When Zhuang Jihua walked into the conference room, Zhang Sike's face was flushed, Fu Chang was standing on the side, his chest was still rising and falling, Liu Xiang was facing away from them, and he had no intention of getting up at all. Zhuang Jihua didn't care and walked straight to the position opposite Liu Xiang and sat down, and Tang Zong sat next to him.

After sitting down, Zhuang Jihua didn't speak, just looked at Liu Xiang silently, Liu Xiang's eyes looked at the desktop silently, a box of matches rummaged in his hand, and there was something of disappointment or despair swimming in the room.

Zhuang Jihua suddenly felt a little sympathetic to him, he sighed and said: "Fu Gong, I know this is very difficult and painful for you, but I have to do this, after all...., we are in the same arena. ”

"I don't need your sympathy," Liu Xiang coldly interrupted him: "I can accept your conditions, but I also have conditions." First, the annual tax must be paid in the first month of each year, not fourteen million but sixteen million; Second, Liu Wenhui's defense zone will be taken over by us; Third, in the future, if we have disputes with other forces in Sichuan, the central government must support us; Fourth, we have appointed local administrative officials, you cannot be removed at will. ”

The stone in Zhuang Jihua's heart finally landed, Liu Xiang's few articles are not so much a condition as a face, even if three or four agree, they will not believe it.

"I can promise the first one, but I can't the second, because I promised Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao to let them get three counties each; The third article exceeds my authority, and must be approved by the principal, and the fourth article is even more not, I have worked hard to get these sixteen counties, and you are allowed to garrison the army, and you do not need taxes, just for the sake of civil power, and the primary manifestation of civil power is personnel power, and the current institutions are some reasonable, some are unreasonable, some are to be abolished, and some are to be added, so I can't agree to this article. ”

"Okay, that's it." Liu Xiang also felt bored after thinking about it, the land has been given to others, what is the use of civil rights.

After Liu Xiang finished speaking, he stood up and was about to leave, but Zhuang Jihua hurriedly stopped him: "Fu Gong is slow." Liu Xiang sat down slowly: "What else is going on?" ”

"That's not going to work," Zhuang Jihua said with a smile, "I would like to ask Fu Gong to make a statement with me." ”

Zhuang Jihua said and took out a piece of paper, unfolded it, put it on the table, and then pushed it to the opposite side, Liu Xiang took it, and saw that it was written: "Since the country decided to develop the southwest, the army has supported it with all its might, and the development of the southwest has benefited the country and the people of Sichuan, but the development of the southwest is a heavy task and troublesome, and the Sichuan situation is chaotic, the defense area is complicated, and the government decrees are different, and often the result is half the work, so in order to support the country's development of the southwest, the commander of the army decided to hand over the administrative power, public security power, tax collection power, personnel power and other powers of Yucheng and its surrounding 16 counties to the southwest development task force. This army only retains the right to garrison troops. It is hereby declared. ”

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly and understood that Zhuang Jihua asked him to make a public statement so that he had no way out and would not be able to regret it in the future.

"Does this thing work?" Zhang Sike asked lightly.

"No, but I'm also worried," Zhuang Jihua said helplessly, "so I have to dress up these things that should be in the dark, and then take them to the sun for everyone to see." ”

They understand, they all understand what Zhuang Jihua is worried about, this is a world that only believes in strength, he only has so many troops, if Liu Xiang turns his face after the war and refuses to admit it, what can Zhuang Jihua do, he can only make the agreement public now, first stand on the moral high ground, even if Liu Xiang wants to turn his face, then he must consider being poked in the backbone in the future.

This was the first time since the Republic of China that the central government did not send a single soldier and local forces took the initiative to hand over their territory to the central government; newspapers in various localities vied with each other to reprint it, and newspapers in Chengdu and Chongqing even reported with headlines, and the situation in Sichuan immediately became the center of attention of the domestic news media, even exceeding the fourth crackdown on bandits that was about to begin. Chiang Kai-shek ordered two divisions from the army encircling and suppressing the Hunan and Hubei border areas to be stationed in Yichang and assembled outside Kuimen.

Deng Xihou was very old, and when Xia Shouxun attacked Qingmu Pass, he simply ran to Guan County and handed over Chengdu to Xiang Chuanyi. The day after he arrived, Tian Songyao also secretly rushed to Guan County.

Liu Xiang was defeated, Yucheng was in danger, their subordinates couldn't help it, and they asked to attack on it, Huang Yin and Dong Changan contacted privately, preparing to leave Deng Tian and the two alone, but fortunately they were discovered by the intelligence agency controlled by Tang Zong, and Zeng Guangqing notified Deng Tian in time, and the two were immediately suppressed.

Although there was no big mess, this was a danger signal, in fact, Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao themselves were a little uncontrollable, if Liu Xiang was defeated, Liu Wenhui's family was dominant, with his surname, he would never let them go.

In order to prevent Deng Xihou from sabotaging the plan, Zhuang Jihuadian ordered Zeng to move to Guan County, where he was inseparable from Deng Xihou. As soon as Liu Xiang and Zhuang Jihua's telegram arrived, Zeng Guangqing was completely relieved and told Deng Xihou that he could send troops.

"This Zhuang Cultural Revolution is hard to get, and he can hold his breath." Deng Xihou shook his head and said, "Amazing, amazing." ”

"Sixteen counties around Yucheng were taken without firing a shot, and the chairman is amazing." Tian Songyao couldn't help but say.

"You know how much it cost to shoot a single shot?" Zeng Guangqing also sighed and said: "Yang Li Luo is six million, plus the two of you and Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui, twenty million will be gone." ”

Zeng Kuoqing is very clear about the use of funds, and most of the money is paid by him, especially Chen Mingqian and Deng Guozhang, but Zeng Kuoqing still has questions, why Zhuang Jihua didn't let the bomb buried inside Liu Wenhui explode at the same time, what is he waiting for?

"What do you think the Cultural Revolution wants?" Deng Xihou is still very puzzled, judging from the electricity, except for the tax power, it seems to be a little useful, everything else is useless, except for trouble or trouble.

"I think he's got what he wants." Zeng Guangqing smiled slightly, and a question surged in his heart, why did the Cultural Revolution let Liu Xiang go? actually allowed him to garrison the army.

Deng Xihou looked at Zeng Guangqing in confusion, could it be that those places were also used to raise the army in the Zhuang Cultural Revolution? But more than 20 million, but the ocean, the kind of bad money made in Sichuan from time to time, how many troops can be raised, 100,000 people plus weapons and ammunition, there is no problem in raising it for three years. Deng Xihou looked at Zeng Guangqing and wanted to ask, but he felt that people would definitely not say anything, forget it, he let out a long sigh and ordered: "Order the troops to act." ”

"He was an ancestor!" Liu Wenhui jumped to his feet in the headquarters and scolded: "The meat is rotten in the pot, Liu Fucheng is going to serve the pot, fuck it!" Our Liu family has this kind of loser! ”

No one around dared to open up, isn't Liu Xiang's mother Liu Wenhui's sister-in-law, and Liu Xiang's grandfather not Liu Wenhui's father.

"Commander, I think we are now negotiating an armistice with Liu Fucheng,...。 Zhang Qingping suggested.

"Will he be willing? His territory has been ceded to Chiang Kai-shek, and now that the war is armistice, where will he Liu Xiang go? Chief of Staff Peng Can retorted: "I think the only way to do this is to strengthen the offensive and take Yucheng in one fell swoop." ”

"Yes, Ziqian, you also issued a statement, saying that Liu Xiang is deceiving the central government and the Sichuan people." Gao Shen suggested.

"Well, okay, two-pronged, Zhou Gaoshen, you go and draw up a statement, order Xia Shouxun to conquer Qingmu Pass within three days, and order Leng Yindong to defeat Guo Xunqi and Zhang Qingping within two days, you lead the troops to detour to Nanquan, and the Nanshan area to attack Yucheng." Liu Wenhui resolutely ordered that as long as Liu Xiang was defeated, any agreement would be a piece of waste paper.

"Report," the confidential staff officer hurriedly ran in and shouted: "Deng Xihou of the 28th Army and Tian Songyao of the 29th Army jointly telegraphed to maintain peace in Sichuan and control the war by force. ”

"Report, send an urgent telegram to the deputy army commander, Huang Yin Department and Chen Li Department of the 28th Army; Dong Chang'an's division, Wang Mingzhang's division, and Huang Zhenggui's division of the 29th Army launched an attack on Chengdu and asked the deputy commander for reinforcements. ”

"It was reported that Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, and Luo Zezhou, together with Xu Shaoqing and Meng Haoran of the 21st Army, launched an attack on Tongnan, and Yang Sen's Baiju Division commanded two brigades to attack Anyue. Brigadier Yang Zongli asked for reinforcements. ”

"Aoki Guanxia, commander-in-chief, sent an urgent telegram, and Deng Guozhang sent a telegram to support the central government and announced his separation from our army."

"Commander-in-Chief Leng sent an urgent telegram, Chen Mingqian's troops rebelled, Guo Xunqi took the opportunity to counterattack, our army suffered heavy losses, and was retreating towards Laifeng."

Suddenly, the situation in central Sichuan suddenly changed, and Liu Wenhui, who was victorious, suddenly fell into a siege on all sides, Liu Wenhui sat down on a chair and muttered in his mouth: "Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek, you dog is so poisonous." ”

"Retreat immediately," Peng Can persuaded: "Xia Shouxun is very dangerous now, once Tongnan is lost, he will fall into the middle of Pan Wenhua and Yang Sen's attack. Moreover," Peng Can looked at Liu Wenhui and added: "We also ignore Wang Zanxu; A few days ago, I got the news that Wang Zanxu was collecting the rout troops in the Zhongliangshan area of Beibei. Now that Xia Shouxun is defeated, if Wang Zanxu makes a detour from Beibei to Tongliang, then Xia Shouxun will be cut off from the waist. ”

Peng Can looked at the map and depicted a bleak prospect to Liu Wenhui, three attacks and two defeats, can this battle continue? But retreating like this, Liu Wenhui was unwilling, the fruit was once within reach, but suddenly it became out of reach.

Liu Wenhui was extremely angry: "The brain is not fighting Chongqing, Deng Monkey, Tian Donggua, Lao Tzu will clean you up first, and clearly order Leng Yindong to retreat to Longchang, Zhang Qingping to retreat to the south of Jiangjin, and Xia Shouxun to retreat to Dazu." Stabilize the front line at Dazu, Longchang, and Luxian, and telegraph to the deputy army commander that I will lead the troops back to Chengdu. ”

(To be continued)