Everyone knew that because of the intervention of the League of Nations, Chiang Kai-shek had completely lost confidence in the war in Northern Mongolia, and this was Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement after the defeat.

"Jingzhi, where is Hu Zongnan now?"

He Yingqin sighed secretly, he knew that Chiang Kai-shek really had no choice.

He Yingqin sat up straight and replied, "The southern part of Hu Zong has begun to march towards Gansu, but it will take about a month to reach Lanzhou at the earliest. ”

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and said: "Tell Hu Zongnan not to go to Lanzhou for the time being, and go north to Yinchuan to standby." In addition, Gao Guizi, Ma Hongkui and Yang Hucheng were ordered to immediately reorganize their troops, and Hou ordered to go north to fight in Mongolia. Their weapons, equipment, and ammunition must also be replenished immediately. ”

Let Gao Guizi, Ma Hongkui and Hu Zongnan prepare to fight in Mongolia, which is easy to say, after all, this matter has already been publicly announced in the newspaper. However, Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army was also preparing to go north, but He Yingqin heard it for the first time, and knew that it was Chen Guofu's words that played a role, and Chiang Kai-shek wanted to weaken the 17th Route Army by the hands of the Soviet army. Song Zhewu's troops are exhausted, not only can they restore or even increase their numbers, but Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army's numbers and troops will probably only become fewer and fewer.

Chiang Kai-shek completely ignored everyone's thoughts, and then said: "Jingzhi must be prepared, in case Yang Hucheng's troops go north, which army will enter Shaanxi to suppress bandits, you must make arrangements for this matter as soon as possible." ”

"As for what you just said about the local arsenals, it is not yet possible to take them back to the central government, and this is not only a financial difficulty, but also a lot of constraints in the central government."

"However, the time has come when local forces have to clean up the matter of purchasing weapons and equipment without permission. In my opinion, the Ministry of Military Affairs issued a document to station military products coordination groups in various local arsenals in the name of unified coordination of domestic production and distribution of weapons and equipment, and the quantity, type, and destination of weapons and equipment produced by various local arsenals must be reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs for the record. ”

"If necessary, the Ministry of Military Affairs can buy it at a price and distribute it to troops in various places. In the future, in terms of weapons and equipment, as long as they can be manufactured in China, the Ministry of Military Affairs will purchase them in China as much as possible. For example, the trucks made in Taiyuan are very good. ”

For Chiang Kai-shek's decision, everyone including He Yingqin secretly praised it, and now in this situation, Chiang Kai-shek's method should be the best.

By doing so, we can effectively restrain the arms industrial enterprises of local forces from selling weapons to other local forces without permission, and restrain local forces from expanding their establishment without permission. Because the central government does not ask them for weapons and equipment free of charge, and can find a way out for the weapons produced by these munitions enterprises, even if the local forces are unwilling, they have no reason to oppose it.

"You all know about Xu Cichen's coming to Nanjing."

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek suddenly brought the topic to Xu Yongchang again, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

Chiang Kai-shek continued his train of thought, and said to himself: "Xu Cichen is not for fame and fortune, he is dedicated to the public, and he is really a humble gentleman. He suggested that the central government reactivate Yan Baichuan, and he himself was willing to give up all the positions he held to Yan Baichuan. ”

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at everyone and asked, "Xu Cichen should have looked for you, what do you think of this matter?" ”

He Yingqin was resolutely opposed to Xu Yongchang's decision to give up his post to Yan Xishan, and he also knew that Chiang Kai-shek initially disagreed. But when Chiang Kai-shek mentioned this matter at this time, it was very different. It was clear that Chiang Kai-shek had changed his mind.

He Yingqin thought that it must be Chen Guofu's words that played a role, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Wang Zhengting and Yu Dawei heard about this for the first time, and although they were very surprised, they could not express their opinions casually on this occasion.

As for Song Ziwen, Chen Guofu, Yang Yongtai, Zhang Qun, and Lin Wei, like He Yingqin, they all understood Chiang Kai-shek's intention to use Yan Xishan, and no one would brush Chiang Kai-shek's intention on this issue. However, everyone's mood is still somewhat different.

The use of Yan Xishan, this is Chiang Kai-shek's desire to use Yan Xishan to balance Song Zhewu and Zhang Xueliang, and better balance the local forces in the north, Yang Yongtai understands what Chiang Kai-shek meant, and at this point, Yang Yongtai is also very much in favor of Chiang Kai-shek's decision.

Regarding Chiang Kai-shek's question, Yang Yongtai thought for a while, and said after consideration: "Xu Yongchang has looked for me. I think that Xu Yongchang does not care about fame and fortune, which is indeed rare. Moreover, what Xu Yongchang said is true, Yan Xishan has been operating in Shanxi for many years, and he is still very popular, and if Yan Xishan comes back, it will be very beneficial to stabilize the situation in the north. ”

"However, if Yan Xishan comes back, Xu Yongchang's position in Shanxi will be very embarrassing, is Xu Yongchang transferred to the central government? I hope that the Chairman will take it into consideration. ”

Chiang Kai-shek shook his head and said: "Xu Yongchang cannot resign all his duties, and his position as chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Political Axe must still be retained." ”

Since Xu Yongchang is retained as the provincial chairman, it means that Yan Xishan is going to come out to preside over the Jin Sui army, and with Yan Xishan, a strong man, to lead the Jin Sui army, although the Jin Sui army is still nominally under the jurisdiction of Zhang Xueliang, it will actually be completely read. Chiang Kai-shek's refusal to give Yan Xishan the post of chairman of Shanxi Province would allow Yan Xishan to be financially constrained, unable to increase the strength of the Jin Sui army as he pleased, and ensure that it would not be strong enough to oppose the central government.

It should be said that Chiang Kai-shek's move was indeed a clever move.

But the question is, in what name will Yan Xishan, who is not the provincial chairman, command the Jin Sui army? Everyone was waiting for Chiang Kai-shek's next step.

"[***] There is a lot of trouble in Jiangxi and Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and they are not at peace in the north, not only in Shanxi to instigate a mutiny, but also in Shaanxi there is also a Liu Zhidan. Shanxi and Shaanxi must take effective measures to prevent the communist bandits from taking a big seat. ”

"I intend to set up a pacification office in a place where bandits are rampant, preside over local military affairs, and be responsible for exterminating communist bandits and appeasement of the localities, what do you think?"

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Chiang Kai-shek continued: "I suggest that Yan Baichuan be the director of the Linfen Pacification Office, presiding over the military affairs of Shanxi and Suiyuan; Yang Hucheng is the director of the Xi'an Pacification Office. In addition to Shanxi and Shaanxi, other localities should also set up appeasement offices, and the Ministry of Military Affairs should plan this matter, and it is necessary to come up with a charter as soon as possible. ”

"Liu Zhidan is making a lot of trouble in Shaanxi, Yang Hucheng should focus his energy on suppressing bandits, and I don't think Yang Hucheng will be the chairman of Shaanxi Province anymore."

Chiang Kai-shek paused for a moment, apparently because something had left him with some uncertainty.

"Also, after Yan Baichuan took office as the director of the Linfen Pacification Office, he would command all the troops in Shanxi, Suiyuan and other places except for the Taiyuan Administration, and it would be inappropriate for the 29th Army to stay in Shanxi. Moreover, although the main culprits Hao Guang, Gu Xiongyi and others of the 24th Bandit Army established by the Communist Party in Fuping, although the main culprits Hao Guang, Gu Xiongyi and others had been subdued, the remnants were still wandering in the Taihang Mountains, and Song Zheyuan was ordered to lead his troops to move to Fuping to suppress the bandits. ”

Lin Wei and He Yingqin glanced at each other, but neither of them made a sound.

They all understood that this was also Chiang Kai-shek's desire to cut off the connection between Song Zhewu and Song Zheyuan, so he drove Song Zheyuan out of Shanxi on the grounds that Yan Xishan was inconvenient for commanding troops other than the Jin Sui army. In fact, in Shanxi, there was Sun Dianying's 40th Division, but Chiang Kai-shek obviously deliberately forgot about it.

Chiang Kai-shek turned his attention to Yang Yongtai and Zhang Qun.

"Shao Lizi worked as a teacher in a higher education hall in Shaanxi before the Republic of China, and also ran the "Minli Daily" with Yu Youren, and he has a very close relationship with people in Shaanxi, and the post of provincial chairman was taken over by Shao Lizi."

Shao Lizi was recommended by Yang Yongtai and Zhang Qun to go to Beimeng as the first vice chairman, but during the Central Plains War, he was driven back by Song Zhewu and appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the chairman of the Gansu Provincial Political Axe.

Now, Chiang Kai-shek has removed Yang Hucheng from his post as chairman of the province and appointed Shao Lizi, who has a good relationship with Yu Youren, as chairman of Shaanxi Province. Moreover, Gansu is not only poor there, but also has complex ethnic problems, which is really not a good place. Shao Lizi can be transferred to Shaanxi, Yang Yongtai and Zhang Qun are naturally happy.

In particular, they have already understood Chen Guofu's thoughts. Chen Guofu's ultimate goal is probably to fall in love with Yang Hucheng's position as chairman of Shaanxi Province, so he took great pains to yin Yang Hucheng. Unexpectedly, Chen Guofu's calculations cheapened them, which made the two political science leaders who were fighting openly and secretly with the Chen brothers very happy.

Zhang Qun and Yang Yongtai glanced at each other and said in unison: "The chairman is wise, Shao Lizi is indeed the most suitable candidate for the chairman of Shaanxi Province. ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Chen Guofu, who was a little lost, and said: "Shao Lizi has entered Shaanxi, and the chairman of Gansu Province is vacant, Guofu, do you have a suitable candidate?" ”

Chen Guofu, who was regretting making a wedding dress for others, couldn't help but lift his spirits when he heard this, and he hurriedly said without thinking: "Zhu Shaoliang, commander-in-chief of the Sixth Route Army, is not only familiar with military affairs, but also very insightful in civil affairs, and is a suitable candidate. ”

Seeing that Chen Guofu was not satisfied with grabbing the position of provincial chairman as he wished, he stretched out his hand to himself again, so angry that He Yingqin couldn't help but glance at Chen Guofu.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded and said: "Zhu Yimin is indeed a good candidate, so be it, appoint Zhu Shaoliang as the chairman of the Gansu Provincial Political Axe and the director of the Lanzhou Pacification Office." ”

Chiang Kai-shek said to Chen Guofu again: "Also, the party departments of the Taiyuan Administration, Suiyuan, and Nanmeng should also be set up as soon as possible, and you must handle this matter as soon as possible." ”

Although there is no provincial party department in the northeast, Chen Guofu has always been angry about the lack of party headquarters in these places controlled by Song Zhewu, and this time with Chiang Kai-shek's approval, Song Zhewu will not be in the way again, which makes Chen Guofu very excited. Chiang Kai-shek did not mention the establishment of a party headquarters in Northern Mongolia, apparently because he had no confidence in keeping Northern Mongolia.

Chiang Kai-shek turned his gaze to He Yingqin.

"Respectfully, the military deployment of the two Guangxi should be properly deployed as soon as possible."

He Yingqin nodded and responded: "Today is September 16th, I will arrange the matters assigned by the chairman as soon as possible when I go back, and I will go to Changsha tomorrow." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was still very satisfied with He Yingqin's conscientious and resolute style, and said gently: "Then there is Lao Jingzhi." Also, if you tell He Jian to let him work hard to straighten out the troops, I still have to hand over the heavy task of suppressing the Communist Party in Jiangxi to him. ”

looked at Zhang Qun and said, "Yue Jun, I have to trouble you to do the work of the old comrades in the party in Liangguang." Especially Zou Lu, he is very influential in both military and political circles in the southwest. He said that I, Jiang Zhongzheng, 'harbored the ambition of reading talents, distorted the true meaning of political training, despised public opinion, suppressed civil rights, and took destroying dissidents as a plan to gain gain, and using reckless military force as a capable thing,' which caused many people to misunderstand me Jiang Zhongzheng. ”

"Chairman, he ...... the seashore"

(To be continued)