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The wide official road rolled up the yellow dust in the sky, and from a distance, a large army with no end in sight was rapidly advancing southward, and it could be seen from the uniforms of the sergeants that they all belonged to the regular army of the Heathrow Empire, such a large scale, at least more than one corps, and its intention to go south was not asked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Su Qin's guess was not wrong, as early as the day before his visit, Sun Yuanhui, who got the news that someone would visit Qingyang, noticed that the situation might change in a direction that was not in his favor, and his eldest brother's recent performance also made him quite dissatisfied, first of all, he strengthened the expansion of the northern Ganlan Fortress, which caused strong dissatisfaction with his close allies Siathrow, and actually withdrew the Second Garrison Division back to Fucheng, but let his First Garrison Division go to garrison the Ganlan Fortress, which is obviously distrustful of himself, but he has no other way, after all, the prestige of the eldest brother in Yinchuan Mansion is much higher than his ownIn addition to his own garrison division, which has a certain influence, the officers of the other two garrison divisions are incompatible with him.

Seeing that his eldest brother's physical condition is deteriorating, but he has never been clear who will replace him as the next city guard, especially the recent performance has made him feel that his idea of serving as a city guard will be frustrated, and the position of the city guard is likely to fall into the hands of Zhou Tinggui, who has always been against him, which he absolutely cannot tolerate, he has spent a lot of effort for the position of city guard, at least many of the political axe officials have clearly expressed their willingness to support him as the city guard, it may not be these political axe officials who dominate this issue, in addition to the opinions of their eldest brother, the opinions of the other two division commanders are also very important, but those two guys are the eldest brother's henchmen, and everything is based on the eldest brother's opinion, and they can't do their job at all.

But his eldest brother turned his elbow outward, without considering his own feelings, and had the intention of giving up the position of city guard to outsiders, how could he be willing? After getting the support of General Kidman, the commander of the Nuremberg garrison of the Sithroes, Sun Yuanhui's heart was settled, with the support of the Sithroes, Sun Yuanhui was very sure that he would be able to get the position of defending the city, after all, he still had a relationship with Yinchuan Mansion, in addition to his own first garrison division in the army, even if the commanders of the two divisions opposed him, it was unlikely that he would really have a fight with his own troops, and those two divisions also had the strength to support him, plus the support of the Sithroes, once on the right, the eldest brother would not be able to give way to himself, the only thing to worry about was how much influence the eldest brother still had in the three divisions, which is also the reason why Sun Yuanhui has not dared to act rashly.

However, news came from his work in Fucheng that Li Wufeng's envoy from the northwest would come to Yinchuan Fucheng to visit Lord Castle Shou, and it was said that he was visiting Lord Cheng Shou who was sick. This news immediately shocked Sun Yuanhui's heart, thinking of his eldest brother's various performances in recent times, and now Zhou Tinggui, who is in charge of government affairs, is obviously inclined to the Tang River Empire, Sun Yuanhui dares to conclude that as soon as Li Wufeng's envoy arrives, something will inevitably happen that is unfavorable to him, thinking of this, he did not dare to slack off, and sent someone to Nuremberg overnight to deliver the news, hoping to get the support of General Kidman. Kidman, who received the news, was overjoyed and immediately personally led the main force stationed in Nuremberg ---- the 101st Corps to the south, and continued to move south after joining Sun Yuanhui's Yinchuan Prefecture 1st Garrison Division at the Ganlan Fortress.

"Lord Sun, it is now less than a hundred kilometers away from Yinchuan Mansion City, and in five hours, we will be able to enter the city, why is there no news from your people?" The world is also a heavyweight with a great reputation, otherwise he would not have sent such an important position as a commander of artillery.

"General Kidman, you must be a little too anxious, we are moving south so fast, I'm afraid that even the people in the city have not received the news, as for my subordinates, please rest assured that they will send someone to contact me as soon as there is any trouble. Sun Yuanhui rode forward, pretending to be calm and calm on the surface, but there was also a trace of anxiety in his heart, it stands to reason that someone should come to report, could it be that something happened?

"I hope so, I hope this time it can be done once and for all, and there will be no accidents in between. Kidman was not satisfied with Sun Yuanhui's answer, but he was helpless, because this military operation came suddenly, he didn't even have time to ask his boss for instructions, but the opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come, even if it is worth taking some risks, if this Yinchuan Mansion can penetrate in, it will be of great help to the empire to the south, thinking of this, he couldn't help but quietly glance at the commander of the Ganlan Fortress who was riding parallel to his horse---- Sun Yuanhui, the commander of the First Garrison Division of Yinchuan Prefecture, this guy's request this time is really just right, if it were not for the news from the spy personnel on his side, he even doubted whether the other party was teaming up with Li Wufeng to calculate his own side.

Due to the hurry, Kidman and Sun Yuanhui had to leave about 40,000 infantry behind, and led the cavalry to quickly go south, as long as they entered the city of Yinchuan Mansion, Kidman believed that with the existing strength and Sun Yuanhui's influence in Yinchuan Mansion for many years, the situation could be controlled, even if Sun Yuanliang wanted not to give way to Sun Yuanhui, and his own garrison could also be stationed in Yinchuan Mansion to assist Sun Yuanhui in stabilizing the situation, as for what will happen in the future, who can say now?

Wu Feng, who got Su Qin's urgent report, was ecstatic, it was a good thing to be able to solve the problem of Yinchuan Mansion in one fell swoop, not only could it greatly relieve the pressure from the north, but the most important thing was to complete the unification of the northwest from form to substance, this was originally Wu Feng's dream idea, if he could complete the battle, it would be of great help to himself in the future and even in the future.

The Fifth Division was already in the border area between Yinchuan and Qingyang when it received Wu Feng's urgent order, and the veteran Long Zizi had been reorganizing the army and practicing martial arts since it was reorganized into the Fifth Division of the Northwest Army Corps, striving to raise the combat effectiveness of the troops to a higher height in the shortest possible time, and at the same time hoping to have a real war to defend the honor of the Fifth Division. Several other garrison divisions that had not been incorporated into the regular army had been unconvinced, which added a little pressure to Long himself, and the idea that only through the First World War could he prove the strength of his troops had always haunted him.

When Wufeng ordered him to lead the Fifth Division into the Mangye Plain and be ready for battle at any time, he was keenly aware of the unusual situation, although on the surface he wanted him to protect the safety of the Seventeen Princesses of the Empire, but there was already a cavalry wing of the Qingyang Garrison Division stationed on the Mangye Plain, and although this Mangye Plain was inhabited by nomads, these nomads were all small tribes and tribes attached to Wufeng, and they would not win if they were respectful to Her Royal Highness the Princess, so why was it dangerous?

He didn't know the diplomatic operation of his upper echelons, but he still vaguely felt that this operation must be aimed at the northern neighbors, and he and Hillman both coincidentally targeted Yinchuan Mansion as soon as they arrived in Mangye Town, but the territory of Yinchuan Mansion seemed to be surprisingly calm, and even a patrolling soldier could not be seen, which couldn't help but make him and Hillman puzzled.

After receiving the order, he immediately realized that although he was extremely surprised that his former mortal enemy could suddenly become the object of his protection, the order clearly asked him to protect Sun Yuanliang at all costs, to enter and control the situation in Yinchuan Fucheng as quickly as possible, and to wait for the reinforcements of the Third Division to make him realize that there must be a deep-seated reason for this.

At this moment, the situation in Yinchuan Mansion is already tense, and it is about to erupt, on the night of meeting Su Qin, maybe it is the reason for some excitement, at the banquet to entertain Su Qin and his party, Sun Yuanliang made an exception and drank two glasses of wine, Sun Yuanliang's condition took a sharp turn for the worse that night, deteriorated rapidly, and he has been in a coma, and the situation that was originally quite stable immediately rose sharply. The commander of the Second Garrison Division, who was loyal to Sun Yuanliang, was assassinated in his official residence that night, and the Second Garrison Division was suddenly leaderless and in chaos, and several wing commanders who held real power did not give in to each other, while the deputy division commander and chief of staff who did not hold real power had no choice; and the Third Garrison Division was immediately split into two factions, with the faction headed by division commander Xiang Ge supporting Zhou Tinggui and having the strength of three wings, while the faction headed by Jiang Qifeng, deputy division commander, made it clear that they wanted to support Sun Yuanhui as the defender of Yinchuan Prefecture, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

Among the officials of the city guard mansion, most of them expressed their willingness to obey Zhou Tinggui's orders, but the police chief, who held the power of law and order, opposed his boss, the director of the interior affairs, and sent police to surround Su Qin and his party in the post house and prohibit Su Qin and them from entering and leaving.

Looking at Sun Yuanliang who was lying on the bed in a dying state, Zhou Tinggui's heart also swelled with deep sadness, this strongman who had been crisscrossing the northwest for decades without falling could no longer find a trace of his former demeanor at this time, except for the slightly undulating chest that showed that he was a living person, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like an ordinary old man on the verge of death.

A few coughs woke Zhou Tinggui from his contemplation, a strange flush surged on the face of the old man on the bed, his face seemed to brighten, and a pair of dim old eyes also shone with a hint of brilliance, but in Zhou Tinggui's eyes, it was even more sad, he knew that this was just a reflection of the light, and the city guard might not be able to survive this night.

"Tinggui. Another sharp cough.

"Your Excellency. Zhou Tinggui hurriedly covered his sadness and stood up.

"Why is it so noisy outside?" At this moment, Sun Yuanliang even became acute.

"My lord, it's nothing, probably some drunk people are making noise there, you better rest in peace. Zhou Tinggui hurriedly explained.

"Drunk?!" The corners of Sun Yuanliang's mouth, who was lying on the bed, twitched, and he sighed gloomily: "Tinggui, you don't have to hide it from me, is something wrong?"

Zhou Tinggui was speechless for a while, although he didn't know what the situation outside was like, but as soon as he learned that the commander of the Second Garrison Division had been assassinated in the official residence, he knew that the Yinchuan Mansion military must have lost control, and bursts of shouts and killings could be heard from a few blocks away, and from time to time bursts of fire rose into the sky, indicating that the entire Yinchuan Mansion City had become a battlefield full of war.