On the morning of February 1, Qujing, the former enemy headquarters of the Dian Army.

The news of the fall of Zhaotong was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and dozens of generals and colonels of the Yunnan army roared in their ears and panicked.

At this moment, the distance of 250 kilometers between Qujing and Zhaotong suddenly became so far that even if troops were sent from Kunming to rescue Zhaotong, the 350-kilometer journey would take at least five days to complete.

What is even more fatal is that the strength of the four brigades of the Yunnan army has been firmly pinned down by the four brigades of the Sichuan army that are slowly pressing up, and the strength of one brigade of the Sichuan army is as high as more than 6,500 people, far higher than the 4,000 or so of the Yunnan army.

There has never been such silence in the headquarters, the atmosphere has never been so solemn and worried, if the generals of the Dian army were still angry about Dai Huan's death yesterday, at this moment all the anger has disappeared, replaced by deep horror and frustration, and all eyes are on General Cai Songpo's sad face.

Cai Songpo's red eyes kept staring at Zhaotong on the map, and his right hand behind his back tightly held the pencil that had been broken in half at some point, and a wisp of blood slowly overflowed from his palm, condensed into drops under the edge of his fist, and fell silently to the ground

Ten days of rainy weather finally came to an end, the sun erupted from the gap in the clouds, the river surface sparkled, and the four hundred-ton wooden boats parked at the east wharf of Xufu swayed lightly with the waves.

More than 10 quartermasters of the Sichuan Army wearing camouflage uniforms were checking the list with several officers and soldiers of Guizhou wearing gray military uniforms and going through the formalities for handing over materials.

More than 100 brothers from the Qianjun army, who had changed into brand-new weapons, boarded the four large wooden boats with great excitement, re-covered the open tarpaulins on the cabins, and carefully tied the ropes.

20,000 sets of new gray military uniforms, 50 German water-cooled heavy machine guns, 5,000 new Sichuan-made rifles, 1,000 Leopard pistols of various types, 500 boxes of wooden-handled grenades, 4 million rounds of ammunition, and 500 military tents...... This is the gift given by Xiao Yimin, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan army, to Lu Pingshan, commander-in-chief of the Guizhou army.

Four large wooden boats loaded with large loads will go down the river, and after arriving in Luzhou, they will turn into the Xishui River and sail all the way to the territory of Guizhou.

On the heavily guarded dock, the bearded Lu Pingshan was saying goodbye to Xiao Yimin, and Bao Jiqing and Lu Pingshan's chief of staff and adjutant were gathered together, discussing a certain detail of the Guizhou army's counteroffensive plan in a low voice.

"Brother Xian, eldest brother won't say those kind words, within half a year, please come to Guiyang as a guest!" Lu Pingshan looked at the four ships loaded with arms and supplies, and was moved.

Xiao Yimin said with a smile:

"Brother don't be polite, let alone be in a hurry, Liu Xianqian still has some strength, he occupied Guiyang with the support of the Dian army, and then called the whole country and appointed himself as the governor of Guizhou, which seems to have made a profit, but in fact, he has no confidence at all

"My brother now has more than 20,000 troops, and they are all trustworthy elite soldiers in a hundred battles, as long as he unites the vast majority of enlightened people in Guizhou, opens his mind, accepts and reuses the armed forces of all the departments that have defected, he can drive Liu Xianqian out of Guiyang again, and even annihilate him, and it is only a matter of time before he completely controls the entire territory of Guizhou."

Lu Pingshan nodded again and again:

"Yes, yes! If it weren't for the constant reminders of the virtuous brother for half a year, the elder brother would have made a big mistake long ago, after all, the brothers were reluctant to withdraw from the provincial capital that they had finally occupied, and now they found that they had taken a step back and avoided the sharp edge of Li Liejun's eastward advance, and while preserving their strength, they had also seen the true faces of various political forces in Guiyang, and they could also take this opportunity to sort out Qianbei well, and no longer have to worry about the restlessness of the rear.

"Now, the morale of the more than 20,000 brothers under my brother's command is very high, and the breath held in my heart is getting stronger and stronger, and it will definitely not be a problem to attack Guiyang again."

Xiao Yimin said politely: "The younger brother is just a bystander, he can see more clearly, the elder brother is talented, and he will definitely be able to do something great after going back this time." ”

Lu Pingshan laughed, and after laughing, he asked in a low voice: "Brother Xian really plans to let go of the Dian army led by General Cai Songpo?" ”

"I can only give up, otherwise the younger brother is afraid that he will be infamous all over the world Now that the morale of the Yunnan army has been robbed, Tang Jiyao, who is sitting in Kunming, is unwilling to send troops to aid Cai Songpo, and he has not replenished supplies and ammunition for Cai Songpo, who is facing the end of ammunition and food, and only sent people to send two large truckloads of tobacco and soil, what can he do?

"After our analysis, we unanimously agreed that Tang Jiyao obviously saw the situation clearly, conformed to the will of the people, changed course, and took the opportunity to drive away Cai Songpo and other generals from other provinces, so as to firmly grasp the Yunnan army in his hands, presumably Cai Songpo and others have also understood their difficult situation, and we take this opportunity to make peace talks, so that those demoralized Yunnan officers and soldiers can return to Yunnan, eliminate the war, reduce hatred, and ensure that the three southwestern provinces live in peace, which is beneficial to everyone.

"Brother can take this opportunity to recover Qianxi, and only need to send a few regiments to firmly grasp this strategic place connecting Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in his own hands." Xiao Yimin patiently explained.

Lu Pingshan nodded: "That's fine, as long as the Dian army no longer intervenes, the foolish brother will not have any worries, and it is only a matter of time before Guizhou is unified, haha!" ”

At this time, the two heralds ran down the dock and whispered a few words to Wu San, the chief of the guard who was on guard. Immediately, Wu San came behind Xiao Yimin, reported in a low voice and retreated.

Xiao Yimin and Lu Pingshan continued to talk for a while, sent the ambitious Lu Pingshan and his party onto the ship, and after seeing the fleet leave, he turned to Bao Jiqing and whispered.

Bao Jiqing laughed heartily after hearing this, and made a few suggestions to Xiao Yimin, Xiao Yimin thought about it and nodded slightly, immediately boarded the dock, and rushed back to the camp in the east of the city by car.

Liu Bingxian, who had already taken a shower and changed into a clean general's uniform, sat in the headquarters and drank tea, and Wang Lingji, who was relaxed, happily accompanied him, while tasting tea, and reporting the battle situation to Liu Bingxian in detail, seeing Xiao Yimin and Bao Jiqing striding in, Wang Lingji hurriedly stood up and saluted, but Liu Bingxian, who had nowhere to go, was indifferent and sat there motionless.

Xiao Yimin couldn't help but smile, returned the salute and came to Liu Bingxian to sit down, and greeted: "Second brother has worked hard!" ”

Liu Bingxian rolled his eyes:

"Where is the hard work of Commander-in-Chief Xiao under his subordinates? I heard that Commander-in-Chief Xiao not only sent tens of thousands of bangbang troops to Yunnan to openly rob, but also personally went to the dock to be a stick. ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and Wang Lingji coughed again and again after squirting out a mouthful of tea.

(To be continued)