There was a commotion in the city of Nanning.

The southwest patrol made Wang Hengyue "mediate by force" and the troops entered Guangxi, all the way like a bamboo, and it was not far from Nanning, which did not make the Nanning people feel panicked, but they were still looking forward to the arrival of the southwest patrol envoy.

Lu Rongting has recovered from the initial panic.

Failure is definitely inevitable, and the most important thing now is to arrange the aftermath, and Lu Rongting sees this very clearly.

Most of Guangxi is already under the control of Wang Hengyue's hands, what can a Nanning do?

What annoyed Lu Rongting the most was Mo Rongxin, the new overseer of Guangdong, who also acted as a shrinking turtle at this most critical moment.

"I said that Mo Rongxin was unreliable, and now it is true!" Tan Haoming, the overseer of Guangxi, said angrily: "Let him be the overseer of Guangdong, originally to stabilize Sun Wen, but now that Sun Wen is bombarding the overseer's office, he has to admit his mistake to Sun Wen in person." Wang Hengyue came to Guangxi this time, he didn't let go of a fart, and when the matter was over, he had to clean him up! ”

Lu Rongting smiled bitterly.

Waiting for it to be over? The only way to get through this is to go into the wilderness by yourself. But what about after going into the wilderness?

"The patrol envoy, the Second Army and the Third Army jointly sent a telegram, requesting that the patrol envoy go to the field"

Tan Haoming was furious and was about to get angry, but Lu Rongting waved his hand to make him quiet. For such things, I have become accustomed to it and numb.

The wall is down and everyone pushes it, it's that simple reason.

"Patrol envoy, patrol envoy, Lin, Adjutant Lin is back!"

Lu Rongting stood up with a "hoof": "Quick, quick, what about people?" ”

Lin Tianlong walked in, and Lu Rongting's lips trembled with excitement: "Tianlong, Tianlong, you're finally back, you're finally back."

As he spoke, he looked behind him again, hoping to see Chase and Hu Qiying appear there, hoping to see the appearance of the president's treasure.

However, there was nothing behind

"Tenryu, North Korea there"

Lin Tianlong shook his head slowly, making Lu Rongting completely desperate. Lin Tianlong said slowly: "Patrol envoy, there is no treasure of the president, no, we were fooled." ”

Lu Rongting took two steps back in a daze, and the last glimmer of hope was shattered

He suddenly roared angrily: "Then what are you doing when you come back?" Why don't you get those two crooks back? Why? Didn't you tell a fortune teller that I had the help of the God of Wealth? Liar, you're a liar too! ”

After Lu Rongting vented fiercely, Lin Tianlong said slowly: "Patrol envoy, go to the wilderness." ”

"What?" Lu Rongting was stunned, and then stared at Lin Tianlong viciously: "Who asked you to say that?" ”

Lin Tianlong was not afraid: "When I came back, I went to the Wang Patrol Envoy, and many people from our Gui family were there. Patrol envoy, there is no hope, give up. ”

"Give up?" Lu Rongting laughed coldly twice, and suddenly said, "Come on, drag these beasts out for me and shoot them!" ”

Seeing the guards rushing in, Lin Tianlong did not have any panic: "Patrol envoy, when I finish a few words, it will not be too late for you to shoot me again." ”

Tan Haoming waved his hand, asked the guards to withdraw first, and persuaded Lu Rongting a few words, only to hear Lin Tianlong say calmly:

"Many of our people have surrendered, and now most of Guangxi has fallen into the hands of Wang Hengyue. The twenty or so battalions near Nanning will defect at any time, and the patrol envoys can't resist Wang Hengyue with just two guards."

As he spoke, he paused:

"This time, I volunteered to get Wang Hengyue's permission to come to the patrol envoy, all for the sake of the future of the patrol envoy. Wang Hengyue has already said that as long as the patrol envoy can go into the field, he will ensure the safety of the patrol envoy. Whether you want to go to Shanghai or Hong Kong, Wang Hengyue can send you there. ”

Lu Rongting snorted in his nose.

Lin Tianlong continued: "Also, Wang Hengyue will also give you a sum of money, so that you can live the rest of your life comfortably enough." ”

Lu Rongting no longer lost his temper. The situation is like this, and no one knows better than Lu Rongting that it is irretrievable. What he wants is these promises from Wang Hengyue.

Glancing at Tan Haoming, and seeing that his wife and uncle also nodded slightly at him, Lu Rongting asked coldly, "How do I know if Wang Hengyue is lying to me?" ”

"Wang Hengyue doesn't need to lie to you." Lin Tianlong said calmly: "The situation is under his control, and the reason why he did this is nothing more than that he doesn't want to continue the battle in order to protect Nanning." ”

Lu Rongting let out a long sigh.

"Tianlong, let's go down first." Tan Haoming said at this time.

Lin Tianlong gave a military salute: "Patrol envoy, time is running out!" ”

As soon as Lin Tianlong went out, the room suddenly became dull, and after a while, Tan Haoming said slowly: "Patrol envoy, there is no room for redemption, I think the conditions proposed by Wang Hengyue are okay."

"I know" Lu Rongting nodded: "Actually, even if Wang Hengyue doesn't open these conditions, I'm ready to go into the field with electricity, this mess is too messy, I can't clean it up"

Lu Rongting is a smart person, and when he finds that everything is irreparable, Shimono becomes his best choice.

On January 18, 1918, that is, on the tenth day after Wang Hengyue's "armed mediation" began, Lu Rongting was sent to the field by telegram from the two Guangxi patrols.

Guangxi, Wang Hengyue did not go through a few decent battles, and he was controlled by himself.

Shimono is a common thing in this day and age. If you can beat it, it is the overseer and the patrol envoy, but if you can't beat it, then there is only one way to go:

Shimono!

From Liu Xianshi to Tang Jiyao, and then to Lu Rongting in Guangxi, these three opponents fell one by one.

Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, the four southwestern provinces, Wang Hengyue firmly grasped it in his hands!

Wang Hengyue fulfilled his promise, he did not embarrass Lu Rongting, but sent someone to send him to Hong Kong.

Lu Rongting's life has merits and demerits.

When he was young, he was called the "righteous thief", and he shed blood outside the gate, and there was a way to steal. There are three non-robbery doctrines in life: first, not robbing Chinese, second, not robbing the poor, and third, not robbing people near the station. And his main opponent was the French, who were trying to get their hands on China.

During the period of governing Guangxi, he still did not disturb the people, and he did nothing. Under his governance, Guangxi was quite peaceful, but in terms of local construction, he did nothing but open a few wells.

However, a warlord who has no merit and no fault is rare in this era.

The only thing he did wrong was to believe in some great presidential treasure, and finally pushed himself to a dead end.

More than ten years later, Lu Rongting died in Shanghai, and someone wrote a couplet to evaluate his life:

"Shooting tigers in the mountains, descending dragons with one hand, ten years of Lingqiao Town Nanguan, for the crime of merit, now the coffin should be decided; Outstanding Wu Ming, the teacher is out of Yuelu, a pillar of the South Tianzhi Building, can sing and cry, and there is a public comment on the history of Qianqiu Xin. ”

This is also the best portrayal of his life

And Wang Hengyue, who obtained Guangxi, had not yet had time to restore order in Guangxi, but the military and political axe of Guangzhou came to intervene.

Some whimsical Sun Wen actually ordered Wang Hengyue to hand over Guangxi and be managed by the military and political axe, and asked Wang Hengyue's decision [***], immediately withdraw from Guangxi, and swore allegiance to the military and political axe.

Wang Hengyue couldn't cry or laugh, what is going on? Let yourself hand over Guangxi? Some people's overly naïve ideas are really ridiculous.

What kind of person he is, doesn't Sun Wen know it until now?

Wang Hengyue did not entangle with Sun Wen, but instead telegraphed that he would act as the patrol envoy of Guangxi and Guangxi and the overseer of Guangxi, and asked the Guangdong side to immediately accept his command.

At the same time, he ruthlessly pointed out once again that Sun Wen's brazen shelling of the Guangdong Military Supervision Office was a despicable act of lawlessness and sabotage the peace between the two Guangzhous, and demanded that the Guangzhou military and political axe be re-elected immediately!

This is seen as Wang Hengyue's blatant challenge to Sun Wen!

In fact, in the military and political axe, Wu Tingfang, Tang Shaoyi, and Cheng Biguang, the three commanders, resolutely supported Sun Wen from the beginning, and later, they gradually became suspicious, until Sun Wen did not listen to dissuasion and bombarded the Guangdong Military Supervision Bureau, this dissatisfaction naturally became more and more aggravated.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Wang Hengyue holds the four provinces, and it is not difficult to take Guangdong, depending on when and in what form he is ready to obtain it.

Mo Rongxin, the overseer of Guangdong, has secretly started contact with Wang Hengyue, and the previous backer Lu Rongting has fallen, and now it is most important to quickly find a new backer for himself.

That Guangzhou military and political axe, I can't get used to myself, and if he really fights, he is definitely not an opponent.

Mo Rongxin's idea is the idea of a smart person.

Wang Hengyue didn't pay much attention to this person, but immediately announced that he would remain neutral in the battle between the Guangzhou military and political axes and the Beiyang Army after taking Guangxi.

The trick of neutrality has been played by Wang Hengyue perfectly.

Although the Beiyang Army had a great fear of Wang Hengyue's acquisition of Guangxi, his declaration of neutrality could at least reassure them a little, and everything would wait until the two lakes problem was solved before considering Wang Hengyue.

"Immediately contact Wu Tingfang, Tang Shaoyi, and Cheng Biguang." After Wang Hengyue declared neutrality, he quickly shifted his attention to these three people: "I want these three chiefs, and none of them can be missing. There is also the navy, and none of those ships can be missing, what I lack most now is that there are still talents in the navy! ”

"Yes! Heng Shuai, what should Sun Wen do? ”

"For the time being, the ministry will not take care of him, let him make trouble, restore order in Guangxi, coerce Guangdong, let them mess up within themselves first, and we can only concentrate on developing ourselves!"

In January 1918, Guangxi changed hands.

Wang Hengyue's power is finally all over the southwest!

(To be continued)