"At present, there are more than 400,000 troops of all kinds in Sichuan, which is the highest among all provinces in the country, and the province's fiscal revenue is more than 30 million, and more than 90 percent of the financial expenditure must be used to raise the army. According to the actual situation of the various armies at present, after discussing with Brother Jin Kang and Brother Jianlong, I decided to reorganize the armies in central Sichuan as follows: the 20th Army was reorganized into one army, three brigades, two other reading brigades, with a total of 16,000 people, the 21 st Army was reorganized into the 21 st Army and the 23 rd Army, each of which had three divisions and two reading brigades, with a total of 140,000 troops, the 28th Army was reorganized into one army, three divisions and another reading brigade, with a total of 48,000 troops, and the 29th Army was reorganized into one army, three divisions and two other reading brigades, with a total of 50,000 people. The original new Sixth Division and the new 23rd Division were reorganized into the Sixth Division, the new Sixth Division was a three-brigade division with a total of 12,000 men, and the original 23rd Army was reorganized into the 23rd Division with three brigades with a total of 10,000 men. ....The total number of troops in the province is 300,000, and the surplus soldiers of each army are formed into 12 [***] security regiments, and the 12 security regiments have a total of 20,000 people, which are under the command of the provincial political axe. ”

This plan seems fair, all the armies have been downsized, Liu Xiang's 21st Army has also been downsized, before the Second Liu War, Liu Xiang had 120,000 people, although he suffered losses in the war, but with the course of the war, he incorporated a large number of Liu Wenhui's troops, the total strength of the troops has been close to 200,000, reduced to 140,000, it seems that the reduction of 30%, the reduction is the highest of the other armies, but after the downsizing, his strength is still more than the sum of the strength of the armies, in addition to the twelve security regiments, his strength exceeds the sum of the armies by two percent.

In addition, the strength of Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao was not damaged at all, Deng Xihou suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Kunhe, and later, although Xia Shouxun and other troops were incorporated, the total number of troops was less than 50,000, so his troops did not shrink at all, but increased. Tian Songyao was even more powerful, he lost more than 10,000 people in the battle against the Red Army in northern Sichuan, and the strength of the troops was seriously declining, and if he wanted to gather enough troops of 50,000 people, he was afraid that he would have to make new moves, and the real losses were Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, Luo Zezhou, Liu Cunhou and others.

Yang Sen had a hot temper and first stood up to object: "My army now has more than 30,000 people, and the downsizing is 16,000. ”

"The bridge will be demolished as soon as the river is crossed," Li Jiayu said in a weird manner, the three giants are not opponents even with the other armies combined, and the hard top is certainly not the way, but this is still to be said: "How can we explain to the below." ”

"I don't understand this yet, so let's say that Fu Gong wants to cut the domain, and we can't help it." Luo Zezhou is going to merge with Li Jiayu, and he is afraid that he will not even be able to be the division commander.

"Fu Gong, I was just ordered to attend the aftermath meeting, and Ji Shuai didn't give instructions about the whole army, so I didn't dare to accept it." Liu Cunhou's troops were different from other departments in central Sichuan, and he still retained many of the habits of the Beiyang era, and his defense areas were in Xuanhan, Chengkou, Wanyuan and other places, and the garrison was barren, and he had long had no strength to participate in the competition in central Sichuan, so his representative said it more tactfully.

The various ministries objected, but Liu Xiang remained silent, he knew very well in his heart, no matter how they made trouble, they had to accept it in the end, Liu Dengtian's three departments were several times stronger than them, and under this kind of strength, they wanted to rebel by force, which was looking for death, so it was nothing to let them vent and vent. However, he glanced at Deng Xihou lightly.

Deng Xihou took a sip of tea from his teacup, then stood up and said, "Everyone, please be quiet. The meeting room suddenly fell silent, Deng Xihou smiled slightly and said to Zhuang Jihua: "The Cultural Revolution and Mr. Muyi are the representatives of the Central Committee, and I don't know what the Central Committee's attitude is to our plan for reorganizing the army. ”

Liu Xiang's hand caught Zeng Kuoqing and Zhuang Jihua off guard, Zeng Kuoqing looked at Zhuang Jihua, the meaning was obvious, let him make up his mind.

"Fu Gong, has this plan been submitted to the chairman for approval?" Zhuang Jihua asked deliberately.

"After we have negotiated, we will report to the chairman." Liu Xiang said flatly: "You know the situation in Sichuan during the Cultural Revolution, years of war, people's livelihood is tired, government and military orders have never been unified, and I have no choice but to do so." ”

As soon as Zhuang Jihua spoke, Yang Sen and the others stared at him, hoping that he could stand up for them. Sure enough, Zhuang Jihua did not disappoint them.

"Fu Gong is right, but Fu Gong has thought about it," Zhuang Jihua thought about it and said: "The Red Army in northern Sichuan is making trouble, after the unification of Sichuan Province, the next step must be to suppress the bandits, this soldier is going to be cut, how to suppress this bandit?" ”

Liu Xiang understood what Zhuang Jihua meant, if they were disarmed in this way, Yang Sen and the others would definitely not send troops to suppress the bandits, and the matter of sending troops to suppress the bandits would be the three of them.

"So, what is the opinion of the Cultural Revolution?" Deng Xihou leaned forward and asked with concern, his defense area only depends on Tian Songyao, if the Red Army goes east, it will be Liu Cunhou's defense area, and to the west is his Deng Xihou's defense area, so he can't help but care.

Zhuang Jihua stood up, walked to the huge map of Sichuan behind Liu Xiang, pointed to the map and said: "After the battle of Tongjiang, the Red Army has gained a foothold in northern Sichuan, and the next step is Bazhong, Yilong, and Nanchong to the south, Xuanhan and Wanyuan to the east, and Guangyuan, Jiange, Zitong, and Mianyang to the west across the Jialing River, so we must mobilize troops to contain them in the Bazhong area of Tongjiang." Therefore, I think that it is inappropriate to organize the army now, and all departments in central Sichuan should unite to deal with the Red Army in northern Sichuan. ”

"Cultural Revolution, I heard that Xu Xiangqian and Jiang Xianyun are your Huangpu classmates, do you say that he will attack over there?" Deng Xihou frowned and asked.

"Yes, they are all my classmates, and Jiang Xianyun can be called a good friend," Zhuang Jihua put down the whip and walked back to his position: "This is not a secret at all in Huangpu, as for them to fight over there." I thought..., if it's me, whoever is weak, I will fight whom, and whoever is not prepared for me to fight whom. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Cunhou's representative hurriedly asked, his actions undoubtedly acknowledging that Liu Bu was the weakest force in Sichuan.

"It's very simple, Wushan they escaped from Hubei, Henan and Anhui, from Hubei, Henan and Anhui to northern Sichuan, traveling thousands of miles, and were surrounded and intercepted by our army along the way, the loss of personnel weapons and equipment was great, and the morale was not high. With these three..., can they stop them? Zhuang Jihua said very calmly, but Liu Cunhou's representative was sweating on his forehead.

Liu Xiang secretly screamed in his heart, he easily said that Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao stood with him, but Zhuang Jihua's words immediately loosened the alliance. Tian Songyao was at war with the Red Army, and Deng Xihou was also facing the threat of the Red Army, and they were unable to face the Red Army alone, so they were eager to get the support of all the ministries in central Sichuan, especially the support of Liu Xiang, so they would ally with him and support him in Sichuan politics.

But Zhuang Jihua's analysis shows that the Red Army is likely to develop to the northeast of Sichuan, so the pressure on Deng Tian and the two will be reduced a lot, and the main thing is that once Liu Cunhou is defeated, it is inevitable that Liu Xiang will send troops to suppress the bandits, and Liu Xiang will not send troops alone, and he will also press all the troops in central Sichuan, but Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, and Luo Zezhou They have been seriously weakened in the whole army, and they will definitely not be willing to send troops, so most of the forces will be sent by the three of them. That's the two of them who are really hurt.

Deng Xihou's mind was racing, and he quickly figured out these links, he couldn't help but ponder, but he felt embarrassed, he just formed an alliance with Liu Xiang, and immediately regretted it, which is too much to say, and he will need Liu Xiang's support to fight against the Red Army in the future, so he opened his mouth but closed it, just looked at Zhuang Jihua, obviously expecting him to come out and turn around.

Zhuang Jihua didn't seem to see it, he just lowered his head and drank tea, Tian Songyao saw what Deng Xihou meant, and he didn't take the initiative to find Zhuang Jihua, after all, they came up with such a plan behind Zhuang Jihua's back, so he found Zeng Guangqing, in his opinion, Zeng Guangqing was much easier to talk to.

"Director Zeng, what do you think?"

Zhuang Jihua suddenly coughed lightly twice, and Zeng Guangqing's words were immediately changed: "Let's listen to everyone's opinions, please talk, let's talk." ”

"Then we can only invite Duke Fu, Duke Deng, and Duke Tian, you have sent troops, and we can't do anything." Li Jiayu was very shrewd, and immediately seized the opportunity that Zhuang Jihua won for them, and made the matter clear: "Brother Pingzhang, you and I have only 12,000 people combined, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect yourself." ”

"Son Turtle, it is difficult for you to protect yourself, Lao Tzu will be easy," Yang Sen scolded and said: "Lao Tzu has a total of only 16,000 people, and if you have to guard so many places and keep a shovel, Lao Tzu of Wanxian County will not go and hand it over to Fu Gong." ”

Yang Sen also reacted, it turned out that I was asked to go to Wanxian to act as the second line of defense, as soon as Liu Cunhou fell, wouldn't the next target of the Red Army be the Fuling area of Wanxian County, so Lao Tzu would not block this gun hole.

Liu Xiang saw that Zhuang Jihua's words turned his half a month's hard work into naught, he can't do it now, seeing Yang Sen withdraw, Zhuang Jihua is bound to propose an increase in troops, this soldier is naturally from outside the province, but this is coming, will he leave? Did he plan it that way? As soon as this idea came up, Liu Xiang immediately rejected it. At that time, the Red Army was still far away, still in southern Shaanxi, did he see that the Red Army only had one way into Sichuan? If so, then this Zhuang Jihua is too terrible.

All kinds of ideas were running around in Liu Xiang's mind, his mind was chaotic, Zhang Si could see that the meeting was at an impasse, so he stepped forward and interjected:

"In this case, you can express your opinions, and everyone will work together to drive the communists out of Sichuan and restore the clear sky in Sichuan Province."

After Zhang Sike finished speaking, everyone looked at Liu Xiang, and Liu Xiang nodded helplessly. This point shows that the two plans he came up with before are all nullified, and all stoves have to be started again.

Zhuang Jihua suppressed the excitement in his heart, knowing that his opportunity was coming, and he had to seize this opportunity and let the meeting make a decision according to his plan.

(To be continued)