"Gong Bao, now that the two tigers in the southwest are competing, Gong Bao is sitting on the benefits of the fishermen, which is really gratifying!" Yang Shiqi is saying hello to Yuan Shikai, but it is time for Lao Yuan to congratulate him, Nanjing has agreed to his oath in Yanjing, and soon Lao Yuan got his wish to ascend the throne of the president and reached the peak of his life.

Especially the current situation is more beneficial than in history, with Qiao Yu's efforts, Tao Chengzhang was not stabbed to death, but during this period of time, the momentum of the United Party has become bigger and bigger, and the limelight has overshadowed the League, and a large number of League members have begun to join the United Party, and some people have even begun to publicly support Tao Chengzhang to become the prime minister and assist Yuan Shikai.

With the rise of Tao Chengzhang, the south has been in fact in the midst of division, Tao Chengzhang also telegraphed with Qiao Yu many times to discuss the policy of the unification party, and finally Tao Chengzhang set a strategy, advocating supporting Yuan Shikai to end the state of division in various places, unify the military and government finances, rectify the rule of officials, reduce the burden of the people, clean up the money throughout the country, and develop education.

Lao Yuan is still quite pleased with Tao Chengzhang's proposition, it is not a good thing that the leader of the Restoration Society is willing to listen to his orders, with his assistance, Lao Yuan's influence can easily penetrate into the south, and his old opponent Sun Wen is also marginalized, and half of the south's confidants are gone.

The strength of the Beiyang series is very strong, but it is also tightly able to reach the Yangtze River, and the influence on the southwest is even weaker, and now the problem in the south of the Yangtze River is no longer serious, Lao Yuan naturally set his sights on the three southwest provinces, to be honest, Lao Yuan is still more afraid of Qiao Yu and Cai Yi, the two young governors.

Cai Ye is known as the three heroes of non-commissioned officers, and has a powerful Yunnan army, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and although Qiao Yu is not outstanding in military affairs, he is very amazing in terms of vision and means, especially he has won the support of all walks of life in Sichuan, which makes Qiao Yu's foundation extremely solid, how to deal with these two people Lao Yuan has not thought of a good way.

Now that there is a large-scale conflict between Sichuan and Yunnan again, Lao Yuan's heart is completely let go, as long as the two people completely fall out, they will have to rely on themselves to solve it in the middle. In this way, the two little monkeys can't escape their palms.

"Xingcheng, that's right, but after all, they are only the governors of a province, and openly sending troops into neighboring provinces is already shaking the authority of the central government, shouldn't the old man reprimand!"

Yang Shiqi smiled slightly: "Gong Bao is a smart one, confused for a while, haven't you officially taken office yet, and Sun Wen has not officially resigned, I think let's delay for a few days, and wait until the Sichuan-Yunnan war is over, you are making a move, whether it is Cai Yi or Qiao Yu, don't you have to listen to you!" ”

Lao Yuan had a relieved smile on his face when he heard this, and he already had a plan in his heart.

At this time, Cai Yi led the army through the Zhaotong area, approached the south of Sichuan, seized Xingzhang and Qi County, the army approached Changning, Jiang'an, these two places are backed by the Yangtze River, the terrain is dangerous, it is the key defense area of the Qiao Yuchuan army, in the south of Jiang'an there is a hill, like a barrier, blocking the road of the Dian army, Wang Huai set up the former enemy headquarters in the highest peak of the Emperor Temple, personally commanded.

From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the Sichuan army has arranged a tight fortification, a regiment of soldiers guarded here, arranged enough machine guns and cannons, like a hedgehog.

Cai Yi personally held a telescope to observe the defense situation of the Sichuan army, Cai Yi's brows also wrinkled, he has always looked down on the Sichuan army, even after the defeat of the Sichuan army last time, Cai Yi just thought that his subordinates were arrogant and arrogant, and were ambushed by the Sichuan army.

"Governor, I don't think there's anything great about the Sichuan Army, and I'm willing to personally lead the team not to take the Emperor Temple, I'll come to see you!" At the time of the Chongjiu Uprising, it was Luo Peijin who led the team to capture the armory, so that the Dian army could succeed in the revolution, and Luo Peijin has always been Cai Jie's cronies after the uprising.

As soon as Cai Yi saw that it was him who asked for battle, he nodded, "Rongxuan, don't underestimate the enemy!" ”

Luo Peijin nodded yes, the Dian army also took out all the family resources this time, more than 20 mountain cannons were aimed at the mountain, Luo Peijin gave an order, the cannon roared, and the running bomb smashed on the head of the Sichuan army like hail, and the dust on the position was flying all over the sky, and from time to time there were a few screams, and the stumps and broken legs were also thrown into the sky.

"The Dian army's turtle sons are quite accurate!" Two shells were also fired near Wang Huai's command post, but neither exploded, and there were no casualties.

"Lao Shi, our artillery can't be underestimated, aim at me, hit according to the artillery position of the Yunnan army, I don't believe that we can't defeat the Yunnan army condescendingly!" Shi Yi hurriedly passed down the order, and the artillery positions of the Sichuan army were also removed from camouflage, and the muzzles of the black holes were directly aimed at the artillery positions of the Dian army.

"Three o'clock, rapid fire!" An order fell like a mountain, the mountain artillery of the Sichuan army also began to shoot, a tongue of fire rushed towards the Yunnan army, the mountain artillery of the Sichuan and Yunnan armies are 75 mm mountain guns, the range is about the same, but the Sichuan army occupies a favorable position at this time, condescending, the artillery position of the Yunnan army is focused on, and soon four artillery pieces were broken into parts, and dozens of artillery soldiers died.

Seeing this situation, Luo Peijin was also angry, and hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to speed up the attack and capture the Emperor Temple as soon as possible.

Before the small Emperor Temple, the two armies of Sichuan and Yunnan began to fight desperately, the two armies of Sichuan and Yunnan seemed to be a pair of enemies, they were very desperate as soon as they came up, the battlefield was fierce and abnormal, soldiers fell down every moment, and the blood had dyed the earth red, the reason why it would fight so fiercely was actually a problem for the leaders of the two sides.

Cai Yi knew very well in his heart that if this battle could be won, then the throne of the king of the southwest would fall on his head, with the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, coupled with the advantage of the terrain, Lao Yuan wanted to deal with himself to weigh it, so that Cai Ye really became a big man who could influence the political situation in China, and the great ambition in his heart could also be displayed, so he fought hard.

Although Qiao Yu saw the trend of history clearly, and even wanted to hide clumsily in front of Cai Yi and deliberately lose a move, but Cai Ye is not a waste of fame, and the strength of the Dian army is not an empty word, even if Qiao Yu tries his best, he may not be able to win steadily, where do you dare to be careless, it is also extraordinarily careful.

Since the beginning of the battle in the afternoon, the two sides have been fighting for more than three hours on the front of more than 20 miles centered on the Emperor's Temple, although the Dian army has broken into the defensive positions of the Sichuan army several times, but they have been beaten back by the Sichuan army, and the battle line has fallen into a stalemate.

Luo Peijin came to the front line at this time to command, and his face was also sweaty, he knew that although the Dian army looked strong, there was one of the biggest problems was the problem of logistics, the Sichuan army was backed by the Yangtze River, and it was able to rely on water transportation to obtain a steady stream of material support, while the Dian army was because of the rugged roads and the logistics were very tight, if they couldn't break through quickly, they would be consumed alive, so Luo Peijin personally selected sixty of the most elite soldiers to form a death squad, each with two guys in length, and a machete behind his back, Prepare to storm the Emperor's Temple at night.