Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi chose to visit the Xuebing Army at this time. Naturally, they couldn't just witness the strength of the Xuebing Army in person. The real purpose of their visit was to join forces with Ouyang Yun and defeat Fujian, which was just around the corner. At the dinner table, Li Zongren brought up this topic.
Fujian was originally the territory of the old Cantonese clique, and was the jurisdiction of the 19th Route Army that was separated from the old Cantonese clique. During the Fujian Incident in 1933, the 19th Route Army was defeated by Chiang Kai-shek due to internal and external troubles, and part of it was incorporated. For the Central Army, some of them defected to the Gui Army Li and Bai.
It's no wonder that Li and Bai want to eat Fujian. Looking back to the source, Fujian is still their territory.
Under the joint management of Li and Bai, Guangxi's people's livelihood economy has made great progress, and the strength of the Gui army has grown unprecedentedly. These external conditions have also prompted them to develop "ambitions".
As the Xuebing Army entered Guangdong, the status of Dongshan County became more and more special. The main reason why Ouyang Yun was interested in Fujian was that the opposite side of Fujian was Taiwan. In the era before he traveled, Taiwan was undoubtedly the It is an eternal pain in the hearts of all Chinese people, and tracing the root cause is obviously related to the political environment during the Anti-Japanese War. When Ouyang Yun decided to develop Dongshan into an enclave for student soldiers, Ouyang Yun was thinking about using this springboard to land in Taiwan one day. , As long as he can control Taiwan before GMD, Ouyang Yun believes that with the strength of Xuebingjun, he will be able to control its future political direction.
Fujian will be captured sooner or later, but now is definitely not the time. Considering the current situation between the Xuebing Army and Guangdong, it is not appropriate to make a big move. After all, the Xuebing Army has only entered Guangdong for less than half a year. From the surface, the military Although the integration of the old and new troops was relatively smooth, the uneasy factors hidden in it were also obvious. Among them, what worried Ouyang Yun the most was the treachery between the middle-level officers and the Nanjing authorities.
Take the last assassination as an example. If there were no insiders to provide relevant intelligence, the agents of the Lixingshe Secret Service might not be able to seize that opportunity. These people were fine when there was no war. They had no reason or opportunity to rebel, but Once a battle breaks out and the team is drawn out, the situation will be completely different.
The terms offered by Li Zongren were actually quite attractive. Each side would provide 50,000 troops. After occupying Fujian, there would be a 50-50 split. The territory near Dongshan would belong to the Xue Bing Army, and the areas close to other identities would belong to the Gui Army.
Ouyang Yun was inevitably tempted. In fact, just after Li Zongren finished speaking, Li Tieshu, Guo Biao, and Zhang Da all shouted "beat", and everyone turned their burning eyes to Ouyang Yun.
Anyone who is a soldier does not want to be promoted and make a fortune, and fighting is undoubtedly the most convenient way to achieve this goal.
Facing everyone's expectant gazes, Ouyang Yun pondered for a while and then gave a negative answer.
Li Zongren expressed his confusion at that time and asked: "Why, are you afraid of offending the Central Army? Do you think the contradiction between you can be repaired? Ouyang, let's be realistic. If you don't seize the opportunity to take action, you will wait for Chiang Kai-shek. Calm down, he will definitely come to deal with us."
Zhang Da stood up and said: "Commander, what are you worried about? Fujian is the territory of the 19th Route Army, and the 19th Route Army comes from our Guangdong faction. Our sending troops to Fujian can be said to be in compliance with public opinion. Commander, if you are willing to use troops, I am willing to personally lead my headquarters as a pioneer."
The officers in the Xuebing Army have always been divided into three factions, namely the original Xuebing Army Faction, also known as the "Yun Party"; then the "Yun Disciples" who are pro-Ouyang Yun but actually remain neutral; and the remaining It is the former Cantonese clique who have always been dissatisfied. In the past meetings, the Yun Party and the former Cantonese clique often ignored each other and undermined each other. This time, they rarely joined forces. Zhang Da just said After that, Guo Biao stood up and shouted: "Commander, let's fight. Let our Langya Special Forces Brigade be the vanguard. I guarantee that the battle will be resolved within a month."
Seeing that almost everyone was shouting for beating, Ouyang Yun turned his attention to Bonn, his son, Jiang Shuren and the others, and asked, "What do you mean?"
Bonn's father and son, Jiang Shuren, Fan Xudong, Kang Dafu, and Hou Debang, who was not present today, represent the civilian system of the Xuebing Army. Old Bonn spoke first: "Commander, I think that stability should be the priority at the moment, and it is not appropriate to start a war."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Da stood up and shouted at him: "You are a foreigner and a businessman. What do you know about military and national affairs? It is your turn to interrupt."
Old Bonn had never encountered such embarrassment since he joined the cadet army. His face turned red and his gray beard trembled with anger.
The so-called tit for tat, Ouyang Yun has endured Zhang Da's arrogant and unruly behavior for too long. The presence of Li and Bai today is a good opportunity to suppress his arrogance. As soon as he finished speaking, Ouyang Yun stood up suddenly, slapped the table hard, stared at Zhang Da and said coldly: "Chief, do you know what you are talking about?"
Zhang Da did not realize at first that this was the opportunity that Ouyang Yun had been waiting for for a long time. It was specially prepared for him. He said: "Why, did I say something wrong?"
Ouyang Yun snorted coldly: "Sit down, as a senior general of the Xubing Army, when did you become so ignorant of the rules? Even if you speak unreasonably, you even stir up internal conflicts. Zhang Da, are you really bullying me? Ouyang Yun Qingnian doesn't dare to enforce military law against you,..."
Zhang Da's temper has always been like this. He is used to speaking arrogantly, and he doesn't like to use his brain. He originally said something carelessly, but now Ouyang Yun labeled him a big hat, like a wasp that was stabbed in the nest, it exploded immediately. , instead of sitting down, he straightened his neck, threw his hat on the table, and shouted even louder: "I don't understand the rules, and I speak unreasonably. You Ouyang Yun, we don't care if you resist the Japanese." Even if you are active, you have to train for the sake of training. I don’t want to hurt my temper by calling you a commander. You really treat yourself like a green onion. Humph, do you think the army is almost integrated now? We, the old people of the Guangdong Army It's not important anymore, Ouyang Yun, let me tell you, you are still a little too young to fight with me..."
Before Zhang Da finished speaking, Li Hanhun next to him grabbed him and shouted: "Zhang Da, don't go too far."
Zhang Da stared at Li Hanhun for a few seconds and laughed loudly: "I went too far, Li Hanhun, you kid, touch your private parts, are your balls still there? Are you still a man? Damn it, you're still wet." Boy, who do you think you are..."
Zhang Da became more and more arrogant. Regardless of Ouyang Yun's expression, Li and Bai couldn't listen anymore. Li Zongren stood up and was about to say something. Xiang Han walked up to Zhang Da with a livid face and waved his hand with a big blow. Ershuzi slapped him and shouted: "Zhang Da, shut up, Zhao Chengjun, take your army commander down to sober up, don't let him embarrass himself here again."
Xiang Hanping is indeed a political master. He rescued Zhang Da with a simple slap and a word. Ouyang Yun stared at Xiang Hanping's face. He didn't know why he suddenly wanted to laugh.
Zhao Chengjun was Zhang Da's adjutant, a kind of orderly and bodyguard. After hearing this, he immediately led two of his men to carry Zhang Da down.
Zhang Da was still shouting things like "I'm not drunk", but everyone was obviously more willing to think that he was already drunk.
After Zhang Da was taken out, Xiang Hanping said to Ouyang Yun: "Commander, Zhang Da is drunk. He did not mean to offend you. Please forgive him this time, regardless of the villain's fault."
If it were still in the past, Ouyang Yun would definitely let Zhang Da go. However, since he was assassinated in Bagua Pass, his temperament has become more mature and more stoic. He already has the necessary psychological qualities to do big things. He waved his hand to Xiang Han. Ping sat down, first raised his wine glass to Li Bai and said, "I'm not strict with you, I'm making my two brothers laugh."
Li Zongren didn't say anything. Bai Chongxi laughed and said in an unintentional way: "Ouyang, I can't blame you. It's Zhang Da who went too far. Ouyang, I personally feel that this is an opportunity given to you by God to clean up the army." discipline."
Bai Chongxi was nicknamed "Little Zhuge" and was famous for his tactics. After he said this, the faces of Xiang Hanping and others became ugly. Looking at him, many people had anger in their eyes.
Although Ouyang Yun was young and energetic, he could hear the bad intentions in his words. Originally, he was determined to take the opportunity to repair Zhang Da, but now he had to change his mind to avoid being cheated. After hearing "Little Zhuge's" plot, he pretended not to hear anything wrong. He laughed and said: "Brother Bai's suggestion is good. Whether an army can become an iron army depends on military discipline. I have long had the idea to strictly enforce military discipline. Now it seems that we need to show some color to some undisciplined guys. Brother Xiang, I have an idea about how to deal with Zhang Da. Let’s put him in confinement for a few days first. When he calms down, we will find him again. Let’s talk about it carefully, what do you think?”
Ouyang Yun's actions were obviously louder than rain, and the former Cantonese officers naturally praised him. Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren looked at each other, but their eyes towards Ouyang Yun became a little wary.
After Ouyang Yun toasted Li and Bai with a glass of wine, he obviously explained to them, but in fact he said it to everyone in the Xuebing Army. He said: "The reason why I don't want to use troops at this time is to join us." Of course it is related to the short time in Guangdong, but the most important thing is to worry about the Japanese army. You don’t know the Japanese temperament, but I know it very well. Looking at the history of Japan, it is not difficult to find that the Japanese are walnuts. Only after being beaten hard will he become more well-behaved. On the other hand, if you show kindness to him, hey, that is the relationship between the 'farmer and the snake'. Sooner or later, he will be bitten back. During the Second Great Wall War of Resistance, the Japanese army had a certain vitality. They were injured, but after more than half a year of recuperation, I am sure that they must be eager to try again. Therefore, our focus in the next stage will be on preparations for war. It is best to be prepared for the Guangdong War of Resistance at any time. Brothers, in this battle The confrontation between Japan and Japan will definitely take place in our country at the beginning. The longer you delay, the more detrimental it will be to us. Therefore, we must shorten the duration of this war as much as possible..."