On the third day after the meeting, the town's border army began to select the list of reserve officers. According to Wang Yongan's request, the newly joined Sichuan soldiers were not on the list of reserve transfers, so more soldiers from Jiangbei were retired. The soldiers were reluctant to take care of the army, not knowing what they could do after retirement, especially since many of them had no skills other than killing, so they were led by some people to the Overseer's Mansion to ask to meet the Overseer Wang Yong'an.

Wang Yongan immediately asked everyone to come in, personally persuaded the military representatives, and faced the former subordinates who were about to retire from Jiangbei today, Wang Yongan said sincerely: "Brothers, in the next few years, China will be peaceful, we don't need to kill people, and we don't need to pay youth and sweat for the country. Although we can't go back to our hometown in Jiangbei now, I promise you that I will definitely take you back to Jiangbei and our hometown in the future, and we will definitely go back. ”

Wang Yongan said: "I know that you are worried about your own livelihood and your safety in Xikang, especially those of us in Jiangbei who are in the Kangzang area, where the Tusi are powerful, and the ethnic minorities are unreasonable and only talk about fists. Some ethnic minorities even treat us as enemies, and you are worried about your future life. So I promised that all soldiers who were transferred to the reserve could retire with guns to protect their own safety. But this gun is not yours, but the town border army, once the town border army is about to have a new military operation, you need to bring the gun back to the team and immediately join the army. ”

At this time, everyone was talking, and a veteran named Lao Xie immediately asked: "Marshal, do you mean that we can take away the guns in the army?" ”

Wang Yongan nodded: "Yes, but only for rifles, and you are not allowed to lend, resell or use the rifle in other actions other than self-defense, and every bullet you have must be recorded." Of course, you can also use it for hunting, there are many animals in the Kangzang area, and I hope that each of you can become a marksman. ”

Lao Xie smiled and asked, "Dashuai, can I use it for my son?" ”

Wang Yongan looked him up and down and said with a smile: "I see that you are only in your thirties, how old is your son?" ”

"I'm thirty-two, my son is fourteen, if I transfer to the reserves, I plan to let my wife and my children come from Wuhe County." Lao Xie said, "I heard the battalion secretary say that a veteran like me can give 500 acres of land, although not all of them can be planted, but I have also become a landlord, and no one can clean up such a large land." ”

If you want to say what is the cheapest in the Kangzang area, it is the cheapest land, veterans like Lao Xie can get 500 acres of land, and some recruits can also get 200 acres of land, but the land here is not plain land, but mountainous forests, and the land needs to be used for their own consideration. Although much of the land is still uninhabited, tens of thousands of small landlords have appeared at once, which is also a great wonder of the Republic of China. Jiangbei has always had a lot of people and little land, especially many people fight for land, and now everyone has such a large piece of land in Xikang, not to mention whether it is good or bad, but at least they have a large piece of land that belongs to them completely.

Wang Yongan said to everyone: "Brothers, if you have any problems, come to me directly, I would rather go bankrupt than make your life difficult." If you don't have a daughter-in-law, I'm responsible for giving your daughter-in-law, and if you don't have a house, I'll be responsible for giving you a house, and you don't have a son...... Then you have to give birth to the fuck, and if you can't give birth, that's your problem. ”

"Hahaha......" Everyone laughed, and the retired soldiers were satisfied and comforted by Wang Yongan's words, so they stopped making trouble and went through the retirement procedures one by one.

The news of the reduction of the number of troops in the Zhenbian Army spread far away, and Yuan Shikai, who was far away in Beijing, heard about it, and he had always been jealous of this seriously overorganized Jiangbei army, and he needed to know that the Beiyang Army Division at this time was only 18,000 people, and the Jiangbei Army Division actually reached 27,000 people, including 30,000 people. After Wang Yongan put down the rebellion in the Kangzang area, he immediately chose to reduce the number of troops, which also made Yuan Shikai think that Wang Yongan was giving in to him and saying that he no longer had ambitions.

"This kid is good, he knows the severity of the hardships, and he can be reused in the future." Yuan Shikai said with a smile at ease, and then asked, "Zhiquan, where have the troops advanced?" ”

Duan Qirui immediately said: "Feng Guozhang's army has crossed the Yangtze River and is attacking Nanjing, and he said that he can occupy Nanjing within seven days. ”

"So the battle will be over in seven days?" Yuan Shikai asked.

Duan Qirui said: "Yes." ”

"It's only been less than a month...... Yuan Shikai shook his head, "I thought they could resist for a long time." ”

Duan Qirui smiled: "I thought too, but there are still some stories to tell you during this period." ”

"Oh? What's the story? ”

Duan Qirui said: "The Sun Huang rebel Soviet army and the Shanghai army allied forces crossed the Yangtze River half a month ago and occupied Pukou, along the Tianjin-Pudong railway all the way north, but in Hefei was blocked by Zhang Xun's Wuwei front army, Zhang Xun's troops could not stop the attack of the Soviet army and the Shanghai army, unexpectedly Zhang Xun sent a telegram to the seventh division of the national defense army stationed in Yangzhou, and the seventh division immediately sent the thirteenth brigade to reinforcements. The 13th Brigade traveled day and night and arrived in Hefei within three days. Seeing this, the Soviet-Shanghai coalition army retreated thirty miles, Zhang Xun withdrew to Huaibei with the Wuwei front army, and only after the 13th Brigade also withdrew, the Soviet-Shanghai allied army entered Hefei. ”

"The relationship between Wang Yongan and the revolutionary party is very complicated." Yang Du said with a smile on the side.

Duan Qirui glanced at him, he didn't like this chief staff, especially this person's ambition was too big, and he always wanted to become the secretary general of one person and ten thousand people, which really made Duan Qirui and the other Beiyang departments dissatisfied in the future.

"Secretary-General Yang, don't speculate." Duan Qirui said unhappily, "I heard that Fang Xianwu, the commander of the Seventh Division, sent a telegram to Chen Qimei, if they insist on destroying Zhang Xun, the Seventh Division will cross the river and enter Shanghai, so Chen Qimei waited for Zhang Xun to withdraw before reoccupying Hefei." However, the most interesting thing is not the battle between the two sides, but whether it is the Soviet-Shanghai coalition army or the Wuwei front army, they did not choose to fight in the city, but fought outside the city. ”

Yang Duxin said that this Qi Ruigao, although he did not explicitly mention Wang Yongan's influence, but he talked about this matter, but it all revealed Wang Yongan's huge influence in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and this influence is what Yuan Shikai is most afraid of and jealous of.