Tian Songyao faced Liu Cunhou, who was a little angry, and did not show any weakness, with a faint smile on his face: "Leader, if I introduce you to someone, you will know everything!" ”

While speaking, a middle-aged man walked into Liu Cunhou's guest room, only to see that this person was in his thirties, with a bookish atmosphere, and came to the room and arched his hand at Liu Cunhou: "Captain Liu, I will report to my house first, my name is Yao Liquan, and I arrived here on the order of Qiao's patrol envoy!" ”

When Liu Cunhou heard that the other party was sent by Qiao Yu, his heart was inevitably throbbing, it seemed that the other party was here to be a lobbyist, if he could take refuge in Qiao Yu, it would not be much stronger than being angry in Yunnan, of course, Liu Cunhou also knew the truth of doing business, and he must sell it at a good price.

"I am now under the command of Commander Xiong, and I will definitely not change, Mr. has wasted his efforts!" Liu Cunhou said the righteousness and strictness, but the flashing eyes had betrayed the thoughts in his heart, Yao Liquan did not speak, but took out a check from his arms.

"This is a bank bill of 200,000 yuan issued by the Bank of Sichuan, and it will be redeemed when you see the ticket, presumably the brothers are also a little tight on hand, so take it first!"

Liu Cunhou originally wanted to pretend to be one, but as soon as he saw the check, his eyes couldn't leave, he had more than 2,000 soldiers, and he had been in arrears for several months, and when Xiong Kewu raised his army, all the treasury of Xiuwen and other places was distributed to everyone, but it was just a month's salary, Xiong Kewu promised that as long as Guiyang was attacked, he would give everyone the full sound, but now that Guiyang has been conquered, they haven't seen a penny, so they have a lot of grievances, this 200,000 yuan can give each soldier a hundred yuan, Even if the officers at all levels deduct half, it is enough to make up all the generals' salaries, there is no doubt that this is a bait that Liu Cunhou cannot decide.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Cunhou carefully held the check in his hand, "Mr. Yao, thanks to the patrol to make the adults look at it, I, Liu Cunhou, am also willing to take refuge in the Sichuan Army, but after all, I still have more than 2,000 brothers under my command, and I hope to be able to live on and off the road!" ”

"Regiment leader, what are you hesitating about, we are all from Sichuan, we are all angry in Guizhou and Yunnan, we can't think of us when we eat meat and drink, we can't run away if there is anything unlucky, I am willing to take refuge in the Sichuan army even if I start from a small soldier, just for a comfort!" Tian Songyao hurriedly said that his words were nominally addressed to Liu Cunhou, but in fact they were also addressed to Yao Liquan, indicating his single-minded position.

How could Yao Liquan not understand, it seems that this person is still worth mentioning, "Commander Liu, what official position do you have now in Sichuan, as long as your soldiers meet the standards of the Sichuan army, all of them will continue to be soldiers, if you are tired of marching in the army, you can send them travel expenses and let them go home, in short, they will try to satisfy you!" ”

Liu Cunhou got Yao Liquan's guarantee, and finally put his mind at ease, completely fell to the Sichuan army, there are still many Yunnan people in Liu Cunhou's army, these people will definitely not defect to the Sichuan army, it is very likely that chaos will occur, Liu Cunhou and Yao Liquan agreed, as long as the Sichuan army brigade arrived, these people would be disarmed.

After the discussion, Yao Liquan hurriedly informed Qiao Yu that the Sichuan army immediately accelerated the speed of the march and soon approached Xiuwen, Liu Cunhou also cleared all those diehards, and the Sichuan army occupied Xiuwen without blood, and the soldiers approached Guiyang, and at this time Liu Xianshi was leading the army to counterattack Guiyang, Xiong Kewu commanded his men to deploy all their strength, and the two sides regarded Guiyang City as a battlefield.

At this time, the battle on the Yangtze River line had ended, Duan Zhigui and Li Chun led the army into Nanchang, Li Chun was immediately appointed as the governor of Jiangxi, and Zhang Xun also took the lead and conquered the city of Nanjing, the lively second revolution was also completely defeated, the Beiyang Army shocked the world, and Lao Yuan's power also reached its peak.

Yanjing City is also becoming more and more glamorous, Lao Yuan is now also full of red light, and he is full of smiles at the concubine, Yang Du, Yang Shiqi and other strategists also see hope, Beiyang finally extended its sphere of influence to the Yangtze River Basin, which is a great joy for Beiyang, the Yangtze River Basin is the richest but can greatly alleviate the financial predicament of Beiyang, and the Yangtze River is also a long dragon across the hinterland of China, after occupying here, it can block the route of Sichuan to the east, and to the south can coerce Liangguang, which can further affect Yungui.

It can be said that since the beginning of the Xinhai Revolution, to now China is barely reunified, at first Lao Yuan was very resentful of Sun Wen and others for deducting basins for themselves, wantonly attacking and slandering, but now I see that if it weren't for their low eyes, they would not have unified the country so quickly, and I don't know whether to be grateful for their incompetence.

"Huizi, what do you think I should do next?" Lao Yuan asked Yang Du with a smile.

Yang Du was also in a mood at this time, Lao Yuan's power was consolidated, and after taking the Yangtze River Basin, the Beiyang territory expanded a lot, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Zhanyuan, Duan Zhigui, Li Chun, Zhang Xun, Ni Sichong and other Beiyang generals all gained benefits, and the original uneven distribution of spoils was also solved. , Beiyang has initially stabilized, and his dissatisfaction with Lao Yuan has also quickly subsided, Yang Du has finally waited for this good time to be able to show his strength, and his mood can naturally be imagined.

"President, according to me, the only people who can be called a prince in the world are Li Yuanhong in Hubei, Qiao Yu in Sichuan, Tang Jiyao in Yunnan, and Lu Rongting in Guangxi, among which Yunnan and Guangxi are far away from the emperor, and Sichuan is strong, the terrain is dangerous, and now there is not enough certainty to take Qiao Yu down, I think the president might as well get Li Yuanhong to Yanjing first, and watch it under his nose!"

Yang Du mentioned this suggestion, Lao Yuan nodded secretly, although Yang Du is arrogant, but he does have the capital to be arrogant, he can see the general trend of the world so clearly, it is indeed a good opportunity to get Li Yuanhong away, but the next step is Sichuan, Qiao Yu, a young man, has always made Lao Yuan unable to see through, he nominally respects Yuan Shikai, and Sun Wen is also a lot of hatred, but in fact, Qiao Yu is completely self-contained, Sichuan can't splash the water and dominate Sichuan, it is really a big trouble, but it is really difficult to deal with.

There are huge economic interests between Qiao Yu and the powers of various countries, if he blindly makes a move on Sichuan, he will be opposed by the powers, and the terrain of Sichuan is dangerous, it is not easy to attack, and don't look at the Second Revolution The Beiyang Army is like a bamboo, but the cost is also amazing, and the big loans for the aftermath are basically taken in, in addition, the white wolf bandit army is becoming more and more turbulent, and the Central Plains is faintly unstable, and Lao Yuan must transfer troops to suppress it, so it is indeed not the time to do it to Sichuan as Yang Du said.

"What Huizi said is very true, what should we do after taking Li Yuanhong?"

"President, you are only the temporary president now, these two words should also be taken down, and the temporary covenant is also a temporary thing, Sun Wen harbors evil intentions, and now he can't even keep a piece of territory, this temporary covenant should be over!"

"After all, this covenant was formulated by the parliament, and I am afraid it is not good to blindly abolish it!" Lao Yuan had this plan in his heart, but he still doesn't admit it, and it really shows his true colors.

"President, I have said a long time ago, and now I still want to say that if China wants to develop, there must be a military and political strongman who will monopolize power, carry out drastic reforms, eliminate maladministration, and then develop the economy, with the size of China, as long as it can hold out for ten years, it will be able to compare with the general second-rate powers, and then take back the country's rights and powers, and reverse the national fortunes that have sunk for three hundred years, the president is the rebirth of the Qin Emperor, the reincarnation of the Han Dynasty, who in the world dares not to look up to the president!"