The elite troops of the Republican Army, led by Generalissimo Chen Tianhua, began the Northern Expedition after the Battle of Eastern Henan.

As the center of the republican government, Wuchang appears to be quite peaceful.

Slightly different from previous wars, this time the military and political leaders seemed calm, and everyone seemed to be very confident in the battle under the command of the general.

Within the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan Republican Government, many people did not even know about the Battle of Eastern Henan and the Northern Expedition.

The ability to achieve this was of course due to the fact that the Jiangnan regime was well prepared for the war, whether it was the deployment of troops or the supply of military supplies.

This fully shows that the Jiangnan regime has become prosperous in recent years, and there is no need to mobilize troops for a war of this intensity.

Chen Tianhua personally went to the front line to supervise the war, and then took charge of the Northern Expedition and stationed the military in Wuchang. Currently, his only trusted followers are Chief of Staff Ji Chunsheng and the garrison commander Gu Zhunian.

Originally, the General Counselor of the Military Committee of the Republican Army was Li Cunzhi. He was just over 60 years old, but he rarely participated in the Wuchang military these days, and he was not absent from Wuchang Mansion for a long time. He lived in the Li Mansion by the West Lake in Hangzhou, accompanied by his wife, concubines, and family.

He completely handed over the military affairs of Zhejiang Province to his third son, Li Pinzhang, and seemed to be preparing to spend his remaining years in peace.

A few days ago, he resigned from his post as General Counselor of the Military Commission, citing poor health.

Chen Tianhua had no choice but to agree, and based on Li Cunzhi's recommendation, Li Xinghong took over the position.

The position of General Counselor of the Military Commission is actually not a false position. In the current political turmoil and the outbreak of war, the stability and construction of various jurisdictions in the south of the Yangtze River are very important, especially in terms of military construction and local security.

Li Cunzhi was highly respected and had long-term experience in leading troops. Originally, Chen Tianhua needed him to chair the military committee, but he could go to the front line to command in person, so as to realize unification and republic at home and abroad as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, as Li Cunzhi grew older, he did not want to work too hard, so he gave up his choice and suggested that Li Xinghong take over.

Chen Tianhua had no choice but to send a telegram to agree.

Li Xinghong handed over the military affairs of Jiangsu Province to Lu Kaishan and Jiang Wu, and was excitedly preparing to take office in Wuchang.

Of course, there are two people in Wuchang, Li Xinghong and Ji Chunsheng. One is in charge of the Military Commission and the other is in charge of the General Staff Headquarters. Logically speaking, Chen Tianhua is more at ease.

Moreover, Li and Ji were old partners in the past, and their personalities are complementary and complement each other.

Of course, in addition to Li and Ji, there is also the presence of Xu Yunyuan, the military commander. The military work and daily operations of Wuchang depend on the concerted efforts of these three carriages.

It is said that when you are poor in the busy city, no one cares about you, but when you are rich in the mountains, you have distant relatives.

Li Xinghong has been prosperous and powerful in recent years, and is now even more famous in the south of the Yangtze River. He is a military boss and a powerful figure in the republican government. Who doesn't know about it?

As a result, many relatives came to seek refuge with him from thousands of miles away, and as the war broke out in the Central Plains, even more people came to seek refuge with him.

Li Xinghong himself didn't like these people very much.

But in this era, the power and ideas of the clan are very powerful, but they are not something that an individual can contend with. If these people are really shut out, Li Xinghong's reputation will be slightly affected.

He could only hold his nose and accept these people, select some capable ones among them, and arrange some insignificant positions, so as to give them a source of livelihood to support their families.

After all, Li Xinghong's relatives and friends are really in trouble and are forced to wander outside. If he goes out to find work to make a living, he will not look good.

In addition to these, his mansion also needs personal guards and soldiers, as well as servants and maids.

The current personal bodyguards are selected by him from the army, and there is no need to say more about their abilities. However, these people are all foreigners. It is difficult to say whether there are a few weeds among them.

Even among those maids, old ladies, craftsmen and handymen, Li Xinghong was not sure whether there were people from the military dispatch department among them.

Last time, Zhang Chuan's people were lying next to him, which made him terrified. Isn't there a superior Military Adjustment Department?

Li Xinghong had a deep fear of Xu Yunyuan.

Although Yuan Fang from the Internal Security Department helped him investigate the people around him, digging out all the eighteen generations of his ancestors to bask in the sun, he also quietly dismissed some suspicious people.

But does it really need to be cleaned?

Returning to his former official residence in Hangzhou, Li Xinghong, who had always been calm and composed, felt a little worried today.

The reason is that before he came to Wuchang to take office, he made a special trip from Jiangsu to Li's Mansion in Hangzhou to visit Mr. Li and listen to his teachings. This is what he should do.

And the third son, Li Pinzhang, sent someone to ask him to go to his mansion on Canal Road, saying that he wanted to see him.

Since Li Pinzhang accepted the power of the Zhejiang Provincial Army, his actions have become increasingly out of step with the rhythm of Wuchang.

During the last battle in Suzhou, Jin Tianlong and others from the Taihu Alliance surrounded Gusu City in Suzhou Prefecture. The Wuchang General Staff Headquarters sent a telegram to the Zhejiang Army to take the opportunity to sweep Taihu Lake and deliver a fatal blow to Jin Tianlong from behind.

Unexpectedly, the telegram fell into the hands of the Japanese consultant. After Chen Tianhua personally telegraphed the old man of the Li family, Li Pinzhang quickly took action and sent Sun Yong to lead his troops to take action, finally annihilating Jin Tianlong.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, an attempted murder of Chen Mingquan occurred, and it turned out that the murder was committed by spies placed by Zhang Chuan around Li Xinghong.

It is still a mystery who the guard is under the command of.

Now, everyone tends to believe that it was a spy, and that the guard was a spy.

But there is another possibility: Zhang Chuan is a Japanese spy, or a traitor bribed by the Japanese, and he ordered the guard to do what he did.

If Zhang Chuan is already a Japanese citizen, then Li Pinzhang, who is surrounded by Japanese advisers all day long, is now suspicious of his ambiguous stance and rhetoric.

This is a very sensitive matter. How could Chen Tianhua, who is very aware of everything, not feel it?

Next to him, there was Xu Yunyuan. Her military dispatch department was not a dry job, so she was not aware of the developments in the Zhejiang Army.

Chen Tianhua didn't mention anything about the Zhejiang Army for a long time. The more this happened, the more unsettling it was.

He is a ruthless man whose depth is so deep that people cannot fathom it, and it is terrifying.

Thinking of this, Li Xinghong couldn't help but shudder in his heart.

Learned the art of slaying dragons and sold them to the emperor's family.

Li Xinghong, who joined the army as a young man and graduated from the Tianjin Military Academy, has never changed his lofty ambitions.

Whether it was Li Cunzhi at the beginning or Chen Tianhua later, they were both outstanding heroes and the ones he relied on.

Now, with Chen Tianhua rising and Li Cunzhi relegated to the second line, Li Xinghong saw an opportunity to realize his ambition.

Conquering the world is just a process, but what Li Xinghong values ​​​​more is the unified political power of the world in the future.

Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living people, carry on the unique teachings of the past saints, and create peace for all generations!

This is the highest realm of every scholar.

Today's Wuchang regime is approaching this goal step by step, so Li Xinghong's considerations are not limited to the present, but also focus on the future.

In his view, with the current situation at home and abroad, there is no force that can stop Chen Tianhua from moving forward. He wants to be the most powerful figure next to the commander-in-chief.

When the commander-in-chief ascended to the ninth position, the first person under his throne was none other than himself.
Chapter completed!