The Nanning Governor's Office in Guangxi has been so busy since May, and soldiers in a ring-out at the door were all soldiers in a ring-out suit. Without exception, the faces of the soldiers with a hurry showed an anxious look. Most of the troops in Guangxi changed from the former Qing troops. Since the Governor Lu Rongting announced the change of flags, he has firmly grasped the new army in his hands, and he is well aware of the reason why the regime comes out of the gun. If there is no obedient team in troubled times, he will not have his own political career.

At the same time, the combat effectiveness of the troops was guided by money and power. For this reason, he used both hands to seize the strength of both hands and eliminated a group of double-slingers with poor physical fitness, and forced a group of young people to recruit in the province. He used the capital left over from the Qing Dynasty to expand the troops to more than 60,000 people from five divisions, and his weapons were all French goods. At the same time, he colluded with Guangxi's large landlords, bureaucrats, and merchants to tie them together, and proposed that the Guangxi territory was decided by the Guangxi people themselves and did not rely on other Chinese people to worry.

However, Lu Rongting did do some practical things that are beneficial to the hearts of the people, such as opening the first military military academy in Guangxi in Guilin and the first Guangxi university in Nanning that compares the Western model in Guangxi. It opens up culture, advocates press freedom, relaxes economic controls, and allows foreign funds to enter the development of mineral resources, which solves the lives of many rural and urban unemployed people.

At this moment, Lu Rongting sat in his seat with a serious face, looking at his subordinates lined up on both sides, and was invincible. He had never been concerned about the rumors that the Sichuan Army might have attacked him a few months ago. He misjudged that the Sichuan Army had just eaten Yunnan and Guizhou not long ago, and for a moment, manpower and materials were coming to attack him. At the same time, facing Yuan Shikai in the north, he took it for granted that the warlords from all over the south should join forces to fight against the Beiyang government. Once the Sichuan Army attacked him, he would inevitably be unanimously attacked across the country.

As time goes by, the intelligence continues to gather, and all signs appear to be full of signs. Lu Rongting cannot help but believe it. While reporting to the Nanjing government, he hurriedly transferred the troops in the south to Baise, Hechi, and Guilin to strengthen the alert. On the same day, he sent representatives to Chengdu, Sichuan to discuss this with the Sichuan Army. The reply he received was to give up half of Guangxi, saying that the Sichuan Army needed an outlet and a ridiculous excuse. Others were going to hit their doorsteps, and they would never fight back!

Therefore, this was the military meeting held in a hurry, and his senior adviser Li Pinxian also attended.

"Everyone, the specific information of the Sichuan Army is in front of you. It depends on you how to fight now. The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. I believe everyone knows that only by uniting our Gui army can we defeat the Sichuan Army. If there is one who is defeated by the Sichuan Army in order to preserve its strength, then I will understand what the consequences will be if I don't say it." Lu Rongting's deep voice echoed in the narrow conference room.

"Governor, we have only one division and three security regiments on Baise. Is the force too weak?" Lu Rongting's confidant Baise Security District Commander Wang Haibo, waiting for Lu Rongting's words to come to an end, and asked at the right time: "I hope the Governor can strengthen Baise's forces."

"I said, Fatty Wang, you Baise's big territory, you are so embarrassed to find the governor to ask for more troops." Lu Youwei, commander of the Hechi Defense Zone and commander of the Fourth Division, who was not in the same way as Wang Haibo, saw Fatty Wang jump out and immediately said with a cold eye: "What we are facing in Hechi is the Marine Special Division from the Sichuan Army's direct troops, plus five brigades. There is only one division that was originally adapted from the Yunnan Army on the other side of Baise." Speaking of which, Lu Youwei is Lu Rongting's nephew in the distance. Although Fatty Wang has been with the governor for many years, I just don't miss you.

"Okay, okay, shut up all of them," Lu Rongting saw the internal strife of his two unscrupulous confidants, and suppressed their anger. He said to Gao Gan Li Pinxian with caution: "Pinxian, what are you doing?"

Li Pinxian was born in Cangwu County, Guangxi. He followed the Tongmenghui in his early years. Later, after being exposed for the uprising, he was appreciated by Lu Rongting and took office as the senior officer of the Governor's Office. The current situation in Guangxi can be said to be more from his hands.

Facing the surging Sichuan Army, Li Pinxian had no good idea. He always paid attention to conspiracy, but facing open conspiracy was not his strength. However, he also considered that the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan Army was generally stronger than the Gui army, but the Sichuan Army was divided into three groups to enter Gui, which was difficult to ensure that the Gui army did not have the opportunity to annihilate one of the Sichuan Army in one fell swoop. In this way, the situation turned to the Gui army.

"Governor, the Sichuan Army has always been strong. When the Sichuan Army attacked the Yunnan Army, it proposed to send troops to suppress the Sichuan Army occupying Yunnan, and there would not be the situation today." Although Li Pinxian's words resonated with most people, they nodded and said, "He looked at Lu Rongting, whose face changed gradually, and said calmly: "Of course, these are all off-topics. Nowadays, our Gui Army is not without a chance."

"Oh!" Lu Rongting was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "What are your tricks?"

Li Pinxian smiled slightly, looked at everyone, and said confidently: "The Sichuan Army divided the troops into three groups, which is a taboo for military strategists. I think that although the terrain of Guangxi is not as good as that of Guizhou, Yunnan is almost in danger. You all think that our Gui army can gather absolute superior forces and gather people to annihilate the Sichuan Army. At this point, the situation naturally tends toward us."

"Li Gaosan's opinion is not feasible, but the first person to enter Guangxi is the Sichuan Army in the middle route, and he arrived at the Pingtang line yesterday. The troops were about 30,000, and there were two new infantry brigades of the Sichuan Army followed." An officer on the right hand side explained the situation in an unhappy manner.

"I think you'd better make a decision!" A ball was passed back to Lu Rongting himself, a difficult-to-solve problem.

Lu Rongting always looked down at the map on the table, always thinking that he could find a solution to the problem. In his heart, he only scolded the Sichuan Army for having nothing to do when he was full and it was fun to fight! Is it not a good idea to live a comfortable life? It seems that even if he beats the Sichuan Army this time, he will be skinned.

He still understood the principle that the army had not moved, and the food and grass were going first. He had no shortage of weapons and ammunition in his hand, but what was lacking was real money and silver. Who did the soldiers pay for the military pay? He kept asking for the Nanning Chamber of Commerce. I was afraid that it would be impossible to count on the Nanning Chamber of Commerce. Last time, he had been let go of blood to buy French weapons and ammunition. He was so ugly when he went to find them. If he had to forget about it, he could only increase the tax again.

Thinking that the military pay had its source, Lu Rongting's nervous expression gained a little confidence, and after patting the map with his right hand.

"Dear soldiers, since I followed Lu Rongting, I think I have never treated you badly. I believe that I am a soldier and fight for food and money. All the troops who attacked this time were issued double-sounding.

Therefore, I agree with Li Gaoshen's opinion and concentrate four divisions of troops on the Hechi line to encircle and annihilate the Sichuan Army. The 1st Division in Nanning went north to Guilin to ensure that the Sichuan Army that was invaded from Guizhou ensured the safety of the right wing of Hechi." Lu Rongting said this and said to his direct confidant Wang Haibo: "You Baise has a heavy responsibility for defense! I don't have any extra troops to give you, but you must ensure the safety of the left wing of Hechi, do you understand?"

When Wang Haibo heard this, he knew that it was unnecessary at this time, so he immediately stood up and said, "Yes! Governor, the humble position will abide by the city and ensure that the Governor encircled and suppressed the Sichuan Army in the middle road."

"Okay! After the meeting, everyone will deploy as planned and no delays are allowed!" The last military meeting of the Gui army was ended in a helpless voice. No one expected what would be waiting for them.

Hechi has a diverse terrain, complex structure, with mountains and ridges spreading and karst. It is one of the world-famous karst areas in southwestern China. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The mountains are mostly distributed in marginal areas, with 90,000 mountains in the north, Fenghuang Mountain, Dongfengling Mountain in the northwest, Duyang Mountain, Qinglong Mountain and other mountains in the west and southwest.

The city of Hechi is not big, only a few dozen miles in a radius. The narrow streets are paved with whole pieces of blue stone, and it is estimated that four-wheeled carriages cannot pass. However, today, the troops originally stationed have set off, and one after another are regular troops dressed and well-armed. The wind of the entire Hechi is very tight for a moment.

There were troops running by streets of all sizes from time to time. Zhang Guohong walked beside the narrow road and kept stopping scripts to give the fast-running army aside. Zhang Guohong was directly under the leadership of Cai Heguo, deputy director of the Intelligence Bureau. Three months ago, he received an order to ask the Guangxi Intelligence Station to clarify the garrison information of the Gui Army near Hechi within a specified period. Yesterday, he used his connections to buy a logistics quarantine officer of the 3rd Division of the Gui Army.

The Gui army, which originally had only two divisions and five security regiments, suddenly increased to four divisions, and at the same time, the two independent brigades of the Gui army in the North Sea were transferred here. It is said that it was only in these few days.

Fortunately, I got the information in time, and I hope there was time. Sometimes, Zhang Guohong felt that he was making a big deal about intelligence. Gui Jun was incomparable to the Sichuan Army in terms of intelligence. He just bought a slightly powerful person and could easily get all the military intelligence he wanted. He felt sad for Gui Jun! He put aside his thoughts, went to a Chinese medicine shop and walked in without hesitation.

The pharmacy is clean and transparent, and the slightest smell of Chinese medicine influences every customer who walks in. It seems that he wants to tell the customer that there are all the medicines here, so please feel free to buy. "Customer, you are here, what are you catching?" A guy who speaks northern words bowed his head and asked.

Zhang Guohong frowned slightly, thinking to himself how to arrange a northerner to greet guests at the transportation station, so that he would not be afraid of being suspicious. He walked to the front desk calmly and said, "I want to catch the prescription for paratyphoid fever, but Sichuan Bei six cents. I wonder if there is any of your store?"

"Ke-kun, you're wrong! The prescription for typhoid fever requires three qian citrus, and six qian will kill people."

"Is that so? The doctor prescribed me six cents."

"Is that true? Otherwise, please check it out to my doctor."

"Okay," walked into the inner room with the words "Ask" in the voice of a friend.

"Hello! Comrade Zhang Guohong, I am Lao Yu, who is in charge of the transportation station. I received a comrade waiting for you last month, and today I have hoped for you." Lao Yu said excitedly.

"Old Yu, please send a message to Chengdu as soon as possible. The Gui Army Hechi Army is deployed here." As he said that, he took out a neatly folded drawing from his chest.

"Okay, come with me," he followed Lao Yu, walking back and forth in the backyard for a few turns, and walked through several rooms. When he came to a relatively sealed room, the sound of the transmitter "drip, drip, drip, drip" came from inside the room. Hearing the telegraph, Zhang Guohong remembered his kind look when he was training in Chengdu Telecommunications Department.

"Webmaster, Chengdu Telegram," Lao Yu took the telegram and looked at it, and said to Zhang Guohong with a smile: "The troops will all enter the predetermined position tomorrow and start the action the day after tomorrow. The superiors instructed us to closely cooperate with the troops' actions and ensure that the troops do not lose their direction."

"Send this telegram," Lao Yu said to the telegrapher who was preparing to send the news.

Then Lao Yu brought a long stool, sat down with Zhang Guohong and asked, "Do you smoke a dry cigarette?"

"No," Zhang Guohong has never smoked a cigarette since he joined the intelligence department. In his opinion, ruthlessness and desire are the highest level of intelligence work. A person's hobbies and interests may put himself in an extremely dangerous environment. Only by telling the enemy that he will never catch his weaknesses and hobbies can he maintain a clear and calm mind to face all emergencies.

"Are you from the second batch of intelligence?" Lao Yu asked curiously.

“No, it’s the third batch,”

"Oh! I remember that the third batch of instructors was Cai Heguo,"

"Yes, what about you?" In the Southwest Intelligence System, as long as it does not involve work matters, other aspects are encouraged to communicate with each other and exchange experience in intelligence work.

"The first batch," Lao Yu said mockingly: "At that time, there were only a hundred and ten shortage of intelligence personnel, and the funds were pitiful. Think about it, our intelligence department has tens of thousands of personnel now!"

Zhang Guohong nodded in affirmation without replying.

"I came here to build a transportation station two years ago. My hometown is from Hechi. After liberating Guangxi, I didn't know where to be sent," Lao Yu was not young anymore. Although he was voluntarily doing this business, he always wanted to return to his hometown when he was old.

"Or, you can stay after applying. Hechi is a big place and the police system also needs people," Zhang Guohong reminded kindly.

"Thank you," Lao Yu said, nodding while smoking a dry tobacco.

"Webmaster, the headquarters has replied to the telegram,"

"This time you have made great contributions. As soon as the information was issued, the headquarters commendation will be here. You will have to treat you at that time," Lao Yu squinted his eyes and said to Zhang Guohong quips after reading the message.

"Is that true?" Zhang Guohong took the message and showed a successful smile on her face, knowing that her hard work was not in vain.

"Old Yu, thank you. I will definitely invite you to drink when I have time in the future. But today I will still rush to Nanning. An officer I instigated there needs to do more work, so I won't delay here."

"Okay, I'll count on you young people in the future," Lao Yu agreed straightforwardly.
Chapter completed!