Chen Guofu sorted out his thoughts, and did not need to take a notepad, he was clearly organized just by memory, and began to introduce the situation in Taiyuan endlessly.

Although there are many warlords and politicians gathered in Taiyuan, they are mainly divided into the following groups: the reorganization faction headed by Chen Gongbo, the main members are Wang Leping, Wang Faqin, Gu Mengyu, Wang Maogong, and Bai Yunti; There was the Xishan Conference faction headed by Zou Lu and Xie Zhi, and its main members were Qin Zhen and Li Xijiu. ”

"Feng Yuxiang's representatives are relatively loose, and there is no clear leader, not only Li Xingzhong, Liu Zhizhou, Deng Zhexi, Chen Jiyan and others, but also Song Zheyuan's chief of staff Zhang Weifan. However, the purpose of these people is relatively unified, that is, to rescue Feng Yuxiang and return to Shaanxi. As for whether to unite with Yan Xishan to oppose the central government, it has to be up to Feng Yuxiang; Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi also sent Pan Yizhi, the former director of the Political Department of the Songhu Police Command and the first director of the "Central Daily". ”

In addition, Liu Wenhui, chairman of Sichuan Province, and Liu Xiang, uncle and nephew of the 21st Army of Sichuan Aftermath Supervision, although they fought with more than a dozen warlords such as Yang Sen in Sichuan, they also sent Hu Weisan and Hongji respectively; Shi Yousan sent his cronies Bi Guangyuan and Nie Xiangxi; Sun Dianying, commander of the new 10th Division, sent Hu Jiesan and Gao Mengqin. ”

"Liu Zhenhua, commander-in-chief of the Eleventh Route Army, sent Chu Jingwei; Strangely, his subordinate commander Wan Xuancai also sent his younger brother Wan Dianzun to Taiyuan, and Liu Zhenhua's fifth brother Liu Maoen also sent his personal representative alone; Tang Shengzhi, who fled to Hong Kong, was not willing to be lonely, and sent Yuan Huaxuan to liaise with Yan Xishan on his behalf; Ren Yingqi, commander of the 12th Army, was represented by Liu Juemin, a member of the Central Supervisory Committee of the National Political Axe and a supervisory envoy of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan provinces, who lived in Shanghai to rest and recuperate; Jing Yuexiu, the envoy of northern Shaanxi Town and the commander of the 86th Division, was represented by Liu Shaoting; Yue Xiangru, the former commander of the 3rd Division of the 33rd Army, was represented by Ma Jicai; In addition, Liu Guitang, Liu Chunrong and others also sent representatives. ”

Chen Guofu raised his voice and continued: "The most eye-catching thing is Song Zhewu, director of the Taihang Administration and commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, who did not only send representatives to Taiyuan like Li Zongren of the Northwest Army and the Gui family, but personally led a battalion of cavalry to Taiyuan. According to the information we have obtained, Song Zhewu has agreed to join the Jin Sui Army, and the whole army was organized by Yan Xishan into the 11th to 19th armies and several divisions of the Jin Sui Army, and even went to Xihui to urge Feng Yuxiang at the order of Yan Xishan. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Guofu glanced at He Yingqin and Lin Wei from the corner of his eye. And He Yingqin and Lin Wei both had unchanged faces and looked unfazed.

"There are several other aspects of personnel that should also attract our attention, that is, Han Fuyu, the current commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, sent Liu Xizhong, director of his Third Route Army General Headquarters in Beiping; Fan Zhongxiu, commander-in-chief of the Henan-Shaanxi Frontier Army, sent a representative Deng Hongye; He Jian, chairman of the Hunan Provincial Political Axe, sent Huang Yiou; Zhang Xueliang, the commander of the Northeast Frontier Defense, was represented by Ge Guangting; Ma Hongkui, commander-in-chief of the 15th Route Army of the rebel army, was represented by Kang Yushu; In addition, Chen Tiaoyuan and Jin Shuren, chairman of the Xinjiang Provincial Political Axe, also sent representatives. ”

Among these people today, only He Yingqin, Lin Wei, He Chengjun, Chen Guofu, Dai Li, Wu Tiecheng, and Yang Yongtai know in detail about Yan Xishan's anti-Chiang activities.

Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, Zhang Xueliang These people needless to say, not only are they all domestic figures since Xinhai, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang and Zhang Xueliang also rule several provinces, if you count Sichuan, Hunan, Henan, Anhui, there are 14 provinces involved in the rebellion, this is not counting Han Fuyu who is heading to Shandong, if Han Fuyu is in Shandong again, then the north of the Yangtze River is almost all rebel forces, this is not counting the Outer Mongolia controlled by Song Zhewu.

Moreover, each of these people was a large member of the side with heavy troops, and the combined forces of these people far exceeded the number of the Central Army, and it was not easy to successfully pacify them.

Thinking of this, Dai Jitao, Zhang Qun, Song Ziwen, Wu Zhihui, and even Lin Wei, He Chengjun, and Yang Yongtai, who were already somewhat relieved under Chiang Kai-shek's relaxed emotions, became a little worried again.

The expressions on everyone's faces changed, Chiang Kai-shek could see it clearly, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, these situations were originally not going to be explained clearly to Dai Jitao, Zhang Qun, Song Ziwen, Wu Zhihui, but immediately asked these people to make a big effort, and if they didn't make it clear, they were afraid that these people would not know what kind of hardship the party-state had reached, and they would not go all out to go to the "national disaster" with him when they started to do things. But I am afraid that these people will be afraid of the enemy. Chiang Kai-shek had a hard time for several days about this, but at last he felt compelled to say it, and they were convinced that they could confidently and boldly assist him in quelling the rebellion, which had exhausted him physically and mentally.

Chiang Kai-shek looked at everyone, smiled slightly, and said: "What Guofu said is not all, if you count some small warlords, the total number is more than fifty people." ”

"More than fifty people!" Everyone couldn't help but gasp.

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "These people seem to be aggressive, but in fact, they are not only full of contradictions with each other, but also fight with each other for their own interests. ”

Seeing that the spirits of Dai Jitao and the others were not infected by his emotions and relaxed slightly, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but sigh bitterly in his heart, waved his hand and motioned for Chen Guofu to sit down, and he decided not to let Chen Guofu report on the situation of the anti-Chiang coalition forces, so as not to frighten some people's "courage". He himself will come to comfort the hearts of these close confidants.

Chiang Kai-shek sorted out his thoughts a little and calmly said to everyone: "First of all, let's talk about the situation of Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, Zhang Xueliang and Song Wenge, the main forces of the rebellion. ”

"According to the information we have, there are nearly 1.2 million troops of these four people."

As everyone inhaled, Chiang Kai-shek continued indifferently: "Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army, excluding Song Wenge's Fourth Route Army, has a regular army of about 240,000 people; The remnants of Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army also had about this number. If they send troops to fight the central government, they will never leave their troops behind to watch their homes. Yan Xishan had to leave at least 40,000 people in the four provinces of Jin, Sui, Cha, and Hebei, so that he could only send about 200,000 troops. The four provinces of Qinghai, Ning, Gansu, and Shaanxi occupied by Feng Yuxiang are vast and sparsely populated, close to Sichuan, and there are some local forces in the local area, and Feng Yuxiang will not be unguarded. Although he did not need to leave many troops behind, he needed at least 40,000 to 50,000 troops. In this way, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan's descendants can only fight directly with us 400,000. ”

"After Li Zongren was defeated by us last year, the Gui family has long been worse than in the past, although Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi vigorously expanded their army after returning to Guangxi, now there are only about 6 or 70,000 people, and he has to guard against Longyun in Yunnan and Guangdong, and the maximum number of troops they can send is 40,000."

"Although Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army has more than 400,000, we can completely ignore Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army."

"Not thinking about it at all? How is this possible? Dai Jitao asked with a blank face.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly, turned his head to Dai Li, who was sitting in a corner and was silent, and said, "Yunong, you tell Dean Dai about the affairs of the Northeast." ”

Dai Li stood up respectfully, at this time he was only the leader of the investigation and communication team of Chiang Kai-shek's chamberlain, and his status was far less noble than a few years later, and he did not dare to offend any of these people here.

Dai Li cautiously nodded to the bigwigs present before saying: "The Northeast Army seems to be a whole headed by Zhang Xueliang, but in fact it is divided into three factions, including the veteran faction headed by Zhang Zuoxiang, Zhang Jinghui, and Tang Yulin, and these people are now in high positions in the Northeast Army; the non-commissioned officer faction headed by Han Linchun, Jiang Dengxuan, Wang Shuchang, and Yu Zhen; At that time, the student faction headed by Guo Songling, Li Jinglin, and Liu Wei was composed of students from the Army University, Baoding Military Academy, and Fengtian Army Accelerated School. ”

"Of these factions, the Senators have the highest status, but the least ability; Most of the non-commissioned officers in the Northeast Army are senior staff, controlling the central power of the Northeast Army in peacetime, and acting as front-line commanders in wartime, with no actual military power; The student faction has the support of Zhang Xueliang, and now most of them are brigade and regiment commanders, and they are the people who actually control the troops. These three factions are very contradictory to each other, and there are great differences on whether to stick to the outside of the customs or participate in the entanglement inside the customs. ”

"The current situation is that the patriarchs are resolutely opposed to sending troops to the Guannei, and advocate self-isolation and self-defense and development with peace of mind. Because of these high positions and powers, Zhang Xueliang could not ignore their opinions, and now he has always said to them that he will not send troops; The non-commissioned officer faction supported Zhang Xueliang to send troops, and his intention was to get their own development opportunities; And the student faction supports both sides, but these people still depend on Zhang Xueliang's decision, and Zhang Xueliang will support him in the end, regardless of whether he sends troops or not. According to the information I have, Zhang Xueliang supports the central authorities, and he attaches great importance to the central authorities' righteous reputation. ”

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand to signal Dai Li to sit down, looked at everyone and said: "Because the factions in the Northeast Army are holding each other down, it is difficult for Zhang Xueliang to send troops to support Yan Xishan. It's just that Zhang Xueliang is young and vigorous, and he has a lot of intentions to do something big, and he still wants to send troops himself. Fang Cai Yunong said that Zhang Hanqing supports the central government, and you should not be too optimistic about this. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said with some disdain: "Although he Zhang Hanqing supports the Central Committee, he does not necessarily support the Central Committee of Chiang Zhongzheng, and if Yan Xishan enters Nanjing, he will also support the ...... of Yan Xishan's Central Committee."

(To be continued)