Beginning on 4 May, the patriotic movement against imperialist hegemony officially launched in Yanjing rapidly spread throughout the country and had a far-reaching impact on the course of China's history.

Magnificent tour with millions of young students and people from all walks of life in more than 10 large and medium-sized cities in the north. Exemplary. Will, protest please. May the activity compare to the tour of all cities in South China. Okay, please. May the actions appear more orderly, even in a metropolis like Shanghai, where hundreds of thousands of people travel for three days. The protests did not provoke any unrest, but hundreds of ruffians who tried to fish in troubled waters and stealthily abducted were mercilessly arrested and suppressed by the military and police.

At a time when the eyes of the whole world were watching in horror the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal movement that China had never seen before, the war between the warlords of various factions in Shaanxi, which had been on a halt and had been on a halt, suddenly escalated.

The long-awaited combined forces of Deng Xihou and Chen Shufan suddenly exerted their strength, commanded 120,000 recuperated and newly equipped troops to launch a sudden counterattack, and defeated Jing Yuexiu, Dong Zhenwu, Deng Baoshan, and Yang Hucheng in only three days.

Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong army stationed on the front line of Weinan saw that the situation was not good, and immediately telegraphed the whole country, announcing that it would remain neutral, who knew that this move annoyed the generals of the Jing [***] department, and the Jing [***] Second Route Army, which suffered minor casualties in the retreat of the whole line, launched a surprise attack on the unsuspecting Zhensong army under the order of the commander Fan Zhongxiu, and killed and wounded more than 4,000 people of Liu Zhenhua's department in only half a day, forcing Liu Zhenhua to lead the panicked Zhensong army to retreat to the southeast, and Fan Zhongxiu immediately ordered the headquarters to stop the pursuit, Looted all the military supplies that Liu Zhenhua's troops had no time to take away, and then quickly retreated north.

The generals of the Zhensong army were extremely resentful of this, and under the leadership of the commander Liu Zhenhua, they decisively formed an alliance with Deng Xihou's department, and with the generous support of Deng Xihou, they quickly replenished their weapons and ammunition, and launched a crazy pursuit and revenge on Jing [***], who had withdrawn to the front line in northern Shaanxi.

Yan Xishan, the king of Shanxi, who had already made up his mind to support Jing, was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately gave up his support for Jing, who had bad military discipline and had no credibility at all, and ordered the three divisions that were about to rush to Shaanxi to help in the battle to stop advancing, strictly guard the border, and start to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

On 19 May, the brave and powerful Deng Xihou commanded a large army to defeat the enemy who was blocking the front, destroyed the Luochuan to Yichuan defense line garrisoned by 30,000 enemy troops, and eliminated more than 4,000 people of Jing Yuexiu and Fan Zhongxiu in one fell swoop, and captured more than 6,000 enemies. Enter the Hexi region and seek refuge from Ma Jiajun.

Xiao Yimin finally relieved Deng Xihou, who was sincerely obedient and brave after being ashamed, and not only sent an enthusiastic commendation telegram, but also praised Deng Xihou in front of the generals for his demeanor as a famous general.

"Yi Shuai, do you want to publicize the Shaanxi battlefield?" At the congratulatory party, Lin Baishui, director of the propaganda department of Nanjing Xingying and director of the "China Times", asked happily.

Xiao Yimin gently shook the wine in his hand:

"This is as it should be, but as much as possible to publicize the positive image of the two generals Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua, Deng Xihou still adopts a low-key strategy, and it is enough to mention it in key places, because the three divisions led by Deng Xihou must be stationed in Yulin for a long time, and Yulin will become a training and logistics support base for us to defend and respond to the friendly Mongolian forces, and become a springboard for our army to defend the vast territory of Mongolia.

"After the situation in Shaanxi is stable, we will recruit 30,000 new soldiers in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo region to Yulin for training, and then slowly go north, occupy and garrison Jiuyuan and Guisui for a long time, and within a year, we must establish permanent military bases in the above three places, which is of extremely important strategic significance to the reunification of the country and the future economic development of northern China!"

Lin Baishui tasted it slightly, and immediately understood Xiao Yimin's huge plan: "Understood! It seems that we are going to set up a reporter station in Yulin, haha! ”

Xiao Yimin's new confidential adjutant Ma Rong quietly arrived and whispered in Xiao Yimin's ear.

Xiao Yimin nodded slightly, whispered a few words, and then pulled Lin Baishui, quietly left the lively venue where the civil and military officials of the camp rarely gathered, and took the elevator back to the office on the fifth floor.

In less than five minutes, Yang Du, Ma Gang, Wan Lianfeng, Zhang Sike and other major generals and think tanks all arrived, and they found their places and sat down very familiarly.

Xiao Yimin lit a cigarette, put the cigarette case and the diamond-encrusted pure gold firer given by the Americans in the middle of the big coffee table, and motioned everyone to be free, and then said:

"I summoned everyone here because I had received another interrogation telegram from President Duan Qirui of Yanjing, and it was clear that he was deeply unhappy that he had not told him before the war that we were going to occupy Yulin, and that he did not seem to believe that we were occupying Yulin in order to better support Xu Shuzheng's plan to stabilize Mongolia. So, I had to bring you here and listen to your opinions. ”

Yang Du took the lead and took the lead in expressing his views:

"This is not only the pressure that I exerted on Duan Zhiquan, but also the pressure of Yan Baichuan to the central political axe, after all, after we took Yulin and Shenmu, Shanxi's road to the west was completely controlled by our army, which not only posed a threat to the northwest region of Shanxi, but also blocked Shanxi's important trade routes to the west and northwest regions. Fur and medicinal herbs and other self-management to obtain huge profits. ”

After listening to Yang Du's introduction, everyone found that there was such an important entanglement of interests, and they couldn't help but discuss it enthusiastically.

Xiao Yimin didn't stop it, and waited for everyone to stop talking about it, and then smiled and said the plan he had prepared: "For eight years, the Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce has been cooperating with us, and now the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce, which is famous all over the country, has also been looking forward to opening up the business road between Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningbo and Mongolia, and now we can finally meet these businessmen who have silently supported us for many years." ”

"The commander is right, the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders!"

He Chengliang, the logistics minister who was getting more and more sophisticated in his calculations, began to calculate: "Let's not say that the horses, cattle, furs, medicinal materials and other materials that our army and Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou provinces had to purchase every year can save the unjust money in the middle, but just the opium smuggling, which is in increasing demand and most of the goods are purchased from Shanxi and Zhili at high prices, can bring us huge profits.

"As long as we run well, even if we have 50,000 garrisons stationed in Yulin, we will be completely self-sufficient, and even have a slight surplus, and on this alone, we can't make concessions to Beiyang and Shanxi.

Everyone burst out laughing, and their hearts were filled with pride.

Yang Du smiled and reminded: "Although this is what we say in our hearts, we can't say that outside the world, we have to pay more attention to it after becoming good, and we can't be greedy for a moment of quick tongue and damage the implementation of our overall plan." ”

He Chengliang hurriedly and humbly agreed: "What Mr. said is, I must pay attention." ”

Xiao Yimin was very satisfied: "Okay, let's talk about how to reply to President Duan's interrogation...... Well, how can we dispel Yan Xishan's resentment? After all, for a long time to come, we still need support from all sides, even if we can't get the support of the princes of all sides in the north, try not to make enemies, otherwise it will affect our great cause of reunification. ”

Everyone nodded, and Xiao Yimin continued:

"There are three issues before us now: first, how to convince President Duan and the Beiyang military of our goodwill and our future support for Mongolia's friendly forces; Second, how to dispel Yan Xishan's concerns and let him know that we will not become enemies with him, at most there is some competition in the shopping mall, and in other aspects we also hope to enhance mutual understanding and strengthen cooperation with him; Thirdly, and most importantly, how should we explain to all circles at home and abroad the fact that 50,000 troops have been stationed in Yulin for a long time?

"Until then, I thought it would be okay to keep as low a profile as possible, regardless of anyone's opinions, but now it seems that it may not be feasible, and although we have taken a very successful and crucial step in the midst of the chaos, we still have to take a second and third step until we achieve the goal of controlling Mongolia and western Liaoning.

"Then there is that from Zhangjiakou to Kulun and Guisui these two railways we have contracted to the British, of which from Zhangjiakou to Guisui this 160 kilometers of railway, another three months can be opened to traffic, after the situation in Shaanxi is stabilized, the railway from Lingbao to Xi'an will resume work, and the planned interprovincial highway expansion and reconstruction project from Xi'an to Yulin will also be immediately constructed, it can be said that the first war in Shaanxi and the first war in Shandong are the biggest test for us, fortunately, the Shaanxi campaign has successfully achieved our goal, The remaining Shandong battlefield is likely to fall into a state of long-term confrontation, because Wu Peifu's troops have successfully entered Jinan, and although he has not withdrawn his troops, he does not dare to take any provocative actions at present under the strong pressure of our army's five divisions. ”

"Therefore, we must take advantage of the present precious buffer period to quickly resolve the problems arising from the long-term occupation of the Yulin area by our 50,000-strong army. Now, please speak your mind freely, don't worry about not thinking it through, any opinion may be adopted. ”

In silence, Lin Baishui took the lead in speaking: "My opinion is still public opinion first, Yi Shuai often quotes the view of the German [***] Clausewitz, military is the continuation of politics, is the ultimate means to achieve political goals, I agree!" Political propaganda is undoubtedly one of the important means to achieve political goals, and it is usually the first means, so I ask you to make a definition first, so that our propaganda departments can carry out their work smoothly. ”

Yang Du agreed with everyone else, and then added: "We can make certain concessions to President Duan in the reorganization of political axes at all levels in Shaanxi, but there are two points that must be insisted on, that is, Mr. Yu Youren, a veteran of the Shaanxi Kuomintang who has established close cooperation with our party, is pushed to the throne of Shaanxi governor; Secondly, no matter who will be the overseer of Shaanxi, the Hanzhong and Ankang regions in southern Shaanxi must be in our hands! ”

"Yes!"

"Agreed!"

"Okay, let's discuss the specific implementation plan......

(To be continued)