment of the central government and return to Guizhou as governor.

The Gui Army was reorganized into two divisions, the 45th Division and the 46th Division were Tan Haoming and Shen Hongying, respectively, and the two also represented the old Gui and new Gui armies respectively, and the governor of Guangxi was served by Wen Zongyao, who had a high reputation in Guangxi. (Wen Zongyao is a fighter for the Restoration, and during the Republic of China, he was also a good official for the country and the people of Guangxi, but during the War of Resistance against Japan, he took refuge in the Wang puppet regime, and he was old and old, and the evening was not guaranteed, otherwise Guangxi Province would definitely recall this monarch and set up an ancestral hall to commemorate this monarch)

The redundant soldiers of the Sichuan Army, the Guizhou Army, the Gui Army and the Guangdong Army were also reorganized into a division, and the commander of the 47th Division was Wei Yisan, the former commander of the 57th Brigade of the National Defense Army.

The Wehrmacht will set up a new corps, the 12th Army's Jianwei Regiment, with the corps commander Liu Xiang, but the corps includes the 42nd Division of the Sichuan Army, the 44th Division of the Guizhou Army, and the 37th Division of the Guangdong Army, which is stationed in Sichuan and Xikang, mainly to guard against the separatist activities of the British in Tibet.

"Sichuan is also Wang Maoru's." Tang Jiyao's subordinate Gu Pinzhen said worriedly.

"Report!" The adjutant said with a pale face with a telegram.

"Speak." Tang Jiyao said in a sonorous and powerful voice.

The adjutant said: "The former very big president Liwen sent a telegram, he ......" Seeing the adjutant hesitate, Gu Pinzhen grabbed the telegram and said in surprise: "Sun Liwen ordered the members of the Yunnan Kuomintang to give up fighting against the National Defense Force?" He hoped that the Yunnan officers would uphold Cai's legacy, safeguard the unity of the country, and resist ...... Defiant ......"

"Resist what?" Tang Jiyao said.

Gu Pinzhen crumpled the note into a ball, threw it on the ground, and said: "Sun Liwen must have made some shady deal with Wang Maoru, it is estimated that he is about to soar, hum, see Sun who forgets his righteousness!" Marshal, stick to Yunnan, stick to Yunnan's natural dangers, Wang Maoru's army will definitely not be able to get in! ”

Tang Jiyao sighed, shook his head, and said, "What are our Chinese armies fighting for life and death?" If General Cai Ye were here, how would he choose? The generals bowed their heads.

"Report, Li Liejun, chief of the general staff of the Guangdong Revolutionary Army, arrived." The guard shouted.

"Xia Ru is here, please." Tang Jiyao said busily.

Li Liejun is a veteran member of the Kuomintang Party, with a very high prestige in the Kuomintang Party, and he is an army officer, and he is very respected in various places in the southwest. In May, the climate in Yunnan is pleasant, and the flowers are in full bloom, and Tang Jiyao's tea pavilion is full of flowers, fragrant and refreshing. Li Liejun saw that Tang Jiyao was preoccupied, and said with a smile: "Geng, don't insist anymore." ”

Tang Jiyao smiled bitterly: "I always have to think about the 100,000 troops under my command." ”

Li Liejun said: "Bei Geng, the warlord is no longer suitable for China. Whether you think about yourself or your subordinates, you have a certain number in your heart. No matter how glorious the warlord is, it's only been four or five years, and now Yunnan is yours Tang Beigeng, but after three or four years, do you think it's still yours? You are now a big parent, and your sons listen to you, but they always have to grow up, and when they grow up, they will seize power. Do you think they are really your sons, taking into account Lao Tzu's interests? Think about that period of Qirui, compared to you, how beautiful he was when he was brilliant, but he has only been glorious for a few years? Now he can only live in Tianjin. Look at Lu Yongxiang again, we must raise troops and fight the national defense force, but what are the consequences? ”

Tang Jiyao said: "I am the army of 100,000 tigers and wolves in Yunnan, and it is a dangerous place, why are you afraid of him Wang Maoru?" ”

Li Liejun shook his head and said, "Now it's not a Wang Maoru, but a million national defense forces." Do you really think that the Kuomintang abandoned the armed forces because it was afraid of Wang Maoru? False, first, this national defense force has formed a huge system, millions of people are counting on this system to survive, he Wang Maoru is just a leader, we accept the reorganization because of this huge Kunpeng, not the eye of Kunpeng. Second, the general trend of national reunification is inevitable, and the people of Guangdong have also privately demanded reunification and not to go to war. ”

Tang Jiyao said: "What do the people know? ”

"Yes, the people don't know anything, but they will blindly follow it." Li Liejun said helplessly.

"Fools." Tang Jiyao smiled bitterly.

At this time, Tang Jiyao's youngest daughter clapped her hands and came back from school, singing a nursery rhyme: "The east is red, the sun is rising, there is a Wang Xiusheng in the east, he leads China to unification, he is the savior of the Chinese people......"

Tang Jiyao and Li Liejun looked at each other and smiled bitterly. (To be continued.) )