Anqing, Wuhu, the whole territory of Anhui, all the streets are lined up in a long line, everyone happily came to receive two catties of moon cakes, two catties of meat, half a catty of rock sugar and half a catty of osmanthus candy per person. Three days later, the Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated, and the Military Advisory Office distributed Boxing gifts to everyone as usual. Of course, the people are elated, but they are not as surprised as the dumplings are sent during the Dragon Boat Festival in May. Although many people still don't understand why everyone should have a share of the mineral income in Anhui Province, but if you don't take anything that doesn't need money, your head must be a bag! The young students spontaneously organized themselves to maintain order, and the council bureaus of various counties and districts also widened their eyes and kept a close eye on the political axes of various localities; some people who took the opportunity to make some oil and water were mercilessly exposed by them, and the county courts quickly dispatched judicial police to arrest people.

Chai Dudu Governor was punished for violating traffic control regulations and swept the streets for three days, and the court even dared to arrest him and sentence him, who else dared not to take the law into account?

Through the series of campaigns in the newspapers, the whole country knows that Anhui has tried out a six-year free education, built invalids farms to support disabled soldiers, comprehensively carried out land reform to allow cultivators to have their own land, carried out large-scale farmland and water conservancy construction to prevent floods, rewarded industry and commerce to resettle displaced people, and set up industries to enhance the country's strength??? In stark contrast, the neighboring province of Jiangxi, where the remnants of the Jiangxi army were defeated, Li Liejun was so happy, and Jiangxi was starving and the people were struggling to survive. Chinese and foreign reporters sent articles praising Chai Dongliang's good deeds and criticizing Li Liejun to the newspaper office by telegram, and then printed them overnight and distributed them to the streets and alleys by the newsboys.

With Li Liejun as a foil, Chai Dongliang's image suddenly looked extremely tall, and the prestige that had been lacking was finally erected across the country. The momentum of the limelight has chased after the two giants Sun Wen and Yuan Shikai, and has overpowered Li Yuanhong, who was under house arrest in Yanjing. Anhui has become a model of the Republic of China, and even Yuan Shikai had to send a telegram in the newspaper to commend Anhui as a model province of the republic, and awarded Chai Dongliang two medals and one Wenhu medal.

Yuan Shikai's power on didn't make the mood better, in the Military Advisory Mansion, he was restless pacing in the office round after round, and the people around him also felt that the air was a little depressing, and subconsciously untied the collar of his clothes, still feeling a little out of breath. Seeing Chai Dongliang grinding like a donkey, Gao Ming and the others felt dizzy!

"Did Yanjing call back?" It's the sixth time Chai Dongliang has asked the same question.

Gao Chuguan shook his head and said, "Not yet, it should be soon, right?" ”

"Didn't you say that a resolution would be made today? Why hasn't the meeting been over yet? Is it so difficult for eight deputies to vote? The meeting started at nine o'clock in the morning, and now it's eleven o'clock, and it's been more than two hours and the results have not come out? It's not like you won't vote today, right? Chai Dongliang knew that others couldn't answer, but he couldn't help but ask.

Today, Song Jiaoren and other Kuomintang directors will hold a meeting in Yanjing to vote on the motion of expelling Li Liejun from the party; this is the matter that Chai Dongliang is most concerned about, and the backbone of the middle and lower-ranking officers of the Jiangxi army are all members of the Kuomintang. As long as Li Liejun is expelled, the Kuomintang members in the Jiangxi army will automatically give up on him, and Chai Dongliang has the dual status of Jianghuai patrol envoy and vice chairman of the Kuomintang. Anhui has capital and technology, Jiangxi has resources, it is simply a combination made in heaven!

If Li Liejun's party membership is not expelled, then it will be very troublesome, and Chai Dongliang's entry into Nanchang is likely to trigger a large-scale civil war, although the combat effectiveness of the Jiangxi army is really average, Chai Dongliang does not want to fight this battle!

It is easy to break it, but it will be troublesome to build, and it is inevitable that there will be casualties in the war, which will cause antagonism among the common people of Jiangxi and Anhui, which is not conducive to future rule. Moreover, if the teacher is unknown, several governors within the Kuomintang will be hostile to Chai Dongliang, and Anhui will become the target of both the north and the south.

"It's time for lunch, right? Let the guy make some food at will, everyone will eat while waiting! Chai Dongliang also realized that he was a little out of shape.

If the Military Advisory Office is just a little depressed, then the air in Jiujiang is already so dull that it is suffocating, Lu Kai's second division of the Jianghuai Army is all pressed in the area of Jiujiang Baoguo Temple, a full 12,000 heavily armed troops, grass green camouflage uniforms and lush grass and trees in early autumn are mixed together, which makes people feel a sense of fear that the grass and trees on Bagong Mountain are all soldiers. Fighting them for tat were two divisions of the Gan army. On one side is the Jianghuai army, which is neat and well-equipped, and on the other hand, the Jiangxi army, which has a variety of uniforms and guns, almost forms a sharp contrast.

According to the order of the Ministry of the Republic of China, the Jianghuai patrol envoy had only four divisions in Jiangxi and Anhui provinces under his command, and Chai Dongliang monopolized three, but Li Liejun was not satisfied with this account at all, and he raised four divisions and two brigades in Jiangxi Province.

There were three divisions on both sides, and more than 30,000 soldiers were placed here, squeezing all the official roads around Baoguo Temple, and the neighing of mules and horses, handlebar-style whips, and cursing could be clearly heard. The entrance to the British Concession was closed by Indian patrols in the British Concession in Jiujiang, and the heavily armed Sikh soldiers wrapped in red turbans looked like they were facing the enemy. Jiujiang is such a palm-sized piece of land, once the fight starts, the concession will inevitably be impacted, there are only a few dozen Indian Sikh soldiers here, and it is simply a fool's dream to deal with thousands of troops outside. The foreigners in the concession were so frightened that the senior class of the foreign bank almost smashed the tables in the consulate. The British consul in Jiujiang made three or four trips to and from the barracks of both sides in one day, at first he still lied and threatened that both sides would not accept this set, and then he almost begged bitterly not to start a war in Jiujiang. He is also worried that he will make a big mess during his tenure and lose his pension!

The vanguard of the Second Division of the Jianghuai Army was a regiment composed entirely of Jiujiang people, and in order to avoid the disgust of the Jiangxi people, Lu Kai put this Jiujiang regiment, which was also from Jiangxi, at the forefront.

The Jiujiang regiment and the Jiangxi army are separated by a few barbed wire, the eyebrows and eyes of both sides can be seen clearly, Feng Yunhai, the company commander was shot, and all the soldiers of the Jiujiang regiment were holding back a fire, and when they saw the Jiangxi army opposite, they gritted their teeth, and the Jiangxi army on the opposite side also hated them to the core, Feng Yunhai put the Jiangxi refugees into Jiujiang without authorization, and then actually ordered to fire on the Jiangxi army. That night, the Jiangxi army was in chaos and killed and injured hundreds of people, and this revenge must be remembered on the Jiujiang regiment.

Hate to hate, but the Jiangxi army is also well aware of its own strength, the soldiers on the opposite side are all new repeating guns, and the weapons of the Jiangxi army can almost open an exposition, the eleven-millimeter caliber old Mauser, the British Henry rifle, the Jinling factory imitation Mauser eighty-eight??? There are even two people carrying guns with Chinese characteristics that can be used!

Both sides have set up artillery positions on the hills, and the infantry near the official road are all exposed to artillery fire, and once the battle starts, both sides will have huge losses regardless of victory or defeat!

Lu Kai's headquarters is located in a two-story Chinese-style building not far from the British Concession, the soldiers and horses outside are constantly moving, the master who pulls the gun truck shouts the trumpet clearly, the air seems to be condensed into a tangible substance, the people of the entire Jiujiang City are panicked, the staff officers run and kick the back of the head, but his old man is leisurely drinking the freshly picked autumn tea, and humming Xipi Erhuang with Erlang's legs crossed.

"I was watching the mountain scenery from the city tower, and I heard the chaos outside the city, and the flag was waving in the air, but it turned out to be a soldier sent by Sima???"

Lu Kai is quite energetic, and the gold star on the general's uniform adds a bit of luster to his handsome face, but his voice is like a duck, and he sings absurdly, but he squints his eyes and is complacent, holding a small Yixing purple sand stone scoop pot in one hand, and patting his thigh with the other hand to play rhythm and enjoy it.

Seeing the relaxed look on the face of the main general, the hearts of the staff officers were also a little relaxed, how did they know that Lu Kai was the surname of the quilt when the sky fell, and the nerves were made of steel wire, so they didn't know what it meant to be nervous.

"Zhuge Liang, I have no other respect, I have prepared to send lamb wine to reward your three armies.

At this point, the city should be entered, why are you hesitating outside the city in a dilemma, and for what reason?

There are only two of my piano boys, and I have no ambush and no soldiers.

Don't be cranky, you come, come, come, please come to the city and listen to me play the harp???"

Lu Kai's song "Empty City Strategy" was easily sung, and the staff officers of the command headquarters were finally not tortured by their ears. Unexpectedly, he picked up "Cosmic Edge" again, and actually sang Tsing Yi with his throat, which made everyone want to laugh but didn't dare to make a sound, and his stomach hurt.

"Division commander, I think it is quite unfavorable for us to put a large army in such a narrow area as Jiujiang now!" A staff officer finally couldn't help it.

Lu Kai shook on the recliner and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"On a narrow front with a width of less than one kilometer and a length of less than three kilometers, the two sides have set up nearly 40,000 troops along the official road, and once the war starts, they will be entangled with each other, and they will not be able to give full play to the advantages of our army's strong firepower and flexibility, and our officers and men will be exposed to the enemy's artillery fire, and our artillery fire will be difficult to suppress the Gan army hidden in the mountains, and it will become our artillery to hit the Jiangxi army, and the artillery of the Jiangxi army will hit the infantry of our army, and both sides will have great casualties!"

Lu Kai narrowed his eyes and asked, "What about what do you think?" ”

The staff officer said solemnly: "Feint an attack on Jiujiang with a small number of troops, the main force will go up the river by boat, the fleet will protect the land landing, bypass the defense line of the Jiangxi army and go straight to Nanchang, and hit it with one blow!" Then the Jiangxi army that attacked Jiujiang before and after, and the whole of Jiangxi could be pacified within ten days! ”

"Then Jiangxi won't be smashed?"

"How can there be no losses in the war?"

Lu Kai nodded appreciatively: "Write a plan for me, although what you say is nonsense, but there are a few useful sentences!" ”

Everyone can't cry or laugh, what's the use of talking nonsense?

Lu Kai received an order to create a situation in Jiujiang where the army was pressing, but he did not trigger it and waited for further orders. Chai Dongliang repeatedly told that without the order of the Military Advisory Office, it was absolutely not allowed to fire the first shot, and even if the Jiangxi army provoked, it could only return fire and not pursue.

After receiving such an order, Lu Kai was helpless, since he let himself be on standby, he would wait, he didn't want to become the second Feng Yunhai, and he was sentenced to death by the military court.

He can't fight, he can't walk, he really has nothing to do except drink tea and sing!

??? Dividing line ???

Nanchang, known as Yuzhang in ancient times, is located in the central north of Jiangxi Province, in the lower reaches of the Ganjiang River and the Fuhe River, and is adjacent to Poyang Lake. Li Liejun's Jiangxi Governor's Mansion was located on the former site of the former Qing Jiangxi Governor's Yamen.

After the Xinhai Revolution, Jiangxi did not stop for a day, the main force to recover Jiangxi was the Hui Party and the People's Army, they knew that their prestige was not enough to convince the public, so they promoted Feng Ruqi, the governor of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty, as the governor, but I didn't expect this guy to be a loyal minister, and he refused to do it to death, and then pushed Wu Jiezhang, the commander of the 27th mixed brigade of the New Army, Peng Chengwan, director of the Jiangxi Survey Department, and Ma Yubao, an officer of Jiujiang Guangfu, as the governor of Jiangxi. But they are either not good at handling complex interpersonal relationships, or they are not qualified enough to use their own prestige to deter the situation, and Ma Yubao, whose only ability and qualifications are not satisfactory, is cowardly and incompetent because of his frailty. In addition to the confusion in the selection of governors, after the recovery of Jiangxi, there was still a situation in which each of them acted independently and supported the army and respected itself. In addition to the Nanchang governor, who nominally ruled the whole province, there were also four sub-governors of Jiujiang, Pingxiang, Guangxin, and Ganzhou, and the Nanchang governor could not actually control the whole province. It was at this critical juncture that Li Liejun was appointed by Mr. Sun Yat-sen as the governor of Jiangxi.

Since Li Liejun took office, he has drastically reorganized Jiangxi's military and political affairs, abolished all the four military and political sub-prefectures, issued local currency, and beheaded a large number of old bureaucrats, and then attacked those who were worse than bandits.

But Jiangxi is too poor, the Qing Dynasty only raised a mixed association, the economy is barely able to support the living, and after the Republic of China, Jiangxi raised four divisions plus two mixed brigades, the number of people reached tens of thousands, this is still the number after the abolition of a large number of parties.

With Jiangxi's economy, it is simply impossible to feed so many troops, and it is difficult to sustain the scraping of the ground, and it is common for the army to be in arrears for several months, and even the army has become a problem to eat. Li Liejun sent troops to suppress the situation, but the soldiers sent to suppress it were often mixed with the chaotic soldiers, and the chaotic situation was even more difficult to control. At the same time, the expenses of the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe and the Kuomintang were staggering, and after the battle to recover Wuchang began, Jiangxi became the province with the most co-pay, when Huang Xing was defending Wuchang, Li Liejun gave two million, and when the Soviet-Shanghai coalition army fought Nanjing, Li Liejun gave three million, and the League was reorganized into the Kuomintang, and Li Liejun also contributed one million, and the other small money was even more innumerable, and in less than a year since the Xinhai Revolution, Jiangxi Province has taken out tens of millions of yuan.

As the governor of Jiangxi personally appointed by Sun Wen, Li Liejun believed that it was his bounden duty to support Mr. Sun and the Kuomintang, and no matter how hard he was, he could not embarrass Mr. Sun. So as long as Sun Wen and the Kuomintang came to ask for money, Li Liejun always responded.

For more than half a year, Li Liejun really felt exhausted, his temples were already gray, and his actual age was less than forty years old, but he was already old like an old man in his fifties and sixties.

He thought that he had worked hard enough, and he didn't put a copper plate into his pocket, after rescuing Wuchang, Li Yuanhong took out tens of thousands of yuan to reward Li Liejun, and he didn't take a penny, and all of them were sent to the soldiers below. He also felt the same for the people's livelihood in Jiangxi, and he even sent people to Anhui secretly, wanting to learn from Chai Dongliang's methods to improve people's livelihood??? However, the continuous torrential rains in the summer and autumn wiped out all his efforts along with the thatched huts of the people of Jiangxi, and the autumn grain was almost lost, the hungry and cold people were displaced, and the wealthy merchants also fled. The banknotes issued by Li Liejun are like waste paper, and Jiangxi's economy has completely collapsed.

In order to save this extremely critical situation, Li Liejun ordered to pull up deer barricades and barbed wire in the area of Jiujiang Baoguo Temple, and strictly forbade the people to flee! Unexpectedly, the Jianghuai army actually opened artillery bombardment on the Jiangxi army, killing and wounding hundreds of soldiers of the Jiangxi army, even so, Li Liejun was extremely restrained and did not order revenge, but silently buried the soldiers' corpses.

Isn't all this for the country, for the Kuomintang, and for Mr. Sun Wen, who is so kind to himself? Li Liejun asked himself, he is worthy of the Kuomintang, worthy of Mr. Sun, and even more worthy of Chai Dongliang, a bastard bastard!

However, newspapers around the country have said that Jiangxi is a ghost in the world, and he Li Liejun is a demon king who eats people and does not spit out bones!

It's just that outsiders don't understand, and the comrades in the party even look at him coldly, and Song Jiaoren actually announced the convening of an extraordinary council of the Kuomintang to discuss his expulsion from the party, which made Li Liejun unacceptable no matter what!

"Governor, eat something!" Li Liejun's classmate Yu Hesong said softly.

Li Liejun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I can't eat, Minggao, you don't have to worry about me, I'm fine!" ”

Yu Hesong's lips squirmed a few times, and finally he just walked out of the room silently, today is a meeting of the Extraordinary Council of the Kuomintang to discuss whether to expel Li Liejun, as one of the eight directors of the Kuomintang, Li Liejun also sent a representative to Yanjing??? But from the morning to the present, Li Liejun didn't even ask.

Does he not care or has he lost even the courage to know the truth?

"When? When ???"

The chiming bell in the corner of the wall rang twice, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and it had been a full five hours since the meeting began, and there was still no telegram in Yanjing! The telegram from Jiujiang was extremely dangerous, the Jianghuai army and the Jiangxi army sharpened their knives, and the nerves of both sides were tense to the limit, and any misfire could turn into a big war of tens of thousands of people!

The situation has reached the point where it is on the verge of breaking out!

(To be continued)