The sound of the guns of the Battle of the Knife River finally thinned out after nightfall, until finally the whole vast land fell silent again. At this time, the Kuomintang and the direct army had completely disengaged from contact. This great battle, which decided the fate of tens of millions of people, ended with the victory of the Kuomintang army. The direct line dispatched an army of more than 70,000 men from four divisions and 10 brigades, and after two days of offensive and defensive battles, only 20,000 people withdrew from the battlefield in the end, and even if the remaining troops of the eight brigades that were transferred to the wounded and the left flank were routed and withdrawn from the battlefield in advance, the strength that the direct line could finally gather was only 30,000. In other words, in the battle of the two days, the direct loss of troops was close to 50,000! The losses on the part of the Kuomintang were much smaller, with nearly 13,000 casualties in the nine divisions that took part in the two days of fighting, and since the Kuomintang had captured about 30,000 men in this battle, the losses of the troops could be replenished quickly.

On the night of October 2, with the end of the Battle of Laodao River, Zhao Hengti, who knew the outcome of the victory, and his four King Kongs immediately made the right choice and opened the city gate to participate in the revolution. The four divisions of the Hunan Army of Zhao Hengti's family all drove out of Changsha City and accepted the reorganization of the Kuomintang. According to the order of the Military Committee, these four Hunan divisions were broken up and reorganized, and most of the officers at the company and platoon levels were replaced, and the officers at the battalion and regimental levels were also exchanged with other divisions, and then these four divisions were given the numbers of the 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd Divisions of the National Revolutionary Army, and were officially annexed by the Kuomintang. He Yaozu, Liu Quan, Ye Kaixin, and Tang Shengzhi are still serving as division commanders. So far, the military and political government of Hunan have completely achieved reunification, except for Chen Quzhen, the king of Xiangxi, who lives in a remote corner.

At the same time as the Hunan War, the six divisions of Cheng Qian and Bai Chongxi in Jiangxi Province also made rapid progress. At that time, the direct guards of Jiangxi were the First Division of the Central Army and several Jiangxi mixed brigades. The predecessor of this unit was composed of young and strong people selected from the banner soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and it was the descendant of the previous dynasty. However, imagine what kind of virtue the Eight Banners Brigade was at the end of the Qing Dynasty to know how this first division was. Since this first division entered the Republic of China, except for the number of the first, everything else must be the first from the bottom in the Beiyang Central Army, of course, including combat effectiveness. However, Bai Chongxi, who was sent to attack them this time, had two Guangxi divisions that were "as fierce as a tiger and as evil as a wolf" - the 13th Division and the 14th Division. There is no suspense at all in this kind of battle, the entire Jiangxi campaign is basically the Kuomintang army is pursuing, Cai Chengxun's first division is retreating, and finally the whole army is annihilated, as for those Jiangxi local divisions, there is no suspense, basically just looking at the wind and crushing. As soon as the war in Hunan ended, Jiangxi was almost the Kuomintang's world.

Hunan and Jiangxi provinces are in Dading, and the pressure on Lao Jiang's side is coming, Luo Yaoguo and Bai Chongxi have won victories and laid a good territory, and you have been busy for a long time with the chairman of the military committee, why is there only half of Zhejiang? Fortunately, Xia Chao, the head of the Zhejiang military and police, who had just become the governor of Zhejiang, had already sent an educator named Ma Xulun to find the General Headquarters of the First Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army in Jinhua.

"Ma Yichu (Ma Xulun) asked to see?" After listening to Jiang Xiaoxian's report, Lao Jiang's eyes rolled and he knew that the local snakes in Zhejiang couldn't hold their breath. Chiang Kai-shek smiled: "Please, please." ”

Please? I didn't even go to the gate to greet me in person. Ma Xulun suppressed his unhappiness a little, and was too lazy to worry about the villain Chiang Kai-shek, whose main task was to avoid the destruction of life in his hometown, in order to maintain the prosperity and stability of Zhejiang and the freedom of Mingzhu.

Ma Xulun followed Jiang Xiaoxian to the conference room of Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters, and Lao Jiang was standing at the door and greeted him with a smile.

"Mr. Yi Chu is here, Zhongzheng has lost the welcome, forgive the sins, forgive the sins. Sir, please come in, Zhongzheng has prepared some wine here, and the banquet is pleased, and Mr. must appreciate it. Lao Chiang actually respected intellectuals very much, but the intellectuals at that time had a sense of justice and couldn't get used to Chiang Kai-shek's arbitrariness.

"Jiegong returned to his hometown with an army of 100,000 this time, which is majestic!" Ma Xulun had something to say, and seemed to blame Lao Jiang for burning the war to Zhejiang.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled apologetically: "This time, Zhongzheng was ordered by the Military Commission to bring troops to aid Zhejiang. It can't be said that on the orders of Mr. Zhongshan, people have "retired from illness".

"Isn't Jiegong the chairman of the Military Commission?" Massillon asked rhetorically.

"The Chiang Kai-shek is just a convener, and the decisions of the Military Commission are made jointly by all members of the Military Commission." Chiang Kai-shek took Ma Xulun's hand and invited him into the conference room to explain the current leadership structure of the Kuomintang.

After the guests and hosts sat down, the negotiations between the two sides got to the point, and Ma Xulun went straight to the point at the beginning, saying: "The problems of our Zhejiang can be solved by the people of Zhejiang themselves, and they are not inferior to the southern soldiers." We, Governor Xia, hope that the people of Zhejiang will govern Zhejiang, if this can be done, then we will not work for the army of the commissar, and we will solve Sun Chuanfang by ourselves. ”

Lao Jiang sneered: "General Dinghou (Xia Chao) is from Zhejiang, so I, Jiang, am not from Zhejiang?" There is no problem for the provincial chairman to give General Xia, but the military and police in Zhejiang must be reorganized, and Zhejiang must also be governed in accordance with the discipline and political methods, as for Sun Chuanfang, are I still afraid that my 100,000 army will not be able to defeat it? ”

Ma Xulun listened to Lao Jiang's conditions, and felt bad in his heart. This time, he was invited by Zhejiang Governor Xia Chao to strive for "Zhejiang people to govern Zhejiang," and at the very least, to avoid reorganizing Zhejiang's military and police and practicing political training in Zhejiang. Zhejiang, like Guangdong, has been a province of revolutionary parties since the late Qing Dynasty, and Zhejiang's people's intelligence is ahead of the rest of the country. The intellectuals in Zhejiang, including Ma Xulun, were very disgusted with the Kuomintang's "discipline and administration".

Ma Xulun said lightly: "Hehe, if the chairman's 100,000-strong army can eliminate Sun Chuanfang, why drag it out until now?" The battles in Jiangxi and Hunan have already ended first, could it be that the young people are full of enthusiasm? ”

"Thank you Mr. Yi Chu for reminding me, now that the two lakes and Jiangxi and Anhui will be decided, our Kuomintang will have an army of 300,000 to take Jiangsu and Zhejiang." Lao Jiang shook his head lightly and said, "I'm afraid that the chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial National Political Axe will not be surnamed Xia at that time." ”

"Three hundred thousand! Do you Kuomintang have so many troops? "Ma Xulun also knows that the people [***] are so bluffing, and half of the so-called 300,000 Yunyun is good.

"Hehe, even Wu Ziyu's third division was defeated by us, how is Sun Chuanfang's second division better than the third division?" Lao Jiang did not answer positively, but moved out of the Laodao River to brag.

The matter of the battle of the Laodao River spread all over the country at the first time, and Xia Chao and Ma Xulun naturally knew about it. Otherwise, Ma Xulun would not have hurried to Jinhua to meet Chiang Kai-shek. Moreover, Sun Chuanfang's second division was also repeatedly defeated in battles with the Kuomintang during this time, and the soldiers became fewer and fewer, and the territory became smaller and smaller. Now it can only rely on the mixed brigade of Zhou Yin's people and a part of the defective Zhejiang army to barely maintain the territory near Hangzhou.

The reason why Lao Jiang has not yet attacked Hangzhou is not because he can't beat Sun Chuanfang, although Lao Jiang's skills in fighting are not good, but he has Li Jishen, Liang Hongkai, Zhang Minda, Zhang Fakui and a bunch of Guangdong warriors to assist. It is not difficult to beat the more than 10,000 people of Sun Chuanfang and Zhou Yinren, even if Xia Chao's Zhejiang soldiers go up together, they can't stand the group charge of the Guangdong soldiers. The reason why Lao Chiang did not move in Jinhua was to wait for the results of the negotiations in Shanghai.

Zhang Jingjiang, Song Ziwen, Chen Guofu and others had already arrived in the Shanghai Concession during this time and began to contact with a cadre of Anhui bigwigs.

"What! No way! Absolutely not! "In the luxurious suite of the Chinachem Hotel in Shanghai, a white and chubby middle-aged soldier is in a state of rage. Across from him sat a man with a disability. The white and chubby soldier is the Anhui general Xu Shuzheng, Duan Qirui's most trusted person, and the emaciated man who is disabled and determined is Zhang Jingjiang, the rightist boss of the Kuomintang, the next mayor of Shanghai. Today, Zhang Jingjiang came to visit Xu Shuzheng to inform him of the good news that he is going to become mayor. However, Xu Shuzheng doesn't seem to be very happy about this.

"Your Kuomintang is really deceiving people too much! Without the support of our old Duan Zhi, would you be where you are today! Without Lu Zijia giving you weapons, ammunition, and military expenses, can you take Liangguang! Now you don't even let go of Shanghai and Zhejiang, and you want us to go to Shandong, no way! Do you believe it or not, we turned around and joined forces with Wu Ziyu to fight your Kuomintang? Xu Shuzheng said angrily, if Zhang Jingjiang was not disabled, Lao Xu's big fist would have exploded a long time ago.

The Kuomintang went too far this time, and actually proposed to let Lu Yongxiang and He Fenglin's troops go to Shandong! Can Shandong be compared with Zhejiang and Shanghai? One day and one earth! The Anhui soldiers who are used to eating in Shanghai have to die bitterly when they go to Shandong?

"Tie Shan Gong has something to discuss, and the contemptible people came to discuss with you on behalf of the Kuomintang this time, uh, don't wave this fist, we are all civilized people." Seeing the two big fists that were getting closer and closer to him, Zhang Jingjiang secretly scolded Chiang Kai-shek in his heart. What should I do if this errand is called a person? Isn't this to dig up the roots of the Anhui system? Can people say yes? Do you want to add more territory? Thinking of this, Zhang Jingjiang smiled slightly: "Otherwise, let's take out the Xuzhou town guard and Huaibei town guard envoy to you?" ”

"Shanghai! Shanghai, we must not let it. Xu Shuzheng also made some concessions when he saw that there was a play, and was willing to give up Zhejiang. This Zhejiang is no longer in the hands of Anhui, and it looks good to give up a piece of territory that is not in hand and keep Shanghai that is still in hand.

"Shanghai is absolutely not going to work." Zhang Jingjiang shook his head vigorously, he was the mayor of Shanghai, and he gave up who he would be mayor of Shanghai, but fortunately, the Kuomintang still had candy to give. "Tie Shangong, you see if this will work, we will take out the north part of the Huai River in Jiangsu and Anhui, and then assist you in seizing the territory of Shandong, and then pay another 5 million yuan per year since 1925. In addition, in the future selection of the top leader of the United Political Axe of China, we can support Zhi Lao, and Zhi Lao can support you in the future. ”

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