The decision to support San Lucas was Wang Yongan's personal decision, but it was not the decision of the Jiangbei Department, and Wang Yongan sent troops to Mexico to protect San Lucas for the second time, just to win the support of the Jiangbei Army generals in the Kangzang area.

Yes, it is only support, not the support of the whole Jiangbei system, in fact, many people oppose Wang Yongan's choice to damage the strength of the Jiangbei system in the country, including Zhang Jian, the boss of the Jiangbei department, and Shen Yunpei, a veteran who has been disarmed and returned to the field. Although Fang Xianwu did not oppose on the surface, he has not always telegraphed against his will to express his support, from this point of view, Fang Xianwu is not a villain who stabs him in the back, but Wang Yongan's own blind self-confidence, thinking that everyone will be loyal to him and support him.

Fang Xianwu was extremely opposed to the second armed protection of overseas Chinese and support St. Lucas, but he understood that Wang Yongan could act arbitrarily, and he had to convince the main candidates of the Seventh Division, but fortunately, Li Yao, the deputy commander of the Seventh Division, went to Jiangbei, and without the obstruction of Li Yao, the most loyal person to Wang Yongan, his process of convincing everyone would not be so tortuous.

The first person to be persuaded by Fang Xianwu was none other than Wang Yongan's in-laws, Han Linchun, chief of staff of the Seventh Division.

Han Linchun has always been honest and upright, capable but not too ambitious, is a very stable general in the Jiangbei department, as Wang Yongan's in-laws, he has a high prestige in the Jiangbei army. It is precisely because he has no ambition that he is not satisfied with the practice of giving up Yangzhou, is it really for the sake of an overseas place with a big eye, he gave up Yangzhou and gave up the Soviet Union-Central region?

Fang Xianwu told Han Lin Chunming that the previous time the Jiangbei Army took advantage of the Mexican Civil War and the weakest national strength to arm overseas Chinese, picked up a bargain, and became famous all over the world. But now that Mexico is united, President Huerta is definitely a war maniac, a military strategist, although he is not a good man or a qualified politician. During the Diaz dictatorship, Mexico's population had reached 55 million, but in just five years, the population had plummeted to 50 million due to the ongoing civil war and the massacres of warlords in various places. In terms of population comparison, Mexico far surpasses San Lucas, in terms of national strength, Mexico's national strength is five times that of small San Lucas, and even in terms of the number of troops, the two sides have reached three to one.

"I am an officer, and I know what kind of war can be fought, what kind of war cannot be fought, and what kind of war will be lost." Fang Xianwu said with a wry smile, he took a puff of the North Station brand cigarette produced in Jiangbei, highlighted a smoke ring, and continued: "I don't want to fight a war that must be lost, I don't want to fill the lives of our 22,000 Jiangbei children into Mexico, is it wrong?" ”

Han Linchun also smiled bitterly, Wang Yongan is not a soldier, so he has a lot of idealistic practices, which may make his choice praised as a "stroke of genius", but every choice is often borne by the soldier behind the effort. Even though the aftermath pension of the Jiangbei Army is the best among all the armies of the same era, this does not mean that soldiers and officers are willing to die and be wounded, who does not have a selfish heart? can live well, who is willing to choose to sacrifice themselves, now is not the time when the country is ruined, and it is not the time when the nation is in danger.

"I don't want to fight a war that I must lose, this is only the first point, the second point, I am not willing to sacrifice the Jiangbei department to increase the reputation of the marshal personally." Fang Xianwu said with a little apprehension, this sentence is a bit divisive, the Jiangbei Department was established by Wang Yongan, but now he actually said that he was unwilling to use the Jiangbei Department to serve Wang Yongan, and the intention of betrayal was clearly revealed.

"Maybe people are willing to pay, such as Feng Heng and Li Shirui, but I don't want to, Zhang Gong and Xu Gong are even more opposed, but Zhang Gong needs the support of the marshal, Xu Gong resigned from the position of Jingshi due to illness, and he has no right to speak when he returns to his hometown." Fang Xianwu stared at Han Linchun's eyes and said, he was excited to find that Han Linchun did not express any dissatisfaction or disagreement about this, that is to say, Han Linchun was not willing to support Wang Yongan?

Han Linchun smacked his lips, speaking of which, the second time he protected overseas Chinese and supported St. Lucas, it really ruined the good situation of the Jiangbei Department in the country, but the problem is that the Jiangbei Department can't get anything - supporting St. Lucas is not to seek any happiness for the Jiangbei Department, at most it is to seek prestige for Wang Yongan, and once again make Wang Yongan famous in the world.

Fang Xianwu stood up excitedly and moved his body, his weight had increased by thirty pounds in the past two years, he was originally strong, but he became an out-and-out big-bellied general. But any fat person must be a lazy person, physiologically speaking, Fang Xianwu is no longer willing to deal with that hardship, of course, he will definitely not regard his unwillingness to endure hardship as the reason for refusing to support Wang Yongan.

"The third point, the last reason I said," Fang Xianwu swore with the three fingers of his right hand, "once our Seventh Division leaves Yangzhou, Yangzhou will inevitably be occupied by Yuan Shikai." As far as I know, Cao Kun has long coveted Yangzhou, especially Cao Rui, the last time the Beiyang Army conquered Nanjing, that kid went to Yangzhou to play for ten days, do you remember what he said before leaving? ”

Han Linchun naturally remembered that when Cao Kun led his troops to attack Nanjing, his younger brother Cao Rui specially went to Liuxiang, Huajie, Yangzhou, to enjoy the service of "women of all nations", and he spoke highly of Yangzhou's Qinglou.

As a veteran who has been in the flower field for many years, Cao Rui told Fang Xianwu and Han Linchun, who drank with him, the difference between Jinmen, Shanghai and Yangzhou, the three major flower capitals in the world:

The flower field of Jinmen is characterized by beautiful women in the north, and the boldness and heroism of the northern women are fully revealed in the flower field of Jinmen; The flower field of Shanghai City features the small jasper of Jiangnan women, a woman as gentle as flowing water, which highlights the gentleness of the little woman in the south to the fullest; As long as you have money, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can taste the gentleness of Japanese girls, the wildness of American girls, the pride of British girls, and even the excitement of black girls. (Many people have a curiosity, so the business of the black girl from the Kingdom of Ethiopia in the Qinglou is very hot.) ）

Although Yangzhou has nothing to do with the world geographically, the service industry in the flower field is the only alternative in the world, and even foreigners will praise them for coming to Yangzhou and not going to the world, because Yangzhou is the world of men. And what makes Cao Rui feel even more incredible is that Yangzhou also has male pet Qinglou that specializes in providing services for those bigwigs who like to go through the back door, and those male pets are not limited to countries or races - it really stimulated Cao Rui, this is his fucking paradise.