It is not easy for a famous family like the Li family to make such a decision, and there are controversies and quarrels within the family. But weighing the pros and cons, Li Jingmai still strongly advocated making such a decision. This is not surprising, historically, every family that has been passed down will plant power in different forces, so that no matter which side wins, the interests of the family will not be harmed. The focus of the controversy is the blow to the Li family after Li Jingxi defected to the revolutionary party, the blows from the imperial court, the exclusion of colleagues, the criticism of the people, the impact on the prestige of the Li family, and the impact on the officialdom of family members.

If Li Jingxi defects to the chaotic party, and is the first and highest position among the Manchu officials, the blow to the Manchus will be devastating. It is not difficult to imagine that in the future, there will continue to be Manchu officials following in Li Jingxi's footsteps, today they will be governors and admirals, and tomorrow they will be governors and generals.

Now that the decision has been made, there should be no further hesitation, and the time has come to be decisive. Li Jingxi immediately arranged manpower, and according to his own plan in advance, he first had to contact the group of gentry in the city who had the Zhenguo Party in their hearts, and united them to control the green camp in Nanning City. Then it is necessary to send a telegram to the Guangzhou side, express their intentions, agree on the way of starting an incident, and so on.

Of course, things will not be smooth sailing, how to convince the Hao Shen and the Guangzhou side to make them believe in their determination, this is the most critical place. In other words, you need to vote for your name, so let the hardcore of the imperial court and the family of the governor of Guangxi pave the way for your future!

"Li San, you take people to the Admiral's Mansion, bring more muskets, axes and torches, remember, you can't leave a single person! I want to use the head of the Li family to prove our determination to make trouble. ”

"Li Er, after Li San is finished, you go to the three major families of the Zhang family, the Bai family, and the Liu family, so that they should believe in our wishes. The most important thing in discussing with them is to control the green battalion in the city, the power of the Guangxi gentry represented by the three major families is deeply rooted in the green battalion, and many officers are their people, so it should not be difficult to do this. Speaking of this, Li Jingxi pondered for a while, and thought to himself, those families are not stupid, the Zhenguo Party must also have secret agents in Nanning, and it may not be known who controls the green camp now, if you don't do it yourself, others will do it. No, we must find ways to make a greater contribution so that we can occupy a high position in the system of the Zhenguo Party in the future. Border guards! That's right, it's the border guards!

"Li Da, if you send a telegram to Guangzhou, just say that the Guangxi border guards are waiting for the Zhenguo Army to take over, and there will be no resistance, this is a gift from us! Also, let Su Yuanchun wait for all the soldiers of the Green Battalion to return to Nanning City, and give up all the rest of the place, and when they come in, our people will control all the officers under Su Yuanchun, and then sit and wait for the Zhenguo Army to come to the door. With such a big gift, Zhenguojun should be satisfied. "It has to be said that if the number one wants to surrender to the enemy, the damage caused will be amazing. Su Yuanchun, the governor of Guangxi, directly obeyed the orders of the governor and was controlled by the governor of Guangxi, but had jurisdiction over the army but did not have the right to dispatch. Zhou Fu, the acting governor of Liangguang, was originally a member of the Li family, and he handed over most of the rights to Li Jingxi when he suppressed the bandit alliance before, and he didn't care about Guangxi's affairs. Therefore, Li Jingxi can mobilize the army to the greatest extent, and a pure soldier like Su Yuanchun will not disobey his orders.

"Unexpectedly, a feudal official like Li Jingxi wants to survive by surrendering, or the people of the Li family, between the choice of life and death, most of them will choose life." Lu Min handed the telegram to Lu Liang and commented on it with the thinking of a genetic person. I spent more time with Lu Min, and Lu Liang was also used to the way his subordinates spoke, but fortunately, Wu Yue was also by his side, so he could neutralize his somewhat stiff brain.

"Prime Minister, is this true, will Li Jingxi surrender by fraud? It always felt like something was wrong to me. Wu Yue also said that in more than a year, Wu Yue's ability has not only been greatly improved, but her self-confidence has also grown rapidly. Lu Liang did not hide many things from her, and Wu Yue could often put forward suggestions that made Lu Liang's eyes shine.

"Whether it's true or not, even if it's fake, we will recover the entire territory of Guangxi in a short time. If it were true, it would have caused us a little less trouble. In this way, the plan remains unchanged, and we will move forward step by step to see what Li Jingxi is doing. Wu Yue, did our intelligence officers in Nanning send back a telegram? ”

"Not yet, Lu Si personally went to Nanning, responsible for integrating those anti-Qing forces, the telegram he sent back yesterday showed that the work of the Investigation Bureau was fruitful, half of the more than 30,000 green battalion soldiers in Nanning City were controlled by the gentry, and the remaining officers were all transferred from other provinces, or Li Jingxi and Su Yuanchun's cronies."

Around Nanning, the undercurrent is surging, and Su Yuanchun, who led more than 20,000 green battalion soldiers, has retreated to Yulin, hesitating between continuing to retreat and organizing resistance, a paper order and a secret letter brought by a cronie made Su Yuanchun shocked. He has been a governor in Guangxi for more than ten years, and the forces he manages are not comparable to those of Li Jingxi, a foreign official. Such a big movement in Nanning City was finally learned by Su Yuanchun's cronies, coupled with Li Jingxi's order to withdraw his troops to verify each other, Su Yuanchun can be sure that Li Jingxi, a son of a bitch, wants to surrender to the enemy!

There are ten battalions of green battalions in Nanning, two of which are firmly controlled by themselves, and the rest don't need to think about it to know that they are all following Li Jingxi and those anti-thieves. If Li Jingxi issued an order to let those green battalions return to Nanning, he would not be able to save the overall situation with more than 20,000 green battalions in any case, not to mention that there were nearly 100,000 Zhenguo army tigers and wolves behind.

The key now is to rush back to Nanning as soon as possible, defeat the traitors, and then restrain the entire Guangxi army and fight to the death with the Zhenguo army! In addition, orders were given to other green battalions and border guards outside the city to compete with Li Jingxi for control of those armies.

Su Yuanchun's action was still a little late, and all the green battalion soldiers left the city and fortifications after receiving Li Jingxi's order, and marched towards Nanning. The border guards were ordered to be stationed on the spot and not to act rashly, and immediately afterward, they received an order from Su Yuanchun: Li Jingxi surrendered to the enemy, and the military affairs of Guangxi were taken over by Su Yuanchun, and the border guards waited for the order. The contradictory orders overwhelmed the border guards and had to stay put, and the disputes at the top were not something that these officers could understand, and in contrast, they preferred to trust Su Yuanchun, who had been the commander for many years.

On November 5, Su Yuanchun returned to Nanning, and after opening the city gate, under the strange eyes of the guards, Su Yuanchun led the soldiers into the city with their heads held high.

"My lord, after Su Yuanchun came back, he immediately rushed to the military camp in the city and never came out. Moreover, there were people coming in and out, and the garrison of the two battalions in the city that had promised to follow us, as well as several guerrilla generals, showed signs of wavering. ”

"Su Yuanchun really can't be underestimated, what do those people say?"

"Their opinion is to stay still and wait for the arrival of the Zhenguo Army, but I am afraid that I can't wait for that time, and now the main force of the Zhenguo Army has not yet reached the front line of Liuzhou and Yulin, and it will be at least a day later when it arrives in Nanning."

"Order all the men to load their guns and start as soon as something goes wrong!"

The tension in the city of Nanning is like a handful of withered grass, and a little spark can burn it out. At this time, the commander of the third company, Le Fei, was leading people to attack the city of Guilin, and intelligence showed that there was no Manchu military presence in the city of Guilin, so the 1st Mountain Brigade did not wait for the artillery of the 2nd Division of the Army to come up, and let the infantry attack. Sure enough, the soldiers did not meet resistance after the city gate was blown open, and after inquiry, all the Qing troops withdrew from Guilin yesterday. The 1st Mountain Brigade made a great achievement in vain, which made the 2nd Mountain Brigade and the 2nd Division regret it later.

Le Fei, who had not rested for two days and one night, finally lay down on the street and slept for three hours, when he was woken up by the rumbling movement, that is, the second division had received a new order and was setting off as a whole army. The order was for the 2nd Division to rush to Nanning as quickly as possible, and the 1st and 2nd Brigades in the mountains were stationed on the spot to maintain order and spread to the periphery of Guilin.

Lü Liang confirmed the exact news of Li Jingxi's defection from the telegram sent back by Lü Si, and immediately ordered all the armies to converge to Nanning. The nearest of these were the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Second Army, which had already entered Yulin and, having received orders, marched non-stop in the direction of Nanning. If the speed is fast, the Zhenguo army will enter Nanning without firing a shot, and if the situation changes, fierce street battles will break out in the city of Nanning, which is very unfavorable for post-war recovery.

In addition to the various troops advancing on the ground, there was also a force in the sky that flew in the direction of Nanning. This was the newly formed airship brigade of the Air Force, and two batches of twenty large airships received from the factory came in handy, which took off from Huizhou and picked up two thousand soldiers of the 1st Mountain Brigade after landing in Guilin. Since it is not a special transport airship, the number of soldiers that can be carried is limited, and the first brigade and three companies, as units with relatively strong combat effectiveness, are also equipped with this new type of carrier.