The main purpose of going to Chengdu was to visit Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, and Tian Songyao, the three giants of the Baoding system, especially Liu Wenhui, who occupied 81 counties in Sichuan and Kang, and had strong soldiers and horses, and Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao's territory together also had more than 30 counties, with nearly 100,000 troops, and they were all important chess pieces in Zhuang Jihua's plan, and he had to strive for the cooperation of the three no matter what he wanted to do in Sichuan.

The next day, Zhuang Jihua was about to visit Liu Wenhui, but before he went out, Song Yunfei came in, holding two famous posters in his hand, Zhuang Jihua took it and looked at it, which read: Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao; Zhuang Jihua wondered in his heart, why did these two people come soon. Put down the post, Zhuang Jihua ordered to ask Brother Enlargement quickly, and hurried out to greet him.

"General Lao has been waiting for a long time, Zhuang is guilty of capital crimes." From a distance, Zhuang Jihua saw two soldiers in lieutenant general uniforms standing at the door, and he said loudly with a smile on his face.

"Hehe, I have heard of General Zhuang's name for a long time, as soon as I heard that you came to Chengdu, I came to visit last night, but I thought that the general had a long journey, so I didn't dare to disturb, I took the liberty to come early this morning, and I ask the general to forgive me." Standing on the left hand, the face of the Chinese character with a slightly ruddy face said with a smile.

"Before you see him, hear his voice; General Zhuang is also a bold person. The person on the left side of the face with a thin face and sunken eye sockets also said with a smile.

"Cultural Revolution, let me introduce you here, this is General Deng Xihou, the commander of the 28th Army," Zeng Guangqing, who rushed over after hearing the news, hurriedly introduced to Zhuang Jihua: "This is General Tian Songyao, the commander of the 29th Army." ”

Zhuang Jihua dressed and saluted the two: "The two generals, Zhuang Jihua, the leader of the Southwest Development Task Force, saluted the generals. ”

Deng Xihou restrained his smile and raised his hand very formally to return the salute, but Tian Songyao returned a military salute a little lazily.

"Two generals, please come in." Zhuang Jihua took a step to the side and made a gesture of please.

In the office, several people sat down separately, and after serving tea, Deng Xihou began to say what they meant.

"General Zhuang, Jianlong and I are here because we don't quite understand, what exactly is the plan of this political axe to develop the southwest with great fanfare? I also hope that the general will give advice. ”

"In front of the two predecessors, don't mention the word general, call me the Cultural Revolution in the future." Zhuang Jihua still set it up first, but he didn't believe that they came for this, this Deng Xihou has a crystal monkey, the so-called crystal monkey actually means that he is sleek, surnamed cunning, if you believe his words, I am afraid that I will have to count the money for him if he is sold.

"The development of the southwest is a major decision of the central government, with the aim of promoting the economic development of the southwest region and benefiting the people of Sichuan."

"So how exactly does it work?" Tian Songyao saw that Zhuang Jihua was going around in circles, so he was stunned and forced up.

"Actually, it's very simple, first of all, explore the resources of Sichuan, and then develop and utilize these resources," Zhuang Jihua stood up and shouted outside the door: "Yunfei, bring the map." ”

Song Yunfei then sent the map in, Zhuang Jihua unfolded the map, pointed to the map and said: "According to the analysis of experts, Sichuan contains iron ore, coal mines, bauxite and other mines. ”

Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao exchanged a look, the current situation in Sichuan is complicated, Liu Wenhui is imposing, originally the Baoding Department has long been set up to attack and defend the alliance, but Liu Wenhui since last year's battle of the North Road, his power has risen sharply, and he began to be unruly, digging the foot of the wall everywhere, and winning over their subordinates, Deng Xihou's two brigades, Tian Songyao's four regiments, all of which were pulled away by him. Chengdu was originally monopolized by the three families, but now Liu Wenhui is trying to force the two out of Chengdu, and under his persecution, Deng Tian and the others have to form a group in order to protect themselves.

However, the strength of only the two of them is still not enough to compete with Liu Wenhui, Tian Songyao advocated contacting Liu Xiang, although Deng Xihou did not object, but the process of last year's battle of the North Road, Deng Xihou was also vigilant against Liu Xiang, he did not advocate exposing his position too early, and tried to maintain the current balance.

As soon as the Resources Committee and the Southwest Development Task Force were established, Deng Xihou noticed that his representative in Nanking immediately sent him a detailed report, and he intuitively felt that there might be an article in it; However, Tian Songyao did not take it seriously, believing that this was Chiang Kai-shek's propaganda to distract the people from accusing him of ineffective resistance, and perhaps to retaliate against Liu Wenhui. But Deng Xihou thinks that it will not be so simple, to deal with Liu Wenhui, he only needs to support Liu Xiang, and meddling in Sichuan also needs to be his real purpose, but to what extent does this meddle to completely eliminate the powerful factions in Sichuan, this strength is definitely not enough.

As soon as Zhuang Jihua arrived in Yucheng, Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao received a report that yesterday they received from Yucheng about Li Zhilong's actions in Yucheng, which made them very confused. The two of them discussed overnight, so they came over early this morning.

"General Zhuang, oh, the Cultural Revolution, it's not a coincidence that you're here," Deng Xihou said after a moment of contemplation: "The Sichuan form is treacherous, and now the southwest is being developed.... ”

"Yes, I wonder what the central government's strategy is for the current situation in Sichuan?" After Tian Songyao finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on Zhuang Jihua.

Zhuang Jihua understood their intentions a little in his heart, so he smiled and said: "I don't talk around the bush, and I ask the two seniors to forgive me if I say something wrong." ”

"There, there, just say it." Deng Xihou said with a smile.

"Before I came, I also learned some about the situation in Sichuan, to be honest, I was also very worried, those experts and scholars I brought are the treasures of our country, and it is a huge loss to be injured or killed, but the country needs it, and I have to come, so I first accommodating the two military commanders, and when the exploration team arrives at the defense area of the two, please also make it convenient to protect their safety." Zhuang Jihua said and stood up and made a gesture of request.

"That's still natural, as long as you get to my defense zone, you will never let them make the slightest mistake." Tian Songyao immediately agreed, and then forced again: "But our defense area is small, in these Sichuan and Kang places, Liu Ziqian accounts for six or seven out of ten, and Liu Xiang accounts for the remaining half, if your exploration team wants to walk in Sichuan, you must explain these two people." ”

"I understand that General Liu Xiang has already agreed, and I will visit General Liu Wenhui when I come to Chengdu this time and ask for his cooperation." Zhuang Jihua nodded in gratitude from Tian Songyao.

"To be honest, the central government is very worried about the situation in Sichuan, but..."Zhuang Jihua looked at Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao showing attention, and then continued: "But the influence of the central government on Sichuan is really limited, and the principal hopes that the two of you can take more responsibility to maintain peace. ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, this Liu Ziqian is aggressive, I can't avoid it even if I retreat." Tian Songyao said hatefully that at present, the contradiction between him and Liu Wenhui is the most acute, but Deng Xihou is not so intense.

"That..."Zhuang Jihua pondered for a moment, looked left and right, and then lowered his voice and said, "How is Liu Fucheng?" ”

Deng Xihou paused, Tian Songyao didn't react and rushed out: "Their Liu family doesn't have a good thing, and there is a knife in the smile." ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't speak, sat on the chair and didn't look at the two of them, Zeng Guangqing looked left and right and said: "Fu Gong is better than doing it himself, and the two evils are the best of the best...,"

Before he finished speaking, he was lightly kicked under his feet, he immediately came to his senses, and immediately shut up, Zhuang Jihua picked up the teacup: "Drink tea, drink tea, the two generals haven't taken a sip of tea since they came in." ”

Zhuang Jihua did it too obviously, and the sleek Deng Xihou just smiled faintly and picked up the teacup, but Tian Songyao immediately expressed his dissatisfaction: "Cultural Revolution, what does this mean?" Has the chairman decided to support Liu Xiang? Regardless of whether we live or die? ”

Zhuang Jihua paused, put the teacup in his hand on the coffee table, was silent for a while, and showed a wry smile: "Commander Tian said that, the principal did not decide to support Sui, on the contrary, the principal once told me personally that he values the two generals very much, and has high hopes for you, hoping that you will play a more important role in Sichuan in the future." ”

After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he looked at the two of them, Deng Xihou's face did not move, but Tian Songyao showed a hint of joy, and he couldn't wait to ask: "How does the chairman plan to deal with the current situation in Sichuan?" Is it going to send troops into Sichuan? ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head calmly and said: "No, Commander Tian is wrong, the principal has no intention of sending troops into Sichuan, if you want to send troops, it will be my escort of more than 1,000 people." ”

As he spoke, Zhuang Jihua stood up and lifted the water bottle, refilled the teacups of several people, and said while pouring water: "Does Commander Tian want the central government to send troops into Sichuan?" ”

Tian Songyao's eyes flashed: "Of course, I don't believe in Liu Ziqian or Liu Xiang, I can only believe in the central government." ”

When Zhuang Jihua walked in front of Zeng Kuoqing, Zeng Kuoqing took the water bottle from his hand, Zhuang Jihua naturally handed the water bottle to him, Zeng Kuoqing poured water on himself and his teacup and returned the water bottle to its original position.

Deng Xihou smiled lightly and set up Erlang's legs: "If the central government does not plan to send troops, how can the situation in Sichuan be resolved?" Is it to support Liu Fucheng or Liu Ziqian? ”

This is the dog that bites people without barking, and as soon as he speaks, he goes straight to the core, Zhuang Jihua looked at Deng Xihou very seriously and said: "Sichuan people govern Sichuan, and Sichuan affairs naturally depend on Sichuan people to solve." ”

After sending the two of them away, back in the office, Zhuang Jihua suddenly laughed, laughing a little inexplicably.

"Cultural Revolution, what are you laughing at?"

"Brother Enlargement, you acted very well today, why didn't the Blood Flower Drama Club choose you to be an actor back then?" Zhuang Jihua said.

"Well acted, alas, the Cultural Revolution, what do they mean by that?" Zeng Guangqing still didn't understand what he meant just now.

"It's not interesting, it's just to explore the way, everyone is acting, and there is nothing about the real surname." Zhuang Jihua seemed very indifferent: "But they don't cooperate as well as us, if Tian Songyao is really like this, I'm afraid he would have disappeared in Sichuan a long time ago." ”

In the car, Tian Songyao was also smiling and asked Deng Xihou: "Jin Kang, you see I acted well today." ”

"It's good, but that Zhuang Wenge performed better." Deng Xihou said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Tian Songyao sat up straight, turned his head to look at him and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"This Zhuang Cultural Revolution is not simple, he is a master of acting." Deng Xihou thought for a while and said: "A clever liar is not a lie, but often seven or eight out of ten sentences are true, but just one or two key sentences are false, and this Zhuang Jihua is like this." We can't tell whether his sentence is true or false, but he did tell us something, such as the central government will not send troops, and the central government has a strategy for Sichuan, but what is their strategy? But he didn't reveal a word. In addition, we can be sure that they don't want Liu Ziqian to be in charge of Sichuan, and they are not very at ease with Liu Xiang, but what do they want to do, and what does it mean that Sichuan's affairs are solved by Sichuan people? Brother, it seems that we have to think carefully about this Zhuang Cultural Revolution, do you see it, Zeng Kuanqing obviously listened to him, he is the real decider sent by Lao Jiang to solve Sichuan. ”

After Deng Xihou finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, and the car kicked up a puff of dust and drove towards the military headquarters of the 28th Army.

(To be continued)