Chapter 538 Li Houji is enlightened

Li Houji stood on the threshold at the gate of the Fujian Guardian Mansion with a chill face, looking at the troops of a regiment of the temporary second division that were gathering on the street outside the gate. Although he was still calm on the surface, his mood had long been very bad. Three hours ago, he received a telegram from Luojiang County that Quanzhou City was lost, which meant that the Quanzhou defense line he had prepared had completely collapsed, leaving only the lonely last line of defense in Luojiang County.

He had been mentally prepared before, perhaps he could delay the Guangdong Army by fighting the elite on the front line for a month. However, he was disappointed. From Nan'an County to Quanzhou City, the entire defense line was declared bankrupt in less than half a month. Not only that, most of the artillery soldiers who had been in operation for more than a year and several regiments were captured by the Guangdong Army, which was an absolutely heavy blow to the remaining firepower of the Fujian Army.

Of course, he can also find reasons for psychological comfort for himself. The Guangdong Army has special forces. This time, the Quanzhou City battle even had fighter jets on the battlefield. Either the Guangdong Army's tactics were too advanced, or the Fujian Army had been self-confirmed for a long time. But no matter how he found reasons and excuses, he would lose. The overall situation in Fujian had lost control from his own hands.

In the last half month that Quanzhou's defense line fought for, Fuzhou did not do anything. The Guardian almost exhausted his pockets and barely collected military expenses, and summoned several idle troops to form a temporary second division. There were four regiments in the division, the largest regiment was only 1,500, and the smallest could not even be complete.

This was a last resort. Even if the temporary second division did not have the slightest combat effectiveness, Li Houji had to go to Putian to strengthen defense. The Quanpu defense line he proposed before was actually just empty talk, because the finance and military strength of the Guardian could not support two large defense lines at all, and he could only put all his efforts in Quanzhou after all.

Now that Quanzhou is in decline, Luojiang County doesn't know how long it will last. Putian should have made plans early. Even if it symbolically digs a few trenches, builds a few trenches, and arranges a few horses, it is more or less better than anything else. Even if it really can't be kept in the end, he can still hand in the hands of the superiors - he has tried his best.

At this time, a regiment at the gate of the Guardian Mansion finally gathered. The regiment commander walked forward with serious matters and saluted Li Houji, raised his chest and reported loudly: "Report to the general, our regiment gathered, waiting for the general's instructions."

Wu Shaoting looked at the loose army in front of him, sighed sadly, raised his hand and waved it, and said weakly: "Let's go."

The regiment commander replied loudly again: "Yes." After saying that, he turned around and returned to the line, organizing the battalions to set off.

Before the troops were finished, a person quickly walked out of the Guardian Mansion, which was Li Houji's adjutant Zhu Chenggui.

Zhu Chenggui came behind Li Houji and said in a melancholy tone: "General, is there a telegram from the north?"

Lee Houji knew that it wouldn't be a good thing just by hearing this tone. He asked coldly: "Bad news?"

Zhu Chenggui sighed without comment and said in a deep voice: "There was no movement after the new 8th Division of Jiangsu was driven to Shanghai. The troops of the Shanghai Guardian and the Shanghai Guardian have only prepared a regiment of 2,000 troops. They said they have arrived in Zhejiang, but there is no news at all. If there is any news, the advance officers of the new 8th Division were launched. They were in Wenzhou and sent a telegram to ask for the recent war situation here to support them."

Li Houji frowned, his face became colder and colder, and he almost gritted his teeth and said, "Wu Peifu's quarrel is useless. Can their advance officers' regiment fight? Quanzhou is over. Our only hope now is the north. The command from the Army Department is to come to support within fifteen days. It's still empty talk. It's No. 23 today, and there is no reinforcement. There is still a single fart for this battle."

Zhu Chenggui quickly asked, "What should we do next?"

Li Houji was silent, this question was exactly what he wanted to ask now. From beginning to end, he was following the orders of the Beiyang government, from Zhejiang to Jiangsu, from Jiangsu to Shanghai, and from Shanghai to Fujian, every battle was for personal gain. However, now it seems that even if he is committed to public duties, it will be useless. Beiyang will never be able to regain its glory before the Sino-Japanese War. He can still believe that the president is willing to help Fujian, but unfortunately, the soldiers below have their own ulterior motives.

He was indeed a bit reluctant to give up the title of Fujian Guardian, but a real man dared to act and take it, and could take it down. Since the current situation has forced himself to have no choice, it is understandable to lose this position. But he did not want the Beiyang Group to remain self-confidence, claiming to be the legal status of the Republic of China and being complacent, and ultimately achieved nothing and achieved nothing.

The rise of Guangdong cannot be taken lightly from the threat to Beiyang Group. Today, it can afford to lose one Fujian, but tomorrow it will be lost, and tomorrow it will be lost to Hunan the day after tomorrow. This half of the country that has finally been saved in my hand is just handed over.

"Big President, President, he is old. Last year, the Guangdong War should not have negotiated peace. Even if you hurt others, you have to fight to the end. Now, it's okay to let Wu Shaoting recover. It's okay to complete national reunification through political means. Why bother to ask for trouble and deliberately provoke trouble?" After silence, Li Houji sighed, breaking the silence of the atmosphere and breaking the silence in his heart.

"Sir, ah... I heard from this, my subordinates have to complain a few times. It is the president's order to attack Zhangzhou. We are ordered to do things that not only pay for people but also pay for them, but also abandon us. What is this called? This is thankless. If you pay your wife and your army, you will lose your troops!" Zhu Chenggui said resentfully.

"The president is old, not because he doesn't come to help us in Fujian, but because he doesn't dare to provoke this war." Li Houji said depressedly.

"Or... let's negotiate peace with Guangdong." Zhu Chenggui said cautiously.

"Party discussion?" Li Houji turned around and stared at his adjutant with a serious expression. "It's time now, is there any use of peace negotiation? Look at how Wu Shaoting recruited Xu Chongzhi, it's just a word. His current ambition is not only to challenge the Beiyang government, but to expand his territory."

"No matter what, you can't watch the brothers fight little by little, right?" Zhu Chenggui said worriedly.

"You are right, it's meaningless to fight again. We should do something more meaningful." Li Houji's expression gradually became relieved, and he looked into the distance, and had a sudden enlightenment.

"Sir, what do you mean..."

"You plan a telegram to send to the north immediately, and say that I will hold on with blood for another ten days. If there are no reinforcements in ten days, I will lose hope in this battle. In order to avoid meaningless casualties and destruction, I will announce the power to step down from the wilderness at that time." Li Houji said solemnly.

"Sir, why are you doing this?" Zhu Chenggui was suddenly panicked and wanted to persuade him quickly, but the words were stuck in his throat for a moment and he couldn't say a word!

"It's time to sound the alarm for the President. I hope my power-up will let the President understand the crisis. Beiyang can be without me, Li Houji, but there must be a heroic leader; Beiyang can also be without this Fujian Province, but sooner or later it will unify the mountains and build great achievements for thousands of years." Li Houji said with emotion.

Zhu Chenggui was very moved. Unexpectedly, at this time, Li Houji was still thinking about Beiyang, which made him admire and respect him. Where can I find such a loyal person in this era? But no matter how moved he is, he admires him. He is not Li Houji, and he does not have such a generous and noble mind. Once Li Houji powers on the phone, then he, as an adjutant, will he be worthless. Will the efforts of half of his life be wasted?

In the past, he fell from the third town and finally followed Li Houji to the local area to establish a force. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to make a fortune. Everyone could see that the world of the Republic of China would continue to be in chaos for a while, and the situation of local separatism would not improve for a while. Although Fujian is not rich, it is far away from the central government, which is a good place where the emperor is far away. He was planning to have a status of more than ten thousand people in Fujian, and he could easily get fame and fortune, but he expected that Li Houji would actually step down.

He had to plan another way in his mind. Once Lee Houji loses power, if he can't find a suitable master, he is afraid that he will have to start from scratch in the rest of his life and make a living from the bottom of his life. This is the end he will never give up!
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