May in Shenyang has long been free of the cold of deep winter and early spring, and the warm breeze from the south at the turn of spring and summer has brought warmth to this northern city that has not been seen for a long time.

Li Wan, who had already changed into a light dress in early summer, looked at Zhao Dongyun on the side with a smile on her face, and at this time, Zhao Dongyun was holding her little daughter who was several months old in her arms, showing a smile that was rarely seen on weekdays.

This kind of smile is different from the kind smile that Zhao Dongyun shows every day, although this kind smile in the past gives people a kind feeling, but people who have seen a lot will know that it is a professional smile, you can feel cordiality from it, but you will clearly know that it is not his sincere smile, because that smile belongs to the political family.

However, the smile that Zhao Dongyun showed now is a smile from the heart, it is a smile that belongs to his father!

Li Wan watched Zhao Dongyun tease her little daughter with her fingers, her little hand was just enough to grab his fingers, and then grabbed and grabbed and let out a giggle, looking at these Li Wan herself also smiled, when her daughter was born a few months ago, she disappointed many people, especially the old lady of the Zhao family did not hide her disappointment at all, although she didn't say anything on the surface, but the disappointment was something that anyone could feel.

In addition, at the end of the year, Fang Ruolian was finally pregnant after many years of not being pregnant, and the old lady of the Zhao family didn't even look at Li Wan and her little daughter, eating fasting and chanting Buddha in the Dashuai Mansion every day, praying that God would let Fang Ruolian give birth to a big fat boy, so as to inherit the incense of her old Zhao family.

Fortunately, although others did not wait to see the daughter she gave birth to, Zhao Dongyun did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, on the contrary, he loved this little daughter very much, which made Li Wan feel at ease.

Just when Li Wan was in reverie, she saw Li San walking in from outside, which made Li Wan frown, because she knew that whenever Li San came to Zhao Dongyun, it meant that Zhao Dongyun was going to work again, and Zhao Dongyun had less time to match their mother and daughter, and this rare day of companionship was estimated to make Li San mix again.

I saw Li San walk to Zhao Dongyun's side and say a few words, and then Zhao Dongyun came over with his daughter in his arms: "I have to deal with some things outside, and I'll come back in the evening!" ”

Although Li Wan was a little dissatisfied with the current situation, she also knew that this kind of time was not the time to brush up on her petty temperament, so she squeezed out a smile: "Well, you go, work is important!" ”

After walking out of the courtyard gate, Zhao Dongyun said: "You call Fang Biyong and An Yutong from the Intelligence Department too!" ”

Just now Li San came in to sue him, and Wang Yingkai sent a secret telegram to himself, saying that the central government was going to appoint Zhang Huaizhi as the governor of Anhui. Anhui plus the words secret electricity and Zhang Huaizhi are enough for anyone to know that it is definitely not that simple, out of the instinct of a warlord, Zhao Dongyun almost immediately thought that Wang Yingkai wanted to do something to Duan Qirui.

Because everyone knows that Anhui is one of the provinces under the jurisdiction of the Liangjiang Patrol Envoy, the Governor of the Northern Republican Government, the Patrol Envoy System is actually not much different from the former Qing Dynasty, due to the urgency of time, so there is no direct change to the Governor of the former Qing Dynasty, just a change of title, simply put, the governor is replaced by the Governor of Chengdu, the Governor is replaced by the Patrol Envoy, and even the administrative jurisdiction is a continuation of the old practice of the former Qing Dynasty, for example, the Governor of the Eastern Three Provinces is the Governor of the Eastern Three Provinces of the former Qing Dynasty, and the Governor of the Two Rivers of the former Qing Dynasty is the Governor of the Two Rivers. The Governor of Huguang is the patrol envoy of Huguang.

Duan Qirui's Liangjiang patrol envoy jurisdiction includes: Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, that is to say, this Anhui should be Duan Qirui's territory, regardless of whether Duan Qirui has been completely defeated.

According to the tacit understanding of the four major warlords in Beiyang, that is, the local personnel power is in the hands of the local government, and the specific situation is to be nominated by the patrol envoy or the governor, and then approved by the cabinet.

For example, Zhao Dongyun appointed Zhao E as the governor of Fengtian Province, that is, Zhao Dongyun recommended Zhao E as the governor of Fengtian to the cabinet, and then the cabinet approved the formal appointment.

To put it bluntly, the cabinet in the capital division is just a rubber stamp and has no decision-making power!

The appointment of the governor of Anhui is very important according to the tacit understanding of the major warlords in Beiyang in the past six months, Duan Qirui should recommend it to the central government, and then formally appoint it, because this represents Duan Qirui's command over Anhui.

But this is just a tacit agreement in private, and if your cabinet directly bypasses the inspection envoy to appoint a local official, it is legally okay.

Wang Yingkai passed through the cabinet and directly appointed Zhang Huaizhi as the governor of Anhui, which is legally possible, but there is no doubt that this has broken the tacit understanding of several major warlords in Beiyang in the past six months.

After realizing this, Zhao Dongyun just felt that things were unusual, no matter whether this thing was good or bad, he had to figure out the ins and outs of the matter first, and he couldn't agree to anything Wang Yingkai said!

Not long after, Fang Biyong and An Yutong, who were urgently called, also arrived, and Zhao Dongyun didn't say much to them, and immediately said to An Yutong: "What is the situation in Jiangnan now?" Have there been any major changes recently? ”

An Yutong was slightly stunned when he heard this, although the Great War between the North and South was a major event for China today, but in fact the direct impact on the three eastern provinces was not great, and the main energy of his intelligence section was not in the south of the Yangtze River, but mainly on the side of Zhili, and the rest had to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese army in Korea, the movements of the Russian army in the north, and the large number of foreigners in Lushun and the Eastern Railway, which also needed the attention of his intelligence department.

There are so many things that need to be handled by his intelligence department one by one, but the funds of his intelligence department are also limited, and it is impossible to say that he can open his mouth to open an intelligence station at home and abroad.

As a result, the Intelligence Section's intelligence collection in the southern provinces is very limited, and most of it is only a timely collection of public information.

Now hearing Zhao Dongyun ask, he is comfortable with the same words: "According to the information we have got, the situation in Liangjiang is relatively stable now, since Zhang Huaizhi conquered Hefei, there has been no large-scale war in the Liangjiang region, and there has been no high-level change with great impact!" ”

"Nothing changed? No way! Zhao Dongyun doesn't think that Wang Yingkai wants to suppress Duan Qirui for no reason, Wang Yingkai must have sensed the threat brought by Duan Qirui.

And how can Duan Qirui make Wang Yingkai feel threatened?

Thinking of this, Zhao Dongyun immediately pointed to the map and said, "Mark the deployment of the southern armies!" ”

An Yutong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, although his subordinate intelligence section could not obtain some secret information in the southern provinces, but it was still very good at collecting public information, and with these public information, coupled with the judgment of the intelligence section, it was still possible to guess the movements of the southern armies in general.

Now Zhang Huaizhi's division of the First Army under Duan Qirui has conquered Hefei, and the department is now preparing to continue south to Anqing. Duan Qirui's Fourth Division Supplementary Brigade was in the Chuzhou area two days ago, and there was at least one infantry mark in Yangzhou and Nantong, and the specific number is unknown, but it is very likely that Jiang Gui's Sixth Mixed Brigade was formed. ”

Zhao Dongyun heard this, and then said, "What about the fourth division?" What about the second mixed brigade? Over there? ”

"The Fourth Division was in Chuzhou recently, and then it went south with the Fourth Division Supplementary Brigade, but then we lost their traces, and the current movement of the department is unknown, and the Second Mixed Brigade was stationed in the Qingjiangpu area before."

Zhao Dongyun said: "What about the Southern Federation? ”

An Yu Tongdao: "Now the number and deployment of the Southern Federation on the ground of the two rivers are quite chaotic, and it has been learned that there are more than 20 towns and mixed associations, but there is a huge gap between the ministries, some towns may only have one or two infantry standards, but some of the mixed associations have tens of thousands of people, and even the establishment is different.

According to the intelligence we have gathered, the Southern Federation is currently mainly stationed in the Liangjiang area in the three areas of Zhenjiang, Nanjing, and Anqing, with about 20,000 to 30,000 troops on the Anqing line, about 60,000 troops on both sides of Nanjing, and about 30,000 troops on the Zhenjiang-Jiangyin line. ”

"In addition, there are many ships of the Navy cruising along the Yangtze River!"

Speaking of this, An Yutong seemed to think of something, and immediately said: "By the way, news came yesterday that there were many warships in the Southern Navy on the Yangtze River that declared a republic!" ”

"Navy?" Zhao Dongyun listened so much, and at this time he felt that he had grasped the point: "If the Southern Navy declares a republic?" This is without the words of the naval blockade of the Yangtze River! ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Dongyun could almost imagine in his mind the scene of Duan Qirui's army crossing the Yangtze River moat without hindrance, and then taking the Jiangnan region in one fell swoop.

I didn't expect this group of guys in the Southern Navy to be so useless, and they would be traitors if they didn't fight! Zhao Dongyun did not feel the slightest joy at the southern navy's betrayal of the federation and defection to the northern republican government, but was full of worries.

Without the naval blockade of the Yangtze River, it would be hellish that Duan Fang and Yin Chang and others could stop Duan Qirui, who had previously defeated the two Northern Expeditionary Armies of the Southern Federation with a total strength of more than 100,000 people.

Although the Southern Federation in the direction of the two rivers still has more than 100,000 troops under this new defeat, most of them are remnants of defeated soldiers plus newly recruited recruits, not to mention more than 100,000, even if it is doubled by more than 200,000 people, it will not be able to stop Duan Qirui's first army from moving south.

Although they are all Southern Federations, although they have suffered successive defeats, to be honest, Zhang Zhidong's troops are much stronger than Duanfang's troops, at least Zhang Zhidong is still guarding the three towns of Wuhan, so that Wang Shizhen, who has already come to the city, has a feeling that although he is victorious, he can't move the three towns of Wuhan.

As for the end side, the two rivers and three provinces, plus the troops reinforced from Zhejiang and Fujian, are more than 200,000 troops before and after! Among them, in the Qingjiangpu Campaign, the Bengbu Campaign, and the Hefei Campaign, which were all more than 20,000 people, the Southern Federation troops as the defender were twice or even tripled as many as the Beiyang Army, but they were all beaten like dogs by Duan Qirui, so that the losses were reduced and the morale plummeted.

In this case, if the Southern Navy is still there, then it can still prevent Duan Qirui from crossing the Yangtze River, and compared to Duan Qirui's army, no matter how much it can fight, there is no way to run into the Yangtze River to fight against warships, but now the Southern Navy has betrayed the South and then declared a republic, so it would be strange if Duan Fang could still hold Jiangnan.

"No wonder Fat Wang is so nervous, it turns out that this is the case!" After Zhao Dongyun figured these things out, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

If this Qirui takes the two rivers, it will be a big threat to himself, but this threat is in the future, at least he doesn't have to worry about Duan Qirui before he takes it and enters the customs, what he should really worry about is Wang Yingkai.

Wang Yingkai can weaken Duan Qirui, but he has to make him pay some price!