Nowadays, the old man has actually acquiesced to the current structure, and Li Sangong himself cannot shake Li Xinghong's will.

But Li Xinghong may have other plans. For example, in order to curb the expansion of Xu Yunyuan's power, he wants to use the power of the Li family to make something out of it and perform a dangerous tightrope dance?

Given Li Xinghong's opportunistic behavior in the past, it is very possible.

Chen Tianhua couldn't help but frowned.

Li Xinghong entered Li's Mansion on Yunhe Road with great fanfare. It doesn't take too much guessing to understand that he did this deliberately to show others.

Who does he want to show it to, himself or Xu Yunyuan?

Or other Jiangnan military and political officials?

Chen Tianhua had a headache when he thought about this.

As his right-hand man during the Meiguang Autonomous Region period, he had profound strategies, but his cleverness was often mistaken for him, so he asked Zhang Chuan to set up a spy in Meiguang.

What he didn't expect was that there was one beside his pillow.

It seems that I have to find an opportunity to have a good talk with him and show some of my cards.

"Yu Yang, pass on my order. In three days, I will return to Wuchang and appoint Luo Longyun as the defense commander of Northeast Henan. The military headquarters will be stationed in Shangqiu. Song Xiaoniu will return to northern Jiangsu and take over the capital of Xuzhou. The administrative officials of each prefecture will

In principle, no adjustments will be made for the time being and it will be included in the Jiangnan administrative system!"

"I obey, Marshal!" Yu Yang, as the adjutant of the bodyguard, walked out of the back tent and went to the front tent hall to find relevant personnel to draft official documents, send messages, etc.

Even if this day and night passed peacefully, both outside and inside the city, everyone knew that Shangqiu City, Guide Prefecture, had decided to surrender.

The next day, it was early in the morning.

First, Luo Longyun's command officially took over the defense of Shangqiu City.

The tense situation suddenly disappeared, and the city was no longer filled with flashes of swords and fireworks.

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Northern Army must first lay down their weapons and collect them into the treasury. The new militiamen will be completely disbanded. They will continue to do what they were doing before. In a word, they will not support idle people, enrich grassroots agricultural, industrial and commercial work, and resume normal production and life.

, market trade, etc.

As for those former regular troops of the Northern Army, education and reorganization were implemented. Except for those who were qualified and recruited into the ranks of the Republican Army according to the establishment regulations of the Republican Army Headquarters, the rest were disarmed and returned to their fields, where they could find jobs on their own or be sent away with travel expenses.

The other temporary fortifications in the city were dismantled one by one.

Outside the city, a large number of soldiers were also working intensively. Outside the east gate of Shangqiu City, the wall was quickly bulldozed. The compacted loess was trampled several times by a large number of horse teams until it was as hard as iron.

Only then did it stop.

Except for the people on both sides who were working all night, everyone else in the city and outside the city had a rare good sleep.

In the early morning of the third day, there was a ceremony to enter the city.

Chen Tianhua got up to the sound of the melodious bugles in the military camp, washed up, and after breakfast, dressed in military uniform, walked out of his handsome tent.

Outside the big tent, Luo Longyun and Song Xiaoniu led their respective generals, standing neatly in military uniforms. When they saw Chen Tianhua, they all saluted together, "Congratulations, Marshal, for taking the Guide Mansion!"

Chen Tianhua waved his hands and accepted the congratulations from everyone with a smile, "Congratulations, without the efforts of all the generals, there would be no victory today. Now, it's time for us to go for a walk in the city."

The trumpets and drums sounded, and the military band played Republican military music.

A group of generals surrounded Marshal Chen Tianhua and rode slowly out of the camp.

Outside the camp, the entire army was arranged in neat square formations according to their organization, welcoming the commander-in-chief for review.

However, there was no battle today. Although the team was full of momentum, it lacked that soaring evil spirit.

Chen Tianhua's cavalry ran a hundred steps away from the city and stopped.

After a while, the closed east gate of Shangqiu City suddenly opened. Headed by Wang Yujia, hundreds of civil and military officials from Guide Mansion lined up in neat ranks according to official order, and came out one after another.

Wang Yujia, who was walking at the front, was wearing a military uniform with collar, epaulettes and cap badges removed, holding his command knife inlaid with gems in both hands.

That is a symbol of military power.

Next to him was the prefect of Guide, holding an official seal and a stack of documents in his hands.

Chen Tianhua jumped off his horse and took a few steps forward. Fei Ge and Yu Yang were guarding him on the left and right, but their eyes were fixed on the approaching team.

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected. It's better to be careful at times like this.

However, just yesterday, Luo Longyun's troops took over the entire city, and Tang Hu's special agent group had already set up sniper points and surveillance points at various commanding heights in the city.

On both sides of the main street, team members set up cordons facing the crowd.

"The sinner Wang Yujia came to pay homage to Marshal Chen. Wang was blind and did not know the heights of the world and did not know what he was capable of. Now he is convinced of his sin!"

Wang Yujia's posture was very low today. When he saw Chen Tianhua, his knees softened and he seemed about to kneel down.

Chen Tianhua can just make the other person kneel on the ground and make a gesture.

He laughed, quickly took a step forward, held Wang Yujia, who was pretending, with both hands, and said loudly:

"General, there is no need to be so formal. Those who understand current affairs are heroes. You withdrew your troops and saved the thousand-year-old city of Shangqiu from artillery fire and devastation. The local people will definitely thank you. I, Chen Tianhua, also want to thank you."

"If the two sides really want to fight, my soldiers will be injured, and I feel very sad about that!"

Wang Yujia grinned, not sure whether he was laughing or crying, he was definitely embarrassed.

"This is the criminal's command knife, hand it over to the Republican military!"

"This is the official seal of Guide Prefecture and the household register of the Prefecture and County. Please check it, Commander-in-Chief!"

"..."

Wang Yujia, the prefect and other officials all reported to one side.

Chen Tianhua didn't listen at all. He nodded symbolically and personally took Wang Yujia's command knife and the official seal.

These two things, which symbolized the highest power, were thrown casually to the several accompanying adjutants behind him.

Those official documents, account books, etc. were naturally taken over by the Military Control Commission personnel under Luo Longyun.

He knew in his heart that these things were just in name. What he really needed was to station his own army, reorganize and rule effectively, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment as soon as possible and everything could return to normal.

"Please mount the Marshal Chen. Wang is willing to hold the horse and stirrup for the Marshal. All the villagers and elders in Shangqiu City are waiting to welcome the Marshal into the city!"

How could Chen Tianhua be willing to let Wang Yujia lead his horse and stirrup at this time? Wouldn't he have become a feudal overlord?

Don't be fooled by him.

The hundreds of thousands of people in Shangqiu City, especially the gentry and scholars, were all watching with wide eyes at my current attitude towards Wang Yujia.

My own attitude is the Republican Army's stand, and it is also the attitude towards Guide Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion and other cities in the future.

I saw Chen Tianhua laughing and saying:
Chapter completed!