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Xiao Yimin looked at Liu Bingxian unapologetically: "It's actually nothing if the second brother knows it, it's just some hands and tails that need to be cleaned up, and the younger brother will go back to Chengdu to enjoy happiness in a few days." ”

Liu Bingxian was stunned for a moment, felt very surprised, weighed it slightly, and immediately understood Xiao Yimin's plan, and nodded again and again: "That's good!" That's it! You can't fight anymore, if you fight again, you will make enemies on all sides, everyone will look up and don't look down, you have to be forgiving and forgiving, and you won't be so embarrassed to meet each other in the future. ”

Xiao Yimin picked up the teacup and took a sip, and sighed regretfully: "Others estimate that it is okay, but General Cai Songpo is probably not good, and I don't know if the younger brother is destined to meet him in this life." ”

Liu Bingxian was taken aback: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Xiao Yimin said with regret: "The news from the front line says that General Cai Songpo is ill and can't even speak, coughing up blood, and can't drink rice porridge. ”

Liu Bingxian was worried, didn't care about complaining about Xiao Yimin, and asked with great concern: "Is the news true?" ”

Xiao Yimin nodded: "I guess it's throat cancer...... That is, there is a tumor in the larynx or esophagus and trachea, this disease is currently untreatable in the world, I heard that General Songpa did not see a doctor in Yanjing before, and he has always planned to be cured, alas! ”

Liu Bingxian, who was an important high-ranking member of the Kuomintang, was clear about this matter, so he didn't ask anything more, but asked solemnly: "What are you going to do next?" Continue to suppress the Dian army so stubbornly and let the Dian army collapse on its own? ”

"Nope! The war has reached this point, there is no need to continue, second brother, I have to trouble you to go to Xuyong, and strive to complete the negotiations as soon as possible and end this damn war. Xiao Yimin's face was full of pleading.

"No!"

Liu Bingxian Huo Ran stood up: "Don't you think about it!" Don't go, hammer! How can you let me have the face to see Cai Songpo and those comrades who are willing to throw their heads and shed their blood for the revolution? Please be smart about this! ”

Xiao Yimin grabbed Liu Bingxian and pulled him back to his seat: "Second brother, this matter must be yours, you are the best candidate recognized by both sides, you are a senior general of our army, your identity is worthy of any general of the Yunnan army, it is easier for you to solve the problem than others."

"The war has developed so far, both sides are unwilling to continue to fight in Yunnan, the head snake Tang Jiyao has retreated, and its military and political circles are no longer willing to spend material and financial resources to fight in the province for the illusory ideal, it can be said that the whole of Yunnan for its own interests, no longer support Cai Songpo and others launched the national defense war and I dare to pack the ticket, Cai Songpo's generals have been seriously divided, and the 20,000 troops facing our army have completely lost confidence, and their whole army is about to collapse."

Liu Bingxian stared at Xiao Yimin's eyes suspiciously: "Do you want to sell me again?" ”

Xiao Yimin was stunned, and then understood Liu Bingxian's feelings, took a deep breath, and asked in a low voice, "How could the second brother have this idea?" ”

"Humph! You know it yourself. ”

Liu Bingxian turned his face away, picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly.

Xiao Yimin smiled bitterly:

"Second brother, it seems that you have misunderstood, first of all, you must recognize such a fact: no matter how loud and great and correct the revolutionary slogans shouted by Cai Songpo and others, their invasion of Sichuan is an undeniable fact, right? Before, we endured it again and again, begging them in a low voice not to enter Sichuan, but how did they do it?

"Taking 10,000 steps back, they say that the overthrow of Yuan Shikai and the establishment of a new republic are for the well-being and interests of the people of the whole world, but why should the interests of the people of Sichuan be sacrificed? They claim to be a revolutionary army, but their army is full of speculators with high eyes and low eyes, and corruption is rampant. Silver. Not to mention looting, but also selling opium and smoking opium itself, how can such an army claim to be a revolutionary army?

"If I let them into Sichuan, it will be a cruelty to the 40 million fathers and villagers in Sichuan!"

Liu Bingxian looked at the excited Xiao Yimin, shook slightly, and finally shook his head and insisted on his opinion: "You don't want to go to Lao Tzu if you say flowers." ”

Xiao Yimin was furious, stood up and looked around, and ordered loudly: "Convene all staff departments to review the battle plan and launch an attack on all fronts within twenty-four hours!" Send someone to catch up with the reckless man again, let him not fight Guiyang first, cut off the back road of the Dian army for Lao Tzu, don't let any of them go this time, Lao Tzu don't take prisoners! ”

Bao Jiqing and Wang Lingji hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them, begging Xiao Yimin not to be angry, and to discuss slowly, the other adjutants and staff officers saw Xiao Yimin so angry for the first time, and they were all so frightened that they stood in the distance and looked around in horror.

Liu Bingxian couldn't help it, jumped up and rushed to Xiao Yimin, pointed at Xiao Yimin's nose and scolded loudly: "Turtle son, you threaten Lao Tzu, right?" If you have the ability, you let go of the fight! If you want to be a sinner through the ages, you can go! ”

Xiao Yimin's eyes were red, and he stared at Liu Bingxian, who was dancing with his hands, and roared:

"Liu Bingxian of the dog! For the sake of 40 million fathers and villagers, and for the sake of the 150,000 soldiers of our Sichuan army, I, Xiao Yimin, will move forward even if I am broken to pieces! Fuck your Kuomintang, fuck your hypocrisy, Lao Tzu would rather be a real villain than a hypocrite like you...... Don't pull me! Get out of the way, Lao Tzu will go to the front line, and if he doesn't destroy the 20,000 Dian army, Lao Tzu will die on the battlefield......"

"What are you doing standing there? Why don't you help the commander in and rest? The commander hasn't closed his eyes for three days and two nights, you idiots..."Bao Jiqing hugged the angry Xiao Yimin, turned to Wu San, Lu Yixuan, Zheng Changze and others and scolded, Wang Lingji also hugged Xiao Yimin's waist pole, and dragged him to the side room.

The stunned generals came to their senses, rushed up, and put the scolding Xiao Yimin into the side room, and for a while, the chickens and dogs in the command headquarters were in chaos.

Wang Lingji saw the door closed, exhaled heavy breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, tidied up his clothes, picked up the military hat that fell on the ground and flicked it, and came to Liu Bingxian helplessly, and laughed in a low voice after being silent for a long time:

"Brother Zicheng, the foolish brother understands your mind and understands your suffering, but you are afraid that you will misunderstand, a few days ago he was so tired that he couldn't sleep, and he couldn't sleep and insomnia, so the foolish brother found a few bottles of wine and drank a few glasses with him, wanting him to get drunk and sleep

However, he was drunk, but he never forgot the battlefield in his heart, and finally told the foolish brother his ideals and ambitions, which moved the foolish brother very much, he said that he had struggled for ten years, and he had not forgotten for a moment what his background was, and how he got to where he is today, and every time he took a step forward, he felt that his courage was heavier.

In the end, he said that he had no faith, and he didn't want to shout empty slogans, as long as the money was enough, his wife was virtuous and the children were already very satisfied, what fame, what rights were fleeting, they were all floating clouds, and he was only willing to do something for the people in a down-to-earth manner, which was his unshirkable mission in this life, and he was such a goal, alas...... It's impressive! ”

Liu Bingxian nodded painfully: "Actually, I know him, but I can't control my emotions when I am confused, so I will go and apologize to him, and then get up and go to Xuyong, and when the war is over, I will also go home to rest for a while, this time is too tired......"

The snowflakes over Yanjing City are fluttering, and the temperature in the interior of the presidential palace is as warm as spring.

Yuan Shikai, whose face was flushed, was wrapped in a thick fur coat, holding on to his sick body, sitting on the recliner in the big study, listening to Wang Shizhen's excited report, his son Yuan Keding stood respectfully behind him, stretched out his hands, and gently massaged his shoulders.

Several plates of charcoal fire are placed on the side, cups of precious hot tea are fragrant and pleasant, and there is warmth everywhere, and the crane-shaped incense next to the vermilion pillar overflows with a faint fragrance of the dragon's birthday, and the presidential mansion has not had such a good atmosphere for a long time.

Wang Shizhen put away the document and took a step back: "Marshal, it seems that the strength of the Sichuan army is far above our estimates, Xiao Yimin and Bao Jiqing are indeed talented!" ”

Yuan Shikai laughed rarely: "Haha, the left and right wings of the Dian army have been annihilated, Cai Songpo has lost nearly 10,000 elite soldiers in a blink of an eye, and even Dai Huan, the commander of the Guizhou Army who has the most important cannon in Sun, has been awarded the head, congratulations!" Now, I'm afraid no one dares to laugh at the little teapot from the Qinglou, right? ”

Zhong Wenwu couldn't help laughing, Yang Du took the opportunity to pat his ass, and said that this small teapot was made of gold, which made Yuan Shikai and his colleagues laugh again.

Xu Shichang, who rushed back from Nanjing, was closest to Yuan Shikai, he looked at the interested brother with a smile, and suggested in a low voice: "Do you give a reward to the electric, so that the people of the world can see what the so-called protector [***] is." ”

Yuan Shikai was in a very good mood and said with a smile:

"Not only do I want to be rewarded with electricity, but I also want to promote Xiao Yimin and Bao Jiqing, Cao Kun and others 100,000 troops are still marching in the border area of Hunan and Guizhou, the Sichuan army has already achieved a remarkable record of destroying nearly 10,000 enemies, and also pressed Cai Songpo's 20,000 main force to the point that it can't move, if I don't give a heavy reward, how can I boost morale and show Mingde? Let's discuss it too. ”

When it comes to specific things, everyone is very solemn, and a few suggestions made cautiously have not been unanimously approved, Yuan Shikai, who is in the first place, coughs in a low voice from time to time and does not express his position, Yuan Keding behind him looks directly at the ceiling, massaging Yuan Shikai's shoulders like a robot, obviously quite dissatisfied with Xiao Yimin, who has been infinitely beautiful for several years.

In the end, Xu Shichang synthesized everyone's opinions and made suggestions to Yuan Shikai:

"Let's be promoted to the rank of general, Xiao Yimin already has the name of General Zhenwu, and the promotion to army general is prominent enough, as for Ji Qing, the surname Suo will also give an army general, and then give the title of 'General Zhenwei', and they will be deeply grateful."

Yuan Shikai is very satisfied, at this time, in addition to the honorary reward, he really can't give much money to give a heavy reward, 100,000 troops to the south, nearly half of the country's provinces are quelling the rebellion and stabilizing public order, spending a lot of money and manpower and material resources, if the huge suppression campaign continues for another half a year, I am afraid that Yuan Shikai will be overstretched and said to be like a year, fortunately, the Sichuan army that has always worried him is very sensible this time, the largest rebel Cai Yi has broken its wings, and the collapse is imminent, and the three southwestern provinces and the two lakes region no longer have to worry, The army can be transferred eastward to Jiangxi to suppress Guangdong, and the whole country can be pacified.

(To be continued)