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Chapter 5** Gong Gao Zhen Lord

On 10 April, Zhu Peide, a special envoy dispatched by the central government, led more than 10 cronies to Syria, and An Yi led dozens of generals from the Fifth Army Headquarters to Luzhou to greet him in person. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Peide is very fond of this brick and concrete structure compound, there are two towering ancient camphor trees in the wide courtyard, the bluestone carved well platform and the garden are scattered, the shape is unique, the courtyard house surrounded by the wind and fire wall of the typical southern Sichuan style forms an independent courtyard, each door and window is made of precious wood, the style is beautiful, the layout is ingenious, the carving is exquisite, simple and elegant, giving people a neat and refreshing, quiet and comfortable feeling.

"Uncle De, if you like this house, I'll give it to you." An Yi walked beside Zhu Peide and smiled.

Zhu Peide shook his head: "If you want to take everything you like, I'm afraid that your heart will be full of material desires, and you will no longer be able to be accessible and calm, and you will be upright, that's it, that's it!" ”

An Yi knew that Zhu Peide had a deep friendship with Lao Shoudao and Songjian Zhenren, and was greatly influenced by the Taoist idea of Wuwei, and pursued tranquility and far-reaching, indifferent and ambitious, so he didn't say anything about it anymore, and turned the topic to the situation in Yunnan:

"Uncle De, a week ago, Duke Yi (Li Hongxiang's character Yiting) arrived here and had a detailed conversation with his little nephew all night. Yi Gong is a pure-hearted elder, for fear that the little nephew's soldiers will go straight to Kunming, and there will be a fierce battle with the tough character of Long Yun, damaging the places of interest and monuments in Spring City, and repeatedly asking the little nephew's Fifth Army to press forward step by step and maintain military pressure.

The little nephew felt that Yigong was painstaking, and agreed to him, so that Huanqi's garrison division, Hutou's 44th division, and Zhu's 17th division slowly drove to Chuncheng from Zhaotong on the middle road and Wuding on the west road, and the third division of Shizhen's division followed Hu Ruoyu's division to implement oppression from the east, and the two divisions led by Zhang Cunqiang's brother were the reserves. At present, except for Hu Ruoyu's department, which has been fighting with the Longyun department from time to time, the other departments have basically not encountered decent resistance.

Last night, Yi Gong called his little nephew, saying that he had successfully contacted all walks of life in Kunming City to hold a meeting, and Lu Han, who had won the post of director of the Yunnan Provincial Appeasement Office, attended the meeting to congratulate him, and the other two division commanders also expressed their support for the central leadership. It is estimated that all walks of life in Yunnan have reached a preliminary consensus, and they urgently need Uncle De to return to take charge. ”

Zhu Peide came to the stone table under the tree and sat down, took the teacup handed by the orderly, and motioned for An Yi, Zhao Rui, and Ding Zhicheng to sit down as well:

"The situation in Yunnan is quite complicated, although all ministries and all walks of life have initially formed a consensus, but they are still in a troubled situation of supporting the army and respecting themselves, separating one side, occupying Kunming is not the same as occupying the whole of Yunnan, even if I become the chairman of Yunnan Province, I will not be able to achieve the real reunification of the whole province within a year or two, and the next things will be complicated!"

Zhao Rui said with a smile: "Uncle De, as long as Long Yun is transferred to Nanjing and appointed as the general of the military department, Uncle De's resistance will disappear, and there is Brother Shi Zhen's Qianxi troops in the east, and tens of thousands of soldiers of my Fifth Army stationed in southern Sichuan in the north, who dares to go against the trend in all parts of the Yunnan army?" ”

"Brother Xiangyun, if Long Yun doesn't respect the order, what will happen?" Major General Adjutant Zhu Shijie asked with a smile.

Zhao Rui glanced at An Yi, who was smiling easily, turned to Zhu Shijie, and replied calmly: "If that's the case, there is only one way, fight!" He was convinced. At present, Zhaotong is under the control of our army, and Long Yun's entire family is under our protection, according to the commander's will, we have not restricted the freedom of anyone in the Long family, protected their property, and allowed them to travel back and forth to Kunming, presumably Long Yun should also be conscious.

According to the news from the front, Long Yun has the intention of retreating south if he can't be defeated, and preserving his strength to wait for a comeback in the future, and we will also let his family bring him a message, as long as he dares to resist stubbornly, unless he escapes to Annan and Shangliao, which are not part of the Republic of China, he will be annihilated mercilessly. At that time, if he wants to surrender, I am afraid that he will have no capital. ”

Zhu Peide and Zhu Shijie looked at each other, according to the established strategy of the Central Committee and Commander-in-Chief Jiang, the strategy of using both soft and hard against Long Yun and forcing Huairou was determined, and the principle of making every effort to negotiate peacefully and not easily intensifying the contradiction was set, and An Yi treated Long Yun with such a tough attitude as soon as he came on the field, which made Zhu Peide unexpected and quite worried.

An Yi saw Zhu Peide's thoughts, put down the teacup, and told his thoughts truthfully: "Uncle De, don't worry, our Fifth Army is still very cautious in dealing with Long Yun, and specially convened four special meetings for this purpose, and finally came up with a-for-tat and unforgiving plan!" ”

An Yi put away his smile and solemnly continued to explain: "Long Yun is young and martial arts, with a strong personality, and he has accumulated rich experience in successive expeditions, and since last year, the whole person seems to have suddenly awakened, and the strategy and spiritual realm seem to have risen a lot, according to the information we have, Long Yun reopened the Yunnan Lecture Hall last year, trained his own troops, and purchased a large number of new weapons and equipment from the French in Annam to enhance his combat effectiveness, and the construction of a large airfield was completed at the beginning of the year, and the eight planes purchased from France and Italy are estimated to arrive soon.

In August last year, Long Yun changed the old system, implemented an enlightened policy, respectfully invited Yunnan's virtuous people and talented people from all walks of life to participate in the administration and discussion of state affairs, and put forward the beautiful slogan of democratic consultation and joint construction of Yunnan, which caused a shock in the whole province and received rave reviews. Secondly, under the persuasion of a group of think tanks, Long Yun began to pay attention to education, increased teachers' salaries, and successively expanded and built five new schools, which made him win a good reputation among the literati. The little nephew is sure that as long as Long Yun is given another three or five years of development time, it will be difficult for the central government to shake him.

It is estimated that Commander-in-Chief Chiang and the senior officials of the central ministries also saw this, so that they would take the negative political impact and the danger of losing trust with the localities, and resolutely decided to strike while the iron was hot to recover Yunnan, so as to prevent Longyun from developing rapidly and turning into a big warlord who supported the army and divided the territory with self-respect. ”

Zhu Peide nodded: "Before leaving Nanjing, the commander-in-chief and the president of the Fifth Academy also repeatedly analyzed the situation in Yunnan with me and discussed the formation of the new government.

It seems that you are right, this Long Zhizhou (Long Yunzi) ideological realm has indeed made a lot of progress, and the comparison between before and after is like a rebirth! It's a pity that he also has an Achilles heel, he is suspicious by nature, and he is so happy with his achievements, which causes his generals to be suppressed and deviate from morality, so that after his defeat in the Eastern Expedition, he was disturbed by civil strife, and then insisted on going his own way and restarting the civil war.

Since God has given us such a fleeting opportunity to march forward with the banner of righteousness and break the closure of Yunnan for decades with a righteous army that exceeds it several times more, then we must firmly grasp it...... Long Yun is afraid that he will regret it at this moment. ”

Everyone nodded in unison, and Zhu Shijie still asked An Yi worriedly: "Brother Xian, how did Long Yun react to the pressure of the soldiers?" ”

"He urgently built three lines of defense outside Kunming, and the whole army of more than 20,000 people plus 50,000 requisitioned people, worked day and night, making the army and civilians exhausted and complaining, and the elites from all walks of life who originally supported his government were also deeply disappointed, and Long Yun made another wrong move."

An Yi shook his head with a smile, and continued: "Because of this, we are more and more determined to implement a tougher policy, Long Yun is strictly a martial artist, and he is a strong-willed martial artist, for a person like him, he can only fight-for-tat, and he can't blindly meet him, he must be more ruthless, harder, and more resolute than him, in order to break his will in one fell swoop, even if he escapes outside the border, he must chase him and fight, otherwise, hidden dangers will emerge in the future, only in this way, In order to eliminate the biggest force in Yunnan as much as possible, deter the powerful from all walks of life in Yunnan, and make Uncle De less tired in the future. ”

Everyone smiled, and Zhao Rui asked Zhu Peide: "Uncle De, what name does the central government give Uncle De?" ”

Zhu Peide hesitated: "It was initially decided to retain the two numbers of the 38th and 39th armies in Yunnan, the number of the 38th Army is in my hands, Huanqi's garrison division will be renamed the first division, and Shigui's 17th division will be incorporated into the 38th army and renamed the second division, and the insufficient part will be recruited separately."

Lu Han was promoted to commander of the 39th Army, Zhu Xu was appointed deputy commander and chief of staff, responsible for the defense of western Yunnan, and the other two divisions of Zhang Fengchun and Zhang Chong were merged into the 39th Army; Hu Ruoyu was promoted to provincial security commander...... I've wronged you, Shigui's 17th Division has always belonged to the Fifth Army Corps, but now it has been snatched back by me. ”

An Yi smiled slightly: "Uncle De, don't say this, it's too late for the juniors to be happy for you, Brother Zhu's 17th Division still retains many Yunnan officers and soldiers, which is the backbone of the 38th Army of the Yunnan Army, this juniors and brothers have long been psychologically prepared, we just need to take over the number of the 17th Division, and there is no problem in forming a full 17th Division within ten days, no need to worry about it!" ”

All the brothers expressed the same meaning, Zhu Peide smiled a little reluctantly, glanced around at the generals, stood up and grabbed An Yi's hand, and seemed to be very interested in ordering An Yi and Zhao Rui to accompany him to the river.

An Yi readily agreed, instructed Ding Zhicheng and the other brothers to say a few words, and accompanied Zhu Peide with Zhao Rui, walked out of the courtyard gate and came to the riverside together, gazing at the surging momentum of the confluence of the three rivers in Hejiangmen, with stirring feelings and full of emotion.

Zhu Peide stopped and said worriedly: "Xiao Yi, Zhao Xian's nephew, there were too many soldiers just now, and some words are inconvenient to say, but I don't feel bad if I don't say it!" ”

"Say, Uncle De, what makes you so embarrassed?"

An Yi felt something, his heart sank, but he still had a relaxed smile on his face. The shrewd Zhao Rui stared into Zhu Peide's eyes for a moment, turned to An Yi, and then lowered his head slightly.

Zhu Peide sighed: "If my expectations are correct, I am afraid that the number of the 17th Division will be withdrawn by the central government, and there is also the number of the Fifth Army Corps, after the end of the Central Plains War, the other four Army Corps were all revoked, leaving only the numbers of the various armies of the Communist Party, I am very worried that after the pacification of Yunnan, the Fifth Army Corps will also be revoked accordingly."

Before I left Nanjing, I heard some kind of voice with ulterior motives, saying that the Fifth Army was too strong and that it might be difficult to control in the future. On the night before leaving, Vice Chief Ge quietly came to my house to see me off, and after drinking until before saying goodbye, he sadly said to me that He Jingzhi and Yang Yongtai, Wen Yiwu, had submitted a secret report on the Fifth Army to the Commander-in-Chief, and the core content was related to the hidden dangers of the continued existence of the Fifth Army Corps. really responded to my brother's words, the merit is high! ”

An Yi and Zhao Rui looked at each other, only to feel that one of their hearts was cold and slowly sinking.