The Beiyang political axe issued an order to remove Cai Yi, and the joint council of the three southwestern provinces was also formed, Qiao Yu has already occupied the name of righteousness, don't underestimate this thing, think that the strength is enough, soft power is not a kind of strength, especially fighting a civil war is the most unpopular, so we must be fully prepared for public opinion and occupy a moral advantage before we can send troops to fight, otherwise even if we win, we will not be able to run away from infamy.

Qiao Yu is almost ready, the three-way army was launched together, approaching Yunnan, Qiao Yu has been running Sichuan for several years This time showed a huge advantage, the Sichuan army soldiers gathered from all over Sichuan along the railway to Syria, it only took less than half a month to prepare almost, Qiao Yu led the headquarters and went straight to Syria.

"Shunqing, you must pay more attention, leading troops to fight is different from other things!" Lu Wanqing was helping Qiao Yu sort out his military uniform with a pair of plain hands.

"Daughter-in-law, don't worry, I don't have to charge, what's so difficult about taking command, but when I go, the affairs of the family will be handed over to you, we must honor the second elder, and take care of our precious son, the more trivial it is, the harder it is!"

As if sensing that his father was talking about himself, Qiao Luan squeaked, and a pair of lotus-like little hands kept waving.

"Baby son, wait for your father to fight you!" Qiao Yu's rough big hand pinched on his son's pink little face, making Qiao Luan's little mouth crooked, and he was about to cry!

Bidding farewell to his wife and children, Qiao Yu left Chengdu with full hesitation, and went straight to Syria on a special train, the large-scale mobilization of the Sichuan army naturally attracted the attention of the heavens, and the Protectorate War has shown the strength of the Sichuan army, but the Yunnan army is also recognized as a strong army, and everyone is guessing who can win this war, but obviously everyone is more optimistic about the Sichuan army, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, the two giants of Beiyang, have strictly ordered their subordinates not to get involved, and don't think about taking advantage, just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

After Qiao Yu came to Syria, he immediately went to inspect the armament situation of the warehouse, and it was Yao Shiquan who was in charge of military quarters in Syria, and he was introducing the situation to Qiao Yu at this time: "Marshal, now Syria has hoarded 500,000 stone grain, 100,000 cans, and a large number of tents and other materials, which is enough for the army to consume for three months, and this warehouse is the largest warehouse in Syria!" ”

Qiao Yu took a look at it personally, it was all japonica rice and white noodles, which was indeed very good, but this was not enough: "Director Yao, the terrain of Yunnan is rugged, the deeper you go into the hinterland of Yunnan, the more you lose along the way, ten percent can be sent to Sancheng It's good, I think these grains are not enough!" ”

"Dashuai is right, I think there is a more important consumption." Jiang Baili interjected at this time: "Once the war between Sichuan and Yunnan starts, there will be a serious shortage of food in Yunnan, coupled with the chaos of the army and the chaos of the place, the displacement of people will be everywhere, and the life of the common people will definitely be worse, we must prepare sufficient food to appease the people!" ”

"Well, Director Yao, the chief of staff's words are very reasonable, this attack on Yunnan is to a large extent a logistics battle, the burden on your shoulders is very important, you must arrange it properly!"

"Don't worry, Dashuai, I have requisitioned the three largest grain merchants, and they are used as a supplement to the logistics troops, and they are all responsible for the food to appease the people, in addition to grain, there are soybean oil, salt, cloth, matches and other items, the quantity is very sufficient, where our army fights, our goods can get there, and we will be able to ensure the stability of the market!"

Qiao Yu nodded: "Director Yao, the first thing I inspected when I arrived in Syria was the grain warehouse, not the arms warehouse, I believe you understand what I mean, the people don't necessarily care about who manages them, but we must let them ensure their basic needs and minimize their resistance, so that we can quickly accept a complete Yunnan!" ”

After Qiao Yu finished explaining, the Sichuan army resolutely crossed the Yangtze River after a simple rectification, and went straight to Yunnan, Syria once again witnessed the conflict between Sichuan and Yunnan, the previous two times were the Yunnan army took the initiative to attack Sichuan, only this time Sichuan turned passive into active and began to attack Yunnan.

After crossing the Yangtze River, the important place that the Sichuan army wants to capture is Yanjin, Yanjin as the name suggests, there is a salt well here, or a ferry, so it is named, this is the main road of Sichuan-Yunnan connection, known as the gateway of Sichuan-Yunnan, and the strategic location is very important.

Especially after the rapid development of Sichuan's economy, here has become an important place for the exchange of Yunnan specialties and Sichuan industrial products, business and trade exchanges are endless, the most lively, but with the outbreak of the Sichuan-Yunnan War again, the merchants of Yanjing also quickly evacuated, the remaining local residents of Yanjin are trembling and hiding at home, do not dare to come out, this morning, two reconnaissance planes appeared in the sky over Yanjin, hovered in the air for a long time, and finally left in the roar, the people of Yanjin saw this novel flying tool for the first time.

Immediately after that, a few planes flew over one after another, dropping a lot of leaflets, the more courageous people picked up the leaflets, at a glance it was just a propaganda notice of the Sichuan army, so you don't have to worry, the Sichuan army is about to enter Yanjin, the Sichuan army is a civilized division without committing any crimes in autumn, please rest assured, business transactions, everything is going on normally, the people of Yanjin can barely settle down.

"Brother Baili, Cai Songpo actually didn't fortify in Yanjin, it's really unexpected, this Sichuan-Yunnan gateway was handed over to us like this, after the gate is opened, we are going to enter the house!"

"Junzuo, Yanjin is too close to Sichuan, how many soldiers can block the Sichuan army's aircraft and artillery, besides, the real gateway is Zhaotong, not Yanjin!"

Jiang Baili is right, Cai Yi is very clear that his strength is not comparable to the Sichuan army, so he decided to take the inner line of combat, so in addition to the strict defense of the Zhaotong area, the rest of the places have been abandoned, although there is no army to disturb, but the march is not easy at all, many years of dirt roads have been seriously disrepaired, and the widest part of the road can only pass four horses, the narrow place is to pass two war horses side by side, and now it is the turn of spring and summer, and there is a lot of rain, so the road has become a pot of porridge, and the soldiers move smoothly, But heavy equipment is more difficult.

A 155 mm heavy gun weighs more than three tons, and is usually towed by trucks, but after encountering such bad road conditions, trucks really become trucks, and they are stuck on the road raw, and they can only rely on livestock and manpower to push together.

Jiang Baili, Shi Yi, Wang Huai, Deng Xihou, Wang Zhanxu and others all gathered over, Qiao Yu looked at everyone with a grim face, "It's difficult to march now, everyone should think of a way!" ”

"Marshal, I have two ways, the first is to send a capable advance team to help the army get the road straight, and the second is to recruit a large number of local people and let them help us tow weapons!" Deng Xihou's mind was very flexible, and he immediately proposed two strategies.

Qiao Yu and the others nodded again and again, and now they had to do it.

"Jin Kang, I will order you to lead the first engineer regiment to open the way for the whole army, and I will order the air force to cover you!" After Qiao Yu gave the order, Deng Xihou immediately went to prepare, and Qiao Yu asked Shi Yi to be responsible for recruiting people, and after the Sichuan army was prepared, the speed of the march was much faster, but it only walked forty miles in a whole day.

Qiao Yu's brows were furrowed, such a speed of march is really helpless, the longer the delay, the greater the logistical pressure of the Sichuan army, Qiao Yu was worried at this time, and Deng Xihou, who opened the way in front, was even more so.

Deng Xihou got the task of opening the way for the army, his heart was naturally joyful, if he could do it well, it would be the first merit to enter Yunnan, but to make meritorious service first of all, he had to overcome the difficulties in front of him, Deng Xihou commanded the engineering troops to quickly repair the road, and suddenly someone ran to report that there were suddenly several large potholes in a radius of more than ten meters on the road in front of him, and they were arranged on the road in a row, just blocking the road of the army.

Deng Xihou's face was angry, Cai Yi was really not weak, he actually destroyed the road, the speed of the army's advance was afraid that it would slow down again, and now the sky was getting darker and darker, and it was about to be dark, Deng Xihou became more and more anxious in his heart, and he could only urge his brothers to act as soon as possible and rectify the road overnight.

"Brothers, raising soldiers for a thousand years is a while, and the marshal is treating us well, now is the time for everyone to repay the marshal, we must repair the road as soon as possible to ensure the passage of the army!"

The southwest road is already difficult, so Qiao Yu attaches great importance to the engineering troops of the Sichuan army, Deng Xihou's sappers are the elite of the elite in Sichuan, and have participated in the construction of the Yiwan Railway, it can be said that the technology is excellent, the discipline is strict, although very tired, but still work hard, many people have taken off a bare shoulder, sweat on the sturdy body continues to flow, the road is accompanied by sweat rapid extension, Deng Xihou carefully calculated, there are about forty miles to be able to rush to Daguan County.

If Zhaotong is the gateway of Yunnan, then Daguan is the gateway of Zhaotong, the location is very important, as long as the Daguan can be taken, the Sichuan army will also have a forward base, and it will not be so passive, so it must be taken as soon as possible.

Seeing that it was getting late, suddenly a few gunshots rang out, Deng Xihou was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to go to check, and soon there was a rush of gunshots, and the staff officer quickly ran over.

"Tuanzuo, our army encountered a small group of troops of the Yunnan army to harass, two sentries were attacked, one was killed and one was wounded, after our army chased over, we killed two attacking Yunnan troops!"

"The wounded brothers will be treated well, and the rest of the people will be on guard to avoid another attack!"

In one night, the Yunnan army sent a total of more than a dozen troops to attack and harass, because of the vigilance, the Sichuan army only killed five people, but the Yunnan army had more than a dozen people killed, but the progress of the project was seriously delayed, Deng Xihou was also angry at this time, the Yunnan army actually used this despicable method to block the advance of the Sichuan army, which was extremely hateful!