Although he was a native of Ba County, Sichuan, he went to Yunnan to take up a post after graduating from the Yueben Noncommissioned Officer School, and successively served as a senior senator of the Yunnan New Army Supervision and Training Office, the general office of the Yunnan Army Primary School, and the general office of the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall.

Cai Yi, who has been transferred to Yanjing, and Jiang Fangzhen, the principal of the Baoding Military Academy, who attempted suicide a few months ago, were all classmates of Hu Jingyi during his study at the Yueben Non-commissioned Officer School.

Before he became the governor of Sichuan, due to the Baolu Movement and the Chengdu Mutiny that shocked the whole country, the civilian forces learned from the pain and decided that they could no longer let the warriors in power, so they firmly united and firmly grasped the right to make decisions about civil affairs and did not let go, even if there were contradictions within themselves, they could always compromise with each other on this issue and unite with the outside world.

During the reign of Zhang Lan, the previous speaker of the National Assembly, he passed a series of bills, which greatly enhanced the power of the Consultative Council, subdividing the power that originally belonged to the governor of each ministry to the chief officials of various ministries, which not only improved the status of civil officials, but also played a role in containing and supervising the governors appointed by the central government, so that Hu Jingyi, who took over the post of governor in the middle of the road, was helpless.

After more than a year of integration and development, the civilian-official clique composed of representatives of the major local forces has firmly occupied important posts in Sichuan's military and political circles and local political axes at all levels, and it will be even more difficult for Hu Jingyi to regain power.

Hu Jingyi also knows that he is a big governor, he is a complete layman in civil management and economic development, and he has no prestige for civil affairs, but the army is gradually out of his control, which Hu Jingyi can't bear anymore.

Now, the army loyal to Hu Jingyi is only one of his guard regiments, which is enough to be responsible for his security and daily life, but Hu Jingyi has tried his best to win over and suppress, and he still can't control the more and more domineering divisions of the Sichuan Army, not to mention the border army outside the new army, which is the private property of Xiao Yimin, a disciple of the closed door left by the former governor Zhao Erfeng, who was cut off from his head, although it has been merged into the Sichuan Standing Army through friendly consultation, and nominally belongs to him, the leader of the metropolitan governor. But the object of the allegiance of the 25,000 border troops is still Xiao Yimin, the commander of the border army.

Now Hu Jingyi regrets it, regrets that he shouldn't be soft-hearted, and falls into the evil deeds of Xiao Yimin and the shameless literati in the provincial government and the parliament, thinking that the return of the border army can strengthen the power and prestige of the entire Sichuan political axe and the governor's office, and it is a strong support for him, the governor who has no soldiers in his hands, and now it seems that all this is the result of the exchange of interests between Xiao Yimin and the civilian official group, which makes Hu Jingyi's bamboo basket empty, and he has to pay a huge amount of military expenses for the army that does not belong to him every year.

Hu Jingyi thought about it, the initiator of all this is Xiao Yimin, I really don't know how this humble Xiao Yimin's head grows, in just a few years to save such a huge network and belongings, although Xiao Yimin's rapid development benefited from the strong support of the two governors, but the development to this extent is really amazing.

Fortunately, Xiao Yimin did not show much ambition, and was suppressed by the incomparably wise President Yuan Da openly and secretly, imprisoning him in the position of a border army general and unable to move, Hu Jingyi also redeemed the new Sichuan Arsenal, supported the local forces to split Xiao Yimin's belongings, and through military salary allocation and military appointment, he won over a number of important generals such as Zhou Jun and Sun Zhaoluan, the generals of the Sichuan Army, which effectively weakened Xiao Yimin's strength, so that Xiao Yimin, who is said to be Zhongtian, has not been able to pose a threat to his position as governor. Everything is affordable.

Hu Jingyi has been silently weakening and suppressing Xiao Yimin, and this time he vigorously supported Xiao Yimin and various units of the Sichuan Army to oppress Yunnan and forced Yunnan to take the initiative to negotiate peace, which was the opportunity that Hu Jingyi had been waiting for for a long time.

At the critical juncture when Hu Jingyi was implementing the plan step by step, the Yanjing envoy secretly sent a secret order, forcing Hu Jingyi to temporarily hand over the affairs of the Sichuan-Yunnan peace talks to Zhang Peijue, the chief of civil affairs, and turn all his energies to how to carry out Yuan Dashuai's orders; otherwise, once Xiong Kewu's troops in Chongqing raised the anti-Yuan banner and echoed with the Kuomintang armed forces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, it would definitely bring about a political impact that shocked the world, and Sichuan, which had finally settled down, was likely to cause chaos again.

At that time, Hu Jingyi, who lived up to President Yuan's ardent expectations, will be ruthlessly abandoned, and he, the governor of Sichuan, will come to an end.

Seeing off President Yuan's special envoy, Hu Jingyi immediately summoned Zhou Jun, commander of the First Division stationed in Neijiang, and asked him to quickly rush back to Chengdu to discuss military affairs.

At present, Hu Jingyi can barely command, only Zhou Jun's first division and Peng Guanglie's second division are left, Sun Zhaoluan's third division stationed in the camp in the eastern suburbs of Chengdu has already put on a pair of pants with Xiao Yimin, and Wang Jian's fourth division should not be counted on.

After half a year of rigorous training, Zhou Junbu has consumed a lot of ammunition in stock, and nearly a quarter of the old rifles are no longer usable, and he is in a hurry to buy a batch of guns and ammunition, but now the entire Yangtze River valley is at war, and it is difficult for the major foreign companies in Europe and the United States to ship the goods even if they have them, not to mention that all forces in the country are frantically expanding their armies and rushing to buy weapons, and the only hope is to go to Xiao Yimin, the largest arms dealer in western China.

When Zhou Jun was about to leave for Chengdu to find Xiao Yimin, a telegram from Hu Jingyi, the governor of the capital, arrived, and Zhou Jun hurriedly gathered the generals under his command to let everyone tell what the governor meant?

After discussing and discussing, Yang Sen, the battalion commander under his command, stood up and spoke: "No matter what he means, don't you know if you go to Chengdu?" Anyway, Shizuo didn't receive this telegram, and he also had to go to Chengdu. ”

All the generals echoed in unison, and Zhou Jun thought about it, pointed with his big hand, and said to Yang Sen: "Very good!" You come with me. ”

Three days later, Zhou Jun and deputy division commander Song Xuegao together to meet the metropolitan governor Hu Jingyi, under Hu Jingyi's earnest guidance and solemn promise, the two happily took over the important task of crusading against Xiong Kewu, with Hu Jingyi's gift of 350,000 yuan to leave the governor's mansion, and immediately went to the North School Field Border Army Headquarters to find Xiao Yimin.

Xiao Yimin was listening to the German instructor's class with 80 cadets of the artillery section at the military academy, and when he received an urgent report from the officer on duty, he quietly left the class and rushed back to the headquarters to meet Zhou Jun and others warmly, and also made a few jokes with Yang Sen, who was tall and majestic.

Yang Sen didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Xiao Yimin, when he saw Xiao Yimin, he saluted respectfully, Xiao Yimin in front of him is not only the commander-in-chief of the border army with tens of thousands of troops and outstanding achievements, but also Yang Sen's teacher when he was in the army crash school, and Xiao Yimin has always taken care of all students, and he is very righteous to all divisions and generals. Xiao Yimin, who is six years younger than Yang Sen, deserves the respect of all the Sichuan Army brothers.

The head of the guard regiment directly under the border army headquarters and several staff officers of the headquarters were all classmates of the same class as Yang Sen, and the old classmates naturally felt very cordial when they met rarely.

(To be continued)