Since May 4, the patriotic movement against imperialist hegemony officially launched in Beijing has rapidly expanded across the country, having had a profound impact on China's historical process.

Compared with the magnificent travel, millions of young students and people from all walks of life in more than ten large and medium-sized cities in the north, protesting and lobbying activities, the travel, lobbying and lobbying activities in all cities in southern China seem to be more orderly. Even in a metropolis like Shanghai, hundreds of thousands of people traveling for three days have not caused any riots. On the contrary, hundreds of gangsters who attempted to fish in troubled waters and secretly abducted by the military and police, who were ruthlessly arrested and suppressed.

Just as the eyes of the whole world were staring at the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal movement that China had never had before, the war between the warlords in Shaanxi that was fighting and stopping suddenly escalated.

The long-established coalition forces of Deng Xihou and Chen Shufan suddenly exerted their efforts, commanding 120,000 to restore energy and the newly equipped army launched a sudden counterattack. In just three days, Jing**, composed of Jingyuexiu, Dong Zhenwu, Deng Baoshan and Yang Hucheng, was defeated by Jing**, with a dazzling and astonishing speed, they successively recovered more than 20 counties including Xi'an, Luonan, Zhou Zhi, Baoji, Jingyang, Gaoling and other counties. The two armies were heading straight for Sanyuan and Tongguan.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Zhensong Army of Liu Zhenhua, who was stationed on the Weinan line, immediately issued a telegram across the country and announced that it would remain neutral. Unexpectedly, this move annoyed the generals of the Jing** division. The Jing** Second Army, which had minor casualties during the retreat on the entire line, launched a sudden attack on the defenseless Zhensong Army under the order of commander Fan Zhongxiu. More than 4,000 Liu Zhenhua's troops were killed and injured in just half a day. Liu Zhenhua led the panicked Zhensong Army to retreat to the southeast. Fan Zhongxiu immediately ordered his troops to stop pursuing, looted all the military supplies that Liu Zhenhua had not taken away, and then quickly retreated north.

The generals of Zhensong Army were extremely resentful of this. Under the leadership of Commander Liu Zhenhua, they decisively formed an alliance with Deng Xihou's troops, and with the generous support of Deng Xihou, they quickly replenished weapons and ammunition, and launched a crazy pursuit and revenge on Jing** who had retreated to the front line of northern Shaanxi.

Yan Xishan, the king of Shanxi who had already made up his mind to support Jing**, was shocked when he heard the news and immediately gave up his support for Jing**, who had broken military discipline and had no credit. He ordered the three divisions that were about to rush to Shaanxi to help fight to stop advancing. He strictly guarded the border and began to sit in the mountains to watch the tiger fight.

On May 19, the brave and powerful Deng Xihou commanded a large army to defeat the enemy that was blocking the front, destroyed the Luochuan-Yichuan defense line, which was stationed by 30,000 enemy troops, and eliminated Jing Yuexiu and Fan Zhongxiu's troops in one fell swoop, capturing more than 4,000 enemies, and then continued to go north without stopping. On May 24, the great rear of Jingxiu was occupied by Jingxiu. Jingxiu, which had been dominated by northern Shaanxi and Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia regions for several years, has completely failed since then. Jingyuexiu and dozens of Jingxiu generals led the remaining 3,000 remnants of the remaining rushing westward, entering the Hexi region, seeking the protection of the Ma family army.

The good news came, and the Nanjing camp was full of joy. Xiao Yimin finally let go of Deng Xihou, who was sincerely obedient and brave after knowing shame. He not only sent out enthusiastic commendation calls, but also praised Deng Xihou in front of the generals with a very famous general style.

"Yi Shuai, is it promoting the Shaanxi battlefield?" At the congratulations party, Lin Baishui, Minister of Publicity of Nanjing Camp and President of the China Times, asked happily.

Xiao Yimin gently shook the wine in his hand: "This is what it should be, but try to promote the positive images of the two generals Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua as much as possible. Deng Xihou still adopts a low-key strategy and emphasize it in key places, because the three divisions led by Deng Xihou must be stationed in Yulin for a long time, and Yulin will become a training and logistics support base for us to defend and support Mongolia's friendly forces, and become a springboard for our army to defend Mongolia, a vast territory.

"After the situation in Shaanxi stabilizes, we will also recruit 30,000 new recruits in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region to train in Yulin, and then slowly head north to occupy and station in Jiuyuan and Guisui for a long time. Within one year, we must establish permanent military bases in the above three places, which has extremely important strategic significance for the unification of the country and the future economic development of northern China!"

Lin Baishui tasted it a little and immediately understood Xiao Yimin’s huge plan: “I understand! It seems that we are going to establish a reporter station in Yulin, haha!”

Xiao Yimin's new confidential adjutant Ma Rong quietly arrived and whispered in Xiao Yimin's ear.

Xiao Yimin nodded slightly, gave a few instructions, then pulled Lin Baishui and quietly left the lively venue where the civil and military officials in the camp gathered, and took the elevator back to the office on the fifth floor.

In less than five minutes, Yang Du, Ma Gang, Wan Lianfeng, Zhang Sike and other major generals and think tanks arrived, and found their place to sit down very familiarly.

Xiao Yimin lit a cigarette, put the cigarette box and the diamond-inlaid pure gold lighter sent by the Americans in the middle of the large coffee table, signaling everyone to be at will, and then said: "I temporarily summoned everyone because I received another interrogation call from President Duan Qirui in Beijing. Obviously, he was deeply unhappy about not telling him before the battle that we wanted to occupy Yulin, and he didn't seem to believe that we occupied Yulin to better support Xu Shuzheng's troops to stabilize Mongolia. Therefore, I have to call you and listen to everyone's opinions."

Yang Du took the initiative to express his opinion: "Not only is the pressure put on Duan Zhiquan by the Japanese, but also the pressure from Yan Baichuan to the central government. After all, after we took Yulin and Shenmu, the road to the west of Shanxi was completely controlled by our army. It not only posed a threat to the northwestern Shanxi, but also blocked the important business roads leading to the west and northwest of Shanxi. A rough calculation, as long as Deng Xihou was willing, he could collect more than 2 million yuan of commercial taxes from these two business roads every year, not to mention the huge profits obtained from independent operations such as horses, cattle and sheep, fur and medicinal materials in the future."

After listening to Yang Du's introduction, everyone realized that there was such an important interest dispute and couldn't help but talk about it enthusiastically.

Xiao Yimin didn't stop it. After everyone was satisfied, he stopped and smiled and said his plan: "For eight years, the Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce has been working with us. Now the famous Sichuan Chamber of Commerce across the country has always been looking forward to opening up business channels between Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Mongolia. Now we can finally meet these businessmen who have silently supported us for many years."

"The commander is right. Don't the fat water flow to outsiders' fields!"

He Chengliang, the logistics minister who became more and more refined, began to calculate: "Not to mention the horses, oxen, fur and medicinal materials that our army and Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou provinces had to purchase every year, which could save money in the middle. It was just the smuggling of opium, and the demand was increasing. Moreover, most of them purchased high prices from Mongolia from Shanxi and Zhili, which could bring us huge profits.

"As long as we manage well, even if we station 50,000 troops in Yulin, we can be fully self-sufficient and even have a slight surplus. With this alone, we cannot make concessions to Beiyang and Shanxi. If they have the ability, why haven't we built this important territory for so many years?"

Everyone burst into laughter and felt extremely proud.

Yang Du smiled and reminded: "Although this is what we say in our hearts, we can't say that outside. Cheng Liang needs to pay more attention after he is in the future. We cannot be greedy for a moment of quick speech and damage our overall plan implementation."

He Chengliang quickly agreed modestly: "What sir said is, I must pay attention."

Xiao Yimin was very satisfied: "Okay, let's talk about how to respond to President Duan's question... Well, how should we dispel Yan Xishan's resentment? After all, for a long time in the future, we will still require support from all aspects. Even if we cannot get the support of the princes from all sides of the north, try not to make enemies, otherwise it will affect our great cause of unification."

Everyone nodded, and Xiao Yimin continued: "There are three problems facing us now. First, how to make President Duan and the Beiyang army believe in our kindness and our support for Mongolian friendly forces in the future; Second, how to dispel Yan Xishan's concerns and let him know that we will not become enemies with him. At most, there is some competition in the shopping mall. In other aspects, we also hope to increase mutual understanding with him and strengthen cooperation; Third, and the most important point, how should we explain to all Chinese and foreign sectors the fact that 50,000 troops have been stationed in Yulin for a long time?

"Before this, I thought I could do as low-key as possible regardless of anyone's opinion, but now it seems that it is likely that it will not work. Although we have won in chaos and taken an extremely successful and critical step, we have to take the second and third steps next until we achieve the phased goal of controlling Mongolia and western Liaoning.

"The other way is that we have included two railways from Zhangjiakou to Kulun and Guisui to the British. The 160-kilometer railway from Zhangjiakou to Guisui will be opened to traffic and operation in three months. After the situation in Shaanxi is stable, the railway from Lingbao to Xi'an will resume work. The planned inter-provincial highway expansion and reconstruction project from Xi'an to Yulin will also be constructed immediately. It can be said that the Battle of Shaanxi and the Battle of Shandong are the biggest tests for us. Fortunately, the Battle of Shaanxi has successfully achieved our goals, and the remaining Shandong battlefield is likely to fall into a long-term confrontation, because Wu Peifu's troops have successfully entered Jinan. Although the Japanese did not withdraw their troops, under the strong pressure of our five divisions, they dare not take any provocative actions at present."

"Therefore, we must take advantage of the precious buffer period to quickly solve the problems caused by our 50,000 army long-term occupation of Yulin area. Now, please speak freely and don't worry about being inadequate. Any opinions may be adopted."

During the silence, Lin Baishui took the lead in speaking: "My opinion is still the first step in public opinion. Yishuai often quoted the views of German** clausiewitz. Military is the continuation of politics and the ultimate means to achieve political goals. I agree! Political propaganda is undoubtedly one of the important means to achieve political goals, and it is usually the first step in the way, so I ask everyone to make a definition first so that our propaganda department can carry out its work smoothly."

Yang Du expressed his approval like everyone else, and then added: "We can make certain concessions to President Duan in the reorganization of governments at all levels in Shaanxi, but there are two points that must be adhered to, that is, to push Mr. Yu Youren, a veteran of the Kuomintang who has established a close cooperative relationship with our party to the throne of the governor of Shaanxi; secondly, no matter who will be the governor of Shaanxi, Hanzhong in southern Shaanxi, the Ankang area must be in our hands!"

“Agree!”

"agree!"

"Okay, let's discuss the specific implementation plan below..."

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