At this moment, several officers suddenly appeared from outside the courtyard gate and ran towards this side with panic expressions.

When He Zonglian saw it, she immediately shouted, "What's the matter?"

An officer approached and lowered his voice and said, "Sir, are you not resting yet?"

He Zonglian cursed: "How the hell is this? I'm going to sleep. What's the matter?"

The officer sighed and said, "There are soldiers who have escaped from the two regiments of the Sixth Central Division."

He Zonglian frowned. As the news of the fall of Chengdu and Luzhou came out, deserters appeared almost every day. However, he was not a fool. Usually, three or five people were slim. There was no need to run to inform him in the middle of the night. He took a deep breath and asked with preparation in mind: "How many people did you run away this time?"

The officer didn't know how to change his words for a moment, and turned around and gave another wink.

The man behind him had to bite the bullet and said, "The deputy commander of their regiment also ran away."

The former officer added: "They also robbed a batch of supplies from the warehouse before they escaped."

He Zonglian's face became increasingly ugly, and he clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed it hard into the palm of his left hand.

"Sir, why don't you... send a guard to chase me?" the officer asked again.

"I'm chasing you, how many people do you plan to send to chase you? One company will chase two battalions or one regiment?" He Zonglian rebuked coldly.

Everyone looked at each other and sighed.

After a brief silence, the officer asked carefully: "Sir, the situation in Chongqing is not optimistic. The day before yesterday, the Southern Army was collecting ships upstream. Once they launched a general attack, with our current morale, we may be defeated at once! Sir, it would be better to make plans early."

He Zonglian snorted and said in dismay: "What plan do you want me to make? What else can I make?"

"Sir, while our First Division has not suffered much losses, there are also many materials and equipment left by Governor Chen in Chongqing. Why should we withdraw back to Hubei with these things? Now the Southern Army is in great power, with 50,000 troops in Chengdu, and nearly 20,000 enemies who besieged our Chongqing. Not to mention that our First Division has not arrived yet, even if it has arrived, it cannot defeat the enemy's planes and cannons!"

"Retreat? Just retreating like this, how can I explain to the central government? Wang Zhanyuan is eager to squeeze me away. He doesn't have much foothold in Hubei. Chongqing is a rare and good place. I will never give up just by letting go!" He Zonglian clenched his fists and said with gritted teeth.

"Sir, if the First Division is over, our fate will be the same as Governor Chen!" The officer sighed and said earnestly.

He Zonglian was stunned. It was him, whether it was Chen Huan, Liu Cunhou, or the Central Army, who were all the consequences of the outcome. If you want to gamble, at least you must have the capital to gambling! He only has one teacher in his hands now, which is too far from the previous six teachers. He still needs to be self-aware of his life.

"I'm waiting for a few days to see. I'll have to wait for reinforcements and have to wait for peace talks. It's really not possible... Alas, let's make plans!" He sighed, and his previous strong tone suddenly became weak.

"Please discuss peace?" Several officers were very confused. Look at me, let me look at him, will the Presidential Conference be in harmony?

"Go all, I'm tired, I'm going to rest." He Zonglian stopped and signaled everyone to retreat. He turned around and returned to the wing room with heavy steps. His back gradually disappeared into the darkness, with an indescribable depression and helplessness.

Three days later, the special commissioner of the Joint Military Conference had arranged offices in Chengdu. Wu Shaoting decided to lead the first batch of military personnel from the General Staff Headquarters to set off early the next morning. In the next ten days, other personnel from the General Staff Headquarters will go to Chengdu to report.

Deng Keng got out of the car in front of Wu Shaoting's riverside apartment. When he walked through the front yard and into the hall, he saw that the hall was filled with tidy salutes. The people were still busy up and down, as if they were about to move.

He asked Wu Shaoting where he was now, and then quickly stepped on the stairs to the study on the second floor.

After entering the door, Wu Shaoting was writing a material behind the desk, and Deng Keng knocked on the open study door.

"Shi Yuan? Aren't you dealing with the migration of official documents in the Union Hall? Why, it's all done?" Wu Shaoting looked up at Deng Keng and put the pen in his hand on the cap.

"Ship Ting, the Special Service Department sent an urgent call. You'd better not go to Chengdu for the time being." Deng Keng's face was a little solemn. As he said, he sent the telegram in his hand.

"What's going on?" Wu Shaoting took the telegram, opened it and looked at it for a few times.

Deng Keng first turned around and closed the door of the study, and then said in a heavy tone: "The Intelligence Department investigated Yunnan, and Guizhou was in private contact. They secretly bribed members of the Progressive Party and other political factions through the provincial Senate members, and were preparing to tamper with the general election this month. Although they were not clear about their purpose, it is not difficult to guess that they would definitely exclude Ting Shuai and you were eliminated. Not only that, Guangxi also had actions. Lu Rongting did not contact Guizhou and Yunnan on the surface, but his division commanders and brigade commanders frequently had telegrams to and from the southwest."

Wu Shaoting had read the telegram quickly. He frowned slightly, his face a little thoughtful. After a while, he said, "This is a bribery!"

Deng Keng nodded repeatedly and immediately said: "That's true, Ting Shuai, the election is approaching now, and the situation below is very difficult. If no action is taken, if an accident occurs during the election, it will be a great blow to us."

Wu Shaoting said slowly: "Can Yunnan and Guizhou provinces contact us with party members who join us in private?"

Deng Keng said: "There is no such situation yet. Maybe Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi know that our joint progress will be united and dare not easily reach out to this side, so as not to leak the news."

Wu Shaoting sighed and said, "That's hard to deal with. If they buy our members of the Communist Party, we will soon find evidence, and then these people will suffer the consequences."

Deng Keng said: "But Tingshuai, we are not all in nothing now. The Intelligence Department has telegrams from these people and records of bank remittances. These materials can also prove that there is a ghost."

Wu Shaoting asked: "Does all the bribed members have telegrams and remittance records?"

Deng Keng was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "It should not be that comprehensive. I have to ask Director Wang about this."

Wu Shaoting thought for a while, then said: "Either you can grasp the records of most of the bribed MPs, or find a reliable MP to stand up and make a testimony. Otherwise, even if we take out the telegram remittance records as evidence, these MPs will join forces to falsely falsely, and then there will be another misunderstanding."

Deng Keng said anxiously: "What should we do first? Should we just let it go?"

Wu Shaoting shook his head and said with a plausible smile: "You don't understand what I mean yet. You should inform the Intelligence Department immediately. It just so happens that the war in Sichuan is under control. The Intelligence Department can draw more manpower and material resources to monitor this matter. You must collect all clues about the bribed member as soon as possible. At that time, I will let this matter settle in one fell swoop. Of course, everything must be kept confidential before this, and I will find another time to talk to Mr. Zhuo Ru."

Deng Keng hesitated for a while and said, "Ship Ting, even so, the situation is difficult to grasp now. If you set out to Chengdu now, these people will definitely be more ostentatious in Wuzhou. If there is any mistake, I am afraid there will be something wrong."

Wu Shaoting smiled and said, "I just want them to make it public, so that the intelligence station can collect evidence of their crimes more easily."

Deng Keng had long expected Wu Shaoting to say this, but what he wanted to express in his heart was not the same. He knew that he could not convince Wu Shaoting, and that the problem in Chengdu could not be tolerated, so he had to do so now.

After seeing Deng Keng away, Wu Shaoting returned to the study and sat down again. His face gradually became solemn, but his whole expression seemed very certain. He was a little surprised that the people in Yunnan and Guizhou used bribery, but in turn, it may prove the position of the escort government in the hearts of the southern provinces. If the escort government does not have enough prestige, why should these people go to escort a escort government without prestige?

For him, this is not a major threat, because in his own mind, the government has always been in the palm of his hand. He is the rulemaker of this game, but this does not mean that he must abide by the rules. Even if he does not know that there are bribery elections in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, as long as the final election is not the name "Wu Shaoting", he can modify the entire game at any time.
Chapter completed!