Two days later, there were many more military police officers wearing white steel helmets and red epaulettes.

The number of long-nosed box-type military vehicles converted from one-and-a-half-ton Dodge trucks in the United States has suddenly increased, and almost all of the army's special license plate numbers with white characters on a blue background are "Sichuan A", "Sichuan B", "Sichuan C", and "Sichuan D" start with them, and the English letters are followed by three single numbers such as 0 and 1, 2, and 3, which are very different from the civilian automobile license plates with black characters on a white background, which has aroused the interest and heated discussions of a large number of people in Yucheng, and the news that "Commander-in-Chief Xiao has arrived in our Yucheng" soon spread all over the streets.

Savvy people who know the army license plate sequence know at a glance that A represents the Sichuan Army General Headquarters, B represents the Yucheng Garrison Command, C represents the Eastern Sichuan Military Division, and D represents the Southern Sichuan Military Division.

On the morning of the third day, the newly built military camp on the east side of Qixinggang in Yuzhong was starry-studded.

Inside and outside the spacious and magnificent barracks, there were three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and more than 60 generals and colonels wearing brown-green tweed coats followed behind the commander-in-chief Xiao Yimin, visiting the neat and beautiful barracks with great interest.

Liu Bingxian, commander of the Yucheng garrison and commander of the Second Division, accompanied Xiao Yimin and walked on a walk, constantly introducing the situation in the barracks.

Liu Bingxian was much darker and thinner than before, his smart eyes revealed a touch of melancholy, and the beard that had just grown on his upper lip was thick and dense, although it was very neatly trimmed, it still couldn't hide the sadness and loss in his heart.

This general, who returned to China angrily after a big quarrel between Yue Ben and Chen Qimei, has still not recovered from the huge mental blow.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, when the large conference room under the European-style curved dome was filled with smoke, Xu Xiaogang, minister of military affairs of the Sichuan Army, who presided over the meeting, gave a briefing on the current political situation and the situation in the surrounding provinces.

Wang Lingji, who was sitting at the bottom left of Xiao Yimin, frowned tightly and did not say a word, Sun Zhaoluan, commander of the Southern Sichuan Military Division, who was sitting opposite Wang Lingji, and his deputy Wang Jian whispered, and other generals such as Liu Dingxun, Deng Xihou, Zheng Yi, Yang Sen, Liu Xiang and other generals were also talking enthusiastically.

Liu Bingxian, who was sitting on Xiao Yimin's right, poked his head over and asked in a low voice: "Cai Songpo has really arrived in Kunming?" ”

Xiao Yimin nodded: "The news sent by Yanjing said that he took the opportunity of an outing to step on the snow on the first day of this month, under the cover of his confidante Xiao Fengxian, changed into a kimono, boarded the train and ran to Tianjin, and then took the 'Shandong Pill' to Yueben, and when he arrived in Yueben, he did not forget to send a telegram to Yuan Dashuai to ask for leave, and then left Yueben directly by boat to go south. Today is already the 25th, I estimated the time, he should have arrived in Kunming at this time, maybe the news of him will come out soon in Yunnan. ”

Liu Bingxian's eyes suddenly lit up: "This guy is definitely going to rebel!" ”

"That's right, I think the same way, he did it once a few years ago, and he is familiar with the road." Xiao Yimin said with a smile.

Liu Bingxian suddenly sighed in a low voice:

"I don't know if the little phoenix who is known as having the appearance of a country and a city is with General Songpa? If you stay in Yanjing, you will have to suffer. ”

Xiao Yimin didn't expect Liu Bingxian to be so sentimental, and comforted:

"Don't worry, that little girl who just turned fifteen years old this year is still in Yanjing, and when I heard that Yuan Dagongzi has spoken, no one is allowed to embarrass Xiao Fengxian."

"That's good!"

Liu Bingxian sighed: "General Songpa is a person I admire very much, but I have never had the opportunity to meet him, but if you do what you want, maybe we will soon become enemies with General Songpo, but it's a pity!" ”

Xiao Yimin was very surprised: "How do you know?" ”

"Humph! You can guess it with your ass! ”

Liu Bingxian pursed his lips, shook his head and said: "You and most of the generals will never let any army enter our Sichuan, but once General Songpo raises the banner of anti-Yuan, he will have to go through our Sichuan Northern Expedition, which has happened as early as four years ago in the anti-Qing war, unless the Yunnan army changes to Guizhou this time, enters Hunan in the east, and then goes north from Hunan to Wuhan, and advances into Henan and Zhili, otherwise it will eventually become an enemy with our Sichuan army." ”

Xiao Yimin smiled bitterly, and just wanted to say a few words of his opinion, Lu Yixuan, the deputy commander of the General Headquarters, strode in with a telegram, and said loudly before he reached Xiao Yimin's side: "Report to the commander, Yunnan has been telegraphed to the whole country!" ”

The generals in the hall were suddenly silent, and their eyes were all cast on the commander-in-chief Xiao Yimin.

Because he had expected it, Xiao Yimin was not too surprised, he simply read out the telegram in public that Yunnan announced the reading power and decided to raise troops to fight against Yuan Shikai, and then raised his head, turned to the left and right and the dozens of generals in front of him, and the inquiring eyes slowly swept over everyone's faces.

After waiting for a long time, seeing that no one spoke, Xiao Yimin, who was slightly disappointed, had no choice but to raise the telegram in his hand and smile slightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, judging from this impassioned telegram, it is already an unstoppable trend for Yunnan to raise troops to the north, and I can conclude that the Dian army will definitely enter Sichuan in the name of the Northern Expedition to protect the country." ”

The generals nodded frequently when they heard this, and they all agreed with Xiao Yimin's analysis.

If the Yunnan army wants to go on the northern expedition, in addition to going to Guizhou and Hunan, going north into Sichuan is almost their instinctive choice, and it is also the fastest route, as long as they enter Sichuan, whether the Yunnan army goes east to Wuhan or north to Xi'an, it can be calmly decided, which is far more comfortable than entering Hunan, where the people are fierce and there are many resistances.

Xiao Yimin put down the telegram and continued:

"Fortunately, today's Sichuan is no longer yesterday's Sichuan, today's Sichuan army is not yesterday's Sichuan army, and today's Yunnan army is no longer the same Yunnan army four years ago

"Although the Yunnan army claims to have 100,000 male divisions, in the past two years under Tang Jiyao's painstaking management and the strong support of France and Yueben, the equipment and training have been greatly improved, but half of the troops in the Yunnan army are distributed in the southeast of Yunnan, which is rich in tin ore and copper and silver mines, as well as the turbulent Chuxiong, Dali, Baoshan and other western Yunnan regions, I conclude that the northern expedition to Yunnan this time is estimated to be about 30,000 officers and soldiers.

"Therefore, I think it is unlikely that the Dian army will force their way into Sichuan without scruples as they did four years ago, but the so-called 'development of the revolutionary situation' forced them to enter Sichuan, which is a huge contradiction in itself."

Speaking of this, An Yi coughed lightly, his eyes swept over the faces of his subordinates, and said expectantly: "How to deal with the national war that has come this time is a priority issue that we must give priority to at present, now please everyone talk about their opinions, whether it is right or wrong, as long as it is your true thoughts, you can talk about it!" ”

Deng Xihou looked left and right, took the lead in standing up, and said loudly:

"My subordinates think that we in Sichuan should immediately announce the reading power, as long as we announce the reading power, the Dian army will immediately lose the excuse to enter Sichuan, and we can also take advantage of the chaotic situation in the two lakes to take Yichang, the throat of the Yangtze River, again, to ensure the safety of our Sichuan and the steady development of industry and commerce!"

"The subordinates agree with General Jin Kang's opinion!"

Liu Dingxun, deputy commander of the Second Division, immediately stood up and vigorously supported Deng Xihou.

"The subordinates also agree!"

Yang Sen and Liu Xiang and other five brigade commanders also stood up one after another.

Wang Lingji, the commander of the Eastern Sichuan Army, lowered his head and silently turned the Parker gold pen in his hand, unable to see the expression on his face clearly.

Seeing that the generals and colonels of the Eastern Sichuan Army Division advocated taking advantage of the chaos to occupy Yichang and expand outward, the other generals couldn't help but look at Wang Lingji, who was deeply valued by Xiao Yimin, but saw that Wang Lingji did not mean to express his position immediately, so they also closed their mouths with interest and waited to see the changes.

(To be continued)